Seminar Series on Bioenergy Topics - ACES 501

Spring 2009 Schedule (brochure-pdf) (poster-pdf)

January

January 26

Introduction to the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER) presentation (pdf)

Hans Blaschek, Director, CABER, Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bioenergy Lifecycle and Sustainability presentation (pdf)

Jürgen Scheffran, Assistant Director of Education for CABER; ACDIS; EBI; Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Political Science and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

February 2

Producing Food, Feed and Fuel Sustainably – The Road Map for Biofuels presentation (pdf) or watch video

Martha A. Schlicher, Vice President, Technology and Business Development
GTL Resources USA Inc., Illinois River Energy, LLC

February 9

Adapting to Emerging Biomass Markets presentation (pdf)

Eric Rund, Farmer and Owner of International AGtivities

February 16

An Economic Analysis of the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) presentation (pdf)

Jay Kesan, J.D., Professor of Law, Director of U of I Program in Intellectual Property & Technology Law; and Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Faculty Scholar
College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

February 23

Energy Solutions for the Transportation Sector presentation (pdf)

Alan Hansen, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Colleges of ACES and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

March 2

The Global Warming Impact of Corn Ethanol Production presentation (pdf)

Steffen Mueller, Principal Research Economist
Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago

March 9

Venture Financing of Early Stage BioEnergy Companies – What is the State of the Market presentation (pdf)

James J. Greenberger, Partner
Reed Smith LLP

March 16

Wind Energy Trends in Illinois presentation (pdf)

Kevin Borgia, Executive Director
Wind for Illinois

March 30

Integrated Management of Reactive Nitrogen presentation (pdf)

Thomas Theis, Director
Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

April 6

Utilization of Co-Products from the Biofuels Industry in Swine Nutrition presentation (pdf)

Hans Stein, Associate Professor
Department of Animal Sciences, ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

April 13

Enabling Systems Informatics and Analysis for Biomass Feedstock Production and Delivery presentation (pdf)

Luis Rodriguez, Assistant Professor
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Colleges of ACES and Engineering, Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

April 20

Consolidated Bioprocessing for Improved Biomass Fuels and Chemicals Production presentation (pdf)

Jonathan Mielenz, Group Leader, Bioconversion Science and Technology, Biosciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

April 27

The Use of Enzymes in Bioenergy Production: Fundamentals and Advances presentation (pdf)

Bob Randle, Commercial Development, Fuel Ethanol Grain Processing Group
Genencor

May 4

Model-guided Metabolic Engineering for Biofuel Production presentation (pdf)

Nathan Price, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Colleges of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

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Spring 2008 Schedule

January

January 28

Introduction to CABER

Hans Blaschek, Director, CABER; Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Bioenergy Lifecycle and Sustainability (presentation - pdf)

Jurgen Scheffran, Assistant Director of Education, CABER; ACDIS; Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Political Science and Atmospheric Sciences

February

February 4

Miscanthus (presentation - pdf)

Frank Dohleman, Graduate Program, Plant Biology

February 18

How to Grow and Produce It (presentation - pdf)

Eric Rund, Farmer and Owner of International Activities

February 25

Andropogoeae C4 Grasses as a Versatile Biological System for Fuelstock Genetics (presentation - pdf)

Stephen Moose, Associate Professor of Maize Functional, Crop Sciences

March

March 10

Next Generation Bioenergy Crops: Implications for Land Use, Greenhouse Gases and Policy (presentation - pdf)

Madhu Khanna, Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics

March 24

Marketing and Risk Management from the Producer to the End User (presentation - pdf)

Larry Wood, Sales Manager, The Andersons

March 31

Distillers Grain in Beef Cattle Diets (presentation - pdf)

Larry Berger, Professor, Animal Sciences

April

April 7

Systems Approach and Engineering solutions to Bioenergy Systems (presentation - pdf)

K.C. Ting, Professor and Head, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

April 14

The Rumen: A Resource for Lignocellulose Deconstruction (presentation - pdf)

Bryan White, Professor, Animal Sciences

April 21

Cell Wall Composition in Maize -- Its Genetic Basis and Impact on Biofuel Production

Martin Bohn, Assistant Professor, Crop Sciences

April 28

Ethanol Production Today (presentation: Singh - pdf , presentation: Rausch - pdf)

Vijay Singh, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biologcial Engineering and Kent Rausch, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

May

May 5

Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Biodiesel Fuel (presentation - pdf)

Al Hansen, Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering