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  <title><![CDATA[Rampi Ramprasad Awarded $2 Million Grant to Pioneer AI-Driven Recyclable Packaging Materials Design]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/"><strong>National Science Foundation (NSF)</strong></a> has awarded <a href="https://www.mse.gatech.edu/"><strong>School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)</strong></a> Professor &amp; Regents’ Entrepreneur <a href="https://www.mse.gatech.edu/people/rampi-ramprasad"><strong>Rampi Ramprasad</strong></a> 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.&nbsp;The project addresses one of the most pressing challenges in global sustainability: plastic waste.</p><p><a href="https://www.mse.gatech.edu/news/rampi-ramprasad-awarded-2-million-grant-pioneer-ai-driven-recyclable-packaging-materials">Read more on the Georgia Tech Materials Science and Engineering Newspage</a></p>]]></body>
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      <value><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="https://www.nsf.gov/"><strong>National Science Foundation (NSF)</strong></a> has awarded <a href="https://www.mse.gatech.edu/"><strong>School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)</strong></a> Professor &amp; Regents’ Entrepreneur <a href="https://www.mse.gatech.edu/people/rampi-ramprasad"><strong>Rampi Ramprasad</strong></a> 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.&nbsp;The project addresses one of the most pressing challenges in global sustainability: plastic waste.</p>]]></value>
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