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Fractals--A Bridge to the Future for Soil Science
uptake by plants. G. LeRoy Hahn, former head of the Biological Engineering Research Unit at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center at Clay Center, Nebraska, and his colleagues Roger Eigenberg and John A. Nienaber used fractal geometry with cattle body temperatures to determine that steers begin
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EETimes.com | Electronics Industry News for EEs & Engineering Managers
High-tech industry mourns crash victims The death toll from last week's terrorist attacks spread into the engineering ranks, as a half-dozen more high-tech professionals were identified among the dead. The worst attack on U.S. soil has claimed 5,000 dead or missing. Spoto takes helm at RF design
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Blue Lagoons on Pig Farms?
of phosphorus from the wastewater. It also produced 657 tons of separated solid waste that can be converted to organic plant fertilizer, soil amendments, or energy. The second step, the biological removal of ammonia, involved the Biogreen Nitrogen Removal Module developed by Hitachi Plant Engineering
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Reusing Water in the Desert Southwest
that I first thought we'd contaminated the sample," McLain says. At the U.S. Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center outside Maricopa, Arizona, engineering student Matt Robbins (foreground) is being trained by Bob Strand and Bert Clemmens to operate a canal gate with remote control. (D1297-8
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A supercomputer from off-the-shelf parts
conditions. It will also play a role in weapons engineering and physics. COMPANY NEWS. Sakai has chosen RDO Equipment Co. to be an authorized dealer in the states of Arizona, California, Minnesota, Montana, North & South Dakota, and Texas, where RDO will offer the full line of Sakai's vibratory soil
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From the edge of the battlefield to a used car lot near you
by a joystick and flat-panel display, so no gunners will be exposed to fire.". Unlike their Hummer counterparts, Combatt vehicles will not have armor protection for the occupants or underbody mine protection. "That adds weight and cost, and is somewhat of an engineering challenge," says Almand "But they won't
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Holding Back Floodwaters
From a distance, the 50-acre Hydraulic Engineering Research Laboratory in Stillwater, Oklahoma, looks more like an archeological excavation than a world-class research facility. The laboratory and its many outbuildings and grounds are covered with all types of hydraulic structures. Hydraulics
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Interphex Booth Previews
to generate reports and documentation. http://www.sparta-systems.com Custom Valves for Pharma Booth 2629 "Pro-Spec, for "Process-Specific," is a new SVF Flow Controls program designed to provide engineers with access to a complete range of engineering expertise. Engineers are invited to discuss specific