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Dates to Remember:
• Book early for your NABEC 2018 housing, deadline is June 14th
• June 30th is the deadline for NABEC early bird confer-ence registration
• NABEC 2018: Jul 15– 18, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
• July 29-Aug 1, 2018: ASABE Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan
Volume 29, Number 2
Spring 2018
Inside this issue:
NABEC 2018—Registration,
Tour, and Guest Information
2
2018 Undergraduate Student Competitions
13
2018 Young Engineer Award 14
2018 Distinguished Service 15
NABEC 2017-2018 Planning
Committee
17
NABEC 2018 Program Sum-
mary
18
NABEC 2018 will be proudly hosted in the ‘Almost Heaven’ and ‘Wild and Wonderful’ state of West Virginia at the Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa, one of the premier conference and family-friendly vacation destinations in the Mid-Atlantic region. The resort hosts a variety of activities for kids (summer day camp and nursery) and for adults (golf, indoor pool, basketball, rock climbing, spa, and more). The resort is located next to Cheat Lake, where Standup Paddleboard (SUP), Yoga, Boating and Water Sports can be enjoyed. About 5-6 miles from the resort, picture perfect Coopers Rock State Forest offers breathtaking views. Additional activities available to NABEC attendees and accompanying persons include a Canopy Tour, Rope Course, Giant Wall Climb and Swings, which are being arranged by the Adventure West Virginia.
All conference-related activities for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday including re-ception, picnic, and banquet will take place at the resort. The technical tour and accompanying persons’ tours will depart from the resort as outlined in the pro-gram.
The conference is sponsored in part by West Virginia University’s Provost Office, Office of Dean of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, and Office of the Dean & Director of West Virginia University Extension Service.
The Welcome Address on July 16 will be by Dr. Daniel Robison, Dean, Davis Col-lege of Agriculture, Natural Resources, West Virginia University. The first keynote speaker on Monday will be Mr. Joe Hatton, Deputy Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Agriculture. He will present the Department’s views on the current state of agriculture and its vision for the future. Our second keynote speaker will be Dr. Stephen Searcy, President of ASABE, who will speak about his experiences and vision for the Agricultural and Biological Engineering field.
Tuesday will feature a panel discussion which will include speakers from academia and industries related to Water Quality Monitoring and Reporting Systems, Trout Unlimited’s Efforts in West Virginia, and Small Food-Business.
Wednesday’s technical tour will include a visit to a fully automated sawmill, a fuel pellet production mill, and a multipurpose, flood control and water supply, dam rehabilitation construction site.
Where: Morgantown, WV – Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa When: July 15-18, 2018 Hosted by: West Virginia University & USDA-NRCS, West Virginia
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Please register for the conference, or as an accompanying person, online at https://www.eiseverywhere.com/nabec18 by 11:45 PM on June 30, 2018. All presenters must register by Wednesday, June 12 to guarantee a place in the program. After June 30, 2018 please register on-site. An additional $50 will be charged to all full conference and $25 will be charged to all one-day on-site registrations.
Conference Registration Fees By June 30, 2018
Notes: (a) Includes Sunday Evening Welcome Reception; Monday and Tuesday lunches and breaks. (b) Includes lunch and breaks for the corresponding day.
Event Registration Fees (See following pages for description of these activities)
Please contact Heather Smeltz at [email protected] with any questions or special requests.
Full Conference Registration (a) US $
Professional $175
Retired Professional $140
Student $130
One-Day Registration (b)
Professional $90
Retired Professional $75
Student $70
Event US $
Sunday’s Welcome Reception (cost is included in Full Conference Registration fee) Additional Tickets (Guests, Accompanying Persons, One Day Registrants) $16
Monday’s Picnic – 10th Tee Barbeque Adult $30
Child $15
Tuesday’s Awards Banquet Adult $40
Child $18
Wednesday’s Technical Tour (includes transportation and lunch)
Conference Attendee (subsidized by West Virginia University) $10
Accompanying Person $15.50
Accompanying Persons Tours
$0 Morgantown Tour
Preston County Tour $0
Registration Information
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Instructions for Online Registration
All prices are in US dollars. Lodging arrangements are made separately from meeting registration. Please follow the suggestions in the newsletter.
Online registration closes at 11:45 on Saturday, June 30, 2018. Late registration (after July 1) is strongly discouraged but will be on-site.
All presenters must register by June 12th to guarantee a place in the program.
Go to https://www.eiseverywhere.com/nabec18 . Click the “New Registration”, and then selected regis-tration option for the primary registrant and click “Continue”. Please fill out the form with the required information. You will be asked if you are a vegetarian. If you selected to attend the full meeting, you will also be asked if you plan to attend the Sunday Welcome Reception. Please make your selections and press “Continue”. You will have the options to add Picnic, Banquet and Technical tour for yourself and “Continue”. If you are not adding an accompanying person, Choose “No” and “Continue”. You will be in the payment screen. If you choose to add accompanying person(s), choose “Yes” and continue.
Registering a Guest At the bottom of the first registration screen choose “Guest” (immediately above the “Registration Another”). If you are bringing a guest(s) to the meeting, please add them through this link, entering their name, email address, and phone number. Guests’ email addresses from registration will be used to gather interest in and to communicate options for the accompanying persons tours.
Click the “Next” button to move to the Registration Categories Screen. Select the appropriate Registration Category (Professional, Student, Guest, etc.) and click “Next” to see the Banquets, Lunches, and Tours op-tions.
You have to repeat the process for every guest that you want to add. After adding your guest(s), you will be brought to a screen where you can delete or edit registrations for everyone attending the meeting with you. Once all selections are the way you want them, select Complete the Registration to enter your pay-ment information. Enter your credit card information and click “Finish.”
You should receive an emailed receipt confirming your registration and payment.
IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE, YOU CANNOT ATTEND THE AC-COMPANYING PERSONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY TOURS AS THEY ARE CONCURRENT TO THE CONFERENCE.
