North Carolina ASABE State Section Meeting, November 6, 2026
NC State University Campus, Raleigh, NC
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, Department Head
10:05 -10:20 AM NC A&T 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 Update
Ed Barnes - Cotton Inc. and Chair of ASABE CBSI
10:55 -11:10 AM Circular Bioeconomy Systems Technologies
Joe Sagues, Associate Professor, NC State University
11:10 -11:40 AM Animal Waste Management Solutions and Industry Perspective Q&A
Mahmoud Sharara, Associate Professor, NC State University
James Cox, Smithfi eld Foods
11:40-11:55 AM NC A&T Bioenergy Research
Dr. Sourabh Chakraborty, Research Associate, NC A&T
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (Under Pavilion) Student Club Updates (3-5 min, 8-10 clubs)
Business Meeting
1:30 - 2:30 PM Business Meeting (Weaver Labs, rm 158)
2:30 - 3:00 PM Travel to Lake Wheeler Field Labs and 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 University
Stop 2: Compost Technology to Capture Carbon Emissions
Joe Sagues, Associate Professor, NC State University and
Pablo Ortiz Paciello, Graduate Student, NC State University
Stop 3: Emission Monitoring Equipment
Mahmoud Sharara, Associate Professor, NC State University
Adjourn