By Terry Hastings, Director, Office of Research Communications Two years ago, socially conscious entrepreneurs Rob Ianelli and Ryan Schoenike founded their company, Norton Point, to manufacture sunglasses made from the huge amounts of plastic cleaned up from ocean coastlines Their goal was to be a part of the... Read more →
Dr. Jenna Jambeck, director of the Center for Circular Materials Management – part of the New Materials Institute – talks to middle school students about her successful Marine Debris Tracker mobile app. Read the full article from the Golden Isles News For more information on... Read more →
Corporations are recognizing the issues surrounding plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and beginning to make changes. NMI’s Dr. Jenna Jambeck is quoted in the Guardian Jenna Jambeck, associate professor of environmental engineering at the University of Georgia, says cooperation is key. “If industry can collaborate... Read more →
At UGA’s Skidaway Institute researchers are looking for plastics in the coastal environment and they are finding them almost everywhere, but not in the form they expected. Instead of finding tiny chunks of plastic they’re finding microscopic threads, or microfibers. Read More form the Savannah Morning... Read more →
College of Engineering Seminar Dr. Shiwang Cheng, Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Date: January 19, 2017 Time: 11:15-12:15 Location: Coverdell Auditorium, Room 175 “Designed interfaces in polymer nanocomposites: the structure, dynamics, and their relationship to macroscopic properties” Abstract: Due to their light weight, low cost,... Read more →
The New Materials Information Summit will take place on February 14 beginning at 9:00 am at the UGA Special Collections Library. This event is open to UGA Faculty and Staff who are interested in new and advanced materials research. Please attend and discover UGA’s commitment... Read more →
“We want all our materials kept in a circular management system to recapture the valuable resources in them.” Dr. Jenna Jambeck Associate Professor College of Engineering NMI Lead Researcher, Dr. Jambeck, is quoted in the October 2016 issue of The Guardian. Read more from Dr.... Read more →
About 90 leaders from the fabric and textile industry, along with researchers and military officials, discussed the future of fabrics and textiles in the digital era during AFFOA Industry Day at the University of Georgia Oct. 20. Read more →
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Engineering – Polymer Materials and Sustainability Read more →
Leaders from the fabric and textile industry will join researchers and military officials in Athens Oct. 20 to discuss the future of the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America partnership as part of the inaugural AFFOA Industry Day. Read more →
Researchers at the University of Georgia will use a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create next-generation medical device coatings that combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Read more →
The University of Georgia is proud to be a member of AFFOA – Advanced Functional Fabrics of America – a public-private partnership accelerating fabric innovation through advances in manufacturing and engineering. Read more →
The University of Georgia is a partner in a new national public-private consortium to revolutionize the fiber and textiles industry through commercialization of highly functional, advanced fibers and textiles for the defense and commercial markets. Read more →
A team of scientists from the University of Georgia College of Family and Consumer Sciences has won first prize in the inaugural Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge for an innovative and environmentally friendly textile dyeing technology using nanocellulosic fibers. Read more →
Two graduate students in the Nanostructured Materials Laboratory have received funding from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists for ongoing research projects. Read more →
UGA researchers in the Nanostructured Materials Laboratory have proposed a faster, more efficient and scalable method of production of nanofibers that may have implications on tissue engineering, nonwoven textiles for personal care and biosensors. When coupled with stem cells, nanofibers, tiny threads of polymers, have the ability to help form bones, tissues and nerve cells. Read more →
UGA researchers in the Nanostructured Materials Laboratory have proposed a faster, more efficient and scalable method of production of nanofibers that may have implications on tissue engineering, nonwoven textiles for personal care and biosensors. Read more →
