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Sept. 20, 2004 Volume 29, Issue 8 |
Ag engineer earns national award
Eugene Columbus, a senior research associate in Mississippi State's Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, is receiving recognition for his contributions to the cotton industry.
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers presented Columbus with the 2004 Mayfield Cotton Engineering Award at its August meeting in Ontario. The honor recognized his work involving air pollution abatement and fiber quality optimization in cotton ginning.
Columbus is coordinator of the alternative crops and value-added products and the biomass conversion research in the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. He also supervises the operation of the MAFES/ABE mini-gin cotton ginning facility and coordinates an annual course on cotton ginning technology.
With a career that spans more than 36 years as a U.S. Department of Agriculture researcher and agricultural engineer, Columbus is recognized as an international expert on cotton ginning machinery and air pollution control. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural engineering from MSU.
Founded in 1907, the American Society of Agricultural Engineers is an international education and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to biological, agricultural and food systems.