# Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers > Define, plan, or execute biofuels/biodiesel research programs that evaluate alternative feedstock and process technologies with near-term commercial potential. - Code: 11-9041.01 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 11-9041) - Family: [Management](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-11), one of its 59 occupations - Tasks: 18 tasks (10 core and 8 supplemental) - Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/11-9041.01 - JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/11-9041.01.json ## What the work is made of 1. Design or conduct applied biodiesel or biofuels research projects on topics, such as transport, thermodynamics, mixing, filtration, distillation, fermentation, extraction, and separation. Core task · Task 15574 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 2. Analyze data from biofuels studies, such as fluid dynamics, water treatments, or solvent extraction and recovery processes. Core task · Task 15578 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 3. Prepare, or oversee the preparation of, experimental plans for biofuels research or development. Core task · Task 15567 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 4. Provide technical or scientific guidance to technical staff in the conduct of biofuels research or development. Core task · Task 15566 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 5. Propose new biofuels products, processes, technologies or applications based on findings from applied biofuels or biomass research projects. Core task · Task 15580 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 6. Conduct experiments on biomass or pretreatment technologies. Core task · Task 15576 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 7. Prepare biofuels research and development reports for senior management or technical professionals. Core task · Task 15568 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 8. Develop lab scale models of industrial scale processes, such as fermentation. Core task · Task 15563 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 9. Oversee biodiesel/biofuels prototyping or development projects. Core task · Task 15579 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 10. Conduct experiments to test new or alternate feedstock fermentation processes. Core task · Task 15577 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 11. Develop methods to estimate the efficiency of biomass pretreatments. Supplemental task · Task 15572 · Rated by 100 people who do the job, July 2014 12. Perform protein functional analysis and engineering for processing of feedstock and creation of biofuels. Supplemental task · Task 15569 · Rated by 97 people who do the job, July 2014 13. Conduct research to breed or develop energy crops with improved biomass yield, environmental adaptability, pest resistance, production efficiency, bioprocessing characteristics, or reduced environmental impacts. Supplemental task · Task 15581 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 14. Develop computational tools or approaches to improve biofuels research and development activities. Supplemental task · Task 15564 · Rated by 98 people who do the job, July 2014 15. Develop separation processes to recover biofuels. Supplemental task · Task 15570 · Rated by 98 people who do the job, July 2014 16. Design chemical conversion processes, such as etherification, esterification, interesterification, transesterification, distillation, hydrogenation, oxidation or reduction of fats and oils, and vegetable oil refining. Supplemental task · Task 15575 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 17. Design or execute solvent or product recovery experiments in laboratory or field settings. Supplemental task · Task 15573 · Rated by 99 people who do the job, July 2014 18. Develop methods to recover ethanol or other fuels from complex bioreactor liquid and gas streams. 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