Corinne Fuller

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Biography

Corinne Drennan is responsible for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's research portfolio on biofuels, products and energy. This portfolio includes sustainable utilization of marine, terrestrial, and waste biomass for fuels and chemicals via thermal, biological, and catalytic conversion. It also includes GIS-based resource availability analysis, TEA/LCA, algal growth parameterization and modeling, and sustainability analysis (GCAM).

Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Drennan's research focus was on process development and techo-economic analysis for gasification systems (coal and biomass), fast pyrolysis and bio oil upgrading, municipal solid waste to liquid fuels, and CO₂ capture systems. Before joining PNNL, Corinne was a process engineer for Esterline Engineered Materials, for the manufacturing of high explosives.

Corinne received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Riverside with a concentration in heterogeneous catalysis. She holds a Master of Science degree in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, also from UC Riverside.

Research Interests

Chemical and biological process development
Biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals
Energy systems analysis

Education and Credentials

M.S., University of California/ Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
B.S., University of California/ Riverside Bourns College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering

PNNL Publications

2024

Snowden-Swan L.J., A.J. Schmidt, C. Fuller, and D.B. Anderson. 2024. Hydrothermal Processing of Wastewater Solids (HYPOWERs) Preliminary Project Techno-Economic Analysis. PNNL-36528. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Hydrothermal Processing of Wastewater Solids (HYPOWERs) Preliminary Project Techno-Economic Analysis

2023

Seiple T.E., Y. Jiang, L.J. Snowden-Swan, N.J. Betzsold, K. Kallupalayam Ramasamy, and C. Fuller. 2023. "Cost-effective Opportunities to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Low-Cost Wastes in the U.S." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 11, no. 33:12326-12335. PNNL-SA-188095. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c02147

2017

Drennan C. 2017. "How to Engage an Audience in an Attention-Constrained World." Transformations November 2017, no. 14. PNNL-SA-130181.
Olarte M.V., A.B. Padmaperuma, J. Ferrell, E.D. Christensen, R.T. Hallen, R.B. Lucke, and S.D. Burton, et al. 2017. "Characterization of Upgraded Fast Pyrolysis Oak Oil Distillate Fractions from Sulfided and Non-Sulfided Catalytic Hydrotreating." Fuel 202. PNNL-SA-119855. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.03.051