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New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

11.04.2008Curriculum Programs

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New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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P.J. Bordelon (left), a student in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, carefully adds a titration solution to a biofuel sample as students Pierce Coleman Cassedy (center) of Chatham County, and Will Mitchell, of Chapel Hill, observe. Bordelon, of Pittsboro, is the fuel distribution manager at Piedmont Biofuels and is increasing his knowledge of biofuels production. The program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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P.J. Bordelon (left), a student in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, carefully adds a titration solution to a biofuel sample as students Pierce Coleman Cassedy (center) of Chatham County, and Will Mitchell, of Chapel Hill, and Andrew McMahan, the college’s biofuels coordinator, observe. Bordelon, of Pittsboro, is the fuel distribution manager at Piedmont Biofuels and is increasing his knowledge of biofuels production. The program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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Bob Armantrout (second from left), of Moncure, adjunct instructor for Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, explains to students (from left) Pierce Coleman Cassedy, of Chatham County, Will Mitchell, of Chapel Hill, and P.J. Bordelon, of Pittsboro, how to use in pipette pump in biofuels testing. The program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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Will Mitchell (left), of Chapel Hill, a student in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, carefully adds a titration solution to a biofuel sample as Andrew McMahan (center), the college’s biofuels program coordinator, and student P.J. Bordelon, observe. The program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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Pierce Coleman Cassedy (left) of Chatham County, a student in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, carefully adds a titration solution to a biofuel sample as students Will Mitchell (center), of Chapel Hill, and P.J. Bordelon, of Pittsboro, observe. The program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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P.J. Bordelon, a student in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program, carefully adds a titration solution to a biofuel sample. Bordelon, of Pittsboro, is the fuel distribution manager at Piedmont Biofuels and is taking the program to increase his knowledge of biofuels production. The degree program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

New biofuels degree program opens at CCCC

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Students in Central Carolina Community College’s new Alternative Energy Technology: Biofuels associate degree program create biofuels from a variety of materials. The separatory funnels contain biofuels made from various sources (from left): peanut oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, chicken fat, chicken fat second source, lard, walnut oil, hemp oil, waste vegetable oil, and soy oil. The jars contain biodiesel and glycerin. The degree program, offered at the college’s Chatham County Campus, is the only biofuels associate degree program in the North Carolina Community College System.

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