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We are planning three ASME meetings this fall as follows:

9/15/2016 Meeting at Iowa State University
-Tour Marston Hall remodel project
-ATHENA Lab tour/presentation

10/20/2016 Meeting at the Iowa Energy Center’s Biomass Energy Conversion Center (BECON)
-Presentation covering biomass chemical industry
-Presentation covering anhydrous ammonia as a motor vehicle fuel

November 2016 Joint meeting with other Engineering groups in Waterloo / Cedar Falls

More details will be provided as we approach the meeting dates.

Aug 04 2016 2:22 PM
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An ASME Dinner Meeting, has been scheduled for Monday, April 4 SCHEDULE
5:00 Seminar
6:00 Catered Dinner
7:00 Speaker, Lloyd Snell

Location: Room 3306 AgE Building, Iowa State University

Lloyd D. Snell, Force and Moment Analysis of Stacked Counter Rotating Eccentric Mass Tree Shaker Energy-Wheel System, Patent Number, US 8,650,847, Nut and fruit harvesting apparatus, systems and methods, In an example, a system for harvesting nut and fruit trees includes an electro-mechanical shaker head, a transport mechanism, and a control system. The electro-mechanical shaker head is configured to dislodge fruit or nuts from a target tree using a linear energy system. The transport mechanism is configured to position the electro-mechanical shaker head on the target tree. The control system is communicatively coupled to the shaker head and configured to dynamically control shaker head operation.

Please send registration for meetings to: mpg@iastate.edu or call
515/292-5629

Mar 28 2016 9:21 AM