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AOCS Industrial Oil Products Division
Newsletter September 2008

A Word from the Newsletter Editor
Bryan Moser

I hope you will enjoy this, our current newsletter from the Industrial Oil Products (IOP) Division. Since the last newsletter, a number of significant events have occurred within the division. At the 99th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo in Seattle, Sevim Erhan (USDA ARS NCAUR) became chairperson of the IOP division, replacing the now immediate-past chairperson Max Norris (AURI, retired). Replacing Sevim Erhan as vice chairperson is Kenneth Doll (USDA ARS NCAUR). Andrew Guo (Stepan Co.) remains as both secretary and treasurer.

The SDA/NBB Glycerine Innovation Award, which is administered through IOP, was awarded in Seattle to Richard Ashby, Thomas Foglia, and Daniel Solaiman of the Eastern Regional Research Center (USDA ARS) for their work employing glycerol as a fermentation feedstock in the synthesis of new industrial biochemicals. Tracy Benson, of Mississippi State University, received the IOP Division Student Award in Seattle for his work on catalytic cracking of unsaturated lipids. Steven Howell, who is an IOP member-at-large as the NBB representative, deserves special recognition from everyone within the division for his efforts in getting new biodiesel fuel blend standards accepted by ASTM.

I look forward to seeing everyone in Orlando at the 100th AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo. Also of particular interest to members within the IOP division is the Industrial Applications of Renewable Resources conference to be held this October in Cincinnati.

Thank you,
Dr. Bryan R Moser
Editor-in-chief, IOP Division Newsletter
Research Chemist: FIO-NCAUR-ARS-USDA
1815 N. University St. Peoria, IL 61604
Bryan.Moser@ars.usda.gov
309-681-6511

Do you have news that would be of interest to members of the Industrial Oil Products Division? If so, please let Bryan Moser know at Bryan.Moser@ars.usda.gov or call him at 309-681-6511.

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Also in this newsletter:

A Word from the IOP Vice Chairman, by Kenneth Doll

Request for Newsletter Articles, Announcements, and Other Relevant Information, by Rafael Hernandez

Call for Assistance: 100th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, by Kenneth Doll

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