{"615125":{"#nid":"615125","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Advancing Foundational Technologies to Improve the Bottom Line","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin us for \u0026ldquo;Advancing Foundational Technologies to Improve the Bottom Line,\u0026rdquo; Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Renewable Bioproducts Institute on the Atlanta campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDelivering our keynote address will be \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aiche.org\/rapid\u0022\u003ERAPID Manufacturing Institute\u003C\/a\u003E CEO and Georgia Tech alum William Grieco.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the establishment of the 10th Manufacturing USA Institute, the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute. Leveraging up to $70 million in federal funding, RAPID is focused on developing breakthrough technologies to boost energy productivity and energy efficiency by 20 percent in five years. RAPID will leverage approaches to modular chemical process intensification used in a variety of industries. Its focus on renewable bioproducts \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aiche.org\/rapid\/roadmaps\/renewable-bioproducts\u0022\u003Ecan be found here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGrieco\u0026#39;s senior-level innovation roles have focused on process development across multiple industries. These include the biofuels startup PetroAlgae, where he and his team built the first-of-a-kind intensive biomass production process to grow and convert aquatic plants to purified proteins and energy feedstocks. For the biopharmaceutical firm Alkermes, he spearheaded development and commercialization of the VIVITROL\u0026reg; and RISPERDAL\u0026reg;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe serves on the external advisory board for the Georgia Tech Energy Policy Innovation Center. Grieco has been a member of AIChE for 25 years, and chaired the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum in the mid-2000s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe workshop will further explore how RBI is changing the way companies look at their bottom line. Listen to RBI affiliated faculty present research in areas such as black liquor separation, multi-phase forming, corrosion sciences and Factory 4.0, as well as new products for the future of packaging and barrier protection.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAttendees may also take advantage of one-on-one interactions with graduate students as they share their research a poster session and luncheon at the Paper Tricentennial Building, home of RBI.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWatch for more details in the coming weeks at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rbi.gatech.edu\/2019-advancing-foundational-technologies-workshop\u0022\u003Ethe \u003Cem\u003Eworkshop home page\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The future of forest products-related industries will not solely be based upon emerging technologies, but on continuous improvement in foundational technologies and new, higher margin products from existing processes."}],"uid":"34758","created_gmt":"2018-12-07 15:36:17","changed_gmt":"2018-12-11 19:26:00","author":"mwilliams306","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2019-02-28T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-02-28T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-02-28 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-02-28 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-02-28 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615122":{"id":"615122","type":"image","title":"William Grieco- Rapid CEO","body":null,"created":"1544193702","gmt_created":"2018-12-07 14:41:42","changed":"1544193702","gmt_changed":"2018-12-07 14:41:42","alt":"","file":{"fid":"234224","name":"William Grieco_Rapid CEO.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/William%20Grieco_Rapid%20CEO.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/William%20Grieco_Rapid%20CEO.png","mime":"image\/png","size":322298,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/William%20Grieco_Rapid%20CEO.png?itok=3iTkVp04"}}},"media_ids":["615122"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1789","name":"Conference\/Symposium"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly.smith@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}