Research Update

A beaker of water forms a hot water bath for my samples during enzymatic hydrolysis.

These last few weeks I have been preparing to perform my experiment and then actually going through with it.

Thus far, I have been highly successful in performing measurements to keep track of the sample's progress. The only negative aspect of these measurements is that I run through my digital glucose strips ridiculously fast.

While some times have been successful, I have not been lucky in the time aspect. The process of making Cellulosic Ethanol has taken days of constant activity to get to this point, but it will be worth the wait.

During this update, you will see the picture of the test samples in the top right, but why is that one sample so darkly colored? This question has boggled my mind. I have ruled out that it was a high glucose concentration, but I still don't know what causes it.

I will finish my first batch of ethanol by Tuesday at the quickest, but I still have a whole other batch to make using Phragmites reed.