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Jay Harmon, an associate professor in agricultural and biosystems engineering, was inducted into the Rural Builders Hall of Fame February of 2003 at the National Frame Builders Association conference. Harmon joined ISU in 1993 as an extension livestock-housing specialist. He led the development of standardized swine building plans and programs on ventilation, manure management and other aspects of livestock systems design. In 1995, he started an annual educational conference, the Iowa Farm and Frame Builders Conference, to help rural builders learn innovative building techniques. He began his career in 1989 at Clemson University and investigated the causes of farm structure failures in the wake of Hurricane Hugo.