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LORRE Update September 9, 2013
by Mosier, Nathan S 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

LORRE Potluck Dr. Engelberth is hosting a LORRE potluck for all LORRE students, staff, and family on September 15th Time: 4-7 PM Location: 3407 Boone St. West Lafayette Potluck style meal Please see the attached PDF for details. Recent LORRE Publications This will highlight new, recent publication from LORRE. If you have a publication to add, please let me know and I will add it to the list. Seminar Schedule Next Seminar: September 12th, Isaac Emery: "Changes in Lignin Properties During Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment and Its Role on Enzymatic Hydrolysis." This is practice for Isaac's PhD defense that will be held on September 18th. All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Fall Semester Date Location Seminar Aug 29 Fu Room (POTR 234) Seockmo Ku Sept 5 Fu Room (POTR 234) Ja Kyong Ko Sept 12 Fu Room (POTR 234) Isaac Emery Sept 19 Fu Room (POTR 234) Safety Retraining Sept 26 ABE 301 Dr. Ladisch Oct 3 Fu Room (POTR 234) Ximing Zhang Oct 17 Fu Room (POTR 234) Dr. Engelberth Oct 24 Fu Room (POTR 234) Xuan Li Oct 31 Fu Room (POTR 234) Barron Hewetson Nov 7 No Seminar AIChE Meeting Nov 14 ABE 301 Fernanda Cunha Nov 21 Fu Room (POTR 234) Iman Beheshti Dec 5 Fu Room (POTR 234) Studie Red Corn Dec 12 Fu Room (POTR 234) Study Break! Campus Seminar Announcement "A New Energy Future" Colleagues - I write to encourage you to take advantage of an exciting opportunity for your students on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at Loeb Hall. Together, the new Purdue Institute for Civic Communication (PICC), Bloomberg View (the opinion and analytical platform of Bloomberg News), and C-SPAN will present a series of forums on the issue of energy. The conference, entitled "A New Energy Future," will start at 1:30 pm and wrap up at 6 pm. The conference will address questions including: What are future needs for fossil fuels and can or should they be eliminated and replaced? Can we rely on renewables? Do practical solutions exist to reduce carbon emissions? How does natural gas change the equation? Is energy independence in reach? Bloomberg View is inviting speakers from its talent line-up of writers and analysts, as well as representatives from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which provides news and analytical tools to the energy sector. Brian Lamb is expected to interview a CEO of a major corporation on energy use. The forum will feature several Purdue faculty, including Jim Braun, Maureen McCann, and Wally Tyner in a panel that I will moderate. Program details will be available soon. The format will encourage student Q&A. I hope you will encourage your students to attend. If you wish to give "attendance credit" for participating, the PICC will assist in taking attendance for the event for faculty who request such assistance. Please contact the PICC Executive Director, Ambassador Carolyn Curiel, at curiel(a)purdue.edu<mailto:curiel@purdue.edu>, or her student assistant, Alison Gayer, agayer(a)purdue.edu<mailto:agayer@purdue.edu>, with any questions. Best, leah --- Leah H. Jamieson The John A. Edwardson Dean, College of Engineering Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Neil Armstrong Hall +1 765 494 5346 701 West Stadium Avenue +1 765 494 9321 (fax) Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045 lhj(a)purdue.edu<mailto:lhj@purdue.edu> http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~lhj

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No LORRE Seminar May 2nd
by Mosier, Nathan S 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Seminar Schedule - Fridays 2:30-4:00pm No LORRE Seminar This week! Next Seminar: May 9th Mahdieh: Solvent-Solvent Extraction to Recover Acetic Acid from Biomass Hydrolysates All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Spring Semester Date Location Seminar January 17 POTR B50 Scheduling Seminars January 24 POTR B50 Shane Clingenpeel January 31 POTR B50 Data Analysis and Presentation February 7 POTR B50 Xuan February 14 POTR B50 Barron February 21 POTR B50 Leyu February 28 POTR B50 JaKyong March 7 No Meeting (ABE Grad Symposium on March 6) March 14 Fu Room March 21 POTR B50 Spring Break March 28 POTR B50 Ximing April 4 Fu Room Prof. Cao April 11 Fu Room Dr. Eduardo Ximenes April 18 POTR B50 Seockmo Ku April 25 POTR B50 Studie Red Corn May 2 Biotechnology Symposium May 9 Fu Room Mahdieh May 16 Fu Room Heather

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LORRE Seminar: April 25th in Library (B50)
by Mosier, Nathan S 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

Seminar Schedule - Fridays 2:30-4:00pm Next Seminar: Friday April 25th. Studie Red Corn: Value Added Products from Microbial Fermentation of Waste Water Please note that we are in the in the Library (B50)! All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Spring Semester Date Location Seminar January 17 POTR B50 Scheduling Seminars January 24 POTR B50 Shane Clingenpeel January 31 POTR B50 Data Analysis and Presentation February 7 POTR B50 Xuan February 14 POTR B50 Barron February 21 POTR B50 Leyu February 28 POTR B50 JaKyong March 7 No Meeting (ABE Grad Symposium on March 6) March 14 Fu Room March 21 POTR B50 Spring Break March 28 POTR B50 Ximing April 4 Fu Room Prof. Cao April 11 Fu Room Dr. Eduardo Ximenes April 18 POTR B50 Seockmo Ku April 25 POTR B50 Studie Red Corn May 2 Biotechnology Symposium May 9 Fu Room Mahdieh May 16 Fu Room Heather

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Special Seminar Tomorrow (4/22/14) at Noon in the Fu Room (Lunch Provided)
by Mosier, Nathan S 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

