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<strong>ASAE</strong> <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> The Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems<br />
No. 29.<br />
2005<br />
Inside this issue...<br />
From the Chair 1<br />
March Meeting Review 2<br />
Award Winners 2<br />
Election Results 4<br />
<strong>Section</strong> News 4<br />
Scholarship Recipients 5<br />
Upcoming Events 8<br />
20052006 <strong>Section</strong> Officers 9<br />
Social Hour Sponsors 9<br />
From the Chair –Wow! This year has sure gone by<br />
fast! It seems like just yesterday we were planning<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> activities for 20045.<br />
Looking back I think you will agree that our <strong>Section</strong><br />
has had a very successful and fun year. Here are<br />
some of the highlights:<br />
1) <strong>ASAE</strong> President Jerry Wille spoke at the Fall<br />
Meeting<br />
2) $1000 scholarships awarded to two college<br />
students in Agricultural Engineering related<br />
fields<br />
3) QC Elite Robotics team partially sponsored<br />
by our <strong>Section</strong> spoke at the Winter Meeting<br />
and later finished in 2 nd place in a regional<br />
competition in St Louis<br />
4) Continuing Education Seminar featured<br />
Richard Zultner of the QFD Institute<br />
5) Four new members joined our <strong>Section</strong> at the<br />
“Engineers on Ice”event at a QC Mallards<br />
game<br />
6) Twentyfour <strong>Section</strong> members received<br />
recognition for patents over the past year<br />
Spring<br />
7) <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> recognized as the<br />
“<strong>Section</strong> of the Year”by the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Engineering and Science Council<br />
8) QC <strong>Section</strong> Executive Committee member,<br />
Rusty Unterzuber, elected to the national<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> Board of Trustees<br />
9) QC <strong>Section</strong> cosponsored another successful<br />
AMC in Cedar Rapids, IA<br />
10) Thirtyfive <strong>Section</strong> members toured the Cat<br />
Dozer factory in Peoria, IL<br />
None of these accomplishments would have been<br />
possible without your participation or without the<br />
help of my fellow Executive Committee members.<br />
So, I would like to extend my thanks to each one of<br />
you for your part in making this a great year for our<br />
<strong>Section</strong>. Your feedback is what enables us to<br />
continue to have meetings and activities of interest<br />
to our local members. So, please feel free to contact<br />
me or any of the officers with comments or<br />
suggestions.<br />
I would also like to extend my congratulations to<br />
those members elected as officers for the upcoming<br />
year. Shannon Brockmann will be taking over as<br />
Chair in June and I am confident that she will do a<br />
great job!<br />
As we look ahead to next year, I challenge you to<br />
continue to support your <strong>Section</strong> by not only<br />
attending meetings and activities but also by inviting<br />
potential members and guests. Our outreach to<br />
students and new members will continue to be major<br />
objectives of our <strong>Section</strong>. You can help by<br />
convincing your supervisors and colleagues of the<br />
value of participating in <strong>ASAE</strong> at the sectional,<br />
regional or national level.<br />
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Although our official meeting season is over, there<br />
are still some great opportunities to support <strong>ASAE</strong>.<br />
The ¼ Scale Tractor Competition will be held<br />
June 25 at the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> Downs. Please make<br />
every effort to attend. If you would like to<br />
participate, please contact our <strong>Section</strong><br />
representative, Andrew Dochterman, at (309) 765<br />
7120 or DochtermanAndrewC@JohnDeere.com.<br />
Also, don’t forget the <strong>ASAE</strong> National Meeting this<br />
summer in Tampa. It sounds like there will be a lot<br />
of great sessions and activities.<br />
Have a great summer and I look forward to seeing<br />
you at some of these upcoming events! Steve<br />
Newbery, 20045 <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Chair<br />
March Meeting Review The Annual Awards<br />
Banquet and Spouse/Guest Night was held at the<br />
Viking Club in Moline on March 29 th with over 70<br />
