{"671675":{"#nid":"671675","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Why Your Scissors Glide (or Don\u0027t) When You\u0027re Wrapping Presents","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn the hustle and bustle of the holidays, a moment of transcendence can happen as you wrap presents: scissors in hand, cutting a piece of wrapping paper from the roll, the blades hit their stride and slide from end to end.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhy is it sometimes the scissors glide, and other times the paper tears a dozen times? Christopher Luettgen says it all has to do with paper quality.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cGood wrapping paper is going to have a prettier surface. It may even have a textured surface, maybe embossed or more three dimensional,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/chris-luettgen\u0022\u003ELuettgen\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of the practice with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E and an expert on paper. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHigh-quality wrapping paper is made from softwood pulp \u2014 in particular, the strongest pulp you could make is southern pine softwood. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe really good paper starts with softwood fiber,\u201d he said. \u201cSoftwood kraft in particular \u2014\u0026nbsp;\u2018kraft\u2019 being an old German word for \u2018strong.\u2019 It\u2019s going to be stiffer and stronger in multiple directions. Then it gets coated so you get a nice clay coating on the surface, which will smooth the surface to get it beautifully printed. When you come across weak paper that wants to tear very easily, it is often made with mechanical fibers.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESo, if you want the glide, you want good paper. When might it be worth skimping on quality?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a big job, like you want to wrap a TV or a large game or something like that, you don\u2019t want to spend a lot of money on the high-end wrapping papers. It\u2019s going to get torn up pretty fast. That\u2019s when you might go with a cheaper, thinner brand.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOf course, as Luettgen notes, you can\u2019t tear the paper in the store, but looking for a thicker paper is a good start. The thicker paper will also give your presents a more refined look under the tree.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cLet\u2019s say you\u2019re giving a book to somebody. You want nice tight corners. You want good creasing. You really want to make it showy.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhy, then, does Santa sometimes not wrap his presents? Luettgen believes it\u2019s all a matter of resources leading up to Christmas Eve.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cIf he has enough help at his studio, I would think that he\u2019s going to get all of your presents wrapped. But if he\u2019s rushed, with bad weather for instance, he may have to come down the chimney with the presents unwrapped, but they\u2019ll be under the tree.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhy is it sometimes the scissors glide, and other times the paper tears a dozen times? 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The endowment over the years has supported more than 1,500 engineers and scientists and a leading body of scientific research. RBI has released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the annual year 2024-25 fellowships. Proposals are\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Edue on Feb. 1, 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The RFP document describing the application process and several important changes for this year can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/endowed-fellowships\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2024-25 RFP Proposals\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe principal mission of RBI is to incubate and develop interdisciplinary teams of researchers that can establish thought leadership through new bioproduct research directions. Our focus is on pre-competitive, use-inspired research with a technical, economic, or policy focus.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAll supported work needs to address an aspect of bioproducts and the developing bioeconomy\u003C\/strong\u003E. The RBI Fellowship supports this mission by promoting two objectives: \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(1)\u0026nbsp; Helping teams of faculty to establish new concepts, publish early results, and develop competitive federal, industry, or foundation proposals in the future. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(2) Training a diverse group of graduate-level professionals who can support the evolving bioproducts R\u0026amp;D workforce.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002***NEW PROGRAM CHANGES***\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAlong with Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) stipend and tuition support, RBI will provide $1,000 of materials and supplies funding or a $1,000 credit toward the use of RBI\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/services-overview\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/services-overview\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eanalytical facilities\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe fellowship was formerly called the PSE (Paper Science and Engineering Fellowship). It has been renamed as the RBI Fellowship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe fellowship minor requirement has been changed from 12 hours to nine hours. The minor will consist of two core courses and one elective, described\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/rbi-phd-minor\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/rbi-phd-minor\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. For students outside of the College of Sciences or College of Engineering, an alternative set of courses can be considered.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAwards can support GRAs from any school within Georgia Tech and can be advised by teams consisting of faculty from any Georgia Tech school, although the relevance of the disciplines included must be clear.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"RBI Releases 2024-25 Fellowship Request for Proposals"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERBI has released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the annual year 2024-25 fellowships. Proposals are\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003Edue on Feb. 1, 2024\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The RFP document describing the application process and several important changes for this year can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/endowed-fellowships\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E2024-25 RFP Proposals\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"RBI has released the Request For Proposals (RFP) for the annual year 2024-25 fellowships. Proposals are\u00a0due on Feb. 1, 2024.\u00a0"}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2023-11-27 12:50:02","changed_gmt":"2023-11-27 12:50:02","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E || RBI Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"670972":{"#nid":"670972","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Day\u2019s Work at the RBI Chemical Analysis Lab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProviding research testing services to both internal and external stakeholders is an integral function of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E). These services include chemical analysis; corrosion; paper, board and box testing; pulp analysis; and pulp recovery analysis. Established over 25 years ago, RBI\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/services-overview\u0022\u003Etesting services\u003C\/a\u003E are well-known in the industry for their quality and customer service. RBI is one of the ten interdisciplinary research institutes at Georgia Tech that champions innovation in converting biomass into value-added products, developing advanced chemical and bio-based refining technologies, and advancing excellence in manufacturing processes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe RBI research testing services is a team of professional scientists and engineers who work together to provide information and offer solutions required by a manufacturers and users of biomass products, as well as Georgia Tech faculty and students engaged in research on campus. The multidisciplinary capabilities of the team make them uniquely qualified to address customers\u0027 technical needs in the areas of process and product development, and quality control. Where appropriate, the team involves RBI faculty and other staff experts to arrive at the best possible solution for their customers and users.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn this article, we will focus on a day\u2019s work with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/chemical-analysis\u0022\u003Echemical analysis team\u003C\/a\u003E.Headed by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/rbi\/rallming-yang\u0022\u003ERallming Yang\u003C\/a\u003E, senior research scientist in RBI, the team is equipped to follow the Technical Association of the Paper and Pulp industry (TAPPI) standard of testing, which only a small number of labs in the country can do, and has also developed some of its own internal protocols. Yang leads two specific characterization programs within RBI: (1) the pulping and bleaching analysis, paper recycling, and recovery lab, and (2) the chemical analysis lab.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe chemical analysis team is busy year-round with research projects and testing services. In addition, during the Spring semester, the team also provides support to a paper science laboratory course for undergraduate and graduate students. In the recent times, chemical analysis of black liquor from pulp mills has kept the team busy with more than 30 projects completed by the team over three months for various industry customers. Currently, black liquor analysis continues to account for over 50% of the workload of the lab.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBlack liquor (BL) is a byproduct of a wood pulping and is released when cellulose fibers are separated from wood chips. BL contains lignin, which is used as a biofuel within the mill, and several other chemicals that are recovered and reused. In most pulp mills, nearly 50-70% of BL is converted into a convenient source of fuel or energy. Due to the important role played by black liquor in a paper mill, it needs to be tested regularly to ensure consistency in composition. The RBI chemical analysis lab gets BL samples from a pulp mill, who contact the lab by email to get their testing request into the queue. The process involved in the testing is very intense and has multiple steps that need to be carefully administered.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nIn the first step, inorganic elements in BL are identified by digesting it in a precise mixture of acids and filtering the mixture. The filtrate is introduced into an Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Emission Spectrometer that can identify more than 70 different inorganic elements and compounds like sulfur, potassium, sodium, iron, calcium, etc. The next step involves identifying the proportion of anions like sulfate, chloride, thiosulfate. In this step, BL is diluted to a specific level and analyzed using a method called Capillary Ion Electrophoresis (CIE).