Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team

 

Tae Hyun Kim

Summary

Dr. Kim is the Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and his research interests include enzyme processing and bioconversion of biomass into other valuable products. Dr. Kim’s Biorenewable Engineering Laboratory (BEL) in multidisciplinary research, the role of the Laboratory has been focused on the development of green technologies for the production of biofuels, bioproducts, and other value added chemicals/foods/food additives from various renewable feedstocks, such as crops, agricultural residues, and cellulosic wastes. His recent research is focused on developing a biorefinery concept to produce both fuels and high value-added coproducts from all three components of lignocellulosic biomass, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. He uses the environmentally friendly fractionation method to separate the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin from the biomass. The viability to produce value-added products that can directly substitute for traditionally petroleum-based products, such as fuel ethanol, adhesives, xylo-oligosaccharides, etc., is being investigated. The production of bio-based products and fuels from biomass by this novel process can be economically competitive with petroleum-based products.

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Biorenewable Engineering Lab

The Biorenewable Engineering Lab was started in 2007 and has been focused on the development of green technologies for the production of biofuels, bioproducts, and other value added chemicals/foods/food additives. [More]