Entrepreneur operates 3 companies at University of Alabama business incubator

TuscaloosaNews.com
By Patrick Rupinski, Staff Writer
Published: Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 1, 2012 at 6:51 p.m.

TUSCALOOSA
There might be a use after all for the kudzu draping the Southeast's rural landscape. It might someday help fuel your car.

Scientists at the University of Alabama's manufacturing technology center are looking at kudzu, the non-native leafy vines that have spread across the South's fields and forests, as one of several sources that could be used to make ethanol.


This summer, chemical engineers working for a company at UA's Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs Building, a research center for budding entrepreneurs, will start making larger batches of a sugary syrup-like substance that could be used in the production of ethanol.

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