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe next step involves analyzing BL for organic substances using two methods \u2013 gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC\/MS) and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR). For organic substances with a lower molecular weight of less than 600 Daltons (Da), GC\/MS is employed where the gas chromatography separates the chemical mixture, and the mass spectrometry identifies each of the components.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe final step is to identify organic substances and polymers with higher molecular weights. For example, lignin is one of the main polymers in BL with a molecular weight higher than 600 Da. FTIR is used for testing during this step. Based on vibrations within each molecule, an FTIR spectrum allows identification of molecular groups within lignin. The equipment then uses a computer to identify the substances by comparing the sample spectrum with a built-in library. 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Directed by La Pierre, the Center will house a collaborative network of five other universities and six national laboratories across the United States conducting both theoretical and applied research.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cScientifically, actinides and transuranic elements present unique challenges to existing models of chemical bonding,\u201d explains La Pierre. These elements are man-made radioactive metals, many of which are not available in large quantities. \u201cThere are amazing open-ended questions that are fundamental to our understanding of chemical bonding and activities, that serve to transform our knowledge of how the elements form bonds across the Periodic Table.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJoining seven other universities, this funding comes to Georgia Tech as part of NNSA\u2019s $100 million program establishing Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Centers of Excellence. A main goal of this program is to recruit, train, and educate the next generation of researchers in nuclear science and engineering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThese cooperative agreements will allow NNSA to train the smartest and most skilled individuals while creating a direct pathway into our workforce with a diverse group of experts that can meet the evolving needs of the nuclear security enterprise,\u201d said \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKevin Greenaugh\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Chief Science and Technology Officer for Defense Programs, in a recent \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/nnsa\/articles\/nnsa-award-100-million-stewardship-science-academic-alliances-centers-excellence\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Epress release\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe science and engineering collaboration of this center is a true synergy,\u201d says \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/martha-grover\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMartha Grover\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, professor and associate chair for Graduate Studies in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and one of the collaborators for the Center.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/erickson\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAnna Erickson\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, Woodruff Professor and associate chair for Research in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, is another Georgia Tech collaborator. \u201cThis center provides a new example of the growing prominence of Georgia Tech in the nuclear field.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPushing the bounds of chemistry\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are at core a synthetic inorganic chemistry group, which means we make new molecules and characterize them,\u201d La Pierre explained. In his research as part of the Center, La Pierre will \u201cbe handling both radioactive and chemically reactive species to make new forms of matter.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECharacterizing new forms of matter is no easy task, requiring advanced techniques that allow scientists to envision and measure the properties of chemical bonds. Exposing the molecules to X-rays or neutrons and measuring how they scatter or diffract (depending on the experimental design), gives researchers insights into the chemical bonds that are formed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUsing a combination of these advanced techniques as well as theoretical models, La Pierre and the collaborators of the Center will be creating new molecules out of actinides and lanthanides \u2014 metallic elements on the bottom of the periodic table \u2014 and studying the details of their structures and behavior during chemical reactions. As these elements are not found naturally, the structures and properties of many of these compounds have never been studied before.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWe are creating systems that challenge existing bonding models, which we then have to go back and build new theoretical techniques in order to understand what we\u0027re seeing,\u201d La Pierre explained. \u201cSo, this does push the forefront of our understanding of basic chemical model systems.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo push those boundaries, scientists and engineers will be working together across the country \u2014 led by Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThere are so many faculty at Georgia Tech working in nuclear science and technology,\u201d says Grover. \u201cThis center gives me the opportunity to collaborate with Prof. La Pierre and Erickson for the first time, in the area of flow chemistry and separations.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cI\u0027m looking forward to working with some incredibly talented colleagues whom I don\u0027t normally get a chance to work with,\u201d says La Pierre. \u201cAnd now we have the opportunity to work together every week with fantastic students that I would never have met otherwise. That\u0027s the main draw for me.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers were recently awarded $11.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Transuranic Chemistry Center of Excellence. Directed by School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Associate Professor Henry \u201cPete\u201d La Pierre, the Center will serve to push Georgia Tech to the forefront of nuclear science and engineering \u2014 and push the boundaries of our understanding of chemical bonding.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Directed by School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Associate Professor Henry \u201cPete\u201d La Pierre, the Center will serve to push Georgia Tech to the forefront of nuclear science and engineering \u2014 and push the boundaries of our understanding of chemical bonding"}],"uid":"35575","created_gmt":"2023-07-31 17:40:37","changed_gmt":"2024-02-01 15:12:04","author":"adavidson38","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671287":{"id":"671287","type":"image","title":"From left: Henry (Pete) La Pierre, Anna Erickson, Martha Grover (photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)","body":null,"created":"1690829374","gmt_created":"2023-07-31 18:49:34","changed":"1690829374","gmt_changed":"2023-07-31 18:49:34","alt":"From left: Henry (Pete) La Pierre, Anna Erickson, Martha Grover (photo: Jess Hunt-Ralston)","file":{"fid":"254315","name":"Transuranic Chemistry Center of Excellence - Pete La Pierre - Anna Erickson - Martha Grover webres.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/31\/Transuranic%20Chemistry%20Center%20of%20Excellence%20-%20Pete%20La%20Pierre%20-%20Anna%20Erickson%20-%20Martha%20Grover%20webres.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/31\/Transuranic%20Chemistry%20Center%20of%20Excellence%20-%20Pete%20La%20Pierre%20-%20Anna%20Erickson%20-%20Martha%20Grover%20webres.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1355727,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/31\/Transuranic%20Chemistry%20Center%20of%20Excellence%20-%20Pete%20La%20Pierre%20-%20Anna%20Erickson%20-%20Martha%20Grover%20webres.jpg?itok=XzD245Lr"}},"671286":{"id":"671286","type":"image","title":"An overview of all of the collaborators part of the new center, which will include six universities, four national laboratories, and two user facilities \u2014 led by Georgia Tech.","body":null,"created":"1690825776","gmt_created":"2023-07-31 17:49:36","changed":"1690825776","gmt_changed":"2023-07-31 17:49:36","alt":"A map of the United States indicating the collaborators of the center.","file":{"fid":"254313","name":"Map Graphic Large_updated.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/31\/Map%20Graphic%20Large_updated.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/07\/31\/Map%20Graphic%20Large_updated.png","mime":"image\/png","size":723254,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/07\/31\/Map%20Graphic%20Large_updated.png?itok=dz4v8v87"}}},"media_ids":["671287","671286"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/news\/hannah-choi-and-henry-s-la-pierre-named-sloan-fellows","title":"Hannah Choi and Henry S. 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More than 90 attendees from academia, national labs, and industry convened and discussed the cutting-edge research and industry developments happening across the world and got an opportunity to network with leading researchers and peers.\u0026nbsp;This unique workshop featured speakers from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, WestRock, Stora Enso, Georgia Tech, University of Maine, and many others. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe workshop started off with an introduction by \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, executive director of RBI, who gave a perspective on the institute\u2019s goals in promoting bioeconomy technology and innovation. Dr. Meredith emphasized RBI\u2019s role in \u201ccatalyzing a community of researchers who focus on solving challenges in packaging by investing in team building across interdisciplinary boundaries.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EResearch talks began with a presentation from \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/harris\u0022\u003ETequila Harris\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. Harris shared her team\u2019s research on a continuous coating process of cellulose- and chitin-derived materials to create enhanced packaging barrier films. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/meisha-shofner\u0022\u003EMeisha Shofner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, associate professor and Faculty Fellow in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Material Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E shared her work on mechanical and thermal properties of single use packaging materials and paths to improving circularity. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECarson Meredith, professor in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering and executive director of RBI informed on renewable barriers from carbohydrates as viable alternatives to plastics and the research methods involved to get more promising results for circular functional barrier packaging materials. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/directory\/person\/joe-f-bozeman-iii\u0022\u003EJoe Bozeman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eassistant professor in the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E at Georgia Tech presented the Systemic Equity framework as it relates to circularity. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMehdi Tajvidi, professor from the University of Maine, discussed his team\u2019s research to produce particle board and other packaging materials using nanocellulose and the audience got an opportunity to look and get a feel for his research team\u2019s samples. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDiscussions from industry experts included material innovations to replace plastics, packaging requirements in the European Union and the United States and how brands drive innovation more than regulations, methods to optimize package size and packing speed for sustainability, paper-based packaging equipment and systems to replace plastics including plastic water bottles, dye choices and the influence of defect detection in waterborne barrier coated papers, and innovations in fiber-based cold chain packaging. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EKen Zwick from the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory discussed managing forests using methods like forest thinning such that the biomass prevents wildfires and what success looks like for his team \u2013 less plastic in packaging and less burning of wood. Their Madison building also houses the largest wood library in Wisconsin.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EParticipants had a chance to interact with Georgia Tech students and get to know their research at the student poster presentation. The dinner keynote was presented by researchers \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/anthony-j-bo-arduengo\u0022\u003EBo Arduengo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/stefan-france\u0022\u003EStefan France\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E from the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E at Georgia Tech. The keynote provided an overview of RBI\u2019s newly created \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ER\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EeWOOD\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E research center\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E. Abbreviated from \u201cRenewables-based Economy from WOOD,\u201d research at the center focuses on using sustainable plant-based raw materials to develop industrial products ranging from jet fuel to solvents to generic pharmaceutical additives and more. The presentation provided a glimpse on the expansion of ReWOOD since its launch through research affiliations from universities across the world. ReWOOD\u2019s partnership list continues to grow as the center focuses on targeted research areas and funding \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eproposals to develop technology and \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ecommercial opportunities\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe workshop turned out to be a huge success with a highly engaged audience of faculty, students, national lab, and industry experts,\u201c said Carson Meredith, executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute. \u201cRBI will continue to host such events as we are committed to providing thought leadership and be a catalyst of cutting-edge research in the areas of circular materials; bioindustrial manufacturing; and paper, packaging, and tissue.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOn Thursday, May 11, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E) of Georgia Tech hosted a workshop on \u201cPackaging Innovation and the Circular Economy\u201d at the Bill Moore Student Success Center on the Georgia Tech campus. More than 90 attendees from academia, national labs, and industry convened and discussed the cutting-edge research and industry developments happening across the world and got an opportunity to network with leading researchers and peers.\u0026nbsp;This unique workshop featured speakers from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, WestRock, Stora Enso, Georgia Tech, University of Maine, and many others. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 90 attendees from academia, national labs, and industry convened and discussed the cutting-edge research and industry developments happening across the world and got an opportunity to network with leading researchers and peers. 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The purpose of this seed grant is to develop a community of researchers on campus who focus on the development of new, more sustainable types of plastics and new ways to recycle or upcycle them at the end of life. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe workshop was the culminating event in the Moving Teams Forward seed grant program and involved invited speakers from inside and outside Georgia Tech. Industrial speakers and attendees (Dow, BASF), National Labs (NIST), and faculty from universities across the country participated in the symposium. The speakers represented key thought leaders to connect with and build stronger teams for advancing this field.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"RBI and Student Polymer Network co-host the 9th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Polymers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn early April\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the\u0026nbsp;ninth annual research symposium titled \u201cThe Visions for Sustainable Polymers.\u201d The symposium also included SPN\u0027s annnual poster session at the \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMolecular Science and Engineering\u0026nbsp;Atrium\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In early April, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the\u00a0ninth annual research symposium titled \u201cThe Visions for Sustainable Polymers.\u201d The symposium also included the annual SPN poster session at t"}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2023-05-05 02:21:17","changed_gmt":"2023-05-05 02:31:21","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670752":{"id":"670752","type":"image","title":"Speaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESpeaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1683253322","gmt_created":"2023-05-05 02:22:02","changed":"1683253483","gmt_changed":"2023-05-05 02:24:43","alt":"Speaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium","file":{"fid":"253675","name":"April 6 2[75]_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2086397,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg?itok=JAaDgKA_"}}},"media_ids":["670752"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E | RBI Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"667615":{"#nid":"667615","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Launches Wood-Based Renewables Research Center ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EGeorgia Tech Launches Wood-Based Renewables Research Center \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (RBI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology has launched a new science and technology research center called ReWOOD. The ReWOOD launch included a 2-day workshop involving faculty research partners from universities across the Southeast, as well as former Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EReWOOD, abbreviated from \u201cRenewables-based Economy from WOOD\u201d will focus on a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eburgeoning\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Efield of science called Xylochemistry. Xylochemistry makes use of sustainable plant-based raw materials to develop industrial products ranging from jet fuel to industrial solvents to generic pharmaceutical additives and more. Right now, most of the world production of such materials comes from non-renewable fossil resources or petroleum products. Moving to a renewable source will not only aid in reducing the dependence on fossil fuels but will also help with reducing the overall carbon footprint. ReWOOD is sponsored by RBI through its endowment-funded fellowships and is developing a corporate affiliate program.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cThe formation of this internal research center will drive regional momentum for producing carbon neutral chemicals and fuels from wood wastes deriving from the abundant and fast-growing wood in the Southeast,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of RBI. \u201cIn fact, the Southeast has a larger percentage of sustainably grown working forests than any other area in the U.S., and Georgia is the number one exporter of forest products in the nation.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EResearch on chemical renewables via Xylochemistry has been ongoing at Georgia Tech under a consortium called \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/xylochemistry.com\/portal\/stance\u0022\u003EGT-STANCE\u003C\/a\u003E (Science \u0026amp; Technology for a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003ENeutral\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E Chemical Economy). GT-STANCE\u2019s researchers have developed seed technologies that aid in the production of wood-based chemical intermediates with potential uses in consumer commodities like pharmaceuticals and plastics.\u0026nbsp;In addition, RBI has made a significant investment of nearly $3 million in building research teams in the related area of lignin conversion in the last five years. The formation of a research center that will coalesce regional thought leadership is the logical next step, as a renewables-based economy has become a national priority with the bioeconomy, climate, and clean energy goals set by the Inflation Reduction\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERaw materials for Xylochemistry could also be sourced from any kind of non-treated wood. For example, wood from demolished construction sites like old homes and wooden buildings provide an excellent opportunity for a circular economy, since this wooden construction waste ends up in landfills now. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECurrently ReWOOD has 11 university affiliates that are joining Georgia Tech. In January 2023, faculty from Georgia Tech, the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and Alabama A\u0026amp;M University convened to discuss the plans for a research center on a renewables-based economy from wood to develop renewable biofuels, industrial solvents, pharmaceutical additives, and many other products that culminated in the formation of ReWOOD. 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What is your field of expertise\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eand at what point in your life did you first become interested in this area?\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPolymers. I worked with polymers in my PhD, but only used them as carrier materials and never dug deeper into the science or their properties. When I worked in industry for Saint-Gobain, I was in a polymer group and discovered how complex and interesting polymer science and especially polymer processing could be, so I decided to focus more on them moving forward.