Cutting-edge research on the Hi-Line

In the last 10 years, Montana State University-Northern's work on fuels has gone from a small program focused on testing petroleum and bio-based fuels to its Advanced Fuels Center, an operation developing cutting-edge renewable fuels.

The center has seven lab facilities, split between the Applied Technology Center and the neighboring Advanced Fuels Center, where five employees and seven student employees create some of the promising energy sources of the future.

"It's my baby, it really is," said Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel. "A big chunk of my career was invol...