Tim Lieuwen standing outside the CNES Building on the Georgia Tech campus.

September 10, 2024

Tim Lieuwen: Shaping the Future of Research at Georgia Tech

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Lieuwen enters the role of interim EVPR with plans to focus on research security and operational excellence and to strengthen the Institute’s ties to Georgia and the Southeast.

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William Berkey at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Innovations in Packaging and the Circular Economy

October 11, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student's Perspective - Part 4

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This is part four of the student experiences series. William Berkey, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry shares his experience from the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on "Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy."

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 Images from the Papermaking booth of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking at GT Science and Engineering Day

March 20, 2023

Paper Museum Teaches Papermaking at Georgia Tech Science and Engineering Day

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The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) at Georgia Tech participated in the second annual Georgia Tech Science and Engineering Day during the Atlanta Science Festival.

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 Georgia Tech student trying the virtual reality software systems at the Valmet Lab

May 5, 2023

Valmet Automation Field Trip Showcases Industry 4.0 Technologies

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Students enrolled in the Spring 2023 course Emerging Technology in Forest Bioproducts (offered by the College of Engineering – ChBE and ME 4730/8803) visited the Valmet Automation Center in Norcross, GA in April.

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Elyssa Ferguson, RBI Fellow during the Student Poster Session at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy

August 1, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience from a Student's Perspective (Part 1)

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This is the first of a series of Q&As from PSE students who share their experience at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on Packaging Innovation and the Circular Economy Elyssa Ferguson, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student shares her experience below.

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Oldendorff technical support team with Patritsia

September 9, 2023

Patritsia Stathatou Studying Impacts of Scrubber Emissions in an effort to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry

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This story originally appeared in Waterline, News from Oldendorff Carrier. Issue 18, Summer 2023 and was written by Jan Kohzer, Patritsia Stathatou, & Scott Jones

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 Portrait of Carson Meredith

August 11, 2023

Carson Meredith elected as an AIChE Fellow

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Carson Meredith, executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute and professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE), has been elected to the 2023-2024 class of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) fellows.

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Portrait of Carsten Sievers

August 3, 2023

Carsten Sievers Named ACS Fellow

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Carsten Sievers, a professor in Georgia Tech's School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected as part of the 2023 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

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Portrait of Chris Luettgen

April 9, 2023

Chris Luettgen appointed as APPTI Executive Director

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Christopher Luettgen, professor of the practice at the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and associate director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) has been named as the new Executive Director of the Alliance for Pulp & Paper Techno

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Tanner Hickman at the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop

August 30, 2023

2023 RBI Spring Workshop Experience From a Student's Perspective - Part 2

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This is part two of the student experiences series. Tanner Hickman, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering shares his experience from the 2023 RBI Spring Workshop on "Innovations in Packaging and Circular Economy."

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Picture of Dard Hunter and Tekumalla Venkajee during their travels in the Indian subcontinent (left). Daniel Vallejo, Ph.D., prepping the loom fiber sample for Scanning Electron Microscopy (middle), Nasreen Khan, Ph.D., analyzing loom fiber with an optical microscope (right) in Georgia Tech Microscope

September 10, 2023

Splitting Hairs : Identification of Unknown Materials of a Historic Papermaking Tool Through Forensics Fiber Analysis

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The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking houses hand papermaking artifacts from around the world. Dard Hunter, a renowned paper historian and founder of the museum, collected many of these objects throughout the early 1900s.

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Bark Rhythms Exhibiti

June 30, 2024

The Month in Photos: June 2024

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The Bark Rhythms exhibit continues at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking through August.

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Portrait of Akanksha Menon

May 17, 2023

Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Selected to Receive 2023 ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal

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Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal.

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Portrait of Devesh Ranjan

May 9, 2023

Devesh Ranjan Selected to Receive 2023 ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award

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Devesh Ranjan, Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. School Chair and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been selected to receive the 2023 Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award from the American Society of Mechanical Eng

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Newly Developed Carbon Membranes Enable Efficient Removal and Concentration of Organic Molecules from Water

June 5, 2023

Georgia Tech Engineers Develop Carbon Membranes Enabling Efficient Removal and Concentration of Organic Molecules from Water

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Researchers in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) have developed rigid, carbon membranes that effectively remove and concentrate small organic molecules (such as solvents) from water.

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Tim Lieuwen

June 15, 2023

Tim Lieuwen Named Interim Chair of AE School

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Tim Lieuwen has been selected to serve as interim chair of Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, effective August 1. Lieuwen is a Regents’ Professor; the David S. Lewis, Jr. Professor; and has been an AE School faculty member s

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June 27, 2023

Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute and Infrastructure & Sustainability Sign MOU for Joint Collaboration Opportunities

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The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and the Infrastructure & Sustainability (I&S) unit of the Georgia Institute of Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on using campus as a living lab.

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The McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology

June 29, 2023

The McDowell Lab at Georgia Tech is Shaping the Future of Battery Technology

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Researching new materials for the next generation of high-capacity batteries is Matthew McDowell, associate professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and director of the McDowell Lab.

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 Laura Stoy gives a presentation as part of the Techstars Alabama EnergyTech Accelerator.

September 6, 2023

Alumni Spotlight: Laura Stoy Transforms Research into Clean Technology Startup

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Since leaving Georgia Tech, Laura (Mast) Stoy, PhD EnvE 21, has continued to pursue her research, this time as an entrepreneur.

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Tim Lieuwen, Executive Director of SEI

September 18, 2023

Lieuwen to Give National Academy of Engineering Keynote on Net Zero Pathways

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The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) chose Adjunct Professor and alumnus Tim Lieuwen, M.S. ME 1997, Ph.D. ME 1999, to give a keynote address about net zero pathways in the U.S. energy system as part of the 2023 Global Grand Challenges Summit.

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Professor Christopher Jones

August 28, 2023

Christopher Jones Wins 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology

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Professor Christopher Jones was selected as the recipient of the 2023 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. (AIChE).

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Pictured left to right: Associate Professor Matthew McDowell (ME), Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon (ME), and Assistant Professor Claudio Di Leo (AE).

October 18, 2023

Assistant Professor Akanksha Menon Awarded $3 Million for Research as part of DOE's Energy Earthshots™ Initiative

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Akanksha Menon, assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, has been awarded $3 million in funding from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of their Energy Earthshots™ Initiative to advance clean energy technologies

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Faculty working on Renewable Energy Research at Georgia Tech

April 15, 2024

What's Next for Renewable Energy in the U.S.?

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Researchers say that accelerating the transition to renewable energy can help mitigate climate change, enhance energy security, and stimulate economic growth. Three such energy experts at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts — an economist, a policymake

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ENERGY 2040: Aligning Innovation, Economics and Decarbonization" was published by Springer in April 2024.

April 25, 2024

Q&A with Deepakraj Divan and Suresh Sharma: Authors of "ENERGY 2040"

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In an insightful interview, Divan, a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and director of the Center for Distributed Energy (CDE) in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Sharma, an entrepreneur in residence at CDE, trace the histori

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Picture of Martha Grover

June 4, 2024

Martha Grover Named Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering

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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) faculty member Martha Grover has been named the College’s Thomas A. Fanning Chair in Equity Centered Engineering.

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