2025 EASTERN WASHINGTON
SUSTAINABLE FUELS TOUR

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

Tri-Cities

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Welcome and Introduction to the Region
PRESENTERS:
SANDRA HAYNES, Chancellor, WSU Tri-Cities
KARL DYE, President and CEO, TRIDEC

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Panel Discussion: Innovation in Sustainable Fuels & Energy
PRESENTERS:
Moderated by: KARL DYE, TRIDEC
DEREK PHELPS, Head of Policy & Governmental Affairs, Twelve E-Jet
TODD BRIX, President & CEO, OCOchem
STEPHEN MAZURKIEWICZ, Senior Advisor, Richland Site Operations and Advanced Reactors, Framatome
JOHN PLAZA, President & CEO, SkyNRG

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BSEL and WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute (Bio-In) Overview
PRESENTERS:
Dr. JOSH HEYNE, Director of the Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Lab (BSEL) and Co-director of the WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute (BIO-IN), WSU Tri-Cities
CORINNE FULLER, Market Sector Lead for Bioenergy and Bioproducts Technologies, WSU-PNNL Bio-In Co-Director

DEMONSTRATION: SAF Safety & Performance
PRESENTERS:
Dr. HARRISON (ZHIBIN) YANG, Manager SAF Repository

TOUR 1: SOAR Lab (SAF Testing Lab)
PRESENTERS:
Dr. HARRISON (ZHIBIN) YANG, Manager SAF Repository
Dr. SUH-JANE LEE, Manager SOAR Lab Service Center
CONOR FAULHABER, Distinguished Graduate Research Program PhD Student

TOUR 2: Medium-Chain Arboxylic Acids to Sustainable Aviation Fuels
PRESENTERS:
Dr. BIRGITTE AHRING, Professor, Biological Systems Engineering
Professor, Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

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PANEL DISCUSSION: Ag Symbiosis & Innovation
PANEL SPEAKERS:
Moderated by: CHAD KRUGER, Washington State University
ADAM LINCOLN, Port of Pasco
TRUDY SLAGLE, Lamb Weston
DAN HOLMES, Atlas Agro

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PNNL TOUR: Welcome and Laboratory Overview
PANEL SPEAKERS:
STEVE ASHBY, Lab Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

Lind & Pullman

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WSU Lind Dryland Research Station
PRESENTERS:
Dr. SURENDRA SINGH, Director and Assistant Professor
CHAD KRUGER, Director at WSU Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, Assistant Director at WSU Institute for Northwest Energy Futures

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Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Supply Chains and Policy
PRESENTERS:
Ms. KRISTIN BRANDT, Staff Engineer and Adjoint Faculty

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Tour Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) & Virtual Tour Pilot BioMaterials and Manufacturing Lab
PRESENTERS:
Dr. VIKRAM YADAMA, Director, CMEC and Louisiana Pacific Distinguished Professor in Wood Materials and Engineering
Dr. KARL ENGLUND, Research Professor and WSU Co-Site Director, Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites

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DISCUSSION: Feedstock supply analysis and pyrolysis, biochar
PRESENTERS:
Dr. MANUEL GARCIA-PEREZ, Department Chair & Professor, Biological Systems Engineering

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Hydrogen production, fuel cells, CO2 utilization, catalysis
PRESENTERS:
Dr. SU HA, George Austin Endowed Director, Director, O.H. Reaugh Laboratory for Oil and Gas Research, Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

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Tour WSU HYPER Lab Cryogenic Hydrogen Research
PRESENTERS:
Dr. JAKE LEACHMAN, Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Founder, Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) laboratory

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Tour Nuclear Science Center
PRESENTERS:
COREY HINES, Director, Nuclear Science Center and NUCS Core Facility