Research articles in refereed journals

1. Nehru Chevanan, Alvin R. Womac, Venkata S.P. Bitra, C. Igathinathane, Yuechuan T. Yang, Petre I. Miu, Shahab Sokhansanj. 2010. Bulk density and compaction behavior of knife mill chopped switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover. Bioresource Technology 101(1):207-214.      (pdf-link)
2. Venkata S.P. Bitra, Alvin R. Womac, C. Igathinathane, Petre I. Miu, Yuechuan T. Yang, David R. Smith, Nehru Chevanan, Shahab Sokhansanj. 2009. Direct measures of mechanical energy for knife mill size reduction of switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover. Bioresource Technology 100(24):6578-6585.      (pdf-link)
3. Venkata S.P. Bitra, Alvin R. Womac, Yuechuan T. Yang, C. Igathinathane, Petre I. Miu, Nehru Chevanan, Shahab Sokhansanj. 2009. Knife mill operating factors effect on switchgrass particle size distributions. Bioresource Technology 100(21):5176-5188.      (pdf-link)
4. Venkata S.P. Bitra, Alvin R. Womac, Nehru Chevanan, Petre I. Miu, C. Igathinathane, Shahab Sokhansanj, David R. Smith. 2009. Direct mechanical energy measures of hammer mill comminution of switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover and analysis of their particle size distributions. Powder Technology 193(1):32-45.      (pdf-link)
5. Nehru Chevanan, Alvin R. Womac, Venkata S.P. Bitra, Daniel C. Yoder, Shahab Sokhansanj. 2009. Flowability parameters for chopped switchgrass, wheat straw, and corn stover. Powder Technology 193(1):79-86.      (pdf-link)
6. C. Igathinathane, L.O. Pordesimo, A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj. 2009. Hygroscopic moisture sorption kinetics modeling of corn stover and its fractions. Transactions of the ASABE 25(1):65-73.      (pdf-link)
7. C. Igathinathane, A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, S. Narayan. 2009. Size reduction of high- and low-moisture corn stalks by linear knife grid system. Biomass and Bioenergy 33:547-557.      (pdf-link)
8. C. Igathinathane, A.R. Womac, L.O. Pordesimo, S. Sokhansanj. 2008. Mold appearance and modeling on selected corn stover components during moisture sorption. Bioresource Technology 99:6365-6371.      (pdf-link)
9. C. Igathinathane, A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, S. Narayan. 2008. Knife grid size reduction to pre-process packed beds of high- and low-moisture switchgrass. Bioresource Technology 99(7):2254-2264.      (pdf-link)
10. C. Igathinathane, A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, L.O. Pordesimo. 2007. Moisture sorption thermodynamic properties of corn stover fractions. Transactions of the ASABE 50(6): 2151-2160.     (pdf-link)
11. X.P. Ye, J. Julson, M. Kuo, A. Womac, D. Myers. 2007. Properties of medium density fiberboards made from renewable biomass. Bioresource Technology 98(5):1077-1084.     (pdf-link)
12. X. Ye, S. Wang, R. Raun, J. Qi, A.R. Womac, C.J. Doona. 2006. Water mobility and mold susceptibility of engineered wood products. Transactions of the ASABE 49(4): 1159-1165.      (pdf-link)
13. C. Igathinathane, A. R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, L. O. Pordesimo. 2006. Mass and Moisture Distribution in Above-ground Components in Standing Corn Plants. Transactions of the ASABE 49(1): 97-106.      (pdf-link)
14. M. Yu, A.R. Womac, C. Igathinathane, P. D. Ayers, M.J. Buschermohle. 2006. Switchgrass ultimate stresses at typical biomass conditions available for processing. Biomass and Bioenergy 30(3): 214-219.      (pdf-link)
15. A.R. Womac, C. Igathinathane, S. Sokhansanj, L. O. Pordesimo. 2005. Biomass Moisture Relations of an Agricultural Field Residue: Corn Stover. Transactions of the ASAE 48(6): 2073-2083.      (pdf-link)
16. C. Igathinathane, A.R. Womac, S. Sokhansanj, L. O. Pordesimo. 2005. Sorption Equilibrium Moisture Characteristics of Selected Corn Stover Components. Transactions of the ASAE 48(4): 1449-1460.      (pdf-link)