2012 North Central Region Sun Grant Center Annual Meeting
Jim Doolittle, Director, NC Sun Grant Center, and Interim Associate VP for Research, South Dakota State University
Evaluation of In-field Corn Stover Densification and Interaction with Storage
Quality, Logistics, and Production Costs (Final Report)
Matthew J. Darr, Iowa State University
In-Field Cubing of Cellulosic Biomass (Final Report)
Kevin Shinners, University of Wisconsin
Strategies for Concurrent Wet Storage and
Pretreatment of Corn Stover (Final Report)
Yebo Li, The Ohio State University
Sustainable Biomass Production on Marginal landsUsing a Novel Legume/Grass Mixture (KURA)
Vance Owens, South Dakota State University
Prioritizing Corn Harvest and Biomass Collection Activities (Final Report)
Thein Maung, North Dakota State University
for Sustainable Bio-crude Oil Production
Sergio Capareda, Texas A&M University
Landscape Scale Lignocellulosic Biomass Production,
Economics and Environmental Quality
and
Biofuel Feedstock Crops in Sub-irrigated Lowlands
Carter Johnson, South Dakota State University
Do Nurse Crops Make Miscanthus x giganteus
Establishment More Sustainable?
Emily Heaton, Iowa State University
Developing a Sustainable Feedstock and Next
Generation Processing Technology (Final Report)
Bill Gibbons, Doug Raynie, Basal Dalaly, Mike Twedt, Jose Gonzalez, and
Tom West, South Dakota State University
Sustainable Cropping Systems for Harvesting Corn
Stover for Biomass (Final Report)
Ken Moore, Iowa State University
Diversifying Midwestern Biofuel Feedstocks: An Evaluation of Nitrogen-Fixing
Alnus and Salix Germplasm (Final Report)
Stan Hokanson, University of Minnesota
NC Region Sun Grant Center Update
Jim Doolittle, Director, NC Sun Grant Center,
and Interim Associate VP for Research, South Dakota State University
Enhancing Biomass Production in Alfalfa
Yajun Wu, South Dakota State University
Carbon Dioxide: An Emerging Feedstock for
Direct Production of Third-Generation Biofuels
Ruanbao Zhou, South Dakota State University
Double- and Relay- Cropping Systems for Oil and Biomass
Feedstock Production in North Central Region
Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University
Sustainable Feedstocks for an Oilseed Based
Biofuel Industry in the Dakotas
Vance Owens, South Dakota State University
Novel Recoverable Enzyme Nanoparticles
for Cellulose Hydrolysis (Final Report)
Patrick Johnson, University of Wyoming
Developing of a Prairie Biorefinery (Final Report)
Bill Gibbons, Jose Gonzalez, K. Muthukumarappan, and Alex Moutsoglou
South Dakota State University
Develop Sustainable Renewable Energy Systems
for Practical Utilization of Bulk Biomass (Final Report)
Roger Ruan, University of Minnesota
Improving Handling Characteristics of Herbaceous Biomass(Final Report)
Vance Morey, University of Minnesota
Transforming and Densifying Biomass in
Regional Biomass Processing Centers(Final Report)
K. Muthukumarappan, South Dakota State University
Evaluation of Bioenergy Crop Production
Stephen Ventura, University of Wisconsin
Cup Plant as a Potential New Biomass Crop
Arvid Boe, South Dakota State UniversityLin Wei, South Dakota State University
Develop Solid-Stem Triticale as a Feedstock for Biofuel Production
Wanlong Li and Yang Yen, South Dakota State University
Optimization of Biomass Productivity and Environmental Sustainability
for Cellulosic Feedstocks:Land Capability and Life Cycle Analysis
Sylvie Brouder, Purdue University
Seed Technologies to Secure Rapid and Complete
Brian Baldwin, Mississippi State University
Beneficial Plant Microbe Interactions and Their Potential
Application to Increase Biomass Production and
Environmental Sustainability of Prairie Cordgrass
Heike Bucking and Jose Gonzalez, South Dakota State University
Barley Straw Fructanosic Ethanol for
Tom Blake, Montana State University
Biofuel Crops in Eastern South Dakota:Establishment,
Productivity, Biotic Impact, and Multiple Use Potential
Paul Johnson, South Dakota State University
