Auburn Experts
 David
Bransby, Professor, Agronomy and Soils, conducts research
on switchgrass, other energy crops, and broiler litter for production
of liquid fuels, heat, and electricity.
334-844-3935
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 Oladiran Fasina, Assistant Professor, Biosystems Engineering, is working on physical processing, compaction, storage, handling, and characterization of biofuel feedstocks.
334-844-3574
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 Thomas
Hanley, Professor, Chemical Engineering, is working
on optimizing ethanol production from concentrated cellulose
substrates.
334-844-5771
hanletr@auburn.edu
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 Gopal
Krishnagopalan, Philpott-West Point Stevens Professor,
Chemical Engineering, is working on advanced biomass fractionation
technology.
334-844-2011
krishga@auburn.edu
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 Yoon
Lee, Sanders Professor, Chemical Engineering, is
working with saccharification-fermentation systems for conversion
of biomass to ethanol and other value-added products.
334-844-2019
leeyoon@auburn.edu
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 Graeme
Lockaby, Professor, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences,
researches the influence of biomass harvesting on forest soil
productivity.
334-844-1054
lockabg@auburn.edu
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 Edward
F. Loewenstein, Assistant Professor, Forestry and
Wildlife Sciences, is investigating the economic feasibility
of using urban woody waste biomass for electricity production.
334-844-1069
loeweed@auburn.edu
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 Paul
Mask, Assistant Director of the Alabama Cooperative
Extension System and Professor, Agronomy and Soils, provides
statewide leadership for Extension programs in agriculture,
forestry, and natural resources.
334-844-5490
maskpau@auburn.edu
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 Timothy
McDonald, Associate Professor, Biosystems Engineering,
is researching collection, transportation, and utilization
of forest biomass.
334-844-3545
mcdontp@auburn.edu
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 Ken
Muehlenfeld,
Director, Forest Products Development Center, is evaluating technology for cellulosic ethanol production, analyzing technical and economic feasibility of co-firing forest biomass with coal at electrical plants, and assisting private investors in developing commercial biomass projects.
334-844-1094
muehlkj@auburn.edu
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 Christopher
Roberts,
Uthlaut Professor
and Chair, Chemical Engineering, is working with Fischer-Tropsch
catalysis for production of liquid fuels.
334-844-2036
robercr@auburn.edu
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 Lisa
Samuelson, Professor, School of Forestry and Wildlife
Sciences, is investigating maximum biomass production in pine
and hardwood trees for use in biofuels.
334-844-1040
samuelj@auburn.edu
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 Anton
Schindler, Gottlieb Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering,
is evaluating the effect of using alternative fuels to produce
cement.
334-844-6263
schinak@auburn.edu
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 Jeff
Sibley, Alumni Professor, Horticulture, is evaluating
alternative fuels for greenhouse heating and use of residuals
from biofuels as potting soil amendments.
334-844-3132
sibleje@auburn.edu
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 Gene
Simpson, Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, is working on alternative fuel furnaces and improved energy efficiency of poultry houses.
334-844-3514
simpseh@auburn.edu
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 Mathew
Smidt, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,
School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, provides financial
and environmental analysis of forest harvesting systems and
continuing education for foresters and logging contractors.
334-844-1038
smidtmf@auburn.edu
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 Arthur
Tarrer, Professor, Chemical Engineering, is investigating
bio-diesel production from soybean and cottonseed oils.
334-844-2003
tarrear@auburn.edu
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 Bruce
Tatarchuk, Samuel Ginn Distinguished Professor, Chemical
Engineering, is developing new catalyst structures for energy
production.
334-844-2023
tatarbj@auburn.edu
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 Steve
Taylor, Professor and Head, Biosystems Engineering, is investigating alternative systems for producing, harvesting, transporting, and processing forest biomass for gasification or biochemical conversion to liquid fuels.
334-844-3534
taylost@auburn.edu
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 Edzard
van Santen, Professor, Agronomy and Soils, is working
to develop improved high-yielding strains of native subtropical
grasses and environmentally sound agronomic production systems.
334-844-3975
vanedza@auburn.edu
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 Wesley
Wood, Professor, Agronomy and Soils, is determining
fertilizer value of ash resulting from biomass gasification.
334-844-3997
woodcha@auburn.edu
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 Ralph
Zee, Associate Dean of Research for the Samuel Ginn
College of Engineering and Professor of Materials Engineering,
studies the integration of engineering components into systems
for energy applications.
334-844-2301
zeeralp@auburn.edu
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