Research Theme: Sustainability

Characterizing the Potential for Sustainable Azelaic Acid Production from High-Oleic Vegetable Oil Using Two-Step Oxidative Cleavage Method

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Bioproducts, Life Cycle Assessment, Technoeconomic Analysis

Climatic and Socioeconomic Drivers of Water Use and Their Spatio-Temporal Patterns for Small and Mid-Sized Cities in the Contiguous United States

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Water

Yield From Iowa’s First Commercial Miscanthus Fields: Implications of Spatial Variability for Productivity and Sustainability Beyond Research Plots

Type: Publication

Themes: Feedstock Production, Sustainability

Keywords: Economics, Field Data, Land Management, Marginal Land, Miscanthus, Modeling, Remote Sensing, Yield

Bioenergy Crops Could Cut Aviation Emissions by 80%, Illinois-led Study Finds

Type: News

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Biofuel Production, Carbon, Economics, Greenhouse Gas, Life Cycle Assessment, Miscanthus, News, Policy, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Land Conversion to Energy Crops for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United States

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Soil Oxygen Dynamics: A Key Mediator of Tile Drainage Impacts on Coupled Hydrological, Biogeochemical, and Crop Systems

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Hydrology, Soil

The Coming of Age of Miscanthus

Type: News

Themes: Feedstock Production, Sustainability

Keywords: Biofuel Production, Bioproducts, Economics, Feedstock Bioprocessing, Gene Editing, Genomics, Miscanthus, News, Perennial Bioenergy Grasses, Plant Transformation

Signatures of Local Nitrogen Adaptation in the Brachypodium distachyon Root Microbiome

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Microbiome, Nitrogen, Roots

Synthetic Microbial Communities: Bridging Research and Application in Second-Generation Bioenergy Feedstock Microbiomes

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Microbiome, Miscanthus, Review, Saccharum, Sorghum

Sustainable Triacetic Acid Lactone Production from Sugarcane by Fermentation and Crystallization

Type: Publication

Themes: Conversion, Sustainability

Keywords: Bioproducts, Life Cycle Assessment, Sugarcane, Technoeconomic Analysis

Artificial Neural Networks Estimate Evapotranspiration for Miscanthus × giganteus as Effectively as Empirical Model but with Fewer Inputs

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: AI/ML, Miscanthus, Modeling

What Regulates Decomposition in Agroecosystems? Insights from Reading the Tea Leaves

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Agroecosystem, Decomposition

Designing Cost-Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Type: Publication

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Carbon, Modeling, Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Data for: Miscanthus × giganteus Changes Soil Structure and Increases Maximum Water Holding Capacity

Type: Dataset

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Field Data, Miscanthus, Soil

DayCent MUVP Model Calibrated for the Simulation of Bioenergy Crops Grown on Set-aside Land in the US

Type: Dataset

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Carbon, Modeling, Nitrogen