Spring 2004 (updated 1-20-04)

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AST 475 is offered for both on-campus students and as a distance education course.  Course notes, reference material, homework and quizzes are accessible through the web for all students. Distance students can access classroom sessions through delayed videostream, and on-campus students can take advantage of this as well. All students are required to attend a role-playing simulation on February 2 and the field trip April 19 (both Monday afternoons), and should contact the instructor immediately if conflicts with these dates arise.  The class will meet on Mondays from 4:10 to 5 pm for lectures, and on Fridays from 3:10 to 5 pm for additional lecture material and problem solving sessions. Classes will normally be held in Room 13 Curtiss Hall. Exceptions will be on February 2, when we will meet in Room 130 Davidson Hall at 2:10 pm, and April 19th, when we will leave for the field trip at 1:10 pm from the Davidson Hall courtyard. Both these special activities will run until 5 pm. We will also be meeting 1 hour early on April 26 (starting at 3:10) for Team Presentations.

This course uses WebCT for homework and grade management.  The main WebCT entrance (which links to supporting documentation about WebCT) is at: https://webct.ait.iastate.edu/ISUtools/webhtml/login.html

Classroom sessions will integrate active-learning activities, which will depend heavily on student involvement. To encourage advance preparation for these activities and to keep everyone on track, quizzes on the course notes and readings are due at 2 pm on the dates indicated.  WebCT software will not permit late submittals, so please complete these on time.  The quiz that covers each topic is indicated next to the topic (Q1=quiz 1, etc.). Homeworks are due at 4:10 pm on the dates indicated. Homework and exam problems and some solutions from previous years are posted on the web for study and review.

Course Topics (with links to course notes)
 

