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In today's world, fossil fuels and the precious energy stored within their bonds are becoming less and less favorable for a variety of reasons; primarily because of the simple fact that they are in high demand and (as far as we can tell) will soon be in short order. Secondly, the price of gasoline in the United States has jumped from just over $1/gallon in the 1990's to well over $3/gallon a mere decade later. Both the production and consumption of fossil fuels have negative energy and environmental effects. What is modern society to do in the face of such adversity? How can humanity in general mediate the entrenched power house that is crude oil? Enter Chemical Engineers.
One of the most promising, readily available and easily introducible forms of fuel is ethanol (grain alcohol, C2H5OH). During the summer of 2007, I worked on a research project with Dr. Nada Assaf-Anid and Dr. James Patrick Abulencia from the Chemical Engineering Department, looking at how to make ethanol more efficiently. This was the chief goal of the project.
One of the most promising, readily available and easily introducible forms of fuel is ethanol (grain alcohol, C2H5OH). During the summer of 2007, I worked on a research project with Dr. Nada Assaf-Anid and Dr. James Patrick Abulencia from the Chemical Engineering Department, looking at how to make ethanol more efficiently. This was the chief goal of the project.
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