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Collection Summary
Identifier
UA 53.46
Title
William Gibbons Papers
Creator
Gibbons, William Ray
Dates
1970-2012
Extent
2.0 linear feet [2 Paige boxes], includes photographs, negatives, slides, and transparencies
Language
English
Repository
South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota
Access Note
This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The material in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Preferred Citation
Name of item. William Gibbons Papers, UA 53.46. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota
Abstract
Dr. William Gibbons is an industrial microbiologist and his research interests are in exploiting microbes to develop value added products from biomass and agricultural materials. This has included developing fuels and chemicals from biomass as replacements for petroleum-based products. The collection is composed of materials related to Gibbon’s research on developing fuels and chemicals from biomass as replacements for petroleum-based products. Included is article reprints, manuscripts, correspondence, clippings and photographs.
Biographical Note
William Ray (Bill) Gibbons was born on January 5, 1958 in Winner, South Dakota. He graduated from Brookings High School in 1976. He attended South Dakota State University from 1980 to 1987. He obtained a B.S in Microbiology and Chemistry in 1980, a M.S. in Microbiology in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Agronomy in 1987.
In 1987, he began his career as an Assistant Professor in the Biology and Microbiology Department at South Dakota State University. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1991 and Professor in 1997. He has served as Associate Director of the Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development, Director of the South Dakota Oilseed Initiative, and Interim Director of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station
His research focuses on applied microbiology and biotechnology, specifically in in exploiting microbes to develop value added products from biomass and agricultural materials. This included developing fuels and chemicals from biomass as replacements for petroleum-based products. His research activities and leadership roles have included collaborations with regional universities and federal labs, including: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, North Dakota State University, University of Minnesota, many other universities and the USDA National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research. Gibbons has conducted all of his research within the university environment, always integrating research with teaching.
His honors include: SDSU Microbiology Club Teacher of the Year (1990); Golden Key Honorary Member (2003); College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Dean’s Team award for developing a Center for Excellence in Bioprocessing (2006); College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Distinguished Researcher of the Year (2007); Gamma Sigma Delta Researcher of the Year, and Pat and Jo Cannon Intellectual Property Commercialization Award (2011 and 2012); and the F.O. Butler Award for Excellence in Research (2014).
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Contents Note
This collection is composed of materials related to Dr. Gibbon’s research on developing fuels and chemicals from biomass as replacements for petroleum-based products. The bulk of the collection is article reprints, manuscripts, correspondence, and other material related to articles Gibbons submitted to scholarly journals. The clippings files consist of newspaper and magazine articles about ethanol and ethanol production. The photographs are mainly made up of ethanol and fermentation plants and equipment. Also included are manuscripts of Gibbon’s M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation.
Key Words
- Gibbons, William Ray
- Alcohol as fuel
- Biomass energy
- Ethanol as fuel
Administration Information
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Researchers conducting extensive research are asked to make an advance appointment to access archival material. Please call or e-mail prior to visiting the collection and indicate as much detail as possible about a particular topic and intended use.
South Dakota State University supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted as a result of their fragile condition or by contractual agreements with donors.
Copyright Notice
Copyright restrictions apply in different ways to different materials. Many of the documents and other historical materials in the Archives are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. There are other materials in the Archive carrying a copyright interest and must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Archive issues a warning concerning copyright restrictions to every researcher who requests copies of documents. Although the copyright law is under constant redefinition in the courts, it is ultimately the responsibility of the researcher to properly use copyrighted material.
