DEPARTMENT OF PAPER AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING · 15 July 2011 DEPARTMENT PROFILE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS • Bioprocess Engineering (BS) • Paper Engineering (BS) • Paper Science

DEPARTMENT OF PAPER AND BIOPROCESS

ENGINEERING 2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT

PART II

Department of

Paper and Bioprocess Engineering

2010-2011

Annual Report

State University of New York

College of

Environmental Science and Forestry

One Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone: 315-470-6501

Fax: 315-470-6945 Email: [email protected]

Website www.esf.edu/pbe

Chair Gary M. Scott

Secretary

Lynn Mickinkle

15 July 2011

DEPARTMENT PROFILE

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Bioprocess Engineering (BS) • Paper Engineering (BS) • Paper Science (BS)

• Bioprocess Science (Minor) • Computer and Information Technology (Minor) • Management (Minor) • Paper Science (Minor)

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

• Bioprocessing (Advanced Certificate) • Paper and Bioprocess Engineering (MPS, MS, PhD)

o Bioprocess Engineering o Paper Engineering o Biomaterial Engineering

• Sustainable Engineering Management (MPS) o Bioprocess Engineering o Paper Engineering

SPRING 2011 STATISTICS

Undergraduate Students: 70 %Female / % Male 21%/79% % International 6% Mean Cumulative GPA 2.84 Bioprocess Engineering 44 Paper Engineering 26 Paper Science 0

Graduate Students: 35 % Female / % Male 46%/54% % International 57% Mean Cumulative GPA 3.69 PhD 25 MS 6 MPS 1 Certificate 3

Faculty: Full-Time 9 Part-Time 3

Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, 2010-2011 Annual Report 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ............................................................................... 3 Teaching ..................................................................................... 4

Workload summary by faculty member .......................... 4 Undergraduate curriculum changes.................................. 7 Graduate curriculum changes ........................................... 8

Research.................................................................................... 10 Publications ........................................................................ 10 Grant activity ..................................................................... 11

Outreach and Service ............................................................. 15 Service Learning ...................................................................... 17 Graduate Students .................................................................. 18

Funding for graduate students ........................................ 18 Courses having TA support ............................................ 19

Governance StructurE ........................................................... 20 Department committees .................................................. 20 Department leadership ..................................................... 20

Assessment of the Educational Programs .......................... 22 Objectives for 2010-2011 ...................................................... 23 Objectives for 2011-2012 ...................................................... 25 Appendices ............................................................................... 27

2 Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, 2010-2011 Annual Report

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1. Workload summary by instructor. ................................................................................................................... 5 Table 2. Workload summary year-to-year by course type. .......................................................................................... 5 Table 3. Workload summary year-to-year by instructor. ............................................................................................. 6 Table 4. Workload summary year-to-year by instructor based on number of course preparations (Shared resources courses are counted as a single course). ........................................................................................................ 6 Table 5. Number of publications, proceedings, and presentations by faculty member in the PBE Department. ....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Table 6. Citation analysis of faculty members in the PBE department. ................................................................. 11 Table 7. Summary of citations year-to-year in the PBE department. ...................................................................... 11 Table 8. Summary of proposal activity in the PBE department............................................................................... 12 Table 9. Summary of proposal activity year-to-year in the PBE department. ....................................................... 12 Table 10. Summary of new awards in the PBE department. .................................................................................... 12 Table 11. Summary of new award year-to-year in the PBE department. ............................................................... 13 Table 12. Summary of current sponsored projects by PI. ......................................................................................... 13 Table 13. Summary of current projects compared year-to-year ............................................................................... 13 Table 14. Summary of sponsored project expenditures. ........................................................................................... 14 Table 15. Summary of sponsored project expenditures year-to-year. ..................................................................... 14 Table 16. Source of research expenditures in the PBE Department....................................................................... 14 Table 17. List of representative outreach and recruiting activities beyond regularly scheduled college events............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Table 18. Number of graduate students by degree program in the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Option for Environmental and Resource Engineering. ........................................................................................................... 18 Table 19. Number of graduate students by degree program in the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Option for Environmental and Resource Engineering year-to-year. ..................................................................................... 18 Table 20. Sources of funding for graduate students. ................................................................................................. 19 Table 21. Courses having TA support and enrollment in each. ............................................................................... 19 Table 22. Committee membership in the PBE Department. ................................................................................... 20 Table 23. Current position holders in the PBE department. .................................................................................... 21


INTRODUCTION

Another year has passed and the next group of graduates from our department has walked across the stage. With twelve 2010-2011 graduates, this year’s class was about evenly split between Paper Engineering students and Bioprocess Engineering students. This results from our continued strengthening enrollment in the department with the Fall 2010 incoming class also evenly split between Paper Engineering and the new Bioprocess Engineering programs. Our paper engineering graduates continue to have success in finding employment after graduation and still top all programs at SUNY-ESF in terms of starting salary. The bioprocess engineering students have also been interviewing and job hunting with some success. In my exit interviews with students, some are considering job offers, one is planning on going to medical school, and others intend to seek permanent employment after taking some time off. This year we also graduated our first dual-degree student through our program with the Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) in China. These students complete their senior year at SUNY-ESF and receive degrees from both universities. Ms Tiantian Hui joined her classmates at the graduation ceremony and plans to continue her education in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University after a brief visit home to China. The dual degree program continues to be popular with an expected four students joining the PBE department for the 2011-2012 academic year. Our other international program with the University of Munich in Germany also continues. Through the efforts of Dr Klaus Doelle, a steady stream of German students come to SUNY-ESF to study and Mr Ryan Reed, a Paper Engineering student, is completely an 11-month combined semester abroad and internship. We expect our ability to offer integrated international programs within the department will only enhance enrollment in our programs. We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation (SPPF) this year. In 1960, representatives from the pulp and paper industry came together to form SPPF in order to encourage students to student paper engineering at SUNY-ESF. Since that time, many students have benefited from the scholarships that are offered to all students in the paper engineering and paper science programs. This momentous occasion was marked with a number of events including the Beater Rats’ Ball at Drumlins, a golf outing, and the inaugural 3K paper run held on the SUNY-ESF campus and the adjacent Oakwood Cemetery. Generations of graduates came together for this celebration. With the support of the Joachim Endowment through SPPF, twenty-four students were awarded their Green Belt after going through Six Sigma training held on the SUNY-ESF campus. Mr Brad Arthur with the Joachim Fellows, Ms Beth Arthur and Ms Prajakta Dongre, offered the training over the course of three months in the spring semester. The training was part of the mission of the endowment provided by Herman Joachim to enhance the management training opportunities for students in the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering. Based on the success of this program, we are hoping to continue to offer the Green Belt training on an annual basis and perhaps extend the offering to Black Belt training. We are looking forward to another exciting year at SUNY-ESF. I always look forward to hearing from alumni so please keep in touch and stop by to visit if you are in the area.

Gary M. Scott Chair, Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering

Director, Division of Engineering


TEACHING

The past year resulted in the culmination of the work of the past three years to revise and update the paper engineering program. The driving forces behind this effort included a desire to reduce the total number of credit hours in the program and to increase the flexibility in the program. Historically, the paper engineering program has been a set of courses that all students take and that amounted to over 136 credit hours over the four-year program. By comparison, most chemical engineering programs, our main competitor for incoming students, were under 130 credits. This disparity made it more difficult to recruit students into the paper engineering program. In addition, the lack of flexibility made it difficult to attract prospective students into the program.

Through the work of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, the new paper engineering program was approved by COI for implementation in Fall 2011. Through a series of meetings with our curriculum advisory committee through SPPF and working with the PBE faculty and staff and others, the new program reduces the total credit load to 130 credit hours, while adding significantly to the flexibility in choosing electives during the junior and senior year. Many of these elective courses will be available to both juniors and seniors in the program, but will only be offered on an every-other-year basis, allowing the department to offer a greater range of courses without significantly increasing the workload. Careful planning over the next several years will be necessary to schedule these classes and make the transition from the old program to the new program.

In addition, minor changes have been made to the bioprocess engineering program and the paper science program. In particular, the changes in the SUNY general education program have been implements and increase the flexibility of each of these programs. These changes are detailed below.

WORKLOAD SUMMARY BY FACULTY MEMBER

Table 1 summaries the teaching load by faculty member for the current academic year as provided by the Office of Instruction and Graduate Studies. The table categorizes the number of credit hours for each faculty member by research courses (498, 798, 899, 999), problem and seminar courses (797 primarily), and lecture (and laboratory) courses. The credit hours are further subdivided by graduate and undergraduate courses. Note that courses in PBE are taught under a number of different prefixes including APM, BPE, ERE, and PSE. Appendix F summarizes the specific courses taught by faculty and staff in the PBE Department. Table 2 and Table 3 summarize the teaching workload on a year-to-year basis as a function of the type of course and by instructor. As can be seen, the total student-credit hours for the department dropped by about 4%. This was primarily due to a drop in the graduate credit hours taken from 243 to 168. This is consistent with the decrease in the number of students in the certificate program and the increased number of PhD students, who require fewer credits on a per-year basis, especially course credits. Additionally, the number of undergraduate credits did not increase as much as expected since the forest engineering students were pulled out of our Engineering Thermodynamics class (PSE 361) in favor on one taught within their department. This reduced the number of student-credit hours by approximately 90 (see Table 3, data for Amato). Because of the small size of the department in terms of students, many of the courses are taught with small class sizes. This is generally unavoidable since the courses are needed by students to complete their programs and no alternative courses are available. Table 4 summarizes the number of credit hours of courses taught by each faculty member in the department. Given that courses are generally 3 credit hours, the table gives an indication of the number of courses that each member is teaching. In a small department, this metric may be a better indicator of the teaching workload than the number of student-credit hours alone.


Table 1. Workload summary by instructor.

Student-Credit Hours (SCH) Instructor Research

Courses Problem Seminar Courses

Lecture Courses

Total TOTAL

UG G UG G UG G UG G Amato, Wayne 0 0 0 0 57 3 57 3 60 Amidon,Thomas 0 25 0 0 12 24 12 49 61 Bujanovic, Biljana 0 19 0 0 129 27 129 46 175 Burry, William 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 0 99 Chatterjee, Siddharth 6 0 0 0 326 6 332 6 338 Doelle, Klaus 23 10 0 2 39 3 62 15 77 Fieschko, John 0 0 0 0 50 21 50 21 71 Francis, Raymond 0 53 0 2 56 6 56 61 117 Iribarne, Jose 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 9 Lai, Yuan-Zong 0 48 0 1 7 12 7 61 68 Liu, Shijie 10 90 0 0 70 30 80 120 200 Ramarao,Bandaru 0 63 21 6 120 30 141 99 240 Schroeder, Leland 0 0 0 0 21 0 21 0 21 Scott, Gary 0 6 0 0 287 6 287 12 299 TOTAL 39 314 21 11 1282 168 1342 493 1835

Table 2. Workload summary year-to-year by course type.

Student-Credit Hours (SCH) Academic Year Research

Courses Problem Seminar Courses

Lecture Courses

Total TOTAL

UG G UG G UG G UG G 2006-2007 6 219 0 17 603 355 609 591 1200 2007-2008 4 226 0 49 609 267 613 542 1155 2008-2009 6 291 3 45 924 277 933 613 1546 2009-2010 21 376 9 39 1227 243 1257 658 1915 2010-2011 39 314 21 11 1282 168 1342 493 1835


Table 3. Workload summary year-to-year by instructor.

Student-Credit Hours (SCH) Instructor 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Amato, Wayne 54 30 114 150 60 Amidon,Thomas 33 88 90 99 61 Bujanovic, Biljana 192 237 272 105 175 Burry, William 18 16 79 84 99 Chatterjee, Siddharth 126 222 239 272 338 Doelle, Klaus 79 111 77 Fieschko, John 2 71 Francis, Raymond 70 99 131 156 117 Hasan, Asif 117 Iribarne, Jose 5 5 8 14 9 Keenan, Thomas 88 57 Lai, Yuan-Zong 27 17 41 57 68 Liu, Shijie 115 145 164 194 200 Ramarao, Bandaru 222 147 187 263 240 Schroeder, Leland 12 30 24 24 21 Scott, Gary 121 62 118 384 299 TOTAL 1200 1155 1546 1915 1835

Table 4. Workload summary year-to-year by instructor based on number of course preparations (Shared resources courses are counted as a single course).

