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The biodiesel processor MSU purchases for the Faculty of Forestry at the National University of Laos. The researchers added a big Spartan "S" to it. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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The vice president of the University of Laos with his new MSU t-shirt after the dedication ceremony. He wanted to know how far away MSU was from California. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Dr. Sithong, member of the Faculty of Forestry at the National University of Laos, discusses the collborative research between MSU and NUOL at the dedication of the biodiesel processing machine. Sithong is one of the main MSU collaborators in Laos. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Jay Samek (right) and the vice president of the National University of Laos shake hands after they opened the curtain on the sign at the dedication of the new biodiesel processor at the university. This is the first biodiesel processor in Laos and everyone is very excited about the opportunities. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Dr. Sithong, of the Faculty of Forestry at the National University of Laos, crosses the stream to the jatropha fields in the village of Ban Lau, about seven hours from Vientiane. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Jatropha intercropped with pineapple in Ban Lau. The jatropha has been hard hit by termites and it's hard to see them amongst the weeds. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Khun Serm Udomna. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Seedlings at Serm's nursery. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A crab at Khun Serm Udomna's place. He’s been a farmer his whole life and is one of the founders of the Inpang Network in Kut Bak in the Sakon Nakhon Province of Thailand. He has almost 300 species of plants (including trees) on his 10-acre farm, plus crabs, fish, birds, spiders, frogs and cows. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Wanchai Salawasi, director of the social development center at Unit 5 in Khon Kaen (left), and MSU scientist Dave Skole pour biodiesel made from jatropha oil into an engine. Thai farmers attach these engines to plowing tools to prepare rice paddies. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Khon Kaen woman picking jatropha nuts. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Jatropha tree in Thailand. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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MSU forestry scientist Dave Skole with a teak tree, the first tree in Thailand he ever marked and measured. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Rice field in Khon Kaen. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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MSU scientist Jay Samek holds dried jatropha nuts that are ready for crushing. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Mae Oi area Inpang West Network kids with Sparty, just before he did the fight song. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A happy baby in the Mae Oi area of the Inpang West Network. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A large spider in the Thai forest in Kut Bak. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A large grasshopper at Unit 5 farm in Khon Kaen. Photo by Jim Peck. |
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Dr. Usa Klinhom, of Mahasarakham University, and MSU forestry scientist Dave Skole at the feet of the Reclining Buddah at the Wat Po in Bangkok. July 8, 2009. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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Dr. Usa Klinhom, of Mahasarakham University, and MSU forestry scientist Jay Samek discuss an ongoing project measuring carbon in plantations with different types of tree species. July 8, 2009. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A framed stone tablet at the Wat Po temple. According to Dr. Usa, these tablets are the "first university of Thailand." The monks carved lessons on medicine and life into the tablets and then hung them so people could come read and study. July 8, 2009. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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A closeup of one of the stone tablets that Dr. Usa called "the first university of Thailand" at the Wat Po temple. July 8, 2009. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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An image on a carved stone tablet used for learning in Thailand. July 8, 2009. Photo by Jamie DePolo. |
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