Biodiesel Education Program Develops 4-H and Elementary Curriculum

Biofuels Journal
Date Posted: March 2, 2012

Students age eight to 12 have an opportunity to learn about renewable energy, including biodiesel, through hands-on activities and demonstrations.

The University of Idaho’s Biodiesel Education Program recently released a new curriculum designed to help elementary school age children understand the concepts of energy and renewable energy.

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Schools meet demand by offering an increasing number of majors and degrees focused on the environment.

StarTribune.com (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN)
By JENNA ROSS, Star Tribune
Last update: September 25, 2009 - 11:43 PM

Students at the University of Minnesota-Morris could ride buses fueled by corn, sleep in dorms heated by a biomass furnace and eat food grown on nearby farms. But for years, they couldn't major in the environment.

"It was getting to be embarrassing," said Peter Wyckoff, a biology professor. "We had amazing green facilities out here but didn't have a fully developed green curriculum."

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Ohio State Students Win First Stage of EcoCAR Challenge

Reuters
Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:31pm
By GreenBiz Staff - GreenBiz Staff

A team of Ohio State University students look first place in the initial milestone of the EcoCAR competition for its redesign of a 2009 Saturn Vue that utilizes a battery pack and ethanol fuel to get a 300 percent increase in fuel economy.

EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, is a three-year competition involving 17 university teams from the U.S. and Canada trying to figure out ways to turn the Saturn Vue in to electric vehicles with improved fuel economy and lower emissions while maintaining the vehicle's performance and appeal to car buyers.

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CSU receives $3 million for biofuels program

Northern Colorado Business Report
By Staff
September 8, 2008

FORT COLLINS - The National Science Foundation awarded Colorado State University $3 million for a program to provide biofuels training to doctoral students.

The grant will create the Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels Program. It will be aimed at preparing graduates to work in the complex biofuels industry by giving them a full picture of it -- where biomass comes from, the ways in which it's transformed into fuels and chemicals and whether the entire process is sustainable.

The grant will support the education of up to 45 doctoral students during the next five years. Training will range from environmental assessment, such as greenhouse gas impacts, to fuel engineering and plant biotechnology. Students must be enrolled as graduate students in science, engineering or economics to be eligible.

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MSU hosts inaugural Inventors Day

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By Derek Wallbank, Lansing State Journal
Created: 4/14/2008 11:08:37 AM
Updated: 4/14/2008 11:24:24 AM

EAST LANSING - Sang-Hyuck Park has a vision for Michigan's economy.It involves complicated terms like carbon sequestration and bioprospecting. In short, he hopes to make renewable fuels created from agricultural products more efficient."We need to lower the cost of bioenergy," Park said.Park presented his ideas as part of Michigan State University's first Inventors Day, a student-created event where five research teams presented research-based solutions aimed at improving Michigan's biofuels industry.

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