Sep 19, 2017 — By Â鶹´«Ã½ News Services — Bin Li, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Â鶹´«Ã½, has been awarded a $340,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant will fund Li's research into the use of nanotechnology to create green energy materials from biomass.