ISU thin stillage fungal process receives awards
July 8, 2008
BY Susanne Retka Schill
Web exclusive posted July 11, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. CST
A team of Iowa State University researchers have netted two more awards for their work in developing a fungal process to improve the corn-to-ethanol process. They received an honor award from the International Water Association and named a winner of the 2008 R&D 100 Award presented by R&D Magazine, an award considered the Oscar of Invention.
The awards were given to Hans van Leeuwen, an ISU professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and the leader of the research project; Anthony L. Pometto III, an ISU professor of food science and human nutrition; Mary Rasmussen, a graduate student in environmental engineering and biorenewable resources and technology; and Samir Khanal, a former ISU research assistant professor who's now an assistant professor of molecular biosciences and bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The researchers identified a fungus and process that cleans and concentrates the thin stillage left after distillation, avoiding the energy costs required by the current evaporation technologies. In addition to facilitating the recycling of the enzymes and water in the stillage, the fungus can be harvested as a high protein feed supplement.
The project also received the 2008 grand prize for university research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
A team of Iowa State University researchers have netted two more awards for their work in developing a fungal process to improve the corn-to-ethanol process. They received an honor award from the International Water Association and named a winner of the 2008 R&D 100 Award presented by R&D Magazine, an award considered the Oscar of Invention.
The awards were given to Hans van Leeuwen, an ISU professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and the leader of the research project; Anthony L. Pometto III, an ISU professor of food science and human nutrition; Mary Rasmussen, a graduate student in environmental engineering and biorenewable resources and technology; and Samir Khanal, a former ISU research assistant professor who's now an assistant professor of molecular biosciences and bioengineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The researchers identified a fungus and process that cleans and concentrates the thin stillage left after distillation, avoiding the energy costs required by the current evaporation technologies. In addition to facilitating the recycling of the enzymes and water in the stillage, the fungus can be harvested as a high protein feed supplement.
The project also received the 2008 grand prize for university research from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
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