Source: SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY submitted to
ADVANCING THE NATIONAL BIOECONOMY THROUGH REGIONAL SUN GRANT CENTERS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
COMPLETE
Funding Source
OTHER GRANTS
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1005817
Grant No.
2014-38502-22598
Cumulative Award Amt.
$12,591,120.00
Proposal No.
2014-08293
Multistate No.
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Sep 1, 2014
Project End Date
Aug 31, 2019
Grant Year
2018
Program Code
[SGP]- Sun Grant Program
Project Director
Owens, V.
Recipient Organization
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 2275A
BROOKINGS,SD 57007
Performing Department
(N/A)
Non Technical Summary
The Sun Grant Program was reauthorized in the 2014 Farm Bill to foster regional research to advance fruition of the bioeconomy and to administer region-focused competitive grants on biofuels, bioproducts, and bioenergy, as well as support program leadership provided through regional Sun Grant Centers. The objective of the Sun Grant Program is to address national energy needs and establish a national bioeconomy through coordinated regional research, education, and Extension activities focused on agriculture and forest-based biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. The Sun Grant Program is structured to address bioenergy needs and priorities at local and regional levels. National research priorities are addressed in the context of regional feedstock resources and biogeographical and environmental conditions identified through regional stakeholder input. With over eight years of experience administering regional competitive grants through a peer-review process, the proposing Sun Grant Centers are well positioned to seamlessly carry this program forward. The outcomes of Sun Grant Program activities will be advances in public knowledge, workforce development, discoveries resulting in valuable contributions to the creation of a national bioeconomy, and rural economic development.
Animal Health Component
55%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
30%
Applied
55%
Developmental
15%
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
90216291060100%
Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs;

Subject Of Investigation
1629 - Perennial grasses, other;

Field Of Science
1060 - Biology (whole systems);
Goals / Objectives
The Sun Grant Program was reauthorized in the 2014 Farm Bill to foster regional research to advance fruition of the bioeconomy and to administer region-focused competitive grants on biofuels, bioproducts, and bioenergy, as well as support program leadership provided through regional Sun Grant Centers. The objective of the Sun Grant Program is to address national energy needs and establish a national bioeconomy through coordinated regional research, education, and Extension activities focused on agriculture and forest-based biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower. The Sun Grant Program is structured to address bioenergy needs and priorities at local and regional levels. National research priorities are addressed in the context of regional feedstock resources and biogeographical and environmental conditions identified through regional stakeholder input. With over eight years of experience administering regional competitive grants through a peer-review process, the proposing Sun Grant Centers are well positioned to seamlessly carry this program forward. The outcomes of Sun Grant Program activities will be advances in public knowledge, workforce development, discoveries resulting in valuable contributions to the creation of a national bioeconomy, and rural economic development.
Project Methods
SGP Regional Competitive GrantsThe funds provided through USDA/NIFA will be equally divided among the five Sun Grant regions. As specified in the Farm Bill authorization, and in the RFA, of the funds received by each of the five Sun Grant Centers, 75% will be distributed through the regional competitive grant program, 4% will be used to offset the costs of administering the regional competitive grants program, and 21% will be used to develop bioenergy research leadership and programs at the Sun Grant Centers.Each of the Sun Grant Centers will implement their own distinct regional competitive grants program, addressing national bioenergy priorities in a manner that is best adapted to their respective regional conditions. Each region has held stakeholder workshops and utilizes an advisory committee, which provides guidance for best addressing national priorities in the region's context. Each Sun Grant Center will develop a regional solicitation of grant proposals, ensure that that there is wide dissemination of this bioenergy research funding opportunity through the academic community, conduct a rigorous peer-review selection process, oversee the grants that are awarded, and report and disseminate the research findings that result. While the regional competitive grants programs are purposefully developed to be distinct, the five programs will coordinate through the SGA, as described above. Through regular meetings and teleconferences the Sun Grant Centers will closely collaborate in the development and implementation of their competitive grant programs. Some activities will be developed collectively, or one institution will take the lead on behalf of the others, such as providing a common platform for grant management through an online service at Oregon State University (Webnibus) and education and outreach through an online resource at the University of Tennessee (Sun Grant BioWeb).The SGP Centers will engage their respective regional advisory committees to consider the research priorities of the Administration, USDA, and the SGP strategic priorities discussed previously, and consider how to best address these priorities in the context of the biogeographical conditions and production resources in their region.Based on this review and discussion, each SGP Center will develop a draft RFA for their region.The Centers may choose to include a request for Letters of Intent as part of the RFA, and they may solicit pre-proposals that precede a request for full proposals.While each Center's RFA will consist of different regional research priority areas, eligibility information, the application process, and proposal review information will be consistent. The Centers will coordinate the release of their regional RFAs, potentially drawing on expertise and resources from their sister Centers for proposal review.Regional RFAs will be announced through the following networks:Directors of the state Agricultural Experiment StationsDirectors of the state Cooperative Extension ServicesThe Association of Public and Land-Grant UniversitiesWeb sites for each of the regional Sun Grant CentersResearch offices of regional universitiesSocial mediaThe regional Sun Grant Center will invite proposal submission using a web-based, submission and review tracking system known as Webnibus. This system is hosted by Oregon State University on behalf of all Sun Grant Centers and has been in use since 2006. Webnibus is designed so that researchers, peer reviewers, and authorized institutional representatives can log in with Internet access to work on, review, and approve grant proposals. Webnibus was created by Oregon Sea Grant and Central Web Services at Oregon State University (OSU) and is now available as open source software under the open software license. Several Sea Grant institutions use Webnibus for proposal competitions. It has been adapted for SGP's use by the Sun Grant Western Regional Center, which is administered by OSU's College of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Experiment Station (CAS). While each of the Sun Grant Centers manage their own respective regional competitive grant processes, the use of a common software application process ensures that applicants share a common experience and enables the SGP to track funding and projects across regions.The Peer Review ProcessEach of the Sun Grant Centers will convene peer review panels comprised of experts that are independent of the center. The peer review panels will be drawn from representation from academia, national laboratories, federal and state agencies, private industry, and public interest groups. The composition of the peer review panels will be selected in compliance with the guidance provided in the USDA-RFA.Outreach--Sun Grant BioWebThe Sun Grant BioWeb (http://bioweb.sungrant.org/) is an online resource that serves as a comprehensive reference for biomass and bioenergy information. The BioWeb has drawn from some of the country's top biomass authorities to provide a comprehensive analysis of the current state of biomass and alternative paths for biomass development, and to quantify impacts associated with biomass industry development, where possible. Content of the BioWeb is outlined along four major areas: Feedstocks, Biofuels, Biopower and Bioproducts. In each of these areas, research coordinators have assembled teams of research expertise. The coordinators facilitate and organize the contributions of the invited expert advisors (in various capacities) representing the spectrum of expertise in the biomass arena. A team of technical writers works with the research coordinators and expert contributors and advisors to prepare and publish the online monograph. Each of the four major areas of the outline includes a general overview, a technological assessment, an economic and market assessment and a policy assessment. Content sections are delivered in one of three versions, each successively providing more detail than the previous. One version provides an overview or abstract look at content. This is a short, condensed summary. The second version, tailored for general public audiences, will have more detail than the overview, but will not include detailed scientific procedures, data, and information. The third and most detailed version is termed the "academic" version. This level has the entirety of the content, with every detail included, and is aimed at academic and professional audiences. The BioWeb has been developed and maintained with lead support from the University of Tennessee.

Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/19

Outputs
Target Audience:Researchers, producers, extension personnel, commodity groups, industry personnel, other bioenergy and bioeconomy stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral research associates are involved with many of the Sun Grant Program projects highlighted in the Accomplishments. This training is critical for workforce development. This training involved developing lab and/or field research skills, along with developing oral and written communication skills, teamwork skills, and critical thinking skills. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Many journal publications and conference presentations have been made to diverse audiences. Other activities, such as field and lab tours, have also taken place with some of the projects. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Goal One: Competitive Grants Program and Internal Capacity Building (80% Accomplished) Each Sun Grant Regional Center has completed competitive solicitations and made awards to PIs. Projects cover a wide range of topics. Workforce training is also emphasized through training of both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral research associates. Projects from each Regional Center are shown below (due to space limitations, titles of some projects are truncated as indicated by the ellipsis): North Central Center (South Dakota State University) Regional Projects Competition patterns among key perennial biomass feedstocks Production and sustainability of red cedar on marginally productive agricultural lands ... Achieving conservation and renewable energy goals with the Conservation Reserve Program Land Implications on soil erosion and water quality by growing dedicated perennial bioenergy crops ... Utilizing pelleted corn stover biomass to reduce pretreatment severity Improving cold tolerance in sorghum in the northern Great Plains Evaluating the yield stability of prairie cordgrass across the region ... Developing sustainable biomaterials from corn stover Utilizing high throughput phenotyping to accelerate improvement of biomass sorghum Developing best management practices for the production of non-food oilseeds ... Quantifying the contribution of native and non-native pollinators to Brassica carinata yield ... Furthering the development of a crop enterprise and environmental budgeting tool (CE2T) ... Internal Projects Developing lignocellulosic nanocomposites from prairie cordgrass and corn stalks... Using genomic technologies to characterize sustainability traits in prairie cordgrass Endophytes of prairie cordgrass and their potential to increase environmentally sustainable biomass production Plasma modified biochar electrode for nitrate recycle with capacitive deionization technology Sustainable alternative to structurally deficient bridges Revegetating saline/sodic soils of South Dakota using common halophytes... Northeast Center (Penn State University) Regional Projects Development of a novel pyrolysis process for the distributed production of deoxygenated, stable bio-oil Deployment of bio-energy carbon capture and sequestration technologies in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions Cotreatment-enhanced thermophilic conversion of corn stover to ethanol ... Biobased lubricants and fuels: integration of chemical catalysis with mixed culture fermentation Production of novel biochars from Northeastern forestry feedstocks... Optimization of nutrient uptake in shrub willow and switchgrass... Smart sorbent for selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from anaerobic digester gas Enhancing the plant soil-microbe ecosystem to advance sustainable switchgrass production Modified lignocellulosic biomass conversion to hydrocarbon biofuels The Deployment of bio-energy carbon capture and sequestration technologies... Internal Projects Sustainable biofuel production from decentralized wastewater treatment systems... Application of bio-based composites for the automotive industry... Enhancing the value of short rotation woody crops through effective wood-bark separation Optimizing torrefied biomass in the regional supply chain Hydrolytic enzymes production from distillers dried grains with solubles (ddgs) for cellulosic biomass hydrolysis for biofuels and other uses Evaluation and breeding of sorghum germplasm for cell wall digestibility and tolerance to northeastern region abiotic and biotic stressors Measurement of the thermo-mechanical process of pelletization South Central Center (Oklahoma State University) Regional Projects The effect of heat and drought on the oil formation of southern Great Plains winter canola Biochars from excelsior woody biomass residues for improved poplar production A cloud-based decision support system to integrate biomass quality, uncertainty, and risk... Use of novel biocatalysts for butanol production... Use of low temperature plasma gasification to utilize diverse carbonaceous feedstocks Development of alternative water sources for bioenergy crop production... Modeling and analysis of the logistical challenge of supplying biomass for biofuel and biopower Switchgrass and sorghum biomass optimization for staged thermal conversion to biofuels Drought tolerance and water use efficiency in biomass sorghum... Engineering biocatalysts consortium for efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass... Internal Projects Hydrocarbon fuels, chemicals and intermediates from synergistic co-pyrolysis of biomass and natural gas A two-stage reactor and cell recycle system for enhanced alcohol production from syngas Expansion of GLADIS for modeling next generation bioproduct and bioenergy market logistics... Southeastern Center (University of Tennessee) Regional Projects Development of high-value chemicals from hemicellulose hydrolyzates Production of omega-3 and fatty acids from sweet sorghum Exploring molecular interactions affecting the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic feedstocks Enhanced biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass employing metabolically engineered Clostridium beijerinckii... Predicting the release of and evaluating strategies for the removal of biomass inorganic impurities during gasification Mechanical refining technology to produce low cost sugars from biomass Using woody biomass mixed-sugar hydrolysates to produce pyruvates Photo curable lignin based resins for fibers, adhesives, and additive manufacturing Development of solution spun bio-derived carbon fiber from fractionated lignin Using physiological parameters to refine estimates of short rotation poplar performance, productivity and ecosystem services... Developing a green and low energy process for manufacturing novel cellulose nanofibrils/lignin nanoparticle materials Omega-3 and fatty acid production from sweet sorghum Toward an understanding of the enhancement of biomass reactivity via mechanical refining In-situ nanoscale imaging of plant cell wall under pretreatment conditions Hemicellulose extraction of biomass to develop high value products Internal Projects Investigating the removal of hemicellulose oligomers from bioenergy crops for the production of value-added materials Self-assembly of lignin from different sources in recycled polyester and controlling properties of the composites Western Center (Oregon State University) Regional Projects Optimizing juniper utilization for bioenergy and biobased products and sageland steppe restoration... A softwood sugar depot: a novel decentralized biomass conversion system to produce low cost intermediates for transportation fuel and value added chemicals Functional nanocellulose products from agricultural residues and processing wastes Biological conversion of farm waste/ag digestate into biofuel and animal feed via insect farming H2 saving process for production of aromatics for jet fuels Novel approach for enhancing anaerobic process for efficient energy generation from waste/wastewater Toward commercial production of lactic acid and anti-microbial agents from food waste Development of a technology for increased biomass production in Arundo donax Nutrient dynamics of algal biofertilizers in biochar amended soils Internal Projects Investigation of early cold tolerance response in sorghum bicolor to facilitate future breeding of S. bicolor... Novel microbial electrochemical technology for producing single cell proteins and energy... A controllable horizontal reactor for high solid biomass conversion... Lignin-rich lignocellulose byproduct applications in the food industry

Publications

  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Calicioglu, O., Shreve, M. J., Urban, N. L., Richard, T. L., and Brennan, R. A. 2018. Enhancing carboxylic acid yields from duckweed by acidogenic digestion. Oral presentation, 26th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 16.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Chahal, A., and D. Ciolkosz 2018. Mechanics of Woody Biomass Debarking: Shrub Willow. Presented at American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Conference, July 29- Aug 01, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Vijay Appasamy, Saketh Aleti, Gal Hochman & David Zilberman. 2018. A meta-analysis on carbon capture & storage technologies, 86th International Atlantic Economic Conference, 11-14 October, New York, NY.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Fabio, E.S. and Smart, L.B. Genetic and Environmental Effects on Variability in First-rotation Shrub Willow Bark and Wood Elemental Composition. 2018. Woody Crops International Conference, 23-25 July, Rhinelander, WI.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Alberti, P., S. Osborne, F. Mathew, S. Ali, H. Sieverding, S. Kumar, and T. Nleya. 2018. Nitrogen requirements of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) for biofuel feedstock in South Dakota. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.06.041
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nam, H., S. R. Shanmugam, Z. Wang, N. Abdoulmoumine, and S. Adhikari. 2018. Gasification benzene conversion with iron and nickel on silicon carbide catalysts in a fluidized bed reactor. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 43:18790-18800.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pandey, R., Nahar, N., and S.W. Pryor. 2018. Quantifying Reduction in Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia Pretreatment Severity and Enzyme Loadings for Corn Stover Pellets, ASABE Annual International Meeting. Paper No. 1800286 Detroit, MI. July 29-Aug 1.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2018. Lignocellulosic-based bioenergy and water quality parameters: A review. GCB Bioenergy 10: 504-533 doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12508.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., Mitchell, R., Cruse, R., Laird, D., 2018. Dedicated bioenergy crops and water erosion. Journal of Environmental Quality. Under Review.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Sutton J, Rajan K, Harper DP, Chmely SC. 2018. Lignin-containing Photoactive Resins for 3D Printing by Stereolithography. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13031.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Rajan, K., J. K. Mann, E. English, D. P. Harper, D. J. Carrier, T. G. Rials, N. Labb� and S. C. Chmely. 2018. Sustainable hydrogels based on lignin-methacrylate copolymers with enhanced water retention and tunable material properties. Biomacromolecules DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00282.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Akato, Kokouvi; Nguyen, Ngoc; Peter V. Bonnesen; Harper, David; Naskar, Amit. 2018. Recycling Waste Polyester via Modification with a Renewable Fatty Acid for Enhanced Processability. ACS Omega 3:10709-10715.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Bharat Sharma Acharya and Humberto Blanco Canqui. 2018. ILignocellulosic-based bioenergy and water quality parameters: a review. GCB Bioenergy 10:504533, doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12508.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Blenner, M. 2018. Engineering microbes for utilization of non- conventional feedstocks. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 53:122-129.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Assis, T., S. Huang, C. Driemeier, B.S. Donohoe, C. Kim, S.H. Kim, R. Gonzalez, H. Jameel, S. Park. 2018. Toward an understanding of the increase in enzymatic hydrolysis by mechanical refining. Biotechnology for Biofuels 11:289, doi: 10.1186/s13068-018-1289-3
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Liu, Q., N. Labbe, S. Adhikari, S. C. Chmely, and N. Abdoulmoumine. 2018. Hot water extraction as a pretreatment for reducing syngas inorganics impurities  A parametric investigation on switchgrass and loblolly pine bark. Fuel 220:177-184.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Corbett, D., R. Venditti, H. Jameel, S. Park. 2018. Effect of mechanical refining energy on the enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57:14648-14655.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Geng, W., Venditti, R., Pawlak, J., Chang, H. 2018. Effect of delignification on hemicellulose extraction from switchgrass, poplar, and pine and its effect on enzymatic convertibility of cellulose-rich residues. BioResources 13:4946-4963.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: J. Zhang, W. Hong, W. Zong, P. Wang, Y. Wang. 2018. Markerless genome editing in Clostridium beijerinckii using the CRISPR-Cpf1 system. Journal of Biotechnology. 284:27-30.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: K. Rajan, J. K. Mann, E. English, D. P. Harper, D. J. Carrier, T. G. Rials, N. Labbe, S. C. Chmely. Sustainable hydrogels based on lignin-methacrylate copol- ymers with enhanced water retention and tunable material properties. Biomacro- molecules, 2018, In press. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00282.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Akato K, Nguyen NA, Bonnesen PV, Harper DH, Naskar AK. 2018. Recycling Waste Polyester via Modification with a Renewable Fatty Acid for Enhanced Processability, ACS Omega 3:10709-10715.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T., S. Podder, D. Samarappuli, and A. Peterson. 2018. Forage sorghum: a good crop for forage and fuel production in the northern Great Plains in the USA. In: Sorghum in the 21st century. Cape Town, South Africa, 9-13 April 2018.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: de Castro DA, Ccopa Rivera EA, Tovar LP, Ezeji TC, Maciel Filho R, Mariano AP. 2018. Resolving mismatches in the flexible production of ethanol and butanol from eucalyptus wood with vacuum fermentation. Bioprocess & Biosystems Eng 41:16511663.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lin Wei, Zeyad Albahr. Nanocellulose extraction from corn stover using acid hydrolysis and following by homogenization, Paper Number: 1800101, ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29  August 1, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lin Wei, Yajun Wu. Develop cellulose-based root targeted controlled-release fertilizers for soybean production, Paper Number: 1800109, ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29  August 1, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2019. Characterization of Metabolic Pathways for Conversion of Lignin-Derived Phenolics for Robust Lipid Production in Cutaneotrichosporon Oleaginosus" International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, 6-9 Jan. 2019, Newport Beach, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Blenner, M. 2019. Untapping the potential for using non-conventional yeast for biochemical production. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Departmental Seminar, University of Tennessee, February 2019, Knoxville, TN.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T., S. Podder, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, D. Samarappuli, A. Peterson, J.V. Anderson. 2018. Chilling-tolerant forage sorghum as a potential bioenergy feedstock in North Central USA. In 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition.14-17 May 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lin Wei, Zeyad Ali Albahr, Madison Best, Zhisheng Cen, 2018. Develop food packaging nanocomposites from lignocellulosic biomass, Paper Number: 1800100, ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29  August 1, 2018, Detroit, Michigan.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Blenner, M. 2019. Untapping the potential for using non-conventional yeast for biochemical production. Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering Departmental Seminar, Washington University in St. Louis, March 2019, St. Louis MO.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2019. Enabling engineering of Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus, a robust metabolizer of all components of lignocellulosic biomass-derived compounds for oleochemical production. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, 31 March- 4 April 2019, Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Lee., S., Spagnuolo, M., Blenner, M. 2019. Metabolic Engineering of Non- Model Yeast Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus for Valorizing Lignin and Lignin- Derived Aromatics. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 21-24 July 2019, Washington, DC.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: W.C. Moxley, M. A. Eiteman, Pyruvate production by pyruvate dehydrogenase variants in Escherichia coli. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 21-24 July 2019, Washington, DC.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Choi J., E. Camfield, A. Bowman, K. Rajan, N. Labbe, B. Ownley, K. Gwinn, N. Moustaid Moussa, D. D'Souza. Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella Typhimurium on Formica Coupons by Switchgrass Extractives, a Value-Added Product. Annual International Association for Food Protection Meeting (IAFP), 20-24 July 2019, Kentucky.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Gwinn K.D., A. Bruce, J. Tao, A. Bowman, J. Choi, E. Camfield, K. Rajan, B.H. Ownley, D. D'Souza, N. Moustaid-Moussa, N. Labbe. 2019. Switchgrass extractives, a new source for biopesticides and biodisinfectants. Phytochemistry Society of North America, 20-24 July 2019, Johnson City, TN.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Rajan K., K. Kim, J. Tao, B. Ownley, K. Gwinn, S. Chmely, D. J. Carrier, D. D'Souza, and N. Labbe. 2019. Sustainable pathways for bio- product development from switchgrass and other bioenergy crops. Switchgrass V International Conference, 22-25 July 2019, Champaign, IL.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Aranguren M., Castillo-Villar K., Aboytes-Ojeda M., Giacomoni M. 2018. Simulation-Optimization Approach for the Logistics Network Design of Biomass Co-Firing with Coal at Power Plants. Sustainability, vol. 10:1-18.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Sun, Y., G. Niu, G.K. Ganjegunte and Y. Wu. 2018. Salt tolerance of six switchgrass cultivars. Agriculture 8:66 doi:10.3390/agriculture8050066.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Suthar, J. D., I. Rajpar, G.K. Ganjegunte and Zia-ul-hassan. 2018. Evaluation of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) genotypes performance under different irrigation water salinity levels: Growth parameters and seed yield. Industrial Crops and Products 123:247253.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Suthar, J. D., I. Rajpar, G.K. Ganjegunte and Zia-ul-hassan. 2018. Comparative study of early growth stages of 25 guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) genotypes under elevated salinity. Industrial Crops and Products 123:164172.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ganjegunte, G.K., G. Niu, A. Ulery, and Y. Wu. 2018. Treated urban wastewater irrigation effects on bioenergy sorghum biomass, quality and soil salinity in an arid environment. Land Degradation & Development 29:534542.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ganjegunte, G.K., G. Niu, A. Ulery, Y. Wu. 2018. Organic carbon, nutrient, and salt dynamics in saline soil and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) irrigated with treated municipal wastewater. Land Degradation & Development 29:80-90.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Agu CV, Lai SM, Ujor V, Biswas PK, Jones A, Gopalan V, Ezeji TC. 2018. Development of a high-throughput assay for rapid screening of butanologenic strains. Scientific Reports 8: 3379 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-18074-7.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Katuwal, K.B., S.V. Angadi, S. Singh, Y. Cho, S. Begna, and M.R. Umesh. 2018. Growth-stage-based irrigation management on biomass, yield, and yield attributes of spring canola in the southern Great Plains. Crop Sci. 58:2623-2632. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2018.02.0116.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Sun, X., H. K. Atiyeh*, A. Kumar, H. Zhang and R. S. Tanner. 2018. Biochar Enhanced Ethanol and Butanol Production by Clostridium carboxidivorans from Syngas. Bioresource Technology. 265: 128138.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Sun, X., H. K. Atiyeh*, A. Kumar and H. Zhang. 2018. Enhanced ethanol production by Clostridium ragsdalei from syngas by incorporating biochar in the fermentation medium. Bioresource Technology. 247:291-301.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Calicioglu, O., Shreve, M. J., Richard, T. L., and Brennan, R. A. (2018) Effect of pH and temperature on microbial community structure and carboxylic acid yield during the acidogenic digestion of duckweed. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11:275.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Volk, T. A., Berguson, B., Daly, C., et al. 2018. Poplar and shrub willow energy crops in the United States: field trial results from the multiyear regional feedstock partnership and yield potential maps based on the PRISM?ELM model. GCB Bioenergy 10:735-751.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Fabio, E.S. and Smart, L.B. 2018. Effects of nitrogen fertilization in shrub willow short rotation coppice production  a quantitative review. GCB Bioenergy, 10:548-564.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Fabio, E. S., & Smart, L. B. 2018. Differential growth response to fertilization of ten elite shrub willow (Salix spp.) bioenergy cultivars. Trees 32:1061-1072.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2018. Lignocellulosic-based bioenergy crops and water quality parameters: A review. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 10, 504-533. doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12508.
