CURRICULUM VITA OF JAMES W. BLACKBURN

1. Name and Rank: James W. Blackburn, Professor

2. Degrees with Fields, Institution and Date:

          PhD, University of Tennessee-Chemical Engineering, 1988

          BSChE-Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1973.

3. Number of Years of Service on This Faculty: 13

          Date of Original Appointment: August 16, 1995, Associate Professor

          Dates of Advancement in Rank: July 1, 1998, Tenured

                                                                July 1, 2002, Professor

4. Other Related Experience:

• Exxon Corporate Research

• University of Tennessee

• IT Corporation

• Dow Chemical Company

5. Consulting: Pharmacia;

         Patents:

• J.W. Blackburn, 2004, U.S. Patent No. 6,730,224, Advanced Aerobic Thermophilic Methods and Systems for Treating Organic Materials.

• J.W. Blackburn and G.S. Sayler, 1992, Foreign Patents, Method for the Monitoring and Control of Microbial Populations.

• J.W. Blackburn and G.S. Sayler, 1985, U.S. Patent No. 4,792,519, Method for the Monitoring and Control of Microbial Populations.

6. Registered Professional Engineer: Ohio

7. Principal Publications Last Five Years:

• J. W. Blackburn, 2006 (actual publication 2007), Heat Production from Renewable Livestock Wastes using Aerobic Thermophilic Treatment—From Bench- to Full-Scale Design, J. Environ. Eng. Manage. 16(6): 421-426.

• Blackburn J.W. and S. Kamatam, 2007, Invited, Renewable Energy Use in Ethanol Production. Advancing Renewable Energy—An American Rural Renaissance, Dept. of Energy and Dept. of Agriculture, St. Louis, Mo.

• J.W. Blackburn, Z. Wang, M. Mudragaddam, 2006. Offgas Recycle for Increased Heat Production from Aerobic Thermophilic Treatment of Swine Waste—Pilot Studies and Full-Scale Design, in Progress in Biomass and Bioenergy Research, Nova Publishers.

• J. W. Blackburn and J. Cheng, 2005, Heat Production Profiles from Batch Aerobic Thermophilic Processing of High Strength Swine Waste, Environmental Progress, 24(3):323-333.

• J. W. Blackburn, 2005, Heat Production from Renewable Livestock Wastes Using Aerobic Thermophilic Treatment, The 2005 Biohydrogen Technology Symposium and the 3rd International Workshop on Innovative Anaerobic Technology, Dec. 9-11, 2005, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

• J.W. Blackburn and M. Mahesh (2004) Aerobic Thermophilic Hog Waste Digester for Coulterville. Joint Annual Meeting on Food Safety, Ill. Dept of Public Health and Ill. Department of Agriculture, Peoria.

• J.W. Blackburn, J. Cheng, Z. Wang, M. Mudragaddam, D. Ricca, K. Sunga, B. Swar, J. May, 2003, Aerobic Thermophilic Digestion: A Technical and Practical Option for Swine Manure Management, Proc. Pork Industry Conference, Dec. 11-12, 2003, Champaign, IL.

• J. W. Blackburn, 2003, Comparison of Pilot-scale Batch and Semi-Continuous Aerobic Thermophilic Swine Waste Reactor Energy Production, Ninth International Symposium on Animal Agricultural and Food Processing Waste, Oct 12-15, 2003, Research Triangle Park, NC.

8. Professional Societies:

          American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

9. Honors and Awards:

• International Scientific Committee and Invited speaker, The 2008 International Workshop on Biohydrogen Production Technology, Khragpur, India.

• 2006 Editorial Board: The Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy.

• Invited speaker at the 2005 Biohydrogen Technology Symposium and the 3rd International Workshop on Innovate Anaerobic Technology, Taichung, Taiwan.

10. Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

• 2007 Faculty Mentor, College PhD Committee

• 2006 Faculty Mentor, College Faculty Affairs Committee,

• Freshman Mentor, MEEP Department all 5 years

• 2005 Technician Search Committee

• 2004 Internal Reviewer, College of Agriculture, Department of Animal Sciences

• 2003 Biomass and Solar Energy workshops, NREL Golden, CO

• Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology and various other papers. University representative to DOE/National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC)

• Service on MEEP Curriculum and Graduate Committees

11. Professional Development Activities in the Last Five Years:

• Center for Evergreen Energy, St. Louis, 2007, Invited, Renewable Energy Use in Ethanol Production. Advancing Renewable Energy—An American Rural Renaissance, Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture, St. Louis, Mo. 2007

• Richard Lugar/Purdue University Summit on Energy Security. 2007

• The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Inc. 2006

• Taiwan-Midwest-USA Symposium on Science and Engineering, 2003

• J. W. Blackburn, E. C. Varsa, and B. Swar, Evaluation of Treated Swine Waste Application., submitted Final Report to DCEO/DOE, 2003

• M. Mudragaddam and J. W. Blackburn, Aerobic Thermophillic Swine Waste Reactor—Use of Heat Produced During the Warm Weather Months, submitted Final Report to DCEO/DOE, 2003