Home > Our Offices > Departments > Audubon Sugar Institute > News > First Woman Member of Patent Club Announced [Image: Dr. Giovanna DeQueiroz received her Patent Club recognition from LSU AgCenter Chancellor Bill Richardson] Audubon proudly announces the addition of Post Doctoral Researcher, Dr. Giovanna DeQueiroz, to the ranks of AgCenter's prestigous Patent & PVP Club.Three added to Patent Club at a ceremony on September 10, 2006. Wash Water Spray Manifolds Tested [Image: Washwater Spray Manifolds] The sugar quality is an area of much interest to the Louisiana sugarcane industry, and the effects of washing the sugar in the centrifugals, different boiling schemes for production of VLC sugar and sugar quality changes during storage are being investigated at Audubon Sugar Institute (ASI) with the support of the Louisiana sugar mills. Sugarcane Harvest Starts Across State (Radio News 10/16/06) The harvest has started in most sugarcane-growing areas of the state. Louisiana sugar mills pushed back their opening dates, because farmers were delayed starting the harvest since many were still planting next year’s crop. (Runtime: 60 seconds) Research Paper Presented at 7th Congress of the Colombian Association of Sugarcane Technologists [Image: Cover of Nicolas Gil's Paper presented at the Colombian Association of Sugar Cane Technologists's conference in Cali, Colombia in 2006] ASI Graduate Student, Nicholas Gil presented a paper on his research to add value to sugar cane leaves and tops at the 7th Congress of the Colombian Association of Sugarcane Technologists in Cali, Colombia.  more articles... Study: Molasses Shows Promise For Ethanol Production Molasses, a byproduct of sugar production in the U.S., shows promise as a viable source of raw material to make ethanol, according to new research done by LSU's Audubon Sugar Institute, that looked into the feasibility of producing fuel from sugar and sugar-related products. This article was written by Bill Tomson of Dow Jones Newswires and posted 7/10/06 on CattleNetwork.com website. Click title to read more... Bioethics Presentation at St. Joseph's Academy [Image: Ethanol using Sugar Cane as a Renewable Fuel] Audubon's faculty, Dr. Donal Day, presented this PowerPoint slideshow entitled, "Ethanol from Sugar Cane as a Renewable Fuel" to a group of students in a newly introduced Bioethics course at St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge in August 2006. Bioethics Education at St. Joseph's Academy Dr. Donal Day was invited to teach a section on Bioethanol in a bioethics course at St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge. The class is a recent addition to the science program at St. Joseph's and isalso made available for Catholic High students as well. Guest speakers are featured to cover topics of current interest and relevance to decisions that shape today’s world. ISSCT Processing Workshop hosted by Audubon [Image: ISSCT Processing Workshop Banner] ISSCT PROCESSING WORKSHOPBaton Rouge, Louisiana, USA29 May to 1 June, 2006"Cane Juice Purification Processes" REPORTThe ISSCT Processing Workshop was held in Baton-Rouge, Louisiana, from 29 May to 1 June 2006. The Audubon Sugar Institute, of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, hosted it on the beautiful campus of the LSU. No less than 84 delegates, representing 19 countries, attended the workshop, which addressed the topic: “Cane juice purification processes”. Potential Market for Biorefinery Lignin [Image: Structure of the Lignin Molecule (Courtesy of Espere).] Dr. Jairo H. Lora, an internationally recognized expert on chemistry and production of lignin, visited Audubon on August 15, 2006 and gave an informal presentation on “Lignin: Chemistry Production Market”.