Selected Publications by Z. Jason Ren (UC Denver)

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PRECEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS

Ren, Z. Microbial Fuel Cells and Their Potential for Bioenergy Production. 2009 Colorado Renewable Energy Conference, Golden, CO, August 28–30, 2009

Huang, YH., and Ren, Z. Electricity Generation and Treatment of High Strength Animal Liquid Waste Using Microbial Fuel Cells. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Association (AEESP) Education and Research Conference, Univ of Iowa, IA, Jul. 26-28, 2009.

Ren, Z., Cloud-Owen, SS., Carpenter W., Ramasamy, RP., Mench MM., and Regan JM. Biofilm Architecture Evolution in Microbial Fuel Cells - The Effects of External Resistance and Operation Duration, American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 109th General Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, May 17-21, 2009.

Ren, Z. Direct Electricity Production from Cellulose in Microbial Fuel Cells, 2008, CU/NREL Energy Initiative Annual Research Symposium, Boulder, CO, Nov. 17th, 2008.

Ren, Z., Terrill, JB., and Regan, JM. Electricity from cellulose-fed microbial fuel cells: comparing a co-culture of Clostridium cellolyticum-Geobacter sulfurreducens with an undefined mixed culture, 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societie, Houston, TX, Oct 5-9, 2008

Ren, Z., and Regan, JM. Electricity production and microbial biofilm characterization in cellulose fed microbial fuel cells. International Water Association (IWA) biofilm technologies conference, Singapore, Jan. 8-10, 2008. Conference proceedings on CD-ROM.

Ren, Z., Mao, X., Shi, J., Huang, TJ., Mench, MM., and Regan, JM. Correlation of biological constraints and electricity production using a micro-microbial fuel cell (MMFC). Microbial Fuel Cells First International Symposium, University Park, PA, May 27-29, 2008.

Terrill, JB., Ren, Z., and Regan, JM. The effects of settling on cellulose degrading microbial fuel cells. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2008 Annual International Meeting, Providence, RI, Jun 29 - Jul 2, 2008

Ramasamy, RP., Ren Z., Cloud-Owen, SS., Mench MM., and Regan JM. Effect of biofilm properties on the electrochemical performance of microbial fuel cells. Microbial Fuel Cells First International Symposium, University Park, PA, May 27-29, 2008.

Ramasamy, RP., Ren Z., Cloud-Owen, SS., Mench MM., and Regan JM. Effect of biofilm properties on the electrochemical performance of microbial fuel cells. 213th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Phoenix, AZ, May 18-22, 2008

Ren, Z., and Regan, JM. Cellulose-derived electricity production in microbial fuel cells by a defined binary culture and a natural inoculum. Water Environment Federation (WEFTEC) 80th Annual Exhibition & Conference, San Diego, Oct. 13-17, 2007. Conference proceedings on CD-ROM.

Ren, Z., and Regan, JM. Renewable electricity production from cellulose in microbial fuel cells. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Association (AEESP) Education and Research Conference, Virginia Tech, VA, Jul. 28-Aug. 1, 2007.

Ren, Z., Ward, TW., and Regan, JM. A plate assay for isolating microorganisms capable of anaerobic extracellular electron transfer. American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 107th General Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 21-25, 2007.

Ramasamy, RP., Ren Z., Mench MM., and Regan JM.  Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies on microbial fuel cells. American Chemical Society (ACS) 234th National Meeting & Exposition Boston, MA, Aug. 19-23, 2007

Regan JM., Ramasamy, RP., Ren Z., and Mench MM. Microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment. 212th meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington D.C., Oct. 7-12, 2007.

Ren, Z., Ward, TW., Logan, BE., and Regan, JM. Characterization of the cellulolytic and hydrogen-producing activity of six mesophilic Clostridium species. Penn State Hydrogen Day, University Park, PA, November 14, 2006.

Ren, Z., Ji, M. et al. A pilot test of integrated treatment process for safe drinking water. 2002 French-Chinese conference on Water Resource and Technology, Shanghai, China, Nov.6-9, 2002.

INVITED TALKS

Microbial Fuel Cells - From Waste to Power in One Step: Department of Biology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, February 6, 2009

Hydrogen and Electricity Production from Cellulose: U.S. Department of Agriculture National Center For Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL, April 20, 2008

Updated 7/12/2009