Leveraging Emerging Technologies To Advance Forest Biomaterials...
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Leveraging Emerging Technologies
To Advance Forest Biomaterials Business
2012 Members Meeting April 10-11, 2012
IPST Paper Tricentennial Building
Atlanta, Georgia
Strategic Themes
Strategic Themes
Outline:
Georgia Tech Research Volume
IPST as a GT Strategic Theme Area
IPST Mission
Strategic Areas for IPST
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Georgia Tech: Research Summary
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Nearly half of budget from grants and contracts.
Georgia Tech: Research Summary
Industry Funded Research
Approximately (16%)
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2012 Year to Date (April 6):
Total $478 MM
Engineering $149 MM
“Big Data” – High Performance Computing, Computational Science, …
Biotechnology
Electronics and Nanotechnology
Energy and Sustainability
Infrastructure – Water, Transportation, Urban Systems, …
Manufacturing and Logistics
Materials – Carbon-based Electronics, Composites, …
National Security
Paper Science and Technology
People and Technology –New Media Enabling New Organizations
Robotics – Test & Evaluation, Training, Military and Commercial Apps
Systems – Aerospace, Mechanical, …
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IPST-Georgia Tech
March 12, 2012
Strategic Theme Areas
Vision and Mission
Vision:
To be the premier research institute for the cost-competitive
transformation of forest biomaterials into value-added products,
including traditional and new forest products, renewable energy,
chemicals, advanced materials and pharmaceuticals.
Mission:
Provide members solutions to their strategic, economic, and
technical challenges by building a research collaborative that
enables access to world-class research personnel at IPST, across
Georgia Tech, and globally.
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Forest Products Research at
Georgia Tech and IPST
• FY2011 $9.7 million in forest
biomaterials research — on track to
exceed in FY2012
• Actively building new research platforms, e.g., $365,000 multi-disciplinary research funding in tissue category
A culture of commercialization
with a cross-disciplinary focus
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IPST Research – Strategic Themes
• Operational Excellence • Advance Manufacturing Competitiveness • New / Improved Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Products
• Biorefining • Renewable Chemicals and Fuels • Adding to the Mill’s Portfolio of Products
• Biomaterials • Renewable Materials and Composites • Nanocellulose Materials
• Business and Policy • CHP and Jobs
• Education • Provide Leaders
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Sponsored Research by Strategic Area
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Operational Excellence
Biorefining
New Products
Other
2007 Total 2011 Total
Sponsored Research Spend from 2007 to 2011:
Total Increased 34%
Biorefining Increased 317%
New Materials Increased 139%
Operational Excellence Decreased 63%
Operational Excellence
Biorefining
New Products
Other
Sponsored Research by Strategic Area
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Operational Excellence
Biorefining
New Products
Other
2007-2011 Total
Five Year Totals:
Externally Sponsored Research Spend: $23 MM
Total Spend: $47 MM
Declining industry research sponsorship; greater Federal sponsorship.
Industry sponsored research declined only 22% from 2007 to 2011.
However, Pulp & Paper a smaller percent of industry funding.
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Example Areas of Research: • Reductions in Carbon Emissions and Energy
Consumption • Develop process improvements • Chemical & Energy Recovery in the Kraft
Pulp Mill • Optimized Fibers for Pulp & Paper Products • Applied & Exploratory Paper Chemistry • Improved Dewatering and Reduced Fresh
Water Use in Manufacturing • Scale and Fouling Control • Corrosion Control • New Product Features
Operational Excellence
Breakthrough
Manufacturing Technology,
Manufacturing Cost Reduction,
Laboratory Support
Strategic Themes Operational Excellence in Pulp & Paper
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• Fate & Biotransformation Potential of Phytosterols in Pulp & Paper
Wastewater Treatment Systems (Banerjee/Pavlostathis)
• Recycled Fiber Processing (Hsieh)
• Bulk Stress and Rheology of Suspension Flow (Aidun)
• Evaporator Scaling (Aidun)
• A Fluidics Approach to Functional Encapsulation of Developing Somatic
Embryos of Norway Spruce (Aidun)
• LDV Measurement and Analysis of High Speed Forming Jet Turbulence
(Aidun)
• Cyclic Stress Effect on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Duplex Stainless Steel
in Chloride and Caustic Solutions (Singh/Neu)
• A Study on the Mechanism of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Duplex
Stainless Steels in Alkaline Sulfide Environments (Singh)
• Superheater Corrosion in Kraft Recovery Boilers (Singh)
• Nanostructured Fillers for Improved Paper Properties & Water Removal
Efficiency (Wang/Deng)
PSE Research – Operational Excellence
All research titles awarded prior to FY2011
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• Fundamentals of Hemicellulose-Cellulose Interactions (Ragauskas)
• Cationic Polymer Accelerated Hydrolysis of Starch (Banerjee)
• Engineering of Cellulose Binding Domain (Bommarius/Realff/Lee)
• Fluid Control on Plasma Modified Paper (Breedveld)
• Effect of Plasma Processing & Annealing on the Electrical &
Optical Properties of Colloidal Indium Tin Oxide Films (Gerhardt)
• Nanostructured Optical Coatings for Sustainable Paper and
Paperboard Products (Meredith)
PSE Research – Operational Excellence
Biorefining
Enable Pulp & Paper Asset Enhancement by Enriching Existing Manufacturing Site’s Portfolio of Products;
Address Technical Challenges to Biofuel
