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UA to Head New Center Focusing on Biofuels and Bioproducts

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UA to Head New Center Focusing on Biofuels and Bioproducts

Oct. 16, 2017
The goals of the Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions Center will be to address the nation's needs for biofuels and bioproducts, strengthen Arizona's bioeconomy, and provide training for the next generation of scientists and engineers.

The University of Arizona has received a five-year grant of up to $15 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to lead a new center focusing on the mass production of biofuels and bioproducts in the Southwestern U.S. 

Kimberly Ogden, director of the UA Institute for Energy Solutions and a professor in the College of Engineering, will head the Sustainable Bioeconomy for Arid Regions Center. The goals of the center include addressing the nation's needs for biofuels and bioproducts, strengthening Arizona's bioeconomy — the parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources such as crops or algae — and providing training for the next generation of scientists and engineers.

 

We have this opportunity to make bioproducts in Arizona while also educating youth about math and science. This center has a lot of cool parts to it."