Bioeconomic Development Institute
Research Highlights

Bio-Based Feedstocks

• Poly(3-hydroxybuyrate) production from industrial hemp waste pretreated
  with a chemical-free hydrothermal process
• Economic Feasibility of Forest Biomass Feedstock Supply Chains
• Willow Biomass Crops Are a Carbon Negative or Low-Carbon Feedstock Depending on Prior Land Use and Transportation Distances to End Users
• Integrated Stochastic Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis for Shrub Willow Production in the Northeastern United States
• Growing Season Harvests of Shrub Willow (Salix spp.) Have Higher Nutrient Removals and Lower Yields Compared to Dormant-Season Harvests
• Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol produced via fermentation of sugars derived from shrub willow (Salix ssp.) hot water extraction in the Northeast United States
• Efficient Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Polyhydroxybutyrate Production from Non-Recyclable Fiber Rejects from Paper Mills by Recombinant Escherichia coli
• Polyhydroxybutyrate production from non-recyclable fiber rejects and acid whey as mixed substrate by recombinant Escherichia coli
• Optimization of Combined Hydrothermal and Mechanical Refining Pretreatment of Forest Residue Biomass for Maximum Sugar Release during Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Value Added Bio-Based Products

• The Financial Tradeoff Between the Production of Biochar and Biofuel via Pyrolysis Under Uncertainty
• Quantifying the Comparative Value of Carbon Abatement Scenarios Over Different Investment Timing Scenarios
• Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ethanol produced via fermentation of sugars derived from shrub willow (Salix ssp.) hot water extraction in the Northeast United States
• Carbon footprint of biofuels production from forest biomass using hot water extraction and biochemical conversion in the Northeast United States
• Techno-Economic Analysis for Evaluating Biorefinery Strategies
• Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate production from acid whey through determination of process and metabolic limiting factors