{"684399":{"#nid":"684399","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has awarded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u0026amp; Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/rampi-ramprasad\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERampi Ramprasad\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E a $2 million grant to advance research at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and polymer science. He and a multidisciplinary team of Georgia Tech researchers will design next-generation polymer-based packaging materials that can easily be recycled or biodegraded at the end of their use.\u0026nbsp;The project addresses one of the most pressing challenges in global sustainability: plastic waste.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/news\/rampi-ramprasad-awarded-2-million-grant-pioneer-ai-driven-recyclable-packaging-materials\u0022\u003ERead more on the Georgia Tech Materials Science and Engineering Newspage\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENational Science Foundation (NSF)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E has awarded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u0026amp; Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/people\/rampi-ramprasad\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERampi Ramprasad\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E a $2 million grant to advance research at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and polymer science. He and a multidisciplinary team of Georgia Tech researchers will design next-generation polymer-based packaging materials that can easily be recycled or biodegraded at the end of their use.\u0026nbsp;The project addresses one of the most pressing challenges in global sustainability: plastic waste.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The project addresses one of the world\u2019s most pressing challenges in sustainability: eliminating plastic waste."}],"uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2025-09-04 12:36:07","changed_gmt":"2025-10-06 17:39:33","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-09-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"677901":{"id":"677901","type":"image","title":"Photo_RampiRamprasad_crop-e1529935087576.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ERampi Ramprasad\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1756989376","gmt_created":"2025-09-04 12:36:16","changed":"1756989376","gmt_changed":"2025-09-04 12:36:16","alt":"Rampi Ramprasad","file":{"fid":"261855","name":"Photo_RampiRamprasad_crop-e1529935087576.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/Photo_RampiRamprasad_crop-e1529935087576.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/04\/Photo_RampiRamprasad_crop-e1529935087576.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":10892,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/04\/Photo_RampiRamprasad_crop-e1529935087576.jpg?itok=MuuVsyCH"}}},"media_ids":["677901"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.mse.gatech.edu\/news\/rampi-ramprasad-awarded-2-million-grant-pioneer-ai-driven-recyclable-packaging-materials","title":"Read Story on MSE Newspage"}],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"},{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"138","name":"Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"186858","name":"go-sei"},{"id":"188020","name":"go-rbi"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}