Graduate Profiles
Exploring sustainable air travel with jet fuel from trees
Researchers in NC State’s Department of Forest Biomaterials are working to make jet fuel from a renewable resource: trees.
Graduation to Vocation: Developing Sustainable Technologies
College of Natural Resources graduate Dylan Brown’s passion is developing sustainable technologies. Read more about his journey.
2020 Graduate Research Symposium: Forest Biomaterials
On Wednesday, February 26th the annual CNR Graduate Research Symposium (Co-Sponsored by Eastman Chemical and the CNR Research Office) was held at Talley Student Union. Congratulations to all the winners of the College of Natural Resources Graduate Research Symposium! Two […]
3 Awards for Dr. Yao’s Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab
This fall, three PhD students from Dr. Yuan Yao’s Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab were awarded for their research poster Darlene Echeverria, The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) XIX Conference,“Generating Life Cycle Inventory Data of Pre-hydrolysis Kraft Pulp from […]
Tiago de Assis, Ph.D. – Class of ’19
Tiago de Assis, Ph.D. in Forest Biomaterials, began his post-doctoral career with the international chemical industry giant Kemira in the Summer of 2019. He will work out of Atlanta, GA in the pulp and paper division. Tiago holds a B.S. […]
Forest Biomaterials Joe Sagues Awarded Prestigious U.S. DOE Fellowship
Joe Sagues, a NC State University PhD student in the Department of Forest Biomaterials, was awarded a fellowship from the Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program on a project titled, “Overcoming Lignocellulose Recalcitrance to Improve […]
Beyond The Lab: New Graduate Student Initiatives
Innovation and emerging technology continue to be the focus of the Forest Biomaterials graduate program, which currently enrolls 45 students, among its four programs, with an estimated 14 students graduating each year. The majority of students’ time is spent in […]
Online Master’s Degree Provides Research Experience in the Paper Industry
A diverging path led Jeremy Metts to pursue a Master’s degree in Forest Biomaterials, while also affording him lateral entry to the Kraft Paper Industry. Without an online format, both continuing his education and pursuing a professional career might not […]
Student Spotlight: Darlene Echeverria
Darlene Echeverria joined the Forest Biomaterials graduate program in Spring of 2017, with a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad de Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela. Her research is focused on the evaluation of emerging technologies in the pulp […]
Franklin Zambrano Wins Grand Prize at The College of Natural Resources Research Symposium
Forest Biomaterials Ph.D. student Franklin Zambrano says his chosen research focus comes from a passion to use the always-wise Mother Nature’s resources in an informed, smart way. His dedication won him the Grand Prize at the 2019 CNR Graduate Research […]