The completion of the second year of the Rooted in Science course was celebrated July 26th with an ice cream social and a viewing of students’ videos featuring their research…
Rooted in Science celebration
Welcome new faculty member, Lu Wang
The Center for Renewable Carbon is pleased to welcome Assistant Professor Lu Wang to the faculty. Asst. Prof. Wang joins us after working for 3 years as a Research Professor…
Farwell dinner for Dr. Paul Dim, Fullbright Fellow in Ragauskas lab
Members of Prof. Ragauskas’ lab recently gathered to wish Dr. Paul Dim well as he completes his Fullbright Visiting Scholar Program in the Chemical Engineering program. His project was titled,…
RYAM partners visit CRC
Representatives from RYAM, Dr. Larissa Fenn (Director, New Products; fourth from left) and Dr. Priyanka Bhattacharya (Principal Scientist; third from left), visited the Center for Renewable Carbon on July 25-26. …
Rising senior Michael Broud co-authors publication
Shuyang Zhang, student of CRC Professor Ragauskas, defends PhD
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…
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…
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…
