Yayyyyyy, I have been here in San Francisco for two days and was only able to get on the internet now! Apparently, there is NO wireless here at the Hilton SF and the ethernet cable did NOT work. So I have missed blogging since I arrived. Anyway, I was able to involve BioSUCCEED in the CELL Division Board as a partner for their main activities, i.e., in promoting their themes of sustainability (this year's ACS Conference theme) and renewability (next years). I think that I will organize a session on BioSUCCEED for next year's CHEM ED Division to promote the concepts as well as we can with as much participation as possible. I have written a professor who is the organizer for our Symposium (Green Chemistry, Sustainability, and Education: Collaborative Projects and Interdisciplinary Outcomes) to find out how I can set one up. I think it will be great fun! I set up a blog on ACS' blog site, but I am not sure if it will get much traffic. We will see! However, I think ACS will be a great avenue to help me spread more widely our net of BioSUCCEED and catch more people.
I was enthralled that we may be able to write a book on the topical matter. Sarah at Wiley & Sons will likely help us do it. It will consist of 7 chapters on the 7 modules that we have in our course. I think that it will definitely be a classic for this area of biomass & bionergy. Let's see how it turns out!
BioSUCCEED is a multi-year project that was funded by the USDA to provide content to all users interested in biomass & bioenergy. NC State University has been working on developing content through its laboratory work, classroom development, and research. It is broadcast on http://www.ncsu.edu/biosucceed for all interested users.
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