Container List
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Box | Folder | Description | Date(s) |
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1 | 1 | Alcohol Fuel From Fodder Beets: Economic Feasibility of a Small-Scale Plant, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin B699 | 1986 |
1 | 2 | Alcohol Fuels From Farm Crops [30 color slides] | 1979-1982, undated |
1 | 3 | Alcohol Production Energy Analysis by Scott Stampe | 1980 |
1 | 4 | Alternative Crops for Ethanol Production: Agronomic, Processing, and Economic Considerations | 1984 |
1 | 5 | America Through Renewable Fuels [Power Point Presentations] | 2008 |
1 | 6 | Batch and Continuous Solid-Phase Fermentation of Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers | 1988-1989 |
1 | 7 | Button Mushroom Production in Synthetic Compost Derived From Agricultural Waster | 1991 |
1 | 22 | Cellulosic Ethanol Roundtable: American Coalition for Ethanol, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 29, 2008 | 2008 |
1 | 12 | Clippings | 2003 |
1 | 13 | Clippings | 2004 |
1 | 14 | Clippings | 2005 |
1 | 15 | Clippings | 2006 |
1 | 16 | Clippings | 2007 |
1 | 17 | Clippings | 2008 |
1 | 18 | Clippings | 2009 |
1 | 19 | Clippings | 2010 |
1 | 20 | Clippings | 2011 |
1 | 21 | Clippings | 2012 |
1 | 9 | Clippings | 1970-1979 |
1 | 10 | Clippings | 1980-1989 |
1 | 11 | Clippings | 1990-1999 |
1 | 8 | Clippings | undated |
1 | 23 | Cofermentation of Sweet Sorghum Juice and Grain for Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distillers' Wet Grain | 1988-1989 |
1 | 25 | Community-Scale Fuel Alcohol: Costs in Production Part 5 | 1983 |
1 | 24 | Community-Scale Fuel Alcohol: Costs-in Production Part 2 | 1983 |
1 | 27 | Continuous, Farm-Scale, Solid-Phase Fermentation Process for Fuel Ethanol and Protein Feed Production from Fodder Beets | 1984 |
1 | 26 | Contribution of the Ethanol Industry to the Economy of the United States by John M. Urbanchuk | 2006 |
1 | 28 | Corn Utilization and Technology Conference | 2004 |
1 | 29 | Correspondence | 1989-2011, undated |
1 | 30 | Costs Associated with Producing Alcohol in a Community-Scale Fuel Alcohol Plant | 1983 |
1 | 31 | Data and Calculations for Dobbs, Gibbons, Habash, Westby Fodder Beets Paper | 1986-1987, undated |
2 | 30 | Decade of Ethanol Production Research at South Dakota State University [Poster Presentation] | 1991 |
1 | 33 | Draft Testimony on Fuel Alcohol Tax Incentives for the Subcommittee on Oversight on Ways and Means U.S. House of Representatives, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, July 9, 1984, by Dr. Thomas L. Dobbs | 1984 |
1 | 32 | Draft Testimony on Fuel Alcohol Tax Incentives in the State of South Dakota for the South Dakota Legislature Study Committee on Agriculture | 1985 |
1 | 34 | Economic and Technical Conditions for Producing Fuel Alcohol from Fodder Beets: Feasibility Prospects | 1987-1988 |
1 | 35 | Economic Feasibility of Producing Fuel Alcohol from Fodder Beets in a Small-Scale Plant by Mohamed K. Habash | 1985 |
1 | 36 | Economic Feasibility of Small-Scale Fuel Alcohol Production with Corn as the Feedstock by Thomas Dobbs and Randy Hoffman | undated |
1 | 37 | Economic Impact of Ethanol Plants in South Dakota by Randall M. Stuefen | 2005 |
1 | 38 | Economic Impact of the Demand for Ethanol by Michael K. Evans | 1997 |
1 | 39 | Economic Prospects for Small-Scale Fuel Alcohol Production by Thomas Dobbs, Randy Hoffman, and Ardelle Lundeen | 1984 |
1 | 40 | Effect of Fodder Beet Cube Size on Ethanol Production via Diffusion Fermentation | 1987 |
1 | 41 | Effect of Pulp pH on Solid Phase Fermentation of Fodder Beets for Fuel Ethanol Production | 1986 |
1 | 43 | Effect of Sodium Meta Bisulfite on Diffusion Fermentation of Fodder Beets for Fuel Ethanol Production | 1986-1987 |
1 | 42 | Effects of Inoculum Size on Solid-Phase Fermentation of Fodder Beets for Fuel Ethanol Production | 1986 |
1 | 44 | Energy Analysis of Small Scale Ethanol Distillation by Scott Stampe | 1982 |
1 | 45 | Energy Balances and Costs of Plant Operation Under Various Conditions | 1981-1988, undated |
1 | 46 | Energy Consumption of a Farm-Scale Ethanol Distillation System by S. Stampe, R. Alcock, C. Westby, and T. Chisholm | 1983 |
1 | 47 | Energy Crisis Information Compiled by Ag Communications [Bibliography] | 1990 |
1 | 48 | Equipment Photographs | 1982 |
1 | 49 | Estimating the Net Energy Balance of Corn Ethanol | 1989-2002, undated |
1 | 50 | Ethanol Production and Fermentation Photographs | undated |
1 | 52 | Ethanol Production Energy Analysis by Scott Stampe and Tom Chisholm | 1981 |
1 | 53 | Ethanol, the Alternative Fuel for the Future, Jason Van't Hul Theme No. 4 | undated |
1 | 51 | Ethanol: Fundamentals of Production From Renewable Feedstocks and Use as a Transportation Fuel by Charles E. Wyman and Norman D. Hinman | 1990 |
1 | 54 | Farm and Forest Produced Alcohol: The Key to Liquid Fuel Independence; A Compendium of Papers Submitted to the Subcommittee on Energy of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States | 1980 |
