| CO-GASIFICATION OF COAL AND WASTE BIOMASS IN BATCH PROCESSING DOWNDRAFT GASIFIER AND CONTINUOUS FLUID BED REACTOR: Shahbazi A., Y. Li - U.S. DOE. 10/1/2005-9/30/2008* |
| ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE LOW TEMPERATURE BIOMASS LIQUEFACTION AND BIOREFINING MODEL: Shahbazi, A. Y. Li - DOE for Education Institution, Joint with the University of Minnesota, Funds to NCAT 06/06-12/07 * |
| PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LOW-COST BIODEGRADABLE POLY– LACTIC ACID USING CHEESE WHEY: Shahbazi A., J. Lou, S. Ibrahim - USDA- Capacity Building Grant 10/04-09/07 |
| COMPOSTING OF PELLETIZED WOOD USED AS BEDDING MATERIAL IN SWINE PRODUCTION: Shahbazi A., Y. Li - USDA-CSRS- Evans-Allen, 10/1/2004-9/30/2005 |
| STUDY OF HETEROGENEOUS REACTION OF CELLULOSE FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCTION FROM BIOMASS: Shahbazi A., K.A. Schimmel, Y. Li - NSF for Research Center, Joint with University of Florida, Funds to NCAT, 01/2005-12/200* |
| SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PROJECT (MURA): Shahbazi A. - US Department of Energy, NREL, 05/01/04-4/10/07 |
Research Projects |
Assessment of Agricultural Crop Residues and Wood Wastes - Funded by State Energy Office, $59,000 (Extension to an existing project from the following year.)
Assessment of crop and forest residues in NC - Supported by North Carolina State Energy Office, $100,000
Assessing the Performance of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules in a Residential PV Application - Supported by North Carolina Energy Division, $50,000
Utilization of Wood Waste and Residue in North Carolina - Supported by North Carolina Energy Division, $70,000
Continuous Fermentation of Mixed Substrate to produce Lactic Acid with Immobilized Bacteria - Supported by USDA, CSREES, Evans-Allen Fund, $140,000
The Effect of pH and Substrate Concentration in the fermentation of sugars - Supported by USDA, CSREES, Evans-Allen Fund, $150,000
Course Development: Engineering Properties of Biological Materials - Subcontract from Purdue University, $8,871.
Enhancing Agricultural Engineering curriculum by incorporating Geographic
Information System (GIS) - Supported by the USDA-CSRS, $193,000.
Potentials of the solar fruit drying cottage industry in Senegal
- Supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development, $100,000.
Designing a low cost and practical solar fruit drying system for developing
countries - Supported by the US Agency for International development,
$100,000.
Producing Ethyl alcohol in a fluidized-bed bioreactor by immobilized hemophilic bacteria - Supported by USDA-CSRS, Evans-Allen Fund, and $100,000