{"527611":{"#nid":"527611","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI announces PSE Fellowships","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExecutive director Norman Marsolan, Renewable Bioproducts Institute-Georgia Tech, has announced the award of ten new Paper Science and Engineering graduate student fellowships.\u0026nbsp; The awards are made possible by an endowment for graduate student education and research begun by the Institute of Paper Chemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPlease join me in congratulating these professors on their successful proposals,\u201d Marsolan said.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis work will advance knowledge in core pulp and papermaking processes as well as emerging opportunities for our industry.\u0026nbsp; We welcome companies\u2019 expressions of interest in these projects, and offer opportunities for collaboration and leveraging of this important work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year\u0027s winners are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Tunable Polymeric Membranes for Energy-Efficient Black Liquor Concentration - Sankar Nair, Meisha Shofner, Scott Sinquefield\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 New Functionality via Vapor-Phase Surface Modification of Cellulose - Mark Losego\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Removal of Particulate Contaminants from Process Effluents by \u0022Affinity Flotation\u0022 - Sven Behrens, Carson Meredith\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Low-Cost, Large-Scale Manufacturing of Multifuctional Porous Cellulose\/Nanoparticle Microspheres for Water Treatment - Zhiqun Lin\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Biorefining: Catalytic Processes for the Production of Value-Added Chemicals from Lignin - Carston Sievers, Andreas Bommarius, Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Matthew Realff, Valerie Thomas\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Rheological Characterizatoin of Nanocellulose for Metrology and Quality Control Research - Victor Breedveld\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 Nanocellulose as Reinforcement: An Approach Toward Light-Weighting of Polymer Composites - Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, Karl Jacob\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2022 3D Printed High-Strength and Lighweight Epoxy\/Nanocellulose Composite Products for Automobile and Aerospace Applications - Jerry Qi, Yulin Deng\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe annual award process involves a request for proposals from professors, consideration of priorities of RBI member companies and the industry at large, and evaluation by a faculty committee.\u0026nbsp; This year, a particular effort was made to reflect the industry research priorities expressed in Agenda 2020 roadmaps (see \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.agenda2020.org\u0022\u003Ewww.agenda2020.org\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp; Currently, there are 43 endowment-supported students pursuing graduate degrees at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/PSE%20Fellowships.pdf\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E for a listing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about RBI and its research portfolio, please visit the website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ERBI at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Seventeen principal investigators named"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2016-04-21 13:06:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:25","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"217141","name":"Georgia Tech Materials Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"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":""}}}