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

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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

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Other Sources

 

Bench-Scale Study of Biomass Steam Reforming

• Principle Investigators: Ajay Kumar
• Funding Agency: Rentech Inc.