Objective 1 Publications: Chen, C., G. Jackson, K. Neill, D. Wichman, G. Johnson, and D. Johnson. 2005. Determining the feasibility of early seeding canola in the northern Great Plains. Agron. J. 97:1252-1262. Chen, C. 2005. Technologies for producing, preserving, and processing biomass for ethanol and animal feed. World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, Apr. 20–22, 2005 Orlando, FL Hanna, M.A., Isom, L. and Campbell, J. (2005). Biodiesel: Current Perspectives and Future. J. Scientific and Industrial Research. Accepted 8/20/05. Igathinathane, C., A. R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, L. O. Pordesimo. 2005. Sorption equilibrium moisture characteristics of selected corn stover components. Transactions of the ASAE 48(4): 1449-1460. X. Ye, J. Julson, M. Kuo, D. Myers, 2005. Biocomposite hardboard from renewable biomass bonded with soybean-based adhesive. Transactions of the ASAE 48(4):1629−1635. Cannayen, I., A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, and L.O. Pordesimo. 2005. Thermodynamic properties and mold appearance on selected corn stover components. Paper No. 056047, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI Ye, X., S. Wang, R. Raun, A. Womac, P. Chen, J. Qi, D. Hayes, and U. Tschirner. 2005 Magnetic resonance microimaging of water transfer in oriented strand board and solid wood. Paper No. 056129, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. Womac, A.R., M. Yu, I. Cannayen, X. Ye, D. Hayes, S. Narayan, S. Sokhansanj, and L. Wright. 2005. Shearing characteristics of biomass for size reduction. Paper No. 056058, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. Objective 2 Publications: J.-W. Kim and T.L. Peeples. 2005. Screening Extremophiles for Bioconversion Potentials. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA. S.E. FischerMS, J.-W. Kim, and T.L. Peeples. 2005. Biotransformation of Corn Stover Pyrolysates by Extremophilic Organisms. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA. I.D. WijesekeraMS, J.-W. Kim, and R. Beitle. 2005. Thermostable, Acid-Tolerant Citrate Synthase from Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7. Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) Annual Meeting, Athens, GA. J.-W. Kim, C.E. LongUnder, and T.L. Peeples. 2004. Revealing Extreme Thermostability of Glycosyl Hydrolases from a Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (Extremophile Bioprocessing Session), Austin, TX. J.-W. Kim, I.D. WijesekeraMS, and R. Beitle. 2004. Expression and Characterization of Thermostable, Acid-Tolerant Citrate Synthase from a Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7. 96th AIChE Ann. Meet. (FPBE Division), Austin, TX. Romano, R.T., R.H. Zhang and K.M. Hartman. 2004. Anaerobic Digestion of Onion Wastes Using a Continuous Two-Phase Anaerobic Solids Digestion System, Paper Presented at at ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting, August 1-4, 2004. Ottawa, Canada. ASAE Paper Number: 047070 Blunk, S.L., B.M. Jenkins, R.E. Aldas, R.H. Zhang, Z.L. Pan, C.W. Yu, N.R. Sakr and Y. Zheng. 2005. Fuel properties and characteristics of saline biomass. Paper No. 056132, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI 49085. Romano, R.T. and R.H. Zhang. 2005. Anaerobic Digestion of Juice from Pressed Onion Waste using a Mixed Biofilm Reactor. Paper Presented at ASAE Annual International Meeting. July 17-20, Tampa, FL. ASAE Paper Number: 057038. Yang, P., R.H. Zhang, J.A. McGarvey and J.R. Benemann, 2005. Hydrogen Production from Food Waste by Anaerobic Fermentation. Paper Presented at ASAE Annual International Meeting. July 17-20, Tampa, FL. ASAE Paper Number: 056019. Crofcheck, C., M. D. Montross, A. Berkovich, R. Andrews. 2005. The Effect of Temperature on the Mild Solvent Extraction of White and Red Oak. Biomass & Bioenergy,28(6): 572-578. 1 Chinn, MS, Nokes, SE, Strobel, HJ. 2005. Screening of Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacteria for Solid Substrate Cultivation on Lignocellulosic Substrates. Submitted to Biotechnology Progress 5/6/05. Bothun, GD, Knutson, BL, Berberich, JA, Strobel, HJ and SE Nokes. 2005. Molecular and phase toxicity of compressed and supercritical fluids in biphasic continuous cultures of Clostridium thermocellum. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 89(1): 32-41. Provisional Patent Application 64004.00. Us/Method For Separating Saturated And Unsaturated Fatty Acids L.Wang, Properties Of Soybean Oil Bodies And Oleosin Proteins As Edible Films And Coatings, Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue 2004 J. A. Smith, Qualification Testing And Fluorescent Imaging Of Biobased Aviation Deicer Fluids, M.S. Thesis, Purdue 2004 D.K. Allen, Lipid Modification Through Lipase-Based Bioreactors For Oil Production Systems, Ph. D. Thesis, Purdue 2004 D.K. Allen, B.Y.Tao, Kinetic Characterization Of Enhanced Lipase Activity On Oil Bodies, Jaocs In Press B. Y. Tao, Biofuels For Home Heating Oils In Industrial Uses Of Vegetable Oils (S. Erhan, Ed.) Aocs Publications 2005 Kolah, A.; Lira, C.T.; Vu, D.T.; Asthana, N; Miller, D.J. "Modeling of oligimerization in concentrated lactic acid solutions", Fluid Phase Equil. 236, 125-135 (2005). Asthana, N.; Kolah, A.; Vu, D. T.; Lira, C.T. ; Miller D.J. "A Continuous Reactive Separation Process for Ethyl Lactate Formation", J. Org. Process Res. Dev. 9, 599-607, (2005). Kohli, N.; Worden, R. M.; Lee, I. "Intact Transfer of Layered, Bionanocomposite Arrays by Microcontact Printing," Chemical Communications 316-318, (3), (2005). Hassler, B.L. and R.M. Worden, "Versatile Bioelectronic Interfaces Based on Heterotrifunctional Linking Molecules," Biosensors and Bioelectronics, in press (2005). Kim, S and B.E. Dale, “Ethanol Fuels: E10 or E85 – Life Cycle Perspectives,” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, (Online First, 1-5). Kim, S and B.E. Dale, “Life Cycle Assessment Study of Biopolymers (Polyhydroxyalkanoates) Derived from No-Tilled Corn,” The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 10 (3) 200 – 210 (2005). Kim, S and B.E. Dale, “Environmental aspects of ethanol derived from no-tilled corn grain:nonrenewable energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, Biomass and Bioenergy 28 (2005) 475–489. Baber, T.; Briedis, D.; R.M. Worden, “The Positive Influence of the College Teaching Certificate Program and other Teaching and Mentoring Opportunities at Michigan State University: A Doctoral Student’s Perspective,” Chemical Engineering Education 38, 250-253, (2004). Epplin, F.M., L.D. Mapemba, and G. Tembo. 2005. Economic Modeling of a Lignocellulosic Biomass Biorefining Industry. IN: Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy. ed. Joe Outlaw, Keith Collins and James Duffield. pp. 145-157. London: CAB International. Wang, L. J., Weller, C. L. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). An integrated mathematical model of fluid dynamics, heat transfer and reaction kinetics for fluidized bed gasification of biomass, Paper to be presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting, October 30 - November 4, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Fernando, S. and Hanna, M.A. (2004). Development of a novel biofuel blend using ethanol - biodiesel diesel microemulsions: EB-Diesel. Energy and Fuels 18:1695-1703. Brune, D. E., G. Schwartz, J. A. Collier, A. G. Eversole, and T. E. Schwedler, Partitioned Aquaculture Systems, Chapter 20 in Biology and Culture of Channel Catfish, C. S. Tuckers and J. A. Hargreaves, Editors, pp 561-584, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2004. Brune D.E., G. Schwartz, A. G. Eversole, J. A. Collier, and T. E. Schwedler, Partitioned Aquaculture Systems, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center Publication, 2004. Brune, D.E., James M. Carlberg, J. C. Van Olst, Michael J. Massingill, R. J. Chamberlain, Gregory Schwartz and John R. Benemann, The Controlled Eutrophication Process for Environmental 2 Remediation and Greenhouse Gas Abatement, Proceeding of the 3rd Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration Conference. 