North Carolina ASABE State Section Meeting
North Carolina ASABE State Section Meeting
November 6, 2026
NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Registration
Registration will open at 9 AM on Tuesday, October 6. Registration will close at 5 PM on Thursday, October 29.
Please note — this year, there is an add-on option if you would like to attend the Lake Wheeler Field Labs visit. You will need to select the travel option (driving yourself or provided transport) when confirming your main registration and payment.
Agenda
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | Registration |
| 9:00 – 9:05 AM | Call to Order and Introductions |
| 9:05 – 9:25 AM | Keynote Address Keith Larick, North Carolina Farm Bureau |
| Program Updates | |
| 9:25 – 9:50 AM | National ASABE Update Travis Tsunemori, ASABE President or Cedric Calhoun, Executive Director |
| 9:50 – 10:05 AM | NC State Biological & Agricultural Engineering Dr. Durelle Scott, Professor and Department Head |
| 10:05 – 10:20 AM | NC A&T State Biological Engineering Dr. Niroj Aryal, Associate Professor |
| 10:20 – 10:40 AM | Break |
| Circular Bioeconomy Systems and Industry Perspective | |
| 10:40 – 10:55 AM | ASABE’s Circular Bioeconomy Systems Institute Ed Barnes, Cotton Inc. and Chair of ASABE CBSI |
| 10:55 – 11:10 AM | Circular Bioeconomy Systems Technologies Joe Sagues, Associate Professor, NC State Alex Culpepper, VP of Corporate Business Development, Sunrock |
| 11:10 – 11:40 AM | Animal Waste Management Solutions and Industry Perspective Q&A Mahmoud Sharara, Associate Professor, NC State James Cox, Smithfield Foods |
| 11:40 – 11:55 AM | NC A&T Bioenergy Research Dr. Sourabh Chakraborty, Research Associate, NC A&T State |
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM | Lunch (Under Pavilion) Student Club Updates |
| Business Meeting | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 PM | Business Meeting (Weaver Labs, rm 158) |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Travel to Lake Wheeler Field Labs Compost Facility and Research Cooperative |
| 3:00-4:30 PM | Welcome to NC State University Lake Wheeler Field Labs Bridget Lassiter – Superintendent Stop 1: Duckweed – Waste Management Crop System Ryan Sartor, Assistant Professor, NC State Stop 2: Compost Technology to Capture Carbon Emissions Joe Sagues, Associate Professor, NC State and Pablo Ortiz Paciello, Graduate Student, NC State Stop 3: Emission Monitoring Equipment Mahmoud Sharara, Associate Professor, NC State |
| 4:30 pm | Adjourn Meeting |