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Tuesday, 02 December 2008

FIRST INTERNATIONAL MICROBIAL FUEL CELL SYMPOSIUM

Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

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 The book of abstracts can be downloaded: here

Tuesday, May 27: Preconference meetings and opening session

12:30–2:30  Preconference laboratory workshop on MFC designs and electrochemical measurements
   
3:00 Session 1: Opening session and plenary talks
3-3:15 Welcome and opening remarks
3:15-3:40 Bruce Logan Energy sustainability of the water infrastructure
3:40-4:05 Ken Nealson Shewanella
4:05-4:30 Bruce Rittmann Understanding the Biofilm Anode in MFCs
4:30-4:55 Willy Verstraete Potentials and limiting factors of bio-electrochemical systems
4:55-5:20 Jurg Keller Experiences from MFC pilot plant operation: How to get the technology market-ready?
5:30–7:30 Poster session I and reception at the Life Sciences Building
 

Wednesday, May 28

8:00 a.m.–noon Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
8-8:25 Derek Lovley Adaptive evolution and systems biology approaches to elucidating electron transfer mechanisms and optimizing power output of microbial fuel cells
8:25-10:00 (15 min each) Session 2: Studies of Shewanella and Geobacter Moderator: TBA
  Cao, Zhang, Fan, Liang, and Huang Electricity generation and biofilm formation by Geobacter sulfurreducens stimulated by a pairing microorganism in a microbial fuel cell
  Esteve-Núñez, Busalmen, Rogero, Fernández, and Feliu Combined electrochemical and topographic characterization of Geobacter sulfurreducens cell surface under electrogenic conditions
  Cheung, Bretschger, and Nealson The effect of carbon metabolism on the efficiency of microbial fuel cells operating with different Shewanella spp. as the anode catalysts
  Nakamura, Kai, and Hashimoto Self-Constructed Shewanella/Semiconductor Electrical Networks
  Newton, Nakamura, Watanabe, and Hashimoto Shewanella loihica PV-4 outperforms S. oneidensis MR-1 in an MFC using mechanisms of direct electron transfer and adaptability
  Hsu, Bretschger, Pirbazari, and Nealson Employing Shewanella oneidensis MR1 as a cathodic biocatalyst
   
10:15-12:00 (15 min each) Session 3: Novel Isolates and Isolation Strategies Moderator: TBA
  Biffinger, Ribbens, Finkel, Nealson, and Ringeisen High Throughput Screening Array for Electrochemically Active Bacteria (EAB) using Voltage Detection
  Zuo, Xing, Regan, and Logan An Exoelectrogenic Bacterium Ochrobactrum anthropi YZ-1 Isolated Using a U-tube Microbial Fuel Cell
  Xing, Zuo, Cheng, Regan, and Logan High power generation by a photosynthetic bacterium in single chamber air-cathode MFCs
  Watanabe and Kodama A long-tailed bacterium occurring in cellulose-fed MFC reactors and rice paddy-field MFC
   
1:00–5:20 p.m. Plenary presentations, invited and contributed   
1-1:25 Yuri Gorby Nanowires
1:25-3:00 (15 min each) Session 4: Anode Communities Moderator: TBA
  Monier, Niard, and Vogel Metagenomic approaches to understanding MFC community structure and function
  Wang, Ren, Cheng, Logan, Wu, He, Tiedje, and Zhou From Waste to H2: GeoChip-based Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Functions in Bio-electrochemically Assisted Microbial Reactor
  Katuri, Scott, Curtis, Picioreanu, and Head Microbes meet with resistance; the effect of external load on anode communities and MFC performance
  Speers, Kim, and Reguera Novel Bioprocessing Technologies Based on Microbial Consortia
  Lee and Rittmann Is Geobacteraceae the universal family of anode-respiring bacteria in the biofilm-anode of microbial electrolytic cells?
  Kim and Chang Microbial fuel cell: A novel approach to convert synthesis gas to electricity
   
