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Mar 22, 2018
Ecological engineering majors Monica Backs, Lucas Froelich, Jake Radeff, Patrick Sanders, and biological engineering major Gio Papio dedicate capstone design project to restore the Carmack Woods, a wetland on The Ohio State University's Columbus Campus. Each autumn, seniors in the Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering (FABE) program begin a year-long capstone design experience. Students form teams to address real-world problems sponsored university, local, and national clients and organizations.
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Mar 16, 2018
Update: the Advanced Biobased Systems Workshop: Pipeline to Commercialization has been rescheduled for September 10, 2018 and will now take place at the Nationwide 4-H Center. More information will come in the near future on further updates to this year's event. Original press release:
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Mar 2, 2018
Each year, students from Ohio State’s Construction Systems Management (CSM) program participate in the University of Cincinnati New Builders (NewB) Competition. The competition features three divisions: commercial, residential, and heavy/civil construction. This year, Ohio State sent 18 CSM students as a part of three teams, each participating in one of the divisions. After months of dedicating time and energy, the efforts of all the teams paid off as each team placed in the top 3 or their division.
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Feb 25, 2018
The February Board of Trustees meeting featured the theme of Research and Innovation. As Ohio State administrators and faculty reported to the trustees on recent research successes and future plans, the Precision Agriculture Program was featured as one of two programs which exemplified the goals of innovation and collaboration during the Academic Affairs/Student Life Committee meeting.
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Feb 20, 2018
Graduate Research Associate positions for Ph.D. or M.S. level studies and research in Bioprocess/Systems Engineering and Bio-Polymers are now available.
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Feb 16, 2018
Spring is right around the corner and it is time to start thinking about getting your push mower ready and in peak condition for the long mowing season ahead! The Construction Systems Management and Agricultural Systems Management Clubs at The Ohio State University are joining together to hold their annual Lawn Mower Clinic to provide preventative maintenance service to your “push” lawnmower.
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Jan 12, 2018
Dr. Dee Jepsen was recently named President of the International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health (ISASH). Jepsen will serve on the Board of Directors for a two-year term through the summer of 2019.
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Jan 12, 2018
Registration is open for The Ohio State University’s 2018 Greenhouse Management Workshop, which this year will focus on hydroponics, a booming Ohio industry that grows crops in water without soil.
The event is Feb. 8-9 at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), part of the Wooster campus of Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), about 60 miles south of Cleveland.
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Dec 20, 2017
LONDON, Ohio — With so much focus on fertilizer these days, where and when it’s applied, a conference will be held in January to inform people about the many approaches and technological advances that can make it easier.
The 2nd annual Precision University Jan. 11 in London, Ohio, will feature presentations about technology that can help farmers apply fertilizer in a way that prevents it from running off the land and ending up in Lake Erie or other waterways.
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Nov 30, 2017
CFAES’s research arm, OARDC, honored the service of nearly 100 faculty and staff members at its annual Employee Appreciation Night on Oct. 5 in Wooster. The honorees included 8 FABE faculty and staff. Leading the honorees was Harold Keener, professor and associate chair, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (FABE), who this year celebrated a half century of service to the center.
