THE POST-SIGNAL / Steve Bandy
U.S. Congressman Clay Higgins, second from left, listens as Prashanth R. Buchireddy, Ph.D., assistant professor, UL Lafayette Department of Chemical Engineering, explains the process of torrefaction, which changes biomass properties to provide better fuel quality for combustion and gasification applications, Monday at the Cleco Alternative Energy Center here. With Higgins, at left, is Don Chautin, from the congressman’s Lafayette field office. Second from right is Mark Zappi, Ph.D., P.E.,, dean and professor, UL College of Engineering.