Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association

Dr. James A. Spearot; Chemical and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, General
Motors Research and Development Center - Joint Session with AUT on Hydrogen and
Fuel Cells
Invited speakers
Dr. Bruce Dien (USDA-ARS-NCAUR) - Bioenergy/Biotechnology
Dr. Bin Yang (UC Riverside) – Biofuels
Dr. Youngmi Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Dr. Mian Li (Genencor Division, Danisco US Inc.) - Bioenergy
Prof. Levi Thompson (Univ of Michigan) - Hydrogen & Fuel cells
Dr. Neelkanth Dhere (FSEC) – Solar
Prof. Kwanghee Lee (GIST) - Solar
Friday (8/15/2008) morning: Energy R&D Workshop II
8:00am-11:15am Panel Presentations and Panel Discussion
See the Energy R&D Workshop II schedule
Friday (8/15/2008) afternoon Session: Bioenergy
Session Chairs: Tae Hyun Kim (Iowa State Univ.) and Yoon Young Lee (Auburn Univ.)
2:15pm RES-1.1 Current Situation of New and Renewable Energy Technology in Korea; Moon Hee
Han*; Korean Institute of Energy Research (KIER)
2:40pm RES-1.2 Biofuel Feedstock Options and Conversion Platforms for Today and Tomorrow;
Kevin B. Hicks*; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional
Research Center (USDE-ARS-ERRC) and Tae Hyun Kim; Department of Agricultural and
Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State Univ.
3:05pm RES-1.3 Cellulose Conversion Technologies for Utilization of Fiber-rich Corn Milling Coproducts;
Youngmi Kim*, Rick Hendrickson, Nathan Mosier and Michael R. Ladisch; Laboratory of
Renewable Resources Engineering Potter Engineering (LORRE), Purdue Univ.
3:25pm RES-1.4 Opportunities for increasing Biomass Conversion Efficiencies To Ethanol By
Engineering Energy Crops; Bruce S. Dien*, G. Sarath, J.F. Pedersen, D.L. Funnell, SE. Sattler
and N.N. Nichols; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center
for Agricultural Utilization Research (USDE-ARS-NCAUR)
3:45pm
3:55pm RES-1.5 A Survey of Bioenergy Resources Potential and the Prospect of Cooperation in
Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture; Yong Woo Lee*; School of Chem. and Biol. Eng.,
Yanbian Univ. of Science and Technology (YUST) in China, Sang- myon Oh, Zin-oh Kim; Korea
Energy Economics Institute
4:15pm RES-1.6 Technology Status and Need for Biological Production of Cellulosic Ethanol, Bin
Yang* and Charles E. Wyman; Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT)
and Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California
4:35pm RES-1.7 Development of Advanced Enzyme Product for the Cellulosic Biomass Conversion,
Mian Li* and Colin Mitchinson; Genencor Division, Danisco US Inc.
4:55pm RES-1.8 Computational Evaluation of Biomass Syngas Co-firing in a Coal-fired Boiler, Hong-
Shig Shim *; Reaction Engineering International
5:15pm RES-1.9 Evaluation of Microalgae for Possible Use as the Biofuel Feedstock, Keesoo Lee*;
Department of Biology, Lincoln Univ., Jefferson City, MO, and Paul K. Nam; Department of
Chemistry, Missouri Univ. of Science & Technology
5:45pm
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