REU Site: INFEWS: Food, Energy, and Water Security

REU 网站：INFEWS：食品、能源和水安全

• 批准号: 1659830
• 负责人: Todd Mlsna
• 金额: $ 27.5万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1659830&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; INFEWS; Food; Energy

Professors Todd Mlsna, Debra Mlsna and colleagues at Mississippi State University host an REU Site: INFEWS: Food, Energy, and Water Security. This project is funded by the REU Site Program of the Division of Chemistry. Students focus on bio-product research for water, energy, and soil systems. The 10-week program allows 8 students per summer to pursue collaborative research projects at the nexus of Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science. Young scientists join research teams focused on solving real world problems. Educational experiences focus on understanding environmental issues with an emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches, leading to the development of environmentally-engaged scientists and a better-trained workforce. Seminars and educational components encourage entrepreneurial thinking for future careers. This project focuses on renewable bio-products. Specific student projects include the conversion of biomass and energy crops into biofuels, with an emphasis on bio-syngas production and bio-oil; the utilization of biochar (a biofuel production by-product) for water purification and soil amendment, and the uses of biochar and desalination approaches to efficiently clean wastewater. The instrumentation used by the students includes: gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) to characterize the biochar interface with adsorbents. Seminars on career paths and entrepreneurship support a focus toward small business and regulatory concerns in environmental industries. This site supports and trains students in areas related to crucial food, energy and water security concerns. The projects develop globally engaged scientists.

密西西比州立大学的托德·米尔斯纳 (Todd Mlsna) 教授、黛布拉·米尔斯纳 (Debra Mlsna) 教授及其同事主持了一个 REU 网站：INFEWS：食品、能源和水安全。该项目由化学系 REU 站点计划资助。学生专注于水、能源和土壤系统的生物产品研究。这个为期 10 周的项目每年允许 8 名学生在工程、化学和环境科学领域开展合作研究项目。年轻科学家加入专注于解决现实世界问题的研究团队。教育经验侧重于理解环境问题，并强调跨学科方法，从而培养从事环境工作的科学家和训练有素的劳动力。研讨会和教育内容鼓励对未来职业的创业思维。该项目重点关注可再生生物产品。具体的学生项目包括将生物质和能源作物转化为生物燃料，重点是生物合成气生产和生物油；利用生物炭（生物燃料生产副产品）进行水净化和土壤改良，以及利用生物炭和海水淡化方法有效清洁废水。学生使用的仪器包括：气相色谱法、质谱法、扫描电子显微镜 (SEM)、透射电子显微镜 (TEM) 和核磁共振波谱 (NMR) 来表征生物炭与吸附剂的界面。关于职业道路和创业精神的研讨会支持关注小企业和环境行业的监管问题。该网站在与关键食品、能源和水安全问题相关的领域为学生提供支持和培训。 这些项目培养了全球参与的科学家。

项目成果

A microbial desalination process with microalgae biocathode using sodium bicarbonate as an inorganic carbon source

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2018.04.003
• 发表时间: 2018-05
• 期刊: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
• 影响因子: 4.8
• 作者: Thomas J. Arana;V. Gude

Effect of Biochar on Microbial Growth: A Metabolomics and Bacteriological Investigation in E. coli

生物炭对微生物生长的影响：大肠杆菌的代谢组学和细菌学研究

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Environmental science and technology
• 影响因子: 11.4
• 作者: Rebecca A. Hill, John Hunt

Remediation of Aqueous Phosphate Agricultural Runoff Using Slag and Al/Mg Modified Biochar

利用矿渣和铝镁改性生物炭修复磷酸水农业径流

• DOI: 10.3390/pr10081561
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Processes
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Crisler, Glenn B.;Hernandez, Cintly Guzman;Orr, Andre;Davis, Roger;Schauwecker, Timothy;Johnson, J. Casey;Sparks, Darrell;Brown, Ashli;Wilding, Kelcie;Navarathna, Chanaka
• 通讯作者: Navarathna, Chanaka

Co-Pyrolysis of Southern Pine and Micronized Rubber Powder with Nickel Oxide and Sodium Carbonate Catalysts

氧化镍和碳酸钠催化剂共热解南方松和微粉橡胶粉

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01520
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 影响因子: 4.2
• 作者: Wainscott, Cody;Edwards, Austin C.;Street, Jason;Mitchell, Brian;Elsayed, Islam;Hassan, El Barbary;Mlsna, Todd E.
• 通讯作者: Mlsna, Todd E.

Phosphate in Soils: An Undergraduate Exploration of Soil Texture, Chemistry, and Amendment

土壤中的磷酸盐：土壤质地、化学和改良的本科探索

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00529
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Chemical Education
• 影响因子: 3
• 作者: Crisler, Glenn B.;Perera, Viveka;Hernandez, Cintly Guzman;Orr, Andre;Davis, Roger;Moore, Jessie;Smith, James;Varco, Jac;Schauwecker, Tim;Brown, Ashli
• 通讯作者: Brown, Ashli