
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”
CRC Faculty Member Awarded the 2022 Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment Prize
CRC Faculty Member Receives Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Grant
The 2022 World Wood Day Online Symposium and The Fourth IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium

International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS) along with five other organizations co-organizes the 2022 World Wood Day Online Symposium and The Fourth IUFRO Forest Products Culture Colloquium. This year’s theme…