1 | 55 | Farm-Scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distiller's Wet Grains from Corn and Corn-Whey Mixtures [Gibbons Thesis for Master of Science] | 1982 |
1 | 56 | Farm-Scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Wet Grain from Corn in Batch Processing | 1982 |
2 | 31 | Fermentation of Corn-Whey Mixtures [Transparent Charts] | undated |
2 | 32 | Fermentation Procedures and Flowcharts [Transparencies] | undated |
1 | 57 | Fermentation Time, Centrifugation Before Fermentation, Flow Charts Photographs | undated |
1 | 58 | Fodder Beet Fermentation Photographs and Graphs | undated |
1 | 59 | Fuel Alcohol Plant, Grain Bin and Mill, Plant Laboratory, Fermentation Tanks, Distillation Apparatus, and Geer Centrifuge Photographs | undated |
1 | 60 | Fuel Ethanol and Feed Byproduct Production from Fodder Beets Via Solis Phase and Diffusion Fermentation; Plant Science Graduate Seminar, October 18, 1985 | 1985 |
1 | 61 | Fuel Ethanol and High Protein Feed from Corn and Corn-Whey Mixtures in a Farm-Scale Plant | 1983 |
2 | 33 | Fuel Ethanol Production from Conventional Crops [Poster Presentation] | undated |
1 | 62 | Fuel Ethanol Research at South Dakota State University | 1978-1989 |
1 | 63 | Fuel Ethanol Update, National Corn Growers Association | 1990 |
1 | 64 | Fuel From Farms: A Guide to Small Scale Ethanol Production | 19803 |
1 | 65 | Graphs of Fodder Beet Size, Potassium Meta Bisulfite, and Sodium Meta Bisulfite Varying with Yeast/Bacterial Population Yield, Time to Maximum bacterial/Yeast Population and Ethanol Concentration Photographs | undated |
1 | 66 | Growing Mushroom Poster Display Photographs and Text | undated |
1 | 67 | In Search of the Ultimate Energy Source: Back to Square One [Essay 5] | undated |
1 | 68 | Intermediate-Scale, Semicontinuous Solid-Phase Fermentation Process for Production of Fuel Ethanol from Sweet Sorghum | 1986 |
1 | 69 | Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) | 1982 |
1 | 70 | New Horizons for South Dakota Corn by South Dakota Corn Utilization Council | undated |
2 | 1 | Phase 1 Tests: 8 and 12 Week Exposure Photographs [NaCl and water; Pekin Stillage; Fermented Pekin Stillage; Winnegabo Stillage] | 1996 |
2 | 5 | Potential Macroeconomic Impacts of an Ethanol Industry in Missouri by Donald L. Van Dyne | 1993 |
2 | 2 | Preventing Contamination During Diffusion Fermentation of Fodder Beet Cubes by pH Control | 1986-1988 |
2 | 3 | Processing Cereal Grains and Whey-Stillage to Fuel Ethanol in a Farm-Scale Plant | 1984 |
2 | 4 | Processing Cereal Grains, Thin Stillage, and Cheese Whey to Fuel Ethanol in a Farm-Scale Plant | 1987-1988 |
2 | 6 | Semicontinuous Diffusion Fermentation of Fodder Beets for Fuel Ethanol and Cubed Protein Feed Production | 1987 |
2 | 7 | Small-Scale Fuel Alcohol Production from Corn: Economic Feasibility Prospects | 1983 |
2 | 8 | Small-Scale Plant: Costs of Making Fuel Alcohol | 1982 |
2 | 9 | Sodium Meta Bisulfite and pH Tolerance of Pleurotus sajor caju Under Submerged Cultivation | 1992 |
2 | 10 | Solid Phase Fermentation of Fodder Beets for Ethanol Production: Effect of Grind Size | 1986 |
2 | 14 | South Dakota Farm and H9ome Research, Volume 34, Number 3 | 1983 |
2 | 11 | Status of the United Stated Ethanol Industry | undated |
2 | 12 | Summary of Remarks of Eric Vaughn, President, Renewable Fuels Association Before the Senate Committee on Finance, July 17, 1985 | 1985 |
2 | 13 | Summary of Second America's Sugar Trade and Ethanol Conference, Miami, Florida, November 12-13, 2007 | 2007 |
2 | 15 | Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets [Outline] | 1986 |
2 | 16 | Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets Part 1 [Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy] | 1986 |
2 | 17 | Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets Part 2 [Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy] | 1986 |
2 | 18 | Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets Part 3 [Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy] | 1986 |
2 | 19 | Technology and Economics of Commercial Scale Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets Part 4 [Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy] | 1986 |
2 | 20 | Technology and Economics of Ethanol Production from Fodder Beets Via Solid-Phase Fermentation | 1988 |
2 | 21 | Thesis: Additional Information [Outline, Tables, Approvals, Captions for Figures, etc.) | 1987, undated |
2 | 22 | Thesis: Negatives | undated |
2 | 23 | Thesis: Proposal | 1984 |
2 | 24 | Tour of South Dakota State University Fuel Alcohol Research Project Photographs | undated |
2 | 25 | Use of Corn and Corn Byproducts in Mushroom Cultivation | undated |
2 | 26 | Use of Potassium Meta Bisulfite to Control Bacterial Contaminants During Fermentation of Fodder Beet Cubes for Fuel Ethanol | 1986 |
2 | 27 | Walley Ceroson, Daschle's Office [handwritten notes, flowchart, tables, etc.] | undated |
2 | 28 | Wet Corn Distillers Grains in Lactating Dairy Cow Rations by D.J. Schingoethe, A.K. Clark, and H.H. Voelker | 1983 |
2 | 29 | Wet Milling Products | undated |