{"id":1773,"date":"2011-01-24T22:08:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T22:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=1773"},"modified":"2018-08-30T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:40:22","slug":"2008-2009-energy-research-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/?page_id=1773","title":{"rendered":"2008-2009 Energy Research Grants (Cycle 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Category 1.\u00a0 Identification, technical assessment and feasibility of cost-effective options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power generation by Nebraska\u2019s public power districts.<\/h3>\n<h3>Category 2:\u00a0 Theoretical and applied research on validating opportunities to offset greenhouse gas emissions in Nebraska, especially from the agricultural and biofuel industries<\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ethanol with Byproduct Feeding<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 Galen Erickson, Animal Science<br \/>\nCo-Investigator(s):\u00a0 Terry Klopfenstein, Animal Science, Adam Liska, Agronomy and Horticulture<br \/>\nPI web page: <a href=\"http:\/\/animalscience.unl.edu\/galen-e-erickson\">Galen Erickson Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/301-Galen-Erickson-Abstract.pdf\">301 Galen Erickson Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Comparing-Different-Drying-Methods.pdf\">Comparing Different Drying Methods for Distillers Grains and its Effects on Feedlot Cattle Performance &#8211; Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Comparing-dry-wet-or-modified-distillers-grains-article.pdf\">Comparing Dry, Wet, or Modified Distillers Grains Plus Solubles on Feedlot Cattle Performance Distiller&#8217;s Grains and Livestock &#8211; Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Economics-for-Feeding-Distillers-Grains.pdf\">Economics for Feeding Distillers Grains to Finishing Cattle &#8211; Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Effect-of-distillers-grains-moisture-and-inclusion-level-in-lives.pdf\">Effect of Distillers\u2019 Grains Moisture and Inclusion Level in Livestock Diets on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Corn-Ethanol-Livestock Life Cycle &#8211; Professional Animal Scientist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Effect-of-drying-distillers-grains-on-nutrient-metabolism-Nebraska-Beef-Cattle-Reports.pdf\">Effect of Drying Distillers Grains on Nutrient Metabolism &#8211; Nebraska Beef Cattle Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Environ-Qual-Bremer1.pdf\">Emissions Savings in the Corn-Ethanol Life Cycle . . .J Environmental Quality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/10-12-16-301-Erickson-Final-Report-article-Bremer-et-al-Anim-Feed-Sci-Tech1.pdf\">Impact of Distillers&#8217; Grains Moisture and Inclusion Level on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Corn-Ethanol-Livestock Life Cycle Report article-Bremer et al Anim Feed Sci Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Western Nebraska Perennial Grass Production Under Variable Water for Ethanol Production<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Principal Investigator: Gary Hergert, Panhandle Research and Extension Center<br \/>\nPI web page: <a href=\"http:\/\/agronomy.unl.edu\/hergert\">Gary Hergert Webpage<br \/>\n<\/a>Abstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/302-Gary-Hergert-Abstract.pdf\">302 Gary Hergert Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Opportunities for Nebraska in Future Carbon Markets<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Richard Perrin,\u00a0 Agricultural Economics<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>PI web page:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/agecon.unl.edu\/perrin\">Richard Perrin Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract<em><strong>: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/303-Perrin.pdf\">303 Richard Perrin Abstract<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em>Publications:<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Biomass-Supply-Schedules-for-Great-Plains-Delivery-Points.pdf\">Biomass Supply Schedules for Great Plains Delivery Points &#8211; Biomass and Bioenergy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Climate-Change-Policy-Waxman-Markey-Bill.pdf\">Climate Change Policy Waxman-Markey Bill\u00a0 &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Energy-and-Climate-Implications-for-Agricultural-Nutrient-Use-Eff.pdf\">Energy and Climate Implications for Agricultural Nutrient Use &#8211; UNL Digital Commons, Paper 9<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Environmental-Efficiency-Among-Corn-Ethanol-Plants.pdf\">Environmental Efficiency Among Corn Ethanol Plants &#8211; Biomass and Bioenergy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Indirect-land-use-emissions-in-the-life-cycle-of-biofuels_-regulations-vs-science-Liska-2009-Biofuels-Bioproducts-and-Biorefining-Wiley-Online-Library.pdf\">Indirect Land Use Emissions in the Life Cycle of Biofuels: Reguations vs Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Is-Corn-Economically-Viable-in-the-Long-Run.pdf\">Is Corn Economically Viable in the Long Run &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Looming-Changes-in-the-Energy-Economy.pdf\">Looming Changes in the Energy Economy &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Nebraska-Ethanols-Carbon-Footprint.pdf\">Nebraska Ethanol&#8217;s Carbon Footprint &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Securing-Foreign-Oil-A-Case-for-Including-Military-Operations-in-the-Climate-Change-Impact-of-Fuels.pdf\">Securing Foreign Oil &#8211; A Case for Including Military Operations in the Climate Change Impact of Fuels &#8211; Environment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Status-of-U.S.-Initiatives-to-Limit-GHG-Emissions.pdf\">Status of U.S. Initiatives to Limit GHG Emissions &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/The-Status-of-International-Negotiations-on-Climate-Change.pdf\">The Status of International Negotiations on Climate Change &#8211; Cornhusker Economics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Category 3:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Options for storage of off-peak energy from power plants and wind turbines and reducing the cost of distributed power generation in rural areas.