North Dakota State University

Dwight Aakre
Extension Specialist, Agribusiness and Applied Economics
dwight.aakre@ndsu.edu
Interests: impact of biofuel on agriculture, ethanol industry expansion, statistics, projected growth, risks and economical impacts. 

Eric DeVuyst
Department  of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
eric.edvuyst@ndsu.edu
Interests: economic analysis of biogas generation from manure.

Dan Ewert
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dan.ewert@ndsu.edu
Interests: hydrogen- and diesel fuel-operated tractors. 

Cole Gustafson
Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
Cole.gustafson@ndsu.edu
Interests: insurance provisions for biofuel crops, integration of pea fractionation in existing ethanol production activities, risk management for biofuel producers.

Darrin Haagenson
Research Scientist, Ag & Biosystems Engineering
darrin.haagenson@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and analysis of biodiesel technology, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock. 

Ken Hellevang
Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering
kenneth.hellevang@ndsu.edu
Interests: residential heating cost comparisons. 

Kim Koch
Program Manager, Northern Crops Institute
Kim.koch@ndsu.edu
Interests: biofuel coproducts as livestock feedstuffs.

Won Koo
Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics
won.koo@ndsu.edu
Interests: economic impact of ethanol production, feedstock transportation, handling and storage methods for ethanol processing plants.

Greg Lardy
Beef Extension Specialist
glardy@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Interests: by-products.

F. Larry Leistritz
Department Agriculture and Applied Economics
f.leistritz@ndsu.edu
Interests: economic impact of bioproducts, wheat straw as a feedstock. 

John Nowatzki
Extension Specialist, Agriculture Machine Systems
john.nowatzki@ndsu.edu
Interests: Presents educational seminars on biofuels production and uses.  

Suranjan Panigrahi
Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering
s.panigrahi@ndsu.edu
Interests: development and evaluation of field scale sensors for rapid characterization of feedstock. 

Scott Pryor
Department  of Ag & Biosystems Engineering
Scott.pryor@ndsu.edu
Interests: analysis of implementation of feedlot and anaerobic digestion system at ethanol plants, cofermentation of pea startch in ethanol facilities, higher value uses of canola.

Kristi Tostenson
Research Scientist, Ag & Biosystems Engineering
Kristi.tostenson@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and analysis of biodiesel technology, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock.

Mehmet Tulbek
Oilseed Quality Specialist, Northern Crops Institute
Mehmet.tulbek@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation of biofuel coproducts in food and feed products, screening crop varieties as feedstock for biodiesel industry. 

Kathleen Tweeten
Director of NDSU Extension Center for Community Vitality
Kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu
Interests: North Dakota Biomass Energy Task Force

Dennis Wiesenborn
Department of Ag & Biosystems Engineering
d.wiesenborn@ndsu.edu
Interests: evaluation and analysis of biodiesel technology, feedstock, fractionation of field peas for ethanol feedstock.  

William Wilson
Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
william.wilson@ndsu.edu
Interests: risk analysis, strategy, intellectual property, logistics and commodity marketing; assesses renewable fuel requirements on the U.S. grain and oilseed sector as part of the USDA’s Current Research Information System project.