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The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected Carson Meredith as the new executive director of the Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI). Meredith is a professor and James Harris Faculty Fellow in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and…

RBI affiliated researchers attend nanocellulose workshop on advancing commercialization   WASHINGTON, DC — The Alliance for Pulp and Paper Technology and Innovation (APPTI), in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service and the National…

Domtar Leaders Recognized for Management Excellence The Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA) bestowed its highest honor on Domtar President and CEO John D. Williams at the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry’…

The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking recently celebrated the opening of two new exhibits: Marvelous Marblingand Postage Required.  The museum is housed within the Renewable Bioproducts Institute on Georgia Tech’s campus.…

The Renewable Bioproducts Institute has announced four new Fellowship awards for the upcoming academic year.  The selected projects include: “Control of Fiber Orientation in Dispersion of Microbubbles with Application to Multiphase Web…

Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute recently received a generous financial gift to be applied to its Fellowship program.  The Fellowship supports more than 40 Ph.D. students based on their alignment with the strategic thrusts…

Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute has announced Virginia Howell as Director of the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking. Howell has served as Education Curator at the Museum since 2013. The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking…

RBI Fellow and PSE Graduate Chinmay Satam has been awarded the 2019 Blue Sky Award on behalf of the International Council of Forest and Paper Associations (ICFPA).  ICFPA is a worldwide network of forest and paper industry associations…

Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs. But all of that hard work could instantly be undone during a sudden rainstorm were it not for two substances the insect uses to keep the…

More than 50 students, faculty and staff took part in the recent RBI Fellowship orientation, hosted by the Renewable Bioproducts Institute.  The short program followed by dinner was designed as a way to introduce new RBI Fellowship recipients…