Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World back issues from April 2009:
Agriculture and cities converge in the minds of middle schoolers.(FROM THE PRESIDENT)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Don Erbach, Wayne Bogovich, and I recently spent an enlightening day judging the national finals of the Future Cities competition of Engineers Week. Thirty-eight teams of middle-school students from across the United States explained to us how their conceptual cities would provide food and ...
Events calendar.(Calendar)
Apr 01, 2009 ... ASABE CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS To receive more information about ASABE conferences and meetings, call ASABE at (800) 371-2734 or e-mail mtgs@asabe.org. <Pre> 2009 June 21-24 ASABE Annual International Meeting Reno, Nevada, USA. June 22-24 ...
Renewable energy technologies in agriculture: solar, wind, geothermal, and anaerobic digestion.(ENERGY ISSUES Series)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Renewable energy technology advances, federal and state mandates and incentives for renewables, volatile fossil fuel prices, and growing interest in sustainability are all prompting interest in clean energy practices on the part of farmers and ranchers. While past articles in this series ...
To vent or not to vent that is the question.(vented attic and roof assemblies in residential construction)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Vented attic and roof assemblies and crawlspaces have long been standard practice and code requirements in residential construction. However, recent advances in building science have called into question long-held assumptions about, and the rationale for, venting of these areas. As a ...
Engineering solutions for biomass feedstock production.
Apr 01, 2009; ... Liquid fuel--such as gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and ethanol--will continue to be important for powering our transportation systems in the foreseeable future. Transportation fuels derived from various forms of biomass have many obvious advantages. Obvious challenges also exist if ...
Evapotranspiration covers for landfills and waste sites.
Apr 01, 2009; ... The modern world produces mountains of municipal, mining, and industrial wastes. These materials typically have very low value; however, they have the potential to contaminate the environment. Municipal and industrial wastes are usually deposited in a landfill and then covered. Other ...
Radio frequency energy for postharvest control of pests in dry nuts and legumes.(FOOD SAFETY Series)
Apr 01, 2009; ... With increasing globalization facilitated by World Trade Organization agreements and other treaties, the international trade in agricultural commodities has become an integral part of the global economy. The total value of world agricultural exports experienced an annual increase of 12.3 ...
Traceability in the bulk grain supply chain.(FOOD SAFETY Series)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Consumer experiences with food safety issues combined with a growing demand for high-quality food and feed products have increased interest in systems to aid in food traceability efforts. Implementation of a traceability system in the bulk grain supply chain is a complex task. Food safety ...
Remediated water expands irrigation options.(UPDATE)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In Brief: Irrigating with recycled water is one potential solution to water scarcity, according to research conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Jean McLain and Clinton Williams. The scientists are examining the effects of irrigating with "reclaimed" water--sewage ...
USDA pressure chamber makes egg microcracks shine.(UPDATE)(United States Department of Agriculture)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In Brief: A prototype pressure chamber and camera system finds very small cracks, called microcracks, in fresh eggshells. Nobody wants to buy a carton of eggs only to find that some are cracked. So naturally cracks are a key factor in processing and grading table eggs. But some ...
GPS device could put Purdue unmanned aerial vehicle on autopilot.(UPDATE)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In Brief: Purdue's unmanned aerial vehicle may soon be running its agricultural data-collecting missions with almost no human intervention, thanks to global positioning system technology. For several years, Michael Leasure, an assistant professor of aviation technology at Purdue ...
Researchers improving food safety with irradiation technology.(UPDATE)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In Brief: Michigan State University researchers are helping a technology startup company improve the safety of leafy greens and other foods as more consumers seek to eat fresh and healthy. A SABE member Bradley Marks and Sanghyup Jeong are proving that X-rays can kill bacterial ...
Pennycress tested for biodiesel potential.(UPDATE)
Apr 01, 2009 ... In Brief: Field pennycress may go from weed to "wonderfuel," thanks to studies by ARS scientists in Peoria, III. A team of ARS scientists led by Terry Isbell has been researching the annual winter weed's potential to yield a bumper crop of oil-rich seed for use in making ...
" Solar farming is the future: imagine a crop that can be harvested daily on the most rocky, barren, acrid land ...(LAST WORD)
Apr 01, 2009 ... ... with no fertilizer or tillage input and that produces no harmful runoff or emissions. Imagine an energy source so huge it has the potential to provide many times the energy we could ever expect to need. You don't have to imagine it--it's solar energy. Solar energy falls everywhere at ...