A team effort helps prepare the Plant Zoo for visitors
The demonstration plots for the 2017 BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) Plant Zoo have been planted. Miscanthus was transplanted into a 30-foot by 40-foot plot north of where t
Iowa State University technology that improves the efficiency of wastewater reclamation using algae has gotten the attention of small Iowa communities and the largest wastewater treatment system in the world.
Iowa State will lead the biorefinery program of the country's 10th -- and just recently announced -- Manufacturing USA Institute. The institute is dedicated to improving the productivity and efficiency of chemical manufacturing. The U.S.
Researchers at Iowa State University are pursuing three thermochemical technologies that can produce biofuels, renewable chemicals, and a carbon-rich residue known as biochar.
Iowa State engineers are working with Chevron U.S.A. to develop a pilot plant and study an advanced biorenewables technology called solvent liquefaction.
Two types of biochar were applied to a sorghum-sudangrass plot in the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) Plant Demonstration Plots. BCRF student employees
From Iowa Farm Bureau — At Iowa State University’s (ISU) BioCentury Research Farm, a line-up of biomass and alternative energy projects has processing Facility Manager Andy Suby excited about moving from bench-scale research
Bio-Polymers Processing Facility Hires Plant Manager, Prepares for Start-up
Shannon Schroeder, assistant scientist in chemical and biological engineering (CBE), was hired in February as the new Bio-Polymers Processing Facility plant manager.
From Forward, Iowa State University Foundation, Spring 2016, page 12 — ISU Foundation's Forward magazine featured an article about the Bio-Polymers Proce
