October 3, 2024
Innovation at Scale: Georgia Tech Unveils New Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Pilot Facility
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The facility will serve as a test bed for scaling up manufacturing innovations in areas like clean water, flexible electronics, and solar cell and battery production, bringing discoveries one step closer to market viability.
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September 24, 2024
Georgia Forestry Association Magazine Features the Renewable Bioproducts Institute
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The Summer 2024 issue of the Georgia Forestry Magazine has featured the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute and its faculty researchers.
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September 18, 2024
TAPPI Student Career Fair Connects Aspiring Professionals with Industry Leaders
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The TAPPI Student Chapter hosted a career fair on Thursday, September 12 at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.
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September 13, 2024
Professor Christopher W. Jones Wins ACS Murphree Award
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Professor Christopher W. Jones, the John F. Brock III School Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), is winner of the American Chemical Society’s 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.
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August 28, 2024
Renewable Bioproducts Institute Hosts APPTI’s Workshop on Decarbonizing the Pulp and Paper Sector
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The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) of Georgia Tech hosted the APPTI Net Zero Workshop on Decarbonizing the Pulp & Paper Sector during the second week of August.
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August 28, 2024
Meisha Shofner Selected for ELATES National Leadership Program
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Meisha Shofner, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), has been selected for the 2024-2025 class of Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) program.
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August 20, 2024
Profile on Anna Doll – Education Curator at Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
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This article provides the day-to-day work of Anna Doll, education curator at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, located in Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute.
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July 30, 2024
RBI Initiative Lead Profile: Will Gutekunst
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Will Gutekunst, associate professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech, co-leads the interface of polymer science and wood-based materials initiative along with Blair Brettmann at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI).
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July 10, 2024
Renewable Bioproducts Institute at TAPPINano 2024
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Faculty and students of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) were active participants at the TAPPINano 2024 conference held in Atlanta on June 10-14.
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June 30, 2024
The Month in Photos: June 2024
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The Bark Rhythms exhibit continues at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking through August.
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June 4, 2024
Martha Grover Named Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering
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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) faculty member Martha Grover has been named the College’s Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering.
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June 4, 2024
Exhibit Review: Bark Rhythms
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Exhibit review and analysis by Isabella Tallman-Jones
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May 22, 2024
Undergraduates Venture on Field Trips for Real-World Experiences
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Over 30 students taking the Emerging Technologies in the Manufacture of Forest Bioproducts course (CHBE/ME 4730/8803) took field trips to Greif’s Austell location and GranBio’s Thomaston facility in Georgia.
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May 22, 2024
RBI Initiative Lead Profile: Blair Brettmann
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Blair Brettmann, co-leads the interface of polymer science and wood-based materials initiative with Will Gutekunst at Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute. In this brief Q&A, Brettmann discusses her research focus areas.
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May 17, 2024
Bark Rhythms and Summer Programming
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Explore historic traditions with a modern interpretation in this exhibit and associated programming.
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May 15, 2024
From Brewery to Biofilter: Making Yeast-Based Water Purification Possible
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A team of Georgia Tech and MIT researchers found that discarded brewer’s yeast, when encased in hydrogel capsules, becomes a viable and inexpensive method for purifying contaminated water.
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April 11, 2024
Faculty Fellows Program Focuses on Energy Equity, Environmental Justice, and Community Engagement
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The Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education (SCoRE — formerly SLS), in collaboration with the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (BBISS), the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), and the
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March 28, 2024
Spring Workshop Engages Diverse Stakeholders in Shaping the Future of Biorefining and the Bioeconomy
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The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) at Georgia Tech recently hosted a workshop on the Emerging Bioeconomy and the Future of Biorefining.
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March 14, 2024
Georgia Tech Receives Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Grants
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In January, Georgia Tech researchers were awarded three grants as a part of the Department of Energy’s Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization multi-topic funding
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