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June 1999

• Alumni Reception• Greetings from Dr. Bode• Mechantronics Laboratory• Department Honors Lorennie Bateman• New Scholarship – C.E. Goering• Retirement of Dr. Goering• Retirement of Dr. Siemens• EOH/AOH Open House• Department News• Donors• 75 Years of History• Project Highlights• Alumni News• Undergrad Kudos• Let Us Know

The 1999 ASAE/CSAE-SCGR Annual InternationalMeeting will be held in Toronto, Ontario Canada fromJuly 18-21, 1999.

The Department of Agricultural Engineering would like toinvite all alumni attending the conference to attend an AlumniReception being held Monday, July 19, 1999 in the DominionNorth in the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. The receptionwill be from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. There will be a cash barand snacks will be provided.

While you are visiting with old friends and making newacquaintances, browse through our history book, “AgriculturalEngineering on the Prairie: Illinois Style.” The book covers 75years of the department’s history and copies will be availablefor purchase at a cost of $20.

So mark your calendar! Come and enjoy a night ofreminiscing and just plain old good visitin’ with friends old andnew! See you on July 19!

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BRUCE COWGUR MIDTECH MECHATRONICS SYSTEM

LABORATORY

The Department has recentlylaunched an effort to establishoff-road equipment

mechatronics programs and amechatronic systems laboratory isunder development as part of thiseffort. Midwest Technologies, Inc. ofIllinois (MidTech), has donated$100,000 to support the developmentof the Bruce Cowgur MidtechMechatronic Systems Laboratory inmemory of the late Mr. BruceCowgur, founder of the company.This laboratory will consist offacilities to support electrohydraulics,mechatronic systems integration andmobile infotronics teaching andresearch activities in the department.

Mechatronics is the study of a typeof novel machinery – machinerywith a “brain”. Such machinery isintegrated with mechanical parts,electrical components and micropro-cessors. The word “mechatronics”itself is an integration of “mechan-ics” and “electronics”. The majordifference between conventionalmachinery with electronic compo-nents and mechatronic machinery isthat the former adds electroniccomponents, while the latter inte-grates electronic components.

Adding some electronics to amachine means adding additionalfunctions, and integrating electronicsmeans furnishing extended capabilityto the machinery (Fig. 1). An ex-ample of applying mechatronicstechnology to off-road vehicles is theHEUI fuel system for diesel engines.In conventional diesel engines, amechanical governor is used to

control the engine speed. Such agovernor is made up of a mechani-cal centrifugal flyweight mechanismto sense the speed variation, andregulate fuel delivery to the enginevia a mechanical fuel distributionpump and mechanical fuel injectors.It requires a complicated mechanismand numerous parts to accomplishthe basic desired function. It resultsin not only high cost, but also lowreliability. Recent advances inmechatronics made it possible toreplace the governor with anelectronic speed sensor with ahydraulically-actuated electronically-controlled unit injector fuel system.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Qin ZhangDept. of Agricultural Engineering1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Rm. 360Urbana, IL 61801217.333.9419217.244.0323 faxqzhang@age.uiuc.edu

ComputingTechnology

ElectricalComponents

Mechanical

Parts

MechatronicSoft-Components

InterfaceTechnology

Electro-MechanicsTechnology

System-AnalysisTechnology

Figure 1. Definition of a mechatronic system

Greetings … Anotheracademic year has passedvery rapidly and this

newsletter highlights some of ouractivities and accomplishments. Ibelieve you will agree that wecontinue to have outstandingfaculty, staff and students.

The retirements of CarrollGoering and John Siemens havecaused me to experience nostalgiaregarding the department. Withthe exception of Kent Mitchell,every other member of thedepartment has retired or leftsince I came to the University ofIllinois in 1973. These were mymentors and the people thatestablished the fine reputationthat we enjoy. As we close out thecentury, we are also closing out aunique era of our departmenthistory. We look forward to thenew century with optimism with anew generation of faculty andstaff that will set a new bench-mark of accomplishments that wecannot yet even visualize.

Please drop a note or e-mail to letus know about the events in yourlife. Your colleagues always enjoyreading our alumni news section.

Loren E. BodeHead of Department

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On March 25, 1999 LorenBode, along with the facultyand staff, welcomed

Lorennie Bateman to the departmentwith a reception to acknowledge thegenerous contribution made byH. Paul and Lorennie Bateman. Asmany of you are aware, Paul passedaway on August 2, 1997.

John Siemens, Professor Emeritus inthe Off-Road Equipment Engineer-ing Section, provided a presentationon Professor Bateman’s career andhis interest in the AgriculturalEngineering Research Farm.

It was Paul’s wish that the gift beused for research at the AgriculturalEngineering Research Farm. Hisinterest and long-term professionalcareer became focused on fieldexperiments when he assumedresponsibility for the farm in 1950.

DEPARTMENT HONORS LORENNIE BATEMAN

From then until his retirement in1968 he conducted experiments ontillage and planting methods. Afterretirement from the University,Professor Bateman’s interests in farmmachinery continued. He andLorennie spent many tedious hoursin fields planted to corn measuringseed planting depth and spacing.

After a Certificate of Appreciationwas presented to Lorennie, RoscoePershing and Don Hunt gave specialremarks.

Another gift to the College of ACESprovides annual funding to supporttwo Bateman Congeniality Awardsand one or more JBT Scholarships tooutstanding entering freshmen.

Again, the department wishes toextend its gratitude for the generousand thoughtful gifts given by H. Pauland Lorennie Bateman. Thank you!

Loren Bode presenting Lorennie Bateman with a Certificateof Appreciation

In conjunction with hisretirement, Dr. CarrollGoering has established anendowed fund to providescholarships to juniors inAgE or TSM for excellence indeveloping an independentresearch project. Dr. Goeringhas enjoyed working withundergraduate students inresearch and nine of theseindependent research projectshave produced refereedjournal articles. We saluteand thank Carroll and Carolfor providing this gift topromote/reward independentresearch by undergraduatestudents in the Dept. ofAgricultural Engineering

Several alumni contacted theDepartment after learning ofDr. Goering’s pending retirement todetermine if there was a way toshow appreciation for his contribu-tions to their education, career andlife. This scholarship fund has beenset up to accept additional gifts inhonor of Dr. Goering’s accomplish-ments at the University of Illinois.

If you would like to express yourthanks to Carroll with a contributionto the C.E. Goering Fund for ResearchExcellence, please make your checkpayable to the UIF/C.E. GoeringResearch Excellence Scholarshipand send to: Agricultural Engineer-ing Department, 1304 WestPennsylvania Avenue, Urbana,Illinois 61801. You will receiveacknowledgement of your taxdeductible contribution. Thanksin advance for your tribute toDr. Goering.

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RETIREMENT OF DR. CARROLL E. GOERING

Dr. Carroll Eugene Goering,Professor of AgriculturalEngineering at the University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,retired on May 20, 1999. Dr. Goeringwas a Design Engineer at Interna-tional Harvester Company from 1959to 1961 and Professor of AgriculturalEngineering at the University ofMissouri from 1965 to 1977 and theUniversity of Illinois from 1978 to1999. Carroll earned his BSAE fromthe University of Nebraska and hisMS and Ph.D. degrees from IowaState University.

Carroll was born in Platte Center,Nebraska. After completing his BSAEdegree in 1959, Carroll worked forInternational Harvester Companyuntil 1961 and then returned to IowaState University to earn his Masters andPh.D. degrees in Agricultural Engineer-ing.

At the University of IllinoisDr. Goering conducted research on thedesign, construction and operatingprinciples of farm equipment andmade significant contributions in sev-eral areas.

Vehicle AutomationCarroll worked on vehicle guidance atthe University of Missouri. The re-search was ahead of its time and didnot have the advantage of the globalpositioning system to provide guidancesignals. Nevertheless, the research hadan impact in that ASAE initiated theAgricultural Automation Committeewhich continues to function today.

Chemical ApplicationTechnology

Also, at the University of Missouri,

Carroll conducted research on pesti-cide application technology. In 1975,he reported on a sprayer in which thechemical concentrate is stored sepa-rately from the water carrier and mixedon the go. Fifteen years later, suchsprayers came into commercial use.While on sabbatical leave at the Uni-versity of Illinois, Goering workedwith Professor Jack Butler on tech-niques for measuring drift from asprayer. Drawing on the research,Goering led the effort to develop theASAE Standard entitled “Test proce-dure for measuring deposits and air-borne spray from ground swath spray-ers”.

Engines and AlternativeFuels

Soon after joining the faculty at theUniversity of Illinois, Goering initiatedresearch programs on engines and al-ternative fuels. The focus of the re-search was on finding alternative fuelsfor compression-ignition engines. Hedeveloped a procedure for measuringengine cylinder pressures and to inferthe rate of energy release from fuels.His publication on the procedure wonan ASAE outstanding paper award.Goering helped the University of Na-tal in South Africa establish a similarprocedure. In the early 1980s, Goeringand his students devised laboratoryprocedures for transforming soybeanoil into its methyl ester, i.e., they pro-duced and tested methyl soyate. Tenyears later, a National Biodiesel Boardwas formed to promote methyl soyate.

EducationDuring his career, Goering has advisedand taught hundreds of undergradu-ate students and served as advisor tomore than forty graduate students.

These students are now engineers atCaterpillar, Cummins, Case/IH, JohnDeere, and numerous other compa-nies. Goering wrote a textbook,Engine and Tractor Power, which isnow in its third edition and has becomeone of the best sellers in the ASAEtextbook series. It has been translatedinto arabic for use in Saudi Arabia.Goering is a coauthor of another text-book, Engineering Principles ofAgricultural Machines, which is in wideuse in the U.S. and abroad.

American Society ofAgricultural Engineering

Goering has been very active in ASAE.He has repeatedly served as Chairper-son of technical committees. Twice,he has served as Chairman of thePower and Machinery Division. AsDivision Chairperson, Goering nur-tured the establishment of a continu-ing series of Agricultural EquipmentTechnology Conferences (AETC).Goering served on the ASAE Boardof Directors during a crucial time, i.e.,when a re-structuring of the societywas being planned as a means to re-verse declining membership. Heserved on a subcommittee which wrotea revised constitution and bylaws forASAE

RecognitionsIn 1970, Carroll was awarded a distin-guished service award by the Univer-sity of Missouri. In 1986, the Collegeof Engineering at the University ofIllinois awarded Goering the presti-gious Everitt Award for excellence inundergraduate teaching. In five con-secutive years, engineering studentschose Goering as an outstanding

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Dr. John Cornelius Siemens,Professor of AgriculturalEngineering at the Univer-

sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,retired on December 31, 1998, after a40-year career at the University ofIllinois and at Cornell University.John earned his BSAE degree at theUniversity of California at Berkeleyand Davis, his MS in AgriculturalEngineering at the University ofIllinois, and his Ph.D. in CivilEngineering at the University ofIllinois. During his Ph.D. studies, heserved as an instructor in Agricul-tural Engineering and did research insoil mechanics. As part of his Ph.D.research, John designed and built thefirst indoor soil bin at the Universityof Illinois.

John was born in Shafter, California.He grew up in Lancaster, Californiawith three brothers and one sister onan alfalfa/dairy farm. For summerwork during his college career, hecontracted to haul the hay producedon a 640-acre farm. He, a brother anda friend won the hauling contest at theAntelope Valley Fair in 1956. Theyloaded and unloaded four tons ofhay (64 bales) in 6 minutes and 32seconds.

John attended Antelope Valley JuniorCollege for one year before enrollingin Agricultural Engineering at theUniversity of California at Davis. AtDavis, John played football for theAggies and on one occasion wasselected “player of the week.”

After completing his Ph.D. degree in1963, John accepted a position asAssistant Professor of Agricultural

RETIREMENT OF JOHN C. SIEMENS

Engineering at Cornell University. In1968, he returned to the Universityof Illinois as Associate Professor ofAgricultural Engineering. In 1976,he was promoted to full professor.

As a graduate student, John workedwith Professor Jay Weber on twomajor projects. One was modelingtillage tools, using the soil bin thatJohn designed and constructed. Theother was on farm tractor mainte-nance. John and Professor Weberconducted some of the earliestresearch on the use of dry-type aircleaners on farm tractors. Prior tothat time, only oil-bath air cleanerswere used.

