BioSUCCEED Presentation Information at 14th Annual Green Chemistry Conference

GC&E Monday, June 21, 2010

39 - BioSUCCEED: A USDA Cooperative Agreement that promotes Bioproducts Sustainability to meet Biomaterials & Bioenergy Needs in the Future Bio-based Economy

Associate Professor Lucian A Lucia Ph.D., Associate Professor Xiaodong Cao Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Ilari Filpponen Ph.D., Professor Martin A. Hubbe Ph.D., Professor Hasan Jameel Ph.D., Professor Steven S. Kelley Ph.D., Professor Timothy G. Rials Ph.D., Professor Keith A. Schimmel Ph.D., Professor Richard A. Venditti Ph.D.. Wood & Paper Science North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina United States, Chemical Engineering North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Greensboro North Carolina United States, Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries University of Tennessee Agricultural Campus Knoxville Tennessee United States, School of Biological Science and Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou Guangdong China

BIOSUCCEED: BIOproducts Sustainability, a University Cooperative Center for Excellence in Education (ncsu.edu/biosucceed) is a virtual center of excellence to provide educational tools for public interest in the "green" economy. Recently, we provided a programmatic review at the Spring 2010 National ACS Meeting discussing our mission, goals, and modules. BioSUCEED is aligned with ongoing curriculum development at NCSU, NCAT, and UT. For example, NCSU started a campus-wide biomass & bioenergy initiative, NCAT has a new interdisciplinary Energy and Environmental Studies graduate program and new undergraduate thematic clusters that emphasize emerging technologies, and UT is leading a regional SUNGRANT program (sungrant.tennessee.edu). In this presentation, we will review some of the key concepts already discussed and provide new concepts developed in the biomaterial chemistry of cellulose. We will discuss some of the powerful biomaterials & bioenergy manufacturing and analytical techniques that have arisen from our teaching laboratory work including electrospinning, GC analysis of fermentation of biomass, and development of new biomaterials. All of the information is freely available at the website for use in academic, industrial, or governmental settings. The partnering universities expect that BioSUCCEED will produce students to galvanize the biomass & bioenergy paradigmatic shift from the petroleum-dominated landscape to one based on renewable feedstocks. Ultimately, increased involvement in the mission of BioSUCCEED will provide educated personnel that will maintain environmental compatibility and allow local economies to flourish.







Monday, June 21, 2010 03:50 PM

Education (01:30 PM - 04:10 PM)

Location: Capital Hilton

Room: Federal B

14th Annual Green Chemistry Conference Presentation

We have been busily working away at crafting another presentation in our list of conferences and proceedings to advertise our efforts in BioSUCCEED. This one will be a lot of fun because we are targeting green chemists/engineers; those folks who are looking at environmentally alternative ways to improve our society. I will ask for survey input and also their involvement in the "clickers" work that had been so successful at the ACS Meeting in San Francisco. Please let me know if you have any questions about the content and/or the clicker section.

New Papers on the Way and a Book!!!

We have been busy publishing the results of our work in BioSUCCEED in various journals. We have submitted an article to the Journal of Chemical Education, ChemSusChem, and are preparing at least two more for our effort. Although our funding is diminishing, we have put a lot of time, energy, and resources into the efforts of BioSUCCEED. In fact, Wiley has agreed to publish a book on the topics that we have developed. We already have four authors on board - Schimmel (NCAT), Venditti & Hubbe (NCSU), and are hopeful to have a few more soon. Sarah Hall will be working with us on this major effort. Wish us luck!!!

World Bioenergy

One of the fans of our Facebook BioSUCCEED page gave me some information that I would like to direct all bloggers to visit: There is an international organization that will help to spead the benefits of the biomass for energy in the world. Take a look at: http://www.worldbioenergy.org. Send me your opinions and thoughts on this site. Is it meaningful to you? Will it make a difference in your life?

239th ACS Conference (San Francisco) Contacts

I made two valuable contacts in San Francisco at the CHEM ED DIV Symposium I attended. The contacts are: Prof. Dalila Kovacs, Ph.D. (Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI) and Amy Cannon, Ph.D. (beyondbenign/a warner babcock foundation) who have a lot of good stuff going on. I am going to contact my colleague Elizabeth Scharpf who works in SHE for the benefit of underprivileged women around the world. It is an exciting time!

ACS Green Chemistry and Pacifi-Chem Conferences Here We Come!!!

It appears that our USDA BioSUCCEED program will have at least some share of the limelight in other international Conferences. We just received word that our papers submitted to these two additional ACS Conferences have been accepted! I am elated at this news. We will have in total another four papers from the Group here at NC State University to advertise the work that we have been doing in biomass & bioenergy research and education. Wish us luck!!!! The Conference coming up immediately is the 14th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference which is to be held from June 21-23 (2010) in Washington, D.C. Please go to: www.GCandE.org for more information!

Success! BioSUCCEED succeeds!!!

We had an excellent time during the CHEM ED Division symposium that was chaired by Professor Dalila Kovacs. We had a room full of guests from all walks of life who were primarily interested in topics related to teaching, research, and education. I was inspired by the number and interest shown by the people in the room. Although I could not record it in video format, I was able to provide a roughly 30 minute presentation on our program with the survey that used clickers. It was completely fun and exciting! I was able to show everyone the incredible coincidental advertisement of a book on clickers. I think that we should buy this book to help us use the clicker technology for increased audience participation.

In general, we had a great time sharing, learning, and having fun. BioSUCCEED had a great debut amongst the folks in the crowd (20 including me).