News Article : Prof. Dennis Miller - "Next Generation Processes and Products from Renewable Feedstocks”

11/30/2009

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Dennis Miller, Michigan State University professor of chemical engineering and materials science, will speak at the MSU Bioeconomy Institute in Holland, Mich., on Wed., Dec. 2 at 4:00pm. The talk, entitled "Next Generation Processes and Products from Renewable Feedstocks,” is part of the MSU Bioeconomy Institute’s speaker series, Experts Exchange: Opportunities in Bio-Innovation.
Miller’s research interests include reaction engineering, catalysis; making chemicals from renewable feedstocks; gasification and related thermochemical conversions; hydrogenation; and reactive separations. He is currently working on refining fuels from renewable resources such as soybean and other plant oils and woody stems and stalks from trees and other plants. A significant part of his biofuel work builds on his earlier biofuel and fermentation discoveries, as well as research done by a team of other MSU scientists.
The Experts Exchange: Opportunities in Bio-Innovation speaker series is free, accessible and open to the public. Please call (517) 432-4499 to request accommodation.
 

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The MSU Bioeconomy Institute, located at 242 Howard Ave., Holland, Mich., opened in spring 2009 in a research and development building and pilot plant donated by Pfizer Inc. The 138,000-square-foot facility complements and extends campus research that supports the state’s emerging bioeconomy, including biomaterials, biofuels and bio-based chemicals.
Michigan State University has been advancing knowledge and transforming lives through innovative teaching, research and outreach for more than 150 years. MSU is known internationally as a major public university with global reach and extraordinary impact. Its 17 degree-granting colleges attract scholars worldwide who are interested in combining education with practical problem solving.