In 1967, when Professor WendellBowers left Illinois to take anextension position at OklahomaState University, a replacement wasneeded. According to Dr. FrankLanham , Head of AgriculturalEngineering, , “To fill a gap is anassignment of real magnitude …In castingabout for a replacement for ProfessorBowers, one man in the United Statesimmediately stands out - Dr. John C.Siemens of Cornell University”. Johnaccepted the offer to return toIllinois. John’s new assignment wasExtension Specialist in Field Powerand Machinery. Based on his strongresearch record, John was alsogranted an appointment to theGraduate Faculty. In later years,John became Extension ProgramLeader for all extension activities inAgricultural Engineering.

At Illinois, John quickly establishedcooperative research efforts withother departments. In 1968, Exten-

sion Agronomist Ellery Knake wroteto Dr. Lanham to laud John’soutstanding cooperative work on thedevelopment of a new “waterlesssprayer”. This was only the first ofmany such letters from Agronomyfaculty lauding John’s outstandingcooperation.

In 1970, John accepted a Residencyin Engineering Practice sponsored bythe American Society for Engineer-ing Education to spend a year withDeere & Company at Moline,Illinois. During the year with Deere& Company, he worked on theevaluation of tillage systems for cornand soybean production and acomputer program to select theoptimum machinery set for a farm.This highly successful year markedthe beginning of several cooperativeventures between Dr. Siemens andDeere & Company.

In 1975-1976, John was granted asabbatical leave to study at theDivision of Agricultural Engineer-ing, Department of AgriculturalTechnical Services, Pretoria, SouthAfrica. His specific assignment wasto evaluate and study field machineryselection methods used for cornproduction in South Africa. Thisleave launched John on another ofhis major career interests, machinerymanagement. John later had otheroverseas assignments, including a1977 consultancy to study soybeanproduction potential in Iraq andstudies in Yugoslavia and Jamaica.

At the University of Illinois, Johnhas made major research contribu-tions in two main areas, conservation

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tillage and machinery management.In the 1970s, with financial supportfrom Deere & Company, John andProfessor Oschwald from the UIUCAgronomy Department launched amassive tillage research project thatultimately led to the nation-wideacceptance of conservation tillageand the virtual retirement of themoldboard plow. John’s tillageresearch was widely publicized. Hisnational reputation led to his selec-tion in 1993 as senior author of aSoil Management textbook publishedby Deere & Company.

Working with a series of graduatestudents, John developed machineryselection software for guidingfarmers in selecting optimum sets ofmachinery for their farm operations.Manufacturers also use the softwarein deciding upon types and sizes of

award on the basis of his conserva-tion tillage research, which essentiallyretired the moldboard plow.

John readily admits that he was verylucky to have met Jean Elsesser.They were married in 1961. Theyhave three sons, three daughter-in-laws, and one grandchild. They areexpecting a second grandchild.

In retirement, John and Jean lookforward to new ventures. So farJohn is not doing very well at thenew ventures. This past winter hehas made presentations at severalPesticide Application TrainingSessions and is revising a textbookon Farm Machinery Management forDeere & Company. He hopes formore golf soon!

undergraduate advisor in engineering.On 22 occasions, students at theUniversity of Illinois have placedGoering on the list of teachers rankedas excellent in their courses. From theAgricultural Engineering Department,Goering received the teaching excel-lence award in 1985, 1994 and 1995.The College of Agricultural, Con-sumer and Environmental Scienceschose Goering to receive the SeniorAward for Excellence in Teaching in1994. In 1996, the College awardedGoering the Funk Award fordistinguished service to agriculture.The Funk Award is named for theFunk family, owners of the Funk SeedCorn Company. In 1996, ASAE

Dr. Carroll E. Goeringcontinued from page 4

Carroll and Carol Ann Goeringraised three children. Laurie is aforeign correspondent for theChicago Tribune; she currently livesin Rio de Janeiro and covers SouthAmerica. Dan is an aeronauticalengineer with Boeing in Seattle. Sararecently completed her Ph.D. inPhilosophy and has accepted afaculty position with California StateUniversity at Long Beach.

machinery to manufacture. Based onhis outstanding expertise in machin-ery management, John was selectedto teach Technical Systems Manage-ment (TSM) 221, the farm machinerymanagement course. He continuedto teach the course until his retire-ment.

Two major awards have recognizedJohn’s outstanding accomplishments.In 1993, he received the SeniorFaculty Award for Excellence inExtension, from the College ofAgriculture. At the 1999 ASAEmeeting in Toronto, he will receivethe John Deere Gold MedalAward, one of the highest honorsgranted by ASAE. It is ironic thatthe John Deere Gold Medal Awardwas named for John Deere, theinventor of the steel moldboardplow and that John Siemens won the

president George Kriz awardedGoering a presidential citation forwork on revising the ASAE consti-tution and bylaws. In 1998 Goeringwas elected an ASAE Fellow.

The Fallow Furrow Award wasstarted in the Department ofAgricultural Engineering when KentMitchell forgot to attend a class hewas teaching in 1975! Since thattime, the current holder of theaward has accepted nominations forworthy recipients to receive it at thenext spring banquet; with fewexceptions it has been given annuallysince that time.

Dr. Goering has been the recipientof the award once and Dr. Siemenshas received the award twice.

Check out page 9 to see whoreceived the award this year!

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EOH/AOH OPEN HOUSE DISPLAYS – MARCH 1999

OxyDiesel Fuel for a Cleaner World -Mike Mendoza, Adam Cramsey,Kenneth Warning, Nathan Kress,Ruth Book

Alteration of SCS-CN Method toPredict Tile Flow - Yongping Yuan,Thomas Wildman

Smart Sprayer - Lie Tang, BrianSteward, Charles Kammin, Haibo Yao

Modified Dry Grind Ethanol: SameGrade Quality with Lower Cost -Jenny Wahjudi, Malcolm Speller

Edible Explosions – Popcorn and ItsScience - Yu Tian, Yolanda Lopez,Anna Cathcart

Corn Yield Prediction with anArtificial Neural Network - Jing Liu,Lisa Foster

Wireless Tractor Communication -Eric Viall, Jeff Will, Joe Bartoli

Young Scholars Program SummerProject - Marguerite Tan

The Sky is Falling – Save Your Soil -Paul Miller, Chris Harbourt

Development of a Multi-PointSampler for Air Sampling -Xinlei Wang

Automotive Navigation ofAgricultural Vehicles -Eric Benson, Matt Layden,Hongchu Qiu

Wet Milling of Corn with LacticAcid - Ping Yang, John Bower

SAE Mini Baja - Andy Berberich, AndyDochterman, Jason Hartnell, John Frana,Gerry Stewart, Nick Digrazia, SeanLanders, Katie Yagow, Emily Edwards,Alan Schweizer

