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Non-traditional Flow Manufacturing ... 7
There are nearly 3,500 steps in the assembly process for Deere's 5000 Series tractors, and an entire job is completed in less than four hours. The computerized system provides assembly operators with build instructions and quality control information for a specific tractor, which may vary due to tractor options. The "smart" AGVs interface with operators using "smart" tools that let operators know that fittings are torqued properly, and some tools actually count the number of fasteners.

Evaluating Soybean Heating Oil Blends ... 9
New heating oil for use in residential applications may come straight from the grain bin. Purdue University's ag engineers are hoping they have the solution for eliminating U.S. dependency on foreign oil as well as keeping homeowners toasty-warm through winter months. Harry Gibson, Dan Ess, and Brad Kaufman are outstanding in their fields ­ of soybeans, that is.

Animal IDs in the Future? ... 11
Although Les Christianson says that animal identification is not new, he recaps its short history and expounds on the current renewed interest initiated by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the U.K. Underlying ID issues as well as present and new technologies are explored and examined.

NSF Million for Virginia Tech ... 13
A team of Virginia Tech faculty are about to reformulate the undergraduate curriculum in the BSE Department with $1 million awarded by the National Science Foundation. Mary Leigh Wolfe and Kumar Mallikarjunan explain the details of a new framework for teaching and learning: theme-based spiral curriculum.

INSIDE ASAE

ASAE and SAE Continue Tradition of Cooperation ... 15
A revised "memorandum of understanding" that expands the cooperation of ASAE and the Society of Automotive Engineers was signed Oct. 27, 2004. This revision updates the committment of the two organizations to minimize the duplication of standards-developing efforts.

Standards ... 16
Cooperation Between ASAE and SAE has Long History, What Can I Do To Support and Strengthen ASAE Standards and Technical Committee Activities? and Standardization Procedures Revision Approved by ANSI

Forgetting Something? Pay Your 2005 Member Dues Today ... 17

2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting ... 18
July 17-20 -- Tampa, Florida

CPD ­ Continued Professional Development or Challenging Program Delivery? ... 19

Leadership Citations Nominations Due April 1, 2005 ... 19

Fellow Nominations Due April 15, 2005 ... 19

March 15 ­ New Entry Due Date for AEM Trophy Competition ... 19

ASAE Student Scholarships, Grants, Awards, and Competitions ... 20

Young Professionals Community ... 21
Goals of the YPC

Preprofessionals ... 21
Everyone is a Leader

Member News ... 22
David F. Zoldoske, Wayne A. LePori, Osamu Kitani, Charles V. Schwab, M.G. (Ron) Britton, Da-Wen Sun, Ralph Shirley

Welcome New Members ... 23

Events Calendar ... 24

DEPARTMENTS

Update ... 3

Personnel Service ... 25

Professional Listings ... 28

Last Word (reader opinion) - Why the Large Round Bale? ... 29

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