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Department Undergraduate Program Graduate Program Prospective Students Research Extension Alumni Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Gift to BSE to help fund Dr. John Cundiff's Research Gift Helps Biofuel Research at Virginia Tech By Albert Raboteau One day, biofuel plants may turn waste wood and switchgrass into ethanol, reducing the need for oil and creating a new energy industry that makes use of materials viewed as next to worthless today. It's an exciting idea, but it's not without some signficant scientific hurdles. There are economic hurdles as well, and that's where Virginia Tech's John Cundiff hopes to make a difference. Complete VT News Article...

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