Professors awarded grant to continue ethanol research

The Lariot online - Baylor University
Sept. 2, 2008
By Sommer Ingram Staff Writer

Baylor professors have been awarded a $492,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist in furthering their research on the production of cellulosic ethanol. This is a renewal grant for a project started about five years ago in which Baylor researchers study the by-products created during the process of making cellulosic ethanol.

Their research should ultimately conclude in a considerable decrease in the cost involved in producing ethanol.

"This project is relayed at improving the efficiency of producing biofuels from nonfood agricultural resources; in other words, cellulosic materials," said Dr. Kevin Chambliss, lead researcher in the study and associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. "The renewal of this grant is essentially a stamp of approval. They're saying they like what we are doing and want us to keep going."

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