{"419491":{"#nid":"419491","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Luettgen to head P\u0026P certificate program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chris Luettgen has been named Director of the Undergraduate Pulp and Paper Certificate Program, according to David Sholl, Chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program is coordinated by ChBE and has been under the direction of Dr. Jeff Hsieh for the past 30 years. The cross-listed set of four courses, two lectures and two labs is designed to give students a working knowledge of the pulp and paper industry and related segments.\u0026nbsp; Students affiliated with Mechanical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Chemistry or ChBE, can obtain this certificate by completing these four courses for 12 credit hours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChBe works closely with the Renewable Bioproducts Institute in developing the pulp and paper engineers, scientists and executives of the future, according to Sholl.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very pleased Chris has agreed to take on this role,\u201d he said. \u201cI know he will do a terrific job and having him in this capacity will greatly help with the goal of continuing to strengthen the alignment of this undergraduate program with RBI.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELuettgen is also an associate director for RBI, joining the Institute in November 2014, departing the tissue industry after 24 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHaving been in the pulp and paper industry my entire career, I\u2019m extremely excited to have this opportunity,\u201d Luettgen said. \u201cThe research in the field of chemical and biomolecular engineering as it relates to the industry is experiencing an incredible evolution. A strong partnership between ChBE and RBI is critical in the continued success of this research and in identifying industry challenges and needs and how we can address those in our laboratories with the next generation of engineers and scientists.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Emphasis on continued alignment with RBI"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-06-30 12:08:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:52","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-06-30T00:00:00-04:00","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"}},"368331":{"id":"368331","type":"image","title":"David Sholl","body":null,"created":"1449245827","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:17:07","changed":"1475895107","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:47","alt":"David Sholl","file":{"fid":"74901","name":"130710br217.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130710br217.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/130710br217.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5407155,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/130710br217.jpg?itok=jsS2dUqi"}}},"media_ids":["380531","368331"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9502","name":"Biomolecular"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"119291","name":"luettgen"},{"id":"130851","name":"paper and pulp"},{"id":"93791","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute"}],"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 B. Smith, RBI Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}