Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute delivers innovation in converting biomass into value-added products
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ALT Carson Meredith, Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engg. at Georgia Tech and Executive Director of Renewable Bioproducts Institute.
ALT Ulrika Egertsdotter, a principal research scientist at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute and a renowned expert in seed cloning, designs and develops automated technologies that produce valuable plants for the state’s forestry, agriculture, and horticulture industries. (Credit: Chris McKenney)
ALT Postdoctoral fellow Cuong Le holds pecan tree shoots used to start in vitro cultures while researchers work to maintain established in vitro cultures under sterile conditions. Pecan trees in Georgia are susceptible to pests and natural disasters, and Egertsdotter's team works to produce more resilient pecan plants. (Credit: Chris McKenney)
ALT Shannon Johnson, research scientist III in the School of Mechanical Engineering, examines a young plant while working with the SE Fluidics System. (Credit: Chris McKenney)
ALT Baby conifer seedlings from elite plant lines that have been cultivated in Egertsdotter's lab. (Credit: Chris McKenney)
ALT A stack of pizza boxes and a recycling bin with a check mark. The text reads, "can paper mills recycle pizza boxes? Yes! encourage your communities to accept pizza boxes in recycling bins."
ALT Cover of the design guidance. It is blue, has icons of different paper products like a box, egg carton and flour bag. The title is Design Guidance for Recyclability.
