Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Can you get a college degree without reading any textbooks? Apparently, some seem to think so.

I've been shackled for years now by my email. My inbox is filled with tons of messages, most of which aren't that important. And I was filled with dread (and denial) about that one critical email that was probably buried in...

Classes start here on Monday, Jan 14. I thought it was crazy this past week. With the return of students this weekend, my level of craziness just continues.

Water hammer is a pressure surge or wave caused by the kinetic energy of a fluid in motion when it is forced to stop or change direction suddenly. Pipes clang and knock. What happens in a pipe happens on campus at the end of...

The first step in any 12-step program (Alcoholics Anonymous, etc.) is for the person to admit that they have a problem and that their lives have become have become unmanageable.  I'm not an alcoholic, but I've heard that at...

Social networking websites are big. On the ISU campus, nearly everyone has a Facebook page. Is yours a page you'd want your mother to see?

College classes are one of the few things I know of that people pay a lot of money for and then don't use.

One of the most important skills to develop as a faculty member (or any practicing professional) is to be able to discern the difference between "urgent" and "important."

What the heck is an engineering/technology professor doing wasting his time thinking about entrepreneurship? Heck, it took me six months to learn how to spell it without a spell checker!

I played baseball in my class the other day, or more precisely, played catch with a baseball. Luckily I didn't throw any wild pitches and break something.