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'''BioPROTEIN''' (Biological Plastic Reuse by Olefin and Ester Transforming Engineered Isolates and Natural Consortia), is a four year project starting in 2020 that aims to refine a method of chemical and high heat (pyrolysis) deconstruction of plastic waste that enables it to be converted into protein powder and lubricants. | '''BioPROTEIN''' (Biological Plastic Reuse by Olefin and Ester Transforming Engineered Isolates and Natural Consortia), is a four year project starting in 2020 that aims to refine a method of chemical and high heat (pyrolysis) deconstruction of plastic waste that enables it to be converted into protein powder and lubricants. | ||
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== Collaborators == | |||
'''BioPROTEIN''' is a collaboration between [https://www.mtu.edu/biological/people-groups/faculty-staff/faculty/techtmann/ Steve Techtmann], a professor of biological sciences, chemical engineers [https://www.mtu.edu/chemical/department/faculty/ong/ Rebecca Ong] and [https://www.mtu.edu/chemical/department/faculty/shonnard/ David Shonnard] and materials engineer [[User:J.M.Pearce|Joshua Pearce]] at Michigan Technological University and [https://bioengineering.illinois.edu/directory/profile/luting Ting Lu], professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. | '''BioPROTEIN''' is a collaboration between [https://www.mtu.edu/biological/people-groups/faculty-staff/faculty/techtmann/ Steve Techtmann], a professor of biological sciences, chemical engineers [https://www.mtu.edu/chemical/department/faculty/ong/ Rebecca Ong] and [https://www.mtu.edu/chemical/department/faculty/shonnard/ David Shonnard] and materials engineer [[User:J.M.Pearce|Joshua Pearce]] at Michigan Technological University and [https://bioengineering.illinois.edu/directory/profile/luting Ting Lu], professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. | ||
==Hardware Designs== | == Hardware Designs == | ||
<gallery caption="Open Source Reference Designs"> | |||
File:Osdesign.png |[[General Design Procedure for Free and Open-Source Hardware for Scientific Equipment]] | |||
File:Oscale.png|[[Open Source Digitally Replicable Lab-Grade Scales]] | |||
File:Osgran.png|[[Open Source Waste Plastic Granulator]] | |||
File:gigahx.jpg|[[Open Source Multi-Head 3D Printer for Polymer-Metal Composite Component Manufacturing]] | |||
File:OSGrinder.png|[[Open-Source Grinding Machine for Compression Screw Manufacturing]] | |||
File:chemcompat.png|[[Chemical Compatibility of Fused Filament Fabrication-based 3-D Printed Components with Solutions Commonly Used in Semiconductor Wet Processing]] | |||
File:hxpol.png|[[Experimental Characterization of Heat Transfer in an Additively Manufactured Polymer Heat Exchanger]] | |||
File:Feedingeveryone.jpg|[[Feeding Everyone No Matter What]] | |||
File:Foodweb.png|[[Feeding Everyone: Solving the Food Crisis in Event of Global Catastrophes that Kill Crops or Obscure the Sun]] | |||
File:us-pop.png|[[Resilience to global food supply catastrophes]] | |||
File:Foodmake.jpg|[[Feeding Everyone if the Sun is Obscured and Industry is Disabled]] | |||
File:Charm-mtu.png|[[Preliminary Automated Determination of Edibility of Alternative Foods: Non-Targeted Screening for Toxins in Red Maple Leaf Concentrate]] | |||
File:scp.png|[[Potential of microbial protein from hydrogen for preventing mass starvation in catastrophic scenarios]] | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Publications == | |||
== | == In the News == | ||
# [https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2020/september/from-plastic-to-protein-powder.html From Plastic to Protein Powder] MTU News 21.3k | |||
#[https://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2020/september/from-plastic-to-protein-powder.html From Plastic to Protein Powder] MTU News 21.3k | ## [https://www.newsbreak.com/michigan/houghton/news/2061747658003/from-plastic-to-protein-powder NewsBreak] 1982 | ||
## [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/mtu-fpt091620.php Eureka Alert]19.8k | |||
## [https://www.newswise.com/articles/from-plastic-to-protein-powder Newswise] 47k | |||
## [https://www.miragenews.com/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ Mirage News] 87.2k | ## [https://www.miragenews.com/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ Mirage News] 87.2k | ||
## [https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ The National Tribune (Australia)] | |||
## [https://mtulode.com/3951/tech/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ The Lode] | |||
## [https://bioengineer.org/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ Bioengineer] | |||
## [http://web.archive.org/web/20201201121459/https://scienmag.com/from-plastic-to-protein-powder/ ScienMag] | |||
## [http://7thspace.com/headlines/1312310/from_plastic_to_protein_powder.html 7th Space] | |||
# [https://omnexus.specialchem.com/news/industry-news/convert-plastic-waste-protein-000222702 Researchers to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful Products ]Omnexus 50k | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:16, 27 December 2023
BioPROTEIN (Biological Plastic Reuse by Olefin and Ester Transforming Engineered Isolates and Natural Consortia), is a four year project starting in 2020 that aims to refine a method of chemical and high heat (pyrolysis) deconstruction of plastic waste that enables it to be converted into protein powder and lubricants.
Collaborators[edit | edit source]
BioPROTEIN is a collaboration between Steve Techtmann, a professor of biological sciences, chemical engineers Rebecca Ong and David Shonnard and materials engineer Joshua Pearce at Michigan Technological University and Ting Lu, professor of bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Publications[edit | edit source]
In the News[edit | edit source]
- From Plastic to Protein Powder MTU News 21.3k
- NewsBreak 1982
- Eureka Alert19.8k
- Newswise 47k
- Mirage News 87.2k
- The National Tribune (Australia)
- The Lode
- Bioengineer
- ScienMag
- 7th Space
- Researchers to Convert Plastic Waste into Useful Products Omnexus 50k
