RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
Thermochemical options for biorefineries, International Conference on Renewable
Resources and Biorefineries, Ghent, Belgium, June 4-6, 2007.
Thermochemical conversion of biomass, Intensive Program in Renewable
Biomaterials, Tarbes, France, May 31, 2007.
The
Emerging Bioeconomy, Iowa Farm Bureau Staff Leadership Event, Nevada, Iowa, May
24, 2007.
The
Promise of Thermal Chemical Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, Energy Sciences
Research Faculty Retreat, University of Nebraska, Nebraska City, Nebraska, May
15, 2007.
The
Emergence of a Bioeconomy, Ames Noon Kiwanis Club, Ames, IA, May 11, 2007.
Options
for Biofuels, Kemin Industries, Des Moines, IA, April 25, 2007.
The
Emerging Bioeconomy, Ames Seed Capital Fund Annual Meeting, Ames, IA, April 12,
2007.
Thermochemical Approaches to Biofuels, Whitney Symposium, GE Global Research
Center, April 2-3, 2007.
Key note
address, Iowa Science Fair, Ames, IA, March 30, 2007.
Thermochemical conversion strategies, Workshop speaker, Biomass Refining: Paths
to Sustainability and Security, St. Louis,
The
Emergence of a Bioeconomy, Des Moines Noon Rotary Club, Des Moines, IA, March
15, 2007.
Options
for Biofuels, Central Iowa Biorenewables Conference, Iowa Farm Bureau, Ames, IA,
March l 6, 2007.
Options
for Biofuels, Alternative Crops and Alternative Policies for Bioenergy Webcast,
Iowa State University Extension, March 5, 2007.
Options
for Biofuels, Keynote speaker, Central Iowa Renewable Fuels Stakeholder Alliance
Conference, Ames, IA, March 6, 2007.
Iowa’s
Emerging Bioeconomy, Greater Des Moines Committee, Des Moines, IA, February 26,
2007.
Panelist, Biorenewables: Helping or Hurting the Environment, Third Annual
Symposium on Wildness, Iowa State University, February 20, 2007.
Biofuels
and Transportation, Transportation Seminar Series, Midwest Transportation
Consortium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, February 16, 2007.
The
Bioeconomy Initiative, Phoenix Agricultural Club, Phoenix, AZ, February 7, 2007.
Why
Cellulose? Phoenix Agricultural Club, Phoenix, AZ, February 7, 2007.
The Role
of Thermochemical Technologies in the Emerging Bioeconomy, Institute of Pulp and
Paper, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, January 26, 2007.
The
emergence of a bioeconomy in Iowa, Governor’s Energy Policy Advisory Forum, Des
Moines, IA, January 4, 2007.
Biofuels:
Where do we go from here?
The
future of biorefineries in
ISU’s
Bioeconomy Initiative: Emerging Opportunities, Ames Rotary Club, November 15,
2006.
Pathways
to renewable fuels, Iowa Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioners Annual
Conference, Ames, IA, November 15, 2006.
ISU’s
Bioeconomy Initiative: Emerging Opportunities, Iowa Board of Regents Meeting,
November 8, 2006.
Biorenewables Opportunities,
Making
Sense of Renewable Fuels, Expanding the Rural Economy through Alternative
Energy, Sustainable Agriculture, and Entrepreneurship Conference, Ames, Iowa,
October 25, 2006.
The
Future of Biorefineries for Fuels and Chemicals Production, Sixth Annual New
Crops Symposium, San Diego, CA, October 14-18, 2006.
The
Bioeconomy Initiative: Renewable Fuels and More, Board of Governors’ Meeting,
Pathways
to Renewable Fuels, Governors’ Ethanol Coalition,
Renewable Fuels from Biomass and More, Engineers for a Sustainable World
Conference,
The
future of biorefineries for fuels and chemicals production, Sixth New Crop
Symposium, San Diego, CA, October 14-18, 2006.
Biofuels
in Iowa, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa,
September 15, 2006.
