Christopher T. Wright, Ph.D. Manager and Senior Research Engineer Research Areas:
Bioenergy Technologies Biography:
Dr. Christopher T. Wright is a manager and senior research engineer in the Idaho National Laboratory’s Radiological, Mechanical, and Subsurface Systems Department. He oversees research and development for the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management, National Nuclear Security Administration, Bioenergy Technologies and Geothermal Technologies Offices. He has experience with DOE programs including bio, wind, water, and geothermal energy, radiological environmental management, and sealed radiological source recovery with cross-cutting experience in remote handling and robotic systems. Wright has 11 years of research management experience with research programs that average between $15 and $20 million per year.
Wright is a strong advocate for national laboratory and university partnerships to strengthen research impacts and grow the workforce of the future. Wright is the current chair of the Industry Advisory Board for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at Utah State University. He leads efforts to provide guidance on department strategy, curriculum, staffing, and student engagement. Wright has sponsored collaborative research with senior design teams from multiple universities for the past 5 years.
Wright holds Doctorate, Master’s, and Bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and certificates from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business in High Performance Leadership and Essentials of Effective Management: The Psychology of Management. His personal research focused on applied fluid dynamics, thermal hydraulics, two-phase flow, solid mechanics, and modeling and simulation of these systems.
Wright hold two patents and has authored or co-authored over 65 papers in areas of flow visualization, computational fluid dynamics, biomechanics, biomass thermal treatment and supply logistics.
Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering - Utah State University
M.S., Mechanical Engineering - Utah State University B.S., Mechanical Engineering - Utah State University
Affiliations: Chair, Industry Advisory Board – 2015 - 2021 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Publications: Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (19)
Ren, L., K.G. Cafferty, M.S. Roni, J.J. Jacobson, G.H. Xie, C.T. Wright. 2015. Analyzing and Comparing Biomass Feedstock Supply Systems in China: Corn Stover and Sweet Sorghum Case Studies. Energies, 8, 5577-5597.
Yancey N.A, J.S. Tumuluru, and C.T. Wright. 2013. Drying, Grinding and Pelletization Studies on Raw and Formulated Biomass Feedstocks for Bioenergy Applications. Journal of Biobased Material and Bioenergy, 7(5), 549-558.
Argo, M.R., E.C.D. Tan, D Inman, M.H. Langholtz, L.M. Eaton, J.J. Jacobson, C.T. Wright, D.J. Muth, M.W. Wu, Y.W. Chiu, R.L. Graham. 2013. Investigation of Biochemical Biorefinery Sizing and Environmental Sustainability Impacts for Conventional Bale System and Advanced Uniform Biomass Logistics Designs. Journal of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining; 7, 282–302.
Yancey N.A., C.T. Wright, and T.L. Westover. 2013. Optimizing hammer mill performance through screen selection and hammer design, Biofuels, 4:1, 85-94.
Tumuluru, J.S., J.R. Hess, R.D. Boardman, C.T. Wright, and T.L. Westover. 2012. Formulation, Pretreatment, and Densification Options to Improve Biomass Specifications for Co-Firing High Percentages with Coal. Industrial Biotechnology, 8(3), 113-132.
Tumuluru, J.S., R.D. Boardman, and C.T. Wright. 2012. Response Surface Analysis of Elemental Composition and Energy Properties of Corn Stover during Torrefaction. Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy 2012, Vol. 6, No. 1.
Tumuluru, J.S., R.D. Boardman, and C.T. Wright, and J.R. Hess. 2012. Some Chemical Compositional Changes in Miscanthus and White Oak Sawdust Samples during Torrefaction. Energies, 5(10), 3928-3947.
Tumuluru, J.S., S. Sokhansanj, C.T. Wright, and T. Kremer. 2011. Analysis of Volatiles and Other Products from Biomass Torrefaction Process. Gas Chromatography/Book 3, Edited by Mustafa Ali Mohd, Intech Publishers, ISBN 979-953-307-737-5.
Dutta, A., M. Talmadge, J. Hensley, M. Worley, D. Dudgeon, D. Barton, P. Groenendijk, D. Ferrari, B. Stears, E. Searcy, C. Wright, J.R. Hess. 2012. Techno-Economics for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol by Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Vol. 31, No.2, pp. 182-190 (July 2012).
