June 20, 2008

Bruce E. Logan: More Applied Research

"It's fabulous. In a word, really, it's fabulous," says Bruce E. Logan, of his Kaust grant. The professor of environmental engineering at Pennsylvania State University's main campus works to produce energy using bacteria culled from wastewater or biomass.

The grant will allow him to do research with a more applied focus than he has typically been able to. Most research grants available, he says, emphasize basic scientific questions. On grant applications, he has received criticism that