International Journal of Biological Engineering

International Journal of Biological Engineering is an international peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal publishing original scientific research in all fields of biological pharmacy. Original research work that contributes significantly to further the scientific knowledge in biological pharmacy will be appreciated.

Jiacheng Shen

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Biological Engineering

Engineer, Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, US Department Of Agriculture, USA

Research Areas

Renewable Energy Production, Greenhouse Gas Emission, Wastewater Treatment and Air Pollution

Education

2008Ph.DBiological Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA
2005M.ScChemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
2003M.ScEnvironmental Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada
1986B.ScChemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China

Experience

2010-presentResearch engineer in agricultural research service, US department of agriculture
2009-2010 Post doctor in Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside
2006-2008Ph.D. student and Research assistant, Department of Biological Systems, Engineering of Virginia Tech.
2003-2005Graduate student and research assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
2001-2003Graduate student and Research assistant, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada
1997-1999Visiting scholar and Research assistant, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, USA

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Jiacheng Shen* and Charles E. Wyman. Application of a reaction model to improve calculation of the sugar recovery standard for sugar analysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2011. In press (available on line DOI: 10.1002/bit.23277).
[2]  Jiacheng Shen* and Charles E. Wyman. Hydrochloric acid-catalyzed levulinic acid formation from cellulose: data and kinetic model to maximize yields. AIChE Journal 2011. In press. (available on line DOI 10.1002/aic.12556).
[3]  Jiacheng Shen* and Charles E. Wyman. A novel mechanism and kinetic model to explain enhanced experimental xylose yields for dilute sulfuric acid compared to hydrothermal pretreatment of corn stover. Bioresource Technology, 102(19), 9111-9120, 2011. (DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.001).
[4]  Jae, G Tompsett, YC Lin, T Carlson, JC Shen, TY Zhang, B Yang, CE Wyman, WC Conner, and G Huber*. Depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass to fuel precursors: maximizing carbon efficiency by combining hydrolysis with pyrolysis. Energy & Environmental Science 3(3) 358-365, 2010.
[5]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. Ethanol production from the mixture of cotton gin west and recycled paper sludge by semi-simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 34(1): 33-43, 2010. (DOI 10.1007/s00449-010-0444-4).
[6]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. Modeling semi-simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of ethanol production from Cellulose. Biomass and Bioenergy 34(8): 1098-1107, 2010.
[7]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. The operable modeling of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of ethanol production from cellulose. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 160(3) 665-681, 2010.
[8]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. The optimization of enzyme loading and hydrolytic time in the hydrolysis of the mixtures of cotton gin waste and recycled paper sludge for the maximum profit rate. Biochemical Engineering Journal 41: 241-250, 2008.
[9]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. Kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of steam exploded cotton gin waste. Chemical Engineering Communications 195:9: 1107-1121, 2008.
[10]  Jiacheng Shen and Zdravko Duvnjak*. Adsorption kinetics of cupric and cadmium ions on corncob particles. Process Biochemistry 40: 3446-3454, 2005.
[11]  Jiacheng Shen and Zdravko Duvnjak*. A reversible surface reaction model with an effectiveness factor and its application to sorption kinetics of cupric ions on corncob particles. Separation and Purification Technology 44: 69-77, 2005.
[12]  Jiacheng Shen and Zdravko Duvnjak*. Effects of temperature and pH on adsorption isotherms for cupric and cadmium ions in their single and binary solutions using corncob particles as adsorbent. Separation Science and Technology 39: 3023-3041, 2004.
[13]  Jiacheng Shen and Zdravko Duvnjak*. Adsorption isotherms for cupric and cadmium ions on corncob particles. Separation Science and Technology 40: 1461-1481, 2004.
