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Dates to Remember:
• NABEC 2019: Jun 16 - 19, Lac Beauport , QC, Canada
• ASABE 2019 AIM: July 07-10, Boston, MA, USA
• CSBE-SCGAB 2019: TBD, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Volume 30, Number 1
Fall 2018
Inside this issue:
NABEC 2019 Call for Abstracts 2
Highlights of NABEC 2018 3
2018 Student Competition Winners
4
2018 NABEC Young Engineer
Award Winner
5
2018 NABEC Distinguished Ser-
vice Award Winner
6
Resolutions 7
Undergraduate Student Paper
and Design Competition
8
Graduate Student Competition 8
Award Nominations 9
Reports 10
NABEC Financial Statement 11
NABEC 2018-19 Committees 13
Welcome to the Historic Quebec with its alluring French charm!
Please join agri-food engineering friends and colleagues for NABEC 2019, to be held June 16-19, 2019 at beautiful Lac Beauport near Quebec City. Mainly a win-ter ski town, Lac Beauport is located on the eponymous lake about 25 kilometres north of Quebec City. Site of Old Quebec, a UNESCO World Heritage treasure, Que-bec City is the only walled city in North America. Its Upper Town, built on a cliff, has remained the religious and administrative centre of Quebec, with its churches, con-vents and other monuments like the Dauphine Redoubt and the Château Frontenac. Do not miss to see it for yourself with a priceless visit to Old Quebec and the Citadel. Also in Quebec City, many other historical, cultural and tourist activities can be en-joyed by locals and visitors all year round.
Equally beautiful winter and summer, Lac Beauport is surrounded by plenty of interesting tourist attractions, such as Jacques Cartier Provincial Park (32 km away) for outstanding hiking, rock climbing, canoeing; or the Huron traditional site Wen-dake (15 km away) located on the Huron-Wendat Indian reserve, a unique opportuni-ty to discover the history, culture and lifestyle of the Hurons from the past and as they live today; as well, you may enjoy with your kids the Vacation Village Waterpark (25 km away) with over 35 water slides, 100 water games, 2 theme rivers and a gi-gantic wave pool, diving into adventure and fun all summer long! You are invited to watch this fantastic video showing a summary of some of the must-see attractions of the Quebec area. Lac Beauport can be easily reached by air via Jean Lesage International Air-port (YQB) in Quebec City, having non-stop daily flights from Philadelphia (American Airlines), Chicago and Newark (United Airlines) as from several places in Canada (Air Canada). You can also reach Quebec City by train VIA Rail or long-distance bus Orle-ans Express, or else arrive by car using Canadian (highways) Autoroutes 40E or 20E. The conference headquarters and meetings will be at the resort Entourage sur-le-Lac, just 2 km west of Lac Beauport town centre. For unmatched comfort and well-being, treat yourself with a stay in this beautiful resort with private beach. Rooms are modern and contemporary, inspired by elements of water and nature, and all having balconies with panoramic views, as well as multiple amenities. The resort is holding a block of rooms for conference participants until mid-May. The NABEC 2019 Monday evening activity will be held at a traditional ‘Sugar Shack’ located in the picturesque Ile d’Orleans (Orleans Island). Like the name im-plies, sugar shacks are cabins where sap collected from sugar maple trees is boiled into syrup. In this place, typical Quebec food made with maple syrup, folkloric music and a tasting of ‘maple taffy’ made on premises over snow, will certainly be enjoyed by all NABEC partici-pants.
Our local committee formed by faculty members of the Soils Sci and AgriFood Engineering Depart-ment of Université Laval and re-searchers from the Research and Development Institute for the Agroenvironment IRDA, wishes you can join us next year in great num-bers! You’ll adore Chic Quebec City and surrounding areas!
So… get your Google translator ready for a delightful NABEC 2019 and a ‘relax pro-fessionally’ French immersion in Quebec!!!
Northeast Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference
Newsletter
nabec.asabe.org
You are invited to come to NABEC 2019 and share your professional experience, insights or research with your colleagues. Two presentation formats are available: Poster or short technical oral presentation. The submission dead-line for the abstract of the presentation is January 25th, 2019. A wide variety of topics in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Engineering are welcome. Presentations about successful or innovative teaching and extension programs are also welcome.
NABEC 2019 will include the following submission categories:
· General Oral Presentation Session
· Graduate Student Oral Presentation Competition
· General Poster Session
· Graduate Student Research Poster Competition
· Undergraduate Student Division Poster Session (New opportunity started from NABEC 2018)
Oral presentations will be limited to 10 minutes to arrange large number of presentations in a two-day confer-ence. Posters should be no more than 1.2m (48”) wide and 1m (40”) high. Presenters are encouraged to provide de-tails that do not fit in the 10-minute presentation or on a poster, in a written paper that can be distributed at the meeting. The template for this written paper is available on the NABEC website (http://nabec.asabe.org).
There will be Graduate Student Competitions in both Oral and Poster Presentation Categories. Competition papers must be submitted with a graduate student as first author and presented by the graduate student. Cash awards and certificates will be given to the winning presenters. The deadline for submission for the competitions is the same: January 25th, 2019 and is firm.
The available space for oral presentations may be limited, thus acceptance of abstracts will be prioritized based on time of submission (i.e. first come, first served). Abstracts submitted after the deadline may only be consid-ered for inclusion in the program as space permits but will not be entered into the student competitions. You will be notified of acceptance by March 8th, 2019.
To submit an abstract please visit the NABEC website (http://nabec.asabe.org) and click on the link “Submit an Abstract” on the navigation bar, complete the form and submit by clicking on the “Submit” button located on the bottom of the page. Submissions sent by email will not be accepted.
Faculty members, please encourage your students to submit an abstract proposal for the student competi-tions and come to NABEC 2019.
Please contact program chair at the address below for further questions regarding abstract submissions and graduate student competitions.
Heather Smeltz USDA – NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2 Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
Call for Papers: Submit a Paper/Poster Abstract for NABEC 2019!
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More than 110 conference attendees and their family members gathered at the Lakeview Golf Resort and
Spa, Morgantown, WV during July 15-18, 2018 to relax professionally in ‘Almost Heaven’ and ‘Wild and Wonderful”
West Virginia. The conference attendees enjoyed keynote addresses from Dr. Daniel Robison, Dean, Davis College
of Agriculture, Natural Resources, West Virginia University (WVU); Mr. Joe Hatton, Deputy Commissioner, West Vir-
ginia Department of Agriculture; Dr. Stephen Searcy, President of ASABE; Mr. Steve Bonanno, Dean, WVU Exten-
sion Service; and Dr. Melanie Page, Associate VP for Creative and Scholarly Activities, WVU during the conference.
The conference consisted of 41 technical presentations, 32 poster presentations, a panel discussion from
four panelists, picnic, awards banquet, and a technical tour. Attendees also enjoyed picnic activities, such as Futsal
and human bowling (watch ASABE President) offered by WVU and Zip-line Canopy Tour at the WVU Research For-
est offered by WVU’s Adventure WV Outdoor Education Center group. The conference was sponsored in part by
West Virginia University’s Provost Office, Office of Dean of the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Design, and Office of the Dean & Director of WVU Extension Service. Some highlights of the conference were
following:
1. Approximately, 50 participants enjoyed the technical tour using a WVU sponsored 55-seater coach bus and
driver for technical tour for visiting following sites in Kingwood, WV (1) USDA-NRCS Upper Decker’s Creek
Restoration Project’s Multipurpose Dam Site 1, (2) Allegheny Wood Products’ (AWP) Sawmill Facility, and (3)
Appalachian Wood Pellets Facility. WVU also sponsored lunch for 32 participants on a first come first basis.
2. About 14 attendees participated in the WVU sponsored canopy Zip-line tour through Adventure WV at the WV
University Research Forest and they learned about team building aspects while facing obstacles.
3. After a rain storm washed away the beginning of the Monday picnic, participants enjoyed balloon twisters,
face painting, bean-bag toss, futsal, and human bowling during picnic through WVU’s sponsorship.
4. The keynote speakers and the panel speakers were presented with the souvenir WV clocks made by WVU
Forest Products Society students.
5. All the NABEC participants were given Souvenir WV Cookies made-to-order by the WVU Culinary Creations.
6. Tuesday’s tour participants enjoyed Preston County tour on a WVU sponsored 38-seater bus and driver to
various locations.
The Channel 12 TV broadcasted NABEC news on July 16th evening, and now there are some more people
in WV who probably know that there is something called Agricultural and Biological Engineering. For more pictures
of the NABEC 2018, please visit #NABEC. The local arrangements team included: Drs. Kaushlendra Singh and Litha
Sivanandan of West Virginia University and Mr. Andy Deichert and Ms. Kathy Allen of United States Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Keynote Lecture Banquet Dinner Technical Tours — Allegheny Wood Products and Dam Site
Volume 30, Number 1 Page 3 Highlights of the 2018 NABEC Meeting, Morgantown, WV Kaushlendra Singh & Litha Sivanandan
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NABEC 2018 Graduate Student Competition Winners
The winners of the 2018 NABEC graduate student competitions were:
ORAL: 1st Place: Melissa Miller, Penn State University The importance of intra-management practice variability in sediment and phosphorus loss from agricultural
fields 2nd Place: Talia Leventhal, Penn State University Comparing the presence of antimicrobial resistant genes and bacteria in soil and runoff following different
dairy manure application methods 3rd Place: Ehsan Mahdinia, Penn State University Menaquinone-7 (vitamin K2) production by bacillus subtilis natto in biofilm reactors using a glucose-based
medium
POSTER:
1st Place: Gourab Kumer Saha, Penn State University Quantifying potential environmental impacts of animal agriculture developments in Western Pennsylvania 2nd Place: Dalia John, McGill University Pulsed light inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in suspension and on different food surfaces 3rd place: Joshua Cassar, Penn State University Pulsed UV light as a microbial reduction intervention for boneless/skinless chicken thigh meat
Design Competition
There were no entries in this competition category—Capstone design course instructors, kindly encourage stu-dents to submit entries for the NABEC 2019 competition.
Paper Competition
There were no entries in this competition category—Any undergraduate research experience can be written in a manuscript format and submitted for this category. Research Mentors, kindly encourage students to submit en-
tries for the NABEC 2019 competition.
Congratulations to all the winners!
NABEC 2018 Undergraduate Student Competition Winners
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NABEC 2018 Young Engineer of the Year This year’s recipient of the NABEC Young Engineer of the Year Award is Dr. Marie-Josee Dumont, Associate Professor, McGill University. Dr. Dumont is accomplished in research, teaching, and service. She has a very strong research program on the valorisation of agricul-
tural feedstocks that are considered as industrial feedstocks or agricultural wastes. She has published 47 papers in high impact journals, and many conference papers and talks. She is also the recipient of several major awards such as: CSBE Young Engineer; and William Dawson Scholar at McGill. She has been the PI for around 1 million dollars in research grants, has advised 8 MS and 4 Ph.D. students, and currently advises 3 MS and 4 PhD students. The following individuals have been recognized as the NABEC Young Engineer of the Year Award Winners
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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
2018 Marie-Josee Dumont
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NABEC 2018 Distinguished Service Award
This year’s recipient of the 2018 Distinguished Service Award is Heather Smelts. Heather made her first presentation to NABEC in 2006 and presents annually. From 2007 to 2014 she was sec-retary-elect, secretary, 2nd vice chair, 1st vice chair, chair elect, chair and past chair. From 2015 to the present, she continues to serve as the registration coordinator and on the planning com-
mittee for NABEC. She is also a recipient of the NABEC Young Engineer of the Year Award (2014).
The following individuals have been recognized with the NABEC Distinguished Service Award since 1996:
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 2018 Heather Smeltz
Membership Milestones
A number of NABEC members have reached an ASABE milestone. This milestone is for 25, 40, 50, 60, 65+ years of membership.
