List of publications related to modeling and control of population of
algae. Compiled by Chuck Anderson, 

<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www-sop.inria.fr/comore/Personnel/Gouze/2005/mailleret_gouze_bernard2005BBE.pdf">Nonlinear control for algae growth models
in the chemostat</a>, by L. Mailleret, J.-L. Gouze, and
O. Bernard. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng (2005) 27: 319-327.

<li>
<a href="http://www.fm.vslib.cz/htm/fakulta/pdf/autoreferat_sp.pdf">Resume of
Ph. D. Thesis, "Photobioreactors for cultivation
microalgae under strong irradiances:
Modelling, simulation and design"</a>, by Ing. Stepan Papacek, 2005.

<li>
<a
href="http://library.wur.nl/wda/dissertations/dis3423.pdf">Microalgal
photobioreactors: Scale-up and optimization</a>, by M.J.G.V. Barbosa,
2003, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

<li>
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12209771&dopt=Abstract">
Simulation of algae growth in a bench-scale bubble column reactor</a>,
by X. Wu and J.C. Merchuk, Biotechnol Bioeng. 2002 Oct
20;80(2):156-68.

<li>
<a href="https:/kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/5981/1//Modeling+and+*Simulation*+of+the+*Algae*+to+Biodiesel+Fuel+Cycle+-+Sazdanoff+undergrad+thesis.pdf">
Modeling and Simulation of the Algae to Biodiesel Fuel Cycle</a>, by
Nicholas, Sazdanoff, The Ohio State University. Department of
Mechanical Engineering Honors Theses; 2006.


<li>
<a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16310729&dopt=Abstract">Selection
of microalgal growth model for describing specific growth rate-light
response using extended information criterion</a>, by Kurano N,
Miyachi S., J Biosci Bioeng. 2005 Oct;100(4):403-8.

<li><a
href="http://www.fm.vslib.cz/htm/fakulta/pdf/autoreferat_sp.pdf">Photobioreactors
for cultivation of microalgae under strong irradiances: Modelling,
simulation and design</a>, resume of PhD Thesis by Stepan Papacek,
Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic, 2005.  <a
href="http://euroscout.greentech.cz/schola.html">Powerpoint slides are
available here</a> from this work and other related student presentations.

<li> <a
href="http://www-sop.inria.fr/comore/projets/sempo/rapportSEMPOY2_eng.html">Algorithms
development for a marine environment simulator driven by
computers</a>, with link to "Qualitative behaviour of a phytoplankton
growth model in photobioreactor". IFAC 2002  World Congress near
bottom of page.

<li> This paper, <a
href="http://www.esajournals.org/esaonline/?request=get-document&issn=0012-9658&volume=085&issue=05&page=1230">
Dynamic Energy Budget Representations of Stoichiometric Constraints on
Population Dynamics</a>, by Kooijman, Andersen, and Kooi, is a recent
(2004) publication using DEB to model algae growth in a prey-predator
ecology, where algae is the prey.

<li> <a
href="http://www.es.ucsb.edu/faculty/muller/papers/reviewDEB.pdf">From
molecules to ecosystems through dynamic energy budget models</a>, by
Nisbet, Muller, Lika, Kooijman, Journal of Animal Ecology, 2000.

<li>
<a href="http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/pdfs/biodiesel_from_algae.pdf">
A Look Back at the
U.S. Department of Energy's
Aquatic Species Program:
Biodiesel from Algae</a>, by
J. Sheehan, T. Dunahay, J. Benemann, and P. Roessler, 
NREL/TP-580-24190, July 1998.


</ul>

Interesting sites:

<ul>

<li> <a href="http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/deb">Dynamic Energy Budget
(DEB) theory</a>, a site with links to papers and code, including some
related to algae populations, such as what is described at <a
href="http://www.bio.vu.nl/thb/deb/deblab/debtool/debtool_alga.html">this
web site on algae</a>. 

<li> <a href="http://www.oilgae.com">Oilgae.com</a>
</ul>

<p>
Possible funding sources:

<ul>
<li> <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/eng/efri/">Emerging Frontiers in
Research and Innovation (EFRI)</a>, NSF Program with due dates of
<ul>
<li> See this <a
href="http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/nsf/060919/">webcast</a> on EFRI,
<li> letter of intent: October 16, 2006
<li> preliminary proposal: November 17, 2006
<li> full proposal: April 30, 2007
</ul>

<li>
<a
href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13380&org=ECS&from=home">Power,
Controls and Adaptive Networks (PCAN)</a>, NSF Program with due dates
of
<ul>
<li> Full Proposal Window: September 7, 2006 - October 7, 2006
<li> Full Proposal Window:  January 7, 2007 - February 7, 2007.
</ul>


<li>
<a
href="http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=13707&org=IIS&from=home">Information
and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing,
Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence</a>,
NSF program with due dates:
<ul>
<li> Full Proposal for Large Projects:  October 19, 2006
<li> Full Proposal for Medium Projects:  November 2, 2006
<li> Full Proposal for Small Projects:  December 6, 2006
</ul>

</ul>