members and guests present. The meeting began<br />
with two concurrent technical sessions.<br />
In one tech session, Fabio Dotto, a Brazilian native<br />
currently working at John Deere Harvester Product<br />
Development, gave an overview of Brazilian<br />
agriculture. Part of his presentation focused on the<br />
evolution of farming in Brazil’s tropical region<br />
(Cerrados) that is located north of the Tropic of<br />
Capricorn. Primary crops that are grown in this area<br />
are soybeans, corn, and cotton. He spoke on the<br />
high potential this area has to expand agriculturally,<br />
but also stated that Brazil faces challenges in<br />
transporting the high volumes of grain from outside<br />
this area.<br />
The second speaker, Miles Keaton, of John Deere<br />
Seeding, gave a presentation on his experiences in<br />
Brazil during his recent 15 month expatriate<br />
assignment. He spoke on both work and social<br />
experiences. His presentation touched on<br />
similarities and differences that he observed in the<br />
Brazilian culture compared to the US culture.<br />
Politics, foods, and construction practices were just<br />
some of the topics that he spoke about. Miles and<br />
his family were able to participate in several of their<br />
town's celebrations that included Juninho (All<br />
Saints) and Carnival, as well as taking the<br />
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opportunity to visit vacation spots, such as Iguaçu<br />
Falls in nearby Argentina. Miles offered these<br />
suggestions for success in an international<br />
assignment: (1) be prepared, (2) be flexible, (3)<br />
expect the unexpected, (4) learn the local language<br />
and customs, (5) set and strive for specific<br />
objectives and (6) keep your documents in order!<br />
In the other tech session, Craig Timmerman of John<br />
Deere Davenport described the development and<br />
features of the D Series motor graders while Jill<br />
Hanus of the John Deere Product Engineering<br />
Center in Waterloo described the development and<br />
features of the 5025 series tractors.<br />
The afterdinner speaker, <strong>Section</strong> Member Travis<br />
(Rusty) Unterzuber, Deere & Company Engineering<br />
Standards, discussed parallels between being<br />
competitive in racing and succeeding in your<br />
profession. Drawing on over 20 years of racing<br />
experience, Rusty’s “Keys to Success”included: (1)<br />
COMMITMENT (2) Plan > Organize > Execute <br />
> Evaluate > Plan … (3) The difference (between<br />
success and mediocrity) is in the details. (4) $ can be<br />
traded for time until you run out of time! (4) Be<br />
there early and often (5) You’re not in this alone!<br />
(networks are important) (6) Use the rules and<br />
existing technology to your advantage (7) Be<br />
flexible and (8) INTEGRITY –play fair! Photos<br />
from the March meeting are included as a separate<br />
file at the <strong>Section</strong> web site.<br />
Award Winners –The following <strong>Section</strong> members<br />
were recognized at the March meeting:<br />
25 year members: Ronald Birr<br />
Richard Clark<br />
Jerry Duncan<br />
Kevin Ehrecke<br />
Wendell Hunt<br />
David Lienemann<br />
Dennis Roe<br />
Jerry Sandau<br />
Paul Schuck<br />
Travis (Rusty) Unterzuber<br />
Don Yarbrough<br />
40 year members: Roger Curry
Thomas Hitzhusen<br />
George Oelschlaeger<br />
Paul Thornbloom<br />
Robert Wismer<br />
60+ year members: Milton Hedquist (61 years)<br />
Robert Roth (61 years)<br />
Etlar Henningsen (62 years)<br />
Arnold Skromme (64 years)<br />
Donald Kuska (66 years)<br />
Patents (recipients in alphabetical order):<br />
Klaus Becker Multifunction Latch for a Combine<br />
Robert Bennett Hydraulic Hose Holder for an<br />
Agricultural Implement<br />
Daniel Burke Automatic Control Initiation for a<br />
Harvester<br />
Bruce Coers Automatic Control Initiation for a<br />
Harvester<br />
Chad Dow Grain Compartment Cleanout<br />
Arrangement<br />
Sheldon Grywacheski Front Chaffer and Cleaning<br />
Fan<br />
William Guske Feed Conveyor/Rock Trap and<br />
Header Drive for an Agricultural Combine<br />
Matthew Hagen – (1) Easily Adjustable Double<br />
Eliminator, (2) Removable Seed Tray for a Seed<br />
Meter<br />
Miles Keaton – (1) Furrow Opener/Closer in an<br />
Agricultural Machine, (2) Seed Metering System for<br />
Use in a Seeding Machine<br />
Donald Landphair Pneumatic Coupler for an Ag<br />
Seeding Machine<br />
Dwight Lemke Unloader Control for a Combined<br />
