2011 Research Projects
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.