May 3-4 2016

2016 Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels + Co-Products Conference (NWBCC) Proceedings

The goal of the 2nd Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels + Co-Products Conference is to communicate research findings and promote collaboration to convert wood to biofuels with a focus on supply chain development, environmental impacts, co-products development for economic viability, K-12 education, and workforce development. Although the focus will be on regional efforts, a national and global perspective will also be included.

Dedicated K-12 Literacy Track

Bioenergy Literacy in STEM Education

Educators interested in bringing bioenergy literacy into the classroom are invited to join McCall Outdoor Science School, Facing the Future, Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center, and K-12 teachers to learn about the field of wood-based biofuels and gain background knowledge in bioenergy and biofuels.

2016 Northwest Wood-Based Biofuels + Co-Products Conference (NWBCC) Proceedings

Dedicated K-12 Literacy Track

Bioenergy Literacy in STEM Education

Advanced Wet Explosion (AWEx) Pretreatment for making viable biorefineries form lingnocellulosic biomass Brigitte K. Ahring

Commercial Biochemical Opportunity Terry Brix, Mark Kirby, and Jeff Plato

Developing an Integrated Logistics Model for Beetle-killed Biomass Woodam Chung, Hee Han, and Nate Anderson

Bio-products are an important part of our future… COSMO

An overview of Cool Planet’s strategy to produce engineered Biocarbon and renewable fuels Daren E. Daugaard

From Waste to Value: Forest and Mill Residue to Drop-In Fuels Mary Dinh

Overview of BANR Lifecycle Assessment Activities John Field

Making biofuels and their life cycle relevant to High School students Michael Froehly

How to Survive in a Competative Fuel Market Joe Gershen

An Ethics Lesson: Ethics Through the Sustainability of NARA Brooke Guess

Fermentative Isobutanol Production from Woody Biomass and Conversion to IPK Andrew C. Hawkins, Ph.D., Glenn Johnston, Joseph Ley

Energy Education and Bioenergy Literacy: Starting Now Danica Hendrickson

A Stepwise Biogeophysical and Social Analysis Approach to Site Selection of Biorefineries Season Hoard, Natlie Martinkus, Sanne Rijkhoff, Wenping Shi, Paul Smith, and Michael Gaffney

Education at the Speed of Reasearch: Integrating Reasearch and Education for BioEnergy Literacy Dr. R. Justin Hougham, Upham Woods, Alex Nussbaum, Taylor Riedl, Marc Nutter, Sarah Burgess, Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance

Tribal Partnership Projects (TPP) Summary of Grant Activities Laurel James, Daniel T. Schwartz

Mechanochemical Modification of Lignin and Application of the Modified Lignin for Polymer Materials Jinwen Zhang

Commercail Aviation and Sustainable Fuels: The Path to Viability Michael Lakeman

Integrated Design Experience (IDX): Wood-based Aviation Biofuels Supply Chains in the Pacific Northwest Dr. Tammi Laninga, Dr. Karl Olsen

Feedstock Supply Curves for Biojet Facilities in the NARA Region Greg Latta

Evaluation of soil for sustained productivity of biofuel feedstock from coastal Douglas-fir plantations Kim Littke, Rob Harrison, Scott Holub, and Jeff Hatten

Scaling Sustainable Biofuels: Why Policy Matters Ross Macfarlane

Biorefinery Siting in the Western Montana Corridor Natalie Martinkus

Sea-Tac Airport’s Role in developing an Aviation Biofuels Market Stephanie Meyn

Flying Planes with Trees? Stakeholder’s levels of knowledge and support for a wooddbased biofuels industry in the pasific Northwest Jillian Moroney and Tammi Laninga

Operating a Biomass Supply Chain Bill Quigg

Assessment of regional air quality and heath impacts from the NARA aviation biofuels supply chain Vikram Ravi

NEWBio: The Northeast Woody/Warm-season Biomass Consortium Tom Richard

K-12 STEAM Education Technology Tools Ralph Rise

Renewable feedstocks supplying the petrochemical industry Ed Rode, Arun Agarwal, Narasi Sridhar

Energy Literacy: the Creation of the Assessment tool and results Dr. Jenny Schon

Alaska Airlines’ Aviation Biofuel Goal: The Challenges of Turning Goals Carol Sim

Energy Literacy: Putting students in charge of their learning Tyler Slostad

Impacts of Co-product Operational Flexibility on Biofuel Enviromental Performance Timothy M. Smith, Rylie Pelton, Taegon Kim

Wood Bio refinery Co-Products A NARA Perspective Tom Spink

The Dual Benifits of Poplar in the Pacific Northwest: Sustainable Feedstock and Wastewater Management Patricia Townsend, Nora Haider, Bob Simmons, and Kevin Zobrist

