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Hodge Research Group Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering |
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Welcome to the Hodge Research Group
webpage. Research in
our group focuses on topics that focus on the conversion of the polymers contained
in plant cell walls to fuels and chemicals using chemical and
biotechnological routes. There a strong need to develop
energy alternatives to petroleum such as through the capture and redirection
of energy in the carbon cycle by utilizing the chemical constituents (polysaccharides
and lignin, an aromatic polymer) of plant cell walls as a renewable chemical
and energy feedstock. Due to the challenges of deconstruction and fractionation
of the biopolymer components of the plant cell wall, this vast resource of
reduced carbon is overwhelming used for its existing structural value (as
fiber and as a structural material) or for combustion rather than for the value
of its chemical constituents. Our research works to better understand
bioconversion processes at both the fundamental and applied levels to enable
the successful deployment of bioenergy technologies. Research areas include enzyme and microbial
catalysis, chemical pretreatments, process integration, and process modeling,
optimization, and control. |
David Hodge Assistant Professor Office: 226 Farrall Hall Phone: (517) 353-4508
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