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Seminar Series on Bioenergy Topics - ACES 501
Spring 2012 Schedule (brochure-pdf) (poster-pdf)
January 23
"Introduction" and "Trends in Bioenergy" presentation (pdf)
Hans Blaschek, Director of CABER, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois
Eric Anderson, Visiting Teaching Associate for CABER, University of Illinois
January 30
"Biobutanol Production by Solventogenic Clostridium Species: Recent Progress and Challenges Ahead" presentation (pdf)
Thaddeus Ezeji, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
February 6
"Clean Air or Clean Water? Environmental Tradeoffs of Bioenergy” presentation (pdf)
Shelie Miller, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
February 13
"Engineering Cellulosic Processing Traits for Biofuels Production” presentation (pdf)
R. Michael Raab, President, Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Agrivida, Inc.
February 20
"Bioenergy in the Current Political Atmosphere” presentation (pdf)
Chuck Spencer, Director of Governmental Affairs, Growmark
February 27
"Implications for the Hydrologic Cycle Under Climate Change Due to the Expansion of Bioenergy Crops” presentation (pdf)
Praveen Kumar, Professor, University of Illinois
March 5
"Square Pegs, Round Holes - Why Forcing Automobiles and Agriculture to Fit Current Energy and Food Paradigms Short-changes the Potential of Biofuels" presentation (pdf)
Vincent Kwasniewski, Vice President of Business Development and Commercial Director, GTL Resources
March 12
“Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Producing Biofuels from Terrestrial and Marine Plant Biomass” presentation (pdf)
Yong-Su Jin, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
*Location Change: Turner Hall W115
March 19 - Spring Break
March 26
“Perspectives and Future Outlook for Biorenewable Chemicals”
James Zahn, Vice President, Research and Development, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products
April 2
“Economics of Ethanol and Biofuels Policies” presentation (pdf)
Wallace Tyner, Professor, Purdue University
April 9
“Thermal Depolymerization of Biomass to Monomeric Sugars and Phenolic Compounds” presentation (pdf)
Robert C. Brown, Professor, Iowa State University
April 16
“Cell Wall Deconstruction by Rumen Microbes”
Isaac Cann, Professor, University of Illinois
*Location Change: Turner Hall W115
April 23
“Producing Food, Feed and Fuel Sustainably – The Road Map for Biofuels" presentation (pdf)
Martha Schlicher, Vice President of Bioenergy, Monsanto Technology
April 30
"BioFuel Process Development Efforts at DuPont"
Michael C. Grady, Senior Technical Fellow, DuPont CR&D, Biochemical Sciences and Engineering Division