NABEC 2018 Judges and Nominating Committee Members: • Nominating Committee: Valerie Orsat, Bob Thompson , Su-Ling Brooks • Judges for Oral Competition: Satyanarayan Dev, Marie Josee Dumont, Heather Smeltz, Valerie Orsat • Judges for Poster Competition: Azhar Inam Baig, Wayne Bogovich, Hubert Montas, Jan Adamowski • Video camera set-up: Jude Liu
Special thanks, for all their help with the NABEC 2018 Awards
V. M. Balasubramaniam 25 Dennis E. Buffington 50 Byron H. Nolte 60
Curt A. Gooch 25 Robert C. Hansen 50 Edmund O. Howell 60
Thomas R. Huston 25 Harold M. Keener 50 Lawrence A.Donoghue 65
Todd E. Palmer 25 Amir U. Khan 50 Gilbert Levine 66
G Michael Schmidt 25 Edward H. Priepke 50 Jacob Pos 67
Joseph T. Schulte 25 Kenneth E. Smith 50 John Herr 68
Everett C. Bennett 40 Norman R. Scott 60 Robert Skromme 70
Harold K. House 40 William J. Roberts 60 Samuel Huber 70
Richard E. Muck 40 Gerald E. Rehkugler 60 Bruce Hopkins 73
Erdal Ozka 40 John R. Ogilvie 60 Albert Best 76
James F. Wess 40 David A. Norman 60
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NABEC 2018 Resolution
It was a wild and wonderful 2018 NABEC
Even though the picnic was a little bit wet
West Virginia University was a perfect host
State, college and extension a collaboration to boast
The graduate student competition really set the pace
Pharmaceuticals, biochar, silage runoff the forgotten
leachate
Resins, biofuels, CO2, can they tell us what climate
change will mean
Food safety, food taste, and we sure don’t want
those microbes sharing their genes
Relaxing professionally, we learned much, much,
more
Systems dynamics, microwaves, UV, ozone, and na-
nopores
Nanocellulose, infra-red, sports radio statistics to
boot
Sister dams, flood plains, and who knew that there’s
rubber in the roots
The panel of experts shared the watershed history
Agencies working together to solve the BMP myster-
ies
Wetlands, ACEP, oysters, and crabs; we got to save
those bays
Banking on soils too, but keep the critters out of the
VTAs
Some played hooky in order to zip the line
They still made it back to Lakeview to dine
Tech tours tomorrow, tonight the awards to be seen
Om mon dieu, oh la la, Quebec City in 2019
NABEC 2018 - Accompanying Persons
Resolution
Uphill downhill, new friends, old friends
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
And it’s hi hi hee to the University
Shout out our names loud and strong
Forever you go, you always know
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
Over hill, over dale
We hit the dusty trail
Uphill, downhill, U-turn number 3 to see some artistry
Masks, ceramics, paintings as beautiful as can be
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
And it’s hi hi hee to the pharmacy
Shout out your cures loud and strong
Leaches, magots, beetles all our cures are wrong
For wherever you go you will always know
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
Over hill over dale
We hit the dusty trail
Uphill Downhill, eating brownies, dogs and burgers too, at
the rainy barbeque
Face painting and human bowling balls what fun was had
by all
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
And it’s hi hi hee Allegheny Treene (Treenware)
Shout out our glee loud and strong
Flippers, cups and spoons, buy before they’re gone
For wherever you go you will always know
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
Over hill and over dale
We hit the dusty trail
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
And it’s hi hi hee for Morissa and Cathy
Shout out our thanks loud and strong
Transport, tours and shopping
Delivered with a song
For wherever we go you will always know
NABEC ladies keep rolling along
Resolutions
2019 NABEC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AND DESIGN COMPETITIONS Teaching upper level courses that involve student projects? If so, the annual NABEC undergraduate student paper and design competitions are an excellent opportunity 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 biological 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 engineering 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, April 5th, 2019. Elec-tronic submittal of all entries, preferably in pdf format, is required. Cash prizes to first, second, and third place en-tries are awarded for both competitions and travel expenses for first place winners to the 2018 NABEC meeting are available. Entries must include summer addresses/contact information for the students. For full details, see the NA-BEC website: http://nabec.asabe.org/awards--competitions.html
Please encourage your students to enter the competitions. Also, please, consider volunteering your services as a
reviewer! You will not be asked to review more than a few entries, and the review process is uncomplicated. You’ll
be pleasantly surprised by the quality of the entries and your efforts will be greatly appreciated. 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 3rd, 2019.
