Dr. Czarena Crofcheck

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University of Kentucky
College of Agriculture
Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2007
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Mailing Address

212 CE Barnhart Building
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0276
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (859) 257-3000, ext. 212
Fax: (859) 257-5671
ccrofche@bae.uky.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, 2001.
M.S., University of Kentucky, Chemical Engineering, 1997.
B.S., Michigan State University, Chemical Engineering, 1994.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research emphasis at the University of Kentucky is in bioprocessing, specifically bioseparations of value-added proteins, and the conversion of biomass to chemicals and fuels.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Agricultural Engineering, Biological Engineering, Biomass Fuels, Bioprocessing, Biosystematics, Chemical Engineering.

Additional Terms:

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Downstream Processing, Product Recovery.

Memberships

Alpha Epsilon
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Gamma Sigma Delta
Institute of Biological Engineering
Omega Chi Epsilon

Honors and Awards

2007, Honorable Mention Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
2007, Early Career Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Agriculture Student Council
2006, Honorable Mention Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
2006, Henry Mason Lutes Award for Outstanding Engineering Education, College of Engineering
2006, Provost's Award for Outstanding Teaching Award (untenured), University of Kentucky
2006, Master Teacher Award, Gamma Sigma Delta

Previous Positions

2001-2007, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering
1997-2001, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Funding Received

  • Kentucky's Govenor's Office of Energy Policy: Construction of a Fixed Bed Reactor for Continuous Production of Biodiesel, $58,413, 2007 to 2008.
  • USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant Program: A Virtual Education Center for Biorenewable Resources: Building Capacity and Humanizing Distance-Education, $500,000 (for three, 2006 to 2009.
  • NSF-NER: Directed and Selective Self-Assembly of Nanosize Particles via Surface-Plasmon Excitation, $130,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Kentucky Rural Energy Consortium: Novel Catalytic Approaches for Bio-Oil Upgrading, $101,083, 2006 to 2007.
  • Kentucky Rural Energy Consortium: Development of an Ethanol Pilot Scale Facility to Evaluate the Effect of Collection, Storage, and Pretreatment of Corn Stover, $250,000, 2006 to 2007.
  • Kentucky's Govenor's Office of Energy Policy: Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Improved Biodiesel Production, $128,749, 2006 to 2007.
  • Special grant from USDA-CSREES to the University of Kentucky: Evaluation of High Fermentable Corn Hybrids in Kentucky, $57,912, 2005 to 2008.
  • Southeast State and Regional Partnership: Tours of Ethanol and Biodiesel Production Facilities and Users across Kentucky, $25,000, 2004 to 2005.
  • Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation: Utilization of Nickel Nanoparticles to Facilitate the Recovery of Histidine-tagged Proteins, $15,000, 2004 to 2005.
  • Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation: Monitoring the Bubble Size and Liquid Hold-up in a Foam Fractionation Column Using a Polarized Light Sensor, $15,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation: Mild Solvent Extraction of Wood Waste to Produce Value-Added Materials, $15,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • Center for Advanced Separation Technologies (DOE): Development of a Novel Optical Radiation Depolarization Technique for On-line Measurements of Particle and Bubble Sizes, $150,000, 2003 to 2004.
  • FIPSE/CAPES: Biosystems and agricultural engineering training - Consortium for sustainable plant and animal production systems, $204,000 (for six in, 2003 to 2008.
  • USDA/CREES: National Needs Graduate Fellowship for Bioprocessing Engineers, $207,000, 2003 to 2006.
  • Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation: Improved Recovery of Engineered Proteins from Tobacco Plant Extract, $56,000, 2002 to 2004.
  • University of Kentucky, Tobacco and Health Research Institute: Foam Fractionation of Engineered Proteins from Tobacco Plant Extract, $37,000, 2001 to 2002.

