Speaker: Michael Wolcott
Regents Professor and Director Institute for Sustainable Design Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Washington State University
For years, the focus on biofuels development has aimed at the twin bookends of feedstock development and conversion technologies. But despite years of effort and no clear winner in sight, relatively little work has addressed gaining efficiencies in the biofuels industry through supply chain efficiencies.
The challenge to envision a biofuels industry must not only consider the feedstock and technical demands of a specific conversion technology but must also consider the existing petroleum industry which supplies the current fossil fuels; the capacity of regional communities to act collectively and provide a skilled workforce; the local and national governments to develop effective policy; and the regional environmental capacity to sustainably supply the feedstock, water, and air resources.
The 2013 Starker Lecture Series will provide a forum for a state-of-the-art, wide-ranging discussion of these issues and the unique challenges and opportunities in forest biomass utilization.
For a full list of lectures please visit:
http://starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu/
Can't make it to Corvallis? View online at: http://starkerlectures.forestry.oregonstate.edu/live-video-stream
For further information or accommodations for disabilities, call 541-737-1585.