COMPETITIONS
2019 NABEC Graduate Student Competitions
Graduate students in agricultural and biological engineering (or related programs) are invited to participate in the NA-BEC Graduate Student Competition by submitting an abstract proposal for either an oral or a poster paper presenta-tion 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, includ-ing a certificate and a cash award. Entrants must be current or recently graduated graduate students, and must sub-mit the abstract proposals using the NABEC Call for Abstract Proposals Form by the specified deadline. The total num-ber of participants in the oral competition is limited, therefore, assignments will be prioritized based on time of sub-mission (i.e., first come, first serve basis). Evaluation will be based on established criteria that include both content and presentation. For further information visit NABEC web site (nabec.asabe.org) or contact the Program chair. Heather Smeltz USDA – NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2 Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
Deadline for graduate competition entry is January 25th, 2019
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If you know a young engineer (industry, government or academic) that deserves recognition due to his/her contribution to the profession, please let us know. Each year NABEC offers an award for Young Engineer of the Year. This award honors NABEC members for outstanding contribu-tions 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 honor you are urged to submit a nomination for him or her. Nominations will remain active for a period of three years. The nomination should be accompanied by the following doc-umentation: - a letter of nomination, including date of birth. - an up-to-date resume for the nominee (not exceeding 2 pages in length). - a 300 to 500 word narrative suitable for publication and use in the presentation of the award. - 3 letters of support for the nomination. - the nominee must be able to attend the conference to receive the award. Further information is available on the NABEC web site (nabec.asabe.org). Nominations and questions concerning the nomination may be directed to: Daniel Ciolkosz, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 111 Research Unit A, Hastings Rd University Park, PA 16802 +1 814-863-3484 [email protected] Nomination Deadline is March 15th, 2019
NABEC Young Engineer of the Year
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Distinguished Service to NABEC
And for those who gave great service to NABEC? They won’t be forgotten!!! A special award is presented annually to individuals who have contributed outstanding service to NABEC. The award shall con-sist of a plaque with appropriate inscription and will be presented at the NABEC Annual 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 activi-ties in the Northeastern US / Eastern Canada area.
Nominations for the award should be: - a one page (maximum) completed nomination form, - a letter detailing the qualifications and specific activities and contributions. Please use the nomination form which can be found on the NABEC web site, (nabec.asabe.org). Nominations and questions concerning the nomination may be directed to: Daniel Ciolkosz, Ph.D., P.E. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering 111 Research Unit A, Hastings Rd University Park, PA 16802 +1 814-863-3484
[email protected] Nomination Deadline is March 15th, 2019
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ASABE PUBLICATION COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE REPORT TO NABEC July 2018
The following is the summary of the ASABE publications council meeting held at the ASABE AIM 2018 in July 2018
The committee met only on Sunday and the usual Thursday Meeting was cancelled.
The minutes from 2017 annual meeting were approved.
In preparation for the new Editor in Chief (EIC) position, the necessary bylaw changes will be drafted and circu-
lated to the Council for comments and revisions.
A motion was passed to set the term of the Publications Council representative to the “Editor in Chief Oversight
Committee” (EOC) to three years.
A motion was passed to select Ken Sudduth as the representative and approved at the meeting.
Ways to promote research and publications on big data and artificial intelligence was discussed. A special sym-
posium on this was suggested.
Kyle Douglas-Mankin reported that the NRES community will be pushing each of its two digit groups to suggest
ideas for review articles and collections.
Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan was selected as Vice Chair.
When the EIC is in place, the P-511 Refereed Publications committee will have a new name, new bylaws, and a
new structure. The committee will be named the Journals Editorial Board, be chaired by the new EIC, and mem-
bers will consist of the community editors. Bylaws will be drafted by the October editors meeting. It is expected
that the EIC will be appointed before the end of 2018.
ASABE STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL REPORT TO NABEC July 2018
The standards & technology council has no new activities since 2017 AIM. A “Community Bylaw Template” was
proposed and approved. This might be a reference for NABEC. This template is attached.
There will be a “Standards and Tech Council Winter Conference Call” on March 2nd, 2018. I will attend this con-
ference call and report to NABEC summer planning committee meeting and business meeting.
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ASABE MEETING COUNCIL REPORT TO NABEC — Aug 2018
The following is the summary of the ASABE meeting council meeting held at the ASABE AIM 2018 in Aug 2018
• Registration updates- total registrations were at 1682. To compare to 2017; 1668 was the final total.
• People from 31 countries attended this meeting. All 50 states were represented, and 7 Canadian provinces.
• Reports were consistent that the number of ‘no-shows’ was a problem. Discussion led to the decision of an earlier
Early Bird deadline of 8 weeks rather than 6. This will allow for the session organizers to reschedule the remaining
presentations and consolidate rooms, if necessary. While leaving enough time for staff to complete the program.
The deadline for the 2019 meeting will be May 1, 2019.
