Our forums aim to create a strong community of UWA researchers who have interests and expertise in the broad area of Bioenergy.
Tuesday 20 October 2009
- Michael Borowitzka (Professor of Phycology at Murdoch University and the head of the Algae Research and Development Center).
- Biofuels from algae: Status and prospects and commercial cultivation of microalgae using both open pond and closed photobioreactor systems
- Mr Matthew Timmins (ARC Centre for Plant Energy Biology, UWA)
- Biofuels from algae: Status and prospects
Tuesday 11 August 2009
- Dr Steven Schilizzi (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Senior Lecturer, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics)
- Economic issues of bioenergy
- David Bennett - NRMC Pty. Ltd. (Natural Resource Management Consultants)
- Energy Returned on Energy Invested, how does bioenergy fit?
Tuesday 23 June 2009
- Professor Robin J Batterham - President Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- Energy, Minerals and Climate Change – a healthy mix for Australia?
Wednesday 1 April 2009
- Ms Margaret Campbell (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture, Centre for (CLIMA))
- Oilseed crops for Biodiesel and/or fuelling farms
- Mr Matthew Timmins (Plant Energy Biology, ARC Centre of Excellence)
- Hydrogen production from green algae
- Assoc/Prof Wallace Cowling (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Deputy Director, International Centre for Plant Breeding Education and Research (ICPBER))
- Breeding canola for commercial competitiveness in Australian agriculture
Wednesday 18 February 2009
- Mr Tim Shanahan, Director UWA Energy and Minerals Initiative:
- Introduction – UWA’s EMI
- Dr Louise Barton, (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences):
- Greenhouse gas emissions from canola oil production versus mineral sources
- Dr Sasha Jenkins (Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences):
- Anaerobic digestion of municipal waste into methane and soil improvers
- W/Prof Dongke Zhang (Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Centre for Petroleum Fuels and Energy):
- Energy from biomass
- Prof Colin Raston (Facuty of Life and Physical Sciences, Centre for Strategic Nano-Fabrication):
- Green chemistry and nanotechnology
- Prof Steven Smith (Facuty of Life and Physical Sciences, CoE Plant Energy Biology):
- Chemical energy from photosynthesis