Credit Hours Instructor 2009 2010

2010 2011 Amato, Wayne 6.0 6.0 Amidon,Thomas 5.0 6.0 Bujanovic, Biljana 11.0 10.5 Burry, William 6.0 6.0 Chatterjee, Siddharth 16.0 16.0 Doelle, Klaus 6.0 9.0 Fieschko, John 1.5 4.5 Francis, Raymond 4.5 5.5 Iribarne, Jose 1.5 1.5 Lai, Yuan-Zong 6.0 4.0 Liu, Shijie 17.5 17.5 Ramarao, Bandaru 1.5 9.0 Schroeder, Leland 3.0 3.0 Scott, Gary 7.5 7.0 TOTAL 93.0 105.5


UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM CHANGES

The major change in the programs revolved around the revision of the paper engineering program as discussed above with minor changes for the bioprocess engineering program, especially regarding the general education requirements. The remaining changes are course changes that were needed to implement the new program and to update the curriculum. The details of the changes can be found on the COI website. Program Changes Paper Engineering: The paper engineering program prepares students for the paper industry of the future. The new curriculum addresses the emerging and changing technology / societal demands with more directed electives. The new program will be implemented starting Fall 2011 and the existing one will be completely phased out in four years (i.e. by end of Spring 2015). Existing students can declare to follow the new curriculum. During the transition period, students who have taken courses from the existing courses that are not on the new program will be mapped to the new program when needed on a case-by-case basis. The specific changes in the program included:

1. Removal of two General Education Course requirements. The removal is possible due to the multiple courses taken in mathematics and natural sciences.

2. Adding of PSE 223 Introduction to Lignocellulosics as an alternative to FCH 223/224. 3. Adding of PSE 201 The Art and Early History of Papermaking as a required course. (satisfying one

General Educational course requirement). 4. Adding GNE 330 Professional Skill Seminars each semester from sophomore to senior as a required

course. 5. Removal of ERE 440 (Water Pollution Engineering) as a required course. 6. Rearrangement of required courses as needed. 7. Reduction of the minimum number of credits from 136 to 130.

Bioprocess Engineering: The BS Bioprocess Engineering program prepares students for the existing biopharmaceutical and chemical industry, and emerging renewable industry. The new curriculum addresses the emerging and changing technology / societal demands with more directed electives. The new program will be implemented starting Fall 2011 and the existing one will be completely phased out in four years (i.e. by end of Spring 2015). Existing students can declare to follow the new curriculum. During the transition period, students who have taken courses from the existing courses that are not on the new program will be mapped to the new program when needed on a case-by-case basis. The specific changes included:

1. Removal of two General Education Course requirements. The removal is possible due to the multiple courses taken in mathematics and natural sciences.

2. Adding of PSE 223 Introduction to Lignocellulosics as an alternative to FCH 223/224. 3. Adding FCH 360 (Physical Chemistry I) as a required course. 4. Adding GNE 330 Professional Skill Seminars each semester from sophomore to senior as required

course. 5. Adding BPE 300 Introduction to Industrial Bioprocessing. 6. Adding BPE 435 Unit Operations. 7. Adding PSE 477 Process Control. 8. Rearrangement of the required and elective courses as necessary.

New Courses At the department level, the following new courses were proposed and approved by COI. They will be implemented as we transition to the new paper engineering and bioprocess engineering programs.

GNE 330 Professional Engineering Skills Seminar GNE 530 Professional Engineering Skills Seminar


BPE 435 Unit Process Operations BPE 635 Unit Process Operations BPE 638 Introduction to Biorefinery Processes PSE 223 Introduction to Lignocellulosics BPE 438 Introduction to Biorefinery Processes PSE 466 Paper Pigment and Barrier Coating PSE 666 Paper Pigment and Barrier Coating PSE 465 Fiber and Paper Properties PSE 665 Fiber and Paper Properties PSE 450 Pulping and Bleaching Processes PSE 650 Pulping and Bleaching Processes PSE 437 Equipment Troubleshooting & Maintenance PSE 637 Equipment Troubleshooting & Maintenance PSE 438 Biorenewable fibrous and nonfibrous products PSE 638 Biorenewable fibrous and nonfibrous products PSE 469 Functional and Nano Additives PSE 669 Functional and Nano Additives PSE 492 Research Practice PSE 792 Research Practice PSE 552 Fiber Materials Recycling and Processes

Updated Courses At the department level, the following courses were modified and approved by COI. They will be implemented as we transition to the new paper engineering and bioprocess engineering programs.

GNE 461 Air Pollution Engineering GNE 661 Air Pollution Engineering PSE 350 Fiber Processing PSE 550 Fiber Processing PSE 468 Papermaking Processes

GRADUATE CURRICULUM CHANGES

No further changes in the graduate program were proposed over the course of the past academic year. However, we are still waiting for approval by SUNY/State Education Department to implement the changes that were proposed and approved last year. We are expecting approval to implement the new programs for the Fall 2011 semester. These pending changes are outlined below.

The combined graduate program in the Division of Engineering will being split into three separate programs along departmental lines. The new program graduate program in Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, offering MS, MPS, and PhD degrees, will have options in:

• Paper Science and Engineering • Bioprocess Engineering • Biomaterials Engineering

In addition to these changes, the department proposed and has approval for the following new programs: MPS: Environmental and Resource Engineering: Renewable Energy and Bioprocess Engineering. The purpose of the MPS program is to provide students with a graduate degree in the practice and profession of bioprocess engineering. Students can expect to be trained broadly in the skills, science and engineering of


the processes and systems of bioproducts . The program emphasizes breadth in training and skills essential to an engineering professional by requiring coursework in technology, engineering and application areas. This is in contrast to the Master of Science degree which is a more intensive course of study into the fundamental principles of the technology. MPS: Sustainable Engineering Management (Professional Science Master’s). The Division of Engineering proposes a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in the new program of Sustainable Engineering Management. The initial offering will have the following two options:

• Bioprocess Engineering • Paper Engineering

This program, while being offered as an MPS degree, would also be certified as a Professional Science Master’s program (PSM) by the Council of Graduate Schools. The PSM concept is an innovative graduate degree designed to allow students to pursue advanced training in science or engineering while also developing skills in the areas of business, management, and other professional skills. To be certified by CGS, the program must be a “science-plus” curriculum which combines coursework study in the STEM disciplines with coursework in the “plus” courses which can include business, management, policy, law, and other professional areas. Typically, the degree is approximately two-thirds STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) courses and one-third “plus” courses. While the students will receive a MPS degree from SUNY-ESF, it is our intention to have the program certified by the Council of Graduate Schools as a PSM program. More information about the PSM program can be found at www.sciencemasters.com and www.cgsnet.org.


RESEARCH

The PBE Department continues to have a strong research program through support from external research grants, the ESPRI program, and individual company funding. The strength of the research program is demonstrated by the number of publications and presentations given, as well as the grant activity as detailed below.

PUBLICATIONS

The publications of the PBE department are summarized on the pages detailing the accomplishments of the various members of the department. Table 5 summarizes the number of publications reported by each faculty member in their annual report. Faculty members reported an average of 3.3 refereed publications and 2.0 additional publications. Additionally, faculty members reported an average of 5.4 presentations being given during the past academic year. The details of each faculty members publications and research efforts can be found in Appendix A and on the specific department member information pages in the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, 2010-2011 Annual Report. Table 5 summarizes the number of times that the works of various authors in the department have been cited as well as providing the h-index for the researcher based on citations over the past ten years. This analysis, provided by the Moon Library staff, was based on the Scopus database. It must be noted that h-indices can vary considerably depending on the database used; Scopus does not apparently include patents nor citation to patents and may not include journals in specialized fields. However, the information can be useful for year-to-year comparisons of the citation results (Table 7). The number of citations increased 67% in 2010 over 2009, indicating a greater recognition of the work being published by the department. Citations also increased looking back five and ten years.

Table 5. Number of publications, proceedings, and presentations by faculty member in the PBE Department.

Faculty Refereed Publications

Proceedings/ Other Publications Presentations

Member 2010-2011 2010-2011 2010-2011 Amidon, Thomas E. 4 1 5

Bujanovic, Biljana M. 2 3 10

Chatterjee, Siddharth G. - 1 -

Doelle, Klaus - 5 16

Fieschko, John - - -

Francis, Raymond C. 4 2 -

Lai, Yuan-Zong - 3 3

Liu, Shijie 14 - 4

Ramarao, Bandaru V. 3 5 11

Scott, Gary M. 6 - 5

TOTAL 33 20 54


Table 6. Citation analysis of faculty members in the PBE department.

Faculty #Citations #Citations #Citations h- Member 2010 2006-2010 2001-2010 index

Amato, Wayne S. 3 4 7 2

Amidon, Thomas E. 58 134 141 8

Bujanovic, Biljana M. 5 22 39 3

Chatterjee, Siddharth G. 12 55 105 5

Doelle, Klaus 0 0 0

Fieschko, John 4 30 59 6

Francis, Raymond C. 26 101 159 7

Lai, Yuan-Zong 34 170 252 6

Liu, Shijie 100 237 326 10

Ramarao, Bandaru V. 62 218 355 11

Scott, Gary M. 29 106 165 6

TOTAL 333 1077 1608 7.67

Table 7. Summary of citations year-to-year in the PBE department.

Year #Citations #Citations #Citations Average Current Year Past 5 Years Past 10 Years h-index

2009 201 797 1279 6.67 2010 333 1077 1608 7.67

GRANT ACTIVITY

Table 8 summarizes the proposal activity within the PBE department by PI. Table 9 summarizes the total proposal activity on a year-to-year basis. The information shows that, in general, the department continues to seek research funding through writing numerous grant proposals. However, despite writing more grants at higher amounts, the amount of new awards has decreased considerably. Table 10 and Table 11 summarize the new awards for the year. Over the past several years, funding opportunities has become considerably more competitive. The reduction in new awards will probably result in a significant decrease in research funding in the years to come. Table 12 summarizes the current sponsored projects by faculty member while Table 13 compares this data on a year-to-year basis. The decrease in the department “research” balance indicates a need to more agreesively pursue research funding for the department. Table 14 summarizes the sponsored program expenditures by the PBE department. Table 15 compares this metric on a year-to-year basis. The amount of research expenditures has dropped from about $1.7 million to $1.2 million in the past year. Much of this decrease was due to the non-continuation of the DOE funding and has resulted in decreased research staffing. However, a majority of the department’s research funding is still federal funding (Table 16). About one-quarter of the research funding is from industrial or commercial sources and less than 10% is state funding. The full reports from ORP can be found in Appendix G through Appendix N which summarize the research activity with the department.


Table 8. Summary of proposal activity in the PBE department.

Name Credited Number Credited Amount Amidon, Thomas E. 5.05 $4,179,394 Bujanovic, Biljana 3.23 $2,167,777 Chatterjee, Siddharth Doelle, Klaus 5.00 $1,279,347 Fieschko, John 1.58 $3,866,791 Francis, Raymond C. 3.92 $546,036 Lai, Yuan Zong Liu, Shijie 5.14 $2,635,729 Ramarao, Bandaru V. 1.73 $3,199,717 Scott, Gary M. 0.33 $184,311 TOTAL 25.98 $18,059,102

Table 9. Summary of proposal activity year-to-year in the PBE department.

Year Credited Number Credited Amount 2006-07 14.80 $6,723,026 2007-08 21.75 $9,747,797 2008-09 21.90 $23,279,275 2009-10 22.00 $9,438,171 2010-11 25.98 $18,059,102

Table 10. Summary of new awards in the PBE department.

Name Credited Number Credited Amount Amidon, Thomas E. 1.17 $129,167 Bujanovic, Biljana 1.00 $6,000 Doelle, Klaus Fieschko, John Francis, Raymond C. 1.25 $37,250 Liu, Shijie 2.00 $74,396 Ramarao, Bandaru V. 0.58 $64,583 Scott, Gary M. TOTAL 6.00 $311,396


Table 11. Summary of new award year-to-year in the PBE department.

Year Credited Number Credited Amount 2006-07 N/A N/A 2007-08 N/A N/A 2008-09 2.62 $904,594 2009-10 9.20 $1,420,561 2010-11 6.00 $311,396

Table 12. Summary of current sponsored projects by PI.

Name Number Budget Balance Amidon, Thomas E. 11 $2,431,449 $135,284 Bujanovic, Biljana 4 $60,871 $4,883 Doelle, Klaus 5 $281,718 $38,689 Fieschko, John 3 $340,000 $15,741 Francis, Raymond C. 5 $526,783 $2,779 Liu, Shijie 4 $249,597 $86,556 Schroeder, Leland 1 $5,282 $1,519 Scott, Gary M. 2 $46,000 $15,753 Department Allocations* 75 $263,778 $136,192 TOTAL 110 $4,205,477 $437,397 *Includes department allocations, research incentives, outreach and technical services, laboratory maintenance, and pilot plant.