• Scheduling of committee meetings will be offered in 1-hour blocks going forward.
• The YPC Committee will organize to increase the convenience of meeting together after hours.
• The CPD sponsored by the Meetings Council, “A Crash Course for Success in Writing, Presenting, and Reviewing Peer-
Reviewed Conference Abstracts, Papers and Presentations” will be offered each year as this CPD supports the goal of
the proposal to increase quality AIM technical sessions.
• Proposal for Increasing the Quality of the Technical Program at the ASABE Annual International Meeting
• Motion to amend item #1: The cap of sessions will be 108 beginning with the 2021 meeting. Motion: Deepak; Sec-
ond: Rafael. Motion Carried.
• Technical interests will be gathered at the time of registration to provide data for the three-year moving average to
allocate sessions.
• Program Chair will receive recognition at the awards lunch during AIM.
• Motion to amend item #4: The role of the Program Chair is to ensure a high quality and attractive AIM Technical Pro-
gram. Motion: Rafael; Second: Morgan. Motion Carried.
• Motion to amend item #4: The AIM registration fee for the Program Chair will be waived. Motion: Deepak; Second:
Chris. Motion Carried.
• Rafael will lead to find the Program Chair.
• Motion to approve the recommendation as amended and send to the Board of Trustees. Motion and Second un-
known. Motion Carried.
• Amendments were made to proposal and will be distributed.
• Two subcommittees were formed:
• Subcommittee to provide metrics for quality abstract selection. Motion: Rafael; Second: Joe. Motion Carried. Mem-
bers include: Chair, Deepak; Mark Wilkins; and Morgan.
• Subcommittee regarding poster sessions. Motion: Chris; Second: Rafael. Motion Carried. Members include: Chair,
Chris; Rafael; Jane Frankenberger will be asked to join.
• Council voted and passed that Mark Z. is to get a contract signed for the 2021 meeting in Anaheim.
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NABEC 2018-2019 Committees
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Chair Jan Adamowski Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill University, QC, Canada (514) 398-7786 [email protected]
Chair-Elect (Honors/Awards) Daniel Ciolkosz Penn State University 222 Ag Engineering Bldg University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-3484 [email protected]
1st Vice -Chair (Program) Heather Smeltz USDA-NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2, Harrisburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
2nd Vice -Chair (Newsletter) Daniel Baumert USDA NRCS 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite #3 Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 990-9555 [email protected]
Secretary Balunkeswar Nayak University of Maine 109 Hitchner Hall Orono, ME 04469 (207) 581-1687 [email protected]
Secretary -Elect Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy Department of Food Science & Agricultural Chemistry McGill University, QC, Canada (514) 398-7919 [email protected]
Treasurer David Ross University of Maryland Environmental Sci. and Tech. College Park, MD 20742-2315 (301) 498-2234 [email protected]
Past Chair Jude Liu Penn State University 227 Ag. Engineering Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-6844 [email protected]
District I Representative Paula Steiner USDA NRCS - 2343 N. US 27 Highway, St. Johns, MI 48879-9708 (989) 224-3720 [email protected]
Meetings Council Rep. Hong Li University of Delaware 531 South College Ave Newark, DE 19716-2140 (302) 831-1652 [email protected]
Publications Council Rep . Satyanarayan Dev Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, 850-296-4336 [email protected]
MDC Rep . Oghan Mba
Department of Bioresource Engineering McGill University, QC, Canada
Standards Council Rep . Jude Liu Penn State University 227 Ag. Engineering Bldg. Uni-versity Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-6844 [email protected]
Undergrad Competitions Satyanarayan Dev Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, 850-296-4336 [email protected]
Webmaster & Newsletter Editor Satyanarayan Dev Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, 850-296-4336 [email protected]
Parliamentarian Robert Thompson USDA-NRCS 356 Mountain View Drive Col-chester, 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) & Registration Coordinator Heather Smeltz USDA – NRCS 359 East Park Drive, Suite 2, Har-risburg, PA 17111 (717) 237-2214 [email protected]
Program Committee Cristina Ratti Department of Soil and Agri-Food Engineering Laval University QC, Canada (418) 656-2131 ext. 4593 [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 (Bill) Ritter University of Delaware Townsend Hall 531 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19716-2140 (302) 831-2468 [email protected]
Officers of the Planning Committee
Other Members of the Planning Committee