2003 MREC Conference Presentations

Full Session - Speaker Profile

Title: Chemicals and Fuels from Biomass in the Midwest

Speaker: Norm Olson

     Title: Program Manager

     Affiliation: Iowa Energy Center's Biomass Energy CONversion Facility (BECON)

     Address: 2521 Elwood Dr.; Ames, IA 50010

     Telephone: 515.294.9912 

     E-mail: nolson@energy.iastate.edu

     Web site: http://www.energy.iastate.edu

     About the Speaker:

Mr. Olson has twenty-five years' of experience in energy efficiency and renewable fuels projects. Twenty years as a registered professional engineer. Currently acting as Program Manager at the Iowa Energy Center's Biomass Energy CONversion Facility (BECON). The main objective at BECON is to strengthen the State and rural economy by developing new methods of converting agricultural-based plant materials into value-added chemicals and fuels.