Resource, 1996, March

Features

• Crafting New Life-Engines
  The development of technology for food and agricultural production systems has always been the domain of the agricultural engineer. Today, however, this role is expanding to include new areas of expertise, such as the design, construction and management of systems composed of living material.
• The Age of Synthesis
  Synthesis -- this emerging way of thinking -- will become a major thrust in our technological society during the development of systems.

Inside ASAE

• Session Focuses on Appropriate Technology
  ASAE members are keynote presenters at Club of Bologna meeting.
• CSP Contributors
  Cooperative Standards Program Salutes 1995 Constituents and Contributors.
• Opinion
  ASAE needs competitions that really excite students. (Part II)
• Students
  Where the jobs are -- and where they just might be.
• Members
  John Walker, Kenneth Von Bargen, Dale Whittaker, Stanley Prussia, Arthur Muehling.
• Professional Development
  Two conferences announced: International Conference on Evapotranspiration and Irrigation Scheduling. New Developments in Refrigeration for Food Quality and Safety.
• 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.