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Saturday, 22 October 2011 20:39

A Few Words From The Journal Editor

Written by R. Sri Ranjan

Thanks to the funding provided by the CSBE/SCGAB Foundation, the uploading of Legacy papers is progressing well. Volumes 1 to 30 (years 1959 to 1988) have been scanned and processed for upload. They are available online here: Canadian Biosystems Engineering Journal. It is intended to upload the rest of volumes by the end of January, 2012. There are two sets of files available for download. The download "Full paper" link will give you the machine readable file that is text searchable. You should be able to search the entire paper with keywords. The "Raw file" which is a scanned image of the paper is also available by clicking the title of the paper from the following link:

http://bioeng.ca/publications/cbe-journal?catid=3

At present, Volumes 1 to 30 are online. The "Raw files" are image files and not searchable. They were processed using an OCR software which may have substituted wrong characters while making the "Full file." The "raw files" are provided to verify any errors in the "full files."

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Tuesday, 11 October 2011 12:29

CBE Journal vol. 1 to 30 now available online

Written by René Morissette

You can now access online papers of the Canadian Biosystems Engineering Journal from volumes 1 to 30 (years 1959 to 1988)!

Thanks to the Journal Editor Ranjan Sri Ranjan and his team for this tremendous task of scanning and indexing each volume. Many thanks to donators of past CBE Journal issues for their contribution to the Society.

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Friday, 24 June 2011 09:11

ASABE 1/4 Scale Tractor International Student Design Competition: Good results for our Canadian teams!

Written by René Morissette

Congratulations to our 3 canadian team that competed to the ASABE 1/4 Scale Tractor International Student Design Competition 2011 in Peoria!

University of Saskatchewan finished at 4th place, University of Manitoba at 5th place and Université Laval at 6th place.

An official news release from ASABE can be found here: http://www.asabe.org/students/tractor/asaecomp.html

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Friday, 24 June 2011 07:58

Suresh appointed Assistant Professor at U of G

Written by Martin Belzile

Dr. Suresh Neethirajan has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering, at the University of Guelph, effective August 1 2011. Suresh comes to the position from Tennessee, USA, where he was a Research Associate and also as an NSERC Post-doctoral fellow at the Biological and Nanoscale Systems Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was a JSPS fellow at the National Food Research Institute, before joining the Oak Ridge labs. Suresh received a bachelor's degree from Tamilnadu Agricultural University, and completed his PhD degree in Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Suresh is a member of the Society for Biological Engineering, the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers and the Canadian Society for Bioengineering.

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Wednesday, 20 October 2010 10:30

CSBE Member Win Innovation Challenge Award from NSERC

Written by René Morissette

Biosystems Engineering alumni Suresh Neethirajan received the 2010 NSERC's Innovation Challenge Award in the honorable mention category for his PhD thesis work. Suresh developed a carbon dioxide sensor for detecting spoilage of stored bulk grains that is efficient, compact and easily deployable. Currently, this problem costs Canada’s grain industry millions of dollars in losses each year.

More information on the 2010 Innovation Challenge Awards is available at http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsRelease-CommuniqueDePresse_eng.asp?ID=220

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Thursday, 16 September 2010 10:37

CSBE/SCGAB 2010 AWARDS

Written by Benoît Lacasse

We are pleased to announce the CSBE/SCGAB 2010 Awards:

2010 CSBE Fellows SCGAB

Gauri

Gauri Mittal

Panneton

Bernard Panneton

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Thursday, 16 September 2010 10:16

2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference - Call for paper

Written by René Morissette

CALL FOR PAPERS
2011 SUMMER BIOENGINEERING CONFERENCE
Farmington, Pennsylvania, June 22-25, 2011
Conference Website: http://www.asmeconferences.org/SBC2011/
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort Farmington, Pennsylvania June 22-25, 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS
http://files.asme.org/Divisions/BED/25512.pdf

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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:33

Educational Programs Innovations Center (EPIC)

Written by René Morissette

This web site, available at www.epic-edu.com, offers information on seminars/short courses, on-site training, international educated engineers, water and wastewater courses, management online courses, French courses, mailing lists, and a search engine for other topics. Check it out!

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Wednesday, 07 July 2010 10:31

Are you interested in Agriculture? Urban Agriculture News that is!

Written by René Morissette

The latest issue of Urban Agriculture News is available at: http://www.urbanagriculture-news.com/current.php

In addition, there is a live feed of urban agriculture news at: http://www.urbanagriculture-news.com/

Your access to the news service, the newsletter and archives is 100% free. You may access the archive for free at: http://www.urbanagriculture-news.com/archive.php

It is hoped that you continue to find the Urban Agriculture News useful in your work, and that you will refer us to your colleagues engaged in the urban agriculture. The website is : http://www.urbanagriculture-news.com.

New issues of Urban Agriculture News are available monthly.

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Monday, 05 July 2010 15:05

New executive director designate for ASABE

Written by René Morissette

I am pleased to inform you that Darrin Drollinger has accepted our offer to be the new Executive Director of ASABE, pending confirmation by the Board of Trustees on June 20. Darrin is a 21-year member of ASABE and has more than 20 years of experience in association management, currently serving as Vice President of Statistics, Technical and Safety Services for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). His interest in agricultural and biological engineering began in his family’s greenhouse business while he was growing up in Ohio, and continued as a student at The Ohio State University where he graduated with a BS in Agricultural Engineering. He also earned an MBA degree from Loyola University.

Darrin brings to the Executive Director position outstanding leadership skills, extensive association management and international relations experience, and a passion for agricultural and biological engineering. Upon accepting the position Darrin stated, “I'm honored to be nominated as the ninth leader for the Society in our 103-year history.” As President of our great Society, I am certain the future for ASABE is very promising with Darrin as the Executive Director. Please join me in welcoming him.

Ron Yoder

ASABE President 2009-2010

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