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Modeling and Simulation of the Effects of Dispersed and Distributed Generation Dynamics on Electric Distribution Networks<\/strong><br \/>\nPrincipal Investigator: Sohrab Asgarpoor, Electrical Engineering<br \/>\nPI web page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.unl.edu\/academicunits\/electricalengineering\/faculty-staff\/asgarpoor.shtml\">Sohrab Asgarpoor Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/304-Asgarpoor-exploratory.pdf\">304 Sohrab Asgarpoor Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IEEE-Xplore-Download.pdf\">Ann-Based Adaptive PI Control for Wind Turbine with Doubly Fed Induction Generator &#8211; North American Power Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>A Route to Store Off-Peak Energy:\u00a0 New Hydrogen Storage materials and synthetic Strategy to Optimize Hydrogen Adsorption<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 Wonyoung Choe, Chemistry<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0 No longer at the University of Nebraska<br \/>\nAbstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/305-Choe-exploratory.pdf\">305 Wonyoung Choe Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/9-08-07-305-Choe-Inorg_trans_-article-for-report1.pdf\">A Metal-Organic Framework Assembled from T-Shaped and Octahedral Nodes: A Mixed-Linker Strategy to Create a Rare Anatase TiO2 Topology &#8211; Inorganic Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Structural-Variation-in-Porphyrin-Pillared-Honologous-Series.pdf\">Structural Variation in Porphyrin Pillared Homologous Series: Influence of Distinct Coordination Centers for Pillars on Framework Topology &#8211; Crystal Growth and Design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Category 4:\u00a0 Basic and applied (pilot-scale) research on bioenergy or biofuel production from cellulosic biomass or other biomass resources (e.g. algal systems, wood, municipal waste, livestock manure, etc.) via biological or thermo-chemical conversion<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Carbon-Negative Biofuels from Gasification and Pyrolysis of Biomass<br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 David Jones, Biological Systems Engineering<br \/>\nPI web page: <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.unl.edu\/bse\/faculty\/david-jones\/\">David Jones Webpage<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bse.unl.edu\/web\/bse\/djones1\"><br \/>\n<\/a>Abstract: <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/306-David-Jones-exploratory.pdf\">306 David Jones Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Wang-Contemporary-issues-in-thermal-gasifiction.pdf\">Contemporary Issues in Thermal Gasification of Biomass and its Application to Electricity and Fuel Production &#8211; Biomass and Bioenergy, 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Simulation-of-corn-stover-and-distillers-grains-gasification.pdf\">Simulation of Corn Stover and Distillers Grains Gasification with Aspen Plus &#8211; Trans. ASABE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Steam-Air-Fluidized-Bed-Gasification-of-Distillers-Grains.pdf\">Steam\u2013Air Fluidized Bed Gasification of Distillers Grains: Effects of Steam to Biomass Ratio, Equivalence Ratio and Gasification Temperature &#8211; Bioresource Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Wang-Thermal-Degradation1.pdf\">Thermal Degradation Kinetics of Distillers Grains and Solubles in Nitroben and Air &#8211; Energy Sources, Part A<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Thermochemical-Biomass-Gasification.pdf\">Thermochemical Biomass Gasification &#8211; Energy Sources, A<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Thermogravimetric-Characterization-of-Corn-Stover.pdf\">Thermogravimetric Characterization of Corn Stover &#8211; Bioomass and Bioenergy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Generation of Bioenergy from Solid Agricultural Wastes with Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Technology<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 Tian C. Zhang, Civil Engineering<br \/>\nPI web page:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.unl.edu\/civil\/faculty\/TianZhang.shtml\">Tian Zhang Webpage<\/a><br \/>\nAbstract:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/307-Zhang.pdf\">Tian Zhang Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Category 5:\u00a0 Research on improving the efficiency of catalysts and enzymes for converting biomass-derived carbon molecules to biofuels and\/or other high value bio-based products<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Establishing the Synthetic Potential of Geothermal Dehydrogenases<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPrincipal Investigator:\u00a0 David Berkowitz, Chemistry<br \/>\nPI web page<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/chem.unl.edu\/faculty\/berkowitz.shtml\"> David Berkowitz Webpage<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>Abstract:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/308-Berkowitz.pdf\">David Berkowitz Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Dynamic-Reductive-Kinetic-Resolution-Entry.pdf\">A New Dehydrogenase from Clostridium Acetobutylicum for Asymmetric Synthesis:\u00a0 Dynamic Reductive Kinetic Resolution Entry into the Taxotere Side Chain &#8211; Chemical Communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/08-12-17-Berkowitz-ACS-paper.pdf\">Enantioselective, Ketoreductase-Based Entry into Pharmaceutical Building Blocks: Ethanol as Tunable Nicotinamide Reductant &#8211; Organic Letters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/CEN_april_2010-Primordial-Path-to-Pain-Killers.pdf\">Primordial Path to Pain Killers &#8211; Chemical and and Engineering News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SynFacts-Highlight_2010.pdf\">Synthesis of (S)-Profens &#8211; J American Chemical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/db_pb_jacs_2010.pdf\">Use of a Robust Dehydrogenase from an Archael Hyperthermophile &#8211;\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/SynFacts-Highlight_2010.pdf\"> J American Chemical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>High Efficiency Acetylation of Biomass and Co-Products of Ethanol Production for Value-Added Bioproducts<\/em><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Yiqi Yang; Textiles, Clothing and Design<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>PI web page:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unl.edu\/ncmn\/faculty\/yang_y.shtml\">Yiqi Yang Webpage<br \/>\n<\/a>Abstract:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/309-Yang1.pdf\">Yiqi Yang Abstract<\/a><br \/>\nPublications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Acetylation-of-Corn-Distillers-Dried-Grains.pdf\">Acetylation of Corn Distillers Dried Grains &#8211; Applied Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncesr.unl.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Thermoplastic-Films1.pdf\">Thermoplastic Films from Cyanoethylated Corn Distillers Dried Grains-J. 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