{"667656":{"#nid":"667656","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI and Student Polymer Network co-host the 9th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Polymers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn early April\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the\u0026nbsp;ninth annual research symposium titled \u201cThe Visions for Sustainable Polymers.\u201d The symposium also included SPN\u0027s\u0026nbsp;annual poster session at the \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMolecular Science and Engineering\u0026nbsp;Atrium\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESustainable polymers are an important component of RBI\u0027s Circular Materials research theme.\u0026nbsp;The workshop was planned by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/blair-brettmann\u0022\u003EBlair Brettmann\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/natalie-stingelin\u0022\u003ENatalie Stingelin\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/will-gutekunst\u0022\u003EWill Gutekunst\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022\u003ECarson\u0026nbsp;Meredith\u003C\/a\u003E, executive director of Renewable Bioproducts Institute and professor \u003Cspan\u003Eand \u003Cspan\u003EJames Harris Faculty Fellow\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E in the School \u003C\/span\u003Eof Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and was funded through a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/seed-grant-funding-0\u0022\u003EMoving Teams Forward\u003C\/a\u003E seed grant from the EVPR office. The purpose of this seed grant is to develop a community of researchers on campus who focus on the development of new, more sustainable types of plastics and new ways to recycle or upcycle them at the end of life. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe workshop was the culminating event in the Moving Teams Forward seed grant program and involved invited speakers from inside and outside Georgia Tech. Industrial speakers and attendees (Dow, BASF), National Labs (NIST), and faculty from universities across the country participated in the symposium. The speakers represented key thought leaders to connect with and build stronger teams for advancing this field.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"RBI and Student Polymer Network co-host the 9th Annual Symposium on Sustainable Polymers"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn early April\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERBI\u003C\/a\u003E) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the\u0026nbsp;ninth annual research symposium titled \u201cThe Visions for Sustainable Polymers.\u201d The symposium also included SPN\u0027s annnual poster session at the \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMolecular Science and Engineering\u0026nbsp;Atrium\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In early April, the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) along with the Student Polymer Network (SPN) hosted the\u00a0ninth annual research symposium titled \u201cThe Visions for Sustainable Polymers.\u201d The symposium also included the annual SPN poster session at t"}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2023-05-05 02:21:17","changed_gmt":"2023-05-05 02:31:21","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670752":{"id":"670752","type":"image","title":"Speaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium","body":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESpeaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1683253322","gmt_created":"2023-05-05 02:22:02","changed":"1683253483","gmt_changed":"2023-05-05 02:24:43","alt":"Speaker presenting at the Visions for Sustainable Polymers Symposium","file":{"fid":"253675","name":"April 6 2[75]_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2086397,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/04\/April%206%202%5B75%5D_1.jpg?itok=JAaDgKA_"}}},"media_ids":["670752"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/a\u003E | RBI Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}