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Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World

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Forest Fire: Friend or Foe?
USDA-Forest Service fire managers are questioning the benefits of fighting wildfires, which costs Americans billions of dollars and many lives annually. The trend today is toward allowing controlled fires as nature intended.

Aseptic Processing
An economical, sterile food packaging/processing technique may be the wave of the future in commercial applications.

Topographic Mapping with GPS
A recent study by researchers at the University of Georgia examines the feasibility of using Global Positioning Systems technology to produce topographic maps of a fieldÕs surface.

Electrotechnology Helps Wastewater Treatment
Officials in Geneva, New York tout the benefits of a new diffused-air system installed to update their 26-year-old municipal wastewater treatment plant.

Last Word (reader opinion) ­ New Particulate Matter Rules are Unnecessary
On November 29, 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revisions to the primary and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). The proposal is under review by the EPA and a final decision on implementation will be made in June. The EPA must not impose the new standards until conclusive scientific evidence exists that fine particulates are a health problem.

Inside ASAE

ASAE Foundation in its 10th Year ­ and Continuing to Make a Difference
As in previous years, the ASAE Foundation provided funding for numerous key ASAE activities, including awards, standards development, continuing education, keynote speakers, scholarships and international assistance in 1996.

Opinion
"Footprints of A Profession are Created by Its Publications." Soil and Water Division Editor Terry Howell challenges reviewers to do their part to help create a heritage ASAE members can be proud of.

Plan to Participate in Environmental Quality Group's Organizational Meeting
All ASAE members are invited to participate in this important organizational meeting. Here, Frank Humenik provides background and discusses the proposed groupÕs goals.

Update on Search for New ASAE Executive Vice President

ASAE Election Results
The results are in for the 1997 election of ASAE officers.

Member Profile
Aregbe Kehinde Samad discusses a solar dryer he designed for use in the rural communities of Rivers State, Nigeria.

Members
News about Al Rider, Larry Segerlind, Dale Heermann, Clyde Wynn, Gary Anderson, Paul Taiganides, and Ajit Srivastava.

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