Dec 9, 2019
Plant-Based Plastic Research Earns NSF Grant
Lafayette College and Rowan University researchers are extracting chemical building blