Biological Systems Engineering
Research
Bioenergy & Bioproducts Engineering
Bioenergy & Bioproducts (BBE) scientists work toward advancing science and technologies to convert biomass, including wastes, into useful products, fuels, and fuel additives. Highlights of our research program include:
- Production lipid from lignocellulosics for upgrading into renewable jet fuels, diesel, and gasoline
- Integrated algal fuel production including culture processes and extractions of co-products and lipids
- Anaerobic digestion technologies for producing biogas, co-products, and nutrient recovery
- Multiscale modeling of biorefining processes and systems
- Devise feasible process to deconstruct cellulosic biomass
- Identify pathways to convert lignin to jet fuel
- Biomass thermochemical conversions for producing advanced biofuels, chemicals, and bioproducts
Bioenergy & Bioproducts Engineering In the News
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Cellulosic Revelation
Sept 2017 | BIOFUELS JOURNAL
Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington have discovered that newly combined spectroscopy processes can reveal the differences between the inside and the outside of the molecular structure of cellulosic biomass.[ view pdf of article in Biofuels Journal]
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- WSU Research Gets Closer to Cost-Effective BioFuels
- WSU Tri-Cities team earns CleanTech Big Picture prize at UW business competition
- WSU Tri-Cities team in UW business competition ‘sweet 16’
- Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
- New way to characterize cellulose, advance bioproducts
- Grant funds test of market potential for jet fuel research
- Student represents U.S. at sustainable chemistry school
- Student works to boost renewable energy in Philippines
- WSU faculty member presents at National Advance Biofuels Conference and Expo
- Dr. Hanwu Lei and his research group featured in a top journal
- Ph.D. student earns international prize for heat research
- Research Team Competes for Prize
- Biowaste-to-jet fuel
- Bioresource Technology, Best Paper Award 2015
- Research to be presented at 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting
- Doctoral student travels from China to study biofuels pretreatment technology
- Researchers produce jet fuel compounds from fungus
- Global Case Competition
- Student Earns Top International Sustainability Prize
- Early Career Award