3:15-5:05 (15 min each) Session 5: Electrochemical constraints Moderator: TBA
  Schröder Approaches and challenges in studying the electron transfer in microbial fuel cells
  Fan, Hu, Sharbrough, and Liu Quantification of the Internal Resistance Distribution of Microbial Fuel Cells and Proton Transfer Mechanisms
  Hamelers and Buisman Low conductivity and alkalinity as major design challenges in MFC & MEC systems
  Huang, Fan, Cao, and Liang Effects of electrode potentials on the electricity generation in microbial fuel cells
  Aelterman, Versichele, Freguia, Keller, Boon, Rabaey, and Verstraete Improving the anodic biocatalysis in microbial fuel cells
  Ramasamy, Redcloud-Owen, Ren, Mench, and Regan Effect of Biofilm Properties on the Electrochemical Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells
  Manohar, Bretschger, Nealson, Harrington, and Mansfeld An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Dependence of the Internal Resistance of a Microbial Fuel on Cell Voltage
 

Thursday, May 29

8:00 a.m.–noon Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
8-8:25 Jay Regan Community interactions with complex electron donors
8:25-10:00 (15 min each) Session 6: Using sediments, cellulose and complex substrates Moderator: TBA
  Tender and Lowy Latest Results in Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell Research and Development
  Reimers, Nielsen, Girguis, and White New Developments in Ocean Microbial Fuel Cells
  Girguis, White, and Reimers Power production by sediment-hosted microbial fuel cells: the influence of substrate availability and microbial ecology
  Christy, Rismani-Yazdi, Carver, Yu, and Tuovinen Cellulose Conversion to Electricity in Microbial Fuel Cells: Challenges and Constraints
  Feng, Wang, Wang, and Li Electricity Generation from corn stover using air-cathode single chamber microbial fuel cell
  Cheng, Xing, Zuo, Logan Electricity generation from cellulose in a single-chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell
   
10:15-12:00 (15 min each) Session 7: Wastewater Treatment Considerations Moderator: TBA
  Angenent Electric power generation from municipal, food, and animal wastewaters using microbial fuel cells
  Ahn and Logan Low solids production using microbial fuel cells for power generation and domestic wastewater treatment
  Rozendal, Hamelers, Buisman, Rabaey, and Keller Bioelectrochemical systems for wastewater treatment: not so elementary
 

Lorenzo, Velasquez-Orta, Christgen, Scott, and Curtis

Performance of the anode compartment when treating complex wastewaters

  Kim Alternative electron acceptors in microbial fuel cells
  Shea and Nerenberg Microbial Fuel Cells for Total Nitrogen Removal
  Virdis, Rabaey, and Keller Combined Carbon and Nitrogen removal opens new perspectives on wastewater treatment with Microbial Fuel Cells
   
1:00–5:20 p.m. Plenary presentations, invited and contributed
1-1:25 Korneel Rabaey Biocathodes as the new opportunity for Bio-Electrochemical Systems
1:25-3:00 (15 min each) Session 8: Microbial Electrolysis Cells and Modeling Moderator: TBA
  Tartakovsky, Manuel, Neburchilov, Wang, and Guiot Hydrogen production in a continuous flow microbial fuel cell with a gas-phase cathode
  Call and Logan Novel single chamber microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) for high efficiency hydrogen gas production
  Hu, Fan, and Liu Microbial Electrohydrogenesis Using Single-chamber Membrane-free Cells
  Sleutels, Lodder, Hamelers, and Buisman Analyses of Resistance in Microbial Electrolysis Cells: Improvement of cell design
  Canosa, Reale, Panero, Aulenta, and Majone Bio-electrochemically assisted reductive dechlorination of TCE: novel biotechnological approach to sustainable groundwater remediation
  Hamelers, Ter Heijne, Rozendal, and Buisman Analysis of Bio-Anode Kinetics Using a Minimal Model
   
3:15-5:20 (15 min each) Session 9: Modeling and Novel Designs Moderator: TBA
  Oh and Sloan Theoretical modelling of anodic microbial fuel cell
  Torres, Kato Marcus, and Rittmann Experimental demonstration of the Nernst-Monod equation for the biofilm anode of microbial fuel cells
  Kim, Premier, Michie, Hawkes, Dinsdale, and Guwy Power generation by a novel tubular MFC employing a membrane electrode assembly cathode
  Ringeisen,  Biffinger, Ray, and Little Miniature Microbial Fuel Cells for Aerobic Applications
  Schaetzle, Pellissier, Barrière, Poriel, and Rault-Berthelot Functionalization of electrode surfaces for more efficient microbial fuel cells
  Shea and Nerenberg Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cells with Layered-Electrode Assemblies
  Shimoyama and Watanabe Electricity generation from model organic waste in a cassette-electrode microbial fuel cell
 
 
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