Foster Agblevor
Biological Engineering
Professor
Awards
USA Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, 2023
USA Fulbright Committee
Worlds Top2 Scientists by Stanford University, 2021
Standford University
Biological Engineering Researcher of the Year, 2015
Department of Biological Engineering
College of Engineering Researcher of the Year, 2015
Utah State University College of Engineering
Fulbright Scholar, Finland, 2015
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FFSB)
Deans Excellence in Research Award, 2008
Virginia Tech, College of Engineering
Excellence in Basic Research, 2008
Virginia Tech, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Best Presenter of the Year's Award, 1995
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Best Paper Award, 1993
Gordon Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis
Best Paper Award, , 1991
Gordon Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis
US Department of energy Special Achievement Award, 1991
Publications | Abstracts
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Publications | Books
- Guran, S., Agblevor, F.A, Tonetta, B.M, (2015). 2015. Biofuels, Bio-power and Bioproducts from sustainable biomass: coupling energy crops and wastes for clean energy technologies: Wiley Biotechnology Series. Wiley and Sons
- Agblevor, F.A, Guran, S.B, Brennan-Tonetta, M., (2015). Biofuels, bio-power, and bio-products from sustainable biomass: coupling energy crops and waste with clean energy technologies: Wiley Biotechnology Series. Wiley Interscience
Publications | Book Chapters
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Castro, Y.E, Agblevor, F., (2021). Effect of poultry litter biochar on the biomethanation of alkaline wet air-oxidized water hyacinth at high feed to inoculum (F/I) ratio.. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01724-2.
- Agblevor, F.A, Abdellaoui, H., Halouani, K., Beis, S.H, (2017). Pyrolytic conversion of olive mill wastewater sludge to biofuels using red mud as catalyst. International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 6:6, 108-120.
- Agblevor, F.A, Ma, B., (2016). Separation and hydroprocessing of HZSM-5 cata;ytic plive mill waste sludge bio-oil. Energy and Fuels, 30:12, 10524-10533.
- Shayan, S., Agblevor, F., Sims, R.C, (2016). Hydraulic retention time effects on wastewater nutrient removal and bioproduct production via rotating algal biofilm reactor. Bioresource Technology, 211, 527-522.
- Inan, K., Sal, F.A, Putman, R.J, Agblevor, F.A, Miller, C.D, (2016). Microbbuble assisted polyhydroxybutyrate production in Eschericia coli. BMC Research Notes, 9, 338.
- Agblevor, F.A, Elliott, D.C, Santosa, D.M, Olarte, M.V, Burton, S., Swita, M., Beis, S., Christian, K., Sargent, B., (2016). Red mud catalytic pyrolysis of pinyon juniper and single stage hydrogenation of the oils. Energy and Fuels, 30:10, 7947-7958.
- Agblevor, F., (2015). Parametric study on the pyrolysis of manure and wood shavings. Biomass & Bioenergy
- Agblevor, F., Shao, J., (2015). New rapid method for the determination of total acid number (TAN) of bio-oils. American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy, 4:1, 1-9.
- Shao, J., Agblevor, F.A, New rapid method for determination of total acid number(TAN) for bio-oils. American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F.A, (2015). Catalytic pyrolysis for the production of refinery-ready biocrude oils from six different biomass sources. Green Chemistry, 16, 3364-3377. doi: doi:10.1039/c4gc00555d
- Kim, S., Agblevor, F.A, (2014). Thermogravimetric analysis and fast pyrolysis of milkweed. Bioresource Technology, 169, 367-373.
- Grioui, N., Halouani, K., Agblevor, F.A, (2014). Bio-oil from pyrolysis of Tunisian almond shell: comparative study and investigation of aging effect during storage. Energy for Sustainable Development, 21, 100-112.
- Ma, B., Agblevor, F.A, (2014). Polarity-based separation and chemical characterization of fast pyrolysis biooil from poultry litter. Biomass and Bioenergy, 64, 337-347.