Table 13. Summary of current projects compared year-to-year

Date Number Budget Balance 1 July 2007 24 $2,954,541 7 July 2008 40 $3,057,043 $1,486,048 9 June 2009 69 $3,822,857 $1,228,844 22 July 2010 77 $4,420,703 $583,467 28 June 2011 110 $4,205,477 $437,397


Table 14. Summary of sponsored project expenditures.

Name Credited Number

Credited Amount

Amidon, Thomas E 7.56 $445,559 Bujanovic, Biljana 1.61 $28,691 Doelle, Klaus 0.78 $116,403 Fieschko, John C 1.57 $67,927 Francis, Raymond C 5.86 $164,961 Lai, Yuan Z 0.11 $14,191 Liu, Shijie 3.44 $225,964 Ramarao, Bandaru V 6.35 $110,918 Scott, Gary M 2.44 $41,183 TOTAL 29.72 $1,215,797

Table 15. Summary of sponsored project expenditures year-to-year.

Year Credited Number

Credited Amount

2006-07 31.29 $1,036,345 2007-08 37.61 $1,212,572 2008-09 37.66 $1,629,025 2009-10 36.57 $1,728,870 2010-11 29.72 $1,215,797

Table 16. Source of research expenditures in the PBE Department.

Funding Source Credited Amount % of Total Funding Federal Funding $814,272 67.0% State Funding $112,007 9.2% Industrial Funding $281,207 23.1% Foundation Funding $8,310 0.7% Other Funding $0 0.0% TOTAL $1,215,796 100.0%


OUTREACH AND SERVICE

The PBE department has been very active in outreach and service to the public and to the associated pulp, paper, and bioprocessing industries. The specific activities of the faculty members are detailed in the appropriate appendices while a number of department-wide activities are discussed here. The PBE department hosts a number of tours and demonstrations each year. Participants include students from elementary school through high school. While the schedules for these tours vary depending on the interest and the time available, they often include hands-on demonstrations of papermaking and testing, tours of the papermaking process, and discussions of the role of the engineer in the design and manufacture of paper and other products. Many of these activities also serve as recruiting events for prospective students into our undergraduate programs (See Table 17 for a representative list of activities, not including regularly scheduled college events). The department’s Recruiting Committee is considering offering PBE Summer Camps for either students or teachers (for continuing education credits).

Table 17. List of representative outreach and recruiting activities beyond regularly scheduled college events.

Event Date Estimated Attendance

PBE at the State Fair 3 Sep 2010 150 PBE Information Day 11 Nov 2010 30 Papyrus Club hosts Girl Scouts 11 Nov 2010 NR Papyrus Club activity at Holy Cross Fall 2010 NR ESF in the High School Fall 2010 NR Home-schooled group 29 Oct 2010 15 Evening with Boy Scouts 22 Nov 2010 20 Student job shadow from Jordan Elbridge High School 16 Dec 2010 10 Syracuse Academy of Science presentation 9 Feb 2011 50 Chttenango school teachers visit 3 Feb 2011 12 Student job shadow from Lafayette High School 17 Mar 2011 7 Solvay High School job fair 18 Mar 2011 200 Presentation at Tri Region Science and Engineering Fair 20 Mar 2011 20 Buffalo career fair 29 Mar 2011 200 Boy Scout Merit Badge in Pulp and Paper 2 Apr 2011 NR Engineering Expo 3 Apr 2011 800 Expeditionary Learning Middle School 29 Apr 2011 30 RockTenn Recruiting Event 15 Apr 2011 25 Career Day at the MOST 24 May 2011 100 Sister Mary John’s class of 7th graders 26 May 2011 25 Ed Smith 1st grade tour and papermaking demonstration 3 Jun 2011 25 The pilot plant is also used for service research by a number of companies. This often involves development trials using the papermachines and other equipment. A paper testing service is also available and used by some companies. The revenue from this activity is used mainly for the maintenance of the highly-specialized equipment in the department as well as to provide research, recruiting, and educational support.


ENUMERATION OF OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Appendix A summarizes the presentations made to the public by PBE faculty members.

SUMMARY OF GRANT PANEL SERVICE (BY AGENCY) Appendix A summarizes the presentations made to the public by PBE faculty members.

SUMMARY OF EDITORIAL BOARD SERVICE (BY JOURNAL) Appendix A summarizes the presentations made to the public by PBE faculty members.

SIGNIFICANT MEETINGS ORGANIZED Empire State Paper Research Associates, October 2010, Syracuse, NY Empire State Paper Research Associates, May 2011, Syracuse, NY Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation, Board of Directors, October 2010, Syracuse, NY Syracuse Pulp and Paper Foundation, Board of Directors, April 2011, Syracuse, NY Central New York, Biotechnology Symposium 2011, June 2011, Syracuse, NY


SERVICE LEARNING

COURSES WITH A SERVICE LEARNING COMPONENT

No instructor indicated that service learning was incorporated into their course work. However, this does not indicate that students in PBE do not engage in service learning. Many of the service learning activities are coordinated through the student organization, Papyrus. Through Papyrus, students engage in outreach activities, which have included working at the state fair and engaging youth groups (e.g., the Girl Scouts) in papermaking demonstration. In addition, all students must work at least one summer internship with a company or research facility. Depending on the type of work experience and their program of study, the students will take one of the following courses: PSE 304, PSE 305, BPE 304, BPE 305, BPE 498. In these internships, students engage in projects in support of the sponsoring company. In addition, the students must write a report about their experience as well as give a presentation to the freshman orientation class following their experience (PSE 132 and BPE 132).

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE LEARNING ACTIVITY IN EACH COURSE

Activities described above.

ESTIMATED INSTRUCTOR INPUT

Instructor and staff effort are needed to help secure the internship positions for the students. The staff of SPPF is instrumental in coordinating this effort. In addition, the instructor of PSE 304/305 and BPE 304/305 must evaluate the reports and the presentations.


GRADUATE STUDENTS

The graduate students that have completed the Advanced Certificate, MPS, MS, and PhD degrees are listed in the Department Annual Report. Over the past year, a total of nine students have graduated (Table 18), including two students at the PhD level. Over the past five years, the department has graduated one to two PhD students per year (average 1.5) and an average of 2.8 MS students per year (Table 19). We have seen a significant decrease in the number of advanced certificate students over the past two years as the local market for the program has become saturated. It will be increasingly necessary over the next years to consider again an online or distance-learning format to increase the potential student pool. Table 18. Number of graduate students by degree program in the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Option for Environmental

and Resource Engineering.

Degree Program Number of Students

(as of 6/1)

Students Graduated

(7/1 to 6/30) Certificate 3 5 M.P.S. 1 1 M.S. 6 1 Ph.D. 25 2 Total 35 9

Table 19. Number of graduate students by degree program in the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Option for Environmental

and Resource Engineering year-to-year.

Year Number of Students

Students Graduated

(7/1 to 6/30) Certificate MPS MS PhD Total

2006-2007 38 13 2 2 17 2007-2008 30 13 6 1 20 2008-2009 41 12 3 2 17 2009-2010 40 10 1 2 1 14 2010-2011 35 5 1 1 2 9

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Table 20 summarizes the sources of support for graduate students in the department. The details of graduate student support are given in Appendix B. While we do have a significant number of self-funded students, many of these are part-time and will be working for extended periods of time to complete their degrees. Over the past year, we have seen a decrease in the number of graduate students supported on research grants, primarily due to the decrease in the DOE funding for the biofuel research program. The decreased funding has limited the department’s ability to offer funding support to new graduate students coming into the department, as the state funding was needed to support current graduate students. A key need for the future is to secure a broader range of funding sources for graduate support.


Table 20. Sources of funding for graduate students.

Funding Source Positions State Supported Positions 10.0 Joachim Endowment 1.5 State GA’s (Loan) 4.0 Department / Pilot Plant 0.5 Grants 5.5 Externally Funded Students 2.0 Self Funded Students 13.0

COURSES HAVING TA SUPPORT

Table 21 summarizes the courses that utilized TA support for delivery of the educational programs in the PBE department. The number of students includes graduate students in the corresponding graduate shared resource course. As has been our practice for a number of years, we supplement the state GA allotment for teaching assistants with students that are supported on other research assistantships. This allows us to broaden the pool of available students to support the large number of laboratory and problem-solving based courses that we have. This does, however, impact on the time that is available for these students to pursue their research. In the future we will need to carefully consider those courses that will receive TA support, with preference being given to courses with a laboratory component and those with the highest enrollment.

Table 21. Courses having TA support and enrollment in each.

Course

Number

Graduate Course

Number

Course Name

Number of Students

(Undergrad Graduate)

Teaching Assistants

BPE 421 Bioprocess Kinetics and System 7 1 ERE 441 ERE 691 Air Pollution Engineering 29 1 1 PSE 201 - Art/History of Papermaking 28 1 PSE 300 - Intro To Papermaking 5 1 PSE 302 - Pulp&Paper Lab Skills 5 1 PSE 370 ERE 570 Prin Mass/Energy Balance 20 1 2 PSE 371 ERE 571 Fluid Mechanics 23 3 1 PSE 436 Pulp and Paper Unit Operations 8 1 PSE 465 Paper Properties 8 3 2 PSE 477 Process Control 3 1.5

APM 485 - Diff Equat/Engr&Scientist 47 3 BPE 310 Colloids and Surface Science 15 1 BPE 335 Transport Phenomena 22 1 BPE 336 Transport Phenomena Laboratory 15 1 BPE 440 Bioprocess and Systems Lab 8 2 GNE 160 - Comp Meth/Engr & Phys Sci 3 PSE 351 Pulp&Bleach Laboratory 5 1 PSE 361 Engr Thermodynamics 16 1 PSE 466 Paper Coating and Converting 8 1 PSE 468 PSE 668 Papermaking Processes 7 1 1 PSE 480 PSE 680 Engineering Economics 20 1 1


GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

During the course of the academic year, the PBE Department developed and approved Department Bylaws, which were approved by a majority of the voting members. The bylaws are available on the department’s assessment website at http://cww.esf.edu/pbe/abet. An organizational chart of the department is given in Appendix O.

DEPARTMENT COMMITTEES

The standing committees of the department, as established by the bylaws are summarized in Appendix E, which outlines the scope and responsibilities of each of the committees. The committee membership for the past academic year is summarized in Table 22. With the adoption of the Bylaws, two new committees were created. The Executive Committee acts as a leadership advisors to the chair and acts at such times that it is not practicable to engage the normal processes of the department (e.g., during the summer). The Department Review committee, which is established under the college-wide APT guidelines, replaces the APT committee of years past.

Table 22. Committee membership in the PBE Department.

Department Committee Committee Members (Chair Underlined)

Executive (new committee to be implemented in 2011-2012) Graduate Education Amidon, Bujanovic, Francis, Lai, Liu, Ramarao Undergraduate Education Bujanovic, Chatterjee, Doelle, Fagan, Francis, Liu Department Review (new committee to be implemented in 2011-2012) Recruitment Appleby, Bujanovic, Doelle, Fagan, Liu, Ramarao Equipment Appleby, Brown, Burry, Doelle, Lai, Putnam, Lavyrkov Safety Amidon, Appleby, Burry, Chatterjee, Gratien, Omori, Putnam

DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP

Table 23 summarizes the current leadership and other positions in the PBE Department. In the upcoming year with the implementation of the Biorefinery Institute (BRI), we are expecting a change in the leadership positions in relation to the BRI and ESPRI. We anticipate, pending administrative approval and the establishment of the BRI, the following appointments to be made:

Director, ESPRI Bandaru Ramarao Director, BRI Thomas E. Amidon Associate Director, BRI Shijie Liu

With these appointments, the anticipated organizational chart is given in Appendix P.

http://cww.esf.edu/pbe/abet


Table 23. Current position holders in the PBE department.

Position Current

Chair Gary M. Scott Director, ESPRI Thomas E. Amidon Associate Director, ESPRI Bandaru Ramarao Administrative Manager, SPPF Linda Fagan Manager, Pilot Operations Raymond Appleby Curriculum Coordinator Shijie Liu Graduate Coordinator Bandaru Ramarao Internship Coordinator Siddharth Chatterjee Recruitment Coordinator Biljana Bujanovic


ASSESSMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

At the undergraduate level, we offer three programs: paper engineering, bioprocess engineering, and paper science. The paper engineering program is accredited by ABET and the bioprocess engineering program will be submitted for accreditation on the next cycle in 2012. For assessment of these programs, we use the ABET model for all three programs collectively. Data Collected Data for our assessment of the educational programs is collected primarily through the use of Faculty Course Assessment Reports (FCARs) that are prepared by the instructor of each course at the end of the semester. The FCARs contain summary data about the course, assessment data with respect to accreditation, and proposed changes and improvements in the course for its next offering. The FCARs from the current academic year are available for review at the PBE Department Assessment website: http://cww.esf.edu/pbe/abet. Please note that this website can only be accessed from the SUNY-ESF campus. Results and Conclusions The results from the FCARs show that students are, for the most part, performing as desired with respect to the program outcomes for the undergraduate programs. Actions taken in response to assessment results No actions were taken at this time with respect to the results of the assessment. Modification of assessment plans The assessment plan seems to be working well for the department in terms of the undergraduate programs. In our last ABET review, no concerns were cited with the assessment plan. Beginning with the 2010-11 academic year, we have directly adopted the ABET Student Learning Outcomes ‘a-k’ augmented with an additional outcome related to industrial or research experience within the field. In addition, our program educational objectives have also been updated to reflect the revised definition of objectives by ABET and to better reflect the focus of the programs. All future assessments will be done using these objectives and outcomes. The specific objectives and outcomes are given in Appendix C and Appendix D for paper engineering and bioprocess engineering, respectively.

http://cww.esf.edu/pbe/abet


OBJECTIVES FOR 2010-2011

This section reiterates the objectives from the previous annual report and the relationship of these objectives to the strategic plan, discusses the achievement of these objectives over the past year, and discusses the major accomplishments of the department over the past year.