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  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: P. Jimenez-Bonilla, Jie Zhang, David Blersch, Yifen Wang, Luz-Estela Gonzalez-de- Bashan, Y. Wang. srpB efflux pump from Pseudomonas putida increases robustness of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 for biobutanol production. 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting, 7-10 July, Boston, MA,.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Wei Liu, Anton F. Astner, Joseph J. Bozell and Maren Roman. Effect of process parameters on the composition of hemicellulose hydrolyzates from dilute sulfurica acid treatment of hybrid poplar. 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 31 March-4 April 2019, Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Joshua Kittle, Chen Qian, Emma Edgar, Maren Roman, Alan Esker. 2019. Adsorption of xyloglucan onto thin films of cellulose nanocrystals and amorphous cellulose. 257th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 31 March-4 April 2019, Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Venditti, R., Geng, W., Pawlak, J., Chang, H-m.. 2019. The extraction and modification of hemicellulose to produce high valued gels. American Chemical Society National Meeting, 31 March-4 April 2019, Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Jie Zhang, Jun Feng, Pixiang Wang, Y. Wang. Systematic genome engineering of solventogenic clostridia for biofuel and biochemical production. 41st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28 April-1 May, Seattle, WA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Pixiang Wang, Benedict Okeke, Y. Wang. Enhanced isopropanol-butanol-ethanol (IBE) production using engineered Clostridium strain from switchgrass with Trichoderma in- house enzymes for biomass hydrolysis. 41st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28 April-1 May, Seattle, WA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: P. Jimenez-Bonilla, Y. Wang. Exogenous efflux pump expression increase robustness against biomass hydrolysates inhibitors on fermentations of the hyperbutanol producer C. saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4. 41st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 28 April-1 May, Seattle, WA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Aranguren M., Castillo-Villar, K. K. A Meta-heuristic Approach to Biomass Co-firing Supply Chain Optimization. Poster presented at: 2019 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, February 27- March 2, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Ganjegunte, G.K. G. Niu, A. Ulery, R.P. Flynn, Y. Wu, J. Kiniry and M. Meki. 2019. Field Evaluation of Irrigation Potential of Treated Wastewater for Bioenergy Crop Production Under Arid Conditions. Annual meetings of SSSA Soils Across Latitudes, Jan 7-9, 2019, San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Suthar, J.D., I. Rajpar, G.K. Ganjegunte and Z. Shah. 2019. Germination, Growth and Ion Uptake of Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) Accessions at Different Salinity Levels. Annual meetings of SSSA Soils Across Latitudes, Jan 7-9, 2019, San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chaganti, V., G.K. Ganjegunte, G. Niu, and W.L Hargrove. 2019. Evaluation of Irrigation Potential of Treated Wastewater to Produce Fall Canola in an Arid Environment. USDA-NIFA Project Symposium Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Basin, held on January 8, 2019 at UTEP, El Paso, TX.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Brennan, R.A. 2019. Closing the loop on wastewater treatment and sustainable agriculture: nutrient recovery and reuse opportunities with duckweed Oral presentation, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, Boston, MA, July 9.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Tao J., K. Rajan, B. Ownley, K. Gwinn, D. D'Souz, N. Moustaid- Moussa, T. J. Tschaplinski, and N. Labbe. 2019. Natural variability and antioxidant properties of commercially cultivated switchgrass extractives. Industrial Crops and Products 138:111474.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Geng, W., Narron, R., Jiang, X., Venditti, R., Pawlak, J., Chang, H., Park, S., Jameel, H. 2019. The influence of lignin content and structure on hemicellulose extraction for different non-wood and hardwood lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose 2019:1-12.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: H. Chen, X. Wang, J. Bozell, X. Feng, Q. Li, A. Ragauskas, S. Wang, C. Mei. 2019. Effect of solvent fractionation pretreatment on energy consumption of cellulose nanofabrication from switchgrass, Journal of Materials Science 54:8010-8022.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Zhang, Q., Li, Q., Young, T. M., Harper, D., Wang, S. 2019. A novel method for fabricating an electrospun polyvinyl alcohol/cellulose nanocrystals composite nanofibrous filter with low air resistance for high-efficiency filtration of particulate matter. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7:8706-8714 (DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00605).
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  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Under Review Year Published: 2019 Citation: Sun, X., H. K. Atiyeh, Y. Adesanya, C. Okonkwo, H. Zhang, R. L. Huhnke and T. Ezeji. 2019. Supplementation of growth medium with biochar enhances production of acetone-butanol-ethanol from switchgrass by Clostridium beijerinckii. Bioresource Technology: Special Issue on Waste-to-Resources: Opportunities and Challenges. Submitted 9/18/2019.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: P. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Feng, S. Wang, L. Guo, Y.F. Wang, Y.Y. Lee, S. Taylor, T. McDonald, Y. Wang. 2019. Enhancement of acid re-assimilation and biosolvent production in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum through metabolic engineering for efficient biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology. 281:217-225.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: P. Wang, Y.M. Chen, Y.F. Wang, Y.Y. Lee, W. Zong, S. Taylor, T. McDonald, Y. Wang. 2019. Towards comprehensive lignocellulosic biomass utilization for bioenergy production: Efficient biobutanol production from acetic acid pretreated switchgrass with Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4. Applied Energy. 236:551-559.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Y. Gu, J. Feng, Z.T. Zhang, S. Wang, L. Guo, Y.F. Wang, Y. Wang. 2019. Curing the endogenous megaplasmid in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4 (HMT) using CRISPR-Cas9 and preliminary investigation of the role of the plasmid for the strain metabolism. Fuel. 236:1559-1566.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Oginni, O., K. Singh. 2019. Microstructural and Physicochemical Characterization of Forest Residue derived Biochars. Annual International Meeting of ASABE, 7-10 July. Boston, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Jamalzade, E., Kashkooli, K., van Walsum, G.P., Schwartz, T.J. 2019. Production of Biobased Lubricants by the Integration of Chemical and Biological Processing. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. 9-15 November, Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Calicioglu, O., Richard, T. L., and Brennan, R. A. (2019. Life cycle assessment of duckweed production and bioprocessing in an integrated ecological wastewater treatment and biorefinery supply chain. 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, May 29.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Mullen, C.A., Pyrolysis of Biomass for Advanced Biofuels and Co-Products. Mid-Atlantic Biomass Conference and Expo, 12 Sep. 2018, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Oginni, O., K. Singh. 2019. Microstructural and Physicochemical Characteristics of Woody Biomass derived Activated Carbons using MgCl2. Annual International Meeting of ASABE, 7-10 July. Boston, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Richards, Brian K., Ryan V. Crawford, Srabani Das, Cedric Mason, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Steven Pacenka, Julie Hansen, Jamie L. Crawford, Tammo S, Steenhuis, Donald R. Viands. 2019. Perennial Grass Feedstock Production on Wetness-Prone Marginal Soils in New York. Switchgrass V Conference. 24 July 2019, Urbana, IL doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21798.27208
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Crawford, R., J. Crawford, J. Hansen, D. Viands, B. Richards. Effect of Soil Moisture on Yield and Quality of Fertilized and Unfertilized Switchgrass Plots in a Field with a Soil Moisture Gradient. Switchgrass V Conference. 24 July 2019, Urbana, IL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Podder, S., M.T. Berti, S. Cabello-Leiva, B. Andersen, D. Samarappuli, and A. Peterson, 2019. Screening forage sorghum genotypes for chilling tolerance. Gamma Sigma Delta NDSU chapter graduate student symposium, Fargo, ND. 18 April 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Cruse, R., Herzmann, D., Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., Gelder, B., 2019.The Daily Erosion Project: Soil erosion impacts of strategic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) placement in row cropped watersheds. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 7-12, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Pandey, R,. Nahar, N., Pourhashem, G., and S.W. Pryor. 2019. Process Benefits of Using Biomass Pellets in a Cellulosic Biorefinery, Poster No. M52. 41st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Seattle WA. Apr 28-May 1, 2019.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Sauer, T. J., and Brevik, E. C. 2019. Effect of Eastern Red Cedar Plantings on Soil Hydraulic Properties in the U.S. Great Plains. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts, 10-14 Nov. 2019, San Antonio, TX.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Sauer, T. J. and E. C. Brevik. 2019. Effect of red cedar windbreaks on soil physical properties in the U. S. Great Plains. 16th North American Agroforestry Conference, June 24-27, Corvallis, OR.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Zamora, D., T. Sauer, E. Brevik, G. Wyatt, Z. Junyong, and J. Tyndall. 2019. Bioenergy Production and Soil Health Potentials of Eastern Red Cedar Windbreaks in the U.S. Great Plains. 16th North American Agroforestry Conference, June 24-27, Corvallis, OR.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Alberti, P., S. Osborne, F. Mathew, S. Ali, H. Sieverding, S. Kumar, and T. Nleya. 2019. Nitrogen requirements of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) for biofuel feedstock in South Dakota. Agron. J. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.06.0419
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  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Abdus Sobhan, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Zhisheng Cen, Lin Wei. 2019. Characterization of nanocellulose and activated carbon nanocomposite films biosensing properties for smart packaging. Carbohydrate Polymers 225, Issue 115189.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: H. Rajpurohit, M. A. Eiteman, Microbial production of pyruvate from lignocellulosic hydrolysate, Biotechnol. Letters
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  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: W. C. Moxley, M. A. Eiteman, Accumulation of pyruvate by Escherichia coli pyruvate dehydrogenase variants, Biotechnol. Bioeng.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Development of functional photopolymers from depolymerized lignin-mimics.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Calicioglu, O., Richard, T. L., and Brennan, R. A. (2019) Anaerobic bioprocessing of wastewater-derived duckweed: maximizing product yields in a biorefinery value cascade. Bioresource Technology, 289: 121716.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Abudu, Z., Z. Sheng, and G.K. Ganjegunte. 2019. Impacts of graywater irrigation and soil conditioning with mulch on cotton growth and soil properties. Water Science & Technology 19:1080-1087.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Ganjegunte, G.K., G. Niu, A. Ulery, Y. Wu. 2019. Organic carbon and nutrients dynamics in saline soils under energy sorghum irrigated with treated municipal wastewater. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 65:345-359.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Ro, K. S., M. A. Dietenberger, J. A. Libra, R. Proeschel, H. K. Atiyeh, K. Sahoo and W. J. Park. Production of Ethanol from Livestock, Agricultural, and Forest Residuals: An Economic Feasibility Study, Environments 2019, 6(8), 97; doi.org/10.3390/environments6080097
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Sun, X., H. K. Atiyeh*, H. Zhang, R. S. Tanner and R. L. Huhnke. 2019. Enhanced Ethanol Production from Syngas by Clostridium ragsdalei in Continuous stirred Tank Reactor Using Medium with Poultry Litter Biochar. Applied Energy. 236: 12691279.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Orgill, J.J., M.C. Abboud, H. K. Atiyeh, Devarapalli, M., X. Sun and R. S. Lewis*. 2019. Measurement and Predictions of Mass Transfer Coefficients for Syngas Constituents in a Hollow Fiber Reactor, Bioresource Technology. 276: 17.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Ze Song & Gal Hochman. 2019. Understandings of the Competition in the Electricity Market: Evidence from the RGGI, Northeastern Agricultural & Resource Economics Association annual meeting, 9-12 June, Portsmouth, NH.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Jamalzade, E., Kashkooli, K., van Walsum, G.P., Schwartz, T.J.. 2019 Production of Biobased Lubricants by the Integration of Chemical and Biological Processing. American Chemical Society - Fall Meeting. 25-29 August, San Diego, CA.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Corbett, D., C. Knoll, R. Venditti, H. Jameel, S. Park. 2019. Fiber Fractionation to Understand the Effect of Mechanical Refining on Fiber Structure and Resulting Enzymatic Digestibility of Biomass.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2019 Citation: Marla, S.R., Burow G., Chopra R., Hayes C., Olatoye M.O., Felderhoff T., Hu Z., Raymundo R., Perumal R., Morris G.P. 2019. Genetic architecture of chilling tolerance in sorghum dissected with a nested association mapping population. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, DOI:10.1101/622894