Tumuluru, J.S., C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess, and K.L. Kenney. 2011. A review of biomass densification systems to develop uniform feedstock commodities for bioenergy application. Biofules, Bioproducts, and Biorefining – Biofpr, 5(6), 683-707.
Tumuluru, J.S., S. Sokhansanj, J.R. Hess, C.T. Wright, and R.D. Boardman. 2011. A Review on Biomass Torrefaction Process and Product Properties for Energy Applications. Industrial Biotechnology, 7 (5): 384-401.
Hess, J.R., Kenney K.L., Wright C.T., R. Perlack, A. Turhollow. 2009. Corn Stover Availability for Biomass Conversion: Situation Analysis. Cellulose, 16:599-619. (Invited)
Houghton, T.P., D.M. Stevens, P.A. Pryfogle, C.T. Wright, C.W. Radtke. 2009. The Effect of Drying Temperature on the Composition of Biomass. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 153 4-10.
Wright, C.T, J.E. O’Brien, R.E. Spall. 2007. A new critical heat flux correlation for vertical water flow through multiple thin rectangular channels, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 51 (March): 1071-1084.
Hess, J.R., Wright C.T., Kenney K.L. 2007. Cellulosic Biomass Feedstocks and Logistics for Ethanol Production. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 1:181-190. (Invited)
Wright, C.T. 2005. Experimental Boiling Heat Transfer Study of Vertical Water Flow through Multiple Thin Rectangular Channels with Side-Vent Cross-Flow. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4130, December, 2005.
Wright, C.T., P.A. Pryfogle, N.A. Stevens, E.D. Steffler, J.R. Hess, T.H. Ulrich. 2005. Biomechanics of Wheat/Barley Straw and Corn Stover. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 121-124 (Spring): 5-19.
Hamman, K.D., R.L. Williamson, E.D. Steffler, C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess, and P.A. Pryfogle. 2005. Structural Analysis of Wheat Stems. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 121-124 (Spring): 71-80.
Wright, C.T. 2000. Experimental Study of the Structure of a Wingtip Vortex. Masters Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4130, May, 2000.
Peer-reviewed Conference Papers (8)
Tumuluru J.S., T. Kremer, C.T. Wright, R.D. Boardman. 2012. Proximate and ultimate compositional changes in corn stover during torrefaction using thermogravimetric analyzer and microwaves. The 2012 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Dallas, Texas - July 29 - August 1, 2012. Paper No. 121337398.
Tumuluru, J. S., Sokhansanj, S., Wright, C.T., Boardman, R.D. and Yancey, N.A. 2011. A review on biomass classification and composition, co-firing issues and pretreatment methods. The 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky - 7 August, 2011. Paper No. 1110458.
Tumuluru, J. S., Sokhansanj, S., Wright, C. T., Boardman, R. D. and Hess, R.J. 2011. Review on Biomass Torrefaction Process and Product properties and Design of Moving Bed Torrefaction System Model Development. The 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky - 7 August, 2011. Paper No. 1110459.
Yancey, N.A., Wright, C.T., Conner, C.C. and Tumuluru, J.S. 2011. Optimization of preprocessing and densification of sorghum stover at full scale operation. The 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky - 7 August, 2011. Paper No: 1110675.
Tumuluru, J.S., R.D. Boardman, C.T. Wright. 2010. Changes in Moisture, Carbon, Nitrogen, Sulphur, Volatiles, and Calorific Value of Miscanthus during Torrefaction. Proceedings of the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah 7 - 12 November, 2010. Paper No. 191880.
Yancey, N.A., C.T. Wright, C.C. Connor. 2010. Modifications to Fixed Cutter Grinders for Improved Capacity and Efficiency. The 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 20 - 23 June, 2010. Paper No. 10-09592.
Tumuluru, J.S., C.T. Wright, K.L. Kenney, J.R. Hess. 2010. A Technical Review on Biomass Processing: Densification, Preprocessing, Modeling and Optimization. The 2010 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 20 - 23 June, 2010. Paper No. 1009401.
