Bruce E. Dale is a professor of chemical engineering at Michigan State University.
He specializes in studies of renewable energy sources, and is currently working on creating methods of turning grass into ethanol for use as fuel.
He served as a missionary for the church in the Mexico West Mission.
He has been a bishop and Sunday School teacher in the LDS Church.
In July, 2009 Dale and George W. Huber co-authored the front-page article for Scientific American about the potential of organic food, specifically non-edible organic fuels.