![[PHOTO]BRC](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2017/08/20170605_150920.png)
![[PHOTO]Graduate program](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2017/08/beio_edlabs_0421.png)
![[PHOTO]Miscanthus](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2017/08/20161024_133016.png)
![[PHOTO]Solvent liquefaction control room](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2017/08/160229Chevron5.png){kind=icon}
Iowa State University’s Bioeconomy Institute (BEI) opens opportunities in Iowa’s burgeoning bioeconomy, where our society looks to agriculture for fuel, energy, chemicals, and materials. More about BEI
![[PHOTO]Alberto Passalacqua](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2018/03/isu_ur_passalacqua_w-300x209.png)
Engineers Developing Tools to Understand Autothermal Pyrolysis
The U.S. Dept.of Energy recently announced it has awarded Iowa State engineers a two-year, $854,039 grant to study autothermal pyrolysis and develop software modeling tools.
![[PHOTO]Arpa Ghosh](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2018/04/ghosh_gpss_award_2018_tn.png)
![[IMAGE]PyNe 41 newsletter](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2018/01/pyne_collage_2017b.png)
Pyrolysis Newsletter Features Two BEI Articles
Robert C. Brown, BEI Director, and Marjorie Rover, Thermochemical Research Scientist at BEI, have articles featured in the Dec. 2017 edition of the PyNe 41 newsletter, published by IEA Bioenergy.
![[IMAGE]Autothermal Pyrolysis](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2011/07/AutothermalPyrolysis_200.png)
All About Autothermal Pyrolysis
Autothermal pyrolysis with process intensification is BEI’s latest breakthrough in thermal deconstruction of biomass into biofuels and biochemicals.
![[LOGO]ICNE](https://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/files/2017/06/logo_carbonnegative_200-150x150.png){kind=logo}
Iowa State Researchers Join New Carbon Economy Consortium
Aim is to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into valuable products and services.
Learn more
Iowa State to Manage Biorefinery Projects for New Manufacturing USA Institute
Iowa State will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute.
Learn more