Monday, May 4, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Grand Ballroom A-B (InterContinental San Francisco Hotel)
Chair:
Mark T. Holtzapple
Co-chair:
Constance A. Schall
8:00 AM
On Size Reduction for Woody Biomass Conversion
J. Y. Zhu, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory;
Gaosheng Wang, Tianjin University of Science and Technology;
Wenyuan Zhu, South China University of Science and Technology;
Xuejun Pan, University of Wisconsin;
Rolland Gleisner, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory
8:30 AM
Glucose and xylose yields from switchgrass for ammonia fiber expansion, ammonia recycle percolation, dilute sulfuric acid, hot water, lime, and sulfur dioxide pretreatments followed by enzymatic hydrolysis
Charles Wyman, Center for Environmental Research and Technology;
Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University;
Richard T. Elander, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Mark T. Holtzapple, Texas A&M University;
Michael R. Ladisch, Purdue University;
Y. Y. Lee, Auburn University;
Colin Mitchinson, Genencor, A Danisco Division;
Steve Thomas, Ceres, Inc.
10:30 AM
Ultra-structural and physicochemical modifications within ammonia pretreated lignocellulosic cell walls that influence enzyme accessibility
Shishir Chundawat, Michigan State University;
Bryon S. Donohoe, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Thomas Elder, USDA-Forest Service;
Per Askeland, Michigan State University;
Ramin Vismeh, Michigan State University;
Umesh Agarwal, USDA-Forest Products Laboratory;
James F. Humpula, Michigan State University;
Lekh Nath Sharma, Baylor University;
Rebecca Garlock, Michigan State University;
A. Daniel Jones, Michigan State University;
Kevin Chambliss, Baylor University;
Michael E. Himmel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;
Venkatesh Balan, Michigan State University;
Bruce Dale, Michigan State University
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