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DESCRIPTION:This seminar\, open to all\, is part of the Environmental and W
 ater Resource Engineering Seminar Series. Join us as Professor Simon Barna
 bé discusses 'Resource recovery applications: approaches\, tools and proje
 cts for the relaunch of rural economy'.  Topic summary:  As biomass is the
  basis of most rural economy\, resource recovery could be the key to relau
 nch or revitalize rural communities affected by socio-economic problems su
 ch as local plant shutdown\, decline of population\, lack of business init
 iatives\, and reluctance to change. In fact\, diversifying and developing 
 value-added products from fresh or residual biomass is becoming a new sour
 ce of income for farmers\, foresters\, and waste management business. To s
 upport local community development and revitalization\, the Industrial Res
 earch Chair on Environment & Biotechnology (CRIEB) of UQTR Foundation is d
 edicated his research and outreach efforts to environmental and biorefinin
 g innovations. In the research\, industrial microbiology is used as a sust
 ainable tool to recover value-added products from biomass\, and thermal an
 d chemical technologies are also applied when needed and economically just
 ified. The prominent feature of all his projects is a multisectorial\, col
 ocation & socio-economic sustainability approach. In addition\, a well-rec
 ognized “community scale biorefinery” approach is also applied\, well adap
 ted to the realities of Canadian local communities and. The approach is fo
 cused on in-house\, on-site or local uses of co-products\, locally availab
 le residues\, local expertise and local infrastructures.  The presentation
  will introduce the major research approaches and tools used by the CRIEB 
 through a demonstration of various active R&D projects. Case studies of ag
 ricultural\, pulp & paper and forest residues based projects will be prese
 nted and discussed\, as well as a new microalgae production project.  Biog
 raphy (Simon Barnabé):    Prof. Simon Barnabé is the holder of the Industr
 ial Research Chair on environnement and biotechnology (CRIEB) of the Fonda
 tion de l’UQTR. He is a member of the Lignocellulosic Materials Research C
 enter (LMRC) of UQTR. Prof. Barnabé is well known as an applied and indust
 rial microbiologist specializing in value-added production from biowaste. 
 His team\, 12 graduate students\, 2 postdocs and 1 professional\, is dedic
 ated to regional development through innovation and biomass/residues utili
 zation. He is recognized for building university-college collaboration for
  enhancing the impact of research on regional development and education of
  highly qualified professional. He has built a CFI Laboratory on reactive 
 fractioning of lignocellulosic residues for obtaining 2nd generation biofu
 els and value-added coproducts\, and a 10-m3 Alga-FuelTM unit for microalg
 ae production. Prof. Barnabé’s biorefinery work is conducted with partners
  from different sectors (pulp and paper\, forestry\, agricultural\, alumin
 ium\, municipalities\, etc.) and fractionation and transformation of agric
 ultural residues\, forest residues\, algae biomass\, recycled wood residue
 s and pulp and paper sludge has been successfully achieved.
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LOCATION:Room 1050\, Wong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0C5\, 3610 ru
 e University
SUMMARY:Resource recovery applications: approaches\, tools and projects for
  the relaunch of rural economy
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