Wei Liao
Professor
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), College of Engineering
Farrall Agricultural Engineering Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane Rm 202
Biography
Dr. Wei Liao is a professor and the director of MSU Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC) at the department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering. His research group and center currently work on cross-disciplinary research topics of biological conversion of organic residues into bioenergy/chemical products, algal cultivation to capture CO2 and generate value-added products, and ... integration of solar, biological, and electrochemical technologies to develop novel waste utilization systems.
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Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, December 2005, Washington State University
M.S., Biotechnology, December 1996, Wuxi University of Light Industry, China
B.S., Fermentation Engineering & Technology, July 1994, Wuxi University of Light Industry, China
Publications
Chen, R., Li, R., Dietz, L., Liu, Y., Stevenson, J., Liao, W. 2011. Freshwater algal cultivation with animal waste for nutrient removal and biomass accumulation. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy (Accepted).
Frear, C., Liao, W., Ewing, T., Chen, S. 2011. Evaluation of co-digestion at a commercial dairy anaerobic digester. Journal of CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water 39(7), 697-704.
Yue, Z., Teater, C., MacLellan, J., Liu, Y., Liao, W. 2011. Development of a new bioethanol feedstock - anaerobically digested fiber from confined dairy operations using different digestion configurations. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy 35, 1946-1953.
Li, Z., Liu, Y., Liao, W., Chen, S., Zemetra, R. S. 2011. Bioethanol production using genetically modified and mutant wheat and barley straws. Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy 35, 542-548.
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