Fast
Pyrolysis and Bio-oil Upgrading, Biomass-to-Diesel Workshop, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory,
The Role
of Thermochemical Technologies in Advanced Biorefineries, North Central Region
Feedstock Workshop,
Environmental Enhancement through Cornstover Utilization, 18th World Congress of
Soil Science, Bio-Char Workshop,
Keeping
the Renewable in Renewable Fuels, 2006 World Congress on Industrial
Biotechnology and Bioprocessing,
The
Bioeconomy: Impact on
The
Future of Biomass Gasification, ASME Central Iowa Section Meeting,
Biorefineries,
The role
of gasification in renewable production of power, fuels, and chemicals,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, March 9, 2006.
The role
of gasification in future biorefineries, Society of Women Engineers Regional
Conference, Ames, Iowa, March 4, 2006.
The role
of biorefineries in the emergence of a bioeconomy, Agronomy Crop Production and
Physiology Seminar Series, Iowa State University, January 24, 2006.
The
Future of Biorefining Agricultural Biomass, Energy from Agriculture Conference,
Biomass
Gasification,
A Matter
of Balance, Value Added Ag and Sustainable Energy - Securing the Future of
American Energy Conference,
Thermochemical Technologies for Biomass, Great Plains Institute Biomass Working
Group,
Foundations of a Bioeconomy: Fuels, Energy, and Chemicals from
Biorenewable Resources,
Chemicals and power via biomass gasification and fast pyrolysis, Programme IP
Renewable Biomaterials, Toulouse, April 10-23, April 2005.
Chemicals and power via biomass gasification and fast pyrolysis, Department of
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, March 31, 2005.
Opportunities for Research, Education, and Outreach in the ISU Bioeconomy
Initiative, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State
University, March 10, 2005.
Chemicals and power via biomass gasification and fast pyrolysis, Forty-Third Rural Energy Conference, St. Paul, MN, March 3, 2005.
Brown, R. C., “Thermochemical technologies for biomass energy,” IEEE 2004 General Meeting, Denver, Colorado, June 6 – 10, 2004.
Brown, R. C., “Renewable energy from biomass gasification,” World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver, Colorado, August 28 – September 3, 2004.
Brown, R. C., “The role of the thermal sciences in the emerging bioeconomy,” Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 1, 2004.
Brown, R. C. and Smeenk, R., “Thermochemical processing of biomass,” Cargill Corporation, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 2004.
Brown, R. C., “Understanding issues and opportunities for each link of the value chain: Processing,” Biobased Industry Outlook Conference, Ames, Iowa, March 7-8, 2004.
Brown, R. C., “Assessment Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,” ISU Department of Foreign Language and Literature Assessment Workshop, Ames, IA, January 31, 2004.
Brown, R. C., "Biomass-derived hydrogen from a thermally ballasted gasifier,” Biocycle Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 17-19, 2003.
Brown, R. C., “Energy, fuels, chemicals, and fibers from biorenewable resources,” Distinguished Lecturer Series, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, April 18, 2003.
Brown, R. C., “Biorenewable
resources: Engineering new products from agriculture,” XV International Congress of
Mechanical Engineering, Monterrey, Mexico, October 24 –25, 2002.
Brown, R. C., “The use of
biorenewable resources in the production of biobased products,” Ames Morning Rotary
Club, October 9, 2002.
Brown, R. C., “Technologies
for Utilizing Agricultural Byproducts and Wastes,” International Food Technology
Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 16 - 19, 2002.
Conferences
Ritzert, J., Brown, R. C., and Smeenk, J., “Filtration efficiency of a moving bed granular filter,” Science in Thermal and Chemical Biomass Conversion Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2004.
Sadaka, S., Brue, C., and Brown, R. C., “Mass and energy balances on a ballasted gasifier,” Science in Thermal and Chemical Biomass Conversion Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2004.
Daugaard, D. E. and Brown, R. C., “The transport phase of pyrolytic oil exiting a fast fluidized bed reactor,” Science in Thermal and Chemical Biomass Conversion Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Aug. 30 – Sept. 2, 2004.
Brown, R. C., Smeenk, J., Sadaka, S., Norton, G., Xu, M., Brown, N., and Brue, C., “Thermochemical production of hydrogen from biomass,” Second World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry, and Climate Protection, Rome, Italy, May 10 – 14, 2004.
Brown, R. C., Heindel, T., DiSpirito, A., Nikolau, B., “Production of biopolymers and hydrogen via syngas fermentation, National ACS Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28 – April 1, 2004.
Brown, R. C., “Biorenewable Resources and Technology graduate program at Iowa State University,” National ACS Meeting, Anaheim, California, March 28 – April 1, 2004.
