EXHIBIT 10.1

Wood to Ethanol Research Consortium (WERC)

MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made by and between North Carolina State University at
Raleigh, NC (hereinafter called “UNIVERSITY”) and Evolution Resources, Inc., a
Nevada Corporation (hereinafter called “COMPANY”).

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement intend to join together in a cooperative
effort to support a WOOD TO ETHANOL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM (hereinafter called
“CONSORTIUM”) at UNIVERSITY to continue the process engineering analysis of a
simplified Repurposed mill scheme; verify critical information through
comprehensive laboratory experimentation; improve on the process and raw
material efficiencies and develop fundamental understanding and possible
solution of the low softwood hydrolysis efficiency. The Consortium is proposed
as a two year commitment by the project sponsors to fund research as outlined in
the attached proposal.

NOW, therefore, for the mutual benefits and considerations each to the other,
the parties hereto agree to the following terms and conditions:

1.

CONSORTIUM OPERATION

A.

CONSORTIUM will be a fully integrated UNIVERSITY program administered by
UNIVERSITY through the Dept. of Wood and Paper Science, College of Natural
Resources and operated with the support of UNIVERSITY and members of the
CONSORTIUM (“MEMBERS”).

B.

CONSORTIUM will be operated in accordance with the CONSORTIUM Bylaws, which are
incorporated herein by reference and which may be amended in accordance with the
provisions set forth in the Bylaws.

2.

MEMBERSHIP

A.

Membership in the CONSORTIUM shall be open to all companies on an annual basis.
MEMBER agrees to join Consortium with the intention of remaining a dues-paying
member for at least two (2) years.

B.

COMPANY agrees to pay nonrefundable annual membership dues of $25,000 for the
period of June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010 and membership dues of $25,000 for the
period of June 1, 2010- May 31, 2011, which will be paid within 30 days of
receiving NCSU Invoice thereby becoming a MEMBER entitled to the privileges
detailed in this Membership Agreement and the CONSORTIUM’S Bylaws. Membership
dues shall be made payable to North Carolina State University. Payment should be
sent to Office of Contracts and Grants, 2701 Sullivan Drive, Administrative
Services III,

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Suite 240, Box. 7514, Raleigh, NC 27695-7514, with reference to WERC MEMBER
clearly indicated.

C.

COMPANY may leave the Consortium at any time with giving UNIVERSITY a 120
(hundred and twenty) days written termination notice.

3.

PATENTS AND COPYRIGHTS

A.

CONSORTIUM RESEARCH is defined as research supported solely by membership dues
and does not include 1) research carried out under separate contract; 2)
supported by public funds; or 3) carried out independently by a MEMBER.

B.

Title to any invention or discovery made or conceived in the performance of
CONSORTIUM RESEARCH solely by a UNIVERSITY employee (“UNIVERSITY INVENTION”)
shall remain with the University, provided, however, that the UNIVERSITY shall
grant to each MEMBER whose membership dues are not over-due on the date such
Invention is made a non-exclusive, royalty-free license for its internal
research and development use (but not to make, use, or sell products or
processes for commercial purposes) of such invention or discovery. This license
may be extended to MEMBER'S Affiliates without additional charge, and there
shall be no right to grant sublicenses under this license.

If an invention or discovery is made solely by an employee of MEMBER'S
organization as a direct result of such employee's participation in CONSORTIUM
RESEARCH (“MEMBER’S INVENTION”), the title to the invention shall remain with
the MEMBER, and the MEMBER shall grant to the UNIVERSITY a non-exclusive,
royalty-free license for use of the invention or discovery for its own internal
non-commercial educational and research purposes.

Any invention or discovery made or conceived in the performance of CONSORTIUM
RESEARCH jointly by employees of the UNIVERSITY and employees of MEMBER shall be
deemed a joint invention with both parties sharing in the rights thereto
according to U.S. patent law.

C.

UNIVERSITY INVENTIONS resulting from CONSORTIUM RESEARCH shall be promptly
disclosed to MEMBERS by UNIVERSITY in writing on a confidential basis.
UNIVERSITY shall file for and prosecute patent applications on behalf of
CONSORTIUM if patent protection is desired. UNIVERSITY shall consult with
MEMBERS regarding the manner and extent of filing and prosecuting the patent and
its subsequent maintenance. Each MEMBER shall have sixty (60) days from receipt
of the UNIVERSITY'S invention disclosure to notify UNIVERSITY of that MEMBER'S
interest in acquiring license rights beyond those provided under Article 3. B.
and willingness to support the cost of patent filings. MEMBERS agreeing to share
in the costs of patenting such

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inventions shall have certain rights and options as delineated in Articles 3. D.
and E. of this agreement.

