Extension
Addressing new agricultural and environmental engineering needs for the State of North Carolina in a timely and quality manner to proudly uphold the land-grant mission of this great university.
Our Extension programs offer a variety of information to assist individuals, communities, and agencies with implementing engineering practices to strengthen and make agricultural systems more sustainable while also protecting the environment. We accomplish this by providing hands-on training, workshops, tours, conferences and publications.
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Program Areas
Environmental Resource Management
- Water Management Systems
- Irrigation Resources – Chad Poole
- Drainage Resources – Chad Poole and Michael Burchell
- Water Resources Education
- Water Quality & Drinking Water – Michael Burchell
- 319 Monitoring Program – Jean Spooner, emeritus
- Watershed Management – Barbara Doll
- Environmental and Ecological Engineering
- Natural and Constructed Wetlands – Michael Burchell
- Stormwater Management – Bill Hunt
- Stream Restoration – Barbara Doll
Agricultural Management and Development
- Farm & Animal Management
- Animal Waste Management – John Classen, Mark Rice, Sanjay Shah, Mahmoud Sharara
- Livestock and Poultry Housing – Sanjay Shah
- Livestock Emergency Management – Sanjay Shah
- Aquaculture – Steven Hall
- Food Production, Processing & Handling
- Tobacco Mechanization – Grant Ellington
- USDA-ARS Market Quality and Handling – Thomas Whitaker, emeritus
- Postharvest Processing – Michael Boyette
- Agricultural Machine Systems
- Biofuels and On-farm Energy
- Machine Systems – Gary Roberson
- Sensor Technologies – Sierra Young
- Agricultural Education
- Farm Safety – Grant Ellington
- 4-H Youth Agricultural Education – Grant Ellington