UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA at Lafayette Cost-effective production of biofuels from cultured & waste feedstocks Development of additional value-added products from biofuels production Development of novel feedstocks for biofuels and bioproducts manufacturing Discovery of novel processing reactions and related production techniques Development of Regional Biomass Inventory Management Models Feedstock Production & Management Processing Optimization & Discovery Market Development Developing the New Paradigm for A Competitive Biofuels Industry EXAMPLE UL R&D INTERESTS
SELECTED R&D PROJECTS Production of Biodiesel from Waste Products Biogas Generation from Algal Cake Ethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks Production of Hydroxylated Fatty Acids Production of Ethanol from Waste Rice Residuals
KEY RESOURCES Key Participating Academic Collegess: College of Engineering College of Sciences College of Business Administration Other Key R&D Entities: Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (BRL) Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Center for Business Information Technologies (CBIT) Center for Advanced Computation Systems (CACS) Center for Environment and Ecological Technologies (CEET) Numerous faculty hires in the Bioprocessing Area Over recent $1.5 Million in Equipment Gains/Investments Initiation of Several Joint R&D Ventures with Other Universities Numerous UL-Industrial Development Agreements Recently Initiated