Paul Dauenhauer     421 Washington Ave, SE 432 Amundson Hall Minneapolis, MN  55455     (612) 625-6083 dauenhau@cems.umn.edu

Education

2004 - Present	University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
1999 - 2004	University of Wisconsin - Madison B.S. - Chemical Engineering B.S. - Chemistry

Publications

L.D. Schmidt, P.J. Dauenhauer, "Hybrid Routes to Biofuels," Nature Reports: Climate Change 3 (2007) 44-45.

P.J. Dauenhauer, B.J. Dreyer, N.J. Degenstein, L.D. Schmidt "Millisecond Reforming of Solid Biomass for Sustainable Fuels," Angewandte Chemie 119 (2007) 5968-5971.

P.J. Dauenhauer, B.J. Dreyer, N.J. Degenstein, L.D. Schmidt Millisecond Reforming of Solid Biomass for Sustainable Fuels," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 (2007) 5864-5867.

L.D. Schmidt, P.J. Dauenhauer "Hybrid Routes to Biofuels," Nature 447 (2007) 914-915.

P.J. Dauenhauer, J.R. Salge, L.D. Schmidt, "Renewable hydrogen by autothermal steam reforming of volatile carbohydrates," Journal of Catalysis 244 (2006) 238-247.

J.R. Salge, B.J. Dreyer, P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Renewable Hydrogen from Nonvolatile Fuels by Reactive Flash Volatilization," Science 314 (2006) 801-804.

D. Rennard, P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Autothermal Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Bio-oil Functional Groups: Acids and Esters," Energy & Fuels 22 (2008) 1318-1327.

J.L. Colby, P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Millisecond Autothermal Steam Reforming of Cellulose for Synthetic Biofuels by Reactive Flash Volatilization," Accepted.

Presentations

P.J. Dauenhauer, J.L. Colby, L.D. Schmidt, "Reactive Flash Volatilization of Nonvolatile Carbohydrates for Synthesis Gas," American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 4-9, 2007.

P.J. Dauenhauer, B.J. Dreyer, J.L. Colby, L.D. Schmidt, "Millisecond Catalytic Conversion of Nonvolatile Carbohydrates for Sustainable Fuels," American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007.

P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Catalytic Reforming of Biomas and Bio-derived Compounds," Virent, Inc. Madison, WI, June 16, 2007.

D.C. Rennard, P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Bioesters to yield Syngas and Olefins," North American Catalysis Society Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, June 17-22, 2007.

P.J. Dauenhauer, L.D. Schmidt, "Autothermal Reforming of Renewable Feedstocks," American Chemical Society (ACS) Central Regional Meeting, Frankenmeuth, MI, May 16-20, 2006.

P.J. Dauenhauer, J.R. Salge, L.D. Schmidt, "Renewable Hydrogen from Carbohydrates by Autothermal Reforming," Corn Utilization and Technology Conference, Dallas, TX, June 7-8, 2006.

Patents

"Reactive Flash Volatilization of Fluid Fuels" L.D. Schmidt, P.J. Dauenhauer, B.J. Dreyer, U.S. Patent Pending.  Application # 60/893,080.

"System and Method for Volatilizing Solid Fuels to Produce Synthesis Gas" L.D. Schmidt, P.J. Dauenhauer, B.J. Dreyer, N.J. Degenstein, U.S. Patent Pending. Application #60/893,072.