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2. What questions or challenges sparked your current materials research? \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPolymers are long chain molecules, so they behave very differently than other material types. 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The paper highlights inorganic nanoparticles\/cellulose hybrid nanocomposites which have attracted growing interest due to the unique properties of cellulose and high specific surface area of nanoparticles and their ability to target specific pollutants in water.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe integration with cellulose brings benefits to inorganic nanoparticle for water treatment, including preventing agglomeration, ensuring colloidal stability, and allowing for separation by magnetic nanoparticles after purification.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe full article, available on May 8, 2021, can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1369702121001310?dgcid=author\u0022\u003Eonline here at \u003Cem\u003EMaterials Today\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis work was supported by the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (Grant number: GTF114000086) at the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rbi.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech offers top students an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research to advance technologies and applications in the bioeconomy, advised by world-recognized experts and supported by four-year graduate research fellowships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJiwoo Yu, \u003C\/strong\u003EPh.D., recently published an article on \u0026ldquo;Water Treatment via Non-membrane Inorganic Nanoparticles\/cellulose Composites\u0026rdquo; published in Materials Today, May 8, 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Jiwoo Yu, Ph.D., recently published an article on \u201cWater Treatment via Non-membrane Inorganic Nanoparticles\/cellulose Composites\u201d published in Materials Today, May 8, 2021."}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2021-05-10 15:21:57","changed_gmt":"2021-05-11 13:20:56","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"647294":{"id":"647294","type":"image","title":"Jiwoo Yu","body":null,"created":"1620659900","gmt_created":"2021-05-10 15:18:20","changed":"1624974452","gmt_changed":"2021-06-29 13:47:32","alt":"Jiwoo Yu, Ph.D., a graduate of the Paper Science and Engineering program within the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech.","file":{"fid":"245770","name":"Jiwoo-MT-v1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jiwoo-MT-v1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jiwoo-MT-v1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40894,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jiwoo-MT-v1.jpg?itok=rEHLoriC"}}},"media_ids":["647294"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"129001","name":"paper mill"},{"id":"187091","name":"energy usage"},{"id":"187509","name":"go-rbi."}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"647066":{"#nid":"647066","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI Student Internationally Recognized for Innovative Forest-based Industry Research","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUdita Ringania\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Ph.D. candidate funded by the \u003Cstrong\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/strong\u003E (RBI) Paper Science \u0026amp; Engineering (PSE) Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology won the \u003Cstrong\u003E2021 Blue Sky Young Researchers and Innovation Award\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award is given by the American Forest \u0026amp; Paper Association (AF\u0026amp;PA) and the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA). Ringania was one of three scientists awarded at the 2021 ICFPA-hosted Global CEO Roundtable, a biennial gathering of forest product industry associations and leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELaunched in 2016, the international contest recognizes, celebrates and promotes noteworthy innovations being developed in the global forest sector by students, researchers and engineers age 30 years and younger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERingania was recognized for her research project, \u003Cem\u003EDewatering of Cellulose Nanomaterials Using Ultrasound\u003C\/em\u003E. She is a PSE fellow in the lab of \u003Cstrong\u003ESaad Bhamla\u003C\/strong\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Udita Ringania\u0026rsquo;s research is an impressive example of innovation in the forest products industry with great potential to help paper and packaging manufacturers advance sustainability,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EHeidi Brock\u003C\/strong\u003E, AF\u0026amp;PA president and CEO. \u0026ldquo;On behalf of AF\u0026amp;PA and our members, we congratulate Udita and look forward to seeing this exciting research progress.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe theme for the 2020-2021 award program was \u0026ldquo;Boosting the Forest Bioeconomy: Nature-Based Solutions Toward a Lower Carbon Economy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Ringania, two other international finalists were recognized:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJes\u0026uacute;s Rodr\u0026iacute;guez\u003C\/strong\u003E of Chile for research, \u003Cem\u003EFlexbio, A Biodegradable and Compostable Bioplastic. Radiata Pine Sawdust Derivative\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFrancine Ceccon Claro\u003C\/strong\u003E of Brazil for research, \u003Cem\u003ELow Cost Wood-Derived Nanocellulose Wound Dressing\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAF\u0026amp;PA and TAPPI manage the U.S. Blue Sky Award application and selection process, nominating up to three candidates for the international competition. The U.S. judging panel was organized by the Alliance for Pulp \u0026amp; Paper Technology Innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe international Blue Sky Awards program is sponsored by the ICFPA, a worldwide network of forest and paper associations that promotes cooperation in areas of common interest to its members and serves as the industry\u0026rsquo;s advocate at the international level.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 2021 Blue Sky Award competition included 21 contestants from nine countries around the world. 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Direct Air Capture (DAC) is a technology that removes carbon dioxide (CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E) directly from ambient air for use as a feedstock for chemical processes or transformed into a durable substance so that it can be sequestered. Some of the proposed chemical transformations that are possible with this technology include liquid fuels that could serve as \u0026ldquo;drop-in\u0026rdquo; replacements for the petroleum-based fuels we use for transportation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith these recent awards, Georgia Tech researchers, with the support of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), have launched the Direct Air Capture Center (DirACC) under the guidance of Christopher Jones, Professor and William R. McLain Chair, and Matthew Realff, Professor and David Wang Sr. Fellow. DirACC will create a forum for collaborative research on NETs and DAC, bringing together researchers from across the Institute working in energy, sustainability, policy, and related fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more than a decade, Georgia Tech researchers have worked to develop materials and processes that extract carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and transform it into something more durable or useful. In 2008, Jones began collaborating with the founders of a startup company, Global Thermostat, to develop materials and processes for DAC. His group first disclosed the use of hybrid silica\/organic amine materials for CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E capture from ambient air in 2009 at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Global Thermostat\u0026rsquo;s core technology marries the CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E-sorbing materials developed by Jones\u0026rsquo; group with a low energy process for ensuring good air contact with those materials. In 2015, Global Thermostat built their initial R\u0026amp;D facility in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the nation\u0026rsquo;s oldest technology incubator. Global Thermostat operated its ATDC facility through the end of 2020, while building technology demonstration projects in Huntsville, Alabama, in 2019 and opening a new R\u0026amp;D facility in Denver, Colorado, in 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2010, David Sholl, John F. Brock III School Chair, collaborated with Jones on what is believed to be the first federally funded DAC research project sponsored by the Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s National Energy Technology Laboratory. The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation played an early role in sponsoring DAC research at Georgia Tech as well. The foundation has recently produced a short film, featuring Jones, on the concept of DAC in its Chemistry Shorts film series, which is aimed at attracting young people to careers in STEM (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistryshorts.org\/\u0022\u003Echemistryshorts.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2017-18, Jones co-led a study on DAC technology for inclusion in the U.S. National Academies consensus study on \u003Cem\u003ENegative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda\u003C\/em\u003E. This study adapted a technoeconomic analysis developed by Realff and former Georgia Tech Professor Yoshiaki Kawajiri (Nagoya University). The report explored all the terrestrial ways that CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E could be removed from the atmosphere, including DAC with geologic sequestration, bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS), carbon mineralization, and coastal, forest, and soil management practices. (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/read\/25259\/chapter\/1\u0022\u003Enap.edu\/read\/25259\/chapter\/1\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn parallel, researchers at Tech have engaged in related technology developments in carbon capture, with large, established technology firms. Examples include projects with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company led by Associate Professor Ryan Lively, along with M.G. Finn, professor and chair of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the James A. Carlos Family for Pediatric Technology; William Koros, professor and Roberto C. Goizueta Chair for Excellence in Chemical Engineering; and Realff, focusing on a range of CO2 capture problems. ExxonMobil has supported R\u0026amp;D efforts in CO2 capture at Georgia Tech dating back to 2005. To date, the GT-ExxonMobil relationship has resulted in the graduation of 10 Ph.D. students, the support of five postdoctoral researchers, and has resulted in more than 45 papers and 25 US patents.