2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting - American Society of ...

Meetings & Sessions
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ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND
BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS OF INDIAN ORIGIN
(AABFEIO) MEETING
Monday, June 21 – 6:30PM-9:00PM
Location: 301
Association of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineers of Indian Origin will
have their annual meeting. This is the second annual meeting of the
association. The association dinner will take place at India Palace in Downtown
Pittsburgh (two blocks from the conference hotel) following the business
meeting.
COST: $25.00
TUESDAY
BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT 101
Tuesday, June 22 – 7:30AM-9:00AM
Location: 302
This session is a series of invited speakers focused on developing members’
business and management skills. Outstanding industry, academic, and
government employed ASABE members will share their experiences and
knowledge to help develop the next generation of worldwide leaders in
agricultural and biological engineering.
ASABE ROBOTICS STUDENT
DESIGN COMPETITION
Tuesday, June 22
Demonstrations 8:00AM-10:00AM
Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM
Location: Exhibit Hall C – 2nd Floor
The ASABE Student Robotic Design Competition is a place where University
student teams create robotic solutions for a Challenge with an Agricultural
‘flavor.’ Past challenges include communicating Multiple Robot Systems
mimicking a corn harvesting operation, harvesting trees in a forest, and in
2010, the challenge is to measure the heights of trees in the same forest. The
teams are judged based on performance, design and presentation. Check out
http://abe-research.illinois.edu/ASABERobotics/index.html.
ASABE CAREER FAIR
Tuesday, June 22 – 9:30AM-12:00PM
Location: Exhibit Hall C – 2nd Floor
The Career Fair is just one of the many highlights of the ASABE Annual
International Meeting. It is an outstanding networking opportunity that allows
interested individuals to connect with Fortune 500 companies, agricultural and
bio-based businesses, bio-research companies and major land grant universities
looking for qualified candidates.
The ASABE Career Fair provides an opportunity for employes and potential
employees to come together informally and share information. Academia will
also be represented with opportunities at the masters and doctoral level.
Employers register their job positions at the membership desk and receive an
interview table number. These openings are posted with the table numbers
located near the ASABE registration desk for review. Prospective employees are
invited to seek out employers of interest and exchange information. There is no
addition fee for participating in the Career Fair. A minimum of one-day
registration is required.
Technical Session #204
PERSPECTIVES AND INNOVATIONS IN SOIL AND
WATER ENGINEERING – INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, June 22 – 9:30AM-12:00PM
Location: 304
Moderator: Indrajeet Chaubey
This invited session will include presentations by some of the leading
researchers in the field of soil and water conservation engineering. These talks
will include discussions on the latest innovations and challenges in the area of
evapotranspiration and crop water requirements, drainage water management,
identification of sediment source areas in agricultural watersheds, and
agricultural best management practices for water quality improvements. To
give an opportunity for the conference attendees to participate in this session,
no other Soil and Water Engineering Division session is planned during this
period.
Technical Session #215
CROP STORAGE AND HANDLING RESEARCH:
CAPABILITIES AND NEEDS IN THE UNITED STATES
– INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, June 22 – 9:30AM-12:00PM
Location: 318
Moderator: Lester Pordesimo, Mark Casada
Crop postharvest technology has matured as a sub-discipline within the field of
agricultural and food process engineering over the last several decades. We
could even argue that a significant portion of the engineering and scientific
talent in food engineering and bioprocessing had their roots in crop
postharvest technology. Now we ask: what are the new challenges in this subdiscipline
and what needs to be done to maintain the high level of technical
competence in crop postharvest technology Certainly, there has been a trend
for agricultural engineering students to focus their abilities on the current hot
topic — processing of biomass. It appears that we are quickly losing skilled
personnel in the traditional postharvest area of grains and oilseeds and
maintaining a high level of scientific and technical competence may become an
issue. Knowledge about the capabilities, needs, and challenges in this mature
area of research may convince students and researchers to maintain a
peripheral interest in handling grains. This is the goal of this session.
• A Historical Perspective and Conundrums of Grain Storage and Handling –
Marvin Paulsen
• Grain Quality or Quantity, and Why both matter to you – an industry
perspective – Bob Marlowe
• Research/Capacility Needs in Grain Postharest – Technology needs from an
industry perspective – Tim Sullivan
• Education and Technical Assistance for the Grain Industry – Ken Hellevang
• Broadening Engineers’ Scope of Knowledge to Improve Post-Harvest Grain
Handling and Storage – Terry Siebenmorgen
ROBOTICS STUDENT
DESIGN COMPETITION
Tuesday, June 22
Exhibit Hall C/2nd Floor
Demonstrations 8:00AM-10:00AM
Presentations 10:00AM-12:00PM