D.

MEMBERS participating in the costs of filing, prosecuting and maintaining a
patent application in respect of UNIVERSITY INVENTIONS ("PARTICIPATING MEMBERS")
shall have an option for a period of six (6) months after filing of the patent
application to acquire a royalty- bearing license to make, have made, use and
sell products or processes for commercial purposes including the right to
sublicense, said license to be exclusive among those PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
electing to license the technology (hereinafter a "LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE")
and to be upon the same terms and conditions in respect of each of them. The
cost of filing, prosecution and maintenance of patent applications shall be paid
by the LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSEES.

E.

If no LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE is granted under Article 3. D, then those
PARTICIPATING MEMBERS shall have a right to a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable,
non-transferable, fee or royalty-bearing license to commercialize the UNIVERSITY
INVENTION (“NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE”), but only so long as that PARTICIPATING
MEMBER continues to meet its full obligation to pay an equal share of the costs
associated with filing, prosecuting, and maintaining the patent. The terms and
conditions of any such NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE, including fee or royalty rates,
shall be negotiated on commercially reasonable terms. In granting non-exclusive
licenses to any entity that is not a PARTICIPATING MEMBER, which UNIVERSITY is
free to do in cases where no LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE is granted, the terms of
any such non-exclusive license may be no more favorable to that licensee than
are the terms of the NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE granted to PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
under this Article 3. E. Any such PARTICIPATING MEMBER shall be entitled to a
copy of such license to verify compliance herewith. The cost of filing,
prosecution and maintenance of patent applications shall be allocated in the
NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE.

F.

If no LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE is granted under Article 3. D., then those
MEMBERS that did not participate in the cost of filing, prosecuting and
maintaining a patent application, but who subsequently wish to use the patented
invention for commercial purposes, may become PARTICIPATING MEMBERS and be
granted NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSES as provided in Article 3. E. by 1) paying the
CONSORTIUM any unpaid membership dues from the date the invention is made, if
any, and an additional sum equal to 1.5 times the share paid by each
PARTICIPATING MEMBER for support of the filing, prosecution and maintenance of
the patent to date; and 2) by agreeing to the terms and conditions of the
NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE; and 3) agreeing to participate equally with the other
PARTICIPATING MEMBERS in future costs associated with the filing, prosecution
and maintenance of the patent.

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G.

If no LIMITED EXCLUSIVE LICENSE is granted under Article 3. D., and no
PARTICIPATING MEMBER nor another entity has negotiated and signed a
NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE under Articles 3 E. and F. above within two years of the
filing of the last-filed patent application included within such supported
patent, then the UNIVERSITY may terminate the options granted under Article 3.
E. and F. upon written notice to the PARTICIPATING MEMBERS and license such
UNIVERSITY PATENT to any entity and in any manner that it sees fit. Each
PARTICIPATING MEMBER is responsible for the payment of its share of such patent
costs and expenses incurred up to the effective date of termination and
accordingly such patent costs and expenses already paid by PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
will not be refunded. Upon termination of support, the PARTICIPATING MEMBERS
will retain the internal research and development rights described in Article 3.
B. above.

H.

For the purposes of this Agreement, MEMBER’S “Affiliate” shall mean (1) any
corporation or other legal entity owning, directly or indirectly, fifty percent
(50%) or more of the voting capital shares of that MEMBER; (2) any corporation
or other legal entity fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting capital shares
(or equivalent control) of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by that
MEMBER; or (3) any corporation or other legal entity fifty percent (50%) or more
of the voting capital shares (or equivalent control) of which is owned, directly
or indirectly, by a corporation or other legal entity owning, directly or
indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting capital shares of that
MEMBER.

4.

PUBLICATIONS

A.

A "publication" shall be deemed to mean any written, oral or other public
disclosure of research results, including the public use or sale of an invention
based on the research results, if that event could bar the availability of
protection in foreign jurisdictions or trigger the one-year grace period in the
U.S. within which a U.S. patent application must be filed, and “publish” shall
have a corresponding meaning.

B.

UNIVERSITY shall be free to use the results of CONSORTIUM RESEARCH for its own
teaching and educational purposes without payment of royalties or other fees
provided that it does nothing which could bar the availability of patent
protection in respect of a MEMBER’S INVENTION or joint invention. UNIVERSITY is
free to publish at its own discretion the results of CONSORTIUM RESEARCH except
those that would constitute an enabling disclosure of a MEMBER’S INVENTION on
which a patent application has not been filed. In such cases, the UNIVERSITY may
not publish without the prior written consent of the MEMBER concerned (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) after having reviewed the full text
proposed to be published. UNIVERSITY shall provide each MEMBER a confidential
copy of any manuscript generated as a result of CONSORTIUM RESEARCH at the time
of submission to any journal or other publication, including conference abstract
collections.

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C.

Under no circumstances will publication of a student's thesis, for which funds
are derived from the CONSORTIUM, be delayed for longer than ninety (90) days
after conferral of his or her degree.

5.

CONFIDENTIALITY

A.

In the normal and routine operation of the CONSORTIUM as detailed in this
Agreement and the Consortium By-Laws, there may be the need for one party to
disclose information that is proprietary and confidential to the disclosing
party. All such information must be disclosed by the disclosing party in writing
and designated as confidential or, if disclosed orally, must be identified as
confidential at the time of disclosure and confirmed in writing as being
confidential within thirty (30) days of such disclosure. Except as otherwise
provided herein, for a period of three (3) years following the date of such
disclosure, the receiving party agrees to use the confidential information only
for purposes of this Agreement and further agrees that it will not publish or
otherwise disclose such information. The restrictions of this §5(A) shall not
apply to:

(i)

information which is or becomes publicly known through no fault of the receiving
party;

(ii)

information learned from a third party entitled to disclose it;

(iii)

information already known to or developed by receiving party before receipt from
disclosing party, as shown by receiving party's prior written records;

(iv)

information for which receiving party obtains the disclosing party's prior
written permission to publish or which is disclosed in the necessary course of
the prosecution of patent applications based upon inventions developed pursuant
to this Agreement;

(v)

information required to be disclosed by court order or operation of law,
including, but not limited to, the North Carolina Public Records Act; or

(vi)

information that is independently developed by the receiving party’s personnel
who are not privy to the disclosing party’s confidential information.

The receiving party must use a reasonable degree of care to prevent the
inadvertent, accidental, unauthorized or mistaken disclosure or use by its
employees of confidential information disclosed hereunder.

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6.

OTHER CONSORTIUM-RELATED PROJECTS

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent CONSORTIUM and any MEMBER
or any group of MEMBERS from entering into a separate sponsored research
agreement, as outlined in the By-Laws. In the event of any inconsistency between
the terms of the separate agreement, the CONSORTIUM Bylaws and the Member
Agreement, the terms of such separate agreement shall take precedence insofar as
such separate agreement does not adversely affect the rights to intellectual
property or confidentiality granted to the MEMBER companies under the terms of
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of this Agreement.

7.

VARIATION

No addition to or variation of this Agreement shall be of any force or effect
unless it is expressly recorded in writing signed by non-electronic hand-written
signatures of both parties hereto.

8.

GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall in all respects be exclusively governed by and interpreted
according to the substantive laws of the State of North Carolina.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement effective as
of the date first hereinabove written.

NORTH CAROLINA

STATE UNIVERSITY

COMPANY

By: _________________________

By: ____________________________

Name:__________________________

Name: Kit Chambers

Title: ___________________________

Title: Executive Vice President

Date: ___________________________

Date: August 4, 2009

Contact Information for NCSU :

Contact Information for the COMPANY:

Larisa Oktyabrsky

Kit Chambers

Coordinator, Centers and Institutes

Executive Vice President

Campus Box 7514 / Administrative Services III,

3001 Knox St, Suite 403

2701 Sullivan Drive, Suite 240

Dallas, TX 75205

Raleigh, NC 27695-7514

Phone: 214-634-6238

Telephone: 919-515-9333

Fax: 214-389-9805

Fax: 919-515-7721

Email: kchambers@evoresources.com

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