Bioresource Engineering is similar to Agricultural engineering, except that this term is more general and encompasses a wider range of technologies and various elements. The impact of urbanization and increasing demand for land, food, and water present engineers in world with serious challenges. Little attention has been given to the interface between the biological world and traditional engineering in the past. [1] It is the job of bioresource engineers to fill that gap. Agricultural and Bioresource engineers develop efficient and environmentally-sensitive methods of producing food, fiber, timber, bio-based products and renewable energy sources for an ever-increasing world population. Some of the research in Bioresource Engineering include machine vision, vehicle modification, wastewater irrigation, irrigation water management, stormwater management, inside environment for animals and plants, sensors, non-point source pollution and animal manure management. [2]
Accomplishments
editA biosynthesis of silver nanopartilces (NPs) mediated by fungal proteins of Coriolus versicolor has been undertaken for the first time last year.[4] Hydrogels have been used to separate As(V) from water.[5] The importance of bioresource engineers are usually obscured, but it is they who are the scientists helping the environment. Most recently bioresource engineers were working on checking the thermal properties of compost from waste to use it as a renewable, low temperature heat source.
ATCC
editFounded in 1925, ATCC (American Type Culture Collection) is the leading nonprofit organization and research organization whose mission focuses on the acquisition, production, and development of standard reference microorganisms, cell lines and other materials for research in the life sciences.[6] ATCC’s has collected a wide range of biological items for research. Their holdings include molecular genomics tools, microorganisms and bioproducts. ATCC is a force when it comes to bioresource engineering.
See Also
editReferences
edit- ^ Smithers, JC. "WHAT IS BIORESOURCES ENGINEERING?" Prospective Students. School of Bioresources Engineering & Environmental Hydrology, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2009. <http://www.beeh.unp.ac.za/PSCareerInfoEng.htm>.
- ^ Goldberg, Lee. "Bioresources Engineering." Welcome to the Department of Bioresources Engineering. College of Agriculture, n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <http://ag.udel.edu/breg/>.
- ^ http://www.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp/img/e-4.jpg
- ^ Verma, Preeti, and Rashmi Sanghi. " Bioresource Technology." Research GATE.N.p., Aug. 2008. Web. 13 Oct. 2009.<https://www.researchgate.net/journal/0960-8524_Bioresource_Technology>.
- ^ Verma, Preeti, and Rashmi Sanghi. "Bioresource Technology." Research GATE. N.p., Aug. 2008. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23259666_Removal_of_As(V)_from_water_by_pectin_based_active_hydrogels_following_geochemical_approach>.
- ^ http://www.atcc.org/About/WhoWeAre/tabid/139/Default.aspx
