Wisconsin Ag Connection - UW-RF Student Named Ag Engineering Student of the Year

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UW-RF Student Named Ag Engineering Student of the Year
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/05/2013

A junior majoring in agricultural engineering technology at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls was named the 2013 Agricultural Engineering Technology Student of the Year by the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Ben Borgardt of Pickett received the award at the ASABE meeting last week, which was held in conjunction with the WPS Farm Show in Oshkosh.

Borgardt is involved in the ASABE International Quarter-scale Tractor Student Design Competition, and leads the X-Team that will travel to the competition in June. Borgardt and two other team members, Alex Schoonover of Oshkosh and Dylan Young, Poy Sippi, had the X-Team tractor on display at the UW-RF booth at the farm show.

Borgardt is currently vice-president of the Falcon Pullers and a past president of the Agricultural Industry Club.

In January, Borgardt attended the 2013 ASABE Ag Connect Expo and Summit in Kansas City. This summer and fall he will be interning with New Holland Agriculture, before returning to UWRF to complete his degree.

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