Mini-mixer Summary

"Mini-mixers" were held a the U of O, OSU, and PSU campuses on February 7th & 8th, 2008. University faculty was asked to bring one slide presenting their idea for BEST research funding. Some private sector firms attended and added their ideas also.

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G.Z. Brown
University of Oregon
"Build on relationships within design, construction, and manufacturing communities to develop products and techniques for green buildings/infrastructure"		 Robert Bass
OIT
"Business incubation with the goal of involving undergraduate students in product development and testing"
Brian Duggan
Oregon State University
"Energy trap crops for the Columbia basin, central and eastern Oregon"		 Sattie Clark
Oregon Wind Corporation
"Vertical Axis Wind Turbine"
Daryl Ehrensing
Oregon State University
"Development of Handheld NIR to Determine Rubber Content of Russian Dandelion"		 Dave Cohen
University of Oregon
"New Materials and Device Concepts for Photovoltaics Initiative"
Ihab Elzeyadi
University of Oregon
"Green Classroom Toolbox: An Action Research Demonstration Project"		 Gary Goncher
Portland State University
"Photovoltaics based on nanowires and transparent oxides"
Chris Knowles
Oregon State University
"A research and design assistance initiative that advances approaches to responsible material selection in building design"		 David Harvey
Bio-Reaction Industries
"Broadening applications of bio-oxidation systems for emissions reduction from industrial/municipal/ commercial processes by increasing destruction efficiencies and addressing temperature constraints"
Alison Kwok
University of Oregon
"University-Industry-Practice Partnerships on Teaching Green"		 Paul Kay
Rogue Water
"Phytoprospecting: Putting Plants to Work in Wastewater Resources to Identify and Harvest Profitable Yields"
Brook Muller
University of Oregon
"A research and design assistance initiative that advances approaches to urban development that support healthy regional ecologies"		 Christine Kelly
Oregon State University
"Woody Biomass to Cellulosic Ethanol"
Scott Reed
Portland State University
"Renewable Feedstocks for Bio-based Nanoparticle Syntehesis"		 Douglas Keszler
Oregon State University
"Solar Cell Technologies"
Skip Rochefort
Oregon State University
"Condensation Polymer from Glycerin and Tartaric Acid"		 Steve Kevan
University of Oregon
"New Materials and Architectures using Enhanced Impact Ionization to Improve PV Conversion Efficiencies"
David Sailor
Portland State University
"A green roof decision support tool to assess the impact of design choices on energy, stormwater, economics"		 Toby Kinkaid
Portland State University
"Algae to Biofuels"-->
David Sillars
Oregon State University
"Green Infrastructure Planning"		 Hong Liu
Oregon State University
"Direct electricity generation from wastewater using microbial fuel cell technology and cleaning wastewater at the same time"
Graig Spolek
Portland State University
"Develop local expertise in green roof design based on real world demonstration and measured performance"		 Mark Lonergan
University of Oregon
"Shared Photovoltaics Materials Laboratory"
Renee Stoops
SPROut
"Plant Tolerance Database"		 Steve Potochnik
Trilllum FiberFuels, Inc.
"Biomass to Energy"
Christine Theodoropoulos
University of Oregon
"A research and design assistance initiative that advances approaches to responsible material selection in building design"		 David Sailor
Portland State University
"Integrated Assessment of Climate Change/ Variability Impacts on Renewable Energy Resources"
Gerald Sheble
Portland State University
"Distributed Generation/Energy Storage/Integrated System Expansion Plan/Reliability"
Frank Vignola
University of Oregon
"Building Integrated Green Technology Photovoltaics"
John Wager
Oregon State University
"First fully-transparent thin-film transistor"
Carl Wamser
Portland State University
"Photovoltaic Test Facility"
Hailei Wang
Oregon State University
"Waste Heat Recovery and Flexible Energy Utilization Using a Novel Heat Activated Cooling Concept"