Paper ID #7533 Motivating Student Learning Using Biofuel-based Activities Dr. Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University Dr. Craig J. Hoff is currently Professor and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Ket- tering University, in Flint, Michigan, where he teaches in the areas of energy systems and automotive engineering. Dr. Hoff’s research focus is on sustainable mobility technologies. Prof. Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University Dr. Matthew R. O’Toole, Kettering University Dr. Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University P age 23.10.1 c AmericanSocietyforEngineering Education, 2013 Motivating Student Learning Using Biofuel-based Activities Abstract Student learning is greatly enhanced when students ...
Energy & Fuels 2009, 23, 1055–1066 1055 Biofuels: A Survey on Pros and Cons Evangelos C. Petrou and Costas P. Pappis* Department of Industrial Management and Technology, UniVersity of Piraeus, 80 Karaoli and Dimitriou Street, 18534 Piraeus, Hellas, Greece ReceiVed October 2, 2008. ReVised Manuscript ReceiVed NoVember 13, 2008 Asurvey of research ndings focusing on issues related to the pros and cons of using biofuels to substitute conventional fuels, namely, fossil fuels is presented in this paper. This controversial topic has attracted great political, economic, and social attention because it is touching interests of world signicance during recent ...
An Institutional Analysis of Biofuel Policies and their Social Implications Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia Mairon G. Bastos Lima United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Occasional Paper Nine Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development May 2012 This United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) Occasional Paper has been produced in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES). UNRISD thanks the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for supporting the conference, Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social Dimension, and the governments of Denmark, Finland, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and the United Kingdom for their core funding ...
- Assessing the land-use environmental effects of biofuel pathways A logic-based model Authors Edgard Gnansounou Luis Panichelli WORKING PAPER REF. 437.104 ENAC - Faculte Environnement naturel architectural et construit ICARE - Institut des infrastructures, des ressources et de l'environnement BPE- Bioenergy and Energy Planning Research Group EPFL-ENAC-LASEN Tel : +41 21 693 06 27 Director Fax : +41 21 693 28 63 Bat. GC, Station 18 E-mail: edgard.gnansounou@epfl.ch CH - 1015 LAUSANNE http://lasen.epfl.ch/ Lausanne, November 2009 Table of ...