The goal of electro-fuel research is to generate infrastructure-compatible transportation fuel through non-photosynthetic fixation of carbon dioxide. To achieve this goal, we are developing a cutting-edge two stage bioprocess. In the first stage, acetogenic microorganisms ferment carbon dioxide into acetate using hydrogen or carbon monoxide as reducing equivalents. The produced acetate is then used as [...]
Production of biofuels from renewable resources is necessary for satisfying growing global demand for transportation fuels and an essential component of the future energy mix. Interest in biofuels production stems from the fact that biofuels can substitute for petroleum-based fuels in all modes of transportation, ranging from automobiles to buses, trucks, ships and aircraft, most [...]
Contact Information 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 56-422 Cambridge, MA, 02139, US Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT Phone: 617-290-6388 E-mail: pengh@mit.edu Sustainable Energy Research Recently, work in sustainable energy is exploring the fermentation of syngas (primarily CO, CO2, and H2) following gasification of cellulosic biomass to produce biofuels. The syngas fermentation by microbes utilizes the Wood-Ljungdahl [...]
Project Overview Web-Lab is an innovative SBE program that web enables laboratory experiments. A collection of bioreactors are located miles away in a central facility, and students, regardless of their physical location, can access and remotely interact with the bioreactor in real time over the internet. Multiple schools can access these web-based experiments and incorporate [...]
Books Gregory N. Stephanopoulos, Aristos A. Aristidou, Jens Nielsen. Metabolic engineering. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. isbn:0126662606. [1B] edited by Isidore Rigoutsos and Gregory Stephanopoulos. Systems biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. isbn:0195300815. [2B] edited by Isidore Rigoutsos and Gregory Stephanopoulos. Systems biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. isbn:0195300807. [3B] Publications accessible in PubMed Tyo KE, Nevoigt E, Stephanopoulos G. Directed [...]