Cancellation Policy
Registrations received by June 30th are used to make meal and other conference guarantees. We pay for those guaranteed numbers. Cancellation requests received by Heather Smeltz [email protected]) and David Ross ([email protected]) by June 30th will be honored. Any can-cellation requests received after that date will be reviewed and partial refunds will be considered based on commitments already made or resale of registration or tickets.
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The conference is being held at the Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa, One Lakeview Drive, Morgantown, WV 26508. This is just off I-68, Exit 10 at Route 43, east of Mor-gantown, WV, next to Coopers Rock State Forest and along the Cheat River/Cheat Lake.
A block of lodging rooms are being held there until June 14th (by contract) at our conference rates of
Single room $99.00 per night (single occupancy)
Double room $99.00 per night (double occupancy) Two beds per room.
King room $109.00 per night Limited number. Call front desk for availability.
The federal government rate is $97.00 per night.
Sleeping room rates are subject to 12% tax. Four per-sons per room except King. Children 12 years of age and younger stay with their parents for free provided that they use existing bedding.
NABEC must meet a lodging room night use guaran-tee so we encourage everyone to stay at the Resort so we can meet our requirement for hotel room-nights used.
Hotel Reservations: Following link can be used to re-serve hotel rooms and no code will be required:
http://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=2125961&hotelID=10398
When booking rooms from hotel website, please use code (NABE). Room may also be booked by calling at the front-desk at (304) 594-1111 and refer to the NABEC meeting (Code NABE).
Additional housing options and child care:
Condo availability: Each condo has one queen bedroom; a two-twin bed bedroom, and a pullout sofa. One condo will be equivalent to one conference room booking. Currently three condos are available for the conference dates. The rate for the condos would be $209.00 per night. Contact Megan Reeler [email protected] for condo reservations.
Child care: Child care: Parents may utilize Lakeview Resort’s kids summer camp for ages 5 and up during their stay. Cost is $30.00 per day (food not included), regardless of hours spent. Hours are 8 am – 5 pm. Kids enrolled in the summer camp participate in variety of activities within the resort property (swimming and other indoor and outdoor activities). Arrangements must be made one month in advance (June 15). Contact Kendelle Sherlock (304-594-9561 [email protected] directly.
Nursery: Parents may use the nursery while utilizing the gym facility for children ages 8 weeks and older. Cost is $3.00 for 2 hours. Hours are 8 am – 12 pm / 4 pm – 8 pm.
Photo: HiltonGardenInn.com
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Air Transportation: The closest major airport is Pittsburgh International Airport
(PIT) (about 80 miles, 75-80 minutes drive time). Rental car services are available at PIT.
Alternatively, flights into Morgantown Municipal Airport (MGW) via Southern Air-ways Express (www.iflysouthern.com) are available from Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) or Balti-more-Washington International (BWI) Thurgood Marshall Airport. It is recommended to fly with carry-on luggage only because the Southern Airways is an independent airline and they do not transfer luggage to or from any other airline. For checked baggage, call Southern Airways Express and talk with them before booking. You will have to go to Baggage Claim to get your checked bag (at PIT or BWI) and then go to the Southern Airways Express counter to get boarding pass and get your bags checked in to their flight. Then re-enter through the security check to go to the gate.
Shuttle: Contact Lakeview Resort to schedule shuttle services to and from MGW airport.
Driving Directions:
GPS address: 150 Lakeview Drive, Morgantown, WV 26508
From I-68 Take exit 10 toward WV-857/Cheat Lake/Fairchance Rd. This is exiting onto Route 43 North to first exit and then left onto Bowers Lane to right onto Fairchance Road which becomes Cheat Road to left onto Lakeview Drive. It is a short drive on several roads.
Local Arrangements Committee
NABEC 2018 is proudly arranged by following the local team members:
• Andy Deichert, State Conservation Engineer, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Re-sources Conservation Service, Morgantown WV
• Kathy Allen, Agricultural Engineer, United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Con-servation Service, Morgantown WV
• Dr. Litha Sivanandan, Extension Specialist & Associate Professor, West Virginia University Extension Service, Morgantown, WV
• Dr. Kaushlendra Singh, Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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Registration – Sunday, 2:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Sunday registration will be available from 2:00 PM until 6:30 PM in the Lobby of the Lakeview Resort and Spa. Registration will be open Monday and Tuesday morning before the conference.
NABEC Planning Committee Meeting – Sunday, 4 PM
The NABEC Planning Committee will hold a meeting in the Ward Christopher Board Room from 4 PM – 6 PM.
Sunday Welcome Reception – 6:30 PM
(Included with NABEC Conference registration. Guest ticket $16.00)
Sunday evening from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Meet and greet col-leagues, friends and families in the Chestnut Ballroom at the Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa with light food and cash bar ser-vice.
Technical Sessions and Business Meeting
The conference will feature keynote speakers, a panel discussion, technical oral paper and poster sessions. A business meeting will also be held. See the preliminary program in this newsletter for more details on the conference schedule. For more information on Keynote speakers and panelists is included.
Monday Picnic – 6:00 PM (Separate ticket) Adult - $30.00, Child (ages 5 to 12) - $15.00, Child
below 5 is free
Our picnic will be at the ‘10th tee’ of the resort’s premier golf location, which is 5 minutes walk from the main conference location. This is a beautiful area on the Resort.
An All-American Barbeque will include grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and veggie burgers served with lettuce, sliced tomatoes, sliced red onions and pickles with buns and condiments, chicken wings, corn on the cob, baked beans, kettle potato chips, coleslaw, potato salad, and a mixed greens salad with assorted dressings. Iced tea and freshly brewed regular and decaffeinated coffee will be available. Assorted desserts will follow.
Tuesday Awards Banquet – Reception 6:00 PM; Banquet 7:00 PM (Separate ticket) Adult -
$40.00, Child (5 to 12) - $18.00, Child below 5 is free.
