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May 20, 2024
BSE wins big at the 2024 Alaska Environmental Innovation Challenge
I am incredibly proud of our BSE team, mixing undergraduate and MS students from our program namely, Hussain Aladwan, Jaminfaye Noble Reduque, Anna Fall, Alexis Escure, Lexi Maerz and Brandon Egenes, for winning the $15,000 Grand Prize at the 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge. Your success is a testament to the strength that comes…
January 29, 2024
Dylan published his research on lignin nanoparticles
After a smooth but long peer-review process, Dylan finally sees his research on the sonochemical synthesis of lignin nanoparticles and their applications in polymer composites published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (IF: 8.2). The main highlights from his work include (i) the production of monodisperse nanoparticles from the acoustic irradiation of alkali lignin,…
September 25, 2023
Hosting a workshop promoting collaborative research between UW and Tohoku U!
We were pleased to host the first in-person workshop between researchers from the Institute of Fluid Science at Tohoku University, Japan and diverse faculty from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. This international event aimed at promoting collaborative research and student exchange programs focusing on sustainable energy and more particularly on ammonia combustion. The…
July 14, 2023
Our international collaborative research made the cover of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
As part of an international collaborative research project with Prof. Takana’s group at the Institute of Fluid Science in Tohoku University, Japan, we previously reported the development of a field-assisted double flow focusing process for the continuous self-assembly of colloidal cellulose nanofibrils into macroscopic filaments with nanoscale orientational anisotropy (Wise et al. ACS Appl. Mater….
July 1, 2023
Prof. Dichiara is a Visiting Associate Professor at Tohoku University!
Dr. Dichiara will spend the summer quarter of 2023 as a visiting associate professor at the Institute of Fluid Science in Tohoku University, Japan. This opportunity will catalyze collaborative research projects between Tohoku University and the University of Washington!
June 7, 2023
Dylan receives the prestigious Chateaubriand Fellowship!
Dylan is one of the 2023 recipients of the prestigious Chateaubriand Fellowship. This award is offered by the Embassy of France in the United States for supporting outstanding Ph.D. students from American universities to conduct research in France. Dylan will spend six months at the University of Paris-Saclay in Paris under the supervision of Dr….
April 28, 2023
Yet another award for BSE undergrads!
A team comprising one Technology Management MBA student and three Bioresource and Engineering undergraduates received one of the two $1,000 Connie Bourassa-Shaw Spark Awards given out at 2023 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge for developing a plant-based, biodegradable replacement for plastic and PFAS-containing molded fiber products. Congratulations! …
January 5, 2023
Partnership with Brückner’s Kieffel group
Brückner’s Kieffel group has provided our laboratory with a state-of-the-art, fully automated thermo-former, the NatureFormer. This complement our existing papermaking unit operation and will become a core piece of our applied research program to explore the development of renewable alternatives to petroleum-based materials and diversify our solutions with molded pulp products.
April 6, 2022
Collaborative article in Energy Storage Materials
Our collaborative research with the CNRS Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal in Bordeaux, France on water-processable cellulosic nanocomposites as green dielectric films for high-energy storage has now been published in the prestigious journal Energy Storage Materials (IF: 20.8). Thanks to the Thomas Jefferson Fund from the “Make Our Planet Great Again” Initiative of the French…
April 3, 2022
BSE undergraduates received the Connie Bourassa-Shaw Spark Award
PlantSeal, a team of Bioresource Science and Engineering (BSE) undergraduates, and Foster MBA student received the $1,000 Connie Bourassa-Shaw Spark Award at the 2022 Alaska Environmental Innovation Challenge. The team mentored by BSE faculty, Renata Bura, Rick Gustafson and Anthony Dichiara and by BSE lab manager Kurt Haunreiter developed a cost-effective, plant-based and compostable food…
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