Check out the beautiful Science as Art photos by CRC/Materials Science graduate students, Michael Broud and Jakob Scroggins
To Make Valuable Bioproducts, Pick the Right Solvent Pretreatment – New work from CRC and ORNL researchers
Three common solvents for pretreating switchgrass yield lignin extracts with the potential for making different valuable bioproducts. Read more about this project on energy.gov
CRC graduate student traveling to Cambodia with Farmer-to-Farmer program
From December 8th-22nd 2022, Rithany Kheam will be joining four others traveling to Cambodia as a part of the Farmer-to-Farmer program under the guidance of Dave Ader. The purpose of…
Structural Lumber Grading training for certification under the Tennessee Native Species Lumber Act (TNSL Act)
CRC Researcher at UT Science Forum, Friday, Oct. 14, recording available soon
Lu Yu Receives 2022 IAWS Second Place PhD Award for her Research on Lignin
Dr. Lu Yu recently graduated from the UTK Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Department. She was co-advised by Prof. David Harper at the Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC) and Prof.…
Ag Day 2022
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to visit at Ag Day 2022! We had a great time sharing information about “Things we can make from plants,” making tiny trees with…
UT ranked top global university for polymer science – U.S. News and World Report’s Best Global Universities
Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in fields including chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, biosystems engineering, and forestry are investigating polymers through a variety of fundamental scientific problems with real-world…
Frontiers in Biorefining 6th International Conference
October 24-27, 2022 The University of Tennessee Center for Renewable Carbon, in partnership with the Southeastern Regional Sun Grant Center, is hosting the 6th International Conference on Chemicals and Products…
CRC Faculty Member Receives Department of Energy Grant
Dr. Shaoqing Cui’s lab is beginning a new DOE project, “Development of an innovative algal-based approach for producing biopolyols from CO2 for polyurethane foam application”
