RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

Features

Finding the Needle in the Haystack
Alternative pest control strategies are being created and evaluated in response to a shrinking pest management arsenal. USDA researchers believe that parasitic wasps could be the answer for the grain industry.

Expanding Crop Choices
A team at North Dakota State University (NDSU) developed a computer program that designs and optimizes drip irrigation systems for alternative crops. It includes an economic analysis and has been field tested with a rotation of carrots, cabbage, onions and corn.

Renewable Resources 2020
Concern over increasing oil imports and greenhouse gas byproducts is prompting industry and government to seek options. One alternative, feedstocks from plants, promises economic and environmental benefits over fossil fuels.

X-rays Make Sense
Iowa State University researchers believe X-ray technology, a proven industrial-inspection technique, could be effective for grain yield sensing.

Last Word (reader opinion) - Value Engineering
How do we use the marvelous energy of our political and economic system to solve problems? First we must develop a procedure for analyzing problems and then get everyone to agree on an answer. This procedure must be clear and simple. That is where "Value Engineering" (VE) comes in.

VE is an organized effort directed by analyzing the function of systems, equipment, installation, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, facilities, procedures and supplies to achieve a required function at the lowest cost of effective ownership, consistent with requirements for performance, reliability, quality and maintainability.

Inside ASAE

Memoir Gives Glimpse into AE's Past
Former ASAE president and head of the University of California-Davis Agricultural Engineering Department Roy Bainer (1902-1990) was interviewed in 1972 for an oral history memoir. The result is a very readable and insightful book, The Engineering of Abundance, which relates the story of Bainer's career and the mechanization of agriculture. See page 19 for an excerpt and ordering information.

Members
Allen Rider, Bill Stout, MelCanterbury, Chuck Schwab, MarkHanna, Steven Schmitt, KumarMallikarjunan.

Welcome New Members
1998 Membership Campaign Goal Surpassed.

Preprofessionals
Nine Keys to Getting Hired. Some tips from the president of New Holland North America.

Go for the Glory! It's Time to Apply for Scholarships and Awards.

Mark your calendar for the 2nd Annual Quarter Scale Tractor Design Competition and Pull.

Professional Development
AMC: Engineering A New Century's Machines.

Funding for Small, High-Tech Firms.

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