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Submitted Year Published: 2019 Citation: Li, N., P. Kumar, L. Lai, G.O. Abagandura, S. Kumar, T. Nleya, H.L. Sieverding, J.J. Stone, and W. Gibbons. 2019. Response of Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes and Soil Properties to Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates Under Camelina and Carinata Nonfood Oilseed Crops. Bioenergy Research (In Press).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Lignin modification to improve uv absorptivity in SLA photopolymers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Chahal, A., and D. Ciolkosz. 2019. A Review of Wood-bark Adhesion: Methods and Mechanics of Debarking for Woody Biomass. Wood And Fiber Science, 51(3). 12pp.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. and A. Demirci. 2019. Optimization of dilute sulfuric acid, aqueous ammonia, and steam explosion as the pretreatments steps for distillers dried grains with solubles as a potential fermentation feedstock. Bioresource Technology. 282:475-481. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.009.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Under Review Year Published: 2019 Citation: Iram, A., Cekmecelioglu, D. and A. Demirci. 2019. Screening of bacterial and fungal strains for cellulase and xylanase production using distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as the main feedstock. Bioresource Technology. In-review.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Raymundo, L.M., Mullen, C.A., Strahan, G., Boateng A.A., Trierweiler, J.O. Deoxygenation of biomass pyrolysis vapors via in-situ and ex-situ thermal and bio-char promoted upgrading. Energy and Fuels, 33, 2197-2207. 2019.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Carlson, C. H., Gouker, F. E., Crowell, C. R., Evans, L., DiFazio, S. P., Smart, C. D., & Smart, L. B. 2019. Joint linkage and association mapping of complex traits in shrub willow (Salix purpurea L.). Annals of botany., doi: 10.1093/aob/mcz047.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Gouker, F. E., DiFazio, S. P., Bubner, B., Zander, M., & Smart, L. B. 2019. Genetic diversity and population structure of native, naturalized, and cultivated Salix purpurea. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 15:47.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Jeong, E. and Seo, J. 2019. Cross-Laminated Timber Bridge Parametric Analysis International Mass Timber Conference (Poster Presentation), Portland, Oregon, March 19-21.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Lin Wei, Zeyad Ali Albahr, 2019. Develop biopolymer-based nanocomposite films by combination of cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and polylactic acid (PLA). ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 7  10, 2019 Boston, MA, USA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Abdus Sobhan, Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan, Lin Wei, 2019. Characterization of bionanocomposite films based on nanocellulose and activated carbon. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 7  10, 2019, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Zhisheng Cen, Lin Wei , Yajun Wu, 2019. Developing a control-release nitrogenous fertilizer by combination of biochar and sodium alginate. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 7  10, 2019, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2019 Citation: Fiedler, D., S. Clay, D. Clay, S. Bruggeman, C. Reese, S. Thies, and A. Engel. 2019. Greenhouse Gas Emissions of a Saline Soil and Non-Saline Soil Under Corn and Perennial Grass Cover Crop. American Society of Agronomy. 10-14 November, San Antonio, TX.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Discovery of Metabolic Pathways for Conversion of Lignin-Derived Phenolics to Lipids in Cutaneotrichosporon Oleaginosus. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28-Nov. 2.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Franaszek, N., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Discovery and engineering of pathways for conversion of lignin-derived aromatics to lipids by Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus. LignoBiotech 2018, the 5th Symposium of Biotechnology Applied to Lignocelluloses. Helsinki, Finland, Aug. 29-Sep. 1.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2019 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., Mitchell, R.B., Cruse, R. Laird, D., 2019. Dedicated bioenergy crops and water erosion. Journal of Environmental Quality. 48:485-492. doi:10.2134/jeq2018.10.0380.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Conversion of aromatics derived from lignin into lipids by oleaginous yeast. ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, July 29  August 1.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pandey, P., Ge, Y., Schnable, J., 2018. Hyperspectral imaging combining multivariate modeling enable nondestructive analysis of cell wall composition in sorghum. Presented at 2018 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, MI, July 29-Aug 1. (Jul-31-2018).
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2017. Dedicated bioenergy crops and water quality. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, USA, October 22-25.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2017. Water quality impacts of bioenergy crops grown on marginal land. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, USA, October 22-25.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lin Wei, Zeyad Ali Albahr, Zhisheng Cen, and Madison Best, 2018. Develop food packaging nanocomposites from lignocellulosic biomass, ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, July 29  August 1.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Blenner, M. 2018. Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus: A promising platform for oleochemical production from all components of lignocellulose. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. Chicago, IL, August 12-16.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Bhatarrai, D. and T. Nleya. Response of Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) to nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers in South Dakota. ASA annual meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, November 4  7, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Bhattarai, D., S. Kumar and T. Nleya. 2018. Impact of growing Brassica carinata on greenhouse gas emissions in South Dakota. ASA annual meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, November 4  7, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Podder, S., M.T. Berti, S. Cabello-Leiva, B. Andersen, D. Samarappuli, A. Peterson, J.V. Anderson, and A. Wittenberg. 2018. Chilling-tolerant forage sorghum as a potential bioenergy feedstock in North Central US. ASA-CSSA International Annual Meetings, Baltimore, MD, 4-7 November 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pandey, R., Nahar, N., and S.W. Pryor. 2018. Quantifying Reduction in Soaking in Aqueous Ammonia Pretreatment Severity and Enzyme Loadings for Corn Stover Pellets, ASABE Annual International Meeting. Paper No. 1800286 Detroit, MI. July 29-Aug 1, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Luoye Chen, Elena Blanc-Betes, Tara Hudiburg, Evan DeLucia, Madhu Khanna. 2018. Achieving Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals with the CRP. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, Dec. 10-14, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Zamora, D., T. Sauer, E. Brevik, G. Wyatt, J.Y. Zhu, and J. Tyndall. 2019. Bioenergy production and soil health potentials of eastern red cedar windbreaks in the U.S. Great Plains. 10th Annual University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Agroforestry Symposium. Jan. 30-31, Columbia, MO.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Simulation of nitrogen contaminants during biomass gasification using CFD-DEM approach. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Simulation of biomass gasification performance using non- stoichiometric equilibrium method. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, Benjamin Cruz, Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Emilio Ramirez and Charles Daw. Determining and modeling the residence time distribution of biomass particles in a bench-scale bubbling fluidized bed reactor. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ross Houston, Oluwafemi Oyedeji and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Catalytic Hydrous Pyrolysis in a Fluidized Bed Reactor to Produce Refinery-Ready Bio-crude Oil. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Conversion of aromatics derived from lignin into lipids by oleaginous yeast. ASABE Annual International Meeting, July 29th-August 1st, 2018, Detroit, MI.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Blenner, M. 2018. Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus: A promising platform for oleochemical production from all components of lignocellulose. Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 12-16 August 2018, Chicago, IL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Franaszek, N., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Discovery and engineering of pathways for conversion of lignin-derived aromatics to lipids by Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus. LignoBiotech 2018, the 5th Symposium of Biotechnology Applied to Lignocelluloses, 29 August-1 Sep. 2018, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Discovery of Metabolic Pathways for Conversion of Lignin-Derived Phenolics to Lipids in Cutaneotrichosporon Oleaginosus. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 28 Oct.- 2 Nov. 2018, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Suthar, J.D., I. Rajpar, G.K. Ganjegunte, and Z. Hassan Shah. 2018. Comparative study of early growth stages of 25 guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) genotypes under elevated salinity. Presented at the Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy Annual Meeting held during February 4-6, 2018, at Jacksonville, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pokharel, M., M. Stamm, and S.V.K. Jagadish. 2018. Physiological characterization and seed fatty acid changes in winter canola exposed to high night temperature during flowering and pod-filling stages. ASA-CSSA Annual Meetings. November 4-7, 2018. Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Pokharel, M., M. Stamm, and S.V.K. Jagadish. 2018. Quantifying the combined impact of high day and night temperature stress on reproductive processes during flowering in canola. ASA-CSSA Annual Meetings. November 4-7, 2018. Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Aranguren, M. F., Tapia-Carrillo, A., Schier, B., Olazaba, D., Vazquez, R., Case, J., Castillo-Villar, K. K., Giacomoni, M. Increasing Awareness Through the Development of a Web-based Education Tool to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Coal Power Plants. Poster presented in the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)  Gulf-Southwest Section, Austin, TX, April 4-6, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ganjegunte, G.K. Genhua Niu, April Ulery, Robert P. Flynn, Yanqi Wu, James Kiniry and Manyowa Meki. 2018. Effects of Marginal Quality Water Irrigation on Fall Canola Yield and Soil Salinity in an Arid Environment. Annual meetings of ASA Enhancing Productivity in a Climate Change, Nov 4-7, 2018, Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Singh, P., S.V. Angadi, and S. Begna. 2018. Strategies to reduce irrigation requirement in winter canola. ASA-CSSA Annual Meetings  US Canola Research Conference. November 4-7, 2018. Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Stamm, M. 2018. Harvest method and cultivar effects on yield and oil content of winter canola. ASA-CSSA Annual Meetings  US Canola Research Conference. November 4-7, 2018. Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Stamm, M. 2018. Heat stress effects on southern Great Plains winter canola. ASA-CSSA Annual Meetings  US Canola Research Conference. November 4-7, 2018. Baltimore, MD.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Angadi, S. 2018. Water use efficiency of winter canola under deficit irrigation. Soil and Water Conservation Society Conference. July 31, 2018. Albuquerque, NM.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Singh, P., S.V. Angadi, and S. Begna. 2018. Strategies to reduce irrigation requirement in winter canola. Western Society of Crop Science Conference. June 20, 2018. Laramie, WY.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Calicioglu, O., Urban, N. L., Richard, T. L.; and Brennan, R. A. 2018. Acidogenic digestion of duckweed using mixed anaerobic cultures to maximize carboxylic acid yields. Poster presentation, Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 13.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Aranguren M., Castillo-Villar, K. K.; Aboytes-Ojeda, M.; Giacomoni, M. H. An Optimization Model for Co-Firing Biomass in Coal-Fired Power Plants Considering Climate Variability. Poster presented at: 2018 SACNAS. San Antonio Texas. October 11-13, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Kalavathy Rajan, Stephen C. Chmely and David P. Harper. 2018. Development of photocurable resins based on lignin mimics. Frontiers in Biorefining, 7 Nov. 2019, St. Simons Island, GA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Kalavathy Rajan, Stephen C. Chmely and David P. Harper. 2019. Implications for lignin utilization in additive manufacturing by stereolithography. 257th ACS National Meeting, 3 April 2019. Orlando, FL.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Wei Liu, Anton F. Astner, Joseph J. Bozell and Maren Roman. 2018. Valorization of hemicellulose hydrolyzates into eco-friendly surfactants. Frontiers in Biorefining, 5-8 Nov. 2018, St. Simons Island, GA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Brewer, C.E., Valles-Rosales, D., Woody Biomass Utilization and Biochar Research at NMSU, New Mexico Wood Industry Summit, Ruidoso, NM, November 16, 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Sarpong, K.A., Salazar, A., Ortega, A., Telles, K., Djaman, K., ONeill, M.K., Valles-Rosales, D.J., Brewer, C.E., Pyrolysis of Wood Excelsior Residues for Biochar and Renewable Energy Production, 2018 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, MI, July 29-Aug 1, 2018. Paper #1801155.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Aboytes-Ojeda M. Castillo-Villar, K. K. Tabu Search and Simplex-Based Algorithm to Solve a Two-Stage Stochastic Hub-and-Spoke Network Problem. Poster presented at: 2018 SACNAS. San Antonio Texas. October 11-13, 2018.


