Braden Crowe, B.S., Staff Chemical Engineer, graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2010 and worked at DOE PNNL for two years with Dr. Michael Huesemann. There he helped develop and validate a model to predict microalgae growth in outdoor raceways. His experience includes setup and operation of pilot-scale microalgae raceways in Arizona, lipid analysis by GC-FID/MS, and the design and construction of novel bioreactor systems, including the programming of control systems. In previous employment, he developed energy audits, facility maintenance plans, hazard and operability studies, and piping and instrumentation

Education and Training:

2010, B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara

Experience         

2013 – Present Chemical Engineer, MicroBio Engineering, San Luis Obispo            

2013 – 2018 Research Engineer, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo                      

2010 – 2013 Post-Bachelors Research Assoc., PNNL Marine Sc. Lab, Sequim, WA

Publications and Key Presentation:

Crowe, B., Harmon, V., McGowen, J., Lane, T., Knoshaug, E., Dempster,…, Pienkos, P. (2018, June). Moving the Needle: Identifying factors that drive changes in productivity from the ATP3 field trials. Oral presentation at the 8th annual meeting of the International Algal Biomass Biofuels & Bioproducts, Seattle, WA.

Huesemann, M., Williams, P., Edmundson, S., Chen, P., Kruk, R., Cullinan, V., ... & Lundquist, T. (2017). The laboratory environmental algae pond simulator (LEAPS) photobioreactor: Validation using outdoor pond cultures of Chlorella sorokiniana and Nannochloropsis salina. Algal research, 26, 39-46.

Huesemann, M., Dale, T., Chavis, A., Crowe, B., Twary, S., Barry, A., ... & Cullinan, V. (2017). Simulation of outdoor pond cultures using indoor LED-lighted and temperature-controlled raceway ponds and Phenometrics photobioreactors. Algal research, 21, 178-190.

Crowe, B., Kelley, J., Leader, S., Spierling, R., Hutton, M., Blackwell, S.,…, Lundquist, T. (2017, June). Wastewater algal and bacterial solids as biofuel precursors: Variations in biochemical composition. Oral presentation at the 7th annual meeting of the International Algal Biomass Biofuels & Bioproducts, Miami, FL.

Huesemann, M., Wigmosta, M., Crowe, B., Waller, P., Chavis, A., Hobbs, S., ... & Coleman, A. (2016). Estimating the Maximum Achievable Productivity in Outdoor Ponds Microalgae Biomass Growth Modeling and Climate Simulated Culturing. In Microalgal Production for Biomass and High-Value Products (pp. 113-137). CRC Press.

Huesemann, M., Crowe, B., Waller, P., Chavis, A., Hobbs, S., Edmundson, S., & Wigmosta, M. (2016). A validated model to predict microalgae growth in outdoor pond cultures subjected to fluctuating light intensities and water temperatures. Algal Research, 13, 195-206.

Huesemann, M. H., Van Wagenen, J., Miller, T., Chavis, A., Hobbs, S., & Crowe, B. (2013). A screening model to predict microalgae biomass growth in photobioreactors and raceway ponds. Biotechnology and bioengineering, 110(6), 1583-1594.

Crowe, B., Attalah, S., Agrawal, S., Waller, P., Ryan, R., Van Wagenen, J., ... & Huesemann, M. (2012). A comparison of Nannochloropsis salina growth performance in two outdoor pond designs: conventional raceways versus the ARID pond with superior temperature management. International Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2012.