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond the fundamental science and engineering of DAC, other research efforts at Georgia Tech are modeling the implications of large-scale deployment of negative emissions technologies. Alice Favero, an environmental economist in the School of Public Policy, develops economic models to study how NETs can be balanced with the optimal use of land and other climate mitigation policies. Recently, she has collaborated with Lively and Realff on assessing the global potential for DAC. In this work, the concept of using sustainable Bio-Energy for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) processes coupled with DAC technology allows for significantly greater atmospheric CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E removal and avoids the complexity of connecting the biomass energy facility to the grid. In particular, Favero demonstrated that this technology can work in combination with ecological afforestation efforts that maintain or enhance the natural ecosystem services and avoid converting forested lands into plantations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is also conducting research on DAC methods that leverage the photosynthesis of plants other than trees to capture CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E from the atmosphere to produce chemicals and fuels. Valerie Thomas, the Anderson-Interface Professor of Natural Systems in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has worked with biofuels companies Algenol and LanzaTech to perform life cycle assessments to determine the potential for their technologies to contribute to carbon sequestration. Using life cycle assessment to study biofuel production also reveals the possibility of unexpected impacts and suggests ways that negative consequences can be averted or mitigated.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EClimate models now show that reduction of current and future emissions alone will not limit the global average temperature rise to 1.5-2 \u0026deg;C, the level suggested that may allow society to stave off the worst impacts of global climate change. These models suggest that negative emissions technologies, such as direct air capture, will need to be developed and deployed at a large scale to stabilize the climate. Georgia Tech researchers have done pioneering work in this area and are poised to continue advancing the state of the art.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch News\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n177 North Avenue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nAtlanta, Georgia\u0026nbsp; 30332-0181\u0026nbsp; USA\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMedia Relations Contacts\u003C\/strong\u003E: John Toon (404-894-6986) (jtoon@gatech.edu) or Anne Wainscott-Sargent (404-435-5784) (asargent7@gatech.edu).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWriter\u003C\/strong\u003E: Brent Verrill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"With these recent awards, Georgia Tech researchers, with the support of Georgia Tech\u2019s Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), have launched the Direct Air Capture Center (DirACC)."}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2021-03-09 21:39:44","changed_gmt":"2021-03-25 15:58:09","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"645173":{"id":"645173","type":"image","title":"Direct Air Capture Installation from Global Thermostat ","body":null,"created":"1615326218","gmt_created":"2021-03-09 21:43:38","changed":"1615326218","gmt_changed":"2021-03-09 21:43:38","alt":"Global Theromostat\u2019s direct air capture installation in Huntsville, Alabama","file":{"fid":"244952","name":"Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":109977,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Global_Thermostat_Huntsville_AL.jpg?itok=vQdJV8F7"}}},"media_ids":["645173"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1280","name":"Strategic Energy Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187252","name":"Direct air capture"},{"id":"1700","name":"Chris Jones"},{"id":"176639","name":"Matthew Realff"},{"id":"170046","name":"David Wang"},{"id":"7508","name":"carbon dioxide"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearch Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"641415":{"#nid":"641415","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bioindustrial Manufacturing Innovation Institute Involving Georgia Tech Wins $87 Million Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is a governing member of the BioIndustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a nonprofit that recently won a seven-year, $87 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECreated by the Engineering Biology Research Consortium, BioMADE will collaborate with public and private entities to advance sustainable and reliable bioindustrial manufacturing technologies. Headquartered at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, BioMADE includes some of the largest bioindustrial manufacturing employers in the U.S. working in conjunction with some of the top educators in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn support of this collaboration, the $87 million in DoD funding will be combined with more than $187 million in non-federal cost-share from 31 companies, 57 colleges and universities, six nonprofits, and two venture capital groups across 31 states.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPamela Peralta-Yahya, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to BioMADE\u0026rsquo;s Leadership Council, which will set the organization\u0026rsquo;s funding priorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeralta-Yahya says, \u0026ldquo;An incredible cross section of Georgia Tech faculty contributed to the BioMADE proposal; over 30 faculty members, spanning five Schools across the College of Science, College of Engineering, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe notes: \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s involvement in BioMADE is poised to catalyze interdisciplinary collaborations across the university, from data science and downstream processing to supply chain logistics and the policy, legal, and biosafety implications of bioindustrial applications. The projects funded by BioMADE will give undergraduates and graduate students a springboard to the emerging biomanufacturing and related areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMark Styczynski, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular who is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to the BioMADE Technical Committee, says: \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech will be a member of BioMADE at the governing level, the highest level of engagement for academic institutions. We are excited about the resulting opportunities for Georgia Tech to bring to bear its manufacturing, chemical, and biochemical expertise on new applications and focus areas in the biomanufacturing space.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe adds: \u0026ldquo;Our involvement in this area is a great complement to other biomanufacturing efforts at Georgia Tech and will contribute to a rapidly growing bioeconomy in Georgia.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough a close relationship with DoD and the Military Services, BioMADE will work to establish long-term and dependable bioindustrial manufacturing capabilities for a wide array of products. Anticipated bioindustrial manufacturing applications include the following products: chemicals, solvents, detergents, reagents, plastics, electronic films, fabrics, polymers, agricultural products (e.g. feedstock), crop protection solutions, food additives, fragrances, and flavors. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioMADE\u0026rsquo;s efforts will examine and advance industry-wide standards, tools, and measurements; mature foundational technologies; foster a resilient bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem; advance education and workforce development; and support the establishment and growth of supply chain intermediaries that are essential for a robust U.S. bioeconomy. Other important focus areas include challenges related to biosafety and security and ethical, legal, and societal considerations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStefan France, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to BioMADE\u0026rsquo;s Education and Workforce Committee, which will help craft and implement the organization\u0026rsquo;s strategic plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrance explains that this committee \u0026ldquo;will concentrate its efforts in three major areas: curriculum and training for the bioindustrial workforce, promoting awareness of career opportunities, and coordination across the STEM community, the biomanufacturing ecosystem, and the training pipeline\u0026mdash;everything from K-12 to community and technical colleges to four-year colleges, graduate programs, and post-graduate training.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is a governing member of the BioIndustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a nonprofit that recently won a seven-year, $87 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology is a governing member of the BioIndustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a nonprofit that recently won a seven-year, $87 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)."}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2020-11-18 17:37:18","changed_gmt":"2020-11-18 17:37:41","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"186297","name":"BioMADE"},{"id":"186298","name":"bioindustrial manufacturing"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"1450","name":"Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"919","name":"Biochemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39461","name":"Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"644993":{"#nid":"644993","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Graphene Oxide Membranes Could Reduce Paper Industry Energy Costs ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. pulp and paper industry uses large quantities of water to produce cellulose pulp from trees. The water leaving the pulping process contains a number of organic byproducts and inorganic chemicals. To reuse the water and the chemicals, paper mills rely on steam-fed evaporators that boil up the water and separate it from the chemicals.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWater separation by evaporators is effective but uses large amounts of energy. That\u0026rsquo;s significant given that the United States currently is the world\u0026rsquo;s second-largest producer of paper and paperboard. The country\u0026rsquo;s approximately 100 paper mills are estimated to use about 0.2 quads (a quad is a quadrillion BTUs) of energy per year for water recycling, making it one of the most energy-intensive chemical processes. All industrial energy consumption in the United States in 2019 totaled 26.4 quads, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/flowcharts.llnl.gov\/content\/assets\/images\/energy\/us\/Energy_US_2019.png\u0022\u003ELawrence Livermore National Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn alternative is to deploy energy-efficient filtration membranes to recycle pulping wastewater. But conventional polymer membranes \u0026mdash; commercially available for the past several decades \u0026mdash; cannot withstand operation in the harsh conditions and high chemical concentrations found in pulping wastewater and many other industrial applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide (GO), a chemically resistant material based on carbon, so they can work effectively in industrial applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GO has remarkable characteristics that allow water to get through it much faster than through conventional membranes,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/sankar-nair\u0022\u003ESankar Nair\u003C\/a\u003E, professor, Simmons Faculty Fellow, and associate chair for Industry Outreach in the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;But a longstanding question has been how to make GO membranes work in realistic conditions with high chemical concentrations so that they could become industrially relevant.