[14]  JC Shen, AD Ebner, and JA Ritter*. Points of zero charge and intrinsic equilibrium constants of silica-magnetite composite oxides. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 214 (2): 333-343, 1999.
[15]  Jiacheng Shen*. The treatment of the wastewater of rinsed oil in the paint factory using coagulation and adsorption, Chongqing Environmental Science 15(1): 12-15, 1993 (in Chinese).
[16]  Jiacheng Shen*. The treatment of wastewater of high phenol concentration by using diphenyl oxide as an extracting agent. Journal of SIUCEP 3: 57-62, 1993 (in Chinese).
[17]  Jiacheng Shen et al. A study on the solubility of carbon dioxide in dimethylformamide under superatmospheric pressures. Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering 39(6): 716-722, 1988 (in Chinese).
[18]  JC Shen*, AB Leytem, RS Dungan, DL Bjorneberg, and AC Koehn. Modeling methane emission rate from dairy wastewater base on change of chemical oxygen demand and kinetics of natural anaerobic digestion.
[19]  JC Shen*, AB Leytem, RS Dungan, DL Bjorneberg, and AC Koehn. A mechanistic model of ammonia emission from manure of dairy farms including enzyme and chemical kinetics and convective mass transfer.
[20]  JC Shen*, AB Leytem, RS Dungan, DL Bjorneberg, and AC Koehn. Novel fed-batch and continuous mechanistic models of ammonia emission from manure and wastewater of dairy farms.
[21]  Jiacheng Shen* and Foster A. Agblevor. Ethanol production from the mixture of cotton gin west and recycled paper sludge by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. National beltwide cotton conference, Nashville, TN, Jan. 9-11, 2008.
[22]  Jiacheng Shen and Charles E. Wyman. An analytical solution of intrinsic kinetics for acid-catalyzed levulinic acid formation from cellulose. Accepted by ASABE 2011 annual meeting.
[23]  Yi Jin, Jiacheng Shen, Jian Shi, Mirvat Ebrik, and Charles Wyman. Modeling for Identification of Operating Strategies for Continuous Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation (cSSF). 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010.
[24]  Jiacheng Shen, Vu Nguyen and Charles E. Wyman. Estimation of the effect of enzyme costs on enzyme loadings and sugar yields that maximum profitability of ethanol production. 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Clearwater Beach, FL, April 20, 2010.
[25]  Deepti Tanjore, Jiacheng Shen, Jian Shi, and Charles E. Wyman. High severity pretreatment methods to improve fuel yields. 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals. Clearwater Beach, FL, April 20, 2010.
[26]  Jiacheng Shen, Bin Yang, and Charles E. Wyman. Levulinic and formic acid production from cellulose via hydrochloric acid catalysis. AIChE annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, 2009.
[27]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. Ethanol production from mixture of cotton gin waste and recycled paper sludge. ASABE annual meeting, Reno, Nevada, June 21-24, 2009.
[28]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. Effect of microbial inoculation time in hydrolysis and fermentation on ethanol production from cellulose. ASABE annual meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, June 29-July 2, 2008.
[29]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. Simulation of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of ethanol production from cellulose by an operable model. Spring National AIChE Meeting, New Orleans, LA. April 6-10, 2008.
[30]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. Ethanol production from the mixture of cotton gin west and recycled paper sludge by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. National beltwide cotton conference, Nashville, TN, Jan. 9-11, 2008.
[31]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. A two-parameter model of hydrolysis of insoluble substrate based on deactivation of enzyme and its application for hydrolysis of cotton gin waste. ASABE annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. June 17-20, 2007.
[32]  Jiacheng Shen and Foster A. Agblevor. The hydrolytic kinetics of the mixtures of cotton gin waste and recycled paper sludge. ASABE annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. June 17-20, 2007.
[33]  Jiachng Shen and Zdravko Duvnjak. Effects of temperature and pH on adsorption isotherms for cupric and cadmium ions in their single and binary solutions using corncob particles as adsorbent. Paper 377b. AIChE annual meeting, Austin, Texas, Nov. 7-12, 2004.
[34]  Jiacheng Shen. An adsorption kinetics and the effect of temperature of cobalt on silica, 16th Eastern Regional conference, Ottawa, ON. Nev. 17, 2000.
[35]  JA Ritter, AD Ebner, and JC Shen. Development of a novel magnetite-silica gel composite adsorbent for metal ion adsorption. Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society 214: 93-IEC Part 1 Sep. 7, 1997.