PROJECTS

The Bio-Products Research Laboratories (BPRL) is a collective effort of professional academicians and established researchers that focus on the use of natural and renewable resources to produce innovative and sustainable products that could address the emerging problem of the world today- fast depleting petrochemical resources . The research group addresses compelling global interest to make a transition from petroleum-derived products to a bio-based industry grounded on renewable bio-masses that are cheaper but still at par with existing commercially available products . It is a multidisciplinary endeavor pooled from the virtue of science, engineering, and business enterprising experts whose ultimate aim is to help the humanity and in turn the world as a whole.

In the first year of its establishment, the Bio-products research laboratory has produced a number of technical innovations in the field of polymer science. The research grant aims at localizing raw material demands from local and countryside producers such as coconut and palm oil. Furthermore, the research on the purview of its ability to synthesize synergistic material efficacy and in its realization that only through local baseline will we be able to further community utility, engaged in pro-active industry and community linkages aimed at furthering and deepening the real sentiment to which the project is initiated.

Our bio-energy efforts aim to reduce our nation’s heavy dependence on petroleum fuels by coordinating hand in hand bio-fuel and bio-energy development technology as well as prevailing and unknown environmental impacts. These projects are working toward a new understanding of bio-energy pathways including, thermal and biological conversion processes, biomass testing and catalyst development, reaction engineering and modeling, reactor design, novel process development and new energy storage solutions.