{"618171":{"#nid":"618171","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI hosts 2019 Fellows for orientation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMore than 50 students, faculty and staff took part in the recent RBI Fellowship orientation, hosted by the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe short program followed by dinner was designed as a way to introduce new RBI Fellowship recipients to the Institute, its history, strategic research areas, services and ways to get further involved with industry and other affiliated student organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMeisha Shofner, RBI\u0026rsquo;s interim executive director and associate professor, MSE, said the orientation was organized to give the Fellows a better understanding of RBI, as well as provide a platform for questions with the Institute\u0026rsquo;s staff one on one.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are fortunate to work with a large group of talented graduate students and hope that their inclusion in RBI provides resources and opportunities that will facilitate their growth and success. This meeting was one\u0026nbsp;way to let them know about ways\u0026nbsp;we can support them as they navigate their graduate school careers as well as foster the community of students that has been the\u0026nbsp;constant foundation of IPC, IPST and now RBI.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERBI\u0026rsquo;s four-year fellowships are designated for Ph.D. students working on projects relating to forest biomaterials. There are four participating schools: Chemistry and Biochemistry (CHEM); Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE); Materials Science and Engineering (MSE); and Mechanical Engineering (ME).\u0026nbsp;There are currently about 40 graduate students within the program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about RBI\u0026rsquo;s Fellowship program by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rbi.gatech.edu\/students-0\u0022\u003Evisiting our website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"More than 40 students came together to learn more about how RBI can help in their research"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2019-02-20 02:32:37","changed_gmt":"2019-02-20 02:32:37","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618170":{"id":"618170","type":"image","title":"RBI Fellows orientation","body":null,"created":"1550629808","gmt_created":"2019-02-20 02:30:08","changed":"1550629808","gmt_changed":"2019-02-20 02:30:08","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235302","name":"RBI Fellow orientation photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RBI%20Fellow%20orientation%20photo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RBI%20Fellow%20orientation%20photo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":22837,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RBI%20Fellow%20orientation%20photo.jpg?itok=YWFzxbQp"}}},"media_ids":["618170"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"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, kelly.smith@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}