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Grants Awarded
(Since 2001)
Total awarded grant since 2001 is about $2.6M:
National Biodiesel Education Program (Phase 2). USDA Biodiesel Fuel Education Program.
10/08 - 09/09. $200,000. Jon Van Gerpen, Brian He (co-PI), Doug Haines, Dev Shrestha.
Measurement and Control Strategies for Sterol Glucosides to Improve Biodiesel Quality.
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology.
08/08 - 08/09. $75,195. Jon Van Gerpen, Brian He (co-PI).
Thermal processing of low-grade glycerol to alcohols for biodiesel production.
$141,171. National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology. 08/07 – 12/09. Brian He (PI).
Washington State Ferries Biodiesel Utilization Project
$68,171. US DOE through Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. 01/07 – 01/09. Brian He (PI), Jon Van Gerpen.
(Collaborated with Washington State University. The total project award was $299,950)
Biodiesel Quality Affected by Sulfur Content Originated from Different Feedstocks
08/06-12/07. $59,327. NIATT. Brian He (PI).
A virtual education center for biorenewable resources: building capacity and humanizing distance education
10/06 - 09/09. $122,500. USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants. Jon Van Gerpen, Brian He (co-PI).
(Collaborated with Iowa State University, the lead institution, and University of Kentucky. The total project award was $489,929)
Feasibility study on hydro-thermal conversion of low-grade glycerol to alcohols for use in biodiesel production
09/05-08/06. $51,230. NIATT. Brian He (PI).
A biodiesel demonstration plant
09/05 - 08/06. $68,818. NIATT.
Jon Van Gerpen, Brian He (co-PI).
Travel grant to PacificChem 2005 in Honolulu, HI
11/04. $900. University Research Council. Brian He (PI).
A gas chromatograph for biodiesel analysis and quality control
11/04. $12,000. NIATT. Brian He, Jon Van Gerpen, Chuck Peterson, Dev Sthretha, Joe Thompson.
Curriculum Development: Biorefinery Process Analysis and Design
10/04 - 09/07. $284,009. USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants.
Brian He (PI), Charles Peterson, Kerry Huber, Gulhan Yuksel.
A Novel Continuous-flow Reactor using Reactive Distillation Technique for Economical Biodiesel Production - stage 2.
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT).
$68,743. 09/04 - 08/05. Brian He (PI).
FTIR Spectroscopy for Wood and Bioproduct Research.
USDA NRI. 07/04. $24,006. Armando G. McDonald, Brian He (co-PI).
National Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. USDA Biodiesel Fuel Education Program.
10/03 - 09/08. $950,000. Charles Peterson, Brian He (co-PI), Doug Haines.
A Novel Continuous-flow Reactor using Reactive Distillation Technique for Economical Biodiesel Production.
National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT).
$45,000. 09/03 - 08/04. Brian He (PI), Charles Peterson.
Comparative studies on bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria that are
active against Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus and the use
of these bacteriocins as powdered biopreservatives in the dairy industry.
United Dairy of Idaho, 01/01/03 - 12/31/04; $29,740. Gulhan Yuksel, Dong-Hyun Kang, Brian He (co-PI).
Feasibility study of reactive distillation for continuous-flow biodiesel production.
$18,000. Idaho Rapeseed/Canola Commission. 08/03 - 07/04. Brian He (PI), Charles Peterson, Jack Brown.
Comparison of esterified and non-esterified oils from rapeseed, Canola, and yellow mustard as diesel fuel additives.
$50,000. National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology (NIATT). 09/02 - 08/03.
Charles Peterson, Brian He (co-PI).
Isolation of Toxic chemicals from seed meals for value-added animal feed and biopesticides.
$7,948. Seed Grant, Research Council of the University of Idaho. 07/02 - 06/03. Brian He (PI).
Travel Grant to Bioenergy 2002 at Boise, Idaho.
$690. University Research Council. 09/02. Brian He (PI).
Comparative Studies on bacteriocins from Lactic acid bacteria that are active against L. monocytogenes and S. aureus.
United Dairy of Idaho, 01/02 - 12/ 02. $34,664. Gulhan Yuksel, Dong-Hyun Kang, Brian He (co-PI).
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