2005 Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients & Department Grants - DEPARTMENT OF BIOSYSTEMS & AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWSLETTER

F.W. Bakker-Arkema Minority Scholarship Award was presented to Daniel Sparks (left)

George E. and Betty L. Merva Scholarship was presented to Trista Gregorski (center)

Howard F. and Esther L. McColly Scholarship was presented to Gale Bornhorst (left) and Shane Bennett

A.W. Farrall Faculty Award was presented to
Rochelle Vecchio, Kevin Belen, Jesse Siemen,
Lisa Calcagno

Clarence and Thelma Hansen Scholarship was
presented to Sara Gerstacker, Tracy Kerchkof, Daniel Sparks, Erin Thelen, Bradley Wackerle and Joy Wang

2005-2006 Biosystems Engineering Graduate
Scholarship Recipients

Paula Steiner (left), Zarini Muhammad-Tahir (center) and Mitra Tripuraneni (right)

AE Endowed Fellowship: Paula Steiner

Merle and Catherine Esmay Scholarship: Zarini Muhammad-Tahir

Bill and Rita Stout Scholarship: Mitra Tripuraneni

Grants

Dr. Tim Harrigan
Newsletter articles

Project: Stabilization of Ag Land with Multiple Barriers to Soil Erosion
Granting agency: Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
Objective: Develop, evaluate and implement the use of multiple barriers in diverse cropping systems to prevent sediment and manure contaminant transport to surface waters.

Project: Practical Biosuppression – Integrating New Cover Crops in Michigan Vegetable, Root Crop, and Field Crop Cropping System.
Granting Agency: Michigan Project GREEEN
Objective: Research and evaluate a new and resource efficient seeding method--slurry enriched micro-site seeding--for establishing biosuppressive cover crops in vegetable, root crop and field crop cropping systems.

Project: Evaluation of Low-Disturbance Tillage in Mitigating the Transport of Bacterial Contaminants from Land Applied Dairy Slurry to Subsurface Drains
Granting Agency: USDA/MSU Institute for Water Research
Objective: Identify an environmentally responsible and site-specific manure application process based on the ability of the soil to retain and process the manure nutrients and contaminants in the root zone.

Project: Integrating Biofumigant Cover Crops in Sugar Beet Rotations to Improve Soil Quality
Granting Agency: Michigan Sugar Beet Advancement Committee
Objective: Evaluate seeding methods for emergence and biomass production of oilseed radish and oriental mustard following wheat, cucumbers or other short season crops in a sugar beet rotation.

- Congratulations To All -