Preliminary Program subject to change
15010 Poster Session: Green Biotechnology
OverviewSegmented group 15 poster session.
Primary SponsorFood, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15)

Chair

Kenneth F. Reardon
Dep. of Chemical Engineering
Colorado State University
200, Lake St.
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1370
Phone Number: 970-491-6505
Fax Number: 9704917369
Email: reardon@engr.colostate.edu

CoChair

E. Terry Papoutsakis
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-3120
Phone Number: 847-491-7455
Email: e-paps@northwestern.edu
Biofiltration of Hydrophobic Vocs with Filamentous Fungi: Modeling and Experimentation
Alberto Vergara-Fernández1, Brice Van-Haaren1 and Sergio Revah2, (1)Ingeniería de Procesos e Hidráulica, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. Sn. Rafael Atlixco 186 Col. Vicentina, CP. 09340, Iztapalapa, Mexico, 09340, Mexico, (2)Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. Sn. Rafael Atlixco 186 Col. Vicentina, CP. 09340, Iztapalapa, Mexico, Mexico
Utilization of Triadica Sebifera as a Novel Biodiesel Feedstock
Scott D. Crymble1, Mark E. Zappi1, Rafael Hernandez1, W. Todd French1, Brian S. Baldwin2 and Donald Thomas3, (1)Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9595, 330 Swalm Chemical Engineering Building, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (2)Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9555, 117 Dorman Hall, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (3)Mississippi Chemical Corporation
Effect of Microwave on Cellulase-Catalyzed Reaction
Wei Xin, Wei-Can Zhang and Pei-Ji Gao, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
Enzyme and Acid Mediated Production of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Agricultural Wastes
Foster Agblevor, Virginia Tech, 212 Seitz Hall, Biological Systems Engineering Department, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and Waleed, K. El-Zawawy, Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Center, El-Tahrir Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Growth Kinetics of Xanthan Production from Uneconomical Agricultural Products with Xanthomonas Campestris Tistr 1100
Sasithorn Kongruang, Monwadee Thakonthawat and Roongchawee Promtu, Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok, 1518_Pibulsongkram Road, Khet Bang Sue,, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand
An Integrated Photosynthesis Model for the Biological Production of Hydrogen Using Microalga
Wonjun Park, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchondong Seodaemoonku, Seoul, 120-749, South Korea and Il Moon, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University, 134 Shinchondong, Seodaemoonku, Seoul, 120-749, South Korea
Evaluation of Fungal Growth Kinetics and Organic Acid Production Using Chemostats
Chris F. Wend1, Andy J. Zwoster1, Danielle L. Wharton2 and Mark G. Butcher1, (1)Chemical and Biological Process Development Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MS: k2-12, Richland, WA 99352, (2)Environmental Characterization and Risk Assessment Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MS: k2-21, Richland, WA 99352
Selection of Warm-Season Grass and Other Feedstocks for Biomass Gasification
Brian S. Baldwin, Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and Eugene Columbus, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762
Improving Ethanol Yields from Lignocellulosic Biomass Using a Novel Pretreatment
Katherine A. Standish, David J. Dixon and Patrick C. Gilcrease, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701
Enhancing Biological Methane Production from Biomass
Michael S. Green and Patrick C. Gilcrease, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701
Heterocyst Differentiation and H2 Production in N2-Fixing Cyanobacteria
Neissa M. Pinzon-Gamez1, Sathish Sundaram2 and Lu-Kwang Ju1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, (2)Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202
Production of Galacto-Oligosaccharides from Whey Lactose by Using Two-Step Immobilized Enzyme Reactor
Juan Ignacio Sanz Valero, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 140 W. 19th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 and Shang-Tian Yang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 140 West 19th Ave., Koffolt Laboratories, Columbus, OH 43210
An Environmental Friendly Pretreatment of Biomass for the Production of Xylooligosaccharide and Other Value-Added Products
Bin Wang, Hao Feng and Hans Blaschek, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Cellulosic Feedstocks Using Ralstonia Eutropha
Panchali Chakraborty, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Brookings, SD 57007 and William Gibbons, Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division