The Awards Banquet will take place in the Reflections Ballroom of the Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa. There will be a full service bar and reception before the banquet. An awards program will follow the meal.
A buffet dinner will feature Baked Salmon, Peach Barbeque Glazed Pork Loin and Eggplant Parmesan. There will be summer salad and Rotini tossed salad, a display of seasonal fresh fruit, seasonal vegeta-bles, starch, rolls with butter and a display of assorted desserts. Iced tea and freshly brewed regular and decaffeinated coffee will be served.
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Technical Tour Wednesday, July 18, 2018
(Separate Tickets: Technical Conference Attendees $10.00; Accompanying Persons $15.50)
West Virginia University (WVU) is proud to sponsor this year’s technical tour through Provost’s Office and Office of Dean of WVU Extension Service and Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design. The technical tour will leave from the Lakeview Golf Resort and Spa, at 8:30 AM and return no later than 4:00 PM.
The first stop is a tour of the Dam located on the WVU farm in Reedsville, WV in Preston County; the sec-ond part of the technical tour is at the Allegheny Wood Products’ automated sawmill and Appalachian Wood Pellets’ automated fuel pellet mill at the Kingwood, WV.
NOTE: the technical tour may be limited to 30 people. A bus will be used for transportation. A lunch will be arranged at the Rosemary’s Thyme Mexican Restaurant, which is located close to the saw mill and the pel-let mill.
Upper Deckers Creek Site 1, Dam Rehabilitation Project, Preston County, WV:
The project consists of rehabilitating a flood control dam originally constructed in 1969. The dam is one of seven small watershed flood control dams constructed in the mid to late 1960s by the Monon-gahela Conservation District with technical and financial support from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. The dam was originally designed and constructed as a significant hazard poten-tial dam. It is now classified as a high hazard potential dam due to the development downstream of the dam.
The existing dam consists of a zoned earth embankment with a principal spillway and an auxiliary spillway. The principal spillway system consists of a reinforced concrete riser structure, a steel cylin-der concrete-lined conduit, and an impact basin with a rock-lined outlet channel. The grass-lined auxiliary spillway is located on the right abutment.
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Upper Deckers Creek Site 1, Dam Rehabilitation Project, Preston County, WV (continued):
The rehabilitation efforts include measures to bring the dam into compliance with current dam safety and NRCS design criteria for a high hazard potential dam and add a permanent raw water supply for the local public service district. The measures include replacing the existing principal spillway riser structure, extending the princi-
pal spillway conduit, modifying the dam embankment to serve as an auxiliary spillway with the addition of an over-the-top roller compacted concrete armored stepped spillway, adding a filtered drainage sys-tem, flattening the downstream embankment slope for stabilization, and filling/abandoning the existing auxiliary spillway.
It is anticipated that the principal spillway riser structure and downstream drain fill and roller compacted concrete construction will be underway during mid-July 2018.
Allegheny Wood Products’ (AWP) Sawmill Facility, Kingwood, WV:
(http://www.alleghenywood.com/kingwoodwv.php)
“Allegheny Wood Products (AWP) automated sawmill is a major commercial facility, which em-ploys 135 employees and produces 40,000,000 Board Feet (about 24% of their total productivity) of lumber every year. AWP is dedicated to sustainable forestry practices to fulfill their goal of
“Providing Superior Forest Products to the World”. It is building a strong timber reserve while pro-ducing the finest hardwood products and practicing total utilization of the forest resource. AWP promotes sustainable forest management in its 400,000 acres of combination of company owned forestlands and long term wood supply agreements forest lands with assistance from a team of 25 professional foresters with over 300 years of collective experience. AWP operates three green sawmills, three sawmills with dry kilns on site, and two dry kiln concentration yards. The King-wood sawmill is one of their major operations. It is equipped with state-of-the-art optical scan-ning and thin-kerf technology which allows the company to maximize manufacturing yields. AWP supplies its products worldwide.”
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Appalachian Wood Pellets Facility, Kingwood, WV:
( http://www.appalachianwoodpellets.com/)
“Appalachian Wood Pellets is a proud manufacturer and supporter of the wood pellet industry. We pro-duce the highest quality, 100 percent hard wood premium grade, environmentally friendly pellets to heat your home. We specialize in the production of environmentally-friendly, cost-efficient wood pellets which are a sustainable, green alternative for your heating needs. What makes Appalachian Wood Pel-lets so unique is that we partner Allegheny Wood Products, a producer of high-quality hard wood lum-ber, to retain their left over wood chips and sawdust pieces for use in the manufacturing of wood pel-lets. The bark is used to dry the wood fiber so nothing is wasted. Meaning, our processes are not only efficient, but they keep your purchasing costs down.”
Accompanying Persons Tours
Monday and Tuesday
Monday and Tuesday (Separate tickets) The accompanying persons’ tours will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Transportation for both days will be arranged through sponsorship from the West Virginia Uni-versity if at least 10 people pre-register for each tour. Any admission fee at any tour location and lunch costs are “on your own”. Please pre-register if you intend to participate.
MONDAY—Morgantown Area Tour – Join us as we visit the WVU Art Museum (https://artmuseum.wvu.edu/), Heston Farm (https://www.hestonfarm.com/), and the Cook-Hayman Pharmacy Museum (http://pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu/support-us/cook-hayman-pharmacy-museum/).
TUESDAY—Nearby Preston County Tour – Come visit Allegheny Treenware (maker of wooden kitchen utensils, https://alleghenytreenware.com/), Cool Springs Park (for lunch and supporting the local econo-my), and the Arthurdale Heritage (https://arthurdaleheritage.org/) (guided tour group rate is $8/person), all located in beautiful Preston County, WV.
