Forest Biomaterials Newsletter

Feb 16, 2024

2024 PSE PPAB Student Advisory Committee

PSE is happily welcoming the newest members of the Pulp and Paper Advisory Board, Student Advisory Committee to the team! The SAC amplifies student voices concerning program highlights, events, needs…

Feb 10, 2024

PSE Undergrad Mentors Elementary Students

Freshman, Sara Gregory, leans into her mentoring roots and shares her experience. Sara Gregory, Secretary for the Pulp and Paper Board Student Advisory Committee, keeps busy outside of her busy…

Jan 29, 2024

2024 TAPPI Merchandise Sale is ON!

We’ve just launched the online PSE merch shop! At -> ncsutappimerch.square.site, you can order all the designs from last semester and a few more! Purchased items will arrive in time for the annual…

Dec 6, 2023

Arauco Company Visit: Enhancing Student’s Curriculum Comprehension through Industry Exposure

The Sustainable Composites and Biopolymers course, made up of 21 third and fourth-year Sustainable Materials and Technology students, recently had the opportunity to visit Arauco’s MDF (medium density fiberboard) Plant…

Dec 5, 2023

Spraying Systems makes Pilot Plant Gift

We are excited to announce PSE is the recipient of new showers with HP cleaning nozzles, fan cleaning nozzles, full cone nozzles, air atomizing coating guns and nozzles, and an…

Jun 8, 2023

Hodges Laboratory: NC State’s Hidden Gem

Sustainable Materials and Technology is an engineering-adjacent program at NC State that offers a variety of enticing attributes such as smaller class sizes, meaningful professor-student relationships, and a 100% job…

Apr 19, 2023

SMTSA: The Newly Created Student-run Organization Breathing Life Into the Sustainable Materials and Technology Program

Previously known as the Wood Products major, the Sustainable Materials and Technology program has been a rich part of NC State’s history dating back to the 1960’s. After going through…

Dec 6, 2022

Promoting Students’ Awareness of the Bioeconomy and Careers 

Eighteen high school students and thirteen middle school students participated in two outreach events with the Department of Forest Biomaterials on NC State campus Saturday, October 29, and Saturday, November…

Dec 6, 2022

FB Graduate Student Spotlight: Jorge Franco Ocampo

Meet Jorge Humberto Franco Ocampo, one of the new Forest Biomaterials students who joined our Graduate program this semester!  Where are you from? Can you tell us something about your…

Sep 15, 2022

Naycari Forfora Attends Iberoamerican Cellulose Conference in Spain

This past summer, Naycari Forfora attended the Iberoamerican Cellulose Conference alongside Dr. Ronalds Gonzalez and fellow Ph.D. student Ramon Vera. University representatives, professors, and Ph.D. students gathered for the four-day…