Recognition & Opportunity, July 2013

The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) recently announced the 2013 Fellow Recipients class. “ASABE defines a Fellow as a member of unusual professional distinction, with outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in, or related to, the field of agricultural, food, or biological systems engineering. This is ASABE’s highest honor.” Four from this year’s class are Tau Bates: (see the full list of Fellows)

1. Gregory J. Hanson, Ph. D., P.E. – (MN A 1979) retired engineer USDA & adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University.
2. Gregory D. Jennings, Ph.D., P.E. – (PA B 1984) president Jennings Environmental & retired professor NC State University.
3. Steven E. Taylor, Ph.D., P.E. – (TX D 1988) professor, head, and director at Auburn University.
4. Qin Zhang, Ph.D. – (ID A 1988) professor and director at Washington State University.

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The U.S. Department of Labor has an opening for a safety engineer that speaks English and Spanish. The position is with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration agency, located in Tarrytown, New York. Here is a short excerpt from the duties section, “Renders professional engineering advice and assistance in routine, conventional situations involving control of physical and environmental conditions.”

Click here to learn more about this position, to see the key requirements, and to apply.

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Ronak Singhal, PA G ’97, was recently profiled by the Electronic Engineering Times (EE Times) for his work with big Web companies on making custom versions of Intel’s microprocessor chips. Singhal was interviewed during Intel’s press briefing about its latest Xeon and Atom server chips.

Singhal is a senior principal engineer at Intel. According to the article, “now tracks 15 companies designing ARM-based server microprocessors, all trying to get a piece of his business by offering lower power processors.”

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