{"259191":{"#nid":"259191","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Innovation in Lignocellusic Materials","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis half-day workshop, led by Dr. Art Ragauskas (IPST, ChBE) and Dr. Preet Singh (MSE), will discuss the research strengths, opportunities, and collaborations in the development of biofuels from forestry products. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EObjectives\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00bb Develop interest in the Georgia Tech scientific community in the potential for lignocellulose-based materials and biofuels to meet emerging biorefining\u0026nbsp;challenges and opportunities\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00bb Identify future opportunity areas with scientific\/engineering impact (calls, our own initiatives).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00bb Develop research opportunities and specific proposals to engage the forest bioproducts industry and non-traditional partner industries [e.g., automotive, aerospace, biomedical\u2026]\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00bb Assess areas of technical strength (core strengths, area coverage, critical mass of core faculty and infrastructure, leadership for large scale proposals, gaps\/weaknesses).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u00bb Identify desirable teaming arrangements (internal\/external) for developing initiatives, including areas of leadership versus areas of joining teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003EDetermine opportunities to establish a leadership position in lignocellulosic research\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERSVP to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.materials.gatech.edu\/workshops\u0022\u003Ematerials.gatech.edu\/workshops\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Presented in partnership  by the Institute for Materials, Institute for Paper Science \u0026 Technology, and the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"}],"uid":"27869","created_gmt":"2013-12-05 15:17:41","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:45","author":"Allison Caughey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-12-13T07:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-12-13T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-12-13T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-12-13 12:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-12-13 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-12-13 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2342","name":"biofuels"},{"id":"3024","name":"biomaterials"},{"id":"2755","name":"ethanol"},{"id":"81401","name":"lignin"},{"id":"81421","name":"Lignocellusic Materials"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"81411","name":"thermochemcial technologies"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECecelia Jones, 404-894-7769\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cecelia.jones@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ececelia.jones@me.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}