Progress 09/01/17 to 08/31/18

Outputs
Target Audience:Researchers, producers, extension personnel, commodity groups, industry personnel, other bioenergy and bioeconomy stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral research associates are involved with many of the Sun Grant Program projects highlighted in the Accomplishments. This training is critical for workforce development. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Many journal publications and conference presentations have been made to diverse audiences. Other activities, such as field and lab tours, have also taken place with some of the projects. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For projects already selected, we will continue to monitor individual project progress via regular reports from each of the PIs. Depending on funding availability, we may also add other projects to the portfolio.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Goal One: Competitive Grants Program and Internal Capacity Building (80% Accomplished) Each Sun Grant Regional Center has completed competitive solicitations and made awards to PIs. Projects cover a wide range of topics. Workforce training is also emphasized through training of both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral research associates. Projects from each Regional Center are shown below (due to space limitations, titles of some projects are truncated as indicated by the ellipsis): North Central Center (South Dakota State University) Regional Projects Competition patterns among key perennial biomass feedstocks Production and sustainability of red cedar on marginally productive agricultural lands ... Achieving conservation and renewable energy goals with the Conservation Reserve Program Land Implications on soil erosion and water quality by growing dedicated perennial bioenergy crops ... Utilizing pelleted corn stover biomass to reduce pretreatment severity Improving cold tolerance in sorghum in the northern Great Plains Evaluating the yield stability of prairie cordgrass across the region ... Developing sustainable biomaterials from corn stover Utilizing high throughput phenotyping to accelerate improvement of biomass sorghum Developing best management practices for the production of non-food oilseeds ... Quantifying the contribution of native and non-native pollinators to Brassica carinata yield ... Furthering the development of a crop enterprise and environmental budgeting tool (CE2T) ... Internal Projects Developing lignocellulosic nanocomposites from prairie cordgrass and corn stalks... Using genomic technologies to characterize sustainability traits in prairie cordgrass Endophytes of prairie cordgrass and their potential to increase environmentally sustainable biomass production Plasma modified biochar electrode for nitrate recycle with capacitive deionization technology Sustainable alternative to structurally deficient bridges Revegetating saline/sodic soils of South Dakota using common halophytes... Northeast Center (Penn State University) Regional Projects Development of a novel pyrolysis process for the distributed production of deoxygenated, stable bio-oil Deployment of bio-energy carbon capture and sequestration technologies in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions Cotreatment-enhanced thermophilic conversion of corn stover to ethanol ... Biobased lubricants and fuels: integration of chemical catalysis with mixed culture fermentation Production of novel biochars from Northeastern forestry feedstocks... Optimization of nutrient uptake in shrub willow and switchgrass... Smart sorbent for selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from anaerobic digester gas Enhancing the plant soil-microbe ecosystem to advance sustainable switchgrass production Modified lignocellulosic biomass conversion to hydrocarbon biofuels The Deployment of bio-energy carbon capture and sequestration technologies... Internal Projects Sustainable biofuel production from decentralized wastewater treatment systems... Application of bio-based composites for the automotive industry... Enhancing the value of short rotation woody crops through effective wood-bark separation Optimizing torrefied biomass in the regional supply chain Hydrolytic enzymes production from distillers dried grains with solubles (ddgs) for cellulosic biomass hydrolysis for biofuels and other uses Evaluation and breeding of sorghum germplasm for cell wall digestibility and tolerance to northeastern region abiotic and biotic stressors Measurement of the thermo-mechanical process of pelletization South Central Center (Oklahoma State University) Regional Projects The effect of heat and drought on the oil formation of southern Great Plains winter canola Biochars from excelsior woody biomass residues for improved poplar production A cloud-based decision support system to integrate biomass quality, uncertainty, and risk... Use of novel biocatalysts for butanol production... Use of low temperature plasma gasification to utilize diverse carbonaceous feedstocks Development of alternative water sources for bioenergy crop production... Modeling and analysis of the logistical challenge of supplying biomass for biofuel and biopower Switchgrass and sorghum biomass optimization for staged thermal conversion to biofuels Drought tolerance and water use efficiency in biomass sorghum... Engineering biocatalysts consortium for efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass... Internal Projects Hydrocarbon fuels, chemicals and intermediates from synergistic co-pyrolysis of biomass and natural gas A two-stage reactor and cell recycle system for enhanced alcohol production from syngas Expansion of GLADIS for modeling next generation bioproduct and bioenergy market logistics... Southeastern Center (University of Tennessee) Regional Projects Development of high-value chemicals from hemicellulose hydrolyzates Production of omega-3 and fatty acids from sweet sorghum Exploring molecular interactions affecting the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic feedstocks Enhanced biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass employing metabolically engineered Clostridium beijerinckii... Predicting the release of and evaluating strategies for the removal of biomass inorganic impurities during gasification Mechanical refining technology to produce low cost sugars from biomass Using woody biomass mixed-sugar hydrolysates to produce pyruvates Photo curable lignin based resins for fibers, adhesives, and additive manufacturing Development of solution spun bio-derived carbon fiber from fractionated lignin Using physiological parameters to refine estimates of short rotation poplar performance, productivity and ecosystem services... Developing a green and low energy process for manufacturing novel cellulose nanofibrils/lignin nanoparticle materials Omega-3 and fatty acid production from sweet sorghum Toward an understanding of the enhancement of biomass reactivity via mechanical refining In-situ nanoscale imaging of plant cell wall under pretreatment conditions Hemicellulose extraction of biomass to develop high value products Internal Projects Investigating the removal of hemicellulose oligomers from bioenergy crops for the production of value-added materials Self-assembly of lignin from different sources in recycled polyester and controlling properties of the composites Western Center (Oregon State University) Regional Projects Optimizing juniper utilization for bioenergy and biobased products and sageland steppe restoration... A softwood sugar depot: a novel decentralized biomass conversion system to produce low cost intermediates for transportation fuel and value added chemicals Functional nanocellulose products from agricultural residues and processing wastes Biological conversion of farm waste/ag digestate into biofuel and animal feed via insect farming H2 saving process for production of aromatics for jet fuels Novel approach for enhancing anaerobic process for efficient energy generation from waste/wastewater Toward commercial production of lactic acid and anti-microbial agents from food waste Development of a technology for increased biomass production in Arundo donax Nutrient dynamics of algal biofertilizers in biochar amended soils Internal Projects Investigation of early cold tolerance response in sorghum bicolor to facilitate future breeding of S. bicolor... Novel microbial electrochemical technology for producing single cell proteins and energy... A controllable horizontal reactor for high solid biomass conversion... Lignin-rich lignocellulose byproduct applications in the food industry

