Resource, 1996, February

Features

• The Communications Paradox
  The more responsibilities you have, the seemingly less specific your communications are. If you can recognize this, and then learn the "language" of your coworkers, you will be able to deliver specific information that people understand.
• Critical Crop and Weather Information Go Online in Virginia
  To help peanut and cotton growers make the best decisions about managing their crops, researchers and technicians at Virginia Tech's Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center created the Peanut/Cotton Info-Net. The seasonal bulletin board system provides daily crop advisories and weather information to growers, extension agents and companies.
• The SUCCEED Story
  Modifying the traditional engineering curriculum to expose students to biology is the goal of one of the projects of the Southeastern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED). SUCCEED is a member of the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education Coalitions Program, dedicated to a comprehensive revitalization of undergraduate engineering education for the 21st century.

Inside ASAE

• Member Gives Beyond His Lifetime
  The ASAE Foundation receives a deferred gift from the late ASAE Fellow, Carlton Zink.
• Opinion
  Two students note the need for increased visibility of ag engineering, and suggest ways to accomplish this. (Part I of II)
• Members
  L. Pereira, A. Hashimoto, D. Baird, G. Krutz, T. Howell, O. Kunze.
• Students
  Compete for cash and recognition -- enter to win an ASAE student award. North Carolina A&T branch visited by ASAE President George Kriz.
• Communities
  IET-217 announces joint session with USACM. News from Kentucky and Alabama sections.
• Homepages
  An alphabetical listing of homepage addresses. This month features U.S. universities, from Auburn to Texas A&M.
• Professional Development
  Announcing 11th Annual AMC, "Accelerating the Process with Technology."
• Events Calendar
  1996
  • May 6-8 -- Agricultural Machinery Conference. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA.
  • June 10-14 -- Computers in Agriculture. Cancun, Mexico.
  • July 14-18 -- ASAE Annual International Meeting. Phoenix Civic Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  • Sept. 15-17 -- Liquid Fuels and Industrial Products from Renewable Resources (with BIOENERGY '96). Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
  • Nov. 2-3 -- North American Agricultural Equipment Conference II. Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • Nov. 3-6 -- International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling. San Antonio, Texas, USA. (Joint with Irrigation Assn. EXPO.)
  1997
  • Feb. 10-12 -- Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference '97 (AETC'97). Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
  • May 29-31 -- Fifth International Livestock Environment Symposium. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
  • Aug. 10-14 -- ASAE Annual International Meeting. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.