Cotton Harvester and Module Builder and Method<br />
of Operation of the Same<br />
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Nathan Mariman –(1) Pneumatic Coupler for an Ag<br />
Seeding Machine, (2) Drive Element for Gearbox<br />
Output, (3) Removable Seed Tray for a Seed Meter<br />
Robert Matousek –(1) Unitary Blow Molded Cover<br />
Panel for a Threshing Region of an Agricultural<br />
Combine, (2) Crop Residue Flow Guide with Flow<br />
Through Capability for a Rotary Crop Residue<br />
Spreader of an Agricultural Combine, (3) Side<br />
Swing Hitch for an Agricultural Combine, (4)<br />
Shroud for the Infeed Impeller of a Rotary Combine<br />
Scott McCartney Pneumatic Coupler for an Ag<br />
Seeding Machine<br />
Corey Neumann Combine Harvester Grain Tank<br />
Cover<br />
Jeffrey Payne Front Chaffer and Cleaning Fan<br />
Michael Pearson Duct Support and Transition<br />
Structure for a Harvester<br />
Terence Pickett – (1) Automatic WindDrift<br />
Compensation System for Agricultural Sprayers, (2)<br />
Automatic MassFlow Sensor Calibration for a<br />
Yield Monitor, (3) Direct Modification of DGPS<br />
Information with Inertial Measurement Data<br />
Dennis Roe Reverser Control for a Combine<br />
Kevin Schwinn Method of Operation of a Sieve<br />
Adjustment Control System for an Agricultural<br />
Combine<br />
Alan Sheidler Cooling Package for Agricultural<br />
Combine<br />
Mark Sommer System and Method for Electronic<br />
Collection of Data on an Agricultural Input<br />
Nathaniel Stephens Combine Harvester Grain Tank<br />
Cover<br />
Joseph Teijido Reverser Control for a Combine<br />
Bradley Watts Multifunction Latch for a Combine
Deere’s customers. He has been granted 4 patents<br />
related to seeding equipment.<br />
Election Results –The officers elected to serve for<br />
the 20052006 <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> year are:<br />
Shannon Brockmann –Chair (elected in 2004)<br />
Chad Yagow –ChairElect<br />
Steve Newbery –Past Chair<br />
Janet Maas –Secretary<br />
Kyle Jahn –Treasurer<br />
Steve Juhasz –Nominating Committee<br />
Eric Viall –Nominating Committee<br />
Scott Wilcox –Nominating Committee<br />
He has been an active member of the community<br />
including Junior Achievement, <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> Chamber<br />
of Commerce Career Day, an English instructor at<br />
the Fisk Language School in Horizontina, Brasil and<br />
a volunteer at the Memorial Heights United<br />
Methodist Church in Rock Island.<br />
Miles is a Past Chair of the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> and<br />
holds a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Engineering<br />
from Kansas State University and is currently<br />
working on his MBA from the University of<br />
Chicago. He lives in Port Byron, Illinois with his<br />
wife, Cortney, and their two daughters.<br />
<strong>Section</strong> News – A <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> member and<br />
the <strong>Section</strong> itself were honored at the National<br />
Engineers Week Banquet held by the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) on 25<br />
February at the John Deere Pavilion (see<br />
http://www.<strong>qcesc</strong>.org/Eng%20Award%202005.htm<br />
for more details).<br />
<strong>Section</strong> Member Miles Keaton was recognized as<br />
the QCESC Junior Engineer of the Year.<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Chair Steve Newbery (on<br />
the right) receives the QCESC Society of the<br />
Year Award on behalf of the <strong>Section</strong>.<br />
Miles Keaton<br />
Miles is employed at the John Deere Seeding Group<br />
as a Product Program Manager. Miles is an<br />
innovative engineer with worldwide engineering<br />
experience including a 14 month assignment at John<br />
Deere’s Horizontina, Brasil facility. His seeding<br />
technology improvements have significantly<br />
improved planter precision and productivity for John<br />
The <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> was also selected as the<br />
QCESC’s Society of the Year. The <strong>Section</strong>’s<br />
outreach programs in such areas as support of<br />
scholarships, the QC Elite robotics team and the<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> ¼ Scale Tractor Design Contest and the<br />
AMC were cited as examples of the <strong>Section</strong>’s<br />
outreach to others.<br />
The May issue of <strong>ASAE</strong>’s Resource magazine had<br />
