Willow Woody Biomass
The Northeast Woody/Warm-season Biomass Consortium
SUNY ESF is now a member of the NEWBio project, a regional network of universities, businesses and government agencies dedicated to developing all aspects of renewable biomass energy in the Northeastern U.S. With a focus on revitalizing rural economies and under-utilized agricultural land.
NEWBio is developing shrub willow and other biomass feedstocks such as switchgrass
and miscanthus through a combination of demonstration sites and numerous project thrusts
including:
- Human Systems in the Northeast Regional Bioeconomy
- Feedstock Improvement for Perennial Energy Crops
- Harvest, Preprocessing, and Logistics of Integrated Biomass Supply Chains
- System Performance and Sustainability Metrics
- Safety and Health in Biomass Feedstock Production and Processing Operations
- Extension
- Education
- Leadership, Stakeholder Involvement, and Program Evaluation
SUNY ESF is primarily collaborating with project partners in the thrust areas of Human Systems, Harvesting, Sustainability and Extension, as well as Executive Leadership and cross-thrust interactions. ESF is also overseeing activities at willow demonstration sites in Northern New York that are showcasing commercial willow production, harvesting and end-use applications of this new biomass energy crop. For more information, webinars and events, please visit the links below:
NEWBio Project Partners
NEWBio Team Members at ESF
Current Members
Dr. Timothy Volk - Executive Committee - Harvesting/Sustainability/Extension
Dr. Theresa Selfa - Team Co-Chair - Human Systems
Dr. Andrea Felpausch-Parker - Senior Personnel - Human Systems
Dr. Larry Abrahamson - Senior Personnel - Feedstock Improvement
Dr. Mark Eisenbies - Senior Personnel - Harvest, Preprocessing and Logistics
Dr. Tristan Brown - Senior Personnel - Harvest, Preprocessing and Logistics
Dr. Morey Burnham - Post Doctoral Researcher - Human Systems
Justin Heavey - Senior Personnel - Extension
Nathan Sleight - Graduate Student - Sustainability Systems
Tyler Mock - 2014 Bioenergy Scholar
Previous Members
Ayushi Patel - Graduate Student - Harvest, Preprocessing and Logistics
Charles Bush - Undergraduate Student - Feedstock Improvement
Isaac Knipfing - 2014 Bioenergy Scholar - Harvest, Preprocessing and Logistics
Joseph Volcko - 2014 Bioenergy Scholar - Feedstock Improvement
Shannon Hennessey - 2013 Bioenergy Scholar - Feedstock Improvement
Kavya Krishnan - 2013 Bioenergy Scholar - Feedstock Improvement