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CPERC is Awarded DOE Grant
CPERC (Clean Power and Energy Research Consortium) is a coalition of five Louisiana Universities (LSU, Nicholls State, Southern (B.R.), Tulane, University of Louisiana Lafayette and the University of New Orleans. The Consortium has been awarded a grant from DOE entitled Production and Utilization of Next Generation Fuels for Clean Power. Tulane’s tasks involve research into the production of butanol from sugar mill wastes. Tulane researchers include Dr. Victor Law (P.I.), Dr. John Prindle and Dr. W. Godbey from CBE; Dr. David Mullin from Cell & Molecular Biology and Dr. Larry Byers of the Chemistry Department. Members of the Freeman School of Business are also involved with this project.
