University of Louisville Magazine

Winter- Spring 2016

The University of Louisville Alumni Magazine: for alumni, faculty, staff, students and anyone that is a UofL Cardinal fan.

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4 6 | L O U I S V I L L E . E D U Students and costumed characters prepare for their visit to elementary schools. SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY SEEN ON CAMPUS Dental students, 'Tooth Fairy' educate children about proper oral hygiene During a time when children focus on candy and other sweet treats, UofL dental students along with costumed characters, including the 'Tooth Fairy,' made their annual visit to area elementary schools to teach proper brushing and f ossing techniques. About 3,500 children at Bowen, Cochrane, Coleridge Taylor, Jeffersontown, Kenwood and Okolona elementary schools learned how candy affects the decay process, and received a free toothbrush and toothpaste. The children also learned about dental careers as part of the program. Over the past 12 years, UofL dental students have visited 63 schools, 1,180 classrooms and 31,000 children through the freshman Halloween outreach project organized through the dental school, Family Youth Resource Center directors, and the Northwest Area Health Education Center. J.B. SPEED SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Conn Center working on wood-to-energy project The University of Louisville Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research formed a partnership with a South Carolina company to acceler- ate commercialization of a coal-like product made from wood and biomass materials. Greenville, South Carolina-based Integro Earth Fuels Inc. is the developer of NuCoal, a product made from sustainable wood waste that can be burned with or in place of coal by heat and power generators. The Conn Center, part of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, will establish research and development and pilot-scale production facilities to study the torrefaction and densif ca- tion of wood and agricultural biomass sources. Torrefaction is "roasting" wood to remove moisture and certain volatile compounds, leaving a bio-coal product. Densif cation of torref ed material is a step in making the product easier to make, store and ship. The UofL project is being funded, in part, by a $256,890 grant over two years to the Conn Center from the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities. In addition, the Conn Center is investing about $135,000 toward this effort. Integro also has signed a joint development agreement with UofL to provide funding to the Conn Center for a se- ries of projects. In the f rst, the company plans to provide the center with $80,000 worth of equipment to support research and development of the torrefaction process. A Cardinals snowman greets visitors to campus during a January snowstorm.

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