2004. Brune, D.E., Kendall, K., and A. G. Eversole, Autotrophic Intensification of Pond Aquaculture: Shrimp Production in a Partitioned Aquaculture System, Proceeding of the Fifth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, 2004. Brune, D. E., Eversole, A.G., J. A. Collier, and T. E. Schwedler, Contolled Eutrophication System Aquaculture System, United States Patent Pending, 2004. Mueller, C.R., Eversole, A.G., Turker, H., and Brune, D.E., Effect of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitirix and freshwater mussel Ellipitio complanata filtration on the phytoplankton community of Partitioned Aquaculture System units. J. World Aquaucult. Soc. 35(2): 372-382, 2004. J. Benemann, J. Polle, M. Huesemann, J. Yu, D. Brune, J Weissman and D. Kyle, A Novel Photobiological Hydrogen Production Process, Proceeding of the 13th Congress of Photosynthesis, In Press, 2004. Objective 3 Publications: Biobased Polymers and Composites, 2005, By Richard P. Wool and Xiuzhi Susan Sun, 640 pages, ISBN 0-12-763952-7 Guan, J.J. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Selected morphological and functional properties of extruded acetylated starch-polylactic acids foams. Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research 44(9):31063115. Wang, L. J., Ganjyal, G. M., Jones, D. D., Weller, C. L. and Hanna, M. A. (2004). Simulation of fluid flow, heat transfer and melting of biomaterials in a single – screw extruder. Journal of Food Science 69(5):212-223. Wang, L. J., Ganjyal, G. M., Jones, D. D., Weller, C. L. and Hanna, M. A. (2005). Modeling of bubble growth dynamics and non-isothermal expansion in starch-based foam during extrusion. Advances in Polymer Technology 24(1):29-45. Xu, Y., Dzenis, Y. and Hanna. M. (2005). Water solubility, thermal characteristics and biodegradability of extruded starch acetate foams. Industrial Crops and Products 21(3):361-368. Guan, J. and Hanna, M.A. (2004). Extruded foams from corn starch acetate and native corn starch. Carbohydrate Polymers 5(6):2329-2339. Guan, J., Eskridge, K. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Acetylated starch-polylactic acid loose-fill packaging materials. Industrial Crops and Product. 22(2):109-123. Reddy, N. and Yang, Y. (2005). Structure and properties of high quality natural cellulose fibers from cornstalks. Polymer 46(15):5494-5500. Reddy, N. and Yang, Y. (2005). Properties and potential applications of natural cellulose fibers from cornhusks. Green Chemistry 7(4):190 – 195. Reddy, N. and Yang, Y. (2005). Biofibers from agricultural byproducts for industrial applications. Trends in Biotechnology 23(1):22-27. Reddy, N. and Yang, Y. (2005). New long natural cellulosic fibers from cornhusks: structure and properties. AATCC Review 5(7):24-27. Xu, Y. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Physical, mechanical and morphological characteristics of extruded starch acetate foam. J. Polymers and the Environment 13(3): Xu, Y. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Preparation and properties of biodegradable foams form starch acetate and poly(tetremethylene adipate-co-terephthalate). Carbohydrate Polymers 59(4):521-529. Xu, Y., Kim, K., Hanna, M.A. and Nag, D. (2005). Chitosan-starch composite films preparation and characterization. Industrial Crops and Products 21:185-192. Xu, Y., Miladinov, V. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Starch acetate-maleate mixed ester synthesis and characterization. Cereal Chemistry 82(3):336-340. Zhou, J. and Hanna, M.A. (2005). Effects of the properties of blowing agents on processing and performance of extruded starch acetate. J. Applied Polymer Science. 97:1880-1890. 3 Chen, Y., Chiparus, O., Sun, L., Negulescu, I.I., Parikh, D.V., and Calamari, T.A. Natural Fibers for Automotive Nonwoven Composites. Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2005, 35(1), 47-62. Chen, Y., Sun, L., Negulescu, I.I., Moore, M.A., and Collier, B.J. Evaluating Efficiency of Alkaline Treatment for Waste Bagasse. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics, 2005, Vol. 44, 395-409. Objective 4 Publications: Bergeron, C., Gafner, S., Carrier, D.J. and Clausen, E. (2005). “ Extraction of glutamine and flavonoid from skullcap”. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry: 53: 3076-3080. Carrier, D.J. and Clausen, E. (2005). Extraction of phytochemicals, coupled to energy production. Paper presented at the ASABE Annual Meeting, July 17-20, Tampa, FL. Lau, S., Carrier, D.J., Beitle, B., Lay, J., Howard, L., Liyanage, R. and Clausen, C. “Identification and quantification of glycoside flavonoids in the energy crop Kudzu”. (2005). Applied Biotechnology and Biochemistry: 121-124:783-794. Powell, E, Hill, G, Juurlink, G and Carrier, DJ. (2005). “ Glucoraphinin extraction from Cardaria draba Part 1: Optimization of batch extraction. “ Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 80 (9): 985-991. Powell, E, Hill, G, Juurlink, G and Carrier, DJ. (2005). “ Glucoraphinin extraction from Cardaria draba Part 2: Countercurrent Extraction, Bioactivity and Toxicity Testing.” Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 80 (9): 992-997. Tanko, H, Carrier, DJ, Duan, L, and Clausen, E. (2005).“Pre and post harvesting processing of medicinal plants”. Plant Genetic Resources: 3: 304-313. Wallace, S, Carrier, DJ, and Clausen, E (2005).“Batch extraction of nutraceuticals from Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum (L) Gaertner) using organic solvents and water”. Phytochemical Analysis 16 (1): 7-16. Joh, L., N. Ewing, T. Wroblewski, and J.S. VanderGheynst. 2005. High-level transient expression of recombinant protein in lettuce. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91: 861-871. Joh, L., K. McDonald and J.S. VanderGheynst. 2005. Evaluating extraction and storage of a recombinant protein produced in agroinfiltrated lettuce. Submitted to Biotechnology Progress. Wang, L.J. and Weller, C.L. (2005). Extraction efficiency and quality of extract for three-grain sorghum lipid extraction methods, Paper presented at the ASAE Annual Meeting, July 17-20, Tampa, Florida, USA. Carr, T.P., Weller, C.L., Schlegel, V.L., Cuppett, S.L., Guderian, D.M., Jr. and Johnson, K.R. (2005). Grain sorghum lipid extract reduces cholesterol absorption and plasma non-HDL cholesterol concentration in hamsters. Journal of Nutrition 135(9):2236-2240. Ekensair, A., Carrier, D.J., Duan, L., and Clausen, E. “Extraction of flavonoids from mimosa, using water” presented at the 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Denver May 2005 (poster) Carrier, D.J. and Clausen, E. “Extraction of flavonoids from mimosa using water”. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Tampa, FL 7/05 (oral) Lakkakula, N.R., Lima, M., Walker, T.H. 2004. Rice bran stabilization and rice bran oil extractaion using ohmic heating. Bioresource Technol. 92: 157-161. Walker, T.H and P Patel. 2004. Integrated Bioprocessing Technique for Production of Nutraceutical Oils from Agricultural Residues. SIM Annual Meeting Abstracts, Anaheim, CA, July 25-29, 2004. Paresh Patel and T.H. Walker. 2004. Effect of extraction method on the level of important antioxidants in rice bran oil. ASAE International Meeting, Ottawa, ON. Patel, P., Na Hua , T H Walker and M Lima. 2004. Effect of harvest date on milling characteristics of Cocodrie and Cypress varieties of rice. ASAE International Meeting, Ottawa, ONT Patel, P., T.H. Walker. 2004. Supercritical fluid extraction of rice bran oil as affected by extraction time and other extraction conditions. IBE National Meeting, University of Arkansas. 4 Zhang, C., Medina-Bolivar, F., Buswell, S., and Cramer, C. L., 2005. Purification and stabilization of ricin B from tobacco hairy root culture medium by aqueous two phase extraction. Journal of Biotechnology. 117(1): 39-48. Zhang, C., Lillie, R., Cotter, J., and Vaughan, D., 2005. Lysozyme purification from tobacco extract by polyelectrolyte precipitation. Journal of Chromatography A. 1069 (1): 107-112. Objective 5 Publications: Walker, T.H., Drapcho, C.M. and Allen, W.H., A Zero-Based Curriculum Revision in Biological Engineering: Challenges for a New Century, Int. J. Eng. Ed. (accepted for publication, 2005). 5