{"676403":{"#nid":"676403","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute at TAPPINano 2024","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students of the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (RBI) were active participants at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.tappi.org\/event\/47991289-fa69-4455-b381-f682434b8024\/summary\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/events.tappi.org\/event\/47991289-fa69-4455-b381-f682434b8024\/summary\u0022\u003ETAPPINano 2024 \u003C\/a\u003Econference held in Atlanta on June 10-14. The Renewable Bioproducts Institute was a gold sponsor of the annual event that focused on the topic - \u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding from the Bottom Up: Shaping a Sustainable World using Renewable Nanomaterials.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ERBI\u2019s Executive Director \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E was a keynote speaker at the conference and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/meisha-shofner\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeisha Shofner\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering served as the conference chair. Conference attendees had an opportunity to participate in an academic tour of RBI that included a tour of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/paper.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERobert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, located within the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDuring a session on water treatment and recovery, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/zhaohui-julene-tong\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EZhaohui Tong\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor and RBI initiative lead for Waste Valorization in Food-Energy-Water and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/yongsheng-chen\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYongsheng Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Bonnie W. and Charles W. Moorman IV professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering participated and presented their work on nano-triboelectric cellulose membrane sensors for heavy metal ions removal and detection and next generation nano filtration membranes via machine learning-screened novel monomers respectively.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EDuring the lunch presentation on June 11, Meredith presented his keynote on the topic \u201cCellulose nano materials at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute: Two decades of partnerships and progress.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EXiaoqing Yu, graduate student at the Woodruff School presented her paper on de-wrinkling for papers coated with cellulose nanocrystal and modified celluloses.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech graduate students and RBI Fellows, Kim Anh Pham, Jonathan Rhone and Javaz Rolle participated in a session on cellulose based coatings, and presented their work on sustainable oxygen barrier coatings for paper based on anionic and cationic cellulose derived materials, cellulose nanocrystal coated glass fiber-epoxy composites: interfacial and tensile properties, and durable bio-based coatings for packaging applications.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFinally, during a session on CNF \u0026amp; MFC Sheets and Films, Fariha Rubaiya, RBI Fellow presented her work on out-of-plane auxecity in cellulose nanofibril films.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere is a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HeloyY1jPDI\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E shared by the TAPPINano 2024 organizers on the highlights of the conference. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFaculty and students of the Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/rbi\u0022\u003ERenewable Bioproducts Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (RBI) were active participants at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/events.tappi.org\/event\/47991289-fa69-4455-b381-f682434b8024\/summary\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/events.tappi.org\/event\/47991289-fa69-4455-b381-f682434b8024\/summary\u0022\u003ETAPPINano 2024 \u003C\/a\u003Econference held in Atlanta on June 10-14. The Renewable Bioproducts Institute was a gold sponsor of the annual event that focused on the topic - \u003Cstrong\u003EBuilding from the Bottom Up: Shaping a Sustainable World using Renewable Nanomaterials.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faculty and students of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) were active participants at the TAPPINano 2024 conference held in Atlanta on June 10-14. 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