Tag: virginia tech

Hydrogen Fuel Production Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market

“Our new process could help end our dependence on fossil fuels,” said Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Engineering “Hydrogen is one of the most important biofuels of the future.”

April 5, 2013
Biofuels: Researchers Propose New Solution So Biofuel Plants Don’t Become Noxious Weeds

A Virginia Tech researcher, along with another scientist and two attorneys, has authored an innovative article in the journal BioSciencethat proposes a way to improve and streamline the regulatory methodology for evaluating the invasive potential of plants, especially biofuel feedstocks, that are under consideration for large-scale cultivation.

March 7, 2013
Fire Safety Experiment ‘Oak Flame 2011’

‘Oak Flame 2011’ is an upcoming unusual fire safety experiment that will be conducted by researchers and students from Virginia Tech and Virginia Western Community College. More…

April 1, 2011