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Media Relations
Kansas State University
9 Anderson Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-6415
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Sources: Stacy Hutchinson, 785-532-2943, sllhutch@k-state.edu;
and Jim Koelliker, 785-532-2904, koellik@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

K-STATE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FACULTY EARN HONORS FROM AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS

MANHATTAN -- Two faculty members from Kansas State University's department of biological and agricultural engineering were honored recently by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Stacy Hutchinson, associate professor, was awarded the society's A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award. The award, given to an individual under the age of 40 at the time of selection, honors outstanding success in motivating the application of engineering principles to the problems of agricultural engineering.

Jim Koelliker, professor, was recognized with a Presidential Distinguished Award for his service and leadership on the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Foundation's board of trustees.

Hutchinson's current research activities include the development of independent and cooperative interdisciplinary research programs related to natural resource protection and preservation. She also has been active in the engagement of professional engineers from cities around Kansas concerning bioremediation and storm water management for improved water quality. She is currently serving as chair of the Robert Stewart Engineering Humanities Awards Committee for the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and is the associate editor of both the Transactions of the American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers and the Applied Engineering in Agriculture newsletters.

A five-time recipient of K-State's Engineering Student Council and Science Program's You Make a Difference Award, Hutchinson also has received the student council's Outstanding Leadership recognition. She earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Montana State University and her master's degree and doctorate in civil engineering from K-State. She has been at K-State since 2000.

Koelliker works in the areas of watershed simulation modeling and focuses on effects of agriculture on water supply and water quality. He is interim head of the department of civil engineering and a Fellow in the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. He earned his bachelor's degree from K-State and his master's and doctorate degree from Iowa State University. He has been a K-State faculty member since 1973.

The awards were presented at the society's annual international meeting, June 17-20, in Minneapolis, Minn.