October 2025
Dr. Francesca Valenti's paper "Exploring a food-energy-water nexus solution towards a sustainable and resilient Europe" has been published at Journal of Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Congratulations to her and the entire author team !!!
September 2025
Annaliese Marks's paper "High-efficiency carbon dioxide capture using macroporous hydrogel infused with microalgal infused with microalgal amino acid salt solution" has been published at Journal of Fuel. Congratulations to her and the group !!!
Dr. Liao gave a seminar at Utah State University, and visited Dr. Luguang Wang's research group.
Dr. Liao attended the 30th annual conference of Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) and gave a talk there.
Dr. Liao gave a webinar entitled "Securing agriculture in a changing climate - FEW nexus solutions for global sustainability" at University of Maryland's Global FEWture Alliance.
August 2025
Dr. Liao attended the annual meeting of Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) and gave a presentation there.
July 2025
Dr. Uludag-Demirer and the ADREC team worked with the American Biogas Council team to run the ABC operator school at MSU.
The ADREC team (Carter Monson, Emilia Emerson, Dr. Liao) attended the 2025 annual ASABE meeting at Toronto, Canada.
June 2025
Dr. Liao visited the University of Bologna, Italy to give several lectures, visit renewable energy facilities, and develop research proposals.
May 2025
Dr. Liao visited Dr. Truong Thanh Trung's research group at Can Tho University, Vietnam and gave a seminar there.
Dr. Liao and Dr. Smith testified in front of the Michigan House Agriculture Committee about transforming waste into a public asset: Michigan State University leads next-generation anaerobic digestion innovation (the recorded hearing).
The ADREC team demonstrated the mobile digester unit for EV charging at the West Michigan Food Processing Association (WMFPA) spring meeting at Hart, Michigan.
April 2025
Dr. Uludag-Demirer's paper "Influence of biochar on microbial communities and anaerobic digestion of aqueous pyrolysis liquid (APL)" has been published at Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy. Congratulations to Dr. Uludag-Demirer and the author team.
June 2024
Carter Monson, Blake Smerigan, and Dr. Liao worked with the GVSC team to test both pilot units of the solar-powered Electrochemical blackwater treatment and the solar-bio-electrochemical organic waste utilization at Camp Shelby army base in MS.
April 2024
MSU's decade-strong anaerobic digester: transforming leftovers and manure into renewable power
February 2024