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Shaohua Wang, Sheng Dong, Yi Wang. 2017. Enhancement of solvent production by overexpressing key genes of the Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol fermentation pathway in Clostridium 12 saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4. Bioresource Technology. 245:426-433.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Dunfan Yao, Sheng Dong, Pixiang Wang, Tianhu Chen, Jin Wang, Zheng-Bo Yue, Yi Wang. 2017. Robustness of Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum for Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol production: effects of lignocellulosic sugars and inhibitors. Fuel. 208:549-557.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wissam Farhata, Richard Vendittia, Nathalie Mignard, Mohamed Taha, Frederic Becquart, Ali Ayou. 2017. Polysaccharides and lignin based hydrogels with potential pharmaceutical use as a drug delivery system produced by a reactive extrusion process. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 104, 564-575.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wissam Farhata, Richard Vendittia, Ashley Quick, Mohamed Taha, Nathalie Mignard, Frederic Becquart, Ali Ayoub. 2017. Hemicellulose extraction and characterization for applications in paper coatings and adhesives. Industrial Crops and Products, 107, 370-377.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Oluwafemi Oyedeji, Charles Stuart Daw, Nicole Labbe, Paul Ayers, Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. 2017. Kinetics of the release of elemental precursors of syngas and syngas contaminants during devolatilization of switchgrass. Bioresource Technology, 244.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Blenner, M. 2018. Engineering Yeast for Utilization of Alternative Feedstocks. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 53:122-129.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Qiaoming Liu, Nicole Labb�, Stephen C. Chmely, Sushil Adhikari and Nourredine Abdoulmoumine. 2018. Hot water extraction as a pretreatment for reducing syngas inorganics impurities  A parametric investigation on switchgrass and loblolly pine bark. Fuel, 220: 177-184.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2018. Lignocellulosic-based bioenergy and water quality parameters: A review. GCB Bioenergy, 10: 504-533 doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12508.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2017. Investigating aromatic metabolism by a non-model, non-conventional oleaginous yeast. SIMB Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Blenner, M. 2017. Elucidation of Aromatic Metabolism Pathways in a Non-Model, Non-Conventional Yeast. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November 2017.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wenhui Geng, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, and Hou-min Chang. 2017. Carboxymethylation of Isolated Poplar Hemicellulose & Synthesis of Hemicellulose-Based Hydrogels. Tappi PEERS, Norfolk, VA, November 7.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Podder, S., M.T. Berti, A. Peterson, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, D. Samarappuli, and J. Anderson. 2017. Screening forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes for cold tolerance. 29th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops (AAIC), Ames, IA, Sept. 10-13.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2017. Dedicated bioenergy crops and water quality. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL, October 22-25.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Acharya, B.S., Blanco-Canqui, H., 2017. Water quality impacts of bioenergy crops grown on marginal land. ASA, CSSA & SSSA International Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL, October 22-25.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: M. Dunbar, A. Adhikari, B. Kontz, A. Varenhorst, T. Nleya, E. Byamukama, and F. Mathew. 2017. First report of Alternaria black spot caused by Alternaria alternata on Brassica carinata in South Dakota. Plant Disease PDIS-02-17-0222-PDN, doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-17-0222-PDN.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Blenner, M. 2018. Engineering Yeast for Utilization of Alternative Feedstocks Current Opinion in Biotechnology 53:122-129.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Robinson A., Mihealsick E., Blenner, M. 2017. Metabolism of Aromatic Compounds by Trichosporon oleaginosus While Remaining Oleaginous. Microbial Cell Factories 16:206, DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0820-8.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Shouyun Cheng, Lin Wei, Mustafa Radhi Alsowij, Sarmila Katuwal, Gary Anderson. 2017. Developing nano-celluloses from prairie cordgrass by combination of homogenizing and chemical pretreatments. Paper number: 1700695. 2017 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Spokane, WA, July 16  19.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Wenhui Geng, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, and Hou-min Chang. 2017. Utilization of Hemicellulose for Hydrogel Applications, NCSU Foundation Meeting, Raleigh, NC, September
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Johnson, G.A., D.A. Current, W. Lazarus, D.S. Zamora, A. Serra Jr., J. Gamble, J. Jungers, N. Tautges, D. Smith, G. Wyatt, and C.C. Sheaffer. 2017. Crop enterprise and environmental budgeting tool for biomass cropping systems. ASA meetings, Tampa, FL. October 22-25.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Nleya, T. 2017. Carinata agronomy research in South Dakota. Agrisoma Meeting-Ag Horizons Conference, Pierre, SD. December 6.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Nleya, T., and S. Kumar. 2017. Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) and carinata (Brassica carinata): Agronomic performance and impacts on soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions. 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter. Harpenden, UK. September 3  7.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Nleya, T., A. Alberti, and S. Kumar. 2017. Seeding rate and nitrogen fertilization rate effects on growth and yield of Ethiopian Mustard (Brassica carinata). ASA Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, October 22-25.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T. 2018. Is forage sorghum a good alternative crop for forage and biofuel in the northern Plains? Center for Sorghum Improvement Seminar. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, January, 8.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Discovery of metabolic pathways for lipid-production from lignin-derived phenolics in a non-model oleaginous yeast. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March, 18-22.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Boundy-Mills, K., Blenner, M. 2018. Aromatic metabolism of 50 non-model oleaginous yeasts. American Chemical Society Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 18-22.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Conversion of aromatics derived from lignin into lipids by oleaginous yeast. ECO-BIO, Dublin, Ireland, March 4-7.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Blenner, M. 2018. Expanding Capabilities for Engineering Yeast for Biochemical Production. Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences Departmental Seminar, Clemson University, January 12.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Bhattarai, D. 2018. Response of Ethiopian mustard (brassica carinata) to nitrogen and sulfur fertilizers in South Dakota. Carinata Biomaterials Summit-2018, Panama City Beach, FL. February 19-20.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: P. Wang, Y Wang. 2018. Biosolvent production from lignocellulosic biomass through acetic acid pretreatment. 2018 Auburn University This Is Research Student Research Symposium, Auburn, AL, Mar. 26.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Okello, P. N. 2018. First report of root rot caused by species of Fusarium on Brassica carinata in South Dakota. Carinata Biomaterials Summit-2018, Panama City Beach, FL. February 19-20.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T. 2018. Is forage sorghum a good alternative crop for forage and biofuel in the northern Plains? Center for Sorghum Improvement Seminar. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, January 8.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T., S. Podder, D. Samarappuli, and A. Peterson. 2018. Forage sorghum: a good crop for forage and fuel production in the northern Great Plains in the USA. In: Sorghum in the 21st century. Cape Town, South Africa, April 9-13.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Podder, S., M.T. Berti, A. Peterson, S. Cabello, B.Andersen, and D. Samarappuli. 2018. Screening forage sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] genotypes for chilling-tolerance. Production Agriculture Symposium Univ. of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN, February 15.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Blenner, M. 2018. Discover of metabolic pathways for lipid production from lignin-derived phenolics in a non-model oleaginous yeast. Annual American Society of Microbiology Meeting. Atlanta, GA, June 7-11.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Spagnuolo, M., Robinson, A., Mihealsick, E., Blenner, M. 2018. Engineering Cutaneotrichosporon oleaginosus for lipid and oleochemical production. Metabolic Engineering 12, Munich, Germany, June 24-28.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: P. Wang, Steve Taylor, Y Wang. 2018. Engineering Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum for enhanced isopropanol-butanol-ethanol (IBE) production from lignocellulosic biomass through acetic acid pretreatment. 40th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Clearwater Beach, FL, April 29 - May 2.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Berti, M.T., S. Podder, A. Peterson, S. Cabello, B. Andersen, D. Samarappuli, and J.V. Anderson. 2018. Chilling-tolerant forage sorghum as a potential bioenergy feedstock in North Central USA. p. 127-132 In Proceeding of the 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 14-18.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Luoye Chen, Jia Zhong, Elena Blanc-Betes, Tara Hudiburg, Evan DeLucia and Madhu Khanna. 2018. Achieving Conservation and Renewable Energy Goals with the CRP. CABBI Annual Retreat. Champaign, IL, July 11-12.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Other Year Published: 2018 Citation: Lin Wei, Zeyad Ali Albahr, 2018. Develop food packaging nanocomposites from lignocellulosic biomass, ASABE Annual International Meeting, Detroit, MI, July 29  August 1.


Progress 09/01/16 to 08/31/17

Outputs
Target Audience:Researchers, producers, extension personnel, commodity groups, industry personnel, other bioenergy and bioeconomy stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral research associates are involved with many of the Sun Grant Program projects highlighted in the Accomplishments. This training is critical for workforce development. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Various presentations have been made to diverse audiences. Other activities, such as field and lab tours, have also taken place with some of the projects. Research findings are also published in peer-reviewed journals. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For projects already selected, we will continue to monitor individual project progress via regular reports from each of the PIs. Depending on funding availability, we may also add other projects to the portfolio.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Each Sun Grant Regional Center has completed competitive solicitations and made awards to PIs. Streamlining has allowed the projects to be approved quickly once they are sent to and reviewed by staff at the NC Regional Center. During the reporting period, a number of competitively selected and internal projects were either initiated or are underway in each Regional Sun Grant Center. These projects cover a wide range of topics including feedstock production and development, biological and thermochemical conversion, feedstock preprocessing, economics, biobased product development, sustainability, modeling, and life cycle assessment. Workforce training is also emphasized through training of both undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral research associates. Highlights from each Regional Center are shown below: North Central Regional Sun Grant Center (South Dakota State University) Twelve competitive projects are underway with PIs and CoPIs in seven states in the North Central Sun Grant region. PIs are evaluating a number of important factors related to the bioeconomy including: Competition patterns among key perennial biomass feedstocks Production and sustainability of red cedar on marginally productive agricultural lands throughout the upper Midwest and northern Great Plains Achieving conservation and renewable energy goals with the Conservation Reserve Program Land Implications on soil erosion and water quality by growing dedicated perennial bioenergy crops on marginally productive croplands Utilizing pelleted corn stover biomass to reduce pretreatment severity Improving cold tolerance in sorghum in the northern Great Plains Evaluating the yield stability of prairie cordgrass across the region utilizing breeding and elite germplasm Developing sustainable biomaterials from corn stover Utilizing high throughput phenotyping to accelerate improvement of biomass sorghum Developing best management practices for the production of non-food oilseeds (Brassica carinata) in the northern Great Plains Quantifying the contribution of native and non-native pollinators to Brassica carinata yield and determining the impact of B. carinata on pollinator health Furthering the development of a crop enterprise and environmental budgeting tool (CE2T) for biomass cropping systems in the upper Midwest Three internal projects are also underway at South Dakota State University including: Developing lignocellulosic nanocomposites from prairie cordgrass and corn stalks for smart packaging applications Using genomic technologies to characterize sustainability traits in prairie cordgrass Endophytes of prairie cordgrass and their potential to increase environmentally sustainable biomass production Northeast Regional Sun Grant Center (Penn State University) During the last quarter of this reporting period, internal reviews of budgets and projects were conducted and eight competitive awards were submitted to South Dakota State University for streamlining approval. Authorization has been received for seven of these projects and funds were distributed to PIs in August 2017. New projects are taking place across eight states in the NE region and will be evaluating: Development of a novel pyrolysis process for the distributed production of deoxygenated, stable bio-oil Deployment of bio-energy carbon capture and sequestration technologies in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions Cotreatment-enhanced thermophilic conversion of corn stover to ethanol in a novel reactor configuration Biobased lubricants and fuels: integration of chemical catalysis with mixed culture fermentation Production of novel biochars from Northeastern forestry feedstocks and their land application to enhance environmental sustainability of agricultural production systems Optimization of nutrient uptake in shrub willow and switchgrass to provide multiple ecosystem services Smart sorbent for selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from anaerobic digester gas The NE Regional Sun Grant Center also developed a process for making internal awards to Penn State PIs. Most of the noncompetitive funds will be distributed to the highest ranked proposals that competed but did not get awards through the competitive process. These awards are awaiting submission to and approval by USDA. South Central Regional Sun Grant Center (Oklahoma State University) Seven competitive projects are underway with PIs and CoPIs in five of the states in the South Central Sun Grant region. PIs are evaluating a number of important factors related to the bioeconomy including: The effect of heat and drought on the oil formation of southern Great Plains winter canola Biochars from excelsior woody biomass residues for improved poplar production A cloud-based decision support system to integrate biomass quality, uncertainty, and risk to optimize the production of second-generation biofuels Use of novel biocatalysts for butanol production with high yield and carbon conversion Use of low temperature plasma gasification to utilize diverse carbonaceous feedstocks Development of alternative water sources for bioenergy crop production on marginal land Modeling and analysis of the logistical challenge of supplying biomass for biofuel and biopower Two internal projects are also underway at Oklahoma State University including: Hydrocarbon fuels, chemicals and intermediates from synergistic co-pyrolysis of biomass and natural gas A two-stage reactor and cell recycle system for enhanced alcohol production from syngas Southeastern Regional Sun Grant Center (University of Tennessee) Six competitive projects are underway with PIs and CoPIs in six of the states in the Southeastern Sun Grant region. PIs are evaluating a number of important factors related to the bioeconomy including: Development of high-value chemicals from hemicellulose hydrolyzates Production of omega-3 and fatty acids from sweet sorghum Exploring molecular interactions affecting the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic feedstocks Enhanced biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass employing metabolically engineered Clostridium beijerinckii and novel acetic-acid-based biomass pretreatment Predicting the release of and evaluating strategies for the removal of biomass inorganic impurities during gasification Mechanical refining technology to produce low cost sugars from biomass Two internal projects are also underway at the University of Tennessee including: Investigating the removal of hemicellulose oligomers from bioenergy crops for the production of value-added materials Self-assembly of lignin from different sources in recycled polyester and controlling properties of the composites Western Regional Sun Grant Center (Oregon State University) Two competitive projects are underway with PIs and CoPIs in two of the states in the Western Sun Grant region. PIs are evaluating a number of important factors related to the bioeconomy including: Optimizing juniper utilization for bioenergy and biobased products and sageland steppe restoration (aka the Juniper Biomass Optimization Project [JuBOP]) A softwood sugar depot: a novel decentralized biomass conversion system to produce low cost intermediates for transportation fuel and value added chemicals Internal projects are currently being determined at Oregon State University.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Yaguchi, A., Rives, D., Blenner, M. The New Kids on the Block: Emerging Oleaginous Yeast of Biotechnological Importance, AIMS Microbiology 3(2):186-206 (2017).
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Mignard, N., Taha, M., Becquart, F., & Ayoub, A. (2017). Polysaccharides and lignin based hydrogels with potential pharmaceutical use as a drug delivery system produced by a reactive extrusion process. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 104, 564-575.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Quick, A., Taha, M., Mignard, N., Becquart, F., & Ayoub, A. (2017). Hemicellulose extraction and characterization for applications in paper coatings and adhesives. Industrial Crops and Products, 107, 370-377.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Dunbar, M.., Adhikari, A., Kontz, B., Varenhorst, A., Nleya, T., Byamukama, E., and Mathew, F. 201X. First report of Alternaria black spot caused by Alternaria alternata on Brassica carinata in South Dakota. Plant Disease, doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-17-0222-PDN