Smeenk, J., Brown, R. C., Zhang, R., Sadaka, R., Xu, M., and Brue, C., “Use of a thermally ballasted gasifier for the production of hydrogen from biomass,” Power Gen Renewable Energy Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 1-3, 2004.
Brown, R. C., Heindel, T., DiSpirito, A., Nikolau, B., “Production of biopolymers and hydrogen via syngas fermentation,” Annual Meeting of the Institute of Biological Engineering, Fayetteville, Arkansas, January 9-11, 2004.
Richard, T., Brown, R. C., and McCarley, T., “Biorenewable Resources and Technology Graduate Program at Iowa State University,” ASAE/CSAE Annual International Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, August 1- 4, 2004.
Breen, B. P., Schrecengost, R. A., Brown, R. C., Sweterlitsch, J., and Emsick, J., “Fuel-lean reburn with in-situ gasification of coal, biomass and biomass-coal mixtures and with biomass-derived gases,” Conference on Reburning for NOx Control, Morgantown, WV, May 18, 2004.
Sadaka, S. S., Smeenk, J. L., and Brown, R. C., “Enhancing producer gas heating value using a ballasted gasifier,” Iowa Academy of Sciences, Cedar Rapids, IA, April 2004.
Brown, R. C., “Charting a path for the thermal sciences in the emerging bioeconomy,” Bergles Symposium, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 17, 2003.
Brown, R. C., Cummer, K., Smeenk, J., Suby, A., and Zhang, R., “Hydrogen from biomass gasification,” Iowa Academy of Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa, April 25, 2003.
Sandvig, E., Walling, G., Daugaard, D. E., Pletka, R., Radlein, D., Johnson, W., Brown, R. C., “The prospects for integrating fast pyrolysis into biomass power systems,” International Conference on Co-utilization of Domestic Fuels, Gainesville, Florida, February 5 – 6, 2003.
Heindel, T. J., DiSpirito, A. A., Brown, R. C., and Nikolau, B. J., “Biobased products via syngas fermentation,” 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, May 4-7, 2003, Breckenridge, CO.
Brown, R., “Biorenewable resources & technology graduate program at Iowa State University, Creating Value for Biobased Products Conference, Kansas City, November 11 - 13, 2002.
Smeenk, J., Brown, R. C., Emsick, N., and Cauley, T., “Use of switchgrass-derived producer gas as reburn fuel for NOx reduction,” Tenth Biennial Bioenergy Conference, Boise, IA, September 22 – 26, 2002.
Nunez, J., Cummer, K., Brown, R. C., Suby, A., and Smeenk, J., “Use of a moving bed granular filter for clean up of hot producer gas,” Tenth Biennial Bioenergy Conference, Boise, IA, September 22 – 26, 2002.
Zhang, R., Brown, R. C., Suby, A., Cummer, K., “Catalytic cleaning of hot producer gas,” Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Bioenergy Conference, Boise, IA, September 22 – 26, 2002.
Colver, G., Brown, R. C., Shi, H., and Soo, S., “Improving efficiency of a counter-current flow moving bed granular filter,” Fifth International Symposium on Gas Cleaning at High Temperature, Morgantown, West Virginia, September 18-20, 2002.
Brown, R. C. and Colver, G., “Control
of interfacial dust cake to improve efficiency of moving bed granular filters,” DOE
Contractor’s meeting, University Coal Research Program, Pittsburgh, June 4 - 5, 2002.
Brown, R. C., “Research in
environmental technologies at Iowa State University,” Combustion Technology
University Alliance Workshop, Cambridge, OH, September 12 – 13, 2002.
Brown, R. C., Fan, M., and Cooper,
A. T., “Synthesis of sulfur-based water treatment agent from sulfur dioxide waste
streams,” DOE Contractor’s meeting, University Coal Research Program,
Pittsburgh, June 4 - 5, 2002.
Brown, R. C., “Biomass-derived
hydrogen from a thermally ballasted gasifier,” DOE Hydrogen Program Contractor’s
meeting, Golden, CO, May 6-8, 2002.
Sandvig, E., Walling, G., and
Brown, R.C., “Integrated pyrolysis/combined cycle biomass power system,” DOE
Contractor’s meeting, Pittsburgh, April 2002.
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