ASU prof joins national radio show biofuels talk

Posted by Joe Kullman | May 4, 2010 | Faculty

Posted: May 04, 2010

Science Friday, the popular National Public Radio show, recently explored research on biofuels and the promise they hold as a viable additional source for energy and fuels.

Among experts interviewed by Science Friday host Ira Flatow was leading biofuels researcher and Arizona State University professor Bruce Rittman.

Rittmann directs the Center for Environmental Biotechnology in ASU’s Biodesign Center and teaches in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, a part of ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

He talks to Science Friday about the potential for using algae and cyanobacteria as sources for microbial fuel cells.

Click the link below. Look for the activation bar for an audio recording of program near the top left side of the web page.

Article source:
Science Friday – National Public Radio

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http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201004305

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Joe Kullman is a science writer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Before joining Arizona State University in 2006, Joe worked as a reporter, writer and editor for newspapers and magazines dating back to the dawn of the age of the personal computer. He began his career while earning degrees in journalism and philosophy from Kent State University in Ohio. Media Contact: [email protected] | 480-965-8122 | Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Communications