Articles Reporting Hydrogen (MECs/BEAMR and fermentation) on
research by the Logan Group at Penn State:

Popular Magazines

Business Week Catherine Arnst: "Innovations", No. 3822, Developments to Watch, pg. 77—March 3, 2003
Popular Mechanics
      Logan Ward: "Breakthrough Awards 2005; Hydrogen Energy Leap" pg. 78—November, 2005
      Michelle Alvarez: "Popular Mechanics Announces Winners of the 2005 Breakthrough Awards"—September 29, 2005
Scientific American Sarah Graham "Fuel Cell Converts Biomass into Hydrogen"—April 27, 2005
Wired Magazine Amit Asaravala: "Fill'er Up, With Microbes"—October 4, 2004
Kodomo No Kagaku magazine- article for children on H2 production, January 2008 (in Japanese)
Science et Vie- Des bacteries sous tension dopent la fabrication de H2 (in French), January, 2008.
 

Technical Magazines

Advanced Fuel Cell Technology (FCT) "Hydrogen Day at Penn State" , —December 2006, Vol. 10, pg. 12
Advanced Fuel Cell Technology "Hydrogen Day at Penn State University" —Vol. 8, No. 12, December 2004
Water Environment Research Kris Christen: "From Wastewater to Hydrogen: A New Market for Treatment Plants?" , —August 2005, 17(8): 9-11
CEP Magazine
     "Powering Fuel Cells from Wastewater" pg 27—July 2002
     "Microbial fuel cells generate H2 from acetic acid" pg 13—January 2008
Chemical Engineering
     Gerard Parkinson: "From Food Wastes" Vol. 110, No. 3, ISSN: 0009-2460, Chementator —March 1, 2003
     Gerald Ondrey: "This Microbial Fuel Cell Gets a Boost of H2" Vol. 112, No. 5, ISSN: 0000-2460, Chementator pg. 19—May 1, 2005
Chemical & Engineering News Steve Ritter: "Waste Put to Work: Microbial Fuel Cell Cleans Water and Makes Hydrogen to Boot" ISSN: 0009-2347, Science & Technology—April 28, 2005
Civil Engineering Magazine Jay Landers: "Researchers Envision Hydrogen Production from Wastewater Treatment" Vol. 76, No. 6, Technology, pp. 32-33—June 2005
Environment "Energy from Wastewater" Vol. 45, No. 3—April 2003
Environmental Health Perspectives David C. Holzman: "Microbe Power!" Vol. 113, No. 11, pp.A755-A757—November 2005
Environmental Science & Technology "Practical Hydrogen from a Microbial Fuel Cell" Technology News —April 27, 2005
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Adrian Burton: "Volt-Jolt Harvests Hydrogen from Wastewater" Dispatches, pg. 238
Fuel Cell Today UPI: "Cell Can Boost Hydrogen Output 4 Times"—April 27, 2005

InTech "Microbial Fuel Cell: Hydrogen Source, Cleaner Wastewater"—April 27, 2005
ipFrontline Barbara Hale: "High Yield Hydrogen Source and Wastewater Cleaner"—May 4, 2005
Materials Performance M.V. Veazey: "Fuel Cell Designed to Produce Hydrogen and Clean Waste Water" Chemical Treatment News—June 2005
Power Electronics Technology "Microbial Fuel Cell Generates Hydrogen, Cleans Wastewater"—April 27, 2005
Process Engineering "Clean Hydrogen" Technology Today —May 2005
Science Daily
     Penn State: "Penn State Engineers Boost Hydrogen Production from Fermentation"—June 3, 2002
     Penn State: "Microbial Fuel Cell: High Yield Hydrogen Source and Wastewater Cleaner"—February 24, 2005
Waste Treatment Technology News "Food Wastes Yield Fuel" Vol. 18, No. 7, Biological Treatments—March 2003

Newspapers

The 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
      Mike Joseph: "Peterson: Hydrogen Researchers at Forefront"—February 6, 2003
     "PSU Showcasing Hydrogen Research"—January 27, 2003
     "University Researchers Use Environmental Sources to Reproduce Hydrogen Fuel Cells" pg. A6—June 5, 2002
Jewish World Review UPI: "Food Processing Wastewater to Energy"—2002
NEPA News "News in Brief from Central Pennsylvania" State News —February 6, 2003
Tech Center News Gregory Farnum: "Wastewater May Power Fuel Cells Cars of Tomorrow" pg. 11A—July 1, 2002
The Associate Press & Local Wire "News in Brief from Central Pennsylvania" State and Regional—February 6, 2003
The Penn State Daily Collegian Erin Plute: "University Researches Hydrogen Technology"—February 4, 2003
The Statesman "Waste Power" Science—June 7, 2005
The Washington Times Jennifer Harper: "New Process Coaxes Hydrogen from Waste" Nation, pg. A7—April 27, 2005
United Press International (UPI)
     "Cell Can Boost Hydrogen Output 4 Times"—April 27, 2005
     "Fermenting Hydrogen Fuel?"—June 3, 2002
     Alex Cukan: "Food Processing Wastewater to Energy" Issues of Modern Living—February 10, 2003
     "Microbes Can Boost Fuel Cell Performance"—April 22, 2005

Radio Stations

Research Unplugged- Penn State — April 5, 2006 (audio)
KPFK Radio Uprising Sonali Kolhatkar with Thatcher Collins: "Fuel Cell Technology: An Alternative Energy Source"—April 28, 2005 (Print Version)
Microbeworld Radio Show -- Hydrogen gets a boost from microbes [Recorded in 2008] (audio version)
WPSU TV/FM Sewage Power-October 21, 2005 (Morning Edition)

 

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