Spring 2010
Life Sciences Summit
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| Title | Author(s) | Campus |
| Microalgae-Derived Biofuels and Bioproducts | Paul K. Nam and Virgil Flanigan | Missouri S&T |
| The Use of Modulated Light to Enhance Oil Production from Algae in an Underground Environment | Summers, David | Missouri S&T |
| A Novel Multi-scale Modeling Approach for Microalgae Growth in Multiphase Photo-bioreactors For BioEnergy Production and Power Plant Flue Gas Treatment | Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan and Hu-Ping Luo | Missouri S&T |
| New Process Technology for Energy Efficient Bio-Ethanol Production and Drier’s Emissions Reduction via Enzymatic Water Removal | Ana_Beatriz Hanriques, David Johnston and Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan | Missouri S&T |
| Advanced Reactor for Coal, Natural Gas, Bio-Gas, and Biomass Conversion to Clean Alternative Fuels | Ahmed Youssef, Mohammed Awad and Muthanna Al-Dahhan | Missouri S&T |
| Advancement of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors for Clean Alternative Energy Production from Natural Gas, Biogas, Coal and Biomass | N. Rados, A. Shaikh, L. Han, C. Wu, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan | Missouri S&T |
| Hydrogen Safety in Accidental Release Scenarios | Umit O. Koylu, Shravan K. Vudumu, John W. Sheffield | Missouri S&T |
| Nitrogen Fertilization for Sweet Sorghum Used for Producing Ethanol Fuel | Gene Stevens, Roland Holou, Matthew Rhine, and Jim Heiser | MU |
| Utilizing Extremophilic Bacteria to Produce Biofuels | Dwayne A. Elias, Matthew B. Begemann, Melanie R. Mormile, Judy D. Wall | MU |
| Biohydrogen production by Cyanobacteria | Theresa Thiel and Brenda Pratte | UMSL |
| Increase Production of Plant Oils | Wang, Geliang; Yao, Hongyan; Tawfall, Amanda; Wang, Xuemin | UMSL |
| The impact of adding port fat to biodiesel and petroleum diesel fuel | Bruce Bishop and Leon G. Schumacher | MU |
| Engineering of biofuel crops for improving alternative energy production | Xiaoyan Yin and Zhanyuan Zhang | MU |
| Biomass from Switchgrass: An NAD-malic C4 sub-type plant | Dale Blevins | MU |
| Nitrogen: The key to biofuel energy balance | Peter Scharf and Harlan Palm; Newell Kitchen and Ken Sudduth | MU |
| Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop: Biomass Production and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Response to Nitrogen Fertilization | Andrew Heggenstaller, Kenneth Morre, Matt Liebman, and Robert Anex | MRI, Iowa State University |
| In Vitro Regeneration Enhances the Propagation Potential of the Neotropical Giant Bamboo, Guadua Angustifolia, a Possible Perrenial Grass Biofuel Crop | Devin Kiekel, Jason Hargett, Andrew Heggenstaller, and Dean Gray | MRI |
| Co-Products: Acquiring More Than Just Energy From Energy Crops | Reed Oshel, Andrew Heggenstaller, and Dean Gray | MRI |
| Production of Biodiesel from Algae | Brandon O'Brien, Kathryn Schnare, Angela Clay, Sara Hamilton, John Lednicky, Jesse Coble, Tim Lanigan, Aura Ammenhauser, and Dean Gray | MRI |
| Engineering Analysis of Closed Photo Bioreactors for use in Carbon Sequestration and Biofuel Production | Jamie Balarashti, Joseph Bindel, S. Philip Buckley, Robert Barton | MRI |
| Biofuel Production Utilizing Microbial Communities: Design and Optimization Based on Dynamic Metabolic Flux Analysis | Sarah Torkamani, Xueyang Feng, Yinjie Tang, Radhakrishna Sureshkumar | Washington University |
| Study of the First Isolated Fungus Capable of Heavy Crude Oil Biodesulfurization | Sarah Torkamani, Jalal Shayegan, Soheila Yaghmaei, Iran Alemzadeh | Washington University |