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Biofuel policies and markets in an uncertain world
(2009-04)
Seth Meyer discussed biofuel policies and markets in the current economic and political climate.
Kansas City Plug-In Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project
(2009-04)
Kansas City's existing airport shuttle service and fleet operations will be used as a platform to demonstrate viability of PEV technologies in a controlled, real-world environment. The project will also evaluate the pathway ...
Nanocatalysis for Energy
(2009-04)
Energy is not only the driver for improving the quality of human life but also critical to our survival. To power the planet for a better future, both effective use of energy and development of sustainable and clean energy ...
Invited speakers panel day 2, Dr. Sayre and Dr. Duncan [videorecording]
(University of Missouri (System), 2009)
Dr. Richard Sayre spoke about biomass resources, including the potential of microalgae to provide a renewable fuel. Dr. Robert Duncan addressed the need for objective scientific method when evaluating new technologies, ...
Changing Missouri Demographics: Local Population Trends
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri and national demographic trends and population estimates.
Using Biodiesel as a Lubricity Additive for Petroleum Diesel Fuel
(2009-04)
Professor Schumacher discussed aspects of lubricity in fuels, including a project to determine the concentration of biodiesel that will raise the lubricity of the new low sulfur diesel fuel.
State of Our State: Why We Need Community Collaboration
(University of Missouri Extension, 2009)
This OSEDA presentation discusses Missouri and national social and economic circumstances, including child poverty, teen pregnancy and unemployment.
Missouri S&T Hydrogen Fuel Cell EcoCAR
(2009-04)
Today, the automotive industry is at a crossroads during the worst economic downturn in 75
years. Particularly frustrating is that this crisis struck just at a time when these companies were
successfully restructuring ...
Small Hydropower Potential in Missouri
(2009-04)
The overall objective of this research is to advance our understanding of how, and to what
degree, small hydropower development can aid in the fight against global warming. The leading
cause of climate change today is ...
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Metal Oxide Thin Films and Superlattices for Energy Conversion and Storage
(2009-04)
Electrodeposition, like biomineralization, is a soft solution processing method in which inorganic materials are produced from solution precursors. The technique provides degrees of freedom that are not accessible to UHV ...
Emissions from Alternate Aviation Fuels and their Environmental Impact
(2009-04)
The anticipated growth in commercial air traffic, rising fuel costs, and an increasing
desire to reduce reliance on fossil fuels produced in politically unstable regions, has
driven research into alternate renewable ...
Next Generation Neutron Detection for Next Generation Nuclear Reactors
(2009-04)
As the demand for nuclear energy increases worldwide, and MO reactors come online, so does
the availability of spent fuel that may be used as a medium of terror. That is, fuel for and waste
or byproducts from fissile ...
Using a PV system to power an emergency water disinfection system
(2009-04)
Emergency relief efforts commonly include the provision of safe drinking water to populationswhose normal water supplies have been disrupted. An alternative to the shipment of bottledwater to the impacted areas is the ...
A Research Program Nuclear Energy Conversion
(2009-04)
Direct conversion of nuclear energy to electricity has been a challenging problem since the
inception of the generation of electricity from nuclear reactions. The development of wide bandgap,
p-n junctions in materials ...
Algae Photobioreactor Design Considerations for Commercial Scale Production
(2009-04)
Recent growth in the biofuels industry (ethanol and biodiesel) has put market
pressures on agricultural feedstock supplies, primarily corn and soybeans. In order for the biofuels industry to sustain and continue to grow, ...
From plant to the pump : how plant genome research at MU is helping to achieve bioenergy goals
(2009)
Part of America's answer to the current energy crisis could be fuels made from plants. Fuel made from plant materials, such as cellulose or corn kernels, not only holds promise of reducing our nation's dependence on foreign ...
Future Renewable Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems
(2009-04)
The mission of the FREEDM engineering research center is to develop the fundamental and
enabling technology to demonstrate the FREEDM system and through such development and
demonstration, foster a revolution in innovation ...
A Research Program on Very High Temperature Reactors
(2009-04)
Prismatic and pebble bed very high-temperature reactors (VHTRs) are very attractive both from a thermodynamic efficiency viewpoint and hydrogen-production capability. This project addresses numerous challenges associated ...
High Speed Production of Large Coal to Facilitate Easier and More Effective Cleaning
(2009-04)
Most modern mining equipment extracts coal through grinding it from the solid using a set of rotating picks. This produces coal that is quite small in average size and generates a lot of dust in the process. The coal is ...
The University of Missouri Center for Sustainable Energy
(2009-04)
The University of Missouri Center for Sustainable Energy was formed as a collaboration between the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering. Over 70 faculty members, from a wide ...