Raskin's research featured in Michigan Today
Research by ITiMS program advisory committee member, Dr. Lut Raskin and ITiMS mentor Steven Skerlos is harnessing waste to create energy in a scalable way!
Researchers at U-M set out to expand the types of organic waste materials that bioreactors can break down beyond food waste and wastewater sludge, and that’s why they looked to nature for inspiration.
“A cow’s stomach is really good at degrading lignocellulosic material — things like the grass and hay that cattle eat,” Raskin says. ”Those materials can’t be digested by the anaerobic bioreactors commonly used today. We’re looking to develop a new bioreactor that can also digest yard waste and paper waste.”
The above excerpt is from Michigan Today's article found here https://michigantoday.umich.edu/2021/10/15/energy-from-waste-cow-inspire...