articles on the QCESC’s recognition of Miles<br />
Keaton and the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong>.<br />
Congratulations to <strong>Section</strong> Member and Past Chair<br />
Rusty Unterzuber on his election to the <strong>ASAE</strong><br />
Board of Trustees. Rusty will start a two year term<br />
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of office at this year’s Annual International Meeting<br />
in Tampa.<br />
The <strong>Section</strong> received a note of thanks from the local<br />
QC Elite FIRST robotics team for our financial<br />
support this past year. The team placed second in<br />
the St. Louis regional out of 44 teams and won the<br />
Daimler/Chrysler Team Spirit Award. At the<br />
Chicago regional, they placed 5 th out of 37 teams<br />
and won the Xerox Creativity Award. See<br />
http://www.qcelite.com/ for more details.<br />
As of May 9 th , The <strong>Section</strong> had a checking account<br />
balance of $ 914.47, a savings account balance of $<br />
8,801.86 and a certificate of deposit for $ 2,055.34.<br />
Scholarship Recipients –This year, the <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Section</strong> increased its scholarship amount from $ 750<br />
to $ 1,000 and again awarded two scholarships.<br />
Brian Peters (an Iowa State junior from Clinton,<br />
Iowa) and Bethany Frew (an Ohio State sophomore<br />
from Carrollton, Ohio) were chosen as the recipients<br />
and recognized at the March meeting. Each<br />
submitted an essay with their scholarship<br />
applications which follow:<br />
Brian Peters<br />
“I believe that the foundation of every successful<br />
person begins with leadership. Without leadership in<br />
today’s society, nothing happens. I believe that it is<br />
important to take initiative, and to strive to achieve<br />
the next level. One of my main career goals is to<br />
become an influential leader within the agricultural<br />
industry, and to also set an example for future<br />
generations. Organizations like the American<br />
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Society of Agricultural Engineers have played a vital<br />
role in letting me demonstrate my leadership<br />
potential. By serving as past <strong>ASAE</strong> Vice President<br />
last year, I have been able to take my leadership<br />
role to the next level. My most recent leadership<br />
experience was this past fall when I became involved<br />
in Engineers Week 2004. These leadership positions<br />
have allowed me to expand my horizons, and have<br />
given me valuable experience for the years ahead.<br />
The goals of <strong>ASAE</strong> truly lie within that of an<br />
engineer who possesses superb character and<br />
excellent leadership skills. This is why <strong>ASAE</strong> has<br />
developed into such a great organization. The<br />
success of this organization truly belongs to the<br />
variety of talented and influential members who<br />
know what it takes to be successful.<br />
In addition to leadership, I want to also apply my<br />
knowledge of science and engineering to improve<br />
the agricultural industry. Currently I am a junior and<br />
am specializing in the power and machinery option<br />
of Agricultural Engineering. This past summer I<br />
experienced my first engineering related job at<br />
Archer Daniels Midland, an agricultural corn<br />
processing plant in Clinton, IA. As an engineering<br />
intern, I was given a lot of responsibility which I<br />
really enjoyed. My major project for the summer<br />
included testing fiber dewatering machines to see if<br />
there was room for efficiency improvements by<br />
decreasing exiting feed moistures. While working at<br />
ADM on that project, I figured out that engineering<br />
certainly was the right major and career pathway for<br />
me. I felt a sense of passion and dedication toward<br />
the engineering profession, which I believe will carry<br />
on into my fulltime career. After returning to<br />
school in the fall, I found out that a lot of the basic<br />
engineering principles that I had learned carried on<br />
into the classroom. This has led to me having more<br />
interest in my engineering classes, and has also<br />
allowed me to relate the information learned in class<br />
to the engineering profession. One of my main<br />
career goals in life is to be able to contribute to the<br />
field of agriculture as well as society as a whole. By<br />
making agricultural machines more efficient or by<br />
