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Session 4: Industrial Biobased Products

Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 7:00 PM - 9:40 PM

Chair: Ray Miller, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc.
Co-Chair: Matt Tobin, Codexis

7:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair

7:05 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-01. Gasification of Ethanol-Derived Switchgrass Lignin, (MS Word 32 KB) Chris J. Zygarlicke, Michael L. Swanson, Ann K. Henderson, Mark A. Musich Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND; and Millicent R. Moore, Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, AL

7:30 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-02. Fed-Batch Production of Succinic Acid from Glucose: Xylose Feedstocks Using E. coli, (MS Word 26 KB) Christian Andersson, Ulrika Rova, Kris A. Berglund, Division of Biochemical and Chemical Process Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

7:55 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-03. Continuous Butanol Production from Glucose and Butyrate by Clostridium acetobutylicum in a Fibrous Bed Bioreactor: Effects of Butyrate and Long-term Stability, (MS Word 31 KB) Shang-Tian Yang, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, David E. Ramey, Environmental Energy Inc., Blacklick, OH and Wei-Cho Huang and Shang-Tian Yang, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

8:20 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-04. The Development of Cement & Concrete Additive Based on Xylonic Acid Derived via Bioconversion of Xylose, (MS Word 26 KB) Byong-wa (Zen) Chun, Ara Jeknavorian and Charlotte Porteneuve, Grace Performance Chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co, Cambridge, MA

8:45 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-05. Commercialization of PHA Bioplastics: Current and Future Developments, (MS Word 25 KB) Oliver P. Peoples, Johan van Walsem and Kristi Snell, Metabolix Inc., Cambridge, MA

9:10 p.m.

Oral Presentation 4-06. Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass (Volume 1), (MS Word 32 KB) T.A. Werpy, J.E. Holladay, J.F White, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA; G. Peterson, J. Bozell, A. Aden, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; and Amy Manheim, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

9:35 p.m.

Closing Remarks—Session Chair/Co-Chair

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