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ABE@Illinois, Winter 2015 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 54.HSBEVBUFQSPHSBNPGGFSTTUVEFOUTNPSFPQUJPOT *OUFSOTIJQTPGGFSTUVEFOUTJOTJHIUJOUPUIFSFBMXPSME "#&BOE&8#CSJOHIPQFGPSDMFBOXBUFSUP(VBUFNBMBOWJMMBHFT /FX'BDVMUZ -PSFO#PEF AND MORE! AGRICULTURALAGRICULTURAL & BIOLOGICALBIOLOGICAL ENENGINEERINGGINEERING WINTER 2015 Greetings from Agricultural and Biological Engineering It feels like just yesterday when I became head of the Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department on November 1, 2004. It has been extremely fulfilling for me to have the precious opportunity to work on a personal level with so many colleagues, students, ABE@Illinois alumni, friends, partners, and supporters of ABE@Illinois. I have Winter 2015 personally experienced how an academic unit can stay sustainable and competitive when its stakeholders continue to be passionate in Editors: helping us build a great department. Anne Marie Boone K.C. Ting, We, as a department, have had our share of challenges. However, Leanne Lucas Professor and Head we have also actively pursued exciting opportunities that enabled us to Published by the Department of be strategic in advancing our goals. Many of our accomplishments over the past 10 years are the results Agricultural and Biological Engineering of of the collective wisdom gathered through a number of strategic planning activities. Examples include the College of Agricultural, Consumer and doubling the enrollments of both our undergraduate and graduate programs, creating the master’s Environmental Sciences and the College degree program in Technical Systems Management, adding new faculty positions using the campus and of Engineering at the University of Illinois college initiatives, improving gender diversity of our faculty and students, leading and participating in at Urbana Champaign. new research initiatives, and enhancing global engagement. We are especially proud of our students’ participation in activities beyond the classroom. In this 338 Agricultural Engineering Sciences issue of ABE@Illinois, you will read about the work of Lauren Delaney, Nora Onstad, and Loren Building Piedrasanta, active members of the Illinois chapter of Engineers without Borders. Lauren has been 1304 W. Pennsylvania Ave. working on campus with a Nigeria water project, Nora has traveled to Cameroon three times to work Urbana, IL 61801 on two water related projects, and Loren spent time this summer in Guatemala. Also featured in this issue are the internship experiences of three of our students, Lizzie Bohne, April-Hope Wareham, and Phone: (217) 333 3570 Pete Vandermyde. E-mail: [email protected] Our campus, the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), and the College of Engineering have developed new strategic plans including initiatives, goals, and metrics. Our department is in the process of developing our vision for the next five years (i.e. vision 2020). We are currently in the process of performing a SWOT analysis. We will use the feedback garnered from that analysis to revise our vision and mission and develop new goals, initiatives and actions. We are paying special attention to the following aspects: alignment with the campus and colleges; locally operated and globally connected; resource generation and deployment; internal and external Cover: Pete Vandermyde (Internships offer communications (including branding); advancement and development; outcome assessment; and students insight into the real world, pages continuous improvement. 9-10), and Paul Davidson and Loren Piedrasanta I invite you to help us chart our future and continue to be the partners of our success. (ABE and EWB bring hope for clean water to Best regards, Guatemalan villages, pages 11-12). K.C. Ting Professor and Department Head Funk’s expertise still in demand Ted Funk left the Department of “Often, a farmer wants another set Agricultural and Biological Engineering in of eyes to help determine where some 2012, but the word retirement isn’t in his trouble spots might be with regard to vocabulary. “I can’t stop working,” he said environmental management,” said Funk. recently. “I have to keep doing things.” “That might involve looking at a nutrient One of his main bread and butter management plan or an emergency response projects is with the Illinois Pork Producers plan. I’ve done a number of those over Association. Funk works as a consultant the last couple of years, which means I get on news articles and regulations related to to see some of my favorite people - swine environmental education, and he does on- producers.” farm environmental reviews for producers. Ted and Jan Funk continued on page 3 2 http://abe.illinois.edu Funk’s expertise still in demand continued from page 2 Funk has also traveled to China three times, working with the U.S. Soybean Export Council and the U.S. Grains Council to conduct workshops on swine farm facility and manure management. Recent trips focused on nutrient management planning for livestock farms, and he said they are now looking at a longer-term project to further assist