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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 students are truly the true heart of Summit. Between the engineering competition, the human bingo, trivia, and countless other activities, I quickly learned the students…
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 program itself, this group has provided financial support to the program and students through scholarships, improvements and employment opportunities. All are volunteers driven to keep…
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 high school seniors came from all over the eastern seaboard to learn about NC State and paper science and engineering as newly accepted students for…
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 and service to PIMA and the pulp and paper industry. The department values his unmatched dedication to our students and program ensuring it will continue…
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. Aiken Prize to Lucian Lucia for his outstanding contributions to R&D in paper science. His dedication to innovation follows on prior awards of the same…
Group picture of students in hardhats with the paper mill in the background. - First Year Engineer Retreat Retrospective - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Oct 10, 2024

First Year Engineer Retreat Retrospective

By: Savannah Odom Coming into NC State as a first year student, I had no idea I would find a program as amazing as paper science and engineering (PSE). I chose to join PSE because of the amazing energy everyone always has. I have never met a group of people so excited to get involved…
Students working in a paper-making lab - Undergrads Published in TAPPI Journal - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Oct 10, 2024

Undergrads Published in TAPPI Journal

Dr. Martin Hubbe is proud to announce the publication of two papers in the TAPPI Journal in September 2024 featuring undergraduate students Kensley Hamm, Daniel Kozel, Lucy Jones as well as ’24 PSE alum, Varun Atree. All received author credit for two studies. “Effects of hydrodynamic shear during formation of paper sheets with the addition…
Students playing cornhole and eating food together - PPAB Student Advisory Committee Hosts Meet and Greet Event - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Oct 7, 2024

PPAB Student Advisory Committee Hosts Meet and Greet Event

by Abby HIckmon ’27 On Thursday, October 3rd, the PPAB Student Advisory Committee held an exciting Pulp and Paper Science and Engineering (PSE) Patio Party that proved to be a fantastic opportunity for students to take a break from classes, connect, and learn more about the community within the PSE program. Numerous PSE students, faculty…
Sarah Putney with Nalco labs colleagues - Alumni Profile: Sarah Putney '23 Speaks on Transition - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Oct 2, 2024

Alumni Profile: Sarah Putney ’23 Speaks on Transition

By: Sarah Putney ’23 After graduating with the paper science and engineering degree from NC State in December, I entered my new role as a sales representative with Nalco Water.  I was interested in this type of role because it allows me to see the entirety of the paper-making process instead of feeling siloed in…