Grant Awarded for Sludge-to-Biodiesel Research

Water & Wastewater.com
By Robbie Ward
Jul 23, 2008

Starkville, MS -- Three Mississippi State chemical engineering researchers formally will accept a $200,000 grant from the regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency during a ceremony at McCain Hall, home of the Bagley College of Engineering.

Jimmie Palmer of EPA's Regional Applied Research Effort Program will present the research award dealing with the conversion of sewage into biodiesel to assistant professors Rafael Hernandez and Todd French, and associate professor Mark Bricka. The three faculty members are colleagues in the university's chemical engineering department.

The grant supports their work to chemically transform sludge and wastewater collected from a Tuscaloosa, Ala., treatment facility into a feedstock for producing biodiesel.

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