Welcome to the Bioprocessing & Industrial Value Added Products Innovation Center

The Bioprocessing & Industrial Value Added Products (BIVAP) Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art research facility that houses the Bio-Materials and Technology Laboratory, the Extrusion Pilot Facility and Laboratory, and the Bioprocessing and Renewable Energy Laboratory within the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University. BIVAP's mission is to contribute towards climate change mitigation, energy security, worldwide hunger relief, and sustainability by developing innovative technologies to produce value-added biobased products from grains and other agricultural inputs.