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和技术学院与堪萨斯大学、南达科他州立大学和堪萨斯州立大学建立一个多大学生物燃料研发产业/大学合作研究中心。拟建中心的研究将包括可持续原料开发、燃料和产品的产生和提纯，以及燃料的表征、建模、储存和分配。拟建的中心将利用来自多个来源的资源来建设关键基础设施，进行开创性的基础和应用研究，并将这些研究转化为商业活动。这些特点将有助于将该中心建设成一个可持续的、国家认可的研发中心。

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.