Bioeconomy Institute

The Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University leads the nation and world in establishing the bioeconomy, where society obtains renewable fuel, energy, chemicals, and materials from agricultural resources. More about BEI

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Schulte Moore Wins Entrepreneur Award

Lisa Schulte Moore, BEI associate director, is the winner of the 2020 College of Business innovationENTREPRENEUR Award from innovationIOWA. Schulte Moore won the honor through her work on developing a novel and strategic system called Science-Based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips using the integration of prairie strips into a landscape defined by row crops. Learn more

[CHART] Carbon ShufflePostponed: Carbon Removal Forum

The Carbon Removal Forum is a campus-wide event to harness knowledge and capacity toward developing an Iowa State University program in agriculturally-based carbon removal that could contribute toward mitigating climate change.  This event has been postponed until fall 2020. Check back here for the rescheduled date.

[PHOTO]Chad Peterson with poster at tcbiomassplus2019

Peterson Wins Second Place in Poster Competition

Chad Peterson, a Ph.D. student at Iowa State, earned second place in the poster competition at tcbiomassplus2019.

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Postponed: Why are we missing the boat on biogas?

This inaugural C-CHANGE conference focuses on expanding the value chain for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from mixed agricultural feedstocks. This event has been postponed and is currently being rescheduled. Learn more from the C–CHANGE site

[SCREENCAP]Autothermal pyrolysis video

New Video Illustrates BEI’s Autothermal Pyrolysis Efforts

Learn how autothermal pyrolysis works and what the Bioeconomy Institute is doing to commercialize the technology to convert biomass into fuels and chemicals in this new video. View video

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