Please join us in a special seminar tomorrow Tuesday April 22, noon to 1:30pm in the Fu Room. Lunch will be provided from Pot Belly. All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Developments on Enzyme Production for Agro-Energy Dr. Cristiane Sanchez Farinas Researcher at Embrapa Instrumentation, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Bioprocess engineering developments aimed at improving the efficiency of biomass conversion into fuels and chemicals can make an important contribution to an environmentally sustainable society. A good example is the case of Brazil, where 42.4% of the energy consumed is renewable. The production of second generation ethanol from lignocellulosic materials is an important sustainable means of increasing the share of renewables in the energy matrix. However, for the conversion of biomass into ethanol to be economically feasible, it is necessary to improve the efficiency of the enzyme production step, since the cost of the enzymatic cocktails significantly influences the viability of the entire process. In order to address this challenge, our research group at Embrapa Instrumentation has been focusing on studying different strategies to increase the efficiency of the enzyme production step by identifying novel microbial strains and more efficient fermentation techniques. In a recent study we showed the feasibility of using the whole solid-state fermentation (SSF) medium, containing enzymes, mycelia, and residual solid substrate, for the saccharification of sugarcane bagasse and ethanol production. By using the whole SSF medium, the enzyme extraction/filtration steps could be omitted from the overall process, offering advantages in terms of reduced enzyme and process costs, and avoiding the generation of unnecessary effluent streams. This talk will present this and other recent developments related to the enzyme production step and also discuss opportunities to continue the collaboration projects between Embrapa and LORRE.

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FW: LORRE Seminar: April 18 ( Library B50)
by Mosier, Nathan S 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Seminar Schedule - Fridays 2:30-4:00pm Next Seminar: Friday April 18th. Seockmo Ku: Rapid Filtration and Recovery of Food Pathogens from Vegetables Please note that we are in the in the Library (B50)! All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Spring Semester Date Location Seminar January 17 POTR B50 Scheduling Seminars January 24 POTR B50 Shane Clingenpeel January 31 POTR B50 Data Analysis and Presentation February 7 POTR B50 Xuan February 14 POTR B50 Barron February 21 POTR B50 Leyu February 28 POTR B50 JaKyong March 7 No Meeting (ABE Grad Symposium on March 6) March 14 Fu Room March 21 POTR B50 Spring Break March 28 POTR B50 Ximing April 4 Fu Room Prof. Cao April 11 Fu Room Dr. Eduardo Ximenes April 18 POTR B50 Seockmo Ku April 25 POTR B50 Studie May 2 Biotechnology Symposium May 9 Fu Room Mahdieh May 16 Fu Room Heather

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Calibration TODAY
by Engelberth, Abigail S 08 Apr '14

08 Apr '14

Reminder to get any pipettes to Linda in POTR 333 ASAP. She has done a great job of rounding them up, but if there are some that did not get collected or turned in yesterday, please get them to Linda this morning. Thank you, ~Dr. Engelberth

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LORRE Seminar: April 11 (Fu Room)
by Mosier, Nathan S 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

Seminar Schedule - Fridays 2:30-4:00pm Next Seminar: Friday April 4th. Dr. Eduardo Ximenes Please note that we are in the Fu Room! All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Spring Semester Date Location Seminar January 17 POTR B50 Scheduling Seminars January 24 POTR B50 Shane Clingenpeel January 31 POTR B50 Data Analysis and Presentation February 7 POTR B50 Xuan February 14 POTR B50 Barron February 21 POTR B50 Leyu February 28 POTR B50 JaKyong March 7 No Meeting (ABE Grad Symposium on March 6) March 14 Fu Room March 21 POTR B50 Spring Break March 28 POTR B50 Ximing April 4 Fu Room Prof. Cao April 11 Fu Room Dr. Eduardo Ximenes April 18 POTR B50 Ku April 25 POTR B50 Studie May 2 Biotechnology Symposium May 9 Fu Room Mahdieh May 16 Fu Room Heather

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Refining Tables
by Engelberth, Abigail S 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Remember when Dr. Mosier and I gave the presentation on displaying data. I included a visual from Dark Horse Analytics on how Data Looks Better Naked<http://darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/data-looks-better-naked/>. Well, they just put out a new post on how to Clear off the <http://darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/clear-off-the-table/> Table<http://darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/clear-off-the-table/>, and it is great. Always something to think about on how we display our results. ~Dr. Engelberth Abigail Engelberth, PhD Assistant Professor Agricultural & Biological Engineering Environmental & Ecological Engineering 218 POTR Office: 765-494-1009 aengelbe(a)purdue.edu<mailto:aengelbe@purdue.edu>

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LORRE Graduate Seminar: April 4th - Back in the Fu Room
by Mosier, Nathan S 02 Apr '14

02 Apr '14

Seminar Schedule - Fridays 2:30-4:00pm Next Seminar: Friday April 4th. Dr. Cao Also, please note to room change (Fu Room again)! All LORRE graduate students are expected to attend. Schedule for the Spring Semester Date Location Seminar January 17 POTR B50 Scheduling Seminars January 24 POTR B50 Shane Clingenpeel January 31 POTR B50 Data Analysis and Presentation February 7 POTR B50 Xuan February 14 POTR B50 Barron February 21 POTR B50 Leyu February 28 POTR B50 JaKyong March 7 No Meeting (ABE Grad Symposium on March 6) March 14 Fu Room March 21 POTR B50 Spring Break March 28 POTR B50 Ximing April 4 Fu Room Prof. Cao April 11 Fu Room Eduardo April 18 POTR B50 Ku April 25 POTR B50 Studie May 2 Fu Room Biotechnology Symposium May 9 Fu Room Mahdieh May 16 Fu Room Heather

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