ASAE Student Branch - ArmandoNajera

Solar Power Trailer - Bill Peterson,Ted Helmink

Measuring Extractable Starch inCorn with NIT - Matthew Rund, JohnValenti, Bingying Ye, Lynda Barrios

Illini Ag Mech Club - Chris Kallal

Wireless Video Systems for MobileEquipment - David Konneker

Safe Use of Generators -Mark Fudge

Novel Sensors for Crop HealthMeasurement - Curtis Cornwell

E/H Steering System Simulator -Hongchu Qiu

Information ManagementTechnology for InformationAgriculture - Qin Zhang

Evaluation of Tri-R Robotic DriverGuiding a Tractor in a Corn Field -Dale Johnson

Alpha Epsilon Delta Chapter -Jeff Zuercher

Worm Display – Ag Extension -Mike Hirschi, Doug Peterson

Variable Rate Slurry Applicator -Al Guativa, Jeff Dauderman, BrianPeterlin, Luke Tomsha

Department of AgriculturalEngineering Information Table -Dini Reid, Richard Cooke

Open House Coordinators -Randy Fonner, Steve Ford

Open House Helpers - AnneBatchellor, Kelly Thorp, Larry Pruiett,Dennis Mohr

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The 1999 ASAE/CSAE-SCGR Annual International meeting will be heldJuly 18-21, 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Four members of our depart-ment will receive special recognition this summer.

John C. Siemens (Professor Emeritus, Off-Road Equipment EngineeringDivision) won one of ASAE’s most prestigious awards – the John Deere GoldMedal. It is ironic that John’s outstanding tillage research, which basicallyretired the moldboard plow, won him the award named for the person whoinvented the steel moldboard plow. Regardless, John is clearly deserving of theaward.

Loren E. Bode (Head of the Department) has been elected to the ASAEBoard of Trustees. Marvin R. Paulsen (Division Leader, Food andBioprocess Engineering) has been elected to the nominating committee forFood and Process Engineering. John F. Reid (Professor, Off-Road Equip-ment Engineering Division) has been elected to the nominating committeefor Power and Machinery.

ASAE News and Notes

Awards

John F. Reid, Professor/Off-Road EquipmentEngineering Division andDini M. Voss, Assistant tothe Head, were united inmarriage on March 13,1999 in Champaign,Illinois. Congratulationsand best wishes to Diniand John as they embarkupon their new lifetogether!

On a more personal and happy note …

At the Spring Banquet held April 18,1999, Brian L. Steward waspresented the Teaching ExcellenceAward for graduate assistant teachingand Yuanhui Zhang, AssociateProfessor in the BioenvironmentalEngineering Division was presenteda Teaching Excellence Award forhis outstanding contributions tothe teaching programs in thedepartment.

And on a lighter note, Yuanhui alsoreceived the Fallow Furrow Award –he received two notices, written inDutch, that turned out to be a ticketviolation while he was in Holland.He ignored the first one, but had thesecond one translated - he paid theticket.

The award remains in the possessionof the BioenvironmentalEngineering Division for anotheryear – as Ted Funk received theaward last year!

Teachers Rankedas Excellent

The Incomplete List of TeachersRanked as Excellent by their Studentsfor Spring 1999 has been released.Congratulations to: Philip Buriak,Leslie L. Christianson, Carroll E.Goering, Michael C. Hirschi, NathanMarsh (TA), Gerald L. Riskowski,and Brian Steward (TA).

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Philip Buriak, Professor, TechnicalSystems Management (TSM) andCoordinator, TSM Program receivedthe Campus Award for Excellence inUndergraduate Teaching. This is clearlythe most prestigious teaching awardpresented by the University ofIllinois. Phil was honored at theannual Instructional Awards Banquetheld on April 26 at the Illini Union.

Phil was also awarded the College ofACES Senior Faculty Award forExcellence in Teaching. Phil washonored at the annual Paul A. FunkAwards Banquet held on April 20.Congratulations to Phil on winningthese two awards!

Paul W. Benson, Lecturer,Technical Systems Management,was honored at the Funk AwardsBanquet on April 20. Paul was therecipient of the Professional StaffAward for Excellence/SustainedExcellence. Congratulations to Paul!

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Phillip Buriak

Collins Award for Innovative Teaching

W. Leighton Collins was a faculty member in the College of Engineering from1929 to 1965 and former executive director of the American Society ofEngineering Education (ASEE). He was a pioneer and leader in ASEEand helped shape engineering instruction in the United States. This awardrecognizes outstanding development or use of new and innovative teachingmethods.

Dr. Qin Zhang received the award atthe 35th College of EngineeringHonor Awards Convocation heldFriday, April 16, 1999.

Qin Zhang, Assistant Professor ofAgricultural Engineering, teachesone of the most challenging andimportant courses in the department,AgE 311, Instrumentation andMeasurements. It is challenging: thetechnology covered in the coursechanges quickly because of rapidadvances in computing andinstrumentation technology. It isimportant because students mustunderstand the material and will usethe computerized instrumentationtechnology in their engineeringcareers. Zhang redesigned AgE 311

to emphasize active learning andprofessional communications. Hedesigned challenging real-lifeproblems for the class discussionand homework. Students areexpected to work in teams and useknowledge learned in other classesand from peers and additionaltechnical material to solve problems.To promote professional communi-cations, students work on a grouplaboratory project to identify aproblem, design and build acomplete measurement system,perform engineering measurements,and communicate the resultsprofessionally. Zhang’s teachingphilosophy encompasses activelearning and communications toimprove engineering education.

Loren Bode and Qin Zhang

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EUROPEAN SABBATICAL

J. Kent Mitchell, Professor in theSoil and Water Division, was onsabbatical leave from August 21,1998 through January 5, 1999.

Three months of leave were spent as aVisiting Professor in the Departmentof Hydraulic Structures, Faculty ofLand Reclamation and EnvironmentalEngineering, Warsaw AgriculturalUniversity (WAU), Warsaw, Poland.

