1. Introduction2. Biomass and its Sources3. Chemistry of Biomass4. Biomass Conversion Approaches5. Use of Raw Biomass and its Conversion to Energy6. Biomass Logistics and Economics7. Manufacturing Industrial Chemicals from Biomass8. Derivation of Monomers from Biomass9. Polymerization of Biomass-based Monomers10. Direct Derivation of Polymers from Biomass11. Processing of Biomass Derived Polymers12. Material and Energy Balance for Conversion of Biomass Materials13. Applications of Biomass Derived Polymers14. Environmental Impact of Biomass Conversion
Dr. Syed Ali Ashter is the Founder of Ashter Enterprise, LLC, a material evaluation, product development and quality compliance consulting company, which he founded in 2020. He also works as a Senior Engineering Specialist at B. Braun Medical Inc. in Irvine California. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Society of Plastics Engineer's Medical Plastics Division (MPD) since 2012. Recently, he has completed 2-year term as the chair of the Medical Plastics Division. He has authored four Plastics Engineering books in the Plastics Design Library Handbook Series.