The New Face of Renewable Energy
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Shri Ramaswamy
(BBE): Assessing the energetic, kinetic and thermodynamic constraints, technical and commercial barriers; and environmental impacts of producing liquid fuel from lignocellulosic biomass. Head of the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering department.
Simo Sarkanen
(BBE): Searching for new biochemical approaches to lowering cellulosic ethanol production costs.
Jerry Shurson
(’81–B.S., animal science) (ANSCI): Analyzing how dried distiller grains, a byproduct of ethanol production that’s used in livestock feed, affect animal nutrition and well-being.
Jin-Young Moon
(APEC): Modeling land use and cropping changes with alternative forms of feedstocks for biofuels.
Paul Porter
(APG): Developing on-farm sustainable fuel sources, such as canola and other oils.
Ulrike Tschirner
(BBE) : Assessing the barriers and impacts of producing liquid fuel from lignocellulosic biomass; assessing environmental and economic effects of using herbaceous and woody plants in biofuels; and studying a novel cellulose enzyme system in brown-rot fungi.
Dennis Becker
(FR): Measuring how removing biomass from forests may affect hazardous fuel in areas of the U.S. affected by wildfires; and determining availability of forest biomass for use in bioenergy and fuels applications in Minnesota.
Hans-Joachim Jung
(USDA-ARS): Assessing the environmental and economic impacts of herbaceous and woody plants for their potential yields of biomass, fiber and fermentable sugars.
Grant Domke
(FR): Assessing sustainable forest-based biomass energy resources in northern Minnesota, including the assessment of carbon flows associated with forest biomass use.
Jonathan Schilling
(BBE): Studying a novel cellulose enzyme system in brown rot fungi.
Mike Reese
(WCROC): Testing the prototype of a system that converts wind power to fertilizer; collaborating with a public/private team to assess and evaluate the use of corn cobs in biomass gasification systems; and providing biomass fuel stock suppliers with accurate guidelines for management of biomass harvesting and maintenance of soil quality.
