{"380521":{"#nid":"380521","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Luettgen joins RBI as Associate Director","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Renewable Bioproducts Institute is pleased to welcome onboard Chris Luettgen as associate director. Chris has also accepted an appointment as a professor of the practice in Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering and director of the Georgia Tech Professional Education Industry Strategic Partnerships\/Professional Masters in Manufacturing Leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELuettgen has 25 years of industry experience, including 19 years at Kimberly-Clark Corp., where he most recently served as senior research and engineering manager for the Kimberly-Clark Professional business sector. He has held positions in product development and innovation as well as in capital project management and manufacturing facility leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are extremely fortunate to have someone of Chris\u2019 caliber join our team,\u201d said Norman Marsolan, executive director of RBI. \u201cHe has a deep understanding of the paper and pulp industries, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. Chris will play a key role as we continue to develop our strategic plan and chart the course for RBI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor several years, Luettgen has served on the RBI Industry Board of Advisors, and he is the current vice chairman of the Technical Association of the Pulp \u0026amp; Paper Industry. He earned his master\u2019s degree at the Institute of Paper Chemistry and his Ph.D. at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Accepts roles with ChBE, professional education"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-02-20 15:22:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"380531":{"id":"380531","type":"image","title":"RBI luettgen, chris","body":null,"created":"1449246214","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:34","changed":"1475894352","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:12","alt":"RBI luettgen, chris","file":{"fid":"75259","name":"rbi_luettgen_chris.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rbi_luettgen_chris.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rbi_luettgen_chris.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40377,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rbi_luettgen_chris.jpg?itok=TbCR7Kw3"}}},"media_ids":["380531"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1303","name":"chbe"},{"id":"119291","name":"luettgen"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"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\u003EKelly Smith, Communications Manager, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kelly.smith@rbi.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ekelly.smith@rbi.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["chris.luettgen@rbi.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}