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State Funded Projects

 

Bioethanol Dewatering Demonstration and Research Facility

  • Principle Investigators: James Whiteley and Danielle Bellmer
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma Bioenergy Center

 

Building Oklahoma's Leadership Role in Cellulosic Bioenergy

  • Principle Investigators: James Wickstead, Ray Huhnke, Ajay Kumar, Danielle Bellmer, Mostafa Elshahed, Mali Mahalingam, Stephen Marek, Krushna Patil, Tim Samuels, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Million Tadege, Yanqi Wu
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for NSF EPSCoR

 

Functional Genomics of Biomass Feedstock Development

  • Principle Investigators: James Wickstead and Million Tadege
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma NSF-EPSCoR

 

The Molecular Basis of Leaf Lamina Development in Medicago truncatula

  • Principle Investigators: Million Tadege
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)

Federally-Funded Projects

 

Alternative Crops and Biofuel Production

  • Principle Investigators: Phil Kenkel, Rodney Holcomb
  • Funding Agency: DOE

 

Assessing and Predicting Switchgrass and High Biomass Sorghum Yields and Economic Viability

  • Principle Investigators: Felix Fritschi, Gopal Kakani, Charles West, Michael Popp, Montgomery Alison
  • Funding Agency: DOT-RITA South Central Sun Grant Program

 

Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass

  • Principle Investigators: Laura Bartley, Yanqi Wu, Charles Brummer, Malay Saha
  • Funding Agency: DOE-USDA Plant Feedstock Genomics of Bioenergy

 

BioWinol Technologies: A Hybrid Green Process for Biofuel Production - Phase 2

  • Principle Investigators: Mark Wilkins, Hasan Atiyeh, and Ray Huhnke
  • Funding Agency: US Environmental Protection Agency

 

Determination of Energy Contents from Stored Oklahoma Biomass

  • Principle Investigators: Michael Buser
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma EPSCOR Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

 

Design, Performance Prediction and Validation of a Seed Orienting Corn Planter

  • Principle Investigators: Michael Buser and Adrian Koller
  • Funding Agency: Sitlington Enriched Graduate Award for Adrian Koller-OSU-CASNR

 

Effect of Growth Media Chemical Composition on Algal Biomass Properties

  • Principle Investigators: Nurhan Dunford, Douglas Hamilton, Danielle Bellmer, Ning Wang
  • Funding Agency: DOT-RITA South Central Sun Grant Program

 

Magnetically Recyclable Biocatalysts for Biofuel Production

  • Principle Investigators: Mark Wilkins and Yu (Jessie) Mao
  • Funding Agency: Oklahoma Center for Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)

 

Regional Biomass Feedstock Partnership Project

  • Principle Investigators: Gopal Kakani
  • Funding Agency: US Department of Energy

 

Sustainable Feedstock Production Supply Systems to Support Cellulosic Biorefinery Industries

  • Principle Investigators: Ray Huhnke, Michael Buser, Carol Jones, Gopal Kakani, Tyson Ochsner, Jason Warren, Francis Epplin
  • Funding Agency: USDA-BRDI

 

Testing & Breeding of New Switchgrass Cultivars for Increased Biomass Production in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Kansas

  • Principle Investigators: Yanqi Wu, Charles West, James Muir, Vara Prasad and Gopal Kakani
  • Funding Agency: DOT-RITA South Central Sun Grant Program

 

Use of Alternative Water Sources for Bioenergy Crops Production in Arid Southwest Region of the U.S.

  • Principle Investigators: Girisha Ganjegunte, Genhua Niu, April Ulery, Chenggang Wang and Yanqi Wu
  • Funding Agency: DOT-RITA-South Central Sun Grant Program

 

Understanding Plant-Soil-Microbial Processes to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Bioenergy Feedstock

  • Principle Investigators: Gail Wilson, Michael Miller, Nancy Johnson, Yanqi Wu and Melinda Williamson
  • Funding Agency: USDA, AFRI

 

Value-Added Utilization of Biochar in Syngas Clean-Up and Conditioning

  • Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar, Krushna Paril, Danielle Bellmer
  • Funding Agency: USDA-NIFA South Central Sun Grant Program

Other Sources

 

Evaluate Beta Seed Inc. Energy Beets for Biomass and Sugar Yield

  • Principle Investigator: Gopal Kakani
  • Funding Agency: Beta Seed Inc.
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