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\nthe American Society for Engineering Education in Springfield, Missouri.<\/p>\n
Southern Arkansas University Engineering students recently earned a second place finish for a poster presentation on biofuel research at a regional conference of
\nthe American Society for Engineering Education in Springfield, Missouri.<\/p>\n
SAU Engineering presented three research posters at the conference, and the winning work was titled \u201cMaking Biofuel to Run on a Mini Gas Turbine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith depletion of the Earth\u2019s natural resources as well as the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions increases, it is the job of scientists to come up with alternatives. The experiment was a success in that biofuel mixed with kerosene ran in the turbine while continuing to get similar results compared to just kerosene usage,\u201d explained the research group in the summary conclusion with Students like Vanhoose and Cooper are able to get hands-on research experience and present their findings due to SAU\u2019s small\u00a0class sizes and student-centered atmosphere. Students also gain valuable skills through their work in the seven state-of-the-art laboratories in the NRRC, located directly behind SAU\u2019s Science Center.<\/p>\n SAU Engineering launched in fall 2013, and already has grown to an enrollment of 172 students in its first two years. The program has gained attention as it is the only engineering degree program in south Arkansas, and it has a strong industry backing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Southern Arkansas University Engineering students recently earned a second place finish for a poster presentation on biofuel research at a regional conference of the American Society for Engineering Education in Springfield, Missouri. SAU Engineering presented three research posters at the conference, and the winning work was titled \u201cMaking Biofuel to Run on a Mini Gas… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":820,"featured_media":4939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[308,16357,7753],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4929","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-science-and-technology","8":"category-engineering-engineering-physics","9":"category-homepage","10":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/820"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Ahmed,](\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2015\/10\/Ahmed-Mahbub.jpg\")
<\/a> Senior Mechanical Engineer major Justin Vanhoose, of Hooks, Texas, and Chemical Engineer junior Dakota Cooper, of Greenbrier, Arkansas, headed up the biodiesel experiment with SAU Engineering Asst. Professor Dr. Mahbub Ahmed. Also assisting were Dr. Gija Geme and Dr. Scott McKay of SAU\u2019s College of Science and Engineering and their Natural Resource Research Center (NRRC).<\/p>\n the poster.<\/p>\n