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Research focus: Yanqi Wu
DASNR researcher Yanqi Wu continues to impress with switchgrass and bioenergy research |
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Jan. 20, 2012 - Accolades, awards, grants and research in bioenergy are nothing new to Yanqi Wu, associate professor of grass breeding and genetics in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences (PASS). As the leader of OSU’s Biobased Products and Energy Center’s switchgrass breeding program, Wu and his team primarily focus on switchgrass molecular research and have received approximately $3.5 million for switchgrass research. The Center was recently honored by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture with its NIFA Partnership Award for Mission Integration. Wu was one of seven faculty members from within PASS to be recognized. |
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Collaboration Spotlight: Kakani collaborates to discover possibilities of using CRP land for biomass feedstock production
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Jan. 10, 2012 – Gopal Kakani, assistant professor of bioenergy crop production in OSU’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, is working with researchers at other universities to study the feasibility of using land that had been enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to grow feedstocks for the biomass market. |
OSU Biobased Products and Energy Center receives national honor
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Oct. 18, 2011 - STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State University’s Biobased Products and Energy Center has been honored by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture with its NIFA Partnership Award for Mission Integration. |
OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources formed the center in 2008 to promote greater integration within its interdisciplinary, multi-institutional team of scientists and engineers, as well as their collaborative efforts with other agencies and organizations.
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A Strong History of Renewable Energy Research and Education
In many ways, Oklahoma is the intersection between agriculture and energy, placing Oklahoma State University on the frontline in the need to develop new technologies that increase the efficiency of or create new energy sources. Since the early 1990s, our future-minded, multidisciplinary, multi-institutional OSU Biofuels Team has been committed to conducting basic and applied research necessary to making renewable energy crops a practical enhancement of the nation’s energy portfolio. In 1970, approximately 70 percent of the oil used in the United States came from domestic sources. In 2007, that number was 35 percent. By 2025, estimates are that it could be less than 23 percent. Factor in the increase in global demand, the nationalization of 80 percent of the world’s oil reserves, carbon tax legislation and renewable fuel standards and it is clear that the American energy policy is undergoing significant change. The need to diversify America’s energy resources has never been more vital. OSU is particularly well-positioned to take a lead role in helping the U.S. become a viable biobased economy, with leadership and expertise in every aspect of biofuels research and development. Please take a moment and peruse this website that shares how OSU is helping America supply its energy needs in sustainable and cost-effective ways that also promote greater energy independence.
Robert E. Whitson
Vice President, Dean and Director
Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University
Collaborations
Research and education is holistic, considering all aspects from feedstock development to the production of final products, where scientists and engineers are working as teams drawing on the expertise from many disciplines and research institutions. Those interactions and collaborations help in identifying and addressing the most critical issues in providing an economically viable and sustainable biobased production system. The results through center participants will lead to the establishment of biorefineries, potentially revitalizing rural areas in Oklahoma.
Mission
To conduct research and provide educational programs in environmentally-sound biobased product and energy development leading to the establishment of sustainable bioenergy and biorefinery industries in Oklahoma.
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