{"676676":{"#nid":"676676","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Valmet Automation Field Trip Showcases Industry 4.0 Technologies","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents enrolled in the Spring 2023 course Emerging Technology in Forest Bioproducts (offered by the College of Engineering \u2013 ChBE and ME 4730\/8803) visited the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.valmet.com\/automation\/industrial-internet\/valmet-performance-centers\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EValmet Automation Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in Norcross, GA in April. With faculty members \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/j-carson-meredith\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarson Meredith\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/chris-luettgen\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EChris Luettgen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, who teach the course, the visiting group consisted of both undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Material Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe students got an opportunity to see Valmet\u2019s vision for the Factory\u0026nbsp;of the Future through automation and predictive control \u2013 Industry 4.0 in some vernacular, and were given an introduction to Valmet as a company and the multitude of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.valmet.com\/careersNA\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ecareer\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E pathways available at the company. Valmet is headquartered in Espoo Finland and develops and supplies process technologies, automation, and services for the pulp, paper, and energy industries. The automation systems and flow control solutions offered by the company serve a wide base of process industries and was the focus area of the field trip.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Emerging Technologies for Forest Bioproducts course is a required course for RBI Fellowship students and part of the Georgia Tech Pulp \u0026amp; Paper Foundation \u0026amp; Certificate \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/pulp-and-paper-certificate-program\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProgram\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. The course focuses on the future of the bioproducts industries so that students may see where the bioeconomy is headed. Case studies on the use of biomass in production of value-added products, including fluff pulp and dissolving pulps, alternative fibers, specialty papers, packaging and printed electronics, biorefining technologies, nanocellulose and bio composites, and renewable polymers are covered in the course.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents enrolled in the Spring 2023 course Emerging Technology in Forest Bioproducts (offered by the College of Engineering \u2013 ChBE and ME 4730\/8803) visited the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.valmet.com\/automation\/industrial-internet\/valmet-performance-centers\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EValmet Automation Center\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E in Norcross, GA in April.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students enrolled in the Spring 2023 course Emerging Technology in Forest Bioproducts (offered by the College of Engineering \u2013 ChBE and ME 4730\/8803) visited the Valmet Automation Center in Norcross, GA in April."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-09-09 21:38:32","changed_gmt":"2024-09-09 21:40:03","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-05-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674921":{"id":"674921","type":"image","title":"valmet.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech student trying the virtual reality software systems at the Valmet Lab\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1725917922","gmt_created":"2024-09-09 21:38:42","changed":"1725917922","gmt_changed":"2024-09-09 21:38:42","alt":" Georgia Tech student trying the virtual reality software systems at the Valmet Lab","file":{"fid":"258489","name":"valmet.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1584419,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet.jpg?itok=VAqJC_r5"}},"674922":{"id":"674922","type":"image","title":"valmet2.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Students and Faculty and Valmet personnel at Valmet Automation\u2019s Norcross Location\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1725917961","gmt_created":"2024-09-09 21:39:21","changed":"1725917961","gmt_changed":"2024-09-09 21:39:21","alt":"Georgia Tech Students and Faculty and Valmet personnel at Valmet Automation\u2019s Norcross Location","file":{"fid":"258490","name":"valmet2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":768407,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/09\/09\/valmet2.jpg?itok=X5ChF6LX"}}},"media_ids":["674921","674922"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPriya Devarajan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E | RBI Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["priya.devarajan@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}