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The Kansas State University quarter-scale tractor A 1xbet best casino website , from left: Eli Sheppard, Josh Mederios, Tyler Montgomery, Zach Stejskal, Jacob Schwindt, Ryan Strasser, Jordan Reisinger, Kyler Macy, Tyler Siebels, Austin Schmitz and Aaron Spare. | Download the following photo.
MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University quarter-scale tractor A 1xbet best casino website placed second overall at the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' annual International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. This is the 17th time in the last 18 years that one of the university's teams has won or placed in the top three at the event.
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1xbet best casino website advisers are Pat Murphy, professor, agriculture and natural resources; Dan Flippo, assistant professor, and Edwin Brokesh, instructor, both biological and agricultural engineering; John Kramer, emeritus assistant professor, K-State Research and Extension; Lou Ann Claassen, administrative specialist, and Jon Zeller, research technician, both biological and agricultural engineering; and Jim Schmidt, Manhattan, biological and agricultural engineering alumnus and department advisory board member.
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