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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…

Apr 8, 2025

Federal Funding for Research Fuels Innovation in Natural Resources

College of Natural Resources faculty received nearly $22 million in federal research grants last year.
Catherine Kirch working in a lab. - Campus Sustainability in Action: Recycling 3D Printing Waste - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Mar 18, 2025

Campus Sustainability in Action: Recycling 3D Printing Waste

Catherine Kirch pours blended recycled polylactic acid into filament extruder
SAFI group picture - Advancing Sustainability: The 2025 Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative (SAFI) Conference - Forest Biomaterials NC State University

Mar 13, 2025

Advancing Sustainability: The 2025 Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative (SAFI) Conference

The Sustainable and Alternative Fibers Initiative (SAFI) is a leading global university-industry partnership in the Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State University. SAFI is dedicated to researching, developing, and…
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…