Auburn University

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William Charles Neely

Vitaly J Vodyanoy

Bryan A Chin

James Barbaree

Suram T Pathirana

Timothy D Braden

John Thomas Vaughan

Bruce J Rader

William F Welch

Raymond F Askew

Apparatus and method for optimizing different amounts of output products derived from an initial biomass material. The method includes obtaining economic data of costs and availability of raw materials and resources, and prices that would be paid for output products derived, performing calculations to determine an optimum amount of each of the output products; and controlling processes that generate the output products. In some embodiments, the processes convert initial biomass materials into intermediate and output products, an economic engine that obtains economic data relating to costs of initial materials and prices that would be paid for output products derived from the raw materials, and performs calculations to determine an optimum amount of each of the output products, and valves that are controlled by the economic engine to route variable amounts of the initial biomass materials to the processes to obtain a mix of output products that provides an optimum profit.

Method and apparatus for processing agricultural materials and changing the proportions of output materials

Apparatus and method for processing agricultural materials and changing the proportions of output materials

Compositions and methods for the reversible preservation of biological samples are provided. The compositions include natural polymers such as pullulan or acacia gum, including derivations and modifications thereof, which are usefull as a reversible preservation solution. A method is provided for using pullulan or Acacia Gum to isolate and reversibly preserve a biological specimen in a dormant state at room temperature for an extended period with minimal damage to the specimen. The compositions and methods disclosed may also be used to create reversibly preserved biological specimens and biological receptors for use in biosensors.

Use of pullulan to isolate and preserve biological material

Compositions and methods for the reversible preservation of biological samples are provided. The compositions includeGum, including derivations and modifications thereof which are useful as a reversible preservation solution. A method is provided for usingGum to isolate and reversibly preserve a biological specimen in a dormant state at room temperature for an extended period with minimal damage to the specimen. The compositions and methods disclosed may also be used to create reversibly preserved biological specimens and biological receptors for use in biosensors.

Use of acacia gum to isolate and preserve a biological receptor on a biosensor

Use of Acacia Gum to isolate and preserve biological material

A direct-view optical microscope system is provided which uses high-energy light from a phenomenon known as non-resonant Raman scattering to illuminate a living biological specimen. One embodiment of the system combines two discrete light sources to form a combined incident light source for the microscope. The system includes a method and apparatus for modulating the intensity of the scattered light when two light waves are combined to produce the incident light. By varying the frequency of the two source light waves, the intensity of the combined Raman-scattered light can be modulated to achieve finer resolution.

High-resolution optical microscope

Decomposition of ozone in a microwave discharge cavity leads to formation of highly energetic excited states of atomic oxygen which can efficiently oxidize materials at a temperature far less than that needed for purely thermal oxidation. This technique can be applied to formation of films of silica at the surface of silicon and silicon carbide while maintaining quite moderate surface temperatures, often under 100.degree. C. The technique can be used generally in a process to oxidize materials whose oxidation requires a standard free energy change of less than about +636 kJ/mol.

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Auburn, AL, United States of America

William Charles Neely