Zirker, L.R., C.T. Wright, and R.D Hamelin. 2008. Applying SE Methods Achieves Project Success to Evaluate Hammer and Fixed Cutter Grinders Using Multiple Varieties and Moistures of Biomass Feedstock for Ethanol Production. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Symposium of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) held in Utrecht, Netherlands, June 15-19, 2008. Paper No. INCOSE 2008-371.
Conference Papers (14) Sokhansanj, S., J.S. Tumuluru, R.D. Boardman, C.T. Wright, J.H. Peng, J.C. Lim, X.T. Bi, B. Ghiasi, and S. Melin. 2011. Design Equation for Scaling Continuous Torrefaction. International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science held in Chicago, Illinois – September 28-30, 2011.
Yancey N., C.T. Wright, and J.S. Tumuluru. 2013. Effect of moisture on particle size and energy consumption during preprocessing. The 3013 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Kansas City, Missouri – July 21-24, 2013.
Tumuluru J.S., T. Kremer, N. Yancey, C.T. Wright, K.L. Kenney, R. McCulloch, and A. Yancey. 2013. Proximate, ultimate and energy properties of torrefied switchgrass. The 3013 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Kansas City, Missouri – July 21-24, 2013.
Tumuluru J.S., C.C. Conner, C.T. Wright. 2012. Studies on quality attributes of pellet made from high moisture corn stover. The 2012 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Dallas, Texas - July 29 - August 1, 2012. Paper No. 121337398.
Phanphanich, M., Wright C.T., Tumuluru, J. S. and Yancey, N.A. 2011. Impact of deep drying on particle size and shape characteristics of pulverized corn stover. The 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Louisville, Kentucky - 7 August, 2011. Paper No: 1111054.
Boardman, R.D., J.S. Tumuluru, C.T. Wright, G.L. Gresham. 2010. Methods for Determining Chemical Mechanisms of Biomass Torrefaction. Proceedings of the 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah; 7 - 12 November, 2010. Paper No.197543.
Yancey, N.A., C.T. Wright, C.C. Connor, J.R. Hess. 2009. Preprocessing Moist Lignocellulosic Biomass for Biorefinery Feedstocks. The 2009 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Reno, Nevada 21 - 24 June, 2009. Paper No. 095987.
Wright, C.T., P.A. Pryfogle, N.A. Stevens, J.R. Hess, K.L. Kenney, and C.W. Radtke. 2006. Value of Distributed Preprocessing of Biomass Feedstocks to a Bioenergy Industry. The 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Portland, Oregon 9 - 12 July 2006. Paper No. 066151.
Kenney, K.L., C.T. Wright, R.L Hoskinson, J.R. Hess, D.J. Muth Jr. 2006. Engineering High Fidelity Residue Separations for Selective Hervest. The 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Portland, Oregon 9 - 12 July 2006. Paper No. 066171.
Kenney, K.L., C.T. Wright, and K.M. Bryden. 2005. Virtual Engineering Approach to Developing Selective Harvest Technologies. The 2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting held in Tampa, Florida 17-20 July 2005. Paper No. 056046.
Wright, C.T. 2002. Experimental Study of the Structure and Development of a Wingtip Vortex in the Near-Field. In the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences Conference held in Toronto, Canada, 8-13 September 2002. Paper No. ICAS 2002-8.2.3.
Wright C.T., J.E. O’Brien, E.A. Anderson. 2001. Experimental Study of Two-phase Flow in Vertical Thin Rectangular Channels. The Bulletin of the American Physical Society’s 54th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics held in San Diego, California, 18-20 November 2001. Paper No. FA 7.
Anderson, E.A., D.S. Snyder, C.T. Wright, and R.E. Spall. 2001. Numerical/ Experimental Investigation into Multiple Vortex Structures Formed over Wings with Flat End-Caps. In Proceedings of the AIAA 39th aerospace sciences meeting & exhibit held in Reno, Nevada 8-11 January 2001. Paper No. AIAA 2001-0112.
Anderson, E.A., C.T. Wright, and T.A. Lawton. 2000. Experimental Study of the Structure of the Wingtip Vortex. In Proceedings of the AIAA 38th aerospace sciences meeting & exhibit held in Reno, Nevada 10-13 January 2000. Paper No. AIAA 2000-0269.
