{"362091":{"#nid":"362091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Professors Team to Develop New Automotive Materials from Trees","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECarson Meredith, a professor and associate chair for graduate studies in the School of Chemical \u0026amp; Biomolecular Engineering, is participating in an initiative to develop ultra-strong, lightweight automotive structural components reinforced with nanocellulose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeredith and Meisha Shofner, associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), are representing Georgia Tech in a multi-entity partnership to use nanocellulose-polymer composites to be an economical and eco-friendly substitute for carbon-fiber composites used in luxury automobiles. For example, nanocellulose \u2014 a rapidly emerging, high-performance nanomaterial extracted from trees \u2014 could be used to replace heavy steel structures, such as the seat frames, in the cars. The result would be a lighter vehicle, which would lead to improved fuel economy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/347411\u0022\u003ERead more about the research at this link.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Carson Meredith, a professor and associate chair for graduate studies in the School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering, is participating in an initiative to develop ultra-strong, lightweight automotive components reinforced with nanocellulose."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2015-01-08 13:27:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:50","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-01-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"362081":{"id":"362081","type":"image","title":"Carson Meredith","body":null,"created":"1449245782","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:22","changed":"1475895098","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:38","alt":"Carson Meredith","file":{"fid":"202082","name":"c._meredith.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/c._meredith_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/c._meredith_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":321891,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/c._meredith_0.jpg?itok=rAifFWOo"}}},"media_ids":["362081"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"111491","name":"automotive industry"},{"id":"105671","name":"Carson Meredith"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"113891","name":"nanocellulose"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}