1. Adoption of Bylaws for the Department. These Bylaws will provide the overarching guidelines for the operation of the department.

The Bylaws for the PBE Department were approved in Spring 2011.

2. Creation of an Assessment Manual for the Department and writing a first draft of the ABET self-

study. This manual will detail the assessment procedures (particularly with respect to ABET) that are used in the department. In addition, the draft self-study will detail the processes that are involved in assessment.

The work on the assessment manual continues and will be incorporated in the upcoming ABET self-study document.

3. Marketing of the new MPS and PSM programs. The department, in conjunction with the College,

should develop a marketing and recruiting plan for the new graduate programs.

The MPS program in Bioprocess Engineering and the PSM program in Sustainable Engineering Management have been approved by COI and are currently up for consideration at the SUNY and State Education Department levels. In addition, the PSM program has been certified by the CGS as a PSM program. The marketing effort for these programs is waiting for the final approval of the programs.

4. Upgrade of Walters Hall facilities. This work will include coordination of funding the improvements

with the College, SPPF, and the ESF Foundation, especially with respect to the capital campaign.

The local TAPPI/PIMA section has donated $23,000 to the ESF Foundation for improvements and refurbishing the large conference room in Walters Hall (Room 323). The plan is for new furniture, video conferencing capabilities, a service area, and perhaps other improvements. In addition, the proceeds of the J.P. Clark golf tournament is planned to be donated for improvements to a Walters Hall laboratory.

5. Approval of the new undergraduate programs in paper engineering and paper science.

A three-year review and update of the paper engineering program was approved by the College Committee on Instruction. Based on discussions and surveys with alumni, students, and our advisory committee, the updated program reduced the total credit hours and increased the program flexibility in terms of electives.

6. Develop more robust research funding. The department needs to be more aggressive in obtaining

external research funding especially looking to diversity the source of research funding.

Research funding continues to be an issue with the support of graduate students. While the department collectively submitted an increased number of grants with an increased value, the increased competitiveness for funding resulted in a decrease in the total new funding for the


department. Efforts will need to be made by all faculty members to increase research funding and especially funding for graduate students. The increased funding will also be necessary to repay the graduate support loan from the Provost.


OBJECTIVES FOR 2011-2012

As the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Department looks forward to the upcoming academic year, the following are seen as the key actions that need to be taken to move the department forward. The committee coordinating the effort is given in brackets at the end of each action.

• Increase in the funding available for graduate student support. Our current limitation to increasing our graduate student population is our ability to provide support for students, particularly for the MS and PhD degrees. This will need to be done through a portfolio of funding mechanisms including government grants (e.g., NSF, USDA), industrial support (e.g., ESPRI, individual company support, and the Biorefinery Institute), and state support. [Graduate Committee]

• Implement the new graduate program. The revised graduate program was approved by the SUNY-ESF Committee on Instruction during the 2009-2010 academic year. The revised program also includes the Professional Science Masters program in Sustainable Engineering Management. The implementation of the new programs has been stalled by SUNY and the State Education Department. [Graduate Committee]

• Develop the implementation plan for the new undergraduate programs. The paper

engineering program, and to a lesser extent the bioprocess engineering program, have undergone major changes in the past academic year for implementation in the upcoming year. The incoming students will be enrolled in the new programs, which will need to be implemented over the next 4 years. [Undergraduate Committee]

• Review the paper science program. Since the engineering program was accredited in 2002,

enrollment in the paper science program has decreased significantly, making the paper science program an underutilized program at the college. However, because of the commonality of the courses in the program with the other programs in the department, there is not an incremental workload in having the program. Better marketing of the program could increase its enrollment. Current marketing efforts together with the engineering programs are not effective; the program should be marketed with the other science-based programs on campus such as biology, chemistry, and environmental science. The program could also be redesigned as a biomaterial science program, which may have greater student appeal. [Undergraduate Committee / Recruiting Committee]

• Stabilize the pilot plant staff. Several pieces of equipment in the pilot plant need multi-person

crews to operate safely and efficiently. For example, the large paper machine (#1) requires a crews of four and the small paper machine (#2) requires a crew of two. Historically, the crew for the large paper machine consisted of two staff positions and two ESPRI-supported positions. Over the past several years, the two ESPRI-supported positions has been replaced with research grant-supported personnel and/or graduate students. With the resignation of the two trained research-supported personnel, we do not currently have a trained crew to run the large paper machine. Another state-supported educational support position is needed in the department to provide services in the pilot plant. [Equipment Committee]

• Prepare the ABET self-studies. The self studies for the paper engineering program and the

bioprocess engineering program are due on 30 June 2012, with the site visit to be the following fall. The overall ABET accreditation effort for the college will the coordinated by the Director of Engineering, the individual self-studies for the paper engineering program bioprocess engineering


programs will be coordinated by Dr Klaus Doelle and Dr Shijie Liu, respectively. It is expected that all members of the department will engage constructively in the preparation for the accreditation review. [Undergraduate Committee]

• Establish the Biorefinery Institute (BRI). The creation of the BRI will establish a “home” for the

current research efforts in the areas of biofuels, fermentation reactions, and other bioprocess engineering research areas. The funding mechanism through the Empire State Paper Research Associates will allow companies to support the ongoing research in these areas within the department. [Graduate Committee]

• Upgrade the 323 Walters conference room. Funding is currently available for upgrading and

refurbishing the main conference room in Walters Hall. We plan on working with the college to complete the upgrade during the academic year. [Equipment Committee]

• Approve the Department Promotion and Tenure Guidelines. With the adoption of the college-

wide promotion and tenure guidelines, the PBE department needs to update the department-specific guidelines. A committee led by Dr Ramarao has developed a draft that needs approval by the department for implementation. This will be one of the first items of business for the department in the fall. [Department Review Committee]


APPENDICES

Appendix A. PBE Department Individual Report Summaries ................................................................................ 28 Appendix B. Support for graduate students in the PBE Department (Asterisks indicates support loan from Provost). ............................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Appendix C. Program educational objectives and student learning outcomes for the paper engineering program. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Appendix D. Program educational objectives and student learning outcomes for the bioprocess engineering program. ............................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Appendix E. Standing committees of the PBE Department (excerpted from the PBE Department Bylaws)............................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Appendix F. Workload summary for the PBE Department. ................................................................................... 53 Appendix G. Proposal activity summary for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011) ................ 55 Appendix H. Proposal status summary for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ................. 56 Appendix I. Proposal activity for PBE Department by PI/coPI (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ... 57 Appendix J. Proposal activity details for PBE Department (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ............ 58 Appendix K. Sponsored program project expenditure activity for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ........................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Appendix L. Sponsored program expenditure activity categorized by funding type/source (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).. ..................................................................................................................................................... 62 Appendix M. Sponsored program expenditure activity for the PBE Department summarized by PI/co-PI (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ..................................................................................................................... 63 Appendix N. Sponsored program expenditure activity details for the PBE Department (12-month period ending 30 April 2011). ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 Appendix O. Current organizational chart for the PBE Department. ................................................................... 67 Appendix P. Proposed organizational chart for the PBE Department. ................................................................. 68


Appendix A. PBE Department Individual Report Summaries

Wayne Amato Personal Objectives (2011-2012):

(a) To support the department in teaching whatever course offerings are helpful. (b) To participate, as requested, on thesis committees. (c) To expand the existing courses that I teach by more physical examples and possible lab

demonstrations. (d) To give mini-lectures on various topics which are not part of the normal curriculum.

Thomas E. Amidon Publications:

Goundalkar, Mangesh J.; Biljana, Bujanovic; Amidon, Thomas E. (2010). Analysis of non-carbohydrate based low-molecular weight organic compounds dissolved during hot-water extraction of sugar maple. Cellul Chem Technol 44, no: 1-3: 27-33.

Chien, Shang-Ning; Ren, Hao; Aoyagi, Mitsuru; Amidon, Thomas; Lai, Yuan-Zong (2010). Fractionation of wood polymers by carboxymethylation-lnfluence of reaction conditions. J. Biobased Mater. Bioenergy 4, no: 1: 40-45.

Hasan, Asif; Bujanovic, Biljana; Amidon, Thomas (2010). Strength properties of kraft pulp produced from hot-water extracted woodchips within the biorefinery. J. Biobased Mater. Bioenergy 4, no: 1: 46-52.

Duarte, G.V.; Ramarao, B.V.; Amidon, T.E. (2010). Polymer induced flocculation and separation of particulates from extracts of lignocellulosic materials. Bioresour. Technol. 101, no: 22: 8526-8534.

Gong, Chen; Goundalkar, Mangesh J.; Bujanovic, Biljana M.; Amidon, Thomas E. (2010). Delignification studies on hot-water extracted wood. APPI PEERS Conf. Res. Forum Recycl., 2010 TAPPI PEERS Conference and 9th Research Forum on Recycling. 2010 TAPPI PEERS Conference and 9th Research Forum on Recycling., Norfolk, VA, United States: 1316-1347.

Presentations:

I co-authored at least five publications in referred journals with Drs. Liu, Lai, Ramarao, and Biljanovic. I know my name has been appropriately included as co-author on a number of publications is China and Europe that are not refereed but I have not kept track over the year. I have presented technical papers at the International Biorefinery Conference in Guangzhou, China, at the XXI TECNICELPA conference in Lisbon, Portugal and at the 2011 PIRA European conference in Barcelona, Spain. Outreach and Service:

a. Academic advisor for the Advanced Certificate program. b. No grant panel service c. Guest Editor of Special Issue "Biomass and Biofuels" for Energies d. Participant in VPP consortium, AF&PA Agenda 2020 workgroup, and FPL Technical Advisory

Group.


Personal Objectives (2010-2011):

e. Summary of objectives from previous annual report – Can’t find. f. Accomplishments related to objectives – Completion of the VPP final report and the

NYSERDA Catalyst renewable report were accomplished. Presentation of Hot Water Extraction at International Venues was accomplished. Discussions on Licensing the HWE technology were held and one MOU has been signed with a license agreement in discussion.


Obtain at least one license or sub license agreement for the RF patent after it is issued. Start a project to commercialize the application at a pellet production facility or a pulp mill. Obtain in excess of $600,000 per year in funding for the next two years (or more). Include support for at least 4 full time students in the funding obtained. Add one course to my instructional load. Add one new PhD student and continue to help current PhD students to graduate in four years.

Biljana Bujanovic Publications:

Amidon, T., Liu, S., Hasan, A., Bujanovic, B., and Howard, J. R. (2011): “Niche position and opportunities for woody biomass conversion” in: “Integrated Forest Biorefineries,” ed. Lew, C. Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK (in preparation).

Gong, C., Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2011): “Evaluation of different sulfur-free delignification methods for hot-water extracted hardwood,“ J. Wood Chem. Technol., submitted

Ye, P.X., Cheng, L., Ma, H., Bujanovic, B., Goundalkar, M., and Amidon, T. (2011):”Biorefinery with water,“ in: “The Role of Green Chemistry in Biomass processing and Conversion,” ed. Xie, H. and Gathergood, N., Wiley John&Sons (submitted).

Bujanovic, B. and Amidon, T. (2011):”Paper,” in McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (in preparation).

Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B. and Amidon, T. (2010):”Lignin in hot-water extraction of hardwoods,” ESPRA Research Report Number 133, ESPRI, SUNY-ESF: Ch.4.31-46.

Presentations:

Gong, C., Goundalkar, M., Hasan, A., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2011): “Integrated pulp and paper mill biorefinery: use of biorefinery products in pulp and paper production,” ESPRA Spring Meeting, May 24 2011, ESPRI-SUNY ESF; oral presentation.