designing the next generation of combines to harvest<br />
crops, I will ultimately be able to contribute to the<br />
field of agriculture. Doing this will certainly yield<br />
success.
I believe that diversification is also an essential<br />
quality to incorporate into today’s work. By<br />
combining your ideas with engineers with different<br />
views and different backgrounds, one can<br />
accomplish so much more. <strong>ASAE</strong> is a unique<br />
organization that conveniently lets me network with<br />
other engineers around the globe, and is definitely an<br />
organization that I am truly proud to be a part of. In<br />
the years ahead, I want to obtain professional<br />
licensure so that I can feel that sense of<br />
accomplishment and respect toward the profession.<br />
By combining my leadership and engineering skills<br />
with others, I believe that I can make a difference in<br />
the agricultural industry.”<br />
A scholarship recipient the last two years as well,<br />
Brian wrote the following note of thanks: “Once<br />
again, I really would like to thank you for the nice<br />
scholarship. The money will come in very handy<br />
when paying for books, tuition, etc. I really<br />
appreciate your generosity and investment in my<br />
future. <strong>ASAE</strong> is one of the few organizations that<br />
strives to make a difference in its young member's<br />
lives. I am so glad to be a part of the <strong>ASAE</strong><br />
organization.<br />
The <strong>ASAE</strong> club at Iowa State is staying very active.<br />
We are planning on heading down to Kentucky this<br />
Thursday (March 31 st ) for a conference with a<br />
variety of other ag engineering schools. Hopefully<br />
that will be a great experience!<br />
In addition, school is going by extremely fast. Won't<br />
be long and it will be summer break. I have an<br />
internship lined up with Kuhn Knight, Inc. in<br />
Brodhead, Wisconsin for the summer. They<br />
manufacture industrial manure spreaders and feed<br />
wagons. It is a product test engineering position so I<br />
am looking forward to that.<br />
Once again, thank you for the nice reward! I really<br />
appreciate your help.”<br />
Bethany Frew<br />
“I love baking. I have been experimenting in the<br />
kitchen since I was old enough to reach the table. I<br />
remember one time when I was helping my mom<br />
make date pinwheel cookies, and we couldn’t get<br />
the dough and date filling rolls to maintain their<br />
cylindrical shape. The dough logs were becoming<br />
deformed in the process of transferring them to the<br />
cookie sheet for refrigeration. It was during this<br />
dough dilemma that I had my first wave of<br />
engineering brilliance. I quickly devised a method to<br />
transfer the dough logs while maintaining their<br />
appropriate shape and the cookie crisis was<br />
resolved. My engineering ingenuity saved the day,<br />
and I was from then on known in my household as<br />
“The Cookie Engineer”.<br />
Long before I even knew of the Department of<br />
Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering<br />
(FABE) at The Ohio Sate University, I had declared<br />
my future occupation to be a “Cookie Engineer”. It<br />
was either a coincidence of irony or fate that I<br />
stumbled across this department during a college<br />
visit to OSU while I was in high school. I<br />
immediately knew that this was the place for me,<br />
and I believed that food engineering would allow me<br />
to accomplish my childhood destiny of becoming a<br />
cookie engineer. Since that time, I have only further<br />
confirmed my initial impression that the FABE<br />
program was the perfect fit for my interests and<br />
abilities. However, I have come to realize that<br />
cookie engineering is not my true calling in life;<br />
instead, I am focusing on biological engineering with<br />
either an emphasis in the environment or<br />
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iotechnology. As a farm girl from the rolling hills<br />
of eastern Ohio, I have developed a passion for<br />
agriculture and the environment. Naturally, I<br />
wanted to remain connected with my agricultural<br />
roots through a career in this field, but I had been<br />
discouraged with the lack of challenging math and<br />
science courses required for most agricultural<br />
majors. It was for this reason that I was so attracted<br />
to food, agricultural, and biological engineering; not<br />
