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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December 13, 2023
SEI Initiative Lead Profile: Matthew Realff
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This is a profile on Matthew Realff, Professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering. Realff leads the Circular Carbon Economy research initiative for the Strategic Energy Institute & the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech.
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December 7, 2023
Team iManhole Wins Fall 2023 EGHI/GT Global Health Hackathon
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Students tackled climate change in the Fall 2023 Emory Global Health Institute (EGHI) /Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) Global Health Hackathon, Nov. 11, at Tech Square ATL Social.
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November 27, 2023
RBI Releases 2024-25 Fellowship Request for Proposals
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RBI has released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the annual year 2024-25 fellowships. Proposals are due on Feb. 1, 2024.
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November 9, 2023
A Day’s Work at the RBI Chemical Analysis Lab
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In this article, we will focus on a day’s work with the chemical analysis team within the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.
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October 20, 2023
IDEaS Awards 2023 Seed Grants to Seven Interdisciplinary Research Teams
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The goals of the funded proposals include identifying prominent emerging research directions on the topic of AI, shaping IDEaS future strategy in the initiative area, building an inclusive and active community of Georgia Tech researchers.
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October 19, 2023
Three Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Researchers Awarded DOE Earthshot Funding for Carbon Removal Strategies
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Annalisa Bracco, Taka Ito, and Chris Reinhard from the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will create computer models to measure how well CO2 removal techniques work on land, rivers, and oceans, as part of $264 million in grants.
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October 18, 2023
Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Awarded $3 Million for Research as part of DOE's Energy Earthshots™ Initiative
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Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $3 million in funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of their Energy Earthshots™ Initiative to advance clean energy technologies
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October 11, 2023
2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student's Perspective - Part 4
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This is part four of the student experiences series. William Berkey, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry shares his experience from the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on "Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy."
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September 21, 2023
Georgia Tech Celebrates the Launch of Over 100 Startups at Demo Day
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Over 1,500 people came to support 75 Georgia Tech startups created by students, alumni, and faculty for Demo Day.
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September 10, 2023
Splitting Hairs : Identification of Unknown Materials of a Historic Papermaking Tool Through Forensics Fiber Analysis
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The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking houses hand papermaking artifacts from around the world. Dard Hunter, a renowned paper historian and founder of the museum, collected many of these objects throughout the early 1900s.
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September 9, 2023
Patritsia Stathatou Studying Impacts of Scrubber Emissions in an effort to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry
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This story originally appeared in Waterline, News from Oldendorff Carrier. Issue 18, Summer 2023 and was written by Jan Kohzer, Patritsia Stathatou, & Scott Jones
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