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Other Activities (Open to Attendees and Accompanying Persons)
Adventure WV (Video Link)
Challenge Course/Aerial Adventure
(Duration- 3.5 hours; Location: WVU Research Forest – 1:30 pm)
20 spots available at $13.25* per participant (tax included)
High rope team development courses (the Giant Swing, Alpine Tow-er or Odyssey Course) provide challenging high rope aerial trekking activities.
*Regular price $26.50. Discounted rate due to sponsorship from the WVU Provost Office.
Note- Departure time- 1:00 pm from Lakeview Resort, Transportation provided
Zip-line Canopy Tour
(Duration- 3.5 hours; Location: WVU Research Forest – 1:30 pm)
10 spots available at $15.90* per participant (tax included)
“The Adventure WV canopy tour is comprised of 4 ziplines, 7 tree-based platforms, an aerial bridge, aerial ladder and a rappel sta-tion to exit the course. Each zip or leg of the course ranges in length from the 201’ starting zip, to the 980’ zip at the conclusion of the course. Participants will rappel 45’ from the final platform to the ground. After exiting the course, participants will hike from the base of the final tree back to the equipment shed on an inter-pretive nature trail (approximately 10 mins on a moderate trail).”
*Regular price $31.80. Discounted rate due to sponsorship from the WVU Provost Office.
Note: Activity Date—July 17th 2018 & Departure time is 1:00 pm from Lakeview Resort. Transportation will be provided
Click Here to Register!
Activities at the Resort – Please plan the following activities at your own leisure: Golf, Spa, Gymnasi-
um with Group Fitness classes, Volleyball, and Basketball) Golf. “Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa has two championship courses offering breathtaking views of Cheat Lake and the rolling hills of West Virginia”. Conference Golf Rates are: Lakeview Golf Course: Monday – Thursday $40.00, Friday – Sunday $60.00. (304) 594-9400 Mountainview Golf Course: Monday – Thursday $26.00, Friday – Sunday $34.00 (304) 594-1412 **These prices include taxes and cart fees
Spa. An excellent spa service is available in the Spa Roma located on the Lakeview Resort property. For services and reservations, please visit following website- http://www.sparoma.com/
Photo: Hartford Courant
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Cheat Lake Water Sports Activities– Please plan following activities at your own lei-sure: Standup Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga, and Boating & Water Sports. Contact Sunset Beach Marina for kayak, jet ski, boat rental. For rates- http://sunsetbeach-
marina.com/. For SUP yoga web and contact: https://www.jojo.yoga/paddleboard-yoga
Visit Coopers Rock State Forest– Please plan following activities at your own leisure: a picture perfect outlook and hiking trails (Web link: https://wvstateparks.com/park/coopers-rock-state-forest/ )
Whitewater Rafting – Please plan this activity at your own leisure: “Are you ready for an adventure? Area outfitters provide guided trips and shuttle services on the Cheat River for whitewater rafting. The Cheat at its peak runs up to Class IV+ rapids. Float trips can also be arranged on the flatwater sections of the river.” Web link: https://gotowv.com/best-to-ride-cheat-river/ )
Photo: Hartford Courant
NABEC uses the ten minute tech short presentation in order to allow the coverage of many different top-ics during our conference. The goal is to make listeners familiar with what you are doing but not to over-whelm them with details. A tech short time period places 10 minutes between the start of each presenta-tion. The ten minutes includes time for changing speakers, a brief introduction (such as your title slide), eight (8) minutes for you to make your presentation, and one minute for questions. Your 8 minutes for presentation should first tell the summary of your talk (what do you want the audience to go away with), then briefly cover the points of what you did and the brief results (fill in briefly what did you do and what did you learn), and then one final summary slide to finish. Ask for a question. A time clock is usually used and the moderator will tell you what signals he/she will give you BUT you must have just an 8 minute talk to give. Write a short paper with charts, photos, and tables of data you want to share and place it on the paper distribution table. Use your presentation number as the paper number.
The “Tech Short” (how long your presentation can be)
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Earn your Professional Development Hours (PDH) while attending the NABEC Conference with numerous hours of continuing education available. A PDH form will be included in the conference materials. A certifi-cation letter containing the NABEC letterhead for documentation of the PDH will also be available if re-quired. Come to NABEC 2018 and enjoy listening to the technical shorts and the student presentations, viewing the posters, and attending the technical tours while earning those required PDH.
NABEC PE Continuing Education
Articles: All presenters at the conference are encouraged to prepare a written article to accompany their poster or oral presentation. Full articles must be formatted using the Article Template that will be available on the NABEC 2018 conference website by going to the following link. http://nabec.asabe.org/program.html and clicking on the button Download the NABEC Paper Template
Please name your file as the paper number assigned to you for the conference and email them to our web-master in [email protected] by July 1st 2018.
All the manuscripts will be listed in the ASABE technical library under NABEC 2018 Conference Proceedings.
Full Manuscript Submissions for the Conference Proceedings
Details and updated/final program are available at: http://nabec.asabe.org/program.html Interested in past NABEC conferences? http://nabec.asabe.org/newsletters.html
2018 NABEC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AND DESIGN COMPETITIONS
Are you teaching upper level courses that involve student projects? If so, the annual NABEC undergraduate student paper and design competitions are an excellent oppor-
tunity to enhance the impact of your students’ work. Individuals or teams may enter either competition. Entries for the paper competition should focus on technical topics of interest to the agricultural and biologi-cal engineering community and can, for example, be based on substantial class term projects, independent studies, or undergraduate research projects. Projects entered in the design competition must involve engi-neering design of a system, component, or process for applications in agriculture, forestry, engineering or related fields. Design competition entries have frequently been, but need not be, limited to the product of senior design projects.
The deadline for the NABEC undergraduate student paper and design competitions is 5:00 PM, May 4th, 2018. Electronic submittal of all entries, preferably in PDF format, is required. Cash prizes to first, second, and third place entries are awarded for both competitions and travel expenses will be reimbursed for first place winners to present at the 2018 NABEC meeting. Entries must include summer addresses/contact in-formation for the students. For full details, see the NABEC website: http://nabec.asabe.org/awards--competitions.html.
