(Lecture, May 25th) Production of Fuel Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Title: Production of Fuel Ethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Content:
1)        Introduction to ethanol as fuel
2)        Available processes for producing ethanol from lignocellulose
3)        Biological process to produce ethanol (pretreatment, saccharification, fermentation, and distillation)
4)        Current status of cellulose ethanol production

Speaker: Dr. Xuejun Pan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Time: 9:00-12:00a.m., May 25th, 2016
Venue: Room 405, Shaw Engineering Building, Wushan Campus

Brief introduction to Dr. Xuejun Pan:
Dr. Xuejun Pan is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his PhD degree in Applied Bioscience at Hokkaido University, Japan. Dr. Pan conducted postdoctoral research at Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, and University of British Columbia. Dr. Pan’s research interests include biomass pretreatment and fractionation, enzymatic and chemical saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass for sugars production, high-value and functional products from cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, catalytic conversion of biomass sugars to chemicals, and drop-in hydrocarbon fuels from biomass. He was elected as Fellow of International Academy of Wood Science in 2013 and won Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow Award in 2011 and NSF Career Award in 2009.