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Author:: Meyer, Alissa Lynn
Title:: Farming Fuels: Searching for Rural Revitalization in an Agricultural Bioeconomy
Graduate Program:: Rural Sociology
Keywords:: public good
switchgrass
rural sociology
social impacts
File:: Download AM_DissertationFinal_11_21_08.pdf
Committee Members:: C Clare Hinrichs, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C Clare Hinrichs, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member
Richard Stedman, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

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Author:: Kemmerer, Benjamin David
Title:: ANALYSIS OF SWITCHGRASS LARGE SQAURE BALE PRODUCTION AND HANDLING PARAMATERS
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: Density
Harvest
Large Square Bale
Biomass
File:: Download Ben_Kemmerer_4.20.11.pdf
Committee Members:: Jude Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jude Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marvin H Hall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Sedorovich, Dawn
Title:: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM AGROECOSYSTEMS: SIMULATING MANAGEMENT EFFECTS ON DAIRY FARM EMISSIONS
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: simulation
agriculture
greenhouse gas
climate change
File:: Download SedorovichThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Clarence Alan Rotz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jason Philip Kaye, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member

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Author:: Tanjore, Deepti
Title:: BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENTS OF CORN STOVER BIOMASS THROUGH AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC SOLID SUBSTRATE FERMENTATION
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: ensilage
storage
pretreatment
biomass
corn stover
fermentation
ethanol
biofuel
lignocellulosic biomass
white rot fungi
File:: Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Lehman Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

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Author:: Rezaei, Farzaneh
Title:: ELECTRICITY FROM COMPLEX BIOMASS USING MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: biofuel
complex biomass
Microbial fuel cells
cellulose
File:: Download Rezaei_dissertation_Fall_08.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

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Author:: Cong, Fang
Title:: A STRATEGY TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE TO BIOETHANOL VIA LIGNIN MODIFICATION
Graduate Program:: Plant Biology
Keywords:: lignin
bioethanol
poplar
signal peptide
amino acid
crosslink
lignocellulose
File:: Download Fang_Cong_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ming Tien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ming Tien, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Edward Carlson, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member

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Author:: Camargo, Gustavo
Title:: MODELING ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR FARM SCALE PRODUCTION
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: greenhouse gas
energy
agricultural systems
dairy farm
modeling
File:: Download Thesis_Gustavo_02_December_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Ren, Haiyu
Title:: EFFECT OF CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES AND CHEMICALS ON CORN STOVER PRESERVATION AND PRETREATMENT DURING ENSILAGE PROCESSING
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: preservation
bioconversion
ensilage
corn stover
water soluble carbohydrate
enzymes
File:: Download Ph.D._thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Dennis Buckmaster, Committee Member
Gabriella Anne Varga, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Roy Edward Young, Committee Member

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Author:: Darku, Irene Dzidzor
Title:: Characterization of wet storage impacts on bioprocessing of corn stover to biofuels
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: Biomass
Wet storage
Ensilage
Biofuel
Logistics
Ethanol
Fiber reactivity
Pretreatment
Corn stover
Biofuel
Delivery cost
File:: Download Darku_DISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Lehman Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jude Liu, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Evelyn Ann Thomchick, Committee Member

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Author:: Bechara, Mark Anthony
Title:: Alternative Mushroom Production System Using Non-composted Grain-based Substrates
Graduate Program:: Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Keywords:: non composted substrates
agaricus bisporus
cost modelling
Pleurotus eryngii
Agaricus blazei
File:: Download Bechara_doctoral_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Walker, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member

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