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Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Welcome to the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
Sustainable use of renewable resources and enhancement of the environment

Bioproducts or bio-based products refer to the broad spectrum of materials, chemicals and energy derived from renewable bio-resources including biofuels, bioenergy, bio-based plastics, biocomposites, wood products and pulp, paper and much more.

Biosystems or biological systems broadly refer to systems that include organic and biologically active materials and processes important in agriculture, food production and processing, ecological and life systems, and natural and managed environments.

In The News

BBE Graduate students participated in an invited poster session on February 19, 2008 at Xcel Energy. See pictures from this event.

Graduate students Lei Xu (Advisor Prof. Tschirner) and Ravi Narayanan (Advisor Prof. Wang) were among the winners at the Life Sciences Alley 6th Annual Graduate Student Poster/Gadget Session on Thursday, December 6, 2007 held in conjunction with the LifeScience Alley Conference and Expo <http://www.lifesciencealleyconference.org> at Touchstone Energy Place in St. Paul. (http://www.bti.umn.edu/07btiposters.html)

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Are you interested in engineering, science, technology and management and their application to sustainable use of renewable resources and improving our environment? Check out our majors!

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Biocatalysis and Bioprocess Engineering

As part of the University of Minnesota’s efforts to be a leading center of excellence in the production of biofuels and bioenergy from renewable resources, and to help transform the State of Minnesota to be a leader in the 21st century bio-economy, we are searching for outstanding candidates to fill faculty positions in the areas of biocatalysis and bioprocess engineering.

 

2006 BBE Annual Report (6 MB pdf)

 
 
 
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