Development
Example Areas of Research: • For the pulp manufacturer, leverage existing
assets by extending product portfolio at existing pulp & paper mills
• Resolve technical challenges of the cost efficient production of biofuels
• Capitalize on US DOE-funded research into lignocellulosic material conversion by
thermal and biological processes • Leverage IPST’s fluidized bed reactor
capability to understand and address technical issues
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Strategic Themes Biorefining
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• Kinetics of Biomass Gasification at High Pressures (Agrawal)
• Polymer-Aided Enzymatic Conversions of Cellulosic Sludge to Energy (Banerjee)
• Engineering Cellulolytic Escherichia coli for Consolidated Biofuel Production
(Chen)
• Degradation of Biomass and its Conversion into Biofuel (Deng)
• Green Fuels from Lignocellulose Materials Through Catalytic Reaction (Deng)
• Development of Sulfur Resistant Catalysts for Tar Removal from Biomass
Derived Syngas (Sievers)
• Production of High-Octane Fuels from Pyrolysis Oils (Sievers)
• Pyrolysis of Lignin for Bio-oils (Ragauskas)
• Utilization of Switchgrass as a Biofuel Feedstock (Ragauskas)
• Fundamentals of Converting Process Streams to Value Added Chemicals
(Ragauskas)
• Converting Softwood Bark to Fuel Precursors (Ragauskas)
• Stress Corrosion Cracking of Pipeline Steel in Fuel Grade Ethanol Environments
(Singh)
• Stress Corrosion Cracking Mechanism of 316L Stainless Steel in High
Temperature Ethanolic Solutions (Singh)
PSE Research – Biorefining
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Example Areas of Research: • Leverage technical capabilities in chemistry,
nanotechnology, chemical and mechanical engineering, and material sciences
• Identify new value-added products from forest biomass
• Renewable feedstock to the chemical industry
• Lignin-based chemistry • New materials:
- Biocomposites / Biopolymers - Nanocellulosic Materials
• Applications: - Packaging Materials - Coating Technologies - Adhesives and Binders
Biomaterials
Green Field Products and Feedstocks: Renewable,
Sustainable Forest Products, and
Nanotechnology
Strategic Themes New Products from Forest Biomass
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• Design of Robust and Smart Antimicrobial Microcapsules from Double
Pickering Emulsions for Applications in Paper and Packaging (Behrens)
• Pollen as an Advanced Material and Additive (Meredith)
• Factors Stimulatory towards Germination of Loblolly Pine Somatic
Embryos; Investigation of Novel Anti-inflammatories (May/Pullman)
• Preparation and Characterization of Nanocellulose Multivalent Whiskers
(Ragauskas)
• Pseudo-Lignin Chemistry (Ragauskas)
• Lignin to Lipid Bioconversion (Ragauskas)
• Preparation and Characterization of Lignin-based Rigid Polyurethane Foam
Reinforced with Cellulose Nanowhiskers (Ragauskas)
• Self-Assembling Multivalency Structures (Ragauskas)
• Utilization and Characterization of Nanocomposite Film from Biomass
(Ragauskas)
PSE Research – Biomaterials
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• Cellulose-based Scaffold in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering
(Aidun/Garmestani)
• Water-Driven Shape Memory Aerogel from Cellulose Nanofibers (Deng)
• Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites (Deng/Y
Wang)
• Development of Bio-Based Nanocomposites with Cellulose Whiskers as the
Filler Phase and Wood-originating Polymers as the Matrix (Hamid)
• Understanding Aspect Ratio Effects on Polymer Crystallization and
Mechanical Properties in Cellulose/Polyhydroxybutyrate Nanocomposites
(Shofner)
• Effect of Biomaterial Surface Chemistry on Cellular Response (Jacob)
PSE Research – Biomaterials
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Business and Policy
Economics, Business and Policy Studies
Example Areas of Research: • Sustainability research
• Product Life Cycle Analysis • Environmental assessments • Energy use • Feedstock issues • Socio-economical studies
• Business and industry and policy studies
• Understanding strategically important managerial, economic, social, and organizational challenges facing the Industry
• Employment effect of best available technologies
Strategic Themes Business and Policy
Example Areas of Expertise: • Biomass pulping and fractionation
• Biomass characterization, gasification, and pyrolysis
• Pulp analysis
• Recovery process elements
• Chemical analysis
• Product physical analysis
• Paper contaminants/deposits
• Corrosion / failure analysis
• Microscopy (optical, SEM, TEM)
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Laboratory and Analytical Services
Dedicated to Forest Biomaterials
Interests
Strategic Themes Laboratory and Analytical Services
Summary: • 55% of recent graduates that were
hired to industry joined pulp & paper companies and related suppliers
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Education
Developing Leaders for the Forest Bioproducts
Industry
Strategic Themes Education
Summary
• IPST at Georgia Tech seeks to drive the cost-competitive transformation of forest biomaterials into value-added products.
• IPST provides members solutions to their strategic, economic, and technical challenges.
• Although industry sponsorship has slightly declined, research and development capabilities have grown
• IPST at Georgia Tech enables: • Access to world-renowned faculty, along with world-class expert
technical and consulting services
• Benefit from consortium and directed research
• Leverage State and Federally funded projects and capabilities
• Participation in technical forums
• Access to highly qualified cross-disciplinary students
• Opportunity to participate in advanced manufacturing initiatives
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Advancing the Forest Bioeconomy
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