NextEnergy has partnered with WSU to open the national Biofuel Energy Lab at WSU's TechTown. The first-of-its-kind biofuel technology development lab is made possible through a $2 million Energy Department grant. WSU professors, graduate students and Ph.D. candidates from the school's College of Engineering will conduct the day-to-day research and experiments carried out in the lab onsite at the NextEnergy Center . WSU College of Engineering Professors Simon Ng and Naeim Henein will manage lab activity.