RENEWABLE JET FUEL PRODUCTION IS A GROWING MARKET DRIVEN BY A COMMITMENT OF THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION INDUSTRY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (GGE). BIO-JET FUEL IS MANUFACTURED COMMERCIALLY BY HYDROPROCESSED ESTERS AND FATTY ACIDS (HEFA) PROCESSES. THE COMMERCIAL JET FUEL CONSISTS PREDOMINANTLY OF ALKANES RANGING FROM C9 TO C15, WHILE EXISTING VEGETABLE OIL OR FAT FEEDSTOCKS, INCLUDING CAMELINA OIL, CONSIST OF C16 TO C22 FATTY ACIDS. THEREFORE, THE CURRENT HEFA PROCESSES ARE IN NEED OF CRACKING AND REFORMING UNIT OPERATIONS TO PRODUCE JET FUELS, RESULTING IN HIGH COSTS AND LOW YIELDS DUE TO CARBON LOSSES TO SHORT-CHAIN ALKANES. THE PROJECT GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE NOVEL APPROACH FOR PRODUCING COST-EFFECTIVE BIO- JET FUEL AND BIOAMINES THROUGH THE INTEGRATION OF AGRONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMIZED OIL FEEDSTOCK IN CAMELINA WITH CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF INCREASING THE PROCESS EFFICIENCY. THIS APPROACH WILL MODIFY CAMELINA LINES AND DEVELOP CONVERSION PROCESS TO DIRECTLY CONVERT EXTRACTED OIL INTO JET FUEL COMPONENTS WITHOUT CRACKING. THE OBJECTIVES FOR THIS PROJECT ARE TO: 1) DEVELOP THE GENETIC TECHNOLOGY TO GENERATE CAMELINA GERMPLASM ENRICHED IN MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS/ESTERS (10:0-16:0); 2) DEVELOP THE ONE-POT BIPHASIC TANDEM CATALYTIC PROCESS (BITCP) THAT EFFICIENTLY CONVERTS MEDIUM-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS/ESTERS TO ALKANES IN JET FUEL RANGE AT AN EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH CARBON ATOM EFFICIENCY; 3) DEVELOP THE SELECTIVE DEOXYGENATION PROCESS FOR CONVERTING AMINO ACIDS FROM THE WASTE PROTEINS IN CAMELINA CAKE TO VALUE-ADDED AMINE CHEMICALS, AND 3) EVALUATE THE COMMERCIALIZATION POTENTIAL THE INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR BIO-JET FUEL AND BIO- AMINES PRODUCTION FROM OPTIMIZED CAMELINA. THIS RESEARCH APPROACH HAS BROAD IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF PRICE-COMPETITIVE BIO-JET FUEL AND CO-PRODUCTS.