Fundings

Junli Liu. Using sensors to detect biofuel composition. John Deere ($32,000)

Junli Liu. Detecting the ethanol displacement of the methyl functional group in Fatty acid methyl esters when blending. John Deere ($35,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. Efficient sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from ozone-cracked soybean oil and soy fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). Indiana Soybean Alliance ($100,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier, and Michael Ladisch. Low-carbon specialty lipids for liquefied soybean hulls. Illinois Soybean Association ($40,000)

Michael Titus, Jeffery P. Yongblood, Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. New soy oil derivatives for industrial metal quenching and heat treating. Indiana Soybean Alliance ( $150,000)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Nathan Mosier, Hao Feng. Nonthermal ultrasound-mediated separation of aqueous-organic systems: purification of biobutanol from fermentation broth. USDA NIFA 2024-57022-42454 ($300,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. Glycerol carbonate synthesis from soybean oil-derived glycerol. Indiana Soybean Alliance ($100,000)

Nathan Mosier, Junli Liu. Sustainable renewable biopolymers from soybean/corn oil oxidation products. Indiana Soybean Alliance ($70,000) Oct 2023

Nathan Mosier, Junli Liu. Scale-up of biokerosene production from soybean oil oxidation for diversified biofuels. Indiana Soybean Alliance ($100,000), Oct, 2023

Junli Liu, Nathan Moiser. Biofuel, biochemicals, and biomaterials from soybean oil. Indiana Soybean Alliance ($53,300), Oct 2022

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Nathan Mosier, Xiaowen Chen, Eric Tan, Nacy Down, Yian Chen. Decarbonizing the lubricant industry by developing diverse sustainable biolubricants produced from ozone-cracking lipids derived from crops and biomass-derived sugar fermentation, DE-FOA-0003219. ($3,750,000 including 20% costshare, full proposal submitted)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Nathan Mosier, Xiaowen Chen. Application of fully electrified nonthermal ultrasonic drying of seaweeds for producing sustainable aviation fuel and biolubricants. DE-FOA-0003274. ($1,875,000 including 20% costshare, full proposal submitted)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Minghao Qi, Xiaowen Chen, Hao Feng, Nathan Mosier. Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) for the cost-effective harvesting of fresh seaweed using energy-efficient rapid multi-frequency, multi-mode, modulated (MMM) ultrasonic drying for applications in food, biofuel, and bioproducts, USDA NIFA (Pending, 36 months, $650,000)

Junli Liu (leading PI), Xiaowen Chen, Nathan Mosier, Dan Lay, Weiwei. Promoting a sustainable bioeconomy through the generation of diverse biofuels and high-value bioproducts using natural lipids and lignocellulose-based lipids via fermentation processes, USDA NIFA (Pending, 36 months, $1,000,000)

Junli Liu (leading PI), Minghao Qi. Developing robust sensors for monitoring fermentation and refining automation integration. USDA NIFA (Pending, 36 months, $562,459)

Xiaowen Chen, Junli Liu, Bo Wang, Chenxi Wang. Driving Down the Cost of Biofuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass through Synergistic Biodiesel Production and High-Value NIPU Co-Products with Enhanced Carbon Conversion Efficiency. USDA NIFA (pending, 36 months, $650,000)

Qi Dong, Junli Liu. High-efficiency and scalable electrified lignocellulosic biomass upcycling to commodity chemicals, USDA NIFA (Pending, 24 months, $300,000)

Wei Wei, Junli Liu. Developing biomass-derived catalysts for liquid hydrocarbon fuels from lipids. USDA NIFA (Pending, 24 months, $300,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis from ozone-cracked soybean oil and exploring their usages. Indiana Soybean Alliance (Pending, 12 months, $100,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. Developing high-quality biolubricants from ozone-cracked lipids. TRUSK Fund (Pending, $50,000)

Wei Wei, Junli Liu, Yixin Liu. Transforming agricultural biomass into high-value 3D printing resins for food contaminants removal, USDA NIFA (pending, 36 months, $650,000)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Nathan Mosier, Xiaowen Chen, Eric Tan, Xuhui Feng, Yian Chen, Nancy Dowe. Developing biodegradable renewable dielectric coolants through biorefining lipids and lignocellulose for electric vehicles and high-voltage power electronics, DE-FOA-0003378. (concept paper 3387-1615 submitted, $5,000,000)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Nathan Mosier, Xiaowen Chen, Eric Tan. High-performance biokerosene and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from high oleic oils using fully electrified efficient ozone cracking, DE-FOA-0003378. (concept paper 3378-1709 submitted, $5,000,000)

Junli Liu (Leading PI), Hao Feng, Arne Pearlstein, Nick Sahinidis, Ignasi Rivera-Palou, Julia Faeth. Fully-Electrified, Nonthermal Ultrasonic Separation as a Nondistillative Alternative to Decarbonize Bioethanol Refining, DE-FOA-0003378. (concept paper 3387-1913 submitted, $5,000,000)

Junli Liu, Nathan Mosier. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) synthesis from dicarboxylic acids derived from ozone-cracking of soybean oil. Indiana Soybean Alliance (invited for submission of full proposal, $80,000)