Algae Biotreatment Symposium

Abstract

ISTC held a mini-symposium in October 2013 on the role of algae in future commercial applications for food, feed, bio-based materials, and bioenergy. Srirupa Ganguly of ISTC, Harry Dankowicz of the U of I Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering along with Fredrik Grondahl and Maria Malmstrom of Division of Industrial Ecology at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) presented talks and discussed their efforts in international collaboration on biotreatment of saline waters and mariculture and aquaculture projects.

Schedule *Welcome - Nancy Holm, Assistant Director at ISTC *INSPIRE - Harry Dankowicz - Professor, ITI, Information Trust Institute and Faculty Liaison, INSPIRE (Illinois-Sweden Program for Educational and Research Exchange) *KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Maria Malmström - Industrial Ecology, KTH *SEAFARM Seaweeds for a Biobased Society – farming, biorefining and energy production - Fredrik Gröndahl - Associate Professor, Industrial Ecology, KTH, Stockholm *Economics of Saline Water Management in Inland Mariculture - Rupa Ganguly, Process Development Engineer at ISTC *Projects conducted by the Illini Algae Club - Michael Stablein, head of Illini Algae Club at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign