Rebecca Ong
@rebecca_g_ong
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Yooper chemical engineer - passionate about developing a sustainable bioeconomy and fostering a love of learning in my students.
Houghton, MI
Joined May 2017
Hot off the presses!! How does drought affect biofuel production from switchgrass grown on non-arable cropland? Read our paper to find out! @GLBioenergy @doescience @GCB_Bioenergy
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@HGraceSchmitz That look says - “That is ridiculous. This supposed “weight” is only my gorgeous fluff.”
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Apply to be my colleague! We have amazing students and are in a beautiful location.
We would love to have you join our adventurous and creative community of faculty, staff, and students. Multiple tenure-track positions are available at Michigan Tech. Apply at
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@DrEmmaBrace @BCHCEngineering I love that most of them show collaboration as part of engineering!!
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@cjbarr_phd I know! He didn't just use gibberish math but went to the trouble to find actual hydrodynamic equations.
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In other news - I was reading a children's book at the library and was startled to find the Navier-Stokes equation. The giddiness was real. 😍 Pretty impressed with illustrator Jim Field. #FluidDynamics "Rabbit & Bear - A Bite in the Night", if you're interested.
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@beccaharmon24 Navier Stokes Equation! I love laminar flow videos Taylor-Couette flow Shear flow
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SFO has an automated fluidized bed torrefier and I am perturbed that I cannot try it because my flight is too early. Plus I want some coffee. #ChemEngProblems
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RT @guido_meijer: I was watching Lord of the Rings last night and realized there are many parallels with academia! A thread 🧵👇
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Officially on sabbatical!! Excited for what the year will bring.
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Disclaimer - I think this is project sounds very interesting. But it sure does sound like the setup for a disaster movie.
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@upnorthlive US 10 (Clare) but the Thumb does not count as Up North. Where the forests really begin - dense green on the map.
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It was such an honor to talk with Meg & Michelle for Season 2 of the Propelling Women in Power podcast. you can check out all the amazing episodes here: #WomeninSTEM @GLBioenergy @mtuchemeng
We sat down with @rebecca_g_ong, @GLBioenergy researcher & @mtu_engineering professor, to talk her childhood love plants to her groundbreaking research converting them into #biofuels, and advice for future #WomenInSTEM. Listen anywhere you find podcasts:
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