WSU alumni Larry Condon, former general manager and co-founder of Barr-Tech. Photo courtesy of the WSU College of Engineering and Architecture. Related Barr-Tech at http://www.barr-tech.net 08-27-10 Spokane Journal of Business – Barr-Tech eyes plant’s next phase Work on power-producing digester to begin soon Sirti – Barr-Tech receives $2 million and the Sirti: Foundation receives […]
Yadama Englund PULLMAN – Efficient utilization of timber and biomass residues for alternative fuels and other products will be the focus of the free webinar “Adding Value to Woody Biomass,” 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at breeze.wsu.edu/research_that_works_for_you. The presentation is part of the WSU Extension’s webinar series, “Research that Works for You.” […]
PULLMAN – Yong Wang, Voiland Distinguished Professor in the Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, and associate director of the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Fellows are recognized for their exceptional accomplishments in chemical science […]
PULLMAN — There are a lot of things standing in the way of Shulin Chen’s quest to make energy from algae, the simple, light-loving organisms we usually associate with pond scum, seaweed and deck slime. But in a world of rising greenhouse gases and dwindling energy options, he’s forging ahead. “We don’t have […]
Painstaking days slicing through alfalfa stems with a razor blade not only confirmed grad student Ann Patten’s scientific point, but also landed her work on the cover of the June 2007 issue of the Journal of Botany. This wasn’t a first. Her photographs have been featured on the covers of four national scientific journals since […]
The rush to develop biofuels as an energy source could lead to devastating environmental and economic consequences, according to an article co-authored by Washington State University ecologist Richard Mack. In the paper titled “Adding biofuels to the invasive species fire,” Mack and colleagues from around the U.S. warn that the characteristics that make a plant […]