Progress 09/01/15 to 08/31/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Researchers, producers, extension personnel, commodity groups, industry personnel, other bioenergy and bioeconomy stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Undergraduate and graduate students are being trained with these projects. Examples of training include: learning reasearch methods and new techniques along with preparing and presenting conference presentations, and preparing articles for publication. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Various means will be used to disseminate information gathered from projects in this award including but not limited to: professional meeting presentations, field days, journal articles, one-on-one meetings and discussions, extension meetings, etc. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue to monitor individual project progress via regular reports from each of the PIs.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Each Sun Grant Regional Center has completed competitive solicitations. Brief project descriptions are outlined below. North Central Sun Grant Center (South Dakota State University) Title: Improving cold tolerance in sorghum: a promising feedstock for biofuels and biobased products in the northern Great Plains PI and Institution: Marisol Berti, North Dakota State University Summary: Incorporating forage sorghum into existing crop rotations will provide a new source of forage and biomass feedstock while providing many ecosystem services. Title: Quantifying the contribution of native and non-native pollinators to Brassica carinata yield and carinata's impact on pollinator health PI and Institution: Charles Fenster, South Dakota State University Summary: The long-term goals of our collaborative project are to quantify the contribution of pollinators to carinata yield; the contribution of carinata to sustaining native pollinators, honey bees and honey yield; estimate the economic impact of carinata; and perform outreach. Title: Sustainable Oilseed Feedstocks: Development of best management practices for the production of Brassica carinata (L) in the Dakotas PI and Institution: Thandiwe Nleya, South Dakota State University Summary: This project will develop best management practices for the production of Brassica carinata through determination of optimum planting dates, optimum seeding rates, rotational impacts, nutrient requirements, and insect pests and disease management. Title: Accelerating improvement of biomass sorghum as biofuel feedstock via high throughput phenotyping PI and Institution: Yufeng Ge, University of Nebraska Lincoln Summary: Our hypothesis is that the emerging high throughput phenotyping will enable rapid and in vivo characterization of biomass yield, drought response, and cell wall composition of biomass sorghum plants. Title: Evaluation of Stability of Heterosis for Biomass Yield in Prairie Cordgrass on Marginal Land PI and Institution: D.K. Lee, University of Illinois Summary: The long-term goal of this project is to develop prairie cordgrass as a dedicated energy crop for sustainable feedstock production on marginally-productive lands in the region. Title: Use of Pelleted Biomass to Reduce Pretreatment Severity PI and Institution: Scott Pryor, North Dakota State University Summary: We will work with biomass pellets to determine conditions for effective pretreatment so that accurate information is available to incorporate into process and economic models. Title: Crop Enterprise and Environmental Budgeting Tool (CE2T) for Biomass Cropping Systems PI and Institution: Gregg Johnson, University of Minnesota Summary: Our goal is to provide a broad set of users with a decision support tool that can be used to make informed decisions about the economic and environmental value of perennial-based biomass crop production. Title: Sustainable materials from corn stover PI and Institution: Goutham Vemuri, Sasya, LLC Summary: The overall goal of this project is to use low-cost sugars produced from corn stover, using glycerol as a solvent, to sustainably produce bio-plastics and bio-polymers. Southeast Sun Grant Center (University of Tennessee) Title: High-Value Chemicals from Hemicellulose Hydrolyzates PI and Institution: Maren Roman, Virginia Tech Summary: This project will explore the potential technological and economic benefits of the production of high-value surfactants from hemicellulose fractions obtained from different feedstocks. Title: Omega-3 and Fatty Acid Production from Sweet Sorghum PI and Institution: Mark Blenner, Clemson University Summary: This proposal addresses problems associated with sorghum use with demonstration of valuable omega-3 fatty acid production from sorghum syrup and from sorghum bagasse. Title: Exploring molecular interactions affecting the recalcitrance of lignocellulosic feedstocks PI and Institution: Laurene Tetard, University of Central Florida Summary: The overarching goal of this proposal is to explore the core interactions between biopolymers of lignocellulosic cell walls using analytical metrology tools. Title: Enhanced biofuel production from lignocellulosic biomass employing metabolically engineered Clostridium beijerinckii and novel acetic-acid-based biomass pretreatment PI and Institution: Yi Wang, Auburn University Summary: The long-term goal is to develop an innovative biomass pretreatment method using acetic acid as the treatment reagent in order to improve the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biobutanol. South Central Sun Grant Center (Oklahoma State University) Title: Biochars from Excelsior Woody Biomass Residues for Improved Poplar Production PI and Institution: Catherine Brewer, New Mexico State University Summary: The long-term goal of this research is to improve the sustainability of the excelsior industry and the local forestry and agricultural systems by creating material movement cycles between forest, farm, and factory. Title: Cloud-based Decision Support System Integrating Biomass Quality, Uncertainty and Risk to Optimize the Production of Second-generation Biofuels PI and Institution: Krystel Castillo, University of Texas at San Antonio Summary: The long-term goal of this proposal is to enable the conversion of large quantities of biomass into a marketable product and identify a dominant biomass conversion technology for the industry. Title: Heat and Drought Effects on the Oil Formation of Southern Great Plains Winter Canola PI and Institution: Michael Stamm, Kansas State University Summary: The goals of this project are to develop a bio-based canola economy, promote sustainable production of wheat and canola through crop rotation, and coordinate efficiency of bio-energy research and development. Title: Butanol Production with High Yield and Carbon Conversion Using Novel Biocatalysts PI and Institution: Hasan Atiyeh, Oklahoma State University Summary: Our overarching goal is to increase butanol yield by more than 30% and improve the economics of production via the integrated novel conversion process and utilization of lignocellulosic biomass and CO2). Title: Low temperature plasma gasification to utilize diverse carbonaceous feedstocks PI and Institution: Ajay Kumar, Oklahoma State University Summary: We propose to develop a low-temperature non-thermal plasma gasification hybrid technology that can convert diverse organic feedstocks into syngas almost free of tar with low capital cost and low electric power required. Western Sun Grant Center (Oregon State University) Title: Juniper Biomass Optimization Project (JuBOP): Optimizing juniper utilization for bioenergy and biobased products and sageland steppe restoration PI and Institution: Kristin Tripp, USDA ARS, FSCRU Summary: The goal of the Juniper Biomass Optimization Project (JuBop) is to determine if an integrated strategy for juniper utilization can overcome the barriers to profitably combining sagebrush steppe restoration with production of juniper bioproducts. Title: Softwood sugar depot: a novel decentralized biomass conversion system to produce low cost intermediates for transportation fuel and value added chemicals PI and Institution: Jinwu Wang, Washington State University Summary: The goal of this project is to demonstrate a simple mechanical pretreatment of biomass that can be deployed in a depot style facility to produce cellulosic sugars and lignin.

Publications


    Progress 09/01/14 to 08/31/15

    Outputs
    Target Audience:Researchers, producers, extension personnel, commodity groups, industry personnel, other bioenergy and bioeconomy stakeholders. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Graduate students and post-doctoral research associates are involved with these projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?For projects already selected, we will continue to monitor individual project progress via regular reports from each of the PIs. Other Regional Sun Grant Centers will be developing and completing competitive solicitations in order to select regionally adapted projects.

    Impacts
    What was accomplished under these goals? The Southeast Regional Sun Grant Center completed a region-wide competitive solicitation during the reporting period. The summary information for each of the two selected projects follows. Title: Biomass Inorganic Impurities: Predicting their Release and Evaluating Strategies for their Removal During Gasification PI and Institution: Nourredine Abdoulmoumine, University of Tennessee Summary: The long-term goal of this project is to characterize and predict the release of biomass inorganics during gasification, ultimately improving lignocellulosic biomass conversion to advanced biofuels, chemicals, heat and power. Specifically, the project will complete three tasks: 1) to develop a computational fluid dynamic gasification (CFDG) model to predict inorganic (N, S and metals) release during biomass gasification; 2) to investigate the effect of a mineral acid free hot water extraction (HWE) pretreatment on inorganic reduction in biomass; and 3) to develop novel catalysts and sorbents for gas-phase capture. Title: Mechanical Refining Technology to Produce Low Cost Sugars from Biomass PI and Institution: Sunkyu Park, North Carolina State University Summary: The greatest challenge facing the bio-based economy is the ability to access low cost sugars and produce products that are cost-competitive with products derived from petroleum and natural gas. In the biochemical pathway, the cost of overcoming biomass recalcitrance through chemical and enzymatic pretreatment adds significant cost to the overall cost of production. This research will provide scientific and technical insights on the novel use of mechanical pretreatment technology to provide a platform for the production of low cost sugars from a variety of biomass sources.

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