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing new fabrication techniques, the researchers can control the microstructure of GO membranes in a way that allows them to continue filtering out water effectively even at higher chemical concentrations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy-RAPID Institute, an industrial consortium of forest product companies, and Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Renewable Bioproducts Institute, was reported recently in the journal Nature Sustainability. Many industries that use large amounts of water in their production processes may stand to benefit from using these GO nanofiltration membranes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENair, his colleagues Meisha Shofner and Scott Sinquefield, and their research team began this work five years ago. They knew that GO membranes had long been recognized for their great potential in desalination, but only in a lab setting. \u0026ldquo;No one had credibly demonstrated that these membranes can perform in realistic industrial water streams and operating conditions,\u0026rdquo; Nair said. \u0026ldquo;New types of GO structures were needed that displayed high filtration performance and mechanical stability while retaining the excellent chemical stability associated with GO materials.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo create such new structures, the team conceived the idea of sandwiching large aromatic dye molecules in between GO sheets. Researchers Zhongzhen Wang, Chen Ma, and Chunyan Xu found that these molecules strongly bound themselves to the GO sheets in multiple ways, including stacking one molecule on another. The result was the creation of \u0026ldquo;gallery\u0026rdquo; spaces between the GO sheets, with the dye molecules acting as \u0026ldquo;pillars.\u0026rdquo; Water molecules easily filter through the narrow spaces between the pillars, while chemicals present in the water are selectively blocked based on their size and shape. The researchers could tune the membrane microstructure vertically and laterally, allowing them to control both the height of the gallery and the amount of space between the pillars.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team then tested the GO nanofiltration membranes with multiple water streams containing dissolved chemicals and showed the capability of the membranes to reject chemicals by size and shape, even at high concentrations. Ultimately, they scaled up their new GO membranes to sheets that are up to 4 feet in length and demonstrated their operation for more than 750 hours in a real feed stream derived from a paper mill.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENair expressed excitement for the potential of GO membrane nanofiltration to generate cost savings in paper mill energy usage, which could improve the industry\u0026rsquo;s sustainability. \u0026ldquo;These membranes can save the paper industry more than 30% in energy costs of water separation,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech continues to work with its industrial partners to apply the GO membrane technology for pulp and paper applications.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis work is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Institute (#DE-EE007888-5-5), an industrial consortium comprising Georgia-Pacific, International Paper, SAPPI, and WestRock, and the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Zhongzhen Wang, et al., \u0026ldquo;Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes for Desalination under Realistic Conditions.\u0026rdquo; (\u003Cem\u003ENature Sustainability\u003C\/em\u003E, 2021)\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-00674-3\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41893-020-00674-3\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers have found a method to engineer membranes made from graphene oxide so they can work effectively in industrial applications such as recycling paper pulping wastewater.\u0026nbsp;These membranes can save the paper industry more 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Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is one of eight U.S. scientists and engineers to receive the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award this year for contributions in research and development supporting the U.S. Department of Energy\u0026rsquo;s missions in science, energy, and national security.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1959, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/science\/articles\/energy-secretary-brouillette-announces-2020-ernest-orlando-lawrence-award-winners\u0022\u003ELawrence Award\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has recognized mid-career scientists and engineers in the United States who have advanced new research and scientific discovery in atomic, molecular, and chemical sciences; biological and environmental sciences; computer, information, and knowledge sciences; condensed matter and materials sciences; energy science and innovation; fusion and plasma sciences; high energy physics; national security and 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Like pressure treatments, the process is performed in an airtight chamber, but in this case the chamber is at low pressures to help the gas molecules permeate the entire wood structure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It was really important that this coating be applied throughout the interior of the wood and not just on the surface,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-losego\u0022\u003EMark Losego\u003C\/a\u003E, an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;Wood has pores that are about the width of a human hair or a little smaller, and we used these holes as our pathways for the gases to travel throughout the wood\u0026rsquo;s structure.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the gas molecules travel down those pathways, they react with the pore\u0026rsquo;s surfaces to deposit a conformal, atomic-scale coating of metal oxide throughout the interior of the wood. 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An additional six hours of electives will provide the opportunity to focus on a specific area of interest and are selected from within Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s highly successful online master\u0026#39;s degree in analytics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Online Graduate Certificate in Data Science for the Chemical Industry is currently accepting applications and will launch Aug. 17. Additional details on the program can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/certificates\/cdsci\u0022\u003Epe.gatech.edu\/certificates\/cdsci\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology has announced a new online graduate certificate program: Data Science for the Chemical Industry. As a collaboration between Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s College of Engineering and Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE), this credit-bearing program is the only credential of its kind, preparing chemical engineers with the skills and expertise they need for the future of work.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"RBI announces new graduate certificate for data science in the chemical industry"}],"uid":"35276","created_gmt":"2020-03-11 18:05:07","changed_gmt":"2020-03-11 18:05:07","author":"adudley7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-03-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"636272":{"#nid":"636272","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Redesigning Hand Sanitizer and Donating 7,000 Gallons to Fight Covid-19","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESo many people Seth Marder spoke to didn\u0026rsquo;t see the hand sanitizer crisis brewing. The country was going to run dangerously short if someone did not act urgently.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology rallied colleagues and partners around the cause in March, and by early June, they had replaced a key component of hand sanitizer, created a new supply chain, and initiated their own donation of 7,000 gallons of a newly designed sanitizer to medical facilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIts name: Han-I-Size White \u0026amp; Gold, named for the colors of Georgia Tech. The new supply chain also may ensure that hand sanitizer producers across the country do not run out of the main active ingredient, alcohol, but the team\u0026rsquo;s path to success was a stony labyrinth.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This project was on life support so many times because people did not understand how severe this shortage was going to be,\u0026rdquo; said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/marder\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMarder, a Regents Professor\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. \u0026ldquo;I called hospitals and institutions to assess the need and heard the same thing over and over: \u0026lsquo;No, we just got a delivery. We have no need. You\u0026rsquo;re wasting your time.\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarder was not. Contacts at major chemical suppliers of hand sanitizer ingredients said that a critical shortage of alcohol, particularly the one usually in hand sanitizer, isopropanol, was coming.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Isopropanol plants in the U.S. were running at full capacity and still didn\u0026rsquo;t have enough. People were using pharmaceutical-grade ethanol now, too, but it was also in short supply. We weren\u0026rsquo;t going to have enough of either; I mean the whole United States was running low,\u0026rdquo; Marder said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EClean hands cabal\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarder hastily drafted\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chris.luettgen.rbi.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EChris Luettgen\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of practice in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/node\/125\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGeorge White\u003C\/a\u003E, interim vice president of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Office of Industry Collaboration, and Atif Dabdoub, a Georgia Tech alumnus and owner of a local chemical company, Unichem Technologies, Inc.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo the three chemists and the business professional, it seemed simple: Mix alcohol with water, peroxide, and the moisturizer glycerin then bottle and ship it. That bubble burst quickly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELuettgen, who had worked in the consumer products industry for 25 years at Kimberly-Clark Corporation and knew how to take products to market, had to plow through constant unexpected supply chain barriers and bureaucracy while White forged connections between companies. Neither the supply chain nor the business relationships had existed before, and the teams\u0026rsquo; phones stayed glued to their ears night and day as they created them from scratch.