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Project in Detail
Background
Objectives
Composting System Tested
Research Methods
Preliminary Results
Project Sponsors & Contacts

Draft Guidelines for Emergency Cattle Mortality Composting

Link to  ISU Swine Mortality Composting Website

PROJECT SPONSORS & STAFF

Project Sponsors


Project Liaison  - Mr. Ubbo Agena, Environmental Protection Division
Funding:
Year 2002-03,    $125,012
Year 2003-04,    $116,790


U.S. Department of Agriculture - National Research Initiative- Competitive Grants Program
Year 2003-05,    $95,000
Sponsor Reference # 20033520413467




Principal Investigators and Project Contact Persons 
Thomas D. Glanville, (project leader) Ph.D., Ag & Biosystems Engineering
Tom L. Richard, Ph.D., Ag & Biosystems Engineering
Jay D. Harmon, Ph.D., Ag & Biosystems Engineering
 Donald L. Reynolds, Ph.D, Vet Microbiology & Prev. Med.

Research Associates
 Dr. H.K. Ahn, Ag & Biosystems Engineering
Dr. Samy Sadaka, Ag & Biosystems Engineering

Virology
 Sevinc Akinc, Vet Microbiology & Preventive Medicine

Project Resource Persons

Sincere thanks to the following Iowa State University professional staff whose expertise and innovation make this project possible:
  • Mr. Richard VanDePol, Manager - Ag Engineering Research Center Manager
  • Mr. Jeff Erb, Technician - Ag Engineering Research Center (expert backhoe/loader operator)
  • Mr. Loren Shiers, Manager - ABE Water Quality Lab
  • Mr. Marc Lott, Technician (and designer/builder of field research equipment that exists only in the impractical minds of the principal investigators).

Undergraduate Student Assistants
Thanks also to the following Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering undergraduate students whose help is essential in constructing, sampling, & maintaining, the project.

  • Ms. Sandra Wenke
  • Mr. Patrick Murphy
  • Mr. Bret Euken
  • Mr. Josh Breuer
  • Mr. Randy Sweska
  • Mr. Jason Nurre

Funding Acknowledgement

Establishment of this website has been funded in part by the Iowa Agriculture & Home Economics Experiment Station, Iowa State University Extension, and by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Nonpoint Source Management Program (Section 319 of the Clean Water Act).

 

 

 
 

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