Please encourage your students to enter the competitions. Also, please, consider volunteering your ser-vices as a reviewer! You will not be asked to review more than a few entries, and the review process is un-complicated. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the entries and your efforts will be greatly ap-preciated. Contact the Student Paper and Design Competition Committee Chair.
Satyanarayan Dev, PhD Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, 850-296-4336 [email protected]
Deadline for undergraduate competition entries is 5:00 PM, May 4th, 2018.
2018 NABEC GRADUATE STUDENT COMPETITIONS
Graduate students in agricultural and biological engineering (or related programs) were invited to partici-pate in the NABEC Graduate Student Competition by submitting an abstract proposal for either an oral or a poster paper presentation by the announced deadline. Competition is for 1) Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation and 2) Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation, as judged by panels. Awards are given to the top three winners in each category, including a certificate and a cash award. Entrants must be current or recently graduated graduate students, and must have submitted the abstract proposals using the NABEC Call for Abstract Proposals Form. Evaluation will be based on established criteria that include both content and presentation. Further information is available at the NABEC web site (http://www.nabec.asabe.org).
THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED TO NEW ENTRANTS AS DEADLINE HAS PASSED.
Competitions
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Each year NABEC offers an award for Young Engineer of the Year. This award honors NABEC members for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the Agricultural/Biological Engineering Profession. Awards are made on the basis of nominations submitted by colleagues. The award consists of an en-graved plaque presented in person at the NABEC Annual Awards Banquet.
Eligibility: Those eligible are NABEC members who have not passed their 40th birthday on July 1 of the year in which they are selected. If you know a young engineer who deserves consideration for this hon-or you are urged to submit a nomination for him or her. Nominations will remain active for a period of three years. The nominee must be able to attend the conference to receive the award.
Further information is available on the NABEC web site (http://www.nabec.asabe.org).
Questions concerning the competition may be directed to:
Jan Adamowski Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill University 21 111 Lakeshore Road Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9 Phone: (814) 863-6844 Fax: (814) 863-1031
NABEC Young Engineer of the Year
If you know a young engineer (industry, government or academic) that deserves recognition due to his/her contribution to the profession, please
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Past recipients of the Young Engineer Award:
Nominations are currently closed as the
deadline was March 16, 2018.
1979 Norm Collins 1980 Fred Wheaton 1981 William Ritter
1982 No Award 1983 David Ross 1984 Andrew Higgins
1985 Michael Walter 1986 Abdel Ghaly 1987 Barry Frey
1988 Herschel A. Elliott 1989 James Garthe 1990 Unknown
1991 Richard Jennings 1992 Ronald Pitt 1993 Gene Giacomelli
1994 Chandra Madramootoo 1995 Paul Heinemann 1996 Wayne Bogovich
1997 Dennis Buckmaster 1998 Timothy Royer 1999 Cristina Ratti
2000 Joseph Irudayaraj 2001 Terry Lynn Ruch 2002 Michael Ngadi
2003 Ali Demirci 2004 Hubert Montas 2005 Jennifer Becker
2006 Valérie Orsat 2007 David Tilley 2008 Jeffrey Catchmark
2009 Su-Ling Brooks 2010 Andrew Wedel 2011 Devon Davis
2012 Mark Lefsrud 2013 Timothy Rennie 2014 Heather Smeltz
2015 Suresh Neethirajan 2016 Jan Adamowski 2017 Stephanie Lansing
A special award is presented annually to individuals who have contributed outstanding service to NABEC. The award shall consist of a plaque with appropriate inscription and will be presented at the NABEC An-nual Awards Banquet. Nominations may be held over for two years. The criteria for the award are: con-tribute as an officer, local arrangements, program committee, tour arrangements or other significant effort to NABEC; support NABEC by encouraging colleague participation; professional activities in the Northeastern US / Eastern Canada area.
Questions concerning the competition may be directed to:
Jan Adamowski Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill University 21 111 Lakeshore Road Ste Anne de Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9
Distinguished Service to NABEC
And for those who gave great service to NABEC? They won’t be forgotten!!!
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Past recipients of the Distinguished Service Award:
Nominations are currently closed as the
deadline was March 16, 2018.
1996 Eric Norris 1996 William Roberts 1997 Mark Singley
1998 None 1999 Jacob (Jack) Pos 2000 None
2001 Richard Peterson 2001 Robert Aldrich 2002 Abdel Ghaly
2002 Arthur Johnson 2003 David Ross 2003 William Ritter
2004 Paul Heinemann 2005 Bill Bowers 2006 Julie Cayley
2006 Vijaya Raghavan 2007 F. Spencer Givens III 2008 Kenneth Lomax
2009 Robert Kok 2009 Wayne Bogovich 2010 Stanley Weeks
2011 Cristina Ratti 2012 Glen Warner 2013 Ali Demirci
2013 John Ogilvie 2014 Robert Thompson 2015 Michael Ngadi
2016 None 2017 Bruce DuMond
Award Nomination Information
Penn State’s New Agricultural Engineering Building is Complete!
The new Agricultural Engineering Building was completed in March 2018, and we will be fully moved in by mid-May. The 93,000 square foot building began with the demolition of the original in August 2016. Look for a presentation on the new building at NABEC 2018! We also have hired five new faculty in the past year and a half, covering teaching, research, and extension in areas of specialty crop mechaniza-tion and automation (2), water resource engineering (2), and agricultural and biorenewable industries safety and health.