He spent the time with Dr. KazimierzBanasik, who was a visiting facultymember in the Soil and Water Divi-sion from August 1997 to June 1998.Dr. Banasik is involved in the hydrol-ogy of agricultural watersheds, riversand reservoirs, and investigations andphysical modeling of hydraulicstructures. Kent obtained severalhelpful ideas and techniques to usewith water quality research beingconducted in the Little VermilionRiver Watershed (LVR). He began astudy to define runoff CurveNumber (SCS – Runoff Model) forthe LVR as well as the Zagozdzonkawatershed. Additionally, he andDr. Banasik outlined the course of astudy to determine lag times for themonitored areas of the two water-sheds. Hopefully, these studies willcontinue cooperatively in the future.

He attended several meetings and/ortrips having to do with the TEMPUSJoint European Project, “Education inEnvironmental Engineering for CentralPoland;” which has a research compo-nent, as well as, the teaching direction.Dr. Banasik is the leader of thisproject aimed at providing exchangeopportunities between WAU and theRadom Private College of Environ-

mental Protection, Radom, Poland,students and students at other coop-erative institutions and at developing ateaching and research program atRadom College.

Kent chaired a technical session andpresented a paper at the 3rd Interna-tional Conference onHydroscience and Engineering inCottbus, Germany and chaired atechnical session and presented apaper at the Conference on Envi-ronmental and Technical Prob-lems of Water Management forSustainable Development at WAU.This paper was published in theBulletin of the Polish Academy ofSciences.

One of the most memorable activitiesof his sabbatical was when he pre-sented the lecture entitled, “Agricul-tural Land Use and Water Quality” forthe Inauguration Ceremonies for theInter Faculty Program of Environ-mental Studies at WAU and for the

Radom College. This ceremony is fornew students that are in the Environ-mental Studies program.

Although not part of the officialactivities of an engineering sabbatical,Kent and Marlene were able to visitseveral cultural and historic sites:Royal Palace, Old Town, LazienkiPark, Curie Museum, many cathedralsand Cemetery Powazkowski on All-Saints Day in Warsaw; Zelazowa Wola;Panorama Radarwicka, Wroclaw;Zakopane; Cracow; and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland; Praha Castle andOld Town Praha, Czech Republic;Olympic Park and Old Town, Munich,Germany; Neuschwanstein Castle,Germany; Old Town, Innsbruck,Austria; Old Town, Vienna, Austria;and Berlin Dom and Central Berlin,Germany. They also attended severalconcerts at Cathedrals, the NationalPhilharmonic Hall, and the RoseGarden in Lazienki Park; and anopera, operetta, and ballet at theNational Opera Hall.

J. Kent Mitchell, Professor of Soil and Water

Dr. Kazimierz Banasik and Kent Mitchell

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Loren Bode (Head), Eric Benson, Keli Christopher, and William Northcott(left to right) were honored at the Graduate Fellow Recognition Programheld November 5, 1998. Also recognized, but not pictured, was Ana MariaGarcia. The Illinois Chapter of GAMMA SIGMA DELTA, the HonorSociety of Agriculture, and the College of ACES sponsored the program.

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MANRRS Winner

During the past year the followingalumni and friends have donatedmoney to the department. Thesefunds are used to help providescholarships to deserving students,defray travel costs to professionalmeetings and support studentprojects for our open houses eachspring. Some donations have beenspecifically designated to oneof several special funds in ourdepartment.

For more information on donoropportunities, please contact thedepartment at (217) 333-3570.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Richard AyersMr. Paul G. BolandMr. Dana and Ms. Elizabeth ChristensenMr. David A. CornwellMr. and Mrs. Roger W. CurryMr. Timothy A. DeutschDr. and Mrs. Ronald L. ElliottMr. Curtis R. FreebergMr. and Mrs. Stanley E. HarrisMr. and Mrs. Robert C. HughesDr. Raymond L. HuhnkeMr. Brian T. LinvillMr. and Mrs. Hector G. McAllisterMr. and Mrs. Jerry A. ReadMr. David R. SchmidMr. William L. SchubertMr. and Mrs. Gene C. ShoveDr. and Mrs. David W. SmithMr. and Mrs. Roger M. SmithMr. and Mrs. Daniel L. SmithDr. Roger R. Yoerger

If you are interested in purchasingour history book, “AgriculturalEngineering on the Prairie: IllinoisStyle,” please send your check inthe amount of $25.00 and payableto the University of Illinois to:

Agricultural EngineeringHistory BookAttention: Mary Beth Munhall1304 West Pennsylvania AvenueUrbana, IL 61801

Keli Christopher, graduate studentin Soil and Water, won first place inthe 1999 Minorities in Agriculture,Natural Resources and RelatedScience graduate student postercompetition. She also was elected asthe national MANRRS grad studentparliamentarian. CongratulationsKeli!

Graduate Fellows Recognized

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This issue highlights projects from ourFood and Bioprocess Engineering

and Soil and Water Divisions.

Using NIT To Measure Extractable Starch Dr. Marvin R. Paulsen, Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering

Corn can be grown for manyreasons but in the end it isgrown for its starch. How-

ever, not all starch contained in corncan be extracted. At best 90 + %can be extracted but the amountrecovered depends on drying condi-tions, hybrid and environmentalgrowing conditions. Drs. MarvinPaulsen and Steven Mbuvi areheading the effort to utilize NearInfrared Transmittance (NIT) andNear Infrared Reflectance (NIR) tomeasure extractable starch in corn.For several years, Dr. StevenEckhoff’s laboratory in AgriculturalEngineering headed by ArmgardHaken and assisted by Yuxian Niuand Sara Chaney have been measur-ing extractable starch using the 100-gwet milling procedure that takesthree days to complete one sample.A new test method is being corre-lated to those results which uses nearinfrared light to predict the samething but in about 2 minutes.

About 16% of the corn grown in theUS and about one-third of the corngrown in Illinois is used for wetmilling. Wet milling is the processused to chemically and mechanicallybreak corn kernels apart into starch(66%), protein {(gluten feed (25%)and gluten meal (5%)}, and corn oil(4%). Depending on the specific wetmiller, starch may be converted intofructose, ethanol, or left as starch,

which may be used for food, phar-maceutical or industrial uses. Wetmilling is a growing segment of thecorn market and corn with highextractable starch has an increasedvalue of around 4 to 6 cents per bufor each 1 % point increase inextractable starch. Presently we seeextractable starch range from about54 to 71% dry basis. The lowpercentages come from corn driedwith drying air in excess of 100ºC.However, drying temperatures of100ºC are commonly used in thegrain industry because dryingefficiency for a dryer with a givenairflow increases as drying tempera-tures increase. Thus, elevatormanagers are left in a quandary ofwhether to run their dryers at a hightemperature to maximize fuelefficiency or to sacrifice fuel effi-ciency to improve starch extractabil-ity. This research is importantbecause it can provide elevatormanagers and purchasers of corn forwet milling a tool for making thesedecisions.