Patents: Hoskinson R.L., J.R. Hess, K.L. Kenney, C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess. 2010. Particulate Residue Separator and a Method for Separating a Particulate Residue Stream. Docket Number: BA-101A1. Issue Date: 29 June, 2010. Patent Number: 7,744,450.
Hoskinson R.L., J.R. Hess, K.L. Kenney, C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess. 2011. Particulate Residue Separator and a Method for Separating a Particulate Residue Stream. Docket Number: BA-101D1. Issue Date: 5 April, 2011. Patent Number: TBD.
Presentations: Invited Conference Presentations (24) Wright, C.T. 2012. Developing Grass and Ag Biomass as a Viable Heating Fuel for the Northeast; Northeast Ag. Biomass Heating Seminar, Saratoga Springs, New York; Key Note Speaker.
Wright, C.T. 2012. Expanding Our Thinking of Woody Feedstock Supply Systems; 2012 International Wood Composites Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 11-13 April, 2012.
Wright, C.T. 2012. Woody Biomass – A Commodity?; 2012 Utilization for Restoration Conference, Ely, Nevada, 6-8 June, 2012.
Wright, C.T. 2012. Drying of Wood Chips: Expanding the Function of Woody Supply Systems; 2012 Small Wood Conference, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1-3 May, 2012.
Wright, C.T. 2011. Building a Commodity Supply of Biomass Feedstocks. Harvesting Clean Energy 2011 Conference, Boise, Idaho, 24 October, 2011.
Wright, C.T. 2011. New Developments in the World of Biomass Utilization. Restoring the West 2011 Conference, Logan, Utah, 18 October, 2011.
Wright, C.T. 2011. US-China Collaboration Development. 2nd Annual US-China Advanced Biofuels Forum; Washington DC, 22-23 September, 2011.
Tumuluru, J.S., Sokhansanj, S., Wright, C.T., Hess, R.J., Richard D. Boardman, R.D. and Kremer, T. 2011. A review on biomass torrefaction process and product properties. S1041: The Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy (Symposium on Thermochemical Conversion) August 1-2, 2011, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
Wright, C.T. 2010. Uniform Format Design and Deployable Process Demonstration Unit (presentation). US DOE Biomass 2010; Washington DC, 30-31 March, 2010.
Wright, C.T. 2009. Feedstock Logistics Design and Deployable Process Demonstration Unit (presentation). US DOE Biopower Technology Strategy Worksho; Denver, Colorado 2-3 December, 2009.
Wright, C.T. 2009. Uniform Format Feedstock Supply System Design for Lignocellulosic Biomass (presentation). Farm Foundation, Transition to a Bioeconomy: The Role of Extension in Energy held in Little Rock, Arkansas 30 June - 1 July, 2009.
Wright, C.T., J.R. Hess, K.L. Kenney. 2009. Uniform-Format Feedstock Supply System for Commodity-Scale Biomass Intermediates (poster). The 31st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in San Francisco, California 3 - 6 May 2009.
Wright, C.T. 2008. Demonstration of Feedstock Supply System Logistics. 2nd Annual Oklahoma GROW Conference held in Oklahoma City, OK 12 November 2008.
Wright, C.T. 2008. Looking Ahead at Feedstock Supply System Designs for Lignocellulosic Biomass. 7th Annual Southern BioProducts & Renewable Energy Conference held in Choctaw, MS 14-15 April 2008.
Wright, C.T., S. Rempe. 2008. Full-Scale Field Grinding and Transporting Tests Using Multiple Feedstock Varieties. Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference held in Louisville, Kentucky 10-13 February, 2009.
Wright, C.T. 2007. Uniform Format Feedstock Supply System Design for Lignocellulosic Biomass. Cellulosic Ethanol Summit held in Washington, DC 15-17 October 2007.
Wright, C.T., J.R. Hess, K.L.Kenney. 2007. Beyond Corn: Feedstocks for Ethanol. Ethanol 2007: Emerging Issues Forum, Omaha, Nebraska 29 March, 2007.
Wright, C.T., J.R. Hess, and K.L. Kenney. 2007. Biomass Feedstock Supply System. The DOE-ANSI Harmonization of Biofuels Related Standards and Codes Workshop held in Washington DC 24 January 2007.