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Spring 2018 Page 17 NABEC 2017-2018 Committees
Chair
Jude Liu Penn State University 227 Ag. Engineering Bldg. Uni-versity Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-6844 [email protected]
Chair-Elect (Honors/Awards)
Jan Adamowski Department of Bioresource Engi-neering McGill University, QC, Canada (514)
398-7786
1st Vice Chair (Program)
Daniel Ciolkosz Penn State University 222 Ag Engineering Bldg Uni-versity Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-3484 [email protected]
2nd Vice Chair (Newsletter)
Heather Smeltz USDA-NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
Secretary
Dan Baumert USDA-NRCS 967 Illinois Ave, Suite #3 Bangor, ME. 04401 (207) 990-9555 [email protected]
Secretary -Elect
Balunkeswar (Balu) Nayak Food Sc. & Human Nutr. University of Maine Orono, ME, 04469 207-581-1687 [email protected]
Treasurer
David Ross University of Maryland Environmental Sci. and Tech. College Park, MD 20742-2315 (301) 498-2234 [email protected]
Past Chair
Valerie Orsat Bioresource Engineering McGill University, QC, Canada (514) 398-7775 [email protected]
District I Representative
Kaushlendra Singh School of Natural Resources West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6125 (304) 293-7643 [email protected]
Meetings Council Rep.
Hong Li University of Delaware Townsend Hall 531 South College Ave Newark, DE 19716-2140 (302) 831-1652 [email protected]
Publications Council Rep .
Satyanarayan R.S. Dev Florida A&M University Tallahassee, Florida (850) 561-2977 [email protected]
MDC Rep .
Mba Ogan Bioresource Engineering McGill University, QC, Canada [email protected]
Standards Council Rep.
Jude Liu Penn State University 227 Ag. Engineering Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-6844 [email protected]
Undergrad Student Competition
Satyanarayan R.S. Dev Florida A&M University Tallahassee, Florida (850) 561-2977 [email protected]
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor
Satyanarayan R.S. Dev Florida A&M University Tallahassee, Florida (850) 561-2977 [email protected]
Parliamentarian
Robert Thompson USDA-NRCS 356 Mountain View Drive Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 951-6796 ext. 232 [email protected]
Local host NABEC 2018 (chair)
Kaushlendra Singh School of Natural Resources West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6125 (304) 293-7643 [email protected]
Local Co-host NABEC 2018
Litha Sivanandan West Virginia University 602 Knapp Hall, PO Box 6031 Morgantown, WV 26506-6031 (304) 293-7684 [email protected]
Local host NABEC 2019
Cristina Ratti Department of Soil and Agri-Food Engineering Laval University QC, Canada (418) 656-2131 ext. 4593 [email protected]
Historian
William (Bill) Ritter University of Delaware Townsend Hall 531 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19716-2140 (302) 831-2468 [email protected]
Program Committee (Chair)
Daniel Ciolkosz Penn State University 222 Ag Engineering Bldg University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-3484 [email protected]
Program Committee
Kaushlendra Singh School of Natural Resources West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506-6125 (304) 293-7643 [email protected]
Program Committee
Litha Sivanandan West Virginia University 602 Knapp Hall, PO Box 6031 Morgantown, WV 26506-6031 (304) 293-7684 [email protected]
Program Committee
Andy Deichert USDA – NRCS Morgantown, WV (304) 284-7563 [email protected]
Program Committee
Kathy Allen USDA – NRCS Morgantown, WV (304) 284-7561 [email protected]
Program Committee
David Ross University of Maryland Environmental Sci. and Tech. College Park, MD 20742-2315 (301) 498-2234 [email protected]
Program Committee
William F. Ritter University of Delaware Townsend Hall 531 South College Ave Newark, DE 19716-2140 (302) 831-2468 [email protected]
Registration Coordinator
Heather Smeltz USDA-NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
Officers of the Planning Committee
Other Members of the Planning Committee
NABEC 2018 Paper Template is also available on the NABEC website. We encourage you to use this template for your paper to be presented at the 2018 conference and to be listed in the ASABE technical library.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
14:00 Registration Open 16:00 NABEC Planning Committee Meeting 18:30 Evening Welcome Reception
Special “hello” from Nathan Harlan, Director, Adventure West Virginia
Monday, July 16, 2018
07:30 Registration Open
07:30-08:30 Continental Breakfast
08:30 Welcome and Housekeeping: Jude Liu, NABEC 2018 Chair
08:45 Welcome: Daniel Robinson, Dean, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design , West Virginia University
08:55 General Session Keynote Speaker (1): Joe Hatton, Deputy Commissioner, West Virginia Depart-ment of Agriculture
09:20 General Session Keynote Speaker (2): Stephen Searcy, President, American Society of Agricultur-al and Biological Engineers
09:40 Thank yous to keynote speakers and instructions to attendees
09:50-10:20 Coffee Break
10:20-12:00 Technical Session IA and IB – Graduate Student Oral Competition (concurrent sessions)
10:20 18-001 Characterization of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) Fluxes in a Drinking Water Source during Various Streamflow Conditions and the Impact on Drinking Water Treatment Efficiency
18-011 Selective extraction of epicuticular waxes from flax and wheat straw by immersion cycles in liquid nitrogen
Faith Kibuye, Penn State University Diego Canizares, Université Laval
10:30 18-002 Effect of Activation Agent’s Impregnation Route on Activated Carbon Properties
18-012 Nutrient measurement design for manure extracts used in hydroponic solutions
Oluwatosin Oginni, West Virginia U. Peter Tikasz, McGill University
10:40 18-003 Understanding the presence of antibiotic resistant genes in conservation buffers in the Mahantango Creek Watershed
18-013 Perennial grasses in multifunctional buff-ers to benefit water quality and farm profitability
Joseph Chandler, Penn State U. Stephanie Herbstritt, Penn State U.