Over 800 samples have been testedover the past two years for use indeveloping the calibration forpredicting extractable starch usingNIT. Theoretically we should beable to predict within 1.3 times thelaboratory standard error for the100-g wet milling test, or with astandard error of prediction of

about +/- 1 % point of starch.Presently we have an error of about1.3% points, but we look for this toimprove as samples are added thatcover the upper and lower rangesmore fully. We are also developing asimilar calibration for a NIR instru-ment and some of that work is beingdone by Ms. Binying Ye, a Ph.D.graduate student in the department.

Extractable starch is greatly affectedby varieties and we are findingdifferent varieties are affecteddifferently by drying temperatures.The project was initially funded byCFAR (Council for Food andAgricultural Research) as seed moneywhich has since been further fundedby Optimum Quality Grains, LLC.

For more information contact:Dr. Marvin PaulsenAgricultural Engineering Dept.1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Rm. 360Urbana, IL 61801217-333-7926 phone217.244-0323 faxE-mail: mrp@age.uiuc.edu

Infratec 1229 NIT instrument used for scanningCorn samples for extractable starch.

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Modeling Flow and Transport in Tile-Drained WatershedsRichard Cooke, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering

Introduction

The modeling of flow andtransport in many watershedsin Illinois is complicated by the

widespread use of subsurface drainagesystems. Typically, these systems drainsmall depressional areas and consist ofa few tile lines placed at irregularangles and spacings. Many of thesesystems were installed 50-100 yearsago and their locations are not known.Most existing watershed-scale modelsdo not include the effects of subsur-face drainage systems, while subsur-face drainage models tend to focus onsingle fields. However, drains areimportant, if often overlooked,modifiers of flood peaks and waterquality in rivers, ditches and streams.

Researchers in the Soil and WaterSection of the Agricultural Engineer-ing Department are in the process ofdeveloping comprehensive watershed-scale models that incorporate theeffects that portion of subsurface flowthat is intercepted by artificial tiledrains and transported directly tooutlet channels. In this article, some ofthe research being conducted isdescribed. This includes the use ofinfrared aerial photography to create aGIS layer for subsurface drains, andthe development of a tile flowcomponent for a watershed-scaleflood flow model.

Mapping Subsurface DrainageSystemsOne of the first steps in the modelingof flow and transport in tile-drainedwatersheds is to map the subsurfacedrainage systems and store thisinformation as a geographic informa-tion system (GIS) layer.

The drain (tile) mapping proceduredeveloped in the Agricultural Engi-neering Department is based on thefact that the soil over efficientlydraining tile lines dries faster than thesoil at other locations in the field, andhas higher reflectance in the infraredregion of the radiation spectrum.Reflectance in the infrared (IR) rangeof the radiation spectrum is verysensitive to soil moisture content.Variations in soil moisture and plantvigor show up as variations in near IR(0.7 - 1.3 µm) and mid IR (1.3 - 3 µm)reflectance. Some of the factorsaffecting soil surface reflectanceinclude soil moisture content, soiltexture (proportion of sand, silt andclay), surface roughness, the presenceof iron oxide, and organic mattercontent. Soil moisture content isstrongly related to soil texture. Coarse,sandy soils are well drained, resultingin low moisture content and relativelyhigh reflectance, while poorly drainedfine textured soils will generally havelower reflectance. Visual similarity ofreflectance can be encountered insoils with different moisture contentdepending on the combination of theother factors that affect reflectance.However, this problem can beovercome by computer-assisted digitalimage analysis, particularly by separat-ing out the effects of variations in soiltype and ground elevation.

During the period immediatelyfollowing the spring thaw, tiles start toflow and moisture differences on soilsurfaces can be detected in theinfrared spectral range. The bestphotographs can be acquired on acloud-free day, two or three days aftera rainfall event that exceeds 5 cm (2

inches). However, it is rarely cloud-free in the first few days after asuitable rainfall event, as solar heatingof the moist soil surfaces producesovercast skies. Typically, there are nomore than two or three times eachyear when the conditions are suitablefor producing the required CIRphotographs.

After the color infrared photographsare obtained, they are scanned intodigital form and geometrically cor-rected based on ground control pointsfrom 1:24,000 topographic maps.They are then overlain by soil, eleva-tion, administrative boundaries, andsurface drainage maps to facilitateeasier delineation of tile lines. Theresulting tile map for a section of theLittle Vermilion River watershed isshown in Figure 1. Many of thepatterns observed in thissubwatershed are also observed inmost of the watersheds in CentralIllinois:

1. Most of the drainage systems areirregular, that is, the drains are notlaid out according to a pattern,nor are they equally spaced.Almost all existing drainageequations presuppose the exist-ence of equally-spaced drains and,therefore, have to be modified ifthey are to be applied to Illinois.

2. There is a strong correlationbetween soil type and subsurfacedrainage density. Most of thedrains are associated with Drum-mer Silty Clay Loam, one of themost productive soils in Illinois.

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Hydraulic Conductivity 4 cmDrainable pore space 0.05m3/m3

Initial watertable depth above tile drain 0.2 mEffective drain spacing 30 mDepth of impermeable layer from tile drain 1 m

3. A small percentage of thesubsurface drains cross theboundary of the watershed, apredictable phenomenon in flatwatersheds. However, for themost part, the boundaries of thesurface and subsurface watershedscoincide.

A Flood-flow Model for Tile-drained WatershedsA knowledge of the extent ofsubsurface drainage networks in awatershed can lead to the develop-ment of comprehensive models thatcombine surface runoff and tile flow.In one such model being developedand tested, a GIS-based interface isused to link the flood-flow modelHEC-1 with RAPIDFLOW, a drainflow routine based on the deZeewsand Helinga fluctuating watertableequation.

