MFC Public Articles

Publications where MFC research by the Logan Group has been reported:

Popular Magazines

WEF Brush Anode, Tubular Cathode Scale Up Microbial Fuel Cells, Vol. 19, No. 7—July 2007
Business Week John Carey: "The Tiniest Power Plants" Environmen: Bio Energy: Green Biz, pg. 81, Vol. 3987— June 5, 2006
Business Week Otis Port: "Power Play: Electricity from Sewage Bacteria" Developments to Watch, pg. 106— March 15, 2004
Chemical Education "Converting Biomass Directly into Electricity", pg. 12-14, Vol.84, Number 1 — January 2007
Discover Susan Kruglinski: "Love That Dirty Water (It Can Power Your Home)" Environment—September 30, 2004
Fuel Cell Today "Researchers at Penn State announce breakthrough in microbial fuel cell development"—March 22, 2007
National Geographic Brian Handwerk: "Device Uses Sewage Bacteria to Produce Electricity"—March 1, 2004
New Scientist
Celeste Biever: "Plugging into the Power of Sewage"—March 20, 2004
Tam Dalyell: "Westminister Diary: Tam Dalyell on a Gem of an Anti-Smuggling Idea, and Generating Electricity from Human
Popular Mechanics Kristin Roth: "Fueling the Future; Microbial Fuel Cell" pg. 86—October 2005
Scientific American Charles Choi: "PowerSludge" Environment, pg. 38—May 2004
Sewage" Politics, pg. 45—May 15, 2004
Small Times Jack Mason: "Focus on Energy: Power Solutions from Unlikely Sources: Love That Dirty Water"— August 18, 2004
Wired Magazine David Snow: "Shocking Way to Transform Waste"—March 4, 2004

Technical Magazines

Technology News Daily Powering Microbial Fuel Cells—June 5, 2007
BioCycle Harnessing The Power of Microbes—June 5, 2007, Vol. 48, No. 5, p. 49
Innovation Générer de l'électricité tout en purifiant les eaux usées domestiques—March-April 2007
Pollution Engineering, 10 Top Technologies for 2007 (full article or shorter version) —January 2007, pp 20-23
Greenwire Corn growers see wider use beyond food, ethanol —January 18, 2007
Engineering-The Magazine, Electric ears-Corn waste may provide more than just ethanol— Fall 2006, pp 14-15
Public Works Magazine, Third Annual List of the Nation's Top 50 Trendsetters —September 27, 2006
ACS publications, Introduction to the Special Secion on Microbial Fuel Cells, Vol. 40, Iss.17— September 1, 2006
Environmental Science & Technology Practical hydrogen from a microbial fuel cell—April 27, 2005
"Microbial Fuel Cell Cleans Wastewater" Vol. 8, No. 4, ISSN: 1095-1415, Research and Development, pp.10-11—April 2004
"Researchers Devise Double-Duty Fuel Cell: Produce Power and Clean Effluent" Vol. 8, No. 4, ISSN: 1095-1415, Around the Industry, pp. 8-9—April 2004
Aerospace America Edward Flinn: "Microbe Turns Space Waste into Electricity" Engineering Notebook, pg. 22—September 2004
ASM News Carol Potera: "Electric Charge from Sewage Discharge" Vol. 70, No. 6, pp. 262-263—November 6, 2004
Civil Engineering Magazine Jessica Binns: "Bacteria Can Treat Wastewater to Create Electricity" Technology —May 2004
Chemistry World- Profile on Bruce Logan. January 2008. pdf version
Consulting-Specifying Engineer "Waste Power is Flush with Success" Pure Power, pg. 2—June 1, 2004
Design News "Treat Wastewater, Make Energy" News: Electronics, pg. 36—June 7, 2004
Edie Weekly Sorcha Clifford: "Dirty Pretty Thing: Clean Energy from Wastewater"—May 3, 2004
Fuel Cell Industry Report "Pennsylvania" pp.10-11—September 2004
Fuel Cells Today "Penn State Researchers Work to Develop Microbial Fuel Cell" pg.0—July 2, 2004
Fuel Cell Technology News "Move Cuts Prototype Costs" Vol. 6, No. 10, Microbial—July 2004
Fuel Cell Today ASME: "Research Begun on New Type of Fuel Cell to Generate Power from Wastewater"—June 28, 2004
Issues Update Richard Ball: Newsweek Issue 29 "Researchers Develop Microbial Fuel Cell that Runs Off Sewage"—March 3, 2004
Mechanical Engineering Gayle Ehrenman: "From Fuel to Foul"—June 2004
Nature Magazine Philip Ball: "Sucking Energy Out of the Drain"—February 26, 2004
Process Engineering "Bacteria Power" Technology Today —March 2004
Public Works Carri R. Armstrong: "Wastewater Device Increases Electricity, Decreases Cost" Vol. 135, No. 9, ISSN: 0033-3840 pg. 19—August 1, 2004
R & D "Microbes Yield Power" Departments: Emerging Technologies: Eureka pg. 38—April 1, 2004
Science Daily National Science Foundation: "Fuel-Cell Microbes' Double Duty: Treat Wastewater, Make Energy"—February 24, 2004

Science News

ScienceDaily Marine Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells Get A Nutritional Boost—June 11, 2007
Fuel Cells Works Marine Marine Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells Get A Nutritional Boost—June 4, 2007
Water Waste Treatment Goska Romanowicz: "Electricity-generating wastewater plants edge closer"—February 13, 2007
Waste News Elizabeth McGowan: "Author's unsavory journey finds him flush with ideas", NEWS; pg.12—June 5, 2006
"Microbial Moxie" Aimee Cunninham: Vol. 169, pg.72-73—February 4, 2006
"Electrifying Toxic Cleanup: Electrodes Could Stimulat eRemoval of Radioactive Waste" Alexandra Goho: Vol. 166, No. 10, ISSN: 0036-8423, pg. 147—September 4, 2004
"Fuel Cell Draws Energy from Waste" Alexandra Goho: Vol. 165, No. 11, ISSN: 0036-8423, pg. 165—March 13, 2004
The Engineer Karen Miller: "From U-Bend to Fuel Cell"—May 19, 2004
The Fuel Cell Review Barbara Heydorn & Rosamund Gee "Biofuel Cells: Can They Fulfil their Promise?" pp. 23-26— October/November 2004
Waste News Tracy Hayhurst: "System Uses Wastewater to Create Electricity" pg. 18—April 26, 2004

Newspapers

The Washington Post Lori Aratani: "Student Tries to Capture the Power of Sewage" —February 28, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette David Templeton: "Microbes gobble corn and spit out electricity"—August 2, 2006
Washington Times Ann Geracimos: "Recycling Waste" —October 5, 2006
Centre Daily Times James Endres Howell: "Penn State engineers test microbial-made fuel"—February 20, 2006
Chicago Tribune Jon Van: "VoIP Applications Erase Boundaries" Business, Inside Technology, pg. 3—February 28, 2004
Columbus Dispatch Mike Lafferty: "Scientists Obtain Watts from Wastewater" News-Science, pg. 6A—November 9, 2004
Geelong Advertiser "Sewage Could be Power Source" Australia: News, pg. 11—April 27, 2004
Illawarra Mercury "Spend a Penny and Save" Australia: News, pg. 6—April 27, 2004
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Byron Spice: "Penn State Scientists use Bacteria to Turn Sewage into Electricity" Science—February 25, 2004
Science Blog
Penn State: "Cheaper Wastewater-Fueled Device Produces More Electricity"
National Science Foundation: "Fuel Cell Microbes Double Duty: Treat Wastewater, Make Energy" Energy and Environment—March 23, 2004
The Commercial Appeal Bill Laing: "Energy Derived from Sewage" New: Briefly, Pg. A—November 1, 2004
The Daily Telegraph "Power Source in the Can" Local, pg. 9—April 27, 2004
The Myrtle Beach Sun News "System Could Turn Sewage into Energy Source" Brief: Monday Globe: Around the Country: Pennsylvania, Pg. A8 —November 1, 2004
The Pawtucket Times "Microbe Fuel Cells Can Clean Dirty Water" National News: Environment—February 24, 2004
The Seattle Times Darrell Hay: "Toilet Power" pg. 12—June 6, 2004
The Star Phoenix Les MacPherson: "Fruits of Fibre Could Draw Major Energy Savings" pg. A3
The Toronto Star Washington Post: "Bright Idea" Life, pg. L8—November 6, 2004
The Washington Post "Notebook" Science pg. A12—November 1, 2004
The Washington Times UPI: "Device Produces Electricity, Cleans Water"—June 15, 2004
United Press International (UPI) "Device Produces Electricity, Cleans Water"—June 15, 2004

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