Seminar Series

January

January 28

Introduction to CABER

Hans Blaschek, Director, CABER; Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Bioenergy Lifecycle and Sustainability

Jurgen Scheffran, Assistant Director of Education, CABER; ACDIS; Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Political Science and Atmospheric Sciences

February

February 4

Miscanthus

Frank Dohleman, Graduate Program, Plant Biology

March

March 10

Next Generation Bioenergy Crops: Implications for Land Use, Greenhouse Gases and Policy

Madhu Khanna, Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics

March 18

How to Grow and Produce It

Eric Rund, Farmer and Owner of International Activities

March 25

Andropogoeae C4 Grasses as a Versatile Biological System for Fuelstock Genetics

Stephen Moose, Associate Professor of Maize Functional, Crop Sciences

Cell Wall Composition in Maize -- Its Genetic Basis and Impact on Biofuel Production

Martin Bohn, Assistant Professor, Crop Sciences

March 24

Marketing and Risk Management from the Producer to the End User

Larry Wood, Sales Manager, The Andersons

March 31

The Use of DDGS and Other Byproducts

Larry Berger, Professor, Animal Sciences

April

April 7

Systems Approach and Engineering solutions to Bioenergy Systems

K.C. Ting, Professor and Head, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

April 14

Cellulosic Ethanol

Bryan White, Professor, Animal Sciences

April 28

Ethanol Production Today

Vijay Singh, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biologcial Engineering and Kent Rausch, Associate Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

May

May 5

Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Biodiesel Fuel

Al Hansen, Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering