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• Discovery of "Q Microbe" Shows Promise for Advancing Cellulosic Ethanol Technology

  - 2007-08-14

  SunEthanol Secures Series A Financing from VeraSun Energy, Battery Ventures and Long River Ventures, to Commercialize Q Microbe AMHERST, Mass. -- SunEthanol Inc., a biofuels technology company, announced today that it has secured funding to commercialize the Q Microbe, a unique natural bacteria capable of converting cellulose into ethanol....

  Tags: battery, Company, Dr., Engineering, financing, NYSE Euronext, technology, University of Massachusetts

• MEMBER PROFILE: Who IS Ernest A Johnson?

  - 2004-04-01

  Celebrity comes to people sometimes in the strangest ways. That is certainly the case with longtime ASAE member Ernest Johnson. In early February, the question in the minds of many ASAE members was, "Who is Ernest A. Johnson?" Due to a computer glitch, Johnson's name appeared in the heading of...

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• Sweet-toothed bacteria generate power.(Assembly Lines)

  - 2003-11-01

  AMHERST, MA -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have persuaded mud-dwelling bacteria Rhodoferax ferrireducens to generate electricity from sugar. The new "microbial fuel cell," an early prototype, cannot generate enough power to run an appliance, but it can operate virtually ...

  Tags: bacteria, battery, electrode, Engineering, University of Massachusetts

• Simulation Based Optimization for Supply Chain Configuration Design

  BNET - 2003-10-31

  The design of a supply chain network as an integrated system with several tiers of suppliers is a difficult task. It consists of making strategic decisions on the facility location, stocking location, production policy, production capacity, distribution and transportation modes. In this paper, a hybrid optimization approach has been developed...

  Tags: Supply Chain, Optimization, University Of Massachusetts, Transportation, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Engineering, Enterprise Software, Software

• Technical sessions

  - 2002-03-01

  SESSION T42 Plastics Environmental Physical Property Enhancement of Recycled Polymers Moderator: Dennis Denton Denton Plastics Inc. #101 (2:00 PM) Photodegradation of Polystyrene Young, Eric - Nigeria Society of Polymer Engineers #705 (2:30 PM) Effect of Multiple Processing Cycles on Post-Consumer Plastics Recycled via Solid-State...

  Tags: characterization, Engineering, G., injection, M., Murphy, Pennsylvania State University, plastics, polymer, Queen, Richard, Rio, Robert, Technology, The Dow Chemical Co., University of Massachusetts

• Improving first-year engineering education

  - 2001-01-01

  Improving First-Year Engineering Education* ABSTRACT In September of 1998, the College of Engineering at the University ofMassachusetts Dartmouth UMD piloted an innovative, integrated, first-year curriculum. It dramatically changed 31 credits across two semesters. The program was modeled after several previous successful undergraduate experiments at other universities such as those in...

  Tags: Benefits, calculus, chemistry, curriculum, Dr., Engineering, Fax, HEALTHCARE, Mathematics, PRODUCTIVITY, semester, SOFTWARE, University of Massachusetts

• A design advisor for sheet metal fabrication

  - 1996-01-01

  1. IntroductionCommon beliefs to the contrary, design for manufacture DFM is not new. At one point in the history of Engineering it was the rule rather than the exception. The 'traditional' lack of communication between designers and manufacturers, of which everyone seems to speak today, came about when the designer...

  Tags: advisor, Engineering, FINANCE, Investment, Manufacturing, University of Massachusetts