Biobased Industry Center at forefront of research efforts

AgriNews (Minnesota/Iowa)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University's new Biobased Industry Center is sponsoring four research projects designed to answer questions important to the biofuels industry.

"The purpose of the center is to study parts of the biofuels industry that have received less attention," said Ron Cox, an interim co-director of the center and the director of Iowa State's Center for Industrial Research and Service. "That's the business and economic side of the industry as opposed to the technical side of biofuel production."

The center is part of ISU's Bioeconomy Institute and has been in the works for several years. It was approved by the Iowa Board of Regents this fall. It is designed to support interdisciplinary research of the biorenewables industry and its economic, policy, business, social and work force issues.

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