Center for Biofuels Research and Development

将举行一次规划会议，以确定是否将在南达科他州矿业与技术学院与堪萨斯大学、南达科他州州立大学和堪萨斯州立大学建立一个生物燃料研究与开发的多大学工业/大学合作研究中心。 该中心的研究将包括可持续的原料开发，燃料和产品的生产和纯化，以及燃料表征，建模，储存和分配。该中心将利用多个来源的资源来建设关键基础设施，开展突破性的基础和应用研究，并将研究转化为商业活动。 这些特点将有助于将该中心建设成为一个可持续的，国家认可的研究和发展中心。

A planning meeting will be held to determine if a multi-university Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for BioFuels Research and Development will be established at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with the University of Kansas, South Dakota State University and Kansas State University. The research of this proposed center will include sustainable feedstock development, fuel and product generation and purification, and fuel characterization, modeling, storage and distribution. The proposed center will leverage resources from multiple sources to build critical infrastructure, conduct ground-breaking basic and applied research, and transform that research into commercial activities. These features will help build the center into a sustainable, nationally recognized research and development center.