Bioenergy

CFES is working closely with researchers at RPI's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) to develop new industrial partnership opportunities in bioenergy. CBIS research focus is to find alternatives to fossil fuels used in vehicles and for heating through solutions based on cellulosic ethanol and algae derived biodiesel.

 

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Energy Materials:

• Nanostructured materials and biomaterials
• Bioprocessing systems engineering
• Interfacial behavior of polymer nanocomposites
• Artificial photosynthesis to electricity
• Synthetic biology to convert cellulose to hydrocarbons
• Enzyme studies for ligno-cellulose degradability.