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;When I worked for Kimberly-Clark, getting a new product out would take the company nine to 18 months, and the three of us had to get this done in weeks. The demand was there, and people were getting sick in some cases from lack of sanitizing. We felt speed was necessary to meet the growing demand. Seth told me to push this across the goal line, and I put everything into it,\u0026rdquo; Luettgen said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech is about the power to convene. Companies and stakeholders are eager to come to the table here to make things happen,\u0026rdquo; White said about forging new business ties. \u0026ldquo;Not everyone has that incredible recognition as a problem solver with the brainpower amassed here.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStinking of gin\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPurchasing truckloads of alcohol was priority one.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBoutique liquor distilleries in Georgia were already converting to sanitizer ethyl alcohol production, but output was nowhere near enough to meet demand. ExxonMobil connected the team with Eco-Energy, a company that handles fuel-grade ethanol as a gasoline additive.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The amount of ethanol that\u0026rsquo;s made for fuel in the U.S. is 1,500 times the amount of the isopropanol made. They could drain off about 1 percent of what is used for fuel and double or triple the amount of alcohol available for hand sanitizer in this country. And the fuel companies wouldn\u0026rsquo;t even notice it was gone, especially since hardly anyone was driving anymore,\u0026rdquo; Marder said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBut then prospective hand sanitizer distributors crimped their noses at that ethanol, saying it smelled odd.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I thought, \u0026lsquo;This has the makings of a screenplay.\u0026rsquo; I asked the distributor if we could come over to smell a sample for ourselves,\u0026rdquo; White said. \u0026ldquo;It needed a little love.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEco-Fuels produced the highly refined ethanol and then processed it through carbon filtration to increase purity and reduce odor.\u0026nbsp;Atlanta-based chemical manufacturer,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.momar.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMomar, Inc\u003C\/a\u003E., oversaw production, packaging, and distribution of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/momar.com\/item\/19866\/han_i_size_white___gold\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHan-I-Size White \u0026amp; Gold\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team garnered funding through a donation from insurer Aflac Incorporated allocated through the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gcmiatl.com\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EGlobal Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI)\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech affiliated non-profit organization that guides new experimental medical solutions to market. Aflac\u0026rsquo;s gift of $2 million through GCMI has also expedited the development, production, and purchase of other PPE to donate to health care workers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, GCMI helped guide the hand sanitizer through regulatory processes and to market. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was also aware of the dire shortage of alcohol for sanitizer and issued waivers for the pandemic to allow for use of ethanol without having to meet usual specifications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWater, water everywhere\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.arkema-americas.com\/en\/arkema-americas\/at-a-glance\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EArkema, Inc.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;donated hydrogen peroxide, which was delivered to PSG Functional Materials, which mixed and packaged the product then shipped with no delivery fee to Atlanta. Though water is ubiquitous, hand sanitizer requires purified water, and the Coca-Cola Company donated a tanker truck of it just when White was pondering desperate measures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If I have to get a truck to go pick up water and drive it, I\u0026rsquo;ll do it myself,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFinally, the first few hundred gallons of donated Han-I-Size White \u0026amp; Gold rolled into Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta and Brightmoor Nursing Center in Griffin, Georgia, in the second week of June 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGCMI is facilitating donations of the 7,000 gallons nationwide. Separate from the Aflac-financed donations, Momar will continue to manufacture the new hand sanitizing formula commercially to include in its regular product lineup, and Georgia Tech will be able to purchase it at a reduced rate to help protect researchers now returning to their labs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new supply chain, the first of its kind, of \u0026ldquo;waiver-grade\u0026rdquo; ethanol has given hand sanitizer producers across the country a new opportunity to re-supply America.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Hopefully, we helped solved a national need,\u0026rdquo; Luettgen said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESo many people Seth Marder spoke to didn\u0026rsquo;t see the hand sanitizer crisis brewing. 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Headquartered at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul, BioMADE includes some of the largest bioindustrial manufacturing employers in the U.S. working in conjunction with some of the top educators in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn support of this collaboration, the $87 million in DoD funding will be combined with more than $187 million in non-federal cost-share from 31 companies, 57 colleges and universities, six nonprofits, and two venture capital groups across 31 states.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPamela Peralta-Yahya\u003C\/strong\u003E, faculty member of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute, and associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to BioMADE\u0026rsquo;s Leadership Council, which will set the organization\u0026rsquo;s funding priorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPeralta-Yahya says, \u0026ldquo;An incredible cross section of Georgia Tech faculty contributed to the BioMADE proposal; over 30 faculty members, spanning five Schools across the College of Science, College of Engineering, and the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe notes: \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s involvement in BioMADE is poised to catalyze interdisciplinary collaborations across the university, from data science and downstream processing to supply chain logistics and the policy, legal, and biosafety implications of bioindustrial applications. The projects funded by BioMADE will give undergraduates and graduate students a springboard to the emerging biomanufacturing and related areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMark Styczynski, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemical and Biomolecular who is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to the BioMADE Technical Committee, says: \u0026ldquo;Georgia Tech will be a member of BioMADE at the governing level, the highest level of engagement for academic institutions. We are excited about the resulting opportunities for Georgia Tech to bring to bear its manufacturing, chemical, and biochemical expertise on new applications and focus areas in the biomanufacturing space.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe adds: \u0026ldquo;Our involvement in this area is a great complement to other biomanufacturing efforts at Georgia Tech and will contribute to a rapidly growing bioeconomy in Georgia.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThrough a close relationship with DoD and the Military Services, BioMADE will work to establish long-term and dependable bioindustrial manufacturing capabilities for a wide array of products. Anticipated bioindustrial manufacturing applications include the following products: chemicals, solvents, detergents, reagents, plastics, electronic films, fabrics, polymers, agricultural products (e.g. feedstock), crop protection solutions, food additives, fragrances, and flavors. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBioMADE\u0026rsquo;s efforts will examine and advance industry-wide standards, tools, and measurements; mature foundational technologies; foster a resilient bioindustrial manufacturing ecosystem; advance education and workforce development; and support the establishment and growth of supply chain intermediaries that are essential for a robust U.S. bioeconomy. Other important focus areas include challenges related to biosafety and security and ethical, legal, and societal considerations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStefan France, an associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry is Tech\u0026rsquo;s representative to BioMADE\u0026rsquo;s Education and Workforce Committee, which will help craft and implement the organization\u0026rsquo;s strategic plan.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFrance explains that this committee \u0026ldquo;will concentrate its efforts in three major areas: curriculum and training for the bioindustrial workforce, promoting awareness of career opportunities, and coordination across the STEM community, the biomanufacturing ecosystem, and the training pipeline\u0026mdash;everything from K-12 to community and technical colleges to four-year colleges, graduate programs, and post-graduate training.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is a governing member of the BioIndustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a nonprofit that recently won a seven-year, $87 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology is a governing member of the BioIndustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE), a nonprofit that recently won a seven-year, $87 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)."}],"uid":"34528","created_gmt":"2020-12-01 00:26:55","changed_gmt":"2020-12-01 00:32:45","author":"jhunt7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"641489":{"id":"641489","type":"image","title":"Biomade Logo","body":null,"created":"1605885700","gmt_created":"2020-11-20 15:21:40","changed":"1605885700","gmt_changed":"2020-11-20 15:21:40","alt":"Biomade Logo.\u00a0","file":{"fid":"243762","name":"14C10042-P1-039RBI-Biomade.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14C10042-P1-039RBI-Biomade.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14C10042-P1-039RBI-Biomade.