only did it offer the agricultural background with<br />
engineering application that I desired, but it coupled<br />
this with a curriculum rich in math and science<br />
courses. The most exciting part of becoming a<br />
biological engineer is the opportunity to become a<br />
future leader in making a difference by improving<br />
our environment, agriculture, and/or the lives of<br />
others. I have found a perfect home in the FABE<br />
department, which is allowing me to achieve my<br />
goal— as well as the <strong>ASAE</strong>’s goal— of becoming a<br />
biological engineer to progress the application of<br />
science and engineering to agriculture and biological<br />
systems.<br />
During my first year at OSU, I became a member of<br />
the <strong>ASAE</strong> BioEnvironmental Design Team<br />
(BEDT). I was immediately interested in the project<br />
of designing and building a microbial fuel cell to<br />
produce electricity. The design was based on a<br />
redox reaction where anaerobic bacteria in the anode<br />
were able to generate electricity through their<br />
metabolic pathways. The team earned second place<br />
in the <strong>ASAE</strong> Student Design Team Competition at<br />
the 2004 National Conference and is now preparing<br />
to travel to Washington D. C. this May to present<br />
the project as part of an EPA P3 Grant.<br />
Additionally, the team will compete in the 2005<br />
National <strong>ASAE</strong> Student Design Team Competition.<br />
The success of the microbial fuel cell project has not<br />
only taught me a great deal about this topic and<br />
allowed me to gain handson experience, but it is<br />
also giving me the opportunity to perform my<br />
undergraduate honors thesis research during part of<br />
this summer. For this project, I am planning to build<br />
upon the progress of the microbial fuel cell to<br />
further the advances of this exciting new technology.<br />
One of my current goals is to graduate with<br />
distinction and honors with at least a 3.80 GPA. By<br />
completing this honors thesis project, I will be able<br />
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to graduate with distinction. The College of<br />
Engineering has a pointbased program with a<br />
minimum point value that must be met in order to<br />
graduate with honors. I am currently on track to<br />
reach this value, as well as to graduate with at least<br />
a 3.80 GPA.<br />
Additionally, the BEDT has recently started a new<br />
project to design and build a stream table to simulate<br />
stream morphology and erosion and to demonstrate<br />
the importance of water quality and stream and<br />
waterway preservation, restoration and protection.<br />
As a coleader of this project and the new treasurer<br />
of the BEDT, I am enjoying these positions of<br />
leadership and desire to become a leader of the<br />
entire BEDT and an officer in the <strong>ASAE</strong> OSU<br />
student chapter.<br />
I have always wanted to travel abroad, and I will be<br />
accomplishing this goal this coming summer when I<br />
study abroad for six weeks in the Czech Republic. I<br />
chose this trip because it is through the College of<br />
Agriculture, as I wanted to be able to broaden my<br />
horizons while focusing on this industry. I am<br />
excited for this opportunity, and I am looking<br />
forward to the adventure of experiencing another<br />
culture for six weeks.<br />
I currently am working for Randall Reeder, P.E. and<br />
an agricultural engineering professor within the<br />
FABE department. I am working on a National<br />
Science Foundation grant to attract more females<br />
and minorities to engineering through 4H. As a<br />
past 4H member and strong advocate for women in<br />
engineering, I am honored to be a part of this<br />
project. Among other information, we have found<br />
that girls in particular are attracted to biological<br />
engineering. As a result, it is especially exciting to<br />
be able to help plan activities for a national series of<br />
4H engineering project books that involve<br />
biological engineering in hopes of attracting even<br />
more students to this profession. Additionally, I<br />
have been researching soil conservation practices as<br />
part of another project, and I have been learning a<br />
great deal about this area. It is rewarding to have a<br />
job where I am constantly learning and improving<br />
engineering in the areas of agriculture, the<br />
environment, and biology.
Next summer, I am planning to complete an<br />
internship in a biological engineering position. I am<br />
hoping that this experience will help me decide if<br />
environmental or genetic/biotechnology engineering<br />
is a better fit for me. After graduation, I plan to<br />
earn my masters degree in an area of specialization<br />
within biological engineering and then proceed to<br />
enter the workforce in an industry or research<br />
position.<br />
Outside of engineering, I have many interests. One<br />
of these is music. I have been playing the piano for<br />
13 years, and I have made it a goal to play for the<br />
church I attend after graduation. I am active in the<br />
Mosaic church at OSU, and I plan to continue my<br />
involvement in this church during my remaining time<br />
at OSU.<br />
Although I am no longer aspiring to become a<br />
cookie engineer, I am striving to use my interests<br />
and abilities to become an engineer that will make a<br />
difference and improve the environment and/or<br />
biotechnology. I am confident that I will be<br />
successful in my pursuit, and I look forward to my<br />
continued journey toward achieving this and all of<br />
my other goals.”<br />
Bethany wrote the following note of thanks: “Thank<br />
you for sponsoring the scholarships for two college<br />
students studying agricultural engineering or related<br />
majors. I am honored to be one of the recipients for<br />
the 20052006 school year, and I appreciate your<br />
generosity in providing this financial aid. I am a<br />
secondyear biological engineering major at The<br />
Ohio State University, where I am very involved in<br />
the BioEnvironmental Student Design Team<br />
through OSU’s student chapter of the <strong>ASAE</strong>. I can<br />
assure you that this scholarship will be put to the<br />
utmost use, as I am a dedicated engineering student<br />
who upholds a high academic standard. Please<br />
accept my apology for not being present at your<br />
meeting, but I hope you are having a successful<br />
gathering. Once again, thank you for your support,<br />
and I look forward to my continued involvement in<br />
the <strong>ASAE</strong>.”<br />
Upcoming Events Check the <strong>Section</strong>’s web site at<br />
http://www.<strong>qcesc</strong>.org/<strong>ASAE</strong> for the most recent<br />
information on the <strong>Section</strong> and the following events:<br />
June 35, 2005<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> members are invited to<br />
participate in the annual Pork Chop Dinner held on<br />
Friday, June 3 as part of the <strong>ASAE</strong> ¼ Scale Tractor<br />
Design Competition –see separate notice posted on<br />
the <strong>Section</strong> web site at http://www.<strong>qcesc</strong>.org/<strong>ASAE</strong><br />
or included with this issue for more details on this<br />
year’s competition. Note the main tractor pull<br />
competition will be held on Saturday evening (June<br />
4) and Sunday morning (June 5).<br />
June 27 July 2, 2005<br />
John Deere Collectors Center “Reunion on the<br />
River”including the annual auction and Plow <strong>City</strong><br />
Farm Toy Show See<br />
http://www.deere.com/en_US/attractions/reunion/in<br />
dex.html<br />
July 1416, 2005<br />
John Deere TwoCylinder Expo XV, Peosta,<br />
Iowa (just west of Dubuque). See http://www.2<br />
cylinder.net/events.htm<br />
July 1720, 2005<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> Annual International Meeting, Tampa,<br />
Florida.<br />
See<br />
http://www.asae.org/meetings/am2005/index.htm<br />
August 2628, 2005<br />
Half Century of Progress II, Rantoul, Illinois.<br />
See antique farm equipment at work! See<br />
http://www.halfcenturyofprogress.com<br />
August 2728, 2005<br />
Antique Tractor Show, Village of East<br />
Davenport.<br />
See<br />
http://www.villageofeastdavenport.com/text/events.<br />
htm#tractorshow<br />
August 30 –September 1, 2005<br />
Farm Progress Show, Decatur, Illinois. See<br />
http://www.farmprogressshow.com/ME2/Audiences<br />
/Default.asp<br />
October 25, 2005 (tentative)<br />
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<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Fall Meeting<br />
January 1517, 2006<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> Farm Equipment Show, QCCA Expo<br />
Center, Rock Island. See<br />
http://www.qccaexpocenter.com/farm.html<br />
January 24, 2006 (tentative)<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Winter Meeting<br />
February 1215, 2006<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> Agricultural Equipment Technology<br />
Conference, Louisville, Kentucky<br />
February 21, 2006 (tentative)<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Continuing Education<br />
Seminar<br />
March 28, 2006 (tentative)<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Annual Meeting<br />
April 18, 2006 (tentative)<br />
<strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Spring Tour<br />
May 13, 2006<br />
Agricultural Machinery Conference, Crowne<br />
Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. See<br />
http://www.amconline.org/<br />
<strong>ASAE</strong> <strong>Quad</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Section</strong> Officers 20052006<br />
Chair:<br />
Shannon Brockmann<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. 3097482233 FAX 3097652002<br />
BrockmannShannonR@JohnDeere.com<br />
ChairElect:<br />
Chad Yagow<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. 3097652157 FAX 3097652206<br />
YagowJohnL@JohnDeere.com<br />
Past Chair:<br />
Steve Newbery<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. 3097482012 FAX 3097652002<br />
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NewberySteven@JohnDeere.com<br />
Secretary:<br />
Janet Maas<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. 3097482013 FAX 3097652002<br />
MaasJanetR@JohnDeere.com<br />
Treasurer:<br />
Kyle Jahn<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
JahnKyleP@JohnDeere.com<br />
Nominating Committee:<br />
Steve Juhasz<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. 3097652004<br />
JuhaszSteveM@JohnDeere.com<br />
Eric Viall<br />
John Deere Seeding<br />
Ph. 3097657122 FAX 3097487603<br />
ViallEricN@JohnDeere.com<br />
Scott Wilcox<br />
John Deere Harvester Works<br />
Ph. (309) 7652111<br />
WilcoxScottR@JohnDeere.com<br />
Social Hour Sponsors The following social hour<br />
sponsors generously provided the beverages for the<br />
social hours at our meetings this year:<br />
Aetna Bearing Company<br />
Carlisle Power Transmission Products<br />
Chicago Rawhide<br />
Clarkson Company<br />
Delta Rubber Company<br />
Don Dye Company<br />
Drives Incorporated<br />
Eaton Corporation<br />
Firestone Agricultural Tire Company<br />
Gates Corporation<br />
Grammer Inc.<br />
H & H Sales<br />
Henkel Loctite Corporation<br />
INA USA Corporation<br />
Lord Corporation<br />
MetalTech Manufacturing Inc.<br />
Peer Bearing Company<br />
Raybestos Products Company<br />
Sears Seating
Superior Gearbox Company<br />
The Timken Corporation<br />
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