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Paper making machine - BETTER Project: Global Partnership Advancing Paper Making at NC State and Beyond - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Apr 15, 2025

HIRING: Assistant/Associate Professor in Paper Science and Engineering

The Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State University has an opening for a Assistant/Associate Professor in Paper Science and Engineering. More details: https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/216837 For questions, please contact the committee chair Dr.…
Allen Sanders' table group picture.- PPAB Spring Celebration Banquet: Students' Perspectives - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Apr 14, 2025

PPAB Spring Celebration Banquet: Students’ Perspectives

By: Angelina Finnie with contributions from Owen Gearren As a third-year student pursuing dual majors in Chemical Engineering and Paper Science & Engineering, with a Business Administration minor, the Pulp…
TAPPI Student Summit group photo - 2025 TAPPI Student Summit - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Feb 20, 2025

2025 TAPPI Student Summit

–Savannah Odom ’28 and Sara Gregory ’27 As a first-year student, I got to experience one of the best parts of TAPPI for the first time – Student Summit. The…
Group photo of attendees, students, and staff around a round table at the banquet. - 2024 Annual PPAB Spring Events - Forest Biomaterials at NC State University

Feb 19, 2025

2025 PPAB Spring Meeting and Celebration Banquet

2024 PPAB Banquet with donors, students, faculty and staff.
Seated Audience - PPAB Leadership: Who Are They? - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Feb 19, 2025

PPAB Leadership: Who Are They?

The very underpining of paper science and engineering at NC State is intertwined with the NC State Pulp and Paper Advisory Board. Since its inception in 1954, synomous with the…
Attendees sitting around a circular table at the banquet. - Paper Super Scholars Compete - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Feb 19, 2025

Paper Super Scholars Compete

We welcomed 15 amazing scholarship candidates to campus on February 13 for our annual Paper Super Scholars event which culminates in a day of interviews to select finalists. These exceptional…
Dr Byrd and Lokendra Pal smiling as they work with paper machines - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Feb 19, 2025

Med Byrd Honored by TAPPI

TAPPI selected Undergraduate Coordinator and teaching professor, Med Byrd for the 2025 TAPPI PIMA Award. The Paper Industry Management Association is a division of TAPPI. They recognized his exceptional leadership…
Lucian Lucia - Lucian Lucia Recognized by TAPPI - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Feb 19, 2025

Lucian Lucia Recognized by TAPPI

Our research-driven faculty often generate awards for themselves and the department. That was recently the case when TAPPI awarded the 2025 Research and Development Division Award and the William H.…
Arauco tour group photo - Exploring Sustainability in Action: Sustainable Materials and Technology Students Tour Arauco's Moncure Plant - Forest Biomaterials at NC State University

Nov 15, 2024

Exploring Sustainability in Action: Sustainable Materials and Technology Students Tour Arauco’s Moncure Plant

Students in the Sustainable Composites and Biopolymers (SMT 444) course recently visited Arauco’s manufacturing plant in Moncure, NC—one of the world’s leading producers of wood panels. This immersive field experience…

Nov 5, 2024

From Student to Professor: Ting-Feng Yeh Returns to NC State to Join Forest Biomaterials Faculty

Yeh, who graduated with a doctoral degree in wood and paper science from NC State in 2005, has returned to his alma mater to serve as an associate professor in the Department of Forest Biomaterials.