Muth, D.J., K.M. Bryden, Sunil S., K.L. Kenney, and C.T. Wright. 2005. Developing Engineering Tools for Biomass Fractionation (poster). The 2005 Biobased Industry Outlook Conference held in Ames, Iowa 29-30 August 2005.
Wright, C.T. 2005. INL Bioenergy Initiative, “Whole Crop Utilization”. The Discovery Center of Idaho Alternative Energy Festival held in Boise, Idaho 6-8 August 2005.
Wright, C.T. 2005. INL Virtual Engineering Approach to Bioenergy. The Discovery Center of Idaho Alternative Energy Festival held in Boise, Idaho 6-8 August 2005.
Wright, C.T. 2005. INL Bioenergy – Preprocessing Overview. Graduate Lecture Series held at Utah State University, Logan, Utah 4 April 2005.
Wright, C.T. 2004. INL Bioenergy Initiative, “Whole Crop Utilization”. The Discovery Center of Idaho Alternative Energy Festival held in Boise, Idaho 16-18 September 2004.
Wright C.T., J.E. O’Brien, E.A. Anderson. 2002. Experimental Study of Boiling Heat Transfer and Critical Heat Flux in Vertical Thin Rectangular Channels. Proceedings of the ATR User Workshop 2002 held in Salt Lake City, Utah 4-6 October 2002. Presentation #20.
Conference Presentations (8) and Posters (17) Tan E.C.D., J.J. Jacobson, K.G. Cafferty, D. Inman, and C.T. Wright. 2013. Techno-Economic Analysis and Environmental Sustainability of Biochemical Biorefinery Sizing (poster). 2013 Annual AIChE Meeting held in San Francisco, California – November 3-8, 2013.
Tumuluru, J.S., T. Kremer, C.T. Wright, and R.D. Boardman. 2012. Proximate and Ultimate Compositional Changes in Corn Stover during Torrrefaction using Thermogravimetric Analyzer and Microwaves. ASABE Annual International Meeting held in Dallas, Texas 29 June-1August, 2012.
Wright, C.T., J.S. Tumuluru, C. Conner, and Z. Smith. 2011. Biomass Densification Systems Work at INL (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Phanphanich, M., C.T. Wright. 2011. Particle Rheology Analysis Using Dynamic Digital Imaging - CAMSIZER (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Wright, C.T., N. Yancey, K. Aycock, and Katelyn Fossum. 2011. PDU Preprocessing and Densification Work at INL (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Wright, C.T., T. Westover. 2011. Feedstock Fundamentals: Particle Rheology & Material Flowability (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Wright, C.T., J.S. Tumuluru, M. Phanphanich, N. Yancey, and T. Kremer. 2011. Thermal Pre-Conversion Work at INL (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Wright, C.T., E. Searcy, T. Westover, and N. Yacey. 2011. Transportation and Handling Work at INL (poster). U.S. Department of Energy Biomass 2011, Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland 26–27 July, 2011.
Wright, C.T. 2010. Commodity-Scale Uniform Feedstock Supply System for Biomass Feedstocks. Northeast Biomass Conference & Expo, Boston, Massachusetts, 4-6 August, 2010.
Wright, C.T. 2009. Preprocessing Herbaceous Feedstocks for Bioenergy Production. ASABE Bioenergy Engineering 2009, 11-14 October, 2009.
Wright, C.T., J.R. Hess, and K.L. Kenney. 2009. Uniform Format Feedstock Supply System. ASABE Bioenergy Engineering 2009, 11-14 October, 2009.
Wright C.T., J.R. Hess, K.L. Kenney, J.J. Jacobson, S. Sokhansanj, and E. Wilkerson. 2009. Feedstock Supply System Analysis. ASABE Bioenergy Engineering 2009, 11-14 October, 2009.
Wright, C.T., K.L. Kenney, J.R. Hess. 2007. Feedstock Supply System Design and Economics for Herbaceous Biomass Below 15% moisture. The 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Denver, Colorado 29 April - 2 May 2007.
Radtke, C.W., K.L. Kenney, C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess, and R.. Perlack. 2007. Cellulosic Biomass Feedstocks and Logistics for Ethanol Production. The Renewable Fuels Association, National Ethanol Conference held in Tucson, Arizona 18-21 February 2007.
