January 25, 2010
Feedstock Partnership Annual Meeting February 2010
The Feedstock Partnership Annual Meeting will be held in San Antonio, Texas February 23-24, 2010. Please click here to for meeting information. A couple key items: 1) there is no registration fee and 2) you must make your own room reservations by February 1, 2010. Headquarters for the meeting is the Holiday Inn Riverwalk.
January 20, 2010
North Central Region Annual Meeting
The North Central Region Annual meeting was held in Reno the week of January 11, 2010. Here are the presentations made by Jim Doolittle, Director and the PIs with projects funded through the North Central Region:
Update on NC Sun Grant Center Activity -- Jim Doolittle, Center Director, South Dakota State University
Novel Recoverable Enzyme Nanoparticles for Cellulose Hydrolysis -- Patrick Johnson, University of Wyoming
Infield Cubing of Cellulosic Biomass -- Kevin Shinners, University of Wisconsin (Tom Hoffman presented)
Feedstock Crop Type Mapping Project -- Matthew Hansen, South Dakota State University
Sustainable Cropping Systems for Harvesting Corn Stover for Biomass -- Ken Moore, Iowa State University
Strategies for Concurrent Wet Storage and Pre-Treatment of Corn Stover -- Yebo Li, The Ohio State University
Diversifying Midwestern Biofuel Feedstocks:An Evaluation of Nitrogen-Fixing Alnus and Salix Germplasm -- Stan Hokanson, University of Minnesota (Will Kusch presented)
Developing a Sustainable Feedstock and Next Generation Processing Technology, Bill Gibbons, South Dakota State University
Landscape Scale Lignocellulosic Biomass Production, Economics and Environmental Quality, Carter Johnson, South Dakota State University
Develop Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems for Practical Utilization of Bulk Biomass, Roger Ruan, University of Minnesota (James Wang presented)
Transforming and Densifying Biomass in Regional Biomass Processing Centers, K. Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University
The Logistics of Herbaceous Crop Residue-Based Ethanol Production under Uncertainty, David Lambert, Kansas State University
Integration of Weather Stations with Wind Resource Assessment Network (WRAN), Dennis Todey, South Dakota State University
Interactions of Biochar Source/Properties on Soil Properties, Carbon Sequestration Potential and Crop Management, D.D. Malo and S.A. Clay, South Dakota State University
Improving Handling Characteristics of Herbaceuous Biomass, Vance Morey, University of Minnesota
Optimizing the Logistics of a Mobile Fast Pyrolysis System for Sustainable Bio-Crude Oil Production, Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M University
Evaluation of In-Field Corn Stover Densification and Interaction with Storage Quality, Logistics, and Production Costs, Matthew Darr, Iowa State University
Prioritizing Corn Harvest and Biomass Collection Activities, Cole Gustafson, North Dakota State University
Developing of a Prairie Biorefinery, Jose Gonzalez, South Dakota State University
January 19, 2010
RFA 2009 Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Productions Systems
Final proposals have been submitted and each has had two scientific reviews. The NC Advisory Commitee will be reviewing the proposals and will meet to make recommendations for funding. If you have questions, call Jim Doolittle at 605-696-7870 or email Jim -- james.doolittle@sdstate.edu
July 2, 2009
New SGI Publications
Three new publications are available for down loading and printing: 1. One-page (two sides) informational sheet about the Biomass Feedstock Partnership (map of field plots), Competitive DOE and DOT grants and the Bioweb. 2. Tri-fold detailing Biomass Feedstock Partnership including map of field plot locations. 3. Tri-fold detailing DOT and DOE Competitive Grants including map of awardee locations.