Publications

  • Swamy, J. N., C. Crofcheck, M. P. Mengüç (2007) A Monte Carlo Ray Tracing study of Polarized Light Propagation in Liquid Foams, J. Quant. Spectro. Radiative Transfer, 104, 277-287
  • Hawes, E.A., J.T. Hastings, C. Crofcheck, M.P. Mengüç (2007) Spectrally selective heating of nanosized particles by surface plasmon resonance and an atomic force microscopy tip, J. Quant. Spectro. Radiative Transfer, 104, 199-207
  • Duguid, K. B., M. D. Montross, C.W. Radtke, C. L. Crofcheck, S. A. Shearer, R.L. Hoskinson (2007) . Effect of Anatomical Fractionation on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Acid and Alkaline Pretreated Wheat Stover, Biomass and Bioenergy, 31 (8), 585-592
  • Crofcheck, C., M. D. Montross (2006) Evaluation of Fourier Transform Infrared Measurements of Glucose and Xylose in Biomass Hydrolyzate, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 22 (3), 415-420
  • Aslan, M. M., C. Crofcheck, D. Tao, M. P. Mengüç (2006) Evaluation of Micro-bubble Size and Gas Hold-up in Two-Phase Gas Liquid Columns via Scattered Light Measurements, J. Quant. Spectro. Radiative Transfer, 101, 527-539
  • Crofcheck, C., M. D. Montross, A. Berkovich, R. Andrews (2005) The Effect of Temperature on the Mild Solvent Extraction of White and Red Oak, Biomass and Bioenergy, 28 (6), 572-578
  • Crofcheck, C., J. Wade, J. N. Swamy, M. M. Aslan, M. P. Mengüç (2005) Effect of Fat and Casein Particles in Milk on the Scattering of Elliptically-Polarized Light, Trans. ASAE, 48 (3), 1147-1155
  • Montross, M. D. & C. L. Crofcheck, Effect of Stover Fraction and Storage Method on Glucose Production during Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Bioresource Technology, 92, 269-274, 2004
  • Crofcheck, C. L. and M. D. Montross, Effect of Stover Fraction on Glucose Production using Enzymatic Hydrolysis, Trans. ASAE, 47(3), 841-844, 2004
  • Carter, S. B., S. E. Nokes, and C. L. Crofcheck, The Influence of Environmental Temperature and Substrate Initial Moisture Content on Aspergillus niger Growth and Phytase Production in Solid-State Cultivation, Trans. ASAE, 47(3), 945-949, 2004
  • Crofcheck, C., I. Maiti, S. Pattanaik, M. Jay (2004) Effect of Ion and Surfactant Choice on the Recovery of a Histidine Tagged Protein from Tobacco Extract Using Foam Fractionation., Applied Biochem. Biotech., 119 (1), 79-92
  • Crofcheck, C. L., M. Loiselle, J. Weekley, I. Maiti, S. Pattanaik, P. M. Bummer, & M. Jay, Histidine Tagged Protein Recovery from Tobacco Extract by Foam Fractionation, Biotechnology Progress, 19(2), 680-682, 2003
  • Crofcheck, C. & K. Gillette, Evaluation of Foam Fractionation Column Scale-Up for Recovering a Model Protein, Transactions ASAE, 46(6), 1759-1764, 2003
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Payne, F.A. & Menguc, M.P, Characterization of Milk Properties Using Radiative Transfer model, Applied Optics, 2002
  • Corfcheck, C.L., Payne, F.A., Hicks, C.L., Menguc, M.P. & Nokes, S.E, Fiber Optic Sensor Response to High Levels of Fat in Cream, Transactions of the ASAE, 2002
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Payne, F.A., Hicks, C.L., Menguc, M.P. & Nokes, S.E, Fiber Optic Sensor Response to Low Levels of Fat in Skim Milk, Journal of food Process Engineering, 23, 163-175, 2000
  • Payne, F.A., Crofcheck, C.L., Nokes, S.E. & Kang, K.C, Light Backscatter of Milk Products for Transition Sensing Using Optical Fibers, Transactions of the ASAE, 42(6), 1771-1776, 1999
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Payne, F.A. & Nokes, S.E, Predicting the Cutting Time of Cottage Cheese Using Light Backscatter Measurements, Transactions of the ASAE, 42(4), 1039-1045, 1999
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Grosvenor, A.L., Anderson, K.W., Limpp, J.K., Scott, D.L. & Daunert, S, Detecting Biomolecules in Picoliter Vials Using Aequorin Bioluminescence, Anal. Chem, 69(23), 1997
  • Grosvenor, A.L., Crofcheck, C.L., Anderson, K.W., Scott, D.L. & Daunert, S, Calibration of Micropipets Using the Bioluminescent Protein Aequorin, Anal. Chem, 69(15), 1997
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Nelson, E.W., Jacobs, J.L. & Scranton, A.B, Temperature-Sensitive Luminescence of Tris Europium Chelates for Monitoring High-Speed Catonic Photopolymerizations, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Chemistry, 33(1735), 1995
  • Crofcheck, C.L., Nelson, E.W., Jacobs, J.L. & Scranton, A.B, Temperature-Sensitive Luminescence for Monitoring High-Speed Catonic Photopolymerizations, Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 50(72), 1995

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