User:Irene Darku

Contact Info


239 Agric. Engr. Bldg. University Park PA 16802
 * Irene Dzidzor Darku
 * Penn State University
 * U.S.A.
 * Email me through OpenWetWare e-mail

I am currently pursuing a PhD program in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Penn State University. My career goal is to be a Bioenergy Engineering Consultant as well as a professor. So you can guess what my research interest would be. I am currently working on butanol production from lignocellulosic materials, with Prof. Richard Tom as my advisor.

Education

 * 2007-, PhD (pending), Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA
 * 2004, MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University, UK
 * 2002, BSc in Agricultural Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana

Research interests

 * 1) Sustainable Biofuels and Bioenergy
 * 2) AgroWaste Utilization
 * 3) Sustainable Development

Publications
• Darku, I. D and K. Essien. 2009. Book review: Oil, Democracy, and the Promise of True Federalism in Nigeria. African and Asian Studies, Vol. 8 (3): 338-340

• Darku, I.D. 2005. Exploring the Potential of Oil Palm Fiber as a Clean Solid Fuel to Meet Local Energy Needs in Ghana in Hunger without Frontiers; Proceedings of the 2nd West Africa Society of Agricultural Engineering International Conference on Agricultural Engineering, September 20 -24, 2004, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST), Ghana, Pg 447 – 461. Design Press: KNUST, Ghana.