Tuesday, February 3, 2015 – 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Alejandra Abril (University of Florida) Genetic improvement of cell wall composition and flooding tolerance of sorghum
- Gifty Acquah (Auburn University) Rapid and Non-Destructive Characterization of the Thermochemical Properties of Biomass Feedstocks with Near and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
- Gifty Acquah (Auburn University) Non-Destructive Prediction of the Chemical and Thermal Reactivity Properties of Forest Biomass Using Vibrational Spectroscopy and Thermogravimetric Analysis
- Amanda Ashworth (University of Tennessee) Conversion System and Heating Value Influence on Switchgrass Biochars for use as a Soil Amendment
- Patrick S. Bass (Auburn University) Enhanced Performance of Biodegradable Electroactive Polymers with the Incorporation of Nanocrystalline Cellulose
- Hakeem Broomfield (Alabama A&M University) Growth and Biomass of Sweet Sorghum Biofuel Feedstock Production in North Alabama
- Alexander Bruce (University of Tennessee) Switchgrass Extractives Inhibit Foodborne Pathogens
- Yusuf Celikbag (Auburn University) Characterization of Hydroxyl Groups of Bio-Oil: Analysis of Source and Variation
- Qingzheng Cheng (Auburn University) Characterization of Wax and Surfactant Encapsulated Cellulose Morphology
- Qingzheng Cheng (Auburn University) Isolation and Characterization of Cellulosic Fibrils and its Biodegradable Nanocomposites
- Qunkang Cheng (University of Tennessee) Pathogenesis of Puccinia Emaculatata in Panicum Virgatum
- Sara Collins (University of Tennessee) Fusarium Pathogens of Switchgrass
- Phillip Cross (Auburn University) Eucalyptus Gasification and Optimization of Reactor Conditions
- Mary Dee (University of Tennessee) Bipolaris Pathogens of Switchgrass
- Austin Hagan (Auburn University) An Estimate of Aboveground Dry Matter Biomass Yield Loss due to Rust on Switchgrass
- William G. Hand (Auburn University) Sensor Paper for Food Safety Applications Using Microfibrillated Cellulose
- Tim Hughes (Kentucky Division of Biofuels) Is Your Bioenergy Project Looking for a FRIEND?
- Kurt J. Krapfl (Mississippi State University) The role of soil amendments in mitigating competition between loblolly pine and switchgrass
- Avanti Kulkarni (Auburn University) Gasification of Torrefied Pine in a Bench Scale Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifier
- Pengcheng Li (Auburn University) Conceptual Design of an Integrated Biorefinery Process for Producing Chemicals and Liquid Transportation Fuels
- Ravishankar Mahadevan (Auburn University) In-Situ Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapors in a Bench-Scale Fluidized Bed Reactor
- Ricardo Mendez (Auburn University) Cellulose Supports for Medical Biosensors
- Melanie McDonald (Auburn University) Production of Phenol-Formaldehyde Resins from Biomass Derived Products
- Zachary Perry (Fort Valley State University) Optimization of Micropropagation Protocols for Fast Growing Multipurpose Bioenergy Tree Paulownia
- David Roe (Auburn University) Fuel Production via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis with a Nanoscale Catalyst and Supercritical Reaction Medium
- Randall Rousseau (Mississippi State University) Performance of Selected Hybrid Poplars and Eastern Cottonwood through Five Years on Upland and Alluvial Sites
- Narendra Sadhwani (Auburn University) Chemistry and Kinetics of Biomass Gasification Using Carbon Dioxide
- Rajdeep Shakya (Auburn University) Effects of Temperature and Alkaline Catalyst (Na2CO3) on Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Three Types of Algae and its Product Characterization
- Charlotte Stewart (Auburn University) Effect of a Supercritical Isooctane Reaction Medium on Catalytic Performance in the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons (MTH) Reaction
- MariAnne Sullivan (Auburn University) Studying Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Cellulose with Nano indenation
- Steve Kelley (North Carolina State University) Pyrolysis Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry (Py-MBMS) Evaluation of the Co-pyrolysis of Woody and Herbaceous Biomass Feedstocks
- William R. Yantz, Jr. (Auburn University) Novel Catalyst Support Structure for Use in Large Diameter Exothermic Biomass-to-Liquid Processes
- Chengfeng Zhou (Auburn University) Multivariate Calibration for Wood Chemistry by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Chemometric Methods