Congratulations to Shuyang Zhang who recently defended his PhD dissertation titled, Evaluation of biomass as bio-additive in 3D printing. His work was done with Art Ragauskas as his major professor…
Shuyang Zhang, student of CRC Professor Ragauskas, defends PhD
Center for Renewable Carbon Partners on NSF Engines Grant
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, along with several regional collaborators, including UTIA’s Center for Renewable Carbon, was awarded $1 million from the US National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF…
New faculty position with research focus on industry decarbonization through carbon valorization
The Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC) and the School of Natural Resources at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville invite applications for a 9-month tenure-track faculty position (95% Research-5% Teaching) as an…
New Innovation South facility brings new opportunities for CRC
The 85,000 sq ft facility at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm will house the expanded UT Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility (FCMF) bringing new research and collaboration opportunities…
Volkswagen Group of America visits CRC labs and announces acceleration of research collaboration with UT
VW Group of America President (VWGoA) and CEO Pablo Di Si visited the CRC along scientists from the VW Knoxville Hub and VW Chattanooga. VW Knoxville and the Harper group’s…
Student team wins First Place in Design category – EUReCA competition
Students Melanie Moczadlo, Christopher Webb, Alexander Bowman (not pictured), Conner Cornachione, & Alicia Zahnen (not pictured) won First Place for their Engineering Design project, “Replacing Current Plastic Car Parts with…
Congratulations to CRC student Issac Sutton, winner of 2023 Undergrad. research fellowship, under supervision of Prof. Li
Issac Sutton is a sophomore Chemical Engineering student at UTK. He has always been passionate about finding sustainable solutions to pressing environmental challenges, and he joined Dr. Li’s group in…
Materials Science master’s students present cumulative reviews
On April 24, 2023, Materials Science & Engineering Dept students, Jacob Morton and Eli Christoph presented their cumulative reviews. Eli’s work is investigating the synthesis, characterization and application of lignin-derived…
Welcome new CRC faculty – Dr. Amanda May
Dr. Amanda May joined the CRC in February, 2023. She completed her B.S. degree in chemical sciences at Kansas State University in 2007. During her time there, she worked as…
CRC Prof Ragauskas gives invited talks as part of RSC Environment Prize
This past April, 2023, UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair for Biorefining, Professor Art Ragauskas gave a series of honorary lectures as part of his 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry Environment Prize. His…
