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12th NIChE Conference

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Bio-Based Feedstocks
Argonne, IL

Conference Program
Monday, June 11:

  • Registration
  • 1:00 APS Conference Center Building 402 Room E1100
  • Afternoon session – Biobased Feedstocks for the Chemical Industry
  • 1:30-2:00 Dr. Seth Snyder – Conference Overview of Biobased Feedstocks and Government Funding of Research
  • 2:00-3:00 Dr. Michael Cockrem – Kiwichem International – Opportunities for Industrial Chemicals from Biobased Feedstocks
  • 3:00 – 3:30 Break
  • 3:30 - 4:30 Professor Thomas Amidon – SUNY - College of Environmental Science and Forestry– Direct Biomass Utilization
  • 4:30 - 4:45 Break
  • 4:45 – 5:45 Dr. Richard Marinangeli – UOP – Opportunities for Renewable Feedstocks in Refineries
  • 6:30 - Reception at Argonne at the Guest House


Tuesday June 12

  • Morning session – Fermentation
  • 8:30 - 9:30 Professor J. Greg Zeikus – Michigan State University – Bacterial Fermentations for Biobased Industrial Products Manufacture
  • 9:30 – 9:45 Break
  • 9:45 -10:45 Dr. Jon Magnuson – Pacific Northwest Laboratory – Fungal Fermentations
  • 10:45 - 11:00 Break
  • 11:00 – 12:00 Dr. Steve Stoddard – Archer Daniels Midland –Industrial Fermentations
  • 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch at the Conference Center
  • Afternoon session - Chemical Processing and Conversion Technologies
  • 1:00 – 2:00 Dr. Rich Bain – National Renewable Energy Laboratory – Biomass Gasification
  • 2:00 – 2:15 Break
  • 2:15: - 3:15 Dr. Anja Oasmaa – VTT Technical Research Center of Finland – Fast Pyrolysis For Energy Production – A Finnish Perspective
  • 3:15 – 3:30 break
  • 3:30 – 4:30 Dr. Foster A Agblevor, Virginia Tech - Pyrolysis
  • 4:30 - 5:00 Open Discussions on Conversion Technologies
  • 7:00 - shuttle bus departs to dinner at the Millennium Park Grill in historic Millennium Park

Wednesday June 13

  • Morning session –Integration and Impact
  • 8:30 - 9:30 Professor Richard Wool – University of Delaware – Polymerization
  • 9:30 - 9:45 Break
  • 9:45 -10:45 Professor Munir Cheryan – Separations for the BioBased Era
  • 10:45 - 11:00 break
  • 11:00 - 12:00 Dr. Michael Wang - Argonne – Well-to-Wheel Analysis of Biofuels
  • Lunch
  • 12:00-1:30 Lunch and wrap up. Seth Snyder – Wrap up of discussions, paths forward, opportunities for collaboration
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