Leveraging Emerging Technologies To Advance Forest Biomaterials Business

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1 Leveraging Emerging Technologies To Advance Forest Biomaterials Business Strategic Themes 2012 Members Meeting April 10-11, 2012 IPST Paper Tricentennial Building Atlanta, Georgia

2 2 Strategic Themes Outline: Georgia Tech Research Volume IPST as a GT Strategic Theme Area IPST Mission Strategic Areas for IPST

3 3 Georgia Tech: Research Summary Nearly half of budget from grants and contracts.

4 4 Georgia Tech: Research Summary 2012 Year to Date (April 6): Total $478 MM Engineering $149 MM Industry Funded Research Approximately (16%)

5 March 12, 2012 Strategic Theme Areas 5 Big Data High Performance Computing, Computational Science, Biotechnology Electronics and Nanotechnology Energy and Sustainability Infrastructure Water, Transportation, Urban Systems, Manufacturing and Logistics Materials Carbon-based Electronics, Composites, National Security Paper Science and Technology People and Technology New Media Enabling New Organizations Robotics Test & Evaluation, Training, Military and Commercial Apps Systems Aerospace, Mechanical, IPST-Georgia Tech

6 6 Vision and Mission Vision: To be the premier research institute for the cost-competitive transformation of forest biomaterials into value-added products, including traditional and new forest products, renewable energy, chemicals, advanced materials and pharmaceuticals. Mission: Provide members solutions to their strategic, economic, and technical challenges by building a research collaborative that enables access to world-class research personnel at IPST, across Georgia Tech, and globally.

7 7 Forest Products Research at Georgia Tech and IPST FY2011 $9.7 million in forest biomaterials research on track to exceed in FY2012 Actively building new research platforms, e.g., $365,000 multidisciplinary research funding in tissue category A culture of commercialization with a cross-disciplinary focus

8 8 IPST Research Strategic Themes Operational Excellence Advance Manufacturing Competitiveness New / Improved Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Products Biorefining Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Adding to the Mill s Portfolio of Products Biomaterials Renewable Materials and Composites Nanocellulose Materials Business and Policy CHP and Jobs Education Provide Leaders

9 Sponsored Research by Strategic Area Sponsored Research Spend from 2007 to 2011: Total Increased 34% Biorefining Increased 317% New Materials Increased 139% Operational Excellence Decreased 63% 2007 Total 2011 Total 9 Other New Products New Products Other Operational Excellence Biorefining Operational Excellence Biorefining

10 Sponsored Research by Strategic Area Five Year Totals: Externally Sponsored Research Spend: $23 MM Total Spend: $47 MM Total 10 Other New Products Operational Excellence Biorefining Declining industry research sponsorship; greater Federal sponsorship. Industry sponsored research declined only 22% from 2007 to However, Pulp & Paper a smaller percent of industry funding.

11 Strategic Themes Operational Excellence in Pulp & Paper 11 Operational Excellence Breakthrough Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Cost Reduction, Laboratory Support Example Areas of Research: Reductions in Carbon Emissions and Energy Consumption Develop process improvements Chemical & Energy Recovery in the Kraft Pulp Mill Optimized Fibers for Pulp & Paper Products Applied & Exploratory Paper Chemistry Improved Dewatering and Reduced Fresh Water Use in Manufacturing Scale and Fouling Control Corrosion Control New Product Features

12 PSE Research Operational Excellence Fate & Biotransformation Potential of Phytosterols in Pulp & Paper Wastewater Treatment Systems (Banerjee/Pavlostathis) Recycled Fiber Processing (Hsieh) Bulk Stress and Rheology of Suspension Flow (Aidun) Evaporator Scaling (Aidun) A Fluidics Approach to Functional Encapsulation of Developing Somatic Embryos of Norway Spruce (Aidun) LDV Measurement and Analysis of High Speed Forming Jet Turbulence (Aidun) Cyclic Stress Effect on Stress Corrosion Cracking of Duplex Stainless Steel in Chloride and Caustic Solutions (Singh/Neu) A Study on the Mechanism of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Duplex Stainless Steels in Alkaline Sulfide Environments (Singh) Superheater Corrosion in Kraft Recovery Boilers (Singh) Nanostructured Fillers for Improved Paper Properties & Water Removal Efficiency (Wang/Deng) 12 All research titles awarded prior to FY2011

13 PSE Research Operational Excellence Fundamentals of Hemicellulose-Cellulose Interactions (Ragauskas) Cationic Polymer Accelerated Hydrolysis of Starch (Banerjee) Engineering of Cellulose Binding Domain (Bommarius/Realff/Lee) Fluid Control on Plasma Modified Paper (Breedveld) Effect of Plasma Processing & Annealing on the Electrical & Optical Properties of Colloidal Indium Tin Oxide Films (Gerhardt) Nanostructured Optical Coatings for Sustainable Paper and Paperboard Products (Meredith) 13

