U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2 Million to Iowa State-ConocoPhillips Biofuels Project

An Iowa State University-ConocoPhillips research project has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive $2 million for the design and construction of a biomass gasification system to produce synthetic diesel fuel.... More.

Photo by Bob Elbert.
left to right: Derek Wissmiller, a doctoral student in mechanical
engineering; Pedro Ortiz, a doctoral student in chemical and
biological engineering; Justinus Satrio, the program manager
for Iowa State's Center for Sustainable Environmental
Technologies; Robert C. Brown, Iowa Farm Bureau Director of
Biorenewables Programs at Iowa State and the Bioeconomy
Institute's director; and Pushkaraj Patwardhan, a doctoral
student in chemical and biological engineering.