Tag: Bioeconomy Institute
ISU researchers to study blockchain technology to improve sustainability in food markets
Food production systems could become more environmentally sustainable and K-12 students could become more educated about it as part of a new research project. A team of Iowa State University researchers, led by mechanical engineering (ME) associate professor Mark Mba-Wright, recently received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research project …Continue reading “ISU researchers to study blockchain technology to improve sustainability in food markets”
Iowa State researchers studying slow-release fertilizer to feed crops, improve water quality
CBE Ph.D. student wins TCS2018 poster competition for thermal and catalytic research
Sean Rollag, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering, won first place in the graduate research poster competition at the TCS 2018 conference on thermal and catalytic sciences. Rollag’s poster shows the physical changes in the structure of biomass during thermal deconstruction.
ME students take home poster prizes
This article was written by Bob Mills of the Bioeconomy Institute. Two graduate students in the Biorenewable Resources and Technology (BRT) program won prizes in a poster competition held by the Center for Crops Utilization Research (CCUR) and BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF). The event was held April 20, 2017. Patrick Hall, a Ph.D. student …Continue reading “ME students take home poster prizes”
Brown Moves Up to 44th in Top 100 in Bioeconomy Listing
This article was written by Robert Mills of the Bioeconomy Institute Robert C. Brown, BEI director and an Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering and the Gary and Donna Hoover Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University, is tied for number 44 in the “Top 100 People in the Advanced Bioeconomy” for 2017, as …Continue reading “Brown Moves Up to 44th in Top 100 in Bioeconomy Listing”
ME professor helps journal highlight how pyrolysis can advance the bioeconomy
ME Grad Student Gets Double Win with Research Poster
This article was written by Robert Mills of the Bioeconomy Institute Jake Lindstrom, Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, has recently won two awards for his research poster on thermal deconstruction of biomass to increase monosaccharide yields. He won the best student poster award conference at TCS 2016, marking the third straight time an …Continue reading “ME Grad Student Gets Double Win with Research Poster”
Researchers Garner Grant to Study Innovative Biofuels Production Technology
James Michael: Following his engineering dreams with energy and combustion research
ME assistant professor uses applied physics and aerospace background to develop spectroscopy methods for thermo-fluids systems Engineering has always been James Michael’s calling. The new mechanical engineering assistant professor says he knew from the age of 12 that he wanted to be an engineer. “Originally, I thought I wanted to be an astronaut, but most …Continue reading “James Michael: Following his engineering dreams with energy and combustion research”
BEI Student Continues Poster Excellence at Thermochemical Conference
Joseph Polin, an Iowa State University Ph.D. student working in the Bioeconomy Institute, won second place in the Student Poster Challenge at the tcbiomass2015 conference held recently in Chicago. It marks the third time in a row that an Iowa State student has placed in this prestigious competition.
Robert C. Brown to receive the Don Klass Award at tcbiomass2015
Gas Technology Institute (GTI) announces that Robert C. Brown, Ph.D., a professor at Iowa State University, will be presented with the 2015 Don Klass Award for Excellence in Thermochemical Conversion Science.
Iowa State Student Wins AIChE Poster Competition
Written by Robert Mills A poster by Tannon Daugaard, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Iowa State University, won first place in a competition held at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in November in Atlanta. Daugaard, who hopes to graduate in 2016, won in a poster session called …Continue reading “Iowa State Student Wins AIChE Poster Competition”
ExxonMobil supports Iowa State research in biofuels science and engineering
ExxonMobil Corporation is establishing an advanced biofuels research program at Iowa State University. The ExxonMobil Biofuels Program will initially focus on two research projects with Iowa State. The studies are related to the fast pyrolysis of biomass – rapidly heating biomass (including corn stalks, switchgrass or wood chips) without oxygen to produce liquid bio-oil, which can …Continue reading “ExxonMobil supports Iowa State research in biofuels science and engineering”
Agricultural and biosystems engineering professor Raj Raman puts people and education first
Education has always been a passion for Raj Raman. He finished graduate school with the realization that undergraduate education was somewhat undervalued, and he knew then that he wanted to make a difference in that area. In the eight and a half years Raman has worked at Iowa State, he’s worn many hats. He is …Continue reading “Agricultural and biosystems engineering professor Raj Raman puts people and education first”