2012 Research Projects
State Funded Projects
Biology and Engineering for a Sustainable Tomorrow
- Principle Investigators: Danielle Bellmer, Greg Wilber, Gopal Kakani, Janita Cormell and Cathy Evans
- Funding Agency: Oklahoma State Regents Summer Camps
Building a Center for Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
- Principle Investigators: Rama Ramakumar and Ajay Kumar
- Funding Agency: OSU Planning Grant for Establishing Interdisciplinary Programs
Center for Integrated Renewable Energy Systems. Planning Grants for Establishing Interdisciplinary Programs at Oklahoma State University
- Principle Investigators: Rama Ramakumar, Hasan Atiyeh, Satish Bukkapatnam, Eric Chan-Tin, Qi Cheng, William Kolarik, Ajay Kumar, Karen Maguire and Toby Nelson
- Funding Agency: OSU-Planning Grants for Establishing Interdisciplinary Programs
Exploring the Conversion of Glycerin to Biofuels Using Steam Reforming and Bioconversion Techniques
- Principle Investigators: Hasan Atiyeh and Susan Stagg-Williams
- Funding Agency: OSU Big 12 Faculty Fellowship Program
Identification and Characterization of the Top 10 Biomass Feedstocks in Oklahoma and Texas for Sustainable Production of Fuels, Chemicals and Power
- Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar
- Funding Agency: OSU Big 12 Fellowship Program
Novel Biocatalytic Conversion Process for Enhanced Butanol Production
- Principle Investigators: Hasan Atiyeh and Mark Wilkins
- Funding Agency: OSU-Technology and Business Development Program (TBDP)
Process Development for Drop-In Fuel Production from Producer Gas by Clostridium carboxidivorans
- Principle Investigators: Hasan Atiyeh and Mark Wilkins
- Funding Agency: Oklahoma EPSCoR NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement
Federally-Funded Projects
Biochar for Condition Biomass-Generated Syngas
- Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar
- Funding Agency: NSF-EPSCoR
Discovery of Novel Lignin-Degrading Genes in Bacteria Using Metagenomic and Proteomic Approach for Enhanced Saccharification of Plant Biomass
- Principle Investigators: Babu Fathepure, Patricia Canaan, Rolfe Prade
- Funding Agency: DOT-RITA-South Central Sungrant Program
Identifying Functional Biomarkers for Tillering Trait in Switchgrass
- Principle Investigators: Ramamurthy Mahalingam
- Funding Agency: NSF, ESPCOR, REU (Note: Summer 2012)
Sweet Sorghum Processing Options in a Dual Feedstock Bioenergy System
- Principle Investigators: Danielle Bellemer, Gopal Kakani and Hasan Atiyeh
- Funding Agency: United Sorghum Checkoff Program
Torrefaction and Densification of Switchgrass to Improve Syngas Quality and Transportation Logistics
- Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar, Jaya Tumuluru, Krushna Patil and Danielle Bellmer
- Funding Agency: USDA-NIFA South Central Sungrant Program
Other Sources
Bench-Scale Study of Biomass Steam Reforming
- Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar
- Funding Agency: Rentech Inc.