• Basic Information
• Additional Info

Basic Information

• Project No. and Title: S1007 : The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy
• Period Covered: 10/01/2006 to 09/01/2007
• Date of Report: 02/29/2008
• Annual Meeting Dates: 09/17/2007 to 09/18/2007

Participants

Administrative Advisor: Roland Mote, Univ. Tennessee USDA Representative: Carmela Bailey, USDA CSREES Officers: Chair: Kent Rausch, Univ. Illinois Vice-Chair: Julie Carrier, Univ. Arkansas Secretary: Dennis Wiesenborn, North Dakota SU Other Attendees: Arizona (UA): Joel Cuello Hawaii (UH): Qing Li Illinois (UI): Mike Tumbleson Indiana (Purdue): Bernie Tao Iowa (ISU): Tom Brumm Kansas (KSU): Susan Sun, Donghai Wang Kentucky (UK): Sue Nokes Louisiana (LSU): Yan Chen, Dorin Boldor Michigan (MSU): Carl Lira Minnesota (UMN): Roger Ruan Montana (MSU): Chengci Chen Nebraska (UN): Milford Hanna North Carolina (NCSU): Jiayang (Jay) Cheng Oklahoma (OSU): Mark Wilkins Oregon (OSU): Michael Penner South Dakota (SDSU): Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan (Muthu) Tennessee (UTK): X. Philip Ye Texas (TAMU): Cady Engler Utah (USU): Sridhar Viamajala Virginia (VT); Zhiyou Wen

Accomplishments

Impacts

1. Ø S-1007 has provided a pool of experts for various functions, such as site visits and proposal evaluations for the USDA/DoE Joint Solicitation on the Biomass Research and Development Initiative.
2. Ø Research on use of biofibers in textile applications will contribute to infrastructure development needed for biomass collection and storage.
3. Ø Research showed that rice straw storage options reduced biomass feed costs by $4 to $10 per dry ton, while improving quality.
4. Ø Research has developed protocols to produce an environmentally-friendly bioplastic (PHA) from corn processing coproducts and has facilitated the design of processing protocols aimed at extracting nutraceuticals from corn processing streams.
5. Ø Ongoing research is identifying biomass-derived phytochemicals that can have health benefit value, developing technology that will enable biomass particle size reduction at the lowest possible energy costs, developing systems capable of sustaining algae cultivation for lipid and biomass production and developing expertise in solid-state fermentation.
6. Ø Ongoing research is contributing to the overall goal of an economical process for conversion of cellulosic materials to ethanol.
7. Ø Research is contributing to the body of knowledge on algae derived ethanol which has become a topic of much discussion in recent months.

Publications