10:50 18-004 N2O emissions as affected by nutrient and water table management in South Western Ontario
18-014 Imaging and Machine Intelligence for Blue Crab Processing
Naeem Abbasi, McGill University Dongyi Wang, University of Maryland
11:00 18-005 Investigations of Mitigating Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Risks from Gypsum-bedding Dairy Manure
18-015 Water Quality Impacts of a Woodchip Bioreactor Treatment System Receiving Silage Bunker Runoff
Long Chen, Penn State University Deborah Kraft, University of Vermont
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11:10 18-006 Normalisation and Data Scaling Tech-niques for Hyperspectral Imaging Data
18-016 Menaquinone-7 (Vitamin K2) Production by Bacillus subtilis natto in Biofilm Reac-tors using a Glucose-based Medium
Adeyemi Olutoyin, McGill University Ehsan Mahdinia, Penn State U.
11:20 18-007 Techno-economic analysis of novolac resin production by using phenols derived from fast pyrolysis bio-oil
18-017 The importance of intra-management practice variability in sediment and phos-phorus loss from agricultural fields
Asmita Khanal, Ohio State University Melissa Miller, Penn State University
11:30 18-008 Comparing the Presence of Antimicrobial Resistant Genes and Bacteria in Soil and Runoff following different Dairy Manure Application Methods
18-018 Empower Citizen Scientists to Reduce the Presence of EDCs in the Susquehanna River Basin
Talia Leventhal, Penn State U. Kathryn Hayden, Penn State U.
11:40 18-009 Fruit detection and tracking for yield pre-diction in apple orchards.
18-019 Nutritional food security: under the hy-drological lens
Thomas Jarvinen, Penn State U. Moiz Usmani, West Virginia U.
11:50 18-010 Comparison and complementarity of VIS, NIR, MID and LIBS spectroscopic methods for soil analysis
18-020 Finite element modelling of entrance resistance for perforated HDPE subsur-face drainage pipes
Marie-Christine Marmette, McGill U. Naresh Gaj, McGill University.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Technical Session II – General Posters (Gen), Graduate Student Poster Competition (Grad),
and Undergraduate Research Posters (UG) Gen 18-021 Climate Change in West Virginia and Implications for Appalachian Food Deserts
Evan Kutta West Virginia University
Gen 18-022 Biomass as an Energy Source for Poultry Production
John Vance West Virginia University
Gen 18-023 Advancements to Measuring and Managing Contemporary Mixed-Land-Use Watersheds
Jason Hubbart West Virginia University
Gen 18-024 Prescribed grazing impacts on grassland rooting and soil microbial population dynamics: Implica-tions for soil organic matter development and nitrous oxide emissions
Charlene Kelly West Virginia University
Gen 18-025 Forest and Agricultural Land Use Impacts on Floodplain Water Table Response to Precipitation Events
Elliott Kellner West Virginia University
Gen 18-026 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Smoked Foods
Litha Sivanandan West Virginia University
UG 18-027 Lead Sorption of Raw and Torrefied Miscanthus
Jennifer Desplat Penn State University
Grad 18-028 The evaluation of acid pretreatment of DDGS as a carbon source for microbial fermentation
Attia Iram Pennsylvania State University
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Grad 18-029 Evaluating the effectiveness of vegetated filter strips to reduce a suite of agricultural contami-nants
Joseph Chandler The Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-030 Quantifying potential environmental impacts of animal agriculture developments in Western Pennsylvania
Gourab Kumer Saha The Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-031 Assessment of riparian buffer systems’ effectiveness as a function of buffer attributes
Fei Jiang Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-032 Evaluating the distribution of biomass composition and nutrients in corn plant at physiological maturity
Asmita Khanal The Ohio State University
Grad 18-033 Investigation of the appropriate temperature and duration for achieving uniform browning on cooked corn cob
Anthony Chukwuemeka Iheonye McGill University
Grad 18-034 Pulsed UV light inactivation of E. coli in liquid egg white
Beining Ouyang Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-035 Pyrolysis Characteristics of White Pine and Norway Spruce Needles
Oluwatosin Oginni West Virginia University
Grad 18-036 Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on the Thermal Stability and Agronomic Characteristics of Bio-chars produced from Herbaceous Biomass
Oluwatosin Oginni West Virginia University
Grad 18-037 Beef Cattle Effluent Treatment in a Denitrifying Bioreactor
Bethani Chambers West Virginia University
Grad 18-038 The effect of cetylpyridinium chloride on Listeria monocytogenes in suspension and inoculated on different foods
Kshitija Pawar McGill University
Grad 18-039 Development of Process Technology for instant rice
Swati Agrawal McGill University
Grad 18-040 Pulsed UV light as a microbial reduction intervention for boneless/skinless chicken thigh meat
Joshua Cassar The Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-041 Characteristics of Short Rotation Woody Crop Relative to Debarking
Azadwinder S Chahal The Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-042 Estimation of slow release fertilizer impacts through development of computational algorithm for a watershed model
Arghajeet Saha The Pennsylvania State University
Grad 18-043 Black spruce pyrolysis: characteristics and pre-treatment technologies to maximize bio-oil quality
Brenda Judith Álvarez Chávez McGill University
Grad 18-044 Pulsed Light inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in suspension and on different food surfaces
Dalia John McGill University
Grad 18-045 Effect of microwave osmotic pre-treatment with sucrose and maltodextrin solute mixture on finished air drying of mangoes by using CCRD
Bhakti Shinde McGill University
Grad 18-046 Menaquinone-7 (Vitamin K2) Production by Bacillus subtilis natto in Biofilm Reactors using a Glycerol-based Medium
Ehsan Mahdinia Penn State
Grad 18-047 Oil sorption capacity of switchgrass and corncob particles; effect of particle size and torrefaction
Jaya Tripathi Pennsylvania State University
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Grad 18-048 A bibliometric study of microwave drying research field: Characteristics and Trends
Ayushi Anand McGill University
Grad 18-049 Modeling of Ventilation Options for Floor-raised Laying Hens
Long Chen Penn State University
Grad 18-050 Application of Biochar-amended Biofilter in Removal of Escherichia coli from Lakewater: Effect of Different Surface-modified Biochar in Biofilter
Peining Guan McGill University
Grad 18-051 Influence of microwave treatment on the quality characteristics of non-waxy rice flours.
