Dr. Benjamin D. Ballard


	School of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Renewable Energy
Training Center

Faculty/Staff

Name: Dr. Benjamin D. Ballard

Title(s): Director, Renewable Energy Training Center
Assistant Professor, Renewable Energy

Phone: (315) 684-6780 (voice)
Fax: (315) 684-6125
Location(s): Teaching: 323 Crawford Hall (Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 2:30-3:30 p.m.), Research: 105 Dairy Complex

E-mail: ballarbd@morrisville.edu
Web: http://people.morrisville.edu/~ballarbd/index.htm

Teaching
Current Semester Teaching (Fall 2008):	RENG 305 Renewable Energy Systems - Tues/Thurs 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. in 207 Bicknell Hall (students enrolled in this courses may access course material on-line using WebCT - Click Here for an Intro. to WebCT)
Previous Semester Teaching (Spring 2008):	RENG 102 Renewable Energy Resources
Program Interests:	Renewable Energy Training Center, Center for Liquid Biofuels, Gasification, Biogas, Wind Energy, Hydro, Solar

Outreach Materials:	Woodgas Camp Stoves ("How to...")

	Download stove instructions (full color ~3MB PDF) Download stove instructions (suitable for grayscale printing, ~3MB)

Demonstration & Research
Ongoing Projects:	Production of On-farm Lipid Oil and Meal Supplement from Algae (NYFVI) On-farm wind energy: MSC's 10 kW Bergey Excel wind turbine Combined Heat & Power via manure-to-biogas: MSC's anaerobic digester
Research Interests:	Biofuels, Biomass, Algae, Biodiesel, Vegetation Management,...