{"410461":{"#nid":"410461","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IPST hosts Agenda 2020 Cellulosic Nanomaterials Workshop","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIPST hosted the Agenda 2020 Cellulosic Nanomaterials team for its workshop March 12.\u0026nbsp; The team, like several other Agenda 2020 groups in their respective areas, is charged with developing a white paper on the state of knowledge, gaps, and research pathways on the subject of isolation, transformation, and applications for nanocellulose.\u0026nbsp; A key factor is to develop enabling technologies to manufacture nanocellulose materials with a cost structure that supports the value generated by use of the materials to meet customer needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe March workshop prioritized challenge areas identified by the members, and framed key questions for each.\u0026nbsp; Areas of interest include drying for re-dispersion; characterization and standards; incorporation of nanocellulosic materials into non-aqueous materials; surface functionalization; and environment, safety \u0026amp; health and life cycle considerations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam co-lead Paul Durocher from SAPPI gave a brief presentation of the workshop\u2019s outlook to the IPST executive conference the next day (see cover story).\u0026nbsp; Several IPST\/Georgia Tech professors are active in this area (see related article on (lignocellulosicscolloquium).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Cellulosic nanomaterials workshop focuses on developing technologies using nanomaterials"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-04 09:30:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:29","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"410451":{"id":"410451","type":"image","title":"Dean Benjamin, NewPage, is Agenda 2020 Board sponsor of the team; Ron Brown is president and executive director, Agenda 2020; Paul Durocher of SAPPI co-leads the team.","body":null,"created":"1449254195","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:35","changed":"1475895139","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:19","alt":"Dean Benjamin, NewPage, is Agenda 2020 Board sponsor of the team; Ron Brown is president and executive director, Agenda 2020; Paul Durocher of SAPPI co-leads the team.","file":{"fid":"202261","name":"140328_agenda_2020.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_agenda_2020_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_agenda_2020_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":48948,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140328_agenda_2020_0.jpg?itok=JLI4q2K3"}}},"media_ids":["410451"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42921","name":"Exhibitions"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2396","name":"nanotech"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"3845","name":"workshop"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"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, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}