- Kim, S., Shenoy, A., Agblevor, F.A, (2014). Thermogravimetric and kinetic study of Pinyon pine in various gases. Bioresource Technology, 156, 297-302.
- Tabassum, R., Khaliq, S., Rajoka, M.I, Agblevor, F.A, (2014). Solid state fermentation of raw starch digesting alkaline alpha-amylase from Bacillus licheniformis RT7PE1 and its characteristics. Biotechnology Research International, 2014, 8 pages, Online publication. doi: id 495384
- Zhao, B., Agblevor, F.A, Jelesko, J.G, (2014). Enhanced production of hairy root metabolites using microbubble generator. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC):Journal of Plant Biotechnology, 117, 157-165.
- Paasikallio, V., Agblevor, F., Oasmaa, A., Lehto, J., Lehtonen, J., (2013). Catalytic pyrolysis of forest thinnings with ZSM-5 catalysts: effects of reaction temperature on the bio-oil physical properties and chemical composition. Energy & Fuel, 27, 7587-7601.
- Yathavan, B.K, Agblevor, F., (2013). Catalytic pyrolysis of pinyon-juniper using red mud and HZSM-5. Energy & Fuel, 27:11, 6858-6865.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., Oyama, S., McClung, R., (2013). Catalytic pyrolysis with ZSM-5 based additive as co-catalyst to Y-zeolite in two reactor configuration. Fuel, 117, 649-659.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., McClung, R., (2013). A study on catalytic pyrolysis of biomass with Y-zeolite based FCC catalyst using response surface methodology. Fuel, 108, 451-464.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., McClung, R., (2012). A study on catalytic pyrolysis of biomass with Y-zeolite based catalyst using response surface methodology. Fuel, Online publication
- Pereira, J., Agblevor, F., Beis, S.H, (2012). The Influence of process conditions on the chemical composition of pine wood catalytic pyrolysis oils. ISRN Renewable Energy, 2012, 167629-167638.
- Zhao, B., Agblevor, F., Ritesh, K., Jelesko, J.G, (2012). Enhanced production of the alkaloid nicotine in hairy root cultures of Nicotiana tabacum L.. Plant Cell Tissue Organ CultureOnline publication
- Agblevor, F., El-Zawawy, W., Mohammed, M., (2012). Coupled acid and enzyme mediated production of microscrystalin. 27
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., Oyama, T.S, McClung, R., (2012). The effect of hydrothermal treatment of FCC catalysts and ZSM-5 catalyst additives in the catalytic conversion of biomass. Applied Catalysis A: General, 445-446, 312-320.
- Agblevor, F., Mante, O., McClung, R., Oyama, T.S, (2012). Co-processing of standard gas oil and biocrude oil to hydrocarbons. Biomass and Bioenergy/Elsevier, 45, 130-137.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., Oyama, T.S, McClung, R., (2012). The influence of recycling non-condensable gases in the fractional catalytic pyrolysis of biomass. Bioresource Technology/Elsevier, 111, 482-490.
- Agblevor, F., (2008). Analysis of biomass sugars using novel HPLC method. Journal of Chrmatography, 136:3, 309-326.
Professional Journal
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., McClung, R., Fluid catalytic cracking of biomass pyrolysis vapors. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1:4, 189-201.
- Mante, N., Agblevor, F., Parametric study on the pyrolysis of manure and wood shavings. Elsevier Applied Science, 35:10, 4417-4425.
- Castro, Y., Agblevor, F., (2022). 2. Effect of wet oxidation on the composition and biomethanation of water hyacinth. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 12, doi: DOI:10.1007/s13399-020-00825-8.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., (2012). Storage stability of biocrude oils from fast pyrolysis of poultry litter. Waste Management/ Elsevier, 32:1, 67-76.
- Mante, O.D, Agblevor, F., (2011). Ctalytic conversion of biomass to biosyncrude oil. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1:4, 203-215.
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Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
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Publications | Other
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Teaching
Creative Works | Other
- Converting waste materials to value=added products , Other, Television Interview - 2017
- Converting waste materials to value=added products , Other, Television Interview - 2017