The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Council (IOSHAC) is offering three scholarships to deserving Iowa college students for the 2013/2014 academic year. One scholarship of $3000 and two scholarships of $2250 will be granted to three selected students during the Iowa Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference on November 7th and 8th. The conference …Continue reading “Scholarship Opportunity with Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Advisory Council”
Algae could become an important partner in the future of poultry operations through a project conducted by ISU researchers. “We want to improve the environmental stewardship of the poultry operation. It would be a perfect match if we could remove ammonia from the exhaust air in poultry houses and use it to grow algae,” said …Continue reading “Xin converting poultry-generated ammonia into algae”
Brandon Bonk’s farm in Delaware is like many today: driven by technology that raises yields, limits runoff and adjusts to changing weather, pests and commodity prices. It all adds up to a complex business that Bonk is very passionate about. “You have a result every year. That’s about 50 shots to get it perfect. If …Continue reading “Precision farming is very rewarding for an AST alum”
Jyahao Leong, biological systems engineering, with an emphasis in biorenewable resources and a minor in engineering sales, and Jeremy Vittetoe, agricultural engineering with an emphasis in power and machinery and a minor in agronomy, are among ten engineering students named as outstanding seniors for the fall 2012 College of Engineering commencement ceremony scheduled Saturday, December …Continue reading “Leong and Vittetoe named as outstanding seniors for fall 2013 CoE commencement”