Resource, 1995, December

Features

• Predicting the Visual Effect of Forest Operations
  Preserving the visual quality of forest resources is an important goal in the engineering design of a forest management plan. Advancing technologies are improving the ability of resource management professionals to incorporate physical considerations into planning. In a case study of the Siouxon Block, part of the Cascade Range in Washington, a geographic information system is used to identify areas at risk of visual degradation from harvest activities proposed in an actual management plan.
• Can Ants Aid Manufacturing?
  Today's rapidly changing market conditions require immediate response to dynamically changing customer needs with highly differentiated products and value-based services. Studying ant behavior can lead to new methods that can help manufacturers to thrive in this environment of continual and unexpected change.

Inside ASAE

• Candidates for ASAE's 1996 Election
  You'll want to hang on to this issue of Inside ASAE. It provides background information on every candidate for office in ASAE's 1996 election - information you'll need when you receive that ballot.
• Dues are Due!
  Members, it's time to pay 1996 dues and renew your subscriptions.
• Human Rights
  How you can represent ASAE and work to secure human rights for engineers worldwide.
• Students
  Illinois' micro-mini tractor pulls into first place. ASAE Student Engineer of the Year and Adams Grant recipient announced.
• Members
  John Laflen, Carol Lehtola, Theodor Strelkoff, Thomas Pool, Shafiur Rahman, Hak Kyun Koh, Howard Doss.
• Communities
  CSAE awards presented at Annual Conference. Pacific Northwest Region awards presented at Annual Meeting. NABEC '95: A time to "relax professionally."
• Professional Development
  Details about the 6th International Conference on Computers in Agriculture (Cancun, Mexico) and the Air Pollution from Agricultural Operations Conference (Kansas City, Missouri).
• Events Calendar
  1996
  • May 6-8 - Agricultural Machinery Conference. Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
  • June 11-14 - Computers in Agriculture. Marriott Cancun, Cancun, Mexico.
  • July 14-18 - ASAE Annual International Meeting. Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Sept. 15-17 - Liquid Fuels and Industrial Products from Renewable Resources. Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Nov. 2-3 - North American Agricultural Equipment Conference II. Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Nov. 3-6 - International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling. Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas. (Joint with Irrigation Assn. EXPO.)
  1997
  • Aug. 9-15 - ASAE Annual International Meeting. Convention Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  1998
  • July 18-24 - ASAE Annual International Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.