title: Building trans-Atlantic graduate education programs in biorenewable resources.
abstract: We are now faced with increasingly expensive motor fuels and agriculture has potential to partially relieve these pressures. The 2007 U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act calls for the U.S. to replace with renewable fuels about 36 billion gallons of its annual 150 billion gallon motor fuel consumption by 2022. This is a monumental task that can only be achieved by conducting innovative research to discover breakthrough technologies and by educating scientists and engineers around the world. Three European and three U.S. institutions have forged partnerships that have enabled 4-6 month graduate student and faculty exchanges, faculty and graduate student participation in two-week intensive courses in both the E.U. and U.S., and sharing of educational materials. With two years to go on a second grant, 23 U.S. students have been sent to the E.U. for 4-6 months and the E.U. has sent 29 students to the U.S. Another 38 U.S. students and 36 faculty have participated in two-week intensive programs in Europe; and five E.U. students and two faculty came to the U.S. to learn and teach, respectively, in our intensive program.
authors.affiliation: Iowa State University, Center for Crops Utilization Research, Ames, IA, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proctor
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D001690:Biological Science Disciplines / Q000193:education; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004500:Education, Graduate; D005858:Germany; D007391:International Cooperation; D014495:Universities