2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: High-Value and Platform Chemicals from Renewable Resources and Wastes

This session delves into innovative research for transforming renewables and waste into high-value chemicals. It covers biological, chemical, and thermochemical techniques to produce bio-based chemicals, such as furan derivatives from carbohydrates, aromatics from lignin, oligosaccharides, and novel fermentation products, fostering sustainable solutions in chemical production.

Chair

Qi Dong, University of Maryland College Park

Co-Chair

Yian Chen, University of California, Los Angeles

Presentations

12:30 PM

(140a) Production of 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid through a One-Pot Biomass Pretreatment
Jikai Zhao, Linjing Jia, Mairui Zhang, Eun Joong Oh, Deokyeol Jeong

12:48 PM

(140b) Enzymatic Preparation of Sugar-Based Biosurfactants in Functionalized Ionic Liquids
Hua Zhao, Guobin Liang, Dian Rei Castro

01:06 PM

(140c) Sustainable Biological Production of Xylitol
Emma Brace, Sarvada Chipkar, Luke Baxter, Melanie Cotta, Isabella Doyle, Gillian Mohr, William Rice, Claire Richter, Charlotte Tonelli

01:24 PM

(140d) Zeolite-Catalyzed Conversion of Lactates for Production of Sustainable Acrylates: Alcohol-Water Solvent Systems and Their Effects on Selectivity and Product Distribution
Sophie Brauer, Christopher P. Nicholas, Paul J. Dauenhauer

01:42 PM

(140e) Mild Process for Renewable Pyridine Production
David Witdorchic, Carl Gamba, Andreas Bommarius

02:00 PM

(140f) Evaluation of Innovative Pathways for Waste Valorization of Ice-Cream Byproducts Towards a Sustainable Food System
Farhad Zaker Hosseiny, Rui Shi

02:18 PM

(140g) Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Ice Cream Waste for Biocrude and Hydrochar Utilization
Yaseen Elkasabi, Rafael Garcia, Benjamin Plumier, Kerby Jones