Category: Webinars
Restoration: From Biomass Poplar Plantings to Conventional Ag
Presenters: Rich Shuren and Rick Stonex This webinar covered the objectives and methods for transitioning an established hybrid poplar biomass planting into a different agricultural…
The Final Step: Harvesting Hybrid Poplar for Renewable Bioenergy Feedstock
Presenters: Rich Shuren, Brian Stanton, Rick Stonex, Jesus Espinoza, and Tim Volk This webinar presented the 1st and 2nd cycle harvests including results of time-and-motion…
Partnering Trees and Microbes for Tackling Environmental Pollutants
Presenter: Dr. Sharon Doty This webinar discussed the recent successful field trial of poplar tree phytoremediation with a natural TCE-degrading microbial endophyte.
Students’ Success – WWCC Plant Operations Program
Presenter: Jason Selwitz In this webinar, Jason Selwitz (ACE Project Manager, Plant Ops Instructor/Advisor) shared stories and statistics about the Plant Operations program. In addition,…
Cream of the Coppice: Hybrid Poplar Yields During the Establishment and Coppice Cycles
Presenters: Jesus Espinoza and Brian Stanton This webinar presented data on the first-coppice growth and yield from the AHB demonstration sites. Learn about the differences…
Converting Poplar into Biofuels – Graduate and Postdoc Research
Presenters: Chang Dou, Hanna Horhammer, and Oliver Jan The webinar is divided into a series of short presentations that are tailored for a general audience.…
Communicating with Policy Makers in the Pacific Northwest
Presenters: Nora Haider and Peter Moulton This webinar discussed methods for engaging policy makers in bioenergy developments and identified ways that university research can inform…
Trees of the Future – Genetic Engineering as a Tool for Improving Feedstock
Presenters: Dr. Amy Klocko & Dr. Steve Strauss This talk presents information about progress in the field of genetic engineering of trees, including their own…
Economic Evaluation of Potential Biorefineries with High-Resolution Decision Support Tools
Presenter: Dr. Nathan Parker This talk introduces a web-based decision support tool for biorefinery siting and explores the economic viability of biorefineries in Chehalis, WA,…
How do hybrid poplar trees interact with air pollution?
Presenter: Dr. Todd Rosenstiel Unlike traditional agriculture crops, many emerging bioenergy crops emit significant quantities of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These VOCs, including isoprene, can…
This project is supported by an Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30407 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).