April 02, 2007 08:00 AM Eastern Time
BUSINESS WIRE

Alternative-Fuels Pioneer Receives First-Ever $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability

Lee Lynd, Dartmouth engineering professor and co-founder of biofuels start-up company Mascoma Corp., is the inaugural winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Lynd and his research group are at the forefront of advanced technologies that cost-effectively convert plant matter into ethanol, which can be used for fuel. Photo is courtesy of Mascoma Corp. (Photo:Business Wire)
Lee Lynd, Dartmouth engineering professor and co-founder of biofuels start-up company Mascoma Corp., is the inaugural winner of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability. Lynd and his research group are at the forefront of advanced technologies that cost-effectively convert plant matter into ethanol, which can be used for fuel. Photo is courtesy of Mascoma Corp. (Photo:Business Wire)
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