Biofuel Co-products Lesson Laura Waksman

Contributing to K12 Energy Literacy Science and Engineering Bioenergy Concepts Jay Well

Making a Nanocrystalline Solar Cell Recreating Photosynthesis Laura Wommack

Engineering and Economic Considerations of Renewable Energy Production from Forest Residues Rene Zamora-Cristales, PhD and John Sessions PhD, PE

Advanced Wet Explosion (AWEx) Pretreatment for making viable biorefineries form lingnocellulosic biomass
Brigitte K. Ahring

Commercial Biochemical Opportunity
Terry Brix, Mark Kirby, and Jeff Plato

Developing an Integrated Logistics Model for Beetle-killed Biomass
Woodam Chung, Hee Han, and Nate Anderson

Bio-products are an important part of our future…
COSMO

An overview of Cool Planet’s strategy to produce engineered Biocarbon and renewable fuels
Daren E. Daugaard

From Waste to Value: Forest and Mill Residue to Drop-In Fuels
Mary Dinh

Overview of BANR Lifecycle Assessment Activities
John Field

Making biofuels and their life cycle relevant to High School students
Michael Froehly

How to Survive in a Competative Fuel Market
Joe Gershen

An Ethics Lesson: Ethics Through the Sustainability of NARA
Brooke Guess

Fermentative Isobutanol Production from Woody Biomass and Conversion to IPK
Andrew C. Hawkins, Ph.D., Glenn Johnston, Joseph Ley

Energy Education and Bioenergy Literacy: Starting Now
Danica Hendrickson

A Stepwise Biogeophysical and Social Analysis Approach to Site Selection of Biorefineries
Season Hoard, Natlie Martinkus, Sanne Rijkhoff, Wenping Shi, Paul Smith, and Michael Gaffney

Education at the Speed of Reasearch: Integrating Reasearch and Education for BioEnergy Literacy
Dr. R. Justin Hougham, Upham Woods, Alex Nussbaum, Taylor Riedl, Marc Nutter, Sarah Burgess, Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance

Tribal Partnership Projects (TPP) Summary of Grant Activities
Laurel James, Daniel T. Schwartz

Mechanochemical Modification of Lignin and Application of the Modified Lignin for Polymer Materials
Jinwen Zhang

Commercail Aviation and Sustainable Fuels: The Path to Viability
Michael Lakeman

Integrated Design Experience (IDX): Wood-based Aviation Biofuels Supply Chains in the Pacific Northwest
Dr. Tammi Laninga, Dr. Karl Olsen

Feedstock Supply Curves for Biojet Facilities in the NARA Region
Greg Latta

Evaluation of soil for sustained productivity of biofuel feedstock from coastal Douglas-fir plantations
Kim Littke, Rob Harrison, Scott Holub, and Jeff Hatten

Scaling Sustainable Biofuels: Why Policy Matters
Ross Macfarlane

Biorefinery Siting in the Western Montana Corridor
Natalie Martinkus

Sea-Tac Airport’s Role in developing an Aviation Biofuels Market
Stephanie Meyn

Flying Planes with Trees? Stakeholder’s levels of knowledge and support for a wooddbased biofuels industry in the pasific Northwest
Jillian Moroney and Tammi Laninga

Operating a Biomass Supply Chain
Bill Quigg

Assessment of regional air quality and heath impacts from the NARA aviation biofuels supply chain
Vikram Ravi

NEWBio: The Northeast Woody/Warm-season Biomass Consortium
Tom Richard

K-12 STEAM Education Technology Tools
Ralph Rise

Renewable feedstocks supplying the petrochemical industry
Ed Rode, Arun Agarwal, Narasi Sridhar

Energy Literacy: the Creation of the Assessment tool and results
Dr. Jenny Schon

Alaska Airlines’ Aviation Biofuel Goal: The Challenges of Turning Goals
Carol Sim

Energy Literacy: Putting students in charge of their learning
Tyler Slostad

Impacts of Co-product Operational Flexibility on Biofuel Enviromental Performance
Timothy M. Smith, Rylie Pelton, Taegon Kim

Wood Bio refinery Co-Products A NARA Perspective
Tom Spink

The Dual Benifits of Poplar in the Pacific Northwest: Sustainable Feedstock and Wastewater Management
Patricia Townsend, Nora Haider, Bob Simmons, and Kevin Zobrist

Biofuel Co-products Lesson
Laura Waksman

Contributing to K12 Energy Literacy Science and Engineering Bioenergy Concepts
Jay Well

Making a Nanocrystalline Solar Cell Recreating Photosynthesis
Laura Wommack

Engineering and Economic Considerations of Renewable Energy Production from Forest Residues
Rene Zamora-Cristales, PhD and John Sessions PhD, PE