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":122795,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/14C10042-P1-039RBI-Biomade.jpg?itok=Y1eOLfXd"}}},"media_ids":["641489"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"186297","name":"BioMADE"},{"id":"186298","name":"bioindustrial manufacturing"},{"id":"560","name":"chemical engineering"},{"id":"1450","name":"Biomolecular Engineering"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"919","name":"Biochemistry"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrad Dixon, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"639794":{"#nid":"639794","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI Students Win Mars Wrigley Sustainability Packathon Contest","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast month, two Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) doctoral students won the 2020 Mars Wrigley Sustainability Packathon contest which shifted its finale event from the city of Chicago in Illinois to an online format that hosted seven finalist teams. Another team from Georgia Tech placed second in the contest.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENasreen Khan\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EManali Banerjee\u003C\/strong\u003E, both Georgia Tech doctoral students in materials science and engineering, and RBI paper science and engineering fellows, won first prize in this year\u0026rsquo;s event which had more than 50 national teams competing. Using the team name, \u0026ldquo;Talk Green to Me,\u0026rdquo; they presented to Mars Wrigley a detailed sustainability packaging idea and technology that eventually allows packaging to naturally convert to compost and re-enter the recycling stream. Because of the contest guidelines, specific details about their proposed closed-loop sustainability idea that makes the most of agricultural waste cannot be publicized.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Both of us are material scientists. We work in the same lab. So, we decided to approach this idea from a materials perspective and come up with more sustainable packaging from the materials standpoint,\u0026rdquo; said Banerjee. \u0026ldquo;We wanted to use more sustainable or degradable materials to come up with a new kind of packaging that they could implement. We specifically work with cellulose and natural products. We wanted to use natural products and natural materials, so that was our approach to it.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Initially, we came at this with the idea that we want a single layer, and we want to use less\u0026nbsp;of normal fossil fuels, or normal plastics. We then wanted to use all biodegradable materials, but specifically materials that are coming from agricultural waste that\u0026#39;s already going to landfill,\u0026rdquo; said Khan. \u0026ldquo;If we can use agricultural waste to make one single layer that can be easily compostable and easily manufactured, then that\u0026#39;s what we wanted to do. We looked at it from an overall viewpoint, such as, how is this product going to start from the beginning, from the farmers? And how does it end with the consumers and then loop back around in this cycle.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir team helped answer the overall question about how Mars Wrigley can help increase consumer rates of appropriate package disposal for candy, gum, and chocolate packaging.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The finalists are definitely the next generation of packaging,\u0026ldquo; said \u003Cstrong\u003EWilliam Singleton\u003C\/strong\u003E, global director of packaging innovation at Mars Wrigley.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKhan and Banerjee are so passionate about their field of work as material scientists that they regular record and publish a podcast called \u0026ldquo;Talk Green to Me.\u0026rdquo; You can subscribe to their podcasts on Spotify, Apple, and SoundCloud.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother Georgia Tech materials science engineering and MBA student team placed second in the Mars Wrigley packaging national contest. Team members were \u003Cstrong\u003EMonica Marks\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EEdward DiLoreto\u003C\/strong\u003E, both doctoral students in materials science and engineering, and \u003Cstrong\u003EAbby Brenller\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EAmanda Grupp\u003C\/strong\u003E, both MBA students in the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe design developed by their team named \u0026ldquo;Buzz \u0026amp; Burdell\u0026#39;s\u0026rdquo; utilized waste cacao material along with other biopolymers to create a high quality, compostable candy wrapper. 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The process, based on an unusual hydrogen cycle, can be done at low temperature and ambient pressure, improving the practicality of the upgrade and reducing the energy input needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;From an environmental and sustainability standpoint, people want to use oil produced from biomass,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/yulin-deng\u0022\u003EYulin Deng\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rbi.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;The worldwide lignin production from paper and bioethanol manufacturing is 50 million tons annually, and more than 95% of that is simply burned to generate heat. My lab is looking for practical methods to upgrade low molecular weight lignin compounds to make them commercially viable as high-quality biofuel and biochemicals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe process was described September 7 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Energy\u003C\/em\u003E. The research was supported by the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin are extracted from trees, grasses, and other biomass materials. The cellulose is used to make paper, ethanol, and other products, but the lignin \u0026mdash; a complex material that gives strength to the plants \u0026mdash; is largely unused because it\u0026rsquo;s difficult to break down into low-viscosity oils that could serve as the starting point for kerosene or diesel fuel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPyrolysis techniques done at temperatures over 400 degrees Celsius can be used to create bio-oils such as phenols from the lignin, but the oils lack sufficient hydrogen and contain too many oxygen atoms to be useful as fuels. The current approach to addressing that challenge involves adding hydrogen and removing oxygen through a catalytic process known as hydrodeoxygenation. But that process now requires high temperatures and pressures 10 times higher than ambient, and it produces char and tar that quickly reduce the efficiency of the platinum catalyst.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeng and colleagues set out to develop a new solution-based process that would add hydrogen and remove the oxygen from the oil monomers using a hydrogen buffer catalytic system. Because hydrogen has very limited solubility in water, the hydrogenation or hydrodeoxygenation reaction of lignin biofuel in solution is very difficult. Deng\u0026rsquo;s group used polyoxometalate acid (SiW\u003Csub\u003E12\u003C\/sub\u003E) as both a hydrogen transfer agent and reaction catalyst, which helps transfer hydrogen gas from the gas-liquid interphase into the bulk solution through a reversible hydrogen extraction. The process then released hydrogen as an active species H* at a platinum-on-carbon nanoparticle surface, which solved the key issue of low solubility of hydrogen in water at low pressure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;On the platinum, the polyoxometalate acid captures the charge from the hydrogen to form H+, which is soluble in water, but the charges can be reversibly transferred back to H+ to form active H* inside the solution,\u0026rdquo; Deng said. As an apparent result, hydrogen gas is transferred to water phase to form active H*, which can directly react with lignin oil inside the solution.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the second part of the unusual hydrogen cycle, the polyoxometalate acid sets the stage for removing oxygen from the bio-oil monomers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The super-acid can reduce the activation energy required for removing the oxygen, and at the same time, you have more active hydrogen H* in the solution, which reacts on the molecules of oil,\u0026rdquo; Deng said. \u0026ldquo;In the solution there is a quick reaction with active hydrogen atom H* and lignin oil on the surface of the catalyst. The reversible reaction of hydrogen with polyoxometalate to form H+ and then to hydrogen atom H* on the platinum catalyst surface is a unique reversible cycle.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe platinum particles and polyoxometalate acid can be reused for multiple cycles without reducing efficiency. The researchers also found that the efficiency of hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation of lignin oil varied depending on the specific monomers in the oil.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We tested 15 or 20 different molecules that were produced by pyrolysis and found that the conversion efficiency ranged from 50% on the lower end to 99% on the higher end,\u0026rdquo; Deng said. \u0026ldquo;We did not compare the energy input cost, but the conversion efficiency was at least 10 times better than what has been reported under similar low temperature, low hydrogen pressure conditions.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOperating at lower temperatures \u0026mdash; below 100 degrees Celsius \u0026mdash; reduced the problem of char and tar formation on the platinum catalyst. Deng and his colleagues found that they could use the same platinum at least 10 times without deterioration of the catalytic activity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong the challenges ahead are improving the product selectivity by using different metal catalyst systems, and developing new techniques for separation and purification of the different lignin biochemicals in the solution. Platinum is expensive and in high demand for other applications, so finding a lower-cost catalyst could boost the overall practicality of the process \u0026mdash; and perhaps make it more selective.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile helping meet the demand for bio-based oils, the new technique could also benefit the forest products, paper, and bioethanol industries by providing a potential revenue stream for lignin, which is often just burned to produce heat.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The global lignin market size was estimated at $954.5 million in 2019, which is only a very small portion of the lignin that is produced globally. Clearly, the industry wants to find more applications for it by converting the lignin to chemicals or bio-oils,\u0026rdquo; Deng said. \u0026ldquo;There would also be an environmental benefit from using this material in better ways.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeyond upgrading lignin biofuel, a broad impact of the research in Yulin\u0026#39;s group is developing a technology to significantly increase the solubility of active hydrogen atoms or hydrogen gas in a solution, which can also be used in broader chemical reactions such as ammonia synthesis and general hydrogenation of different substances.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Deng and first author Wei Liu, the research team also included Wenqin You, Wei Sun, Weisheng Yang, Akshay Korde, and Yutao Gong, all from Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECITATION\u003C\/strong\u003E: Wei Liu, et al., \u0026ldquo;Ambient-pressure and low-temperature upgrading of lignin bio-oil to hydrocarbons using a hydrogen buffer catalytic system.\u0026rdquo; 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