[Iefac.list] Handbook of Bioenergy

[Sandra D. Eksioglu]

Dear Colleagues,

We are editing a Handbook of Bioenergy to be published by Springer in
the summer of 2015 as a part of their Energy Systems series.  The
objective of this handbook is to present recent advancements on
optimization and simulation models and tools developed to optimize the
economic, environmental and social impact of bioenergy. Our motivation
for editing this handbook is the increasing interest of our community on
bioenergy. A number of sections organized by the Energy, Natural
Resources and the Environment Section of INFORMS during recent Annual
Meetings or during the most recent EURO INFORMS were focused on
bioenergy. Similarly, the most recent IIE Annual Conference and
International IIE Conference hosted a number of sections on bioenergy.
This is a reflection of the increasing awareness about energy security
and environment.

We would like to invite you to contribute an article for this handbook.
The articles should be expository, but of scholarly treatment, including
whatever history and background seems appropriate, a review of the
state-of-the-art thinking relative to the topic, as well as a discussion
of unsolved problems that are of special interest. Specialists in the
field as well as uninformed readers should find the article stimulating
and helpful. The following is a list of topics of interest. Other
related work is welcome.

I. Optimizing biomass transportation costs 
II. Optimizing the supply chain design and management of bioenergy
plants
        a. Deterministic supply chain design and management models
        b. Stochastic supply chain models
        c. Simulation-optimization models
        d. Reliable bioenergy plant location models 
III. Optimizing corn-ethanol and cellulosic-ethanol production systems 
IV. Optimizing biodiesel production systems 
V.  Optimizing biomass co-firing systems 
VI. Carbon footprint analysis of bioenergy
         a. Evaluating carbon footprint of ethanol
        b. Designing cost and environmentally friendly biofuel supply
chains 
VII.  Evaluating the impact of bioenergy on land use, economy and social
welfare 
VIII. Bioenergy life-cycle cost and emission analysis

The following is a timeline for the handbook. Each article will be
reviewed by at least two referees.

Submission deadline:    March 1, 2014
Publication date:       Summer 2015

Please let us know if you are interested in contributing to the book by
sending us a tentative title. Tentative title due: October 1, 2013. All
correspondence related to the book should be sent to Dr. Sandra D.
Eksioglu (sde47 at ise.msstate.edu). Do not hesitate to contact us if you
have any questions.

With best regards,

Sandra D. Eksioglu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Industrial & Systems Eng.
Mississippi State University

Steffen Rebennack, PhD
Assistant Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Division of Economics and Business

Panos M. Pardalos, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Director, CAO
Department of Industrial & Systems Eng.
University of Florida