with nutrient management planning issues in the EMERITUS PROFILE country. “The livestock and poultry production facilities have just exploded in China in the last few years,” said Funk. “The industry geared up in a hurry to supply the demand for meat, milk, and eggs, and now there are some real problems with manure management. They have severe water quality issues, some of which are TedT d FunkF k speaksk att BerningB i AcresA directly related to the rapid expansion of “Bill Peterson taught me how to take these livestock facilities. In some cases the on an engineering challenge and have the production facilities are placed close to courage to try new things. We did a lot Inside: population centers, and they don’t have land of experiments together, and he was an Profile Emeritus access for manure application. That causes interesting guy to work with.” 5FE'VOL 2 some real issues with manure utilization. So “Art Muehling knew the value of farm Celebrate there is lots of work to be done.” commodity groups. He taught me a lot 54.HSBEVBUFQSPHSBNPGGFSTTUVEFOUT Closer to home, Funk works with an about how to work with those groups, how NPSFPQUJPOT 4 animal science company on an engineering to plan educational meetings, and what to "HSJDVMUVSBMBOE#JPMPHJDBM&OHJOFFSJOH 4 project to develop a humane method of take away from them.” SBOLFECFTUJOOBUJPO restraining and manipulating an animal in “Loren Bode taught me the value New Faculty 5 order to conduct certain procedures. And of a solid state extension program. He .BSJB$IV 3BCJO#IBUUBSBJ 5 his well-known experience in livestock encouraged me to start the Certified management has led to the opportunity Livestock Manager Training program back Alumni Spotlight $BUIFSJOF(BHMJBSEP 6 in 1996. He told me I was the best person to testify as an expert witness in livestock (JOB'SBODJT7JOTBOE 6 nuisance litigation suits. to get it off the ground and make it work .BUUIFX1FODF 7 Funk paid tribute to some of his for the entire state.” (See Bode article, Outside the Classroom colleagues at the university, saying, “This is page 15) *OUFSOTIJQTPGGFSTUVEFOUTJOTJHIUJOUP just a short list. There are a lot more people “Randy Fonner taught me how to get UIFSFBMXPSME 8 that affected my career.” the right perspective about a big institution. International “Rollie Manthe taught me how He knew how to work with the institutional "#&BOE&8#CSJOHIPQFGPSDMFBOXBUFS 11 important it was to take care of the little factions and roll with it when something UP(VBUFNBMBOWJMMBHFT things to keep them from getting in the way unexpected happened. He talked me down Club Update of the larger program.” off the ledge a couple of times.” &OHJOFFSTXJUIPVU#PSEFSTHJWFTTUVEFOUT JOUFSOBUJPOBMPQQPSUVOJUJFTUPIFMQPUIFST13 “Don Jedele taught me the value of the Funk and his wife Jan have three individual extension client’s request. You do children, Rebecca (in China), Valerie (in Research &ā&OFSHZMBCBEWBODFTSFTFBSDIJOCJPGVFM the best you can to help that person, you Ohio), and Caleb (in Minnesota) so the QSPEVDUJPO14 learn from the experience, and you’re better Funks travel occasionally to visit their seven %S-PSFO&#PEF15 able to help the next person.” grandchildren. (JWJOH#BDL15 http://abe.illinois.edu 3 TSM graduate program offers students more options 2011 was a landmark year for the Technical learning the business. Systems Management (TSM) program in the If you go out with a Department of ABE. That fall marked the graduate degree geared first semester students could pursue a graduate towards management, that degree in TSM. Joe Harper is a professor in shortens the process quite the department and the major advisor for the a bit - or it should.” program. He was instrumental in the effort to Harper said there is bring the new degree program on board. continued and increasing “We’ve enrolled approximately 25 students interest in the program. since the program began in 2011, with our “If we had the resources, first graduates in December of 2012. Overall,” we could easily double said Harper, “the program is going very well. the enrollment,” he “I do think the department as a whole concluded. “We don’t have is still trying to work out how to fit TSM those resources right now, research into what we do in engineering but the program has a lot Joe Harper, faculty coordinator for the new TSM graduate program, at research,” he continued. “We have some senior more potential.” work in TSM lab faculty who are very accomplished researchers, and they have an understanding of how it works, so I think we’re going to get a handle TSM graduate program overview to complete. A non-thesis master’s is only on it.” Students in the TSM graduate program allowed with departmental approval at or The TSM program for undergraduates focus on the application of engineering before initiation of graduate study, and a has one of the highest placement rates in principles, the study of technology used in final report is required. the College of ACES, and students earn top agriculture, and the integration of business A master’s with a PSM option requires salaries.
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