RESOURCE

Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

Features

Inter-Process Communication
Computer technology makes it possible for vehicles to communicate with the implements attached to them. Developing standards can play an important role in equipment design.

Testing Milk
Charting a cow's reproductive cycle can be difficult and costly. But researchers at the University of California (UC) Davis say tracking progesterone levels in milk could help.

Mixing Liquid Cow Manure and Rotenone
Deadly fire ants are thriving in the southern United States, wreaking havoc with everything in their path. In Texas, developers of a new product are fighting back with a combined fertilizer and insecticide.

Keeping it Legal
Industries and individuals are becoming more concerned about applying for patents to protect their inventions. A patent attorney gives advice on how to apply for and obtain a patent.

Color as a Trademark
Nearly anything ­ even a color ­ can be trademarked to protect a product from copycats. But there are exceptions and legal issues to consider.

Last Word (reader opinion) ­ Dealing with Crisis
A structural engineer reflects on his role in helping clear debris in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing.

SPECIAL SECTION!

Inside ASAE

Tools for Transforming Tomorrow . . . Together We Learn
At the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Minneapolis, Michael McKinley, CSP, CPAE, will provide tools to help you "work smarter, live life more fully, and laugh more often."

From the President-Elect
"Serving Members ­ A Necessity for the Vitality of ASAE." President-elect Robert Fridley takes another look at the CESSE survey of ASAE members.

ASAE Annual International Meeting
Details about continuing education, technical tours, technical transfer, the Alpha Epsilon annual national meeting, and family and guest activities and tours at the annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Aug. 10-14, 1997.

Exciting Times for Alpha Epsilon
A group of enterprising students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University took the initiative to petition for a new chapter of Alpha Epsilon.

Prepare to Vote on Proposed Changes to the ASAE Constitution
ASAE members will soon be mailed ballots containing four changes to the ASAE Constitution. If approved, the new constitution will go into effect at the end of the 1997 Annual Business Meeting.

The J.L. Butt Fund
The story behind the establishment of this fund, which brings high quality speakers to ASAE's international meetings.

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