Preliminary Program subject to change
15C14 Environmental Biotechnology: Green Bioprocessing
OverviewBio-based processing provides an environmentally friendly route to produce value-added products from renewable resources. Papers are sought on fundamental and applied research toward conversion of waste streams to value-added products using biochemical or biologically-mediated processes, with the goal of reducing true process waste. Fundamental studies to characterize microbial growth and product formation kinetics, metabolic pathways, product selectivity, and process yield are of interest, as are those exploring enzyme-based processes. Waste streams may be from any industry, including agricultural, forest products, food, fuel, and chemical processing.
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

Ramon Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Iowa State University
1035 Sweeney Hall
Ames, IA 50011
Phone Number: 515-294-1516
Email: ramon.gonzalez@rice.edu

CoChair

David N. Thompson
Idaho National Laboratory
Biological Sciences Department
P.O. Box 1625
Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203
Phone Number: (208) 526-3977
Fax Number: (208) 526-0828
Email: david.thompson@inl.gov
High-Cell Density Fermentation Of Hemicellulose Hydrolysate From Aspen To Ethanol
Stefan Thust and Marc von Keitz, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, 140 Gortner Lab, 1479 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
Sustainable Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Foul Condensates by Pulp Mill Waste Activated Sludge
Gregory R. Mockos, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, William A. Smith, Biological Sciences Department, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203, Frank J. Loge, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, 2001 EUIII, Davis, CA 95616 and David N. Thompson, Idaho National Laboratory, Biological Sciences Department, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-2203
Low-Cost Propionate and Acetate Salts as Road Deicer from Cheese Whey
Praveen V. Vadlani, Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, 1980 Kimball Avenue, 202 BIVAP Building, Manhattan, KS 66506, Alexander P. Mathews, Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, 1005 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 and Greg S. Karr, AgRenew, Inc, 1500 Hayes Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502
Lipid Production from Acid Hydrolysate of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Rhodotorula Glutinis
Guochang Zhang1, William T. French1, Rafael Hernandez1, Hossein Toghiani1, Jack Carmical1, William Homes2, Ashli Brown3 and Brian Baldwin4, (1)Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9595, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (2)Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box CR, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (3)Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9650, Mississippi State, MS 39762, (4)Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 9555, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Fermentation of Biodiesel-Derived Crude Glycerol to Produce Value-Added Chemicals
Katherine A. Taconi1, Duane T. Johnson2 and Yance L. Syarif1, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, 130 Engineering Building, Huntsville, AL 35899, (2)University of Alabama, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Value-Added Products from Protease-Assisted Aqueous Extraction of Soybean Oil
Kerry A. Campbell and Charles E. Glatz, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division