Hasan, A., Gong, C., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2011): “Environmentally Friendly Wet-end Paper Reinforcement Agents,” PaperCon 2011, Covington, KY, April 30-May 3, 2011; oral presentation.

Goundalkar, M. and Bujanovic, B. (2011): “Hydrothermal treatment of aspen and Loblolly pine milled wood lignin,” 16th ISWFPC Tianjin, P.R. China, June 8-10, 2011; oral presentation


Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B., Li, L., and Seeram, N.P. (2011): “Phenolic constituents of hot-water extracts of hardwoods and their antioxidation capacity” 241st ACS, Anaheim CA, March 27-31, 2011; oral presentation, invited presentation

Goundalkar, M. and Bujanovic, B. (2011): “Fate of lignin in hot-water extraction of hardwoods and softwoods,” 242nd ACS, Denver, CO, Aug.28-Sep.1, 2011; oral presentation, invited presentation

Gong, C., Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2010):”Delignification of hot-water extracted sugar maple,” TAPPI PEERS Conf., Norfolk, VA, October 18-21, 2011; Biorefinery Track: 22.1.; oral presentation

Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B. and Amidon, T. (2010):”Lignin in hot-water extraction of hardwoods: Lignin Products,” ESPRA Fall Meeting, November 18 2010, ESPRI-SUNY ESF; oral presentation.

Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2010):”Comparative analysis of fermentation inhibitors dissolved from three hardwood species during HWE,” International Conference on Biomass Energy Technologies (ICBT2010), August 21-23, 2010, Beijing, China, Proceedings: 195; Poster #PO_2_25

Goundalkar, M., Bujanovic, B., Li, L., and Seeram, N.P. (2011): ”Phenolic content and antioxidizing activity of hot-water extracts of sugar maple,” http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/global/global_2011/biochemicals_4.pdf

2. Gong, C., Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T. (2011):”Environmentally friendly delignification of hot-water extracted sugar maple,” http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/global/global_2011/bioresources_9.pdf

Outreach and Service:

1) Representing our Department and College at Conferences a) TAPPI PEERS, Norfolk, VA October 2010; (oral presentation) b) 241st ACS Anaheim, CA, March 2011 (invited oral presentation); c) Paper Con2011 Covington, KY May 2011; (oral presentation) d) 16th ISWFPC, Tianjin, P.R. China, June 2011; (oral presentation) e) 240st ACS Boston August 2010; (poster presentation)

2) Representing our Department and College in science and engineering literature: a) chapter on “Biorefinery with Water” in “The Role of Green Chemistry in Biomass Processing

and Conversion” book (John Wiley & Sons; submitted). b) chapter on PAPER for the new edition of Encyclopedia of Science and Technology (McGraw

Hill; in preparation) 3) Dissemination of the objectives and mission of our Department to K-12 education institutions and allied organizations:

a) CNY agency “Partners for Education and Business” b) Syracuse City School District c) Big Picture School: LaFayette c) The Boy Scouts


√ - accomplished; ↑ progress made; ∼ slow progress; ____ - no progress 1. Establish an undergraduate experimental course in Introduction to Lignocellulosics with Dr.

Lai and Dr. Francis; this course will be offered for the first time in fall of 2010 √ 2. continue research on sequential disassembling of wood with benign agents ↑

http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/global/global_2011/biochemicals_4.pdf%202

http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/global/global_2011/biochemicals_4.pdf%202

http://www.ipst.gatech.edu/faculty/ragauskas_art/global/global_2011/bioresources_9.pdf


3. continue cooperation with Andritz on the identification of inhibitors of fermentation after acidic treatment of lignocellulosics ∼

4. work on the application of lignin in polymer form: adhesives, thermoplastics and oxidative degradation to value-added oxygenated aromatics ↑

5. continue work on PLA √ 6. submit grant proposals


1. Progress in the following research areas: a. lignin characterization and distribution in wood (before and after HWE) and use

(adhesives, thermoplastics, antioxidizing agent) b. delignification using alternative methods to kraft delignification c. environmentally friendly paper reinforcing agents d. nanocellulose production

2. Grant proposal submission (e.g., The State University of New York Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) grant program; deadline 8/15)

3. Recruitment a. High school student summer camp at PBE

4. Writing research papers/review chapters (e.g., "PAPER" to the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology; deadline 7/29; a paper on paper reinforcement with PLA-starch blend for TAPPI J. this summer)

5. Presenting research results and promoting Biorefinery concepts and our Department and College at national and international Conferences

6. Advising graduate students a. Mangesh Goundalkar – goal: graduation in May of 2012 b. Chen Gong – goal: candidacy exam taken in Spring of 2012

William M. Burry Publications:

Surface energetics of bone mineral and synthetic hydroxyapatite using inverse gas chromatography is in press as B.B.Hole, et al., J. Chromatogr.B (2011), doi:10.1016/j/jchomb.2011.01.035. This article written by Dr. D. Steven Keller summarizes an investigation of materials I assisted in for Dr. James A. Schwarz’s graduate student, Bhushan Hole (Syracuse University).

Presentations:

A new paper grade – using shrub willow to manufacture copy paper. K. Doelle, W. Burry. A presentation at the PTS Papier Symposium 2010, Munich, Germany.

Outreach and Serivce:

a. Enumeration of outreach activities i. PBE at the NYS Fair (9/3/10)◦ ii. Papyrus Club activity at Holy Cross¥ iii. ESF in the High School (Fall 2010)* iv. PBE Open House (10/30/10)* v. Home-schooled group (10/29/10)♦


vi. Evening with Boy Scouts (11/22/10)♦ vii. PBE Job Shadow Days - Jordan Elbridge (12/3/10)♦ viii. Job Fair at Solvay High School (3/18/11)♦ ix. PBE Open House (4/16/11)♦ x. Expeditionary Learning Middle School (Syr. City Schools) (4/29/11)* xi. Career Day at the MOST (5/24/11)♦ xii. Sister Mary John’s class of 7th graders (5/26/11)*

b. Summary of grant panel service – none c. Summary of editorial board service – none d. Enumeration of other significant service activities

i. Papyrus Club hosts the Girl Scouts (11/11/10)◦ ii. Boy Scout Merit Badge in Pulp & Paper (4/2/11)*

◦ I developed the entire program and played an integral role in the delivery. ¥ I developed the entire program and trained staff/students for the delivery. * I developed part of the program and played an integral role in the delivery. ♦ I developed part of the program and trained staff/students for the delivery.


• Significantly expand the use of SU’s Blackboard V9 in PSE 201. Accomplishment summary: no longer applicable. My teaching assistant, Tim Chaffee and I attended a training seminar with a goal of assisting grading using this software. We both concluded that using this software for exam administration and grading would not significantly reduce (if at all) our expended efforts. In addition, the inability to prohibit collaborative efforts in exam taking compromises the significance of exams as an outcome measuring tool. Other uses of this software may be more appropriate for courses that do not have a significant laboratory (studio) component. Video sessions could be developed but I would be concerned with the lack of copyright protection since registered course users have access to the material to do with as they wish.

• Continue to improve the PBE Stockroom loaned equipment system. Accomplishment summary: done. This system has reached maturity in that sufficient revenue is generated from monthly rental fees to maintain/replace the available equipment.

• Continue to combine pulping, bleaching and papermaking courses. Accomplishment summary: done again this past academic year. A research format was used to develop reed as a papermaking material.

• Take the lead in establishing a Quality Control Program. for the department’s paper testing services. Accomplishment summary: Only minor progress was achieved this past year.


i. Short-term objectives • Continue to develop and lead a Quality Control Program for the departments’ paper testing

services and expand this program to assist graduate students. • Continue to combine pulping, bleaching and papermaking instructional objectives using a

student research format. (Also a long-term objective as the revised paper program is phased in.)

• Be more aggressive in completing my outstanding objectives within the PBE Safety Committee (1- Write a paragraph on safety and normal working hours to be included in the Graduate Student Handbook. 2- Develop a chlorine dioxide storage and evacuation plan.), within the PBE Equipment Committee (1- development of a common lab on the fourth


floor, 2- Posting updated EMF use of revenues) and within the PBE Strategic Plan (see below).

ii. Long-term objectives • To become an Instructor (officially) • To become the PBE Department Instructional Laboratory Manager (officially) • To assist in student education consistent with our department’s mission and the

duties/responsibilities of the above mentioned positions. Siddharth G. Chatterjee Publications:

Chatterjee, S. G. “On the Use of the Surface-renewal Concept to Describe Cross-Flow Ultrafiltration”, Indian Chemical Engineer, accepted for publication (2010).


c. Summary of editorial board service (by journal): I reviewed one manuscript for Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

d. Enumeration of other significant service activities: I advised several undergraduate Paper Engineering (PE) and Environmental Science (ES) students on curricular matters during the course of the academic year. I am presently the academic advisor of 11 PE and 6 ES undergraduate students.


i. Summary of objectives from previous annual report: (1) Continue with teaching, outreach and advising activities. (2) Write manuscripts on the production of biodiesel from tall oil model compounds and tall oil, and submerged packed bed biological reactor for wastewater treatment. (3) Continue work in the areas of gas absorption with chemical reaction and/or membrane filtration. (4) Start revising the class notes of some of the courses that I am responsible for.

ii. Accomplishments related to objectives: (1) I have continued with teaching, outreach and advising activities as detailed in this report above. (2) Primarily due to a heavy teaching commitment, I have not been able to finish the manuscript on the production of biodiesel from tall oil model compounds (which is in preparation) and write manuscripts on the production of biodiesel from tall oil and the treatment of wastewater by a submerged packed bed biological reactor. (3) Work on gas absorption with chemical reaction is ongoing with two students being assigned to this area in PSE 498 during fall 2010 as mentioned previously. My intent is to translate the reports submitted by the students in PSE 498 into a paper in the near future. The manuscript titled “On the Use of the Surface-renewal Concept to Describe Cross-Flow Ultrafiltration” was accepted by Indian Chemical Engineer in 2010. A manuscript in the area of cross-flow microfiltration is in preparation. (4) I have done some initial planning towards revision of class notes and incorporated some material on processing and building requirements and the associated investment costs of biologics facilities that was offered by Dr. Noshir Mistry (guest lecturer) into PSE 480.



(1) Continue with teaching, outreach and advising activities. (2) Write manuscripts on the production of biodiesel from tall oil model compounds and tall oil, and submerged packed bed biological reactor for wastewater treatment. (3) Continue work in the areas of gas absorption with chemical reaction and cross-flow membrane filtration and prepare manuscripts in these areas. (4) Revise class notes of some of my courses. (5) I am working with Dr Ashutosh Mittal of NREL in the area of xylan hydrolysis and mass transfer and will continue this collaboration.

Klaus Doelle Publications:

Doelle K., Giarrusso, S., Johnson, D.L., (2011), “Zero Waste: Sustainable Biomass Conversion “, New York Water Environmental Association Inc. (NYWEA), Clean Waters Magazine, Spring 2011, Vol. 41, No.1.

Doelle K., Giarrusso, S., Johnson, D.L., Peluso, C.R., (2011), “Omnivorous Closed Loop Sustainable Biomass Conversion for Cost-Effective Biofuels, Bioenergy, and value Added Products“, Water Environment Association of Ontario, WEAO Technical Symposium and OPCEA Exhibition, April 10 to12, 2011, The Westin Harbour Castle, Montreal, Ontario, Canada.

Doelle K., Giarrusso, S., Johnson, D.L., Peluso, C.R., (2011), “Sustainable Municipal Waste Repurposing of Cost-Effective Biofuels, Bioenergy, and value Added Products“, Source Water Collaborative Forum Delaware River Basin Water Resource Protection, Sullivan County Community College, March 10th, 2011, Loch Sheldrake, NY, USA.

Doelle K., (2010), “New Manufacturing Method for Filler and Fiber Material“, Department of Energy, Kick-Off Meeting, Nov. 18, 2010, Suracuse, NY, USA.

Doelle K. Burry W., (2010), “A new paper grade – using shrub willow to manufacture copy paper / Eine neue Papiersorte – Faserstoff aus Weidebüschen zur Herstellung von Kopierpapier”, PTS Paper

Presentations:

Mahmud, S, Doelle, K., Lingnau, D.(2011), “Performance evaluation of Ca(OH)2 bleaching on Willow species and its comparison with the conventional NaOH bleaching“, TAPPI, Paper Con, 2011, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, May 2-4, Covington, Kentucky, USA.

Mahmud, S, Doelle, K., Amaya, J.J., (2011), “A comparative study of different fillers on uncoated eucalyptus digital paper properties: A Pilot Scale Approach“, TAPPI, Paper Con, 2011, Northern Kentucky Convention Center, May 2-4, Covington, Kentucky, USA.

