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Engineered Strain for Bioconversion of Food Waste to Fuels
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911NF-18-C-0078
Agency Tracking Number: A2-7202
Amount:
$505,958.00
Phase:
Phase II
Program:
STTR
Solicitation Topic Code:
A17A-T011
Solicitation Number:
17.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
2017
Award Year:
2018
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
2018-09-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
2019-09-28
Small Business Information
1515 West 2200 South
Suite F
Salt Lake City, UT
84119
United States
DUNS:
829431076
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Mukund Karanjikar
Title: PI
Phone: (801) 557-5923
Email: mukund@tekholding.com
Title: PI
Phone: (801) 557-5923
Email: mukund@tekholding.com
Business Contact
Name: Anant Samudra
Phone: (801) 953-1047
Email: avsamudra@tekholding.com
Phone: (801) 953-1047
Email: avsamudra@tekholding.com
Research Institution
Name: Rice University
Contact: Heidi Thornton Heidi Thornton
Address:
Phone: (713) 348-6204
Type: Nonprofit College or University
Contact: Heidi Thornton Heidi Thornton
Address:
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX
77005
United States
Phone: (713) 348-6204
Type: Nonprofit College or University
Abstract
The strain engineering effort will constitute development of a synthetic biology toolkit applicable for food waste conversion in clostridium. The engineered strain will enable high efficiency conversion of army food waste to fuel. The proposed project will scale up a clostridium based fermentation method to produce fuel from food waste. A batch reactor will be optimized. Overall techno-economic feasibility analysis will be performed to compare costs of manufacturing with traditional chemical processes. The proposed innovation will have commercial civilian applications. A dual commercialization strategy will be pursued.
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