The graphical user interface devel-oped for use with the comprehensivehydrologic model is interactive. Itsupports and runs (processes) thecombined model (HEC-1 andRAPIDFLOW) and displays theoutput in multiple windows on asingle platform PC. RAPIDFLOW isembedded within the interface,whereas HEC-1 is run externally.HEC-1 is used to calculate infiltra-tion based on the Green-Amptinfiltration equation. This infiltrationis used in RAPIDFLOW to calculatethe fluctuating water table depth andthe volume of water drained. UsingArc/Info, a buffer region is createdaround each tile line, representing aneffective drainage region that isdrained by that tile. The interfaceprogram estimates the buffered area,which is then treated as a subsurfacewatershed. The subsurface watershedarea is the portion of thesubwatershed contributing to tile

flow. HEC-1 then treats the hourlytile flow predicted by RAPIDFLOWas the rainfall input for a totallyimpervious pseudo watershed equalin area to the subsurface watershed.The resulting hydrograph is routedusing the same procedure used forthe surface subwatersheds. A flowchart of the linkages between HEC-1 and RAPIDFLOW is shown inFigure 2.

The application of the combinedHEC-1/RAPIDFLOW model to arainfall event in the East Embarrassubwatershed that occurred in July,1998, demonstrates the benefit ofthe added drainflow component. Thetotal rainfall depth was 7.8 cm overthree days, but conditions were suchthat the traditional HEC-1 model didnot indicate any storm flow. Theinfiltrated water was then used asinput for RAPIDFLOW, run withthe set of input parameters shown inTable 1.

These parameters were not calibratedfor the simulation, the values beingbased on soil type and commondrainage practices in the watershed.The effective drain spacing is aconcept introduced to get around thefact that the drains in the watershedare not parallel. That value used wasbased on calibration done in anotherwatershed for random drains inDrummer soil.

Table 1. Input RAPIDFLOW parameters for sample application

A comparison of simulated andobserved flows is given in Figure 3.The patterns in the two flow series aresimilar, particularly in the times atwhich the peak flows occurred. Themodel overpredicted the peak flow byclose to 20%. The major discrepancyis in the shape of the recession limbsof the two hydrographs. This may bedue to the fact that the deZeews andHelinga equation is based on theexistence of parallel drains. A new andmore appropriate fluctuating watertable equation that is not predicatedon the existence of parallel drains isbeing tested. It is expected that whenthis equation is incorporated intoRAPIDFLOW, a better fit will beproduced. In any event, however, evenin its present state, the combinedmodel provides more accurate resultsthan the existing version of HEC-1.

The work described above is just asmall part of the research effort tocharacterize the hydrology of tile-drained watersheds. Other projectsinclude the development of drainageequations for irregular systems, thedevelopment of a modified curvenumber model for drain flow, and theuse of GIS tools to transform field-scale models into watershed scalemodels. Much of this research putsthe department at the forefront ofwork in subsurface drainage, particu-larly in watersheds with irregulardrainage systems.

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Figure 2. Flow chart for combined modelFigure 1. Layout of drainage tile in the Upper Little Vermilion River Watershed

Figure 3. Simulated and observed hydrographs for example model application

For more information contact:

Dr. Richard CookeAgricultural Engineering Department1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Rm. 332Urbana, IL 61801

217.333.0944 phone217.244.0323 faxE-mail: r-cooke@uiuc.edu

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Robert R. Rowe (BS ’49) moved toMars, Pennsylvania (25 miles northof Pittsburgh) about five years ago.After 30 years of singing in thechurch choir, he joined the “No-tables,” a local Barbershop Chorusand he is learning to play the organfor a change of pace. Robertenjoyed the visit from Wayne andMary Anne Maley last fall and theChristmas letters from Bob Tweadyand S.S. DeForest. Old friends arealways welcome if you are travelinghis way. He is only five minutesfrom the Pennsylvania Turnpike andInterstate 79.

1950 - 1980

Robert J. Gustafson (MS ’73/BS’71) has accepted a new position asAssociate Dean for Academic Affairsand Students Services in the Collegeof Engineering at Ohio StateUniversity.

David R. Mohr (BS ’71) stopped bythe department to visit. He has beenPresident and CEO of AllertonImplement Company. Recently, hesold the business and is moving toColorado.

Randy K. Pound (BS ’82) accepteda management position in mid-1998with the Valspar Corporation after16 years in the pulp and paperindustry. Valspar is a leading world-wide manufacturer of paints and

coatings. His job involves a lot oftraveling, but when Randy is home,he, his wife Marj, and their 15-monthold daughter Rachel, reside in themountains of North Carolina about14 miles west of Asheville.

Allen R. Rider (Ph.D. ’73) assumedthe duties of Vice President, NorthAmerican Commercial Operationson January 1, 1999. Dr. Ridercontinues to maintain his position asPresident, New Holland NorthAmerica. New Holland is a worldleader in the design and manufactureof a full line of agricultural andconstruction equipment, and offers arapidly expanding line of financialservices in many of its markets. TheCompany and its joint venturepartners operate through a globalnetwork of over 6,000 dealers anddistributors. Consolidated netrevenues exceeded $6 billion in 1997.Congratulations!

Dorland W. Smith (BS ’58) and hiswife, Marilyn, celebrated their 40th

anniversary during the 1998Thanksgiving holiday. Mr. Smithretired after the first of the year fromMenard Electric Cooperative wherehe was general manager.

Michael F. Walter (MS ’70/BS ’68)sent us an update on his family.They are becoming a family of AgEngineers. His oldest son Todd, hiswife Christa and his oldest daughter’shusband, Jay, all have BS degreesfrom Ag and Biological Engineeringat Cornell. Six of his children haveleft home leaving only Mahama, whois a freshman in high school. Dianneworks full-time plus about 50 percentmore as a volunteer 4-H leader andwith a couple of committees onspecial education.

1990 - present

Erin (Shaw) Cartland (MS ’94/BS’92) recently sent an e-mail updatingus on the happenings in her life. In1997 she and her husband, Clayton,were in a severe car accident in CaboSan Lucas, Mexico and had to be air-ambulanced to La Jolla, Californiafor treatment. Thankfully, everythingis ok now, except Erin has perma-nent hardware in her left leg –airports just love her! Erin isworking for Electronic Data Systemsin Ames and working on her MBASaturdays and evenings at Iowa State.

Michael G. Curl (BS ’98) marriedKimberly Kraemer on August 1,1998. Michael is a design engineerwith the transmission unit ofCaterpillar, Inc. in East Peoria. Thecouple reside in Peoria, Illinois.

Karl J. Helmink (MS ’90/BS ’88)married Susan Smutney on June 13,1998 in Champaign, Illinois.

