Robert C. Brown, Bergles Professor in Thermal Science, Iowa Farm Bureau director of the Bioeconomy Institute, director of the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies, professor of mechanical engineering, professor of chemical and biological engineering, and professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, is one of the members of a research group led by Victor Lin, professor of chemistry and director of the Center for Catalysis. The team is developing a system of technologies to efficiently produce ethanol from plant biomass. Click here to read more.