14 Strategic Themes Biorefining Biorefining Enable Pulp & Paper Asset Enhancement by Enriching Existing Manufacturing Site s Portfolio of Products; Address Technical Challenges to Biofuel Development Example Areas of Research: For the pulp manufacturer, leverage existing assets by extending product portfolio at existing pulp & paper mills Resolve technical challenges of the cost efficient production of biofuels Capitalize on US DOE-funded research into lignocellulosic material conversion by thermal and biological processes Leverage IPST s fluidized bed reactor capability to understand and address technical issues 14

15 15 PSE Research Biorefining Kinetics of Biomass Gasification at High Pressures (Agrawal) Polymer-Aided Enzymatic Conversions of Cellulosic Sludge to Energy (Banerjee) Engineering Cellulolytic Escherichia coli for Consolidated Biofuel Production (Chen) Degradation of Biomass and its Conversion into Biofuel (Deng) Green Fuels from Lignocellulose Materials Through Catalytic Reaction (Deng) Development of Sulfur Resistant Catalysts for Tar Removal from Biomass Derived Syngas (Sievers) Production of High-Octane Fuels from Pyrolysis Oils (Sievers) Pyrolysis of Lignin for Bio-oils (Ragauskas) Utilization of Switchgrass as a Biofuel Feedstock (Ragauskas) Fundamentals of Converting Process Streams to Value Added Chemicals (Ragauskas) Converting Softwood Bark to Fuel Precursors (Ragauskas) Stress Corrosion Cracking of Pipeline Steel in Fuel Grade Ethanol Environments (Singh) Stress Corrosion Cracking Mechanism of 316L Stainless Steel in High Temperature Ethanolic Solutions (Singh)

16 Strategic Themes New Products from Forest Biomass Biomaterials Green Field Products and Feedstocks: Renewable, Sustainable Forest Products, and Nanotechnology 16 Example Areas of Research: Leverage technical capabilities in chemistry, nanotechnology, chemical and mechanical engineering, and material sciences Identify new value-added products from forest biomass Renewable feedstock to the chemical industry Lignin-based chemistry New materials: - Biocomposites / Biopolymers - Nanocellulosic Materials Applications: - Packaging Materials - Coating Technologies - Adhesives and Binders

17 17 PSE Research Biomaterials Design of Robust and Smart Antimicrobial Microcapsules from Double Pickering Emulsions for Applications in Paper and Packaging (Behrens) Pollen as an Advanced Material and Additive (Meredith) Factors Stimulatory towards Germination of Loblolly Pine Somatic Embryos; Investigation of Novel Anti-inflammatories (May/Pullman) Preparation and Characterization of Nanocellulose Multivalent Whiskers (Ragauskas) Pseudo-Lignin Chemistry (Ragauskas) Lignin to Lipid Bioconversion (Ragauskas) Preparation and Characterization of Lignin-based Rigid Polyurethane Foam Reinforced with Cellulose Nanowhiskers (Ragauskas) Self-Assembling Multivalency Structures (Ragauskas) Utilization and Characterization of Nanocomposite Film from Biomass (Ragauskas)

18 18 PSE Research Biomaterials Cellulose-based Scaffold in Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering (Aidun/Garmestani) Water-Driven Shape Memory Aerogel from Cellulose Nanofibers (Deng) Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites (Deng/Y Wang) Development of Bio-Based Nanocomposites with Cellulose Whiskers as the Filler Phase and Wood-originating Polymers as the Matrix (Hamid) Understanding Aspect Ratio Effects on Polymer Crystallization and Mechanical Properties in Cellulose/Polyhydroxybutyrate Nanocomposites (Shofner) Effect of Biomaterial Surface Chemistry on Cellular Response (Jacob)

19 Strategic Themes Business and Policy 19 Business and Policy Economics, Business and Policy Studies Example Areas of Research: Sustainability research Product Life Cycle Analysis Environmental assessments Energy use Feedstock issues Socio-economical studies Business and industry and policy studies Understanding strategically important managerial, economic, social, and organizational challenges facing the Industry Employment effect of best available technologies

20 20 Strategic Themes Laboratory and Analytical Services Laboratory and Analytical Services Dedicated to Forest Biomaterials Interests Example Areas of Expertise: Biomass pulping and fractionation Biomass characterization, gasification, and pyrolysis Pulp analysis Recovery process elements Chemical analysis Product physical analysis Paper contaminants/deposits Corrosion / failure analysis Microscopy (optical, SEM, TEM)

21 21 Strategic Themes Education Education Developing Leaders for the Forest Bioproducts Industry Summary: 55% of recent graduates that were hired to industry joined pulp & paper companies and related suppliers

22 22 Summary IPST at Georgia Tech seeks to drive the cost-competitive transformation of forest biomaterials into value-added products. IPST provides members solutions to their strategic, economic, and technical challenges. Although industry sponsorship has slightly declined, research and development capabilities have grown IPST at Georgia Tech enables: Access to world-renowned faculty, along with world-class expert technical and consulting services Benefit from consortium and directed research Leverage State and Federally funded projects and capabilities Participation in technical forums Access to highly qualified cross-disciplinary students Opportunity to participate in advanced manufacturing initiatives

23 Advancing the Forest Bioeconomy 23