Varghese M. Kurien (MS ’95)started a new job with Dames &Moore in Rolling Meadows, Illinoisin December of 1998. Dames &Moore is an environmental consult-ing firm. Congratulations Varghese!

Andrew M. Riggins (BS ’96)transferred to the John DeereCompany – Minneapolis Branch inOctober 1998. He is a TerritoryAftermarket Manager for SoutheastMinnesota. Andy and his wife,Holly, reside in Rochester,Minnesota.

Curtis Ritter (MS ’97/BS ’93) isemployed with Detroit DeiselCorporation in Detroit, Michiganand reports that he has been

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involved with lots of interestingprojects. Curt also reports that heand his wife, Mary, have a happyhealthy 11-month old son, James.Congratulations Curt on the newmember of your family!

Timothy T. Schaberg (BS ’96) isnow working in Peoria, Illinois forKomatsu as a hydraulic engineer.His responsibilities include thehydraulic systems, cylinders andsuspensions that go into large dumptrucks.

Gary D. Uken (BS ’90) and his wife,Janet are the proud parents of EthanNoyes, born August 19, 1998. Garyis a project engineer with Caterpillarin DeKalb, Illinois. Ethan wasnamed after Noyes Lab where Garyand Janet first met while takingChem 101 at UIUC. Congratula-tions!

Corey R. Weddle (BS ’96) recentlyassumed the position of ProjectManager for the Desktop SoftwareGroup at Ag. Leader Technology inAmes, Iowa. Congratulations Corey!

Yanling Zhao (Ph.D. ’98) accepted aposition as Hydrogeologist with theSouth Florida Water ManagementDistrict in December 1998.

CONDOLENCES

The Department of Agricultural Engineering faculty, staff andstudents wish to extend their condolences and sympathy to thefamilies and friends on the deaths of four of our alumni –

Max D. Albin (BS ’51) passed away January 4, 1999 in Urbana, Illinois.Mr. Albin was the director of product engineering at Flo-Con Systems,Champaign, for 12 years. He was also a member of the RegisteredProfessional Engineers.

Randall L. Beasley (BS ’48) passed away on December 30, 1998 inSpringfield, Illinois. He was an engineer with Coles/Moultrie ElectricCooperative from 1948 until his retirement in 1988.

Christopher J. Crowell (MS ’95/BS ’94) passed away on December20, 1998 in Peoria, Illinois. He was a test engineer in the enginedivision at Caterpillar Inc.’s Tech Center since 1995. Christopher was aJonathan Baldwin Turner scholar and was named outstanding freshmanof the year. He received the John Deere Scholarship Award foroutstanding senior in the College of Agricultural, Consumer andEnvironmental Sciences (ACES). He volunteered for Big Brothers, BigSisters and at OSF Saint Francis Cancer Care Unit.

Dean L. Searls (BS ’37) passed away quite suddenly on January 21,1999 at the age of 84. Dean was former manager of Adams ElectricalCooperative and an External Adviser to the department for two terms.He was formerly of Camp Point and more recently of Westview.

The department would also like to express our sympathy to MauriceL. Burgener (MS ’49/BS ’48), David B. Burgener (BS ’73) and theentire Burgener family on the tragic death of their granddaughter anddaughter, Kristy. Kristy died of an advanced form of Kidney cancerthat remained hidden without symptoms until four weeks prior to herdeath. The family is setting up a scholarship fund to remember Kristy,her desire to help others, and to do her best at whatever task sheundertook. Those persons desiring to contribute to that fund shouldsend checks made payable to:

St. Peter’s Church125 West Church StreetElmhurst, IL 60126Please note on the check “Kristy Scholarship”

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April 18, 1999 was the date for the combined ASAE Student Club and Ag.Mech Club spring banquet. The following students were recipients of ourdepartment awards this year.

Bateman Congeniality – AGE Emily J. EdwardsBateman Congeniality – TSM Mathew E. RundFrank W. Bauling Memorial Joseph A. Rogers, Jr.K.J.T Ekblaw Scholarship Peter D. GrovesEspy Prize for Exemplary Service Jeffrey P. EhrhardtJohn Deere Dealership Mgt. Program Scholarship Clint W. PetersJohn Deere Foundation Sheila SahuE.W. Lehman – AGE Katherine A. FlahiveE.W. Lehman – TSM Jeffrey A. DuncanBernard C. Mathews/Mathews Company Scholar Adam J. CramseyJonathan Pierce Memorial J. Chadwick YagowTSM Outstanding Senior Nathan A. MarshJ.A. Weber Memorial Kelly R. Thorp

Congratulations to all of the award recipients!

ASAE STUDENT CLUB AND AG. MECH CLUB SPRING BANQUET

Jeffrey P. Ehrhardt will have hisname inscribed on the Bronze Tabletthat hangs in the Main LibraryBuilding. The Bronze Tablet isrecognition of continuous highacademic achievement and is thecampus-wide highest academichonor. Jeff received this recognitionbecause he had a minimum 3.5cumulative grade-point averagefor all work taken preceding fallsemester and he also ranked, on thebasis of his cumulative grade-pointaverage, in the top three percent ofthe students in the college graduatingclass. Congratulations Jeff!

Jeffrey A. Duncan was inductedinto the Phi Kappa Phi, an AcademicHonorary Fraternity.

Jason O’Connor is the recipient ofthe Hebert Hoemann MemorialScholarship. The scholarship waspresented at the Grain & FeedAssociation of Illinois AnnualConvention and Trade Show heldFebruary 14-16, 1999 in St. Louis,Missouri.

Armando Najero has been selectedto be a participant in the FiatWorldwide Management TrainingProgram. He is only one of fourU.S. participants. This is a wonderfulopportunity for Armando.

Sheila Sahu received the AndersonOutstanding Student Certificate at adinner held on February 15 at theUrbana Holiday Inn. Sheila receivedthe certificate for her GPA andstrong leadership activities.

Amanda M. Peters of Rantoul, Illinois, was honored as a recipient of theJonathan Baldwin Turner (JBT) Agricultural Scholarship during a December4th banquet held at the Illini Union on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Amanda is majoring in agricultural engineering andplans to specialize in food and bioprocess engineering. The Faculty of theDepartment of Agricultural Engineering funds Amanda’s scholarship.

Amanda M. Peters and Loren E. Bode

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