Researchers within the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Bagley College of Engineering at Mississippi, and other units at Mississippi State are investigating ways of converting biomass to various renewable energy forms. One major research thrust is to gasify biomass to produce a synthesis gas (syngas) which is then converted to chemical products such as ethanol in a bioreactor. The figure below illustrates the conversion process that is being investigated. We have projects in Feedstock Development, Gasification, Bioreactor Fermentation, and System Economics. Research at MSU is funded by the USDA and DoE.