Chijioke Anthony Nwankpa McGill University
Grad 18-052 Yellow-poplar grading system focused in CLT panels production
Rafael Azambuja West Virginia University
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-17:00 Technical Session III – Oral Presentations
15:20 18-070 Vegetated Treatment Areas - Effective applications for treating polluted runoff from agricultural operations.
Daniel J. Baumert USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
15:30 18-053 CFD optimization of Tumor on a Chip
Satyanarayan Dev Florida A&M University
15:40 18-055 Participatory Modeling of Agroecosystems
Jan Adamowski McGill University
15:50 18-056 Quantifying Stream and Floodplain Roughness using a Drone-based Lidar and Continuous Flow Monitoring
Jonathan Resop University of Maryland
16:00 18-058 USDA- NRCS National Air Quality Site Assessment Tool
Peter J. Vanderstappen, PE USDA-NRCS-PA
16:10 18-076 How math, science and engineering career helped to get a gig on sports talk radio
Daniel J. Baumert USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service
16:20 18-059 Even More of What Else My Children Have Taught Me About Physics and Engineering
Heather L. Smeltz, PE Heather L. Smeltz, PE
16:30 18-060 Small-scale biogas upgrading using membrane separation for pipeline injection in California
Joshua A. Peppers UC Davis
16:40 18-061 Direct Seeding of an Alternative Natural Rubber Plant, Taraxacum kok-saghyz
Scott Wolfe Ohio State Unviersity
16:50 18-062 Extension: Bringing Science to Legislation
Gary K. Felton University of Maryland
18:00 Picnic / BBQ
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
7:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
07:30 Registration Open
08:15 Welcome: Jude Liu, NABEC 2018 Chair and Steve Bonanno, Dean, West Virginia Univer-sity Extension Service
08:30 Undergraduate Design Team Presentation
09:00-10:30 Technical Session IV – Oral Presentations
09:00 18-063 Nanocellulose applications: Current research at West Virginia University Gloria Oporto West Virgina University
09:10 18-064 Challenges in Dam Rehabilitation Presented by Dams in Series Heather L. Smeltz, PE USDA-NRCS, Pennsylvania
09:20 18-065 Near infrared spectral imaging evaluation of intramuscular fat content of pork loin Christopher Kucha McGill University
09:30 18-066 Development of Chesapeake Bay Technology Assessment Protocol for Manufactured Stormwater Treatment Devices
Carmine C. Balascio University of Delaware 09:40 18-067 Pole Building Design Challenges in New England
Arthur Ramthun OneUSDA 09:50 18-068 Biology for Engineers Textbook: What’s New
Arthur T. Johnson University of Maryland 10:00 18-069 MRI Advancement Opportunities Utilizing Fluid Power
John W. Arnold The Ohio State University 10:10 18-054 Tree Canopy Estimation for Mechanical Pruning Based on 3D LiDAR
Long He The Pennsylvania State University 10:20 18-071 Value chain analysis: Energy and water utilization perspective
Emmanuella Ellis McGill University
10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-12:00 Panel Discussion: Fresh Water Quality and Its Impacts in Appalachia
Facilitator: Kathy Allen, USDA NRCS, Morgantown WV
Panelist: Jason Hubbart, Director, WVU Institute of Water Security and Science
Panelist: Gary Berti, Director, Eastern Home Rivers Initiative
Panelist: Evan Hansen, President, Downstream Strategies
Panelist: Patti Miller, WV Local Food Movement
12:00-13:00 Lunch
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13:00-14:20 Technical Session V – Oral Presentations
13:00 18-072 History Of Irrigation In The Northeast
William Ritter University of Delaware
13:10 18-073 The Penn State Agricultural Engineering Building - taking ABE through the 21st Century
Paul Heinemann Penn State
13:20 18-074 Spatial Control of Biological Agents
Hubert Montas University of Maryland at College Park
13:30 18-075 Worker Protection Standards Information for Plain People
Douglas H. Schaufler The Pennsylvania State University
13:40 18-057 HEAR-HEAR-HEAR
Stanley A. Weeks Stanley A. Week, LLC
13:50 18-077 Biomass Production on Reclaimed Mine Lands
Jeff Skousen West Virginia University
14:00 18-078 Metal Oxide Modification of Waste Biomass for Supercapacitor Applications
Gunes Alp Yakaboylu West Virginia University
14:10 18-079 Function of Agricultural Conservation Easement Program Wetlands in West Virginia
James T. Anderson West Virginia University
14:20-14:35 Coffee Break
14:35-15:45 Technical Session VI – Oral Presentations
14:35 18-080 Evaluating hydrogen sulfide gas contamination of tunnel ventilated barn airspace during manure pit safety ventilation using CFD
Dan Hofstetter Pennsylvania State University
14:45 18-081 NRCS Floodplain Easement Program- Sheffield Brook Floodplain Restoration
Lesley Sweeney USDA-NRCS
14:55 18-082 Effect of porosity on pathogen inactivation by gaseous ozone
Ogan I. Mba McGill University
15:05 18-083 Spat Development and Community Population Response to Waste Concrete Oyster Beds
Anastasia E M Chirnside University of Delaware
15:15 18-084 Mechanical Properties of Miscanthus and Switchgrass
Jude Liu Penn State
15:25 18-085 How will increased atmospheric CO2 impact agricultural water quality in the 21st century?
Tamie Veith USDA-ARS
15:35 18-086 SweetAire Farm Signs
Art Johnson SweetAire Farm
15:45 NABEC Business Meeting
16:00 Reception and Awards Banquet MC: Jude Liu, NABEC 2018 Chair
Special Welcome: WVU Provost’s Office
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 08:30 Technical Tours