Thursday, 3/29/2007
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM  McCormick Place South  S103D, Level 1, Oral

AGRO

Agricultural Biomass, Biobased Products, and Biofuels

Organized by: Justin R. Barone, Cathleen J. Hapeman, Joseph H. Massey, James N. Seiber
Presiding: Joseph H. Massey

8:30 AM

 

             

 

 

 Introductory Remarks
   
 

8:35 AM

 

             

 

195

 Properties of biodegradable feather keratin polymers
Justin R. Barone  
 

9:00 AM

 

             

 

196

 Biopolymers from polylactic acid and milk proteins
Charles Onwulata Peggy Tomasula
 

9:25 AM

 

             

 

197

 Extraction and electrospinning of zein extracted from corn gluten meal using acetic acid
G. W. Selling Kristen K. Woods
 

9:50 AM

 

             

 

198

 Improved physical properties of zein using glyoxal as a crosslinker
Kristen K. Woods Gordon W. Selling
 

10:15 AM

 

             

 

 

 Intermission
   
 

10:30 AM

 

             

 

199

 Arthropod repelling constituents from a southern folk remedy: Investigations of the American beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
Charles L. Cantrell Charles T. Bryson, Stephen O. Duke, Jerome A. Klun, John F. Carroll
 

10:55 AM

 

             

 

200

 Biobased Herbicides
Franck E. Dayan Stephen O. Duke
 

11:20 AM

 

             

 

201

 Single-use, disposable food containers: Starch-based alternatives to petroleum-based plastics
Gregory M. Glenn Charles N. Ludvik, Artur P. Klamczynski, William J. Orts, Syed H. Imam, Delilah Wood
 

11:45 AM

 

             

 

202

 Incorporation of bacteriocin in edible pectin films for antimicrobial packaging
Kevin B. Hicks LinShu Liu, Tony Jin, Cheng-Kung Liu, Amar K. Mohanty, Rahul Bhardwaj, Manjusri Misra
 

12:10 PM

 

             

 

 

 Lunch Break
   
 

1:05 PM

 

             

 

 

 Introductory Remarks
   
 

1:10 PM

 

             

 

215

 Fast pyrolysis and biooil production from energy crops being developed within USDA-ARS
A. A. Boateng  
 

1:35 PM

 

             

 

216

 Steam explosion method for producing microcrystalline cellulose from agricultural residues
Foster A. Agblevor Maha M. Ibrahim, Waleed K. El-Zawawy
 

2:00 PM

 

             

 

217

 Developing enzyme systems for biomass destruction
Dominic Wong Charles Lee, Kurt Wagschal, Michael Smith, George Robertson, William Orts
 

2:25 PM

 

             

 

218

 Process for obtaining cellulose acetate from agricultural by-products
Atanu Biswas Badal C. Saha, John W. Lawton Jr., Randal L. Shogren, Julious L. Willett
 

2:50 PM

 

             

 

 

 Intermission
   
 

3:05 PM

 

             

 

219

 Fuel from herbaceous feedstocks: A switchgrass-centric perspective
Gautam Sarath Bruce S. Dien, Kenneth P. Vogel, Hans-Joachim G. Jung
 

3:30 PM

 

             

 

220

 Hydrothermal conversion of wood: Reaction kinetics and process development
Bo Zhang Marc von Keitz, Kenneth Valentas
 

3:55 PM

 

             

 

221

 Fractionating lignocellulose by using cellulose solvent and organic solvent
Y.-H. Percival Zhang Geoff Moxley
 

4:20 PM

 

             

 

 

 Concluding Remarks