As you may know, I’m a graduate of the University of Missouri where I was a student in the Biological Engineering Department (formerly Agricultural Engineering). Here is some recent news from that department.
Associate Professor Allen Thompson is the principal investigator for a project to study stormwater best management practices (BMPs). The university, along with the Columbia and Boone County, are required to implement BMPs to protect Hinkson Creek. Engineering faculty and students will be working with Campus Facilities staff to implement and study these environmental compliance measures. (By the way, I took Dr. Thompson’s soil and water conservation class back in the day.)
Associate Professor Bill Jacoby is studying super critical water gasification. This is a high-temperature, high-pressure, low-oxygen process that decomposes biomass and produces hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane. A portion of the biomass energy is consumed to fuel the process, but it can be an energy neutral process.
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