BIOREFINERY PROGRAM NEWS

Dr. K.C. Das testifies in Congressional Hearing May 21, 2009: Dr. KC Das was invited as witness before the US House Committee on Small Business; Hearing on the impacts of outstanding regulatory policy on small biofuels producers and family farmers.
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UNCCD Support of Biochar: In December 2008, the UNCCD proposed to include Biochar as a method of carbon sequestration. The attached document describes biochar and its value in carbon sequestration. View PDF >>

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BIOREFINING AND CARBON CYCLING IN THE NEWS

"Dalton Utilities has partnered with the University of Georgia for the past two years on pioneering research for using algae to treat wastewater and produce fuel"Chattanooga Times Free Press, July 2009

Biorefining Program's Dan Geller and Nick Chammoun investigate new crop potential for Georgia's biofuel market Georgia Faces, May 28, 2009
Biorefining Program featured on CNN CNN online, March 30, 2009



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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

BIO International Convention 2009: The BIO International Convention is the largest global event for the biotechnology industry and attracts the biggest names in biotech, offers key networking and partnering opportunities, and provides insights and inspiration on the major trends affecting the industry. UGA Biorefining Program memebers visited BIO May 18-21, 2009.
Binational TIES Symposium 2009; Anaerobic Digestion of Animal Wastes: Dr. K.C. Das and five other UGA faculty members travelled to Torreon, Mexico, for the two day symposium hosted by UGA TIES parnter, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila.


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UGA's groundbreaking conference on Char:2004- The Energy and Carbon Utilization Symposium held at the University of Georgia, June 10-11 2004, brought energy producers and policy makers together with agricultural ecologists, soil scientists, engineers, and private-sector companies from around the world.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Chinnasamy, S., B. Ramakrishnan, A. Bhatnagar, and K.C. Das. 2009.  Biomass production potential of a wastewater alga Chlorella vulgaris ARC 1 under elevated levels of CO2 and temperature.  International Journal of Molecular Sciences 10(2):518-532.
Geller, D.P., T.T. Adams, J.W. Goodrum, and J. Pendergrass. 2007. Storage stability of poultry fat and diesel fuel mixtures: Specific gravity and viscosity. Fuel, 87(1): 92-102.

Kastner, J., Ganagavaram, R., Kolar, P. Teia, A., Xu, Chunbao. 2008. Catalytic Ozonation of Propanal Using Fly Ash and Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Impregnated Carbon. Environmental Science Technology, 42: 556-562.

Zhu, Y., Eiteman, M.A., K. DeWitt, and E. Altman. 2007. Homolactate fermentation by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:456-464.

Gaskin, J.W., K.C. Das, A. Tasistro, L. Sonon, K. Harris, and B. Hawkins. 2007. Characterization of Char for Agricultural Use in the Soils of the Southeastern United States. In: William I. Woods, Wenceslau Teixxeira, Johannes Lehman, Cristhoph Stiener and Antoinette WinklerPrins (eds) Terra Preta Nova: A Tribute to Wim Sombroeck. Springer-Verlaug.


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