{"406031":{"#nid":"406031","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RBI hosts Purdue professor","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Jeffrey P. Youngblood of Purdue University\u2019s School of Materials Engineering recently spent two days on campus in a move to share knowledge and research applications in the area of cellulose nanomaterials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Renewable Bioproducts Institute sponsored his two-day visit in May.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We are always pleased to host someone of Jeff\u2019s caliber who is making tremendous inroads in areas of renewable and sustainable composites,\u201d said RBI Executive Director Norman Marsolan. \u201c His work has specific relevance to much of our own research here at RBI and shows the focus being given to the understanding of CN materials design.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFaculty representing the schools of materials science and chemical and biomolecular engineering hosted tours of various labs, organized panel discussions and arranged for a lunch roundtable with students representing CN@GT, who have a particular focus on renewable and sustainable nanocomposites.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Youngblood also delivered a seminar \u2014 \u201cNano-\/Bio- is not an Either\/Or Choice for Composites\u201d \u2014 at the Molecular and Science Engineering building, hosted by professors Elsa Reichmanis, John Reynolds and Paul Russo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis presentation outlined the attractiveness of cellulose nanomaterials for applications in nanocomposites reinforcement, nanomaterials and biomedicine due to their high strength and stiffness, yet being biodegradable, non-toxic, inexpensive and optically transparent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe detailed efforts to characterize CN and CN composite mechanical and thermal properties and how to understand what factors dictate behavior. His research provides new elements to understand the interconnection among preparation variables toward optimal CN materials design.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Youngblood began his collegiate studies at Louisiana State University majoring in Chemistry and Physics.\u0026nbsp; Working in the laboratory of Professor William Daly, Professor Youngblood spent three years working on compatibilization, ageing, and thermomechanical investigation of asphalt\/polymer blends and the synthesis of liquid crystalline nonlinear optical polymers.\u0026nbsp; In 1996, Professor Youngblood started Ph.D. studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering.\u0026nbsp; Under the direction of Professor Thomas McCarthy, Youngblood investigated the Superhydrophobic Effect, developed general methods for chemical surface modification of polymers, and synthesized pendant siloxane block copolymers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMoving on to postdoctoral work at Cornell\u2019s Materials Science and Engineering Department under direction of Professor Christopher Ober, he developed synthetic strategies for the development of coatings that prevent marine biofouling.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2003, Professor Youngblood accepted a position in the School of Materials Engineering at Purdue University.\u0026nbsp; Promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2015, he uses his polymer expertise to investigate nanotechnology, surface science, advanced processing and biomaterials.\u0026nbsp; Of late, he has been specifically interested in ceramic processing using polymeric methods, advanced composites and fabrication, renewable resins and cellulose nanocomposites, the latter of which has been a particular area of interest over the past six years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo find out more about Professor Youngblood\u2019s work, click \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/MSE\/People\/ptProfile?id=11541\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Youngblood presents faculty, students with latest CN research"}],"uid":"28159","created_gmt":"2015-05-19 13:58:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:17","author":"Kelly Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-05-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"406041":{"id":"406041","type":"image","title":"Youngblood, Jeffrey RBI seminar","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Youngblood, Jeffrey RBI seminar","file":{"fid":"76124","name":"youngblood_seminar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/youngblood_seminar.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/youngblood_seminar.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3804166,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/youngblood_seminar.jpg?itok=x2KOGxVl"}},"406051":{"id":"406051","type":"image","title":"Youngblood, Jeffrey RBI roundtable","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Youngblood, Jeffrey RBI roundtable","file":{"fid":"76125","name":"student_roundtable.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/student_roundtable.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/student_roundtable.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5673802,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/student_roundtable.jpg?itok=8sItslof"}},"406081":{"id":"406081","type":"image","title":"Jeffrey Youngblood and Satish Kumar","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1475895129","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:09","alt":"Jeffrey Youngblood and Satish Kumar","file":{"fid":"76126","name":"satish_and_jeff_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/satish_and_jeff_2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/satish_and_jeff_2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2940081,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/satish_and_jeff_2.jpg?itok=MvaVOrEd"}}},"media_ids":["406041","406051","406081"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"93801","name":"bioproducts"},{"id":"7547","name":"cellulose"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"6189","name":"Nanocomposites"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"}],"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. 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