Wright, C.T., P.A. Pryfogle, J.R. Hess, N.A. Stevens, K.L. Kenney, and C.W. Radtke. 2006. New Insights on the Value of Mechanical Preprocessing (poster). The 28th Symposium of Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Nashville, Tennessee 30 April - 3 May 2006.
Pryfogle, P.A., C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess, N.A. Stevens, K.L. Kenney, and C.W. Radtke. 2006. Application of Imaging Techniques for Optimizing Biomass Fractionation Processes (poster). The 28th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Nashville, Tennessee 30 April - 3 May 2006.
Kenney, K.L., C.T. Wright, C.W. Radtke, J.R. Hess, R.L Hoskinson, and P.A. Pryfogle. 2006. The Real Value of Selective Harvest (poster). The 28th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Nashville, Tennessee 30 April - 3 May 2006.
Radtke, C.W., C.T. Wright, K.L. Kenney, P.A. Pryfogle, W.A. Smith, H.G. Silverman, D.B. Blackwelder, D.F. Bruhn, C.R. Breckenridge, J.R. Hess, E. Bonner, W.E. Bond, L.T. McNear, and T.M. Schechinger. 2006. Quality Changes During Bunker-Ensiled Storage of Corn Stover for the Biorefining Industry (poster). The 28th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Nashville, Tennessee 30 April - 3 May 2006.
Radtke, C.W., C.T. Wright, K.L. Kenney, P.A. Pryfogle, R.L. Hoskinson, H.G. Silverman, D.B. Blackwelder, D.F. Bruhn, C.R. Breckenridge, J.R. Hess, E. Bonner, W.E. Bond, L.T. McNear, and T.M. Schechinger. 2006. Quality Changes During Dry Storage of Cereal Straw for the Biorefining Industry (poster). The 28th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Nashville, Tennessee 30 April - 3 May 2006.
Wright, C.T., P.A. Pryfogle, N.A. Stevens, R.L. Williamson, M.A. Daniels, J.R. Hess, E.D. Steffler, D.B. Gallup. 2005. Experimental and Numerical Analysis of the Biomechanical Characteristics of Agricultural Crop Residues (poster). The 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Denver, Colorado 1-4 May 2005.
Hamman, K.D., R.L. Williamson, E.D. Steffler, C.T. Wright, J.R. Hess, and P.A. Pryfogle. 2004. Structural Analysis of Wheat Stems (poster). The 26th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Chattanooga, Tennessee 9-12 May 2004.
Steffler, E.D., J.R. Hess, P.A. Pryfogle, T.H. Ulrich, J.A. Lacey, and C.T. Wright. 2003. Biomechanics of Straw and Corn Stover Stem Separation (poster). The 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Breckenridge, Colorado 4-7 May 2003.
Hess J.R., K.L. Kenney, and C.T. Wright. 2003. Image-Based Flow Characterization and Measurement for Biomass Separation Technologies (poster). The 25th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals held in Breckenridge, Colorado 4-7 May 2003.
Wright C.T., J.E. O’Brien, E.A. Anderson. 2001. Experimental Study of Boiling Two-phase Flow with Side-vent Cross Flow in Vertical, Thin Rectangular Channels (poster). The 4th International Conference on Multiphase Flow held in New Orleans, Louisiana 28 May – 1 June, 2001.
Anderson E.A., and C.T. Wright. 1999. The Formation of the Wingtip Vortex (poster). The 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics held in New Orleans, Louisianan 21-23 November 1999.
Awards: Individual Contributions Recognition – Associate Laboratory Director Award, 2010. Individual Contributions Recognition – Associate Laboratory Director Award, 2009.
Individual Contributions Recognition – Associate Laboratory Director Award, 2008.
Exceptional Contributions Program – Associate Laboratory Director Award, 2007.
INL Early Career Exceptional Achievement Award – Laboratory Director Award, 2006.
AIAA Abe M. Zarem Award in Aeronautics, 2003.
Graduate Student of the Year 2000.
Mathematics and Physics Student of the Year, 1994.
Brigham Young University Leadership Scholarship, 1990.
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