Dates	Topic (links to course notes)	Readings (additional details in course notes)
Jan 12 Video	Introduction to livestock waste management systems (Q1).    The web address of the video is: http://realserver.ait.iastate.edu:8080/ramgen/AST475/475jan12.rm (although for some reason the address above does not work for me, while clicking on the "Video" hyperlink to the left does)	AWMFH 9-1 to 28
	Planning and siting considerations (Q1).	AWMFH 2-1 to 10; 8-1 to 8A5; 10-1 to 4
	Housing, collection and storage - liquid manure systems (Q1).	AWMFH 10-4 to 10; 10-15 to 26; 10-67 to 70
	Housing, collection and storage - solid manure systems (Q1).	AWMFH 10-11 to 15
Jan 16 Video	Characteristics and quantities of waste generation (Q2).   Problem Solving Session, Manure Characteristics.   Intro survey and quizzes 1 and 2 due. Homework 1 assigned, due Feb. 2.	AWMFH 4-1 to 24
Jan 19	No class in honor of Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday.
Jan 23 Video	Problem Solving Session, Manure Production:  Performance based approaches.	ASAE Manure Standard, D384.1
Jan 26 Video	Nutrient cycles in the environment - C, N, P, K (Q3).	AWMFH 3-1 to 18
	Water quality concerns (Q3).	AWMFH 3-19 to 20; 7-1 to 19
	Odors and toxic gases (Q3).	AWMFH 3-21 to 25; Miner 1-21, 95 to 96
Jan 30 Video	Problem Solving Session, Environmental Impacts Handout on Greenhouse Gas Calculations
Feb 2	Manure Controversies: Role Play Simulation 2:10-5:00 pm.  Room 130 Davidson.  Homework 1 due. Homework 2 assigned, due Feb. 9.   Discuss Team Projects.
Feb 6 Video	Problem Solving Session, Earthen Basin Storage
Feb 9 Video	Liquid -solid separation (Q4). Quiz 4 due. Homework 2 due. Homework 3 assigned, due Feb. 16.	AWMFH 10-62 to 65
	Physical treatment - sedimentation (Q4).	AWMFH 10-64
Feb 13 Video	Problem Solving Session, Sediment Basin Design
Feb 16 Video	Introduction to biological treatment - stoichiometry and kinetics (Q5). Quizzes 5 and 6 due. Homework 3 due.  Homework 4 assigned, due Feb. 27. Team Progress Reports assigned, due March 1.	Class Notes & Links
	Anaerobic lagoons (Q6).	AWMFH 10-27 to 34
	Anaerobic digestion (Q6).	AWMFH 10-72 to 78
Feb 20 Video	Problem Solving Session, Anaerobic Digestion.
Feb 23 Video	Composting (Q7). Quiz 7 due.	AWMFH 10-42 to 62
	Composting Livestock Mortalities (Q7).	Class Notes & Links
	Compost Economics and Marketing (Q7).	Class Notes & Links
Feb 27 Video	Problem Solving Session, Composting. Homework 4 due.
Mar 1 Video	Aerobic lagoons (Q8). Quiz 8 due. Team Progress Reports due. Homework 5 assigned, due Mar. 12.	AWMFH 10-35 to 40
	Alternative uses for manure (Q8).	Class Notes & Links
Mar 5	Exam 1. Mid-term evaluation survey due.	Covers material through Quiz 8 & Homework 4.
Mar 8 Video	Soil as a treatment medium, limiting constituent analysis (Q9). Quiz 9 due. .  Homework 6 assigned, due March 26.	AWMFH 5-1 to 19
	Land application and crop utilization (Q9).	AWMFH 6-1 to 6-23; 10-71,72; 11-1 to 36
	Economics of manure utilization (Q9).	Class Notes & Internet Readings
Mar 12 Video	Problem Solving Session, Land Application .Homework 5 due
Mar 15-19	Spring Break
Mar. 22 Video	Vegetative filter strips (Q10). Quiz 10 due.	AWMFH p 10-66
	Wetland treatment (Q10).	Class Notes
Mar 26	Team project progress meetings with Dr. Richard Homework 6 due.
Mar 29 Video	Odor measurement and modeling (Q11).  Quiz 11 due. Homework 7 assigned, due April 5	Miner 1-21, 95 to 96 (review)
	Odor treatment and mitigation (Q11).	Miner p 59-102
Apr 2 Video	Problem Solving Session, Odors
Apr 5 Video	Laws and Regulations (Q12). Quiz 12 due. Homework 7 due. Homework 8 assigned, due April 12.	AWMFH 1-1 to 1-18.
Apr 6-9	Team Project Meetings (schedule with Dr. Richard)
Apr 12 Video	Operation and Safety issues (Q13). Quiz 13 due. Homework 8 due.	AWMFH 10-80,81; 13-1 to 13-17; Appendices 13A through 13D
Apr 16	Exam 2	Comprehensive Exam
Apr 19	Manure management Field Trip  1:10 - 5 pm.	Meet in Davidson Hall Courtyard
Apr 23 Video	Team Presentations, ALL Team Project Reports due	3:10 - Team 1 3:40 - Team 2 4:10 - Team 3
	By Monday April 26 review the off-campus student powerpoint presentations. They will be linked from the cell to the right...	Team 7  Team 8
April 26 Video	Team Presentations NOTE:  Class starts at 3:10 this Monday	3:10 - Team 4 3:40 - Team 5 4:10 - Team 6
April 30	Course Evaluation.  Peer- and Self-Evaluation forms, Presentation Review forms, and Final Course Evaluation due.

Instructor: Tom L. Richard, Ph.D.

Office hours: 8:30 - 9:30 Monday mornings, or by appointment.

Office:  3222 National Swine Research and Information Center (NSRIC)
Mail: 3222 NSRIC, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3080
Voice:  (515) 294-0465 
Fax:  (515) 294-4250 
E-mail TLR@iastate.edu.

Secretary: Connie Regenold,  3212 NSRIC
Fax: (515) 294-9573

Students with verified disabilities are encouraged to contact the instructor as soon as possible to arrange reasonable accommodations to assist them in the successful completion of this course.

This course makes extensive use of online resources and course materials, referenced through the individual topics in the syllabus above.  In addition, two textbooks are required:

U.S. Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources  Conservation Service). 1992. Agric. Waste Mgt. Field Handbook (AWMFH). You can download this free off the internet.

Miner, R.J. 1995. A Review of the Literature on  the Nature and Control of Odors from Pork Production Facilities. National Pork  Producers Council, Des Moines, Iowa.  You can download this free off the internet in a few weeks (it is expected in mid January).   Several copies are available for short-term loan from Leah Greving in 213 Davidson Hall.

Both required and recommended readings are listed in the "Supplemental Reading" page.
 

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