Recognizing that today's water and energy issues cannot be solved with a single-facet approach, the Natural Resources Management & Development Institute fosters collaboration of all types. In our various centers and programs, we strive to create an extraordinary synergistic environment in which the best minds—on and off the Auburn University campus—can leverage their expertise and creativity to advance significant areas of study.

To that end, we are proud to work with a group of associates that includes researchers from across the Auburn University campus, with corporate partners who work with us to develop new technologies and improved management practices, as well as donors who provide critical resources needed to support the efforts of our centers and programs.

Gas Technology Institute

One of our partners is the Gas Technology Institute, a not-for-profit research-and-development organization of national scope headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill.

Pictured above, GTI’s gasification engineer Michael Onischak, seated left, and senior environmental engineer Bill Farthing review an AU/GTI research agreement.

Standing, from left, are AU’s Christopher Roberts, Uthlaut Professor and chair, Chemical Engineering; Steve Taylor, director, Center for Bioenergy and Bioproducts, and professor and head, Biosystems Engineering; and Larry
Fillmer, executive director, Natural Resources Management & Development Institute.