Doelle K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S. M., ESM-School District (2011), “Zero-Waste: Sustainable Bioenergy Approach at Minoa”, Bristol-Myers Squib Earth Day Fair, April 28, 2011, Syracuse, NY, USA

Mahmud, S, Doelle, K., Lingnau, D.(2011), “Performance evaluation of Ca(OH)2 bleaching on Willow species and its comparison with the conventional NaOH bleaching“, Alliance Graduate Education and Professoriate (AGEP), Preparing for the Professorate Conference at University of Albany, April 8-9, 2011, Albany, April 8-9 [3rd Place]

Doelle K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S. M., (2010), “Sustainable Bioenergy Approach at Minoa”, Presented to Senator Valesky, Oct 4, 2010, Minoa, NY, USA


Doelle, K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S. M., (2010) “Facility Turning Waste into Energy”, YNN (Ch 10), Oct 4, 2010, Minoa, Syracuse, NY,

Doelle, K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S. M., (2010),”Sustinable Energy Production at Minoa”, Presented to Ann Marie Burkel during her campaign for congress, Sept, 17, 2010, Minoa, NY, USA.

Doelle, K., Bates R., (2010) “Gasifier Truck Poster”, Sep. 3, 2010, State Fair, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Doelle, K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S. M., (2010), “Sustainable Energy Concepts”, Seneca Nation of Indians, Aug. 26, 2010, Syracuse, NY, USA.

Johnson D.L., Giarrusso S.M., Nomura C.T., Doelle, K., (2010), “Wastewater filtration breakthrough in Minoa”, Channel 9, Jun 6, 2010, Minoa, NY, USA.

Doelle, K., (2010), “Increase The Filler Content For 100% HW Copy Paper - A Pilot Scale Approach”, TAPPI Paper Symposium 2010, September 7 to 10, 2010, Munich, Germany

Doelle, K., (2010), “Rethinking Pulp Bleaching – Calcium Hydroxide Vs Caustic Soda”, PTS Paper Symposium 2010, September 7 to 10, 2010, Munich, Germany.

Doelle K., Johnson, D.L., (2010), “Sustainable Energy and Water System”, County Mayor meeting, Oct 21, 2010, Minoa, NY, USA.

Doelle K., Johnson, D.L., (2010), “Sustainable Bioenergy Approach at Minoa”, Presented to Senator Valesky, Oct 4, 2010, Minoa, NY, USA

Doelle, K., (2010), “Rethinking Pulp Bleaching – Calcium Hydroxide Vs Caustic Soda”, PTS Paper Symposium 2010, September 7 to 10, 2010, Munich, Germany.

Doelle, K., (2010), “Increase The Filler Content For 100% HW Copy Paper - A Pilot Scale Approach”, PTS Paper Symposium 2010, September 7 to 10, 2010, Munich, Germany.

Invention Disclosures:

Doelle, K., (2011), “Ceramic Paper Product“, New Technology Disclosure SUNY-ESF, Invention No. R 1826.550, April 20, 2011.

Doelle, K., (2011), “Paper Making Process for Fiber Filler Composite Calcium Carbonate (FFC³) Material“, New Technology Disclosure SUNY-ESF, Invention No. R 1820.550, DOE DOE Case No: S-126,679, February 15, 2011.

Doelle, K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S.M., (2010), “Sustainable Waste Water Process“, New Technology Disclosure SUNY-ESF, December 7, 2010.

Doelle, K., (2010), “Filler Process for Fiber Filler Composite Calcium Carbonate (FFC³) Material“, New Technology Disclosure SUNY-ESF Invention No. R 1820. DOE Case No: S-126,496, November 22, 2010.

Doelle, K., Johnson, D.L., Giarrusso, S.M., (2010), “Effluent Diverter“, New Technology Disclosure SUNY-ESF, Invention No. R1746-550, Nov 5, 2010.



a. Enumeration of outreach activities Helped our international students to register and process their VISA work in SUNY-ESF (PBE) courses throughout the ESF-Outreach and Research Foundation. This is quite time consuming getting the paper work done and act as the middle man. I counted the time needed for one student is approximate 16 to 24 hours total. This includes answering e-mails, visa questions, tracking down people at ESF, etc.

i. Attended a presentation of Onondaga Nation Chief Oren Lyons at Syracuse CoE HQ on June 1st, 2010 about the Plantagon concept which might dramatically change the way we produce ecological and functional food.

ii. Presented to Ann Marie Burkel during her campaign for congress a presentation of the sustainable energy production concept that is developed at process at the Minoa waste water treatment plant.

iii. Gave the Seneca Nation a tour of the pilot plant and a overview of our sustainable energy production project on 8/26/2010

iv. Presented to Senator Valesky on Oct. 4th, 2010 our sustainable bioenergy approach at the Village of Minoa with Dave Johnson, Major Donovan, Neil Murphy and Steve Giarrusso.

v. Displayed gasifier truck at the State Fair 2010 vi. Provided service to the ESM school district and started a research program. vii. Met with Seneca nation to discuss linoleum and paper making process viii. Work with SU on linoleum and Seneca Nation sustainable process. ix. Arranged a Seminar with Dr. Samuel Schabel from Darmstadt University at ESF. x. Presented Sustainable energy system to Syracuse East Minoa Mayor meeting 10-21-2010. xi. Met numerous times with ESM to discuss Sustainable Energy Project with high School

Students at Minoa 11-01-2010 b. Summary of grant panel service (by agency)

i. U.S. department of Energy (DOE) review panel service for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant starting Dec. 1st, 2010.

c. Summary of editorial board service (by journal) i. Elsevier Bioresourc Technology Journal ii. Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal

d. Enumeration of other significant service activities

i. Self sponsored trip to Germany to present a paper and two posters at the PTS Paper Symposium and to further develop exchange program with University of Munich in the paper and bioprocess field.

ii. Discussed with University of Munich Atlantis Program submission in early Spring 2011 to create dual degree and exchange program for undergraduate and graduate students.

iii. Worked in ESF Booth on State Fair September 2010 iv. Host one German intern research assistant from University of Applied Science Brandenburg

for 1 year. v. Host one German intern as research assistant from University of Applied Science

Brandenburg for ½ year. vi. Drafted and submitted a application to the Green Infrastructure Grant Program 2010

application to the New York Environmental Facilities Cooperation together with Dr. Dave Johnson (Chemistry), Steve Giarrusso (Village of Minoa) for the Village of Minoa (see section b, summary of grant activities)


vii. Worked with Village of Minoa and East Syracuse Minoa (ESM) School district to develop an ESF high school program.


1. Promote SUNY-ESF at European Universities to acquire graduate Students for funded research or students that have self support or are supported by other sources.

2. Worked on Equipment, student recruitment and undergraduate education committee towards strategic plan.

3. Expand the exchange program with University of Munich Personal Objectives (2011-2012):

1. Promote SUNY-ESF at European Universities to acquire 2. graduate Students for funded research or students that are self support or are supported by other

sources. 3. Work implementing a PBE curriculum exchange program for graduate students with University of

Munich John Fieschko Outreach and Service:

Biotechnology Conference. Over 30 companies and academic institutions will participate, and as of 5/20/11, more than 125 people are registered so far for the June 2-3, 2011 event. Significant sponsorship is allowing complimentary registration for numerous students and faculty from ESF, Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University. There is also a student poster session with more than 20 posters submitted so far, many from ESF. The event fosters communication between industry and academia and helps raise awareness of biotechnology in CNY including at SUNY ESF.


1. CNY Biotechnology Conference mentioned above 2. Progress on the CNY Biotechnology Research Center building 3. Progress on rewriting mission and plan for CNY BRC 4. Progress on developing potential client list for CNY BRC

Raymond C. Francis Publications:

Attiogbe, F. K. and Francis, R. C. “Hydrogen peroxide decomposition in bicarbonate solution catalyzed by divalent manganese species” submission #CJC 11045, Can. J. Chem., Final acceptance granted for publication (April 2011)

Attiogbe, F. K. and Francis, R. C. “Hydrogen peroxide decomposition in bicarbonate solution catalyzed by ferric citrate.” Submission #CJC 11044, Can. J. Chem., Final acceptance granted for publication (April 2011)


Biswas, D., Misbahuddin, M., Roy, U., Francis, R. C., and Bose, S. K. “Effect of additives on fiber yield improvement for Kraft pulping of kadam (Anthocephalus chinensis)” Bioresource Technology, 1284 – 1288 (2011)

Bose, S. K., Leavitt, A., Stromberg, B., Kanungo, D., and Francis, R. C. “Inclusion of a pressurized acidolysis stage in chemical pulp bleaching.” BioResources 6, 823 – 840 (2011)

Francis K. Attiogbe, Samar K. Bose, Wei Wang, Alastair McNeillie, and Raymond C. Francis. “The Peroxymonocarbonate Anions as Bleaching Agents. Part 1. Results with Lignin Model Compounds and Chemical Pulps.” BioResources, 5, 2208 - 2220 (2010).

Francis K. Attiogbe, Wei Wang, Alastair McNeillie, and Raymond C. Francis. “The Peroxymonocarbonate Anions as Bleaching Agents. Part 2. Mechanical Pulp Brightening and the Effects of Metal Ions.” BioResources, 5, 2221 – 2231 (2010)


Nothing significant. Personal Objectives (2011-2012):

Will be dictated by renewal of NSF grant now pending Yuan-Zong Lai Publications:

Ren, H., Amidon, T. and Lai, Y.-Z. “Improve the Synthesis of Lignophenols from Wood by Solvent Pretreatments”, Submitted to Journal of Biobased Material and Bioenergy”.

Ren, H., Amidon, T. and Lai, Y.-Z. “On the Carboxymathylation of Lignin Model Compounds”, Submitted to journal of Holzforschung.

Submitted a chapter on Wood and Wood products to be included in the Kent and Riegel's Handbook of industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology

Presentations:

Chien, S.-H., Ren, H., Amidon, T., and Lai, Y.-Z., “Recent Advances in the Fractionation of Biomass Polymers for Applications”, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies of Pulping and Papermaking (4thISETPP), November 8-10, 2010, in Guangzhou, China

Ren, H., Amidon, T. and Lai, Y.-Z. “Improve the Synthesis of Lignophenols by Solvent Pretreatments”, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre, and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC)”, Tienjing, China June 8-10, 2011.

Ren, H., Chien, S.-N., Amidon, T. and Lai, Y.-Z. “ The Novel Features in Carboxymethylation of Lignin Model compounds”, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre, and Pulping Chemistry (ISWFPC)”, Tienjing, China June 8-10, 2011.

Awards and Recognition:



a. Enumeration of outreach activities 1. Invited to serve as a reviewer for several journals • Journal of Wood chemistry and Technology • Holzforschung • Cellulose • Journal of Bio-based Materials and Bioenergy • American Chemical Society

2. Chaired 2 technical sessions at the 4th ISETPP (International conference in China, 2010). 3. Invited to give presentations at: - Dalian Polytechnic University, China - Nanjing Forestry University, China - An Energy Conference in Taiwan (July 2011)

4. Keeping active contacts with paper companies in Japan (Oji and Nippon Paper) for potential membership of ESPRA.

b. Summary of grant panel service (by agency)

c. Summary of editorial board service (by journal)

• Served on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology (JWCT).



1. To submit research proposal in the area of biomass utilization 2. To prepare manuscripts for publications 3. To write an invited chapter on wood and wood products for the Kent and Riegel's Handbook of industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology 4. To plan for writing a wood chemistry- related book.

Accomplishments related to objectives

1. One subproject included in Dr. Liu’s DOE proposal 2. Submitted one to Holzforschung and one to J. Biobased Energy and Materials

3. Completed 4. No progress


1. To submit research proposal in the area of biomass utilization 2. To prepare manuscripts for publications 3. To plan for writing or editing a wood chemistry –related book


Shijie Liu Publications:

L. Peng, L. Lin, J. Zhang, J. Shi, S Liu 2011 “Solid acid catalyzed glucose conversion to ethyl levulinate”, Applied Catalysis A: General, 397(1-2): 259-265. doi:10.106/j.apcata.2011.03.008.

Z. Sun, A. Shupe, T. Liu, R. Hu, T.E. Amidon, S. Liu 2011 “Particle properties of sugar maple hemicellulose hydrolysate and its influence on growth and metabolic behavior of Pichia stipitis”, Bioresource Technology, 102(2): 2133-6. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.097.

R. Rousseau, J. Hawkes, S. Liu and T. Amidon 2011 “Growing systems for traditional and new forest-based materials”, Plant Biomass Conversion, ed. E.E. Hood, P. Nelson and R. Powell, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 51-84.

Y. Gong, L. Lin, J. Shi and S. Liu 2010 “Oxidative Decarboxylation of Levulinic Acid by Cupric Oxides”, Molecules, 15: 7946-7960. doi: 10.3390/molecules15117946.

H. Deng, L. Lin and S. Liu 2010 “Catalysis of Cu-Doped Co-Based Perovskite-Type Oxide in Wet-Oxidation of Lignin to Produce Aromatic Aldehydes”, Energy & Fuel, 24(9):4797-4802.

J. Zhang, B. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Lin, S. Liu, P. Ouyang. 2010 “Effect of phosphoric acid pretreatment on enzymatic hydrolysis of microcrystalline cellulose” J. Biotech. Adv., 28: 613-619.

Y. Lei, S. Liu, J. Li, R. Sun. 2010 “Effect of Hot-Water Extraction on Alkaline Pulping of Bagasse” J. Biotech. Adv., 28: 609-612.

T. Liu, L. Lin, Z. Sun, R. Hu, S. Liu. 2010 “Bioethanol Fermentation by Robust Recombinant E. coli FBHW Using Hot-water Wood Extract Hydrolyzate as Substrate” J. Biotech. Adv., 28: 602-608.

S. Liu. 2010 “Woody Biomass: Niche Position as a Source of Sustainable Renewable Chemicals and Energy and Kinetics of Hot-Water Extraction / Hydrolysis” J. Biotech. Adv., 28: 563-582.

Z. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Lin, T. Chen, J. Zhang, S. Liu, Z. Li, and P. Ouyang 2009 “Dissolution of microcrystalline cellulose in phosphoric acid – molecular changes and kinetics”, Molecules, 14: 5027-5041 (doi:10.3390/molecules14125027).

J. Zhang, L. Lin, S. Liu, Z. Zhang. 2010 “Conversion of D-xylose into Furfural with Mesoporous Molecular Sieve MCM41 as Catalysts and Butanol as the Extracting Phase”, J. Biomass Bioenergy, (doi.10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.028).

H. Lu, R. Hu, A. Ward, T. E. Amidon, B. Liang, S. Liu. 2011 “Effect of Hot-Water Extraction on Soda Pulping of Aspen Woodchips”, J. Biomass Bioenergy, (doi:10.106/j.biombioe.2011.01.054).

S. Liu and GM Scott 2010 “A Special issue on the biorefinery: Converting plant biomass to chemicals, materials and energy”, JBMBE, 4(1): 1-2.

S. Liu, Z. Zhang, GM Scott 2010 “The biorefinery: Sustainably renewable route to commodity chemicals, energy, and materials - Selected papers from the Second International Biorefinery Conference (IBC 2009), Syracuse, New York, October 6-9, 2009”, J. Biotech. Advances. 28(5): 541-542.

Presentations:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.08.097


J.P. Buyondo and S. Liu “Lactic Acid Production by Lactobacillus Pentosus From Wood Extract Hydrolysates”, AIChE annual conference, Salt Lake City., November 7-12, 2010.

S. Liu “Products From Hot-Water Extraction of Woody Biomass”, AIChE annual conference, Salt Lake City., November 7-12, 2010.

A.M. Shupe and S. Liu “Ethanol Fermentation from hot-water wood extract hydrolysates with Pichia stipitis”, Second International Conference on Biomass Energy Technologies, Beijing, China, August 20 – 22, 2010.

S. Liu “Biomass Conversion to Chemicals and Materials”, NSF USA-NSFC China Chemical Engineering Workshop, Durham, NH, May 30 - June 1, 2010.


a. Enumeration of outreach activities Mentored 3 exchange students.

b. Summary of grant panel service (by agency)

Reviewed two proposals for OMAFRA. Invited to review proposals for NSERC.

c. Summary of editorial board service (by journal)

Executive editor: JBMBE Editor: Biochemical Sciences Special Issue Editor: JBA, JBB, JBMBE



i. Summary of objectives from previous annual report 1). Improving the two new courses: BPE 421 Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering, and BPE

440 Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering labs. 2). Continue to develop research grant proposals in reaction engineering and transport phenomena, with

applications in renewable energy and products, and other areas. 3). Continue to develop and maintain international collaborations with selected universities in China and

other targeted countries to support the Faculty and College’s strategic plan and 2020 visions. 4). Continue to make a strong effort to participate in the professional organizations and exhibit scholarly

profile to promote PBE and ESF. 5). Continue to contribute in enriching our Undergraduate and Graduate curricula. 6). Continue to work towards the founding of the Biorefinery Research Institute.

ii. Accomplishments related to objectives 1). The course notes for BPE 421 Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering and BPE 440

Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering labs are much improved. New lab designs have been tested once.

2). Three proposals have been developed. 3). Attempt has been made to kick start the exchange program. Efforts made to organize student group

to go to Sichuan University. Two students signed on. It was canceled due to low enrollment. 4). Participated at AIChE annual conference in Salt Lake City and International Biomass Conference in

Beijing. Efforts made to showcase ESF and PBE.


5). Lead undergraduate educational committee at PBE. Strong efforts made to revamp the Paper Engineering program, revised Bioprocess Engineering. New courses added. Encouraged graduate committee to examine graduate courses. For some of the graduate courses, I consulted with the Graduate Committee chair before sending to COI.

6). Effort was made for the founding of the Biorefinery Research Institute. The final decision rests on the college and the department.


1). Reach out to colleagues externally in other states within the country for collaboration. 2). Take a more direct approach to improve funding opportunities with resources available. Evolve the

biorefinery research institute concept / proposal. 3). Continue to improve the two new courses: BPE 421 Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering,

and BPE 440 Bioprocess Kinetics and Systems Engineering labs. 4). Continue to develop and maintain international collaborations with selected universities in China and

other targeted countries to support the Faculty and College’s strategic plan and 2020 visions. 5). Continue to make a strong effort to participate in the professional organizations and exhibit scholarly

profile to promote PBE and ESF. 6). Continue to contribute in enriching our Undergraduate and Graduate curricula. 7). Develop rubrics for all ABET outcomes.

Bandaru V. Ramarao Publications:

Duarte, G. V., Ramarao, B. V., T. E. Amidon. ‘Polymer induced flocculation and separation of particulates from extracts of lignocellulosic materials.' Bioresource Technology, 101, 8526-8534 (2010).

Hasan, A., Yasarla, L. R., Ramarao, B. V., Amidon, T. E. ‘Purification of lignocellulosic extracts using ceramic microfilters.’ J. Wood Chem. Technol., 578232 (LWCT-2011-0003.R1), 1-28, (2011).

Duarte, G. V., Ramarao, B. V., Amidon, T. E., Ferreira, P. ‘The Effect of Hot Water Extraction on Hardwood Kraft Pulp fibers (Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple)’. Accepted in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Research, 2011.

Tien, C., Ramarao, B. V., ‘Revisiting the Laws of Filtration: An Assessment of Their Use in Identifying Particle Retention Mechanisms in Filtration.’ Accepted in J. Membrane Science, 2011.

Lavrykov, S., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Thermal properties of copy papers.’ Accepted in Drying Research and Technology, An International Journal, 2011.

Duarte, G. V., Ramarao, B. V., Amidon, T. E., Ferreira, P. ‘Properties of Hot Water Extracted Eucalyptus Pulps.’ Submitted, 2011.

Tien, C., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Modeling cross flow membrane filtration.’ Submitted to J. Membrane Science, 2011.

Huang, H. J., Ramaswamy, S., Tschirner, U. W., Ramarao, B. V. "Separation and Purification processes for lignocellulose-to-bioalcohol production." In Bioalcohol production: Biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass, Ed. K. Waldron, Woodhead Publishing, CRC Press, 246-269 (2010).


Presentations:

Duarte, G. V., Ramarao, B. V., Amidon, T. E., Ferreira, P. "Properties of Hot water extracted sugar maple pulps." Proceedings of XXI TECNICELPA Conference/VIth Ibero-American Congress on Pulp and Paper CIADICYP, Lisbon, Portugal, 12 - 15 October, (2010).

Lavrykov, S., Ramarao, B. V. "A 3D network representation of paper structure and its application to study paper mechanical and transport properties." Progress in Paper Physics Seminar 2010, FP Innovations, Montreal, Quebec CANADA.

Arthur, B., Lavrykov, S., Ramarao, B. V. "Penetration and spreading of drops in paper." Progress in Paper Physics Seminar 2010, FP Innovations, Montreal, Quebec CANADA.

Lavrykov, S., Ramarao, B. V., Solimeno, R., Singh, K. M. ‘Thermal Performance of Copy Papers During Fusing.’ NIP26: International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication, Austin, Texas, 26, 1-28 (2010).

Bhayani, B., Ramarao, B. V., ‘Ultrafiltration of hot water wood extracts to separate lignin’. Annual Meeting of NAMS (North American Membrane Society, Las Vegas, NV 2011.

Yasarla, L. R., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Separation and purification of lignocellulosic wood hydrolyzates by polymer induced flocculation and crossflow microfiltration.’ World Biotechnology Conference, Hyderabad India, March 2011.

Lavrykov, S., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Stiffness and other properties of networks.’ Paper to be presented at Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, 2011 Graz, Austria.

Arthur, B., Smith, R., Ramarao. B. V. ‘Immunochemical Labeling of paper fibers for detection of xylan hemicelluloses.’ Poster to be presented at the Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, 2011 Graz, Austria.

Yasarla, L. R., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Polymer induced flocculation of wood hydrolyzates.’ AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, November 2010.

Duarte, G. V., Ramarao, B. V. ‘Flocculation of wood hydrolyzates.’ AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, November 2010.

Arthur, B., Smith, R., Ramarao. B. V. ‘Immunochemical Labeling of paper fibers for detection of xylan hemicelluloses.’ Poster to be presented at the 2011 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnologies for Renewable Materials.

Awards and Recognition:

a. ‘Review of separations in biorefineries’ is one of the top 10 cited papers in Separation and Purification Technology journal.

b. Invited as a session chair of the Progress in Paper Physics Seminar 2010 FP Innovations, Montreal Canada.

c. The publication titled ‘Review of separations in biorefineries’ has been the most downloaded paper in the journal: Separation and Purification Technology.

d. Invited as a reviewer for a number of faculty actions of senior academicians in USA & Canada. e. Ph. D. reviewer at National University of Singapore and at University of South Eastern Finland,

Kuopio, Finland.



iii. Summary of objectives from previous annual report 1. Continue to improve delivery of courses, including experiments for demonstrations 2. Strive for continued recognition in research through significant publication and presentation

activities. 3. Strive to serve the department, college community, academic researchers in the field and the

wider CNY community.

iv. Accomplishments related to objectives 1. Continued improvement in course delivery through student comments, improved experiments

and being responsive to student needs. 2. Continued mentoring of some undergraduates and graduate students. 3. Served the department through the graduate committee and also participation in the

undergraduate studies committee. 4. I was very actively engaged during this AY in serving the wider scientific community as shown

above (serving in numerous refereeing roles), organizing of seminars etc. 5. I am particularly pleased with the progress of Beth Arthur and Rakesh Yasarla.


1. Proposal activity – US DoE , membrane separations, NSF – filtration and consolidation of suspensions.

2. Improve ESPRA activities – member companies to have more contact and maintain strong tie into their research interests.

3. Continue publications of the highest quality and those yielding the most impact. Gary M. Scott Publications:

Haowen Xu, Gary M. Scott, Fei Jiang, Christine Kelly (2010). Recombinant manganese peroxidase (rMnP) from Pichia pastoris. Part 1: Kraft pulp delignification. Holzforschung. Volume 64, No. 2, Pages 137–143.

Haowen Xu, Gary M. Scott, Fei Jiang, Christine Kelly (2010). Recombinant manganese peroxidase (rMnP) from Pichia pastoris. Part 2: Application in TCF and ECF bleaching. Holzforschung. Volume 64, No. 2, Pages 145–151.

S. Liu and Gary M. Scott (2010). “A Special issue on the biorefinery: Converting plant biomass to chemicals, materials and energy”, JBMBE, 4(1): 1-2.

S. Liu, Z. Zhang, Gary M. Scott (2010). “The biorefinery: Sustainably renewable route to commodity chemicals, energy, and materials - Selected papers from the Second International Biorefinery Conference (IBC 2009), Syracuse, New York, October 6-9, 2009”, J. Biotech. Advances. 28(5): 541-542.

Shijie Liu, Lawrence P. Abrahamson, Gary M. Scott (2011). Biorefinery: Ensuring biomass as a sustainable renewable source of chemicals, materials, and energy. Biomass and Bioenergy. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.042.

Gary M. Scott (2011). Chapter 10: Recovered Paper. In Waste: A handbook for management. Trevor Letcher and Daniel Vallero (Eds). Academic Press, Burlington, MA. Pages 137-150.


Presentations:

Paper Engineering Day, November 2010. Recruiting Event, Syracuse, NY. [presentation]

Engineering at SUNY-ESF, March 2011. Engineering Expo, Tappen Zee High School, , Orangeburg, NY [recruiting booth]

Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics: The Secrets of Money, Syracuse Academy of Science, Syracuse, NY, February 2011.

Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics: The Secrets of Money, Ed Smith Elementary School, Syracuse, NY, March 2011.

Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics: The Secrets of Money, Tri Region Science and Engineering Fair, Syracuse, NY, March 2011.

Numerous ESF open houses and receptions


Guest Editor - Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy. Guest Editor: Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy Guest Editor: Journal of Biotechnology Advances Reviewer: Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology Reviewer: Tappi Journal SPPF Board of Directors Joachim Seminar Organizer ABET Engineering Review Team Editoral Advisory Board

Korean Tappi Journal Progress in Paper Recycling

Scientific Advisory Board, Biopulping International Board of Directors, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry ABET Program Evaluator Middle States Steering Committee


Summary of objectives 1. To update the PBE website with information about the new graduate programs. 2. To develop the ABET Accreditation manual and begin preparations for the ABET accreditation visit

in 2012. 3. To develop a series of seminar courses with the Joachim Fellows. The seminar will focus on the

non-technical skills of ABET Learning Outcomes. 4. To further develop the outlines of the work and to find a publisher for the texts.

Accomplishments related to objectives

1. New material is continually being put up on the webpage. As soon as the new graduate programs are completely approved, these will also be put up. A section on the international opportunities will also be added to the website.

2. We have begun the preparations for the ABET accreditation visit for 2012 with the self study due next June. I will be coordinating the college’s effort for the three programs seeking accreditation;


Drs Shijie Liu and Klaus Doelle will coordinate the efforts for the bioprocess engineering and paper engineering programs, respectively. The accreditation manual will be forthcoming out of the preparations for the next visit.

3. The Joachim Fellows are currently leading the effort in the seminar courses supported by the Joachim Endowment. Over the past year, the major accomplishments have been the delivery of Six Sigma Green Belt training to 24 students at ESF and the creation of GNE 330/GNE 530, a seminar course encompassing professional engineering skills. This course will be offered each semester starting Fall 2011 and will be required for all new incoming students.

4. My current outline will encompass three books, roughly correlating to three courses in our curricula. The conceptual titles and corresponding courses are:

a. Computational Engineering Tools (GNE 160) b. Process Engineering Calculations (PSE 370) c. Process Engineering Simulation and Control (PSE 477)


1. To update the PBE website with information about the new graduate programs as soon as they are finally approved and the department-sponsored international programs.

2. To coordinate the ABET accreditation efforts for the department and the college. 3. To implement GNE 330 (Professional Engineering Skills). 4. To further develop the outlines of the work and to find a publisher for the texts. 5. To explore the creation of recruitment video and audio clips.

In addition to the stated objectives above, a significant effort will involve as chair the administration of the department and its relationship to its constituents. I am anticipating a significant involvement with SPPF, especially in conjunction with administrating the proceeds of the Joachim Endowment.


Appendix B. Support for graduate students in the PBE Department (Asterisks indicates support loan from Provost).

Name Degree Program Fall Support Spring SupportAli,Matthew Michael MS ERE-PBE RPA/Doelle RPA/DoelleAlves,Ericka Figueiredo PHD ERE-PBE External/Brazil Gov External/Brazil GovArens,Karin PHD ERE-PBE Self SelfArthur,Beth Ann PHD ERE-PBE Joachim JoachimAttiogbe,Francis Kwaku PHD ERE-PBE Dept/RIF-Pilot Plant RPA/FrancisBates,Richard Paul PHD ERE-PBE RPA/Doelle RPA/DoelleBhayani,Bhavin V PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GABuyondo,John Paul PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAChaffee,Timothy Louis MS ERE-PBE SUNY GA(*)Chaiarrekij,Somporn PHD ERE-PBE Self SelfChien,Shang-Ning PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA(*) SUNY GA(*)Cody,Monica Cutillo MS ERE-PBE SelfDas,Nihar Ranjan MS ERE-PBE Self SelfDongre,Prajakta PHD ERE-PBE Self JoachimDuarte,Gustavo PHD ERE-PBE SelfDyer,Beverley Elaine CAS CERT BIOPROCESS Self SelfFoster,Sarah Beth CAS CERT BIOPROCESS Self SelfGarver,Michael P PHD ERE-PBE Self SelfGong,Chen PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAGoundalkar,Mangesh J PHD ERE-PBE RPA/Bujanovic RPA/BujanovicGrieco,Scott Allen PHD ERE-PBE External/OBG External/OBGHenderson,John A. CAS CERT BIOPROCESS SelfKanungo,Dipankar PHD ERE-PBE RPA/FrancisLavrykova,Nataliya Sergiy MS ERE-PBE Self SelfLiang,Ling PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAMahmud,Shiuli PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAMalerba,James Vincent MS ERE-PBE Self SelfMishra,Gangesh Kumar PHD ERE-PBE Self SelfNicholson,Daniel Joseph PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAPatulski,Richard CAS CERT BIOPROCESS Self SelfPeluso,Catherine MS ERE-PBE RPA/Doelle RPA/DoelleShupe,Alan Michael PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GASong,Qiong PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA(*) SUNY GA(*)Tsui,Winnie MPS ERE-PBE SUNY GA(*) RPA/ScottWang,Kuo-Ting PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAWang,Yang PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA(*) SUNY GA(*)Wang,Yuanzhen PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GAYan,Jipeng PHD ERE-PBE Self SelfYasarla,Lakshmi Rakesh Kumar PHD ERE-PBE SUNY GA SUNY GA


Appendix C. Program educational objectives and student learning outcomes for the paper engineering program.

Paper Engineering Program Educational Objectives: Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the Paper Engineering program is preparing the graduates to achieve. We expect graduates:

1. To achieve rewarding careers in paper engineering and related fields after graduation. 2. To demonstrate advancement in their careers through increasing professional responsibility and

continued life-long learning.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Program outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire in their matriculation through the program.

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. (l) An ability to work in an industrial or research position within the pulp, paper, or related fields.


Appendix D. Program educational objectives and student learning outcomes for the bioprocess engineering program.

Bioprocess Engineering Program Educational Objectives: Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the Paper Engineering program is preparing the graduates to achieve. We expect graduates:

1. To achieve rewarding careers in bioprocess engineering and related fields after graduation. 2. To demonstrate advancement in their careers through increasing professional responsibility and

continued life-long learning.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Program outcomes are narrower statements that describe what students are expected to know and be able to do by the time of graduation. These relate to the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that students acquire in their matriculation through the program.

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data (c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (d) an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems (f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. (l) An ability to work in an industrial or research position within the bioprocess or related fields.


Appendix E. Standing committees of the PBE Department (excerpted from the PBE Department Bylaws).

IV. Standing Committees of the Department

A. General

1. The Department Chair appoints members and chairs of the standing committees from among those in the Department eligible (detailed below) to be on that committee. These appointments shall generally be done in late spring for the subsequent term.

2. The term of the appointment shall be for one year commencing with the beginning of the academic year.

3. The committee shall choose to elect a different chair or endorse the appointed chair at the first regular meeting of the committee.

4. Each committee will establish its own meeting schedule and is expected to meet at least once per semester.

5. Each member of the committee shall have a single vote in matters before that committee.

B. Executive Committee

1. Composition. The committee shall be composed of the chairs of the Graduate Education Committee, the Undergraduate Education Committee, the Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, and the Department Chair.

2. Chair. The Department Chair shall chair the committee.

3. Responsibilities

a. Provide counsel to the chair on department matters; and

b. Act on department matters when a quorum of the department cannot be convened or otherwise necessary.

C. Graduate Education Committee

1. Composition. The committee members shall be composed from the departmental pool of Faculty Members and shall be appointed to the committee by the Department Chair. A graduate student invited by the chair of the committee after consultation with Faculty Members and Graduate Students shall also be a member of the committee.

2. Chair. The committee chair shall be from among its appointed members exclusive of the graduate student member.

3. Responsibilities.

a. Assess, review, and improve current departmental and College academic policies and graduate programs and propose program revisions to the Department for consideration at a Department Meeting;

b. Supervise the MS, MPS, PhD and other graduate programs that the Department offers in accordance with College policies;

c. Review and recommend recipients for graduate scholarships and awards;

d. Coordinate the graduate application review process and recommend Graduate Students for acceptance and funding; and

e. Provide consultation to the Department Chair on matters appropriate to the committee.

D. Undergraduate Education Committee


1. Composition. The committee members shall be composed from the departmental pool of Faculty Members, Qualified Faculty, Department Staff, and SPPF Staff and shall be appointed to the committee by the Department Chair. An undergraduate student invited by the chair of the committee after consultation with Faculty Members and Undergraduate Students shall also be a member of the committee.

2. Chair. The committee chair shall be from among its appointed members exclusive of the undergraduate student member.

3. Responsibilities

a. Assess, review, and improve current departmental and College academic policies and undergraduate programs in the Department and propose revisions to the department for consideration at a Department Meeting;

b. Supervise the BS and other undergraduate programs that the Department offers in accordance with College policies;

c. Review and recommend recipients of undergraduate scholarships and awards;

d. Coordinate course times and rooms in conjunction with the Registrar’s office;

e. Coordinate with the curriculum committee of SPPF; and

f. Provide consultation to the Department Chair on matters appropriate to the committee;

E. Department Review Committee

1. Composition. The committee shall consist as described in the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Appointment, Promotion, and Continuing Appointment, Policies, Procedures, and Standards document.

2. Chair. The committee chair shall be from among its appointed members.

3. Responsibilities. The committee’s responsibilities are as described in the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Appointment, Promotion, and Continuing Appointment, Policies, Procedures, and Standards and the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, Appointment, Promotion, and Continuing Appointment, Policies, Procedures, and Standards documents.

F. Recruitment Committee

1. Composition. The committee members shall be composed from the departmental pool of Faculty Members, Qualified Faculty, Department Staff, and SPPF Staff and shall be appointed to the committee by the Department Chair. An undergraduate student invited by the chair of the committee after consultation with Faculty Members and Undergraduate Students shall also be a member of the committee.

2. Chair. The committee chair shall be from among its appointed members exclusive of the undergraduate student member.

3. Responsibilities

a. Manage the undergraduate recruitment efforts of the Department;

b. Coordinate with the recruitment committee and SPPF and the Office of Admissions; and

c. Provide consultation to the Department Chair on matters appropriate to the committee;

G. Equipment Committee

1. Composition. The committee members shall be composed from the departmental pool of Faculty Members, Qualified Faculty Members, Department Staff, and SPPF Staff and shall be appointed to the committee by the Department Chair. A graduate student invited by the chair of


the committee after consultation with Faculty Members and Graduate Students shall also be a member of the committee.


3. Responsibilities

a. Coordinate equipment and space issues within the Department;

b. Coordinate repair and improvement of the facilities and equipment within the Department;

c. Coordinate with the equipment committee of SPPF;

d. Recommend equipment acquisitions and disposition within the Department; and

e. Provide consultation to the Department Chair on matters appropriate to the committee;

H. Safety Committee

1. Composition. The committee shall be composed from the departmental pool of Faculty Members, Qualified Faculty Members, Department Staff, and SPPF Staff and shall be appointed to the committee by the Department Chair. A graduate student invited by the chair of the committee after consultation with Faculty Members and Graduate Students shall also be a member of the committee.


3. Responsibilities

a. Coordinate safety issues within the Department;

b. Coordinate with the Health and Safety Officer on issues of safety;

c. Coordinate the laboratory and safety training of Department Members; and

d. Provide consultation to the Department Chair on matters appropriate to the committee;


Appendix F. Workload summary for the PBE Department.



Appendix G. Proposal activity summary for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011)


Appendix H. Proposal status summary for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).


Appendix I. Proposal activity for PBE Department by PI/coPI (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).


Appendix J. Proposal activity details for PBE Department (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).




Appendix K. Sponsored program project expenditure activity for SUNY-ESF (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).


Appendix L. Sponsored program expenditure activity categorized by funding type/source (12-month period ending 30 April 2011)..


Appendix M. Sponsored program expenditure activity for the PBE Department summarized by PI/co-PI (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).


Appendix N. Sponsored program expenditure activity details for the PBE Department (12-month period ending 30 April 2011).




Appendix O. Current organizational chart for the PBE Department.


Appendix P. Proposed organizational chart for the PBE Department.

Documents

DEPARTMENT OF PAPER AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING · 15 July 2011 DEPARTMENT PROFILE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS • Bioprocess Engineering (BS) • Paper Engineering (BS) • Paper Science