Bio-based Materials, Biofuels, & Cellulose

Biofuels and Bioproducts

Symposium Co-Chairs

Rebecca Locker
Sustainability Lead
Modern Meadow

Bill Goldner
Senior Advisor Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment
USDA Office of the Chief Scientist

World L-S Nieh
National Program Lead, Forest Products & Wood Utilization Research
U.S. Forest Service

Sean Ireland
Vice President Business Development
Fiberlean Technologies Ltd.

Key Speakers

Nanofibrillar networks and superstructuring of cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers: A basis for universal adhesion
Orlando Rojas
Director BioProducts Institute, University of British Columbia, Canada

Democratization of Sustainable Materials: How Performance is Desrisking a Path to a Post Petroleum Future
Charles Dimmler
Co-Founder & CEO, Checkerspot

Commercialising MFC Products: Compliance to Ethical Standards and Legislation
David Skuse
VP Technology, FiberLean Technologies Limited, United Kingdom

Applications of mineral/ microfibrillated cellulose composite materials: Paper, packaging, paints, boards, tiles, non-wovens and polymer composites
Yun Jin
Senior Scientist, FiberLean Technologies Ltd., United Kingdom

Bioharvesting Effective and Sustainable Chemicals from Silk to Clean a World Covered in Petrochemicals
Carlos Bosques
Vice President of R&D and Innovation, Evolved by Nature

Integrated Biorefineries (IBRs) – Key Technology Challenges and Opportunities
Rajesh Shende
Professor of Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

Special Session on Domestic Sources for Natural Rubber

Key Speakers

Impact of public investment in alternative natural rubber programs
Colleen McMahan
Bioproducts Research Chemist, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Establishing rubber dandelions and guayule in the United States via premium markets to secure essential supplies
Katrina Cornish
Professor, The Ohio State University

Realizing Guayule at Scale
William Niaura
Director - New Business Development, Bridgestone Americas

Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions (SBAR): A coordinated approach to establishing bioeconomies
Kim Ogden
Professor, University of Arizona

Supply Chain Disruption: The Ripple…The Tidal Wave…The Tsunami…The?
Tom Marsh
Managing Director, Global Latex Operations, Pioneer Worldwide

Is there a need for a domestic supply of natural rubber?
Howard Colvin
Consultant, Colvin Consultants

David Dierig
Sec. Manager, Agro Operations
Guayule Research Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

This event will include research presentations from researchers from around the world, breakout sessions with industry, government and academic representatives, and a poster session reception. Please submit an abstract describing your research in this area and join us at this important event.

Back to Top ↑ 2021 Symposium Sessions
	Tuesday October 19
8:30	Sustainability Track Keynotes
10:30	Bio-based Materials I
1:30	Special Session on Domestic Sources of Rubber
4:00	Bio-based Materials - Posters
	Wednesday October 20
1:30	Bio-based Materials and Biofuels

2021 Symposium Program
	Tuesday October 19

8:30	Sustainability Track Keynotes	Woodrow Wilson B
	Session chair: Rebecca Locker, Modern Meadow
8:30	Performance-Advantaged Plastic Made from CO2 and Waste Biomass M. Kanan, Stanford University, US
9:00	Recent Developments in the Utilization of Biomass-derived Nanomaterials and Enabling Technologies to Advance the Bioeconomy O. Rojas, University of British Columbia, CA
9:30	Democratization of Sustainable Materials: How Performance is Desrisking a Path to a Post Petroleum Future C. Dimmler, Checkerspot, US

10:30	Bio-based Materials I	Azalea 1
	Session chair: Sean Ireland, Fiberlean Technologies
10:30	Nanofibrillar networks and superstructuring of cellulose nanocrystals and nanofibers: A basis for universal adhesion B.D. Mattos, B.L. Tardy, L.G. Greca, T. Kämäräinen, W. Xiang, O.J. Rojas, University of British Columbia, CA
10:55	Melodea's Cellulose Nano Crystals (CNC) based barrier coatings for sustainable packaging S. Lapidot, Melodea, US
11:20	Integrated Economic and Environmental Sustainability Analysis of Guar Gum J.C. Quinn, H.M. Summers, E. Sproul, C. Seavert, J. Robbs, S. Khanal, V. Mealing, A.E. Landis, N. Fan, O. Sun, Colorado State University-Fort Collins, US
11:40	Applications of mineral/ microfibrillated cellulose composite materials: Paper, packaging, paints, boards, tiles, non-wovens and polymer composites D. Skuse, Y. Jin, J. Phipps, T. Larson, S. Ireland, FiberLean Technologies Ltd, US
12:05	Testing of non-rubber extracts of guayule (Parthenium argentatum) as a bio-based urban insect repellents M. Dehghanizadeh, A. Knagg, A. Romero, F.O. Holguin, C.E. Brewer, New Mexico State University, US

1:30	Special Session on Domestic Sources of Rubber	Azalea 1
	Session chair: William Goldner, U.S. Department of Agriculture
1:30	Realizing Guayule at Scale W. Niaura, Bridgestone Americas, Inc., US
1:55	Is there a need for a domestic supply of natural rubber? H. Colvin, Colvin Consultants, US
2:20	Supply Chain Disruption: The Ripple…The Tidal Wave…The Tsunami…The? T. Marsh, Pioneer Worldwide, US
2:45	Establishing rubber dandelions and guayule in the United States via premium markets to secure essential supplies, pp. 173-176 K. Cornish. J. Cardina, J. Fresnedo, F.C. Michel, Jr., The Ohio State University, US
3:10	Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions (SBAR): A coordinated approach to establishing bioeconomies K. Ogden, University of Arizona, US
3:35	Guayule Agriculture Production D. Dierig, G. Wang, V.M. Cruz, W. Niaura, Bridgestone Americas, Inc., US
4:00	TBA J. Chan, Alion Science and Tehcnology, US

4:00	Bio-based Materials - Posters	Expo Hall AB
	Comprehensive Characterization of Bio-Crude Oil from Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Kitchen Waste H. Bayat, M. Dehghanizadeh, J.M. Jarvis, U. Jena, C.E. Brewer, New Mexico State University, US
	HTL Derived Biochar for Supercapacitor Electrodes, pp. 184-187 V. Amar, K. Huynh, B. Maddipudi, K. Shell, J. Houck, A. Thakkar, R.B. Gupta, S. Kumar, S. Hernandez, A. Shende, and R. Shende, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, US
	Advancing Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Development for Nanomaterial Risk Assessment and Categorization – Outcomes of an OECD WPMN Project J. Ede, Vireo Advisors, US
	To Enhance Adhesion Property of Soy Protein Adhesive by Base-Solvents Modified Guayule Resin S. Pradyawong, University of Arizona, US
	Wednesday October 20

1:30	Bio-based Materials and Biofuels	Magnolia 2
	Session chair: Rebecca Locker, Modern Meadow & World Nieh, U.S. Forest Service
1:30	Commercialising MFC Products: Compliance to Ethical Standards and Legislation D. Skuse, D. Hewson, J. Phipps, J.A. Shatkin, FiberLean Technologies Limited, UK
1:55	Integrated Biorefineries (IBRs) – Key Technology Challenges and Opportunities R. Shende, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, US
2:15	Waste-Powered Microgrid for Enhanced Energy Security of Critical Base Infrastructure D. Robau, National Energy USA, US
2:40	So You’ve Set Sustainability Goals – Now What?, pp. 177-183 G. Gebolys, World Energy, US