Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Ai, Y., J. Medic, H. Jinag, D. Wang, and J-L. Jane. 2011. Starch characterization and ethanol production of sorghum. J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59(13):7385-7392. Ananda, N; Vadlani, PV; Prasad, PVV (2011) Evaluation of drought and heat stressed grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) for ethanol production. Industrial Crops and Products 33 (3): 779-782 Ananda N, Vadlani PV (2010) Fiber reduction and lipid enrichment in carotenoid-enriched distillers dried grain with solubles (DDGS) by secondary fermentation of red yeasts. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 58 (24): 12744-12748 Ananda N, Vadlani PV (2010) Production and optimization of carotenoid-enriched DDGS by Phaffia rhodozyma and Sporobolomyces roseus fermentation of whole stillage. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 37(11): 1183-1192 Arora, A., Seth, A., Dien, B.S., Belyea, R.L., Tumbleson, M.E., Singh, V. and Rausch, K.D. 2011. Microfiltration of thin stillage: process simulation and economic analyses. Biomass Bioenergy 35:113-120. Arora, A., Dien, B.S., Belyea, R.L., Wang, P., Singh, V., Tumbleson, M.E. and Rausch, K.D. 2011. Ultrafiltration of thin stillage from conventional and E-Mill dry grind processes. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 164:58-67. Arora, A., Wang, P., Singh, V., Tumbleson, M.E., Belyea, R.L. and Rausch, K.D. 2010. Laboratory yields and process stream compositions from E-mill and dry grind corn processes using a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme. Cereal Chem. 87:100-103. Balasubramanian, S., J.D. Allen, A. Kanitkar and D. Boldor. 2010. Oil Extraction from Scenedesmus obliquus using a Continuous Microwave System  Design, Optimization and Quality Characterization. Bioresource Technology. Vol. 102 No. 3 pp. 3396-3403. Berger, L. and Singh, V. 2010. Changes and evolution of corn coproducts for beef cattle. J. An. Sci. 88:E143-E150. Bitra, V.S.P., A.R. Womac, C. Igathinathane, S. Sokhansanj. 2010. Knife mill communition energy analysis of switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover and characterization of particle size distributions. Transactions of the ASABE 53(5):1639-1651. Bitra, V.S.P., A.R. Womac, Y.T. Yang, P.I. Miu, C. Igathinathane, N. Chevanan, S. Sokhansanj. 2011. Characterization of wheat straw particle size distributions as affected by knife mill operating factors. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(8):3674-3686. Borhan, M., S. C. Capareda, S. Mukhtar, W. B. Faulkner, R. McGee and C. P. Parnell. Determining Seasonal Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ground Level Area Sources in a Dairy Operation in Central Texas. Journal of Air and Waste Management. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol. 61 (7): 786-795. Borhan, M. S., S. C. Capareda, S. Mukhtar, W. B. Faulkner, R. McGee and C. B. Parnell. 2011. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ground Level Area Sources in Dairy and Cattle Feedyard Operations. Atmosphere. Vol. 2 (1), pp. 303  329. Brijwani K, Oberoi HS, Vadlani PV (2010) Production of a Cellulolytic Enzyme System in Mixed-Culture Solid-State Fermentation of Soybean Hulls Supplemented with Wheat Bran. Process Biochem 45(1):120-128 Brijwani K, Rigdon A, Vadlani PV (2010) Fungal laccases: production, function and applications in food processing, Enzyme Res. Special Issue: Enzymes as Additives or Processing Aids in Food Biotechnology. Article ID 149748 (10 Pages). Brijwani, K, Vadlani PV (2010), Lipase-mediated hydrolysis of corn DDGS oil: Kinetics of linoleic acid production, Biochem. Eng. J. 52: 289-295 Chaichalerm, S., P. Pokethitiyook, W. Yuan, M. Meetam, K. Sirthong, W. Pugkaew, K.Kungvansaichol, M. Kruatrachue, P. Damrongphol. 2011. Culture of microalgal strains isolated from natural habitats in Thailand in various enriched media. Applied Energy. (In press). Chang, C.L., Afuola, F., Li, Q.X. 2011. Canola, corn, and vegetable oils as alternatives for wheat germ oil in fruit fly larval diets. J. Appl. Entomol. 135(3):161167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01498.x Cheng YS, Zheng Y, Yu CW, Dooley TM, Jenkins BM, VanderGheynst JS. 2010. Evaluation of High Solids Alkaline Pretreatment of Rice Straw. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 162(6):1768-1784. Cheng Y-S, Labavitch J, VanderGheynst JS. 2011. The impact of cell wall composition on the chitosan flocculation of microalgal biomass. Process Biochemistry. In press. Chevanan, N., A. R. Womac, V.S.P. Bitra, S. Sokhansanj. 2011. Effect of particle size distribution on static and tapped densities of selected biomass after knife mill size reduction. Applied Engineering in Agriculture 27(4):631-644. Cho, I.K., Kim, S.-K., Khurana, H.K., Li, Q.X., Jun, S. 2011. Quantification of trans fatty acids content in French fries of local food service retailers using attenuated total reflection-Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy. Food Chemistry 125:1121-1125. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.09.078 Cui, F. J., Li, Y. B., Wan, C. X. 2011. Lactic acid production from corn stover using a mixed culture of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus brevis. Bioresource Technology. Vol. 102, no. 2. : 1831-1836. Cui, F. J., Wan, C. X., Li, Y. B., Liu, Z., Rajashekara, G. 2011. Co-production of lactic acid and Lactobacillus rhamnosus cells from whey permeate with nutrient supplements. Food and Bioprocess Technology. In Press (DOI:10.1007/s11947-010-0426-1). Cui, Z. F., Shi J., Li, Y. B. 2011. Solid-state anaerobic digestion of spent wheat straw from horse stall. Bioresource Technology. In Press (doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2011.07.062). Denery, J., Cooney M., Li. Q.X. 2011. Diauxic and antimicrobial growth phases of Streptomyces tenjimariensis: Metabolite profiling and gene expression. J. Bioengineering & Biomedical Science 1(1): 101-. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2155-9538.1000101 Dhamagadda, V. S., S.E. Nokes, H.J. Strobel, and M.D. Flythe. 2010. Invenstigation of the metabolic inhibition observed in solid substrate cultivation of Clostridium thermocellum on cellulose. Bioresource Technology. 101(15): 6039-6044. Du, Z., Y. Wan, Y. Li, Q. Chen, X. Lin, P. Chen, R. Ruan. 2011. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of microalgae for biofuel production. Bioresource Technology. 102(7): 4890-4896. El-Mashad, H.M. and R.H. Zhang. Biogas production from co-digestion of dairy manure and food waste. Bioresource Technology, 101(2010):4021-4028. Espinoza-Perez, J.D., C.A. Ulven, and D.P. Wiesenborn. 2010. Epoxidized high-oleic vegetable oils applied to composites, Transactions of the ASABE, 53(4):1167-1174. Fosmer, A. and W.R. Gibbons. 2011. Separation of scleroglucan and cell biomass from Sclerotium glucanicum grown in an inexpensive, by-product based medium. Int. J. Agricul. Biol. Eng. 4: 52-60. Fosmer, A., W.R. Gibbons, and N. Heisel. 2010. Scleroglucan production from Sclerotium glucanicum on a condensed corn solubles medium. J. Biotech. Res. 2:131-143. Fu, G. M., Cai, T., Li, Y. B. 2011. Concentration of ammoniacal nitrogen in effluent from wet scrubbers using reverse osmosis membrane. Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 109, no. 3. : 235-240. Gan, J., W. Yuan, N. O. Nelson, and S. C. Agudelo. 2010. Hydrothermal conversion of corn cobs and crude glycerol. Biological Engineering 2(4): 197-210. Gutierrez-Wing, M.T., Stevens, B.E., Theegala, C.S., Negulescu, I.I., Rusch, K.A. (2011) Aerobic biodegradation of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in Compost. Environmental Engineering Science. 28(7): DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0208 Gutierrez-Wing, M.T., Stevens, B.E., Theegala, C.S., Negulescu, I.I., Rusch, K.A. 2010. Anaerobic Biodegradation of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) in Municipal Sewage Sludge. Journal of Environmental Engineering. Vol. 136 No. 7 pp 709-718. Haagenson, DM, and D.P. Wiesenborn. 2011. Impact of North Dakota growing location on canola biodiesel quality. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 88:1439-1445. Haagenson, D.M., R.L. Brudvik, H. Lin, and D.P. Wiesenborn. 2010. Implementing an in situ alkaline transesterification method for canola biodiesel quality screening, Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 87(11):1351-1358. Heredia-Arroyo, T., W. Wei, R. Ruan, B. Hu. 2011. Mixotrophic Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris and its Potential Application for the Oil Accumulation from Non-sugar Materials. Biomass and Bioenergy. 35(5):2245-2253. Hernandez, J. R., S. C. Capareda, O. Portillo, D. B. Hays and W. L. Rooney. 2011. Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (SSF) of High Digestible Grain Sorghum for Ethanol Production. Biological Engineering Transactions, Volume 4 (1): 3-15. Hughes, S.R., K.M. Bischoff, W.R. Gibbons, S.S. Bang, R. Pinkelman, P.J. Slininger, N. Qureshi, S. Liu, B.C. Saha, J.S. Jackson, M.C. Cotta, J.O. Rich, and J. Javers. 2011. Random UV-C Mutagenesis of Scheffersomyces (formerly Pichia) stipitis NRRL Y 7124 to Improve Anaerobic Growth on Lignocellulosic Sugars. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. DOI 10.1007/x 10295-011-1012-x. Igathinathane, C., A.R. Womac, and S. Sokhansanj. 2010 Corn stalk orientation effect on mechanical cutting. Biosystems Engineering 107(2):97-106. Igathinathane, C., Pordesimo, L.O., Schilling, M.W., and Columbus, E.P. 2011. Fast and simple measurement of cutting energy requirement of plant stalk and prediction model development. Industrial Crops and Products, 33(2): 518-523. Jung, H.I., Zhai, Z. and Vatamaniuk, O.K. (2011) Direct Transfer of Synthetic Double-Stranded RNA into Protoplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana. Methods Mol Biol, 744, 109-127. Web access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533689. Kartika, H., Shido, J., Nakamoto, S.T., Li, Q.X., Iwaoka, W.T. 2011. Nutrient and mineral composition of dried mamaki leaves (Pipturus albidus) and infusions. J. Food Composition and Analysis. 24:44-48. doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2010.03.027 Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Optimization of big bluestem and extruder parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis using response surface methodology. International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 4(1): 61-74. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Influence of extruder and biomass variables on torque requirement during pretreatment of different biomasses- A Response Surface Analysis. Biosystems Engineering 109(1): 37-51. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Optimization of alkali concentration and extruder parameters for maximum sugar recovery from prairie cord grass using response surface methodology. Biochemical Engineering Journal 54: 71-82. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Optimization of alkali concentration, big bluestem particle size and extruder parameters for maximum sugar recovery using response surface methodology. BioResources 6(1): 762-790. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Optimization of switchgrass and extruder parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis using response surface methodology. Industrial Crops and Products 33(1): 188-199. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2010. Optimization of corn stover and extruder parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis using response surface methodology. Biological Engineering 3(2): 73-95. Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. Optimization of extruder and prairie cord grass parameters for maximum sugar recovery through enzymatic hydrolysis. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. (In Press) Karunanithy, C. and K. Muthukumarappan. 2011. Optimization of alkali concentration, switchgrass particle size and extruder parameters for maximum sugar recovery using response surface methodology. Chemical Engineering & Technology. Khullar, E., Sall, E.D., Rausch, K.D., Tumbleson, M.E. and Singh, V. 2011. Effect of wet and dry fractionation methods on ethanol production from hard and soft endosperm corn types. Trans. ASABE 54:247-253. Khullar, E., Shetty, J.K., Rausch, K.D., Tumbleson, M.E. and Singh, V. 2011. Use of phytases in ethanol production from E-Mill corn processing. Cereal Chem. 88:223-227. Kline, L.M., D.G. Hayes, A.R. Womac, and N. Labbe. 2010. Rapid determination of lignin content in hard and soft woods via uv-spectrophotometric analysis of biomass dissolved in ionic liquids. BioResources 5(3):1366-1383. Kollbe Ahn, B-J, Donghai Wang, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 2011, Thermally Stable Transparent Pressure Sensitive Adhesives from Epoxidized and Dihydroxyl Soybean Oil, Biomacromolecules, (In press). Kollbe Ahn, B-J, Stefan Kraft and Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 2011, Chemical Pathways of Epoxidized and Hydroxylated Fatty Acid Methyl Esters and Triglycerides with Phosphoric Acid, J of Materials Chemistry, 21, 9498-9505. Kundiyana, D.K., M.R. Wilkins, R.L. Huhnke. 2011. Effect of nutrient limitation and two-stage continuous fermentor design on productivities during Clostridium ragsdalei syngas fermentation. Bioresource Technol. 102:6058-6064. Kundiyana, D.K., M.R. Wilkins, P. Maddipati, R.L. Huhnke. 2011. Effect of temperature, pH and buffer presence on ethanol production from synthesis gas by Clostridium ragsdalei. Bioresource Technol. 102:5794-5799. Li, N, Y. Wang, M. Tilley, SR. Bean, X, Wu, X. S. Sun, and D. Wang. 2011. Adhesive Performance of Sorghum Protein Extracted from Sorghum DDGS and Flour. J. Polymers and the Environment (online DOI 10.1007/s10924-011-0305-5). Li, Y, Caihong Chen, Jun Li, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 2011, Isothermal Crystallization and Melting Behaviors of Bionanocomposites from Poly(lactic acid) and TiO2 Nanowires, J of Applied Polymer Science (In press). Li, Y., Caihong Chen, Jun Li, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 2011, Synthesis and Characterization of Bionanocomposites of Ploy(lactic Acid) and TiO2 Nanowires by in situ Polymerization, Polymer 52, 2367-2375. Li, Y. B., Park, S. Y., Zhu, J. Y. 2011. Solid-state anaerobic digestion for methane production from organic waste. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. Vol. 15, no. 1. : 821-826. Li, Yonghui, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 2011. Mechanical and thermal properties of biocomposites from poly(lactic acid) and DDGS Blends, J. of Applied Polymer Science, 121: 589-597. Li Y, Chen YF, Chen P, Min M, Zhou W, Martinez B, Zhu J, Ruan R. 2011. Characterization of a microalga Chlorella sp. well adapted to highly concentrated municipal wastewater for nutrient removal and biodiesel production. Bioresour Technol. 102(8):5138-44. Parker, N., P. Tittmann, Q. Hart, R. Nelson, K. Skog, A. Schmidt, E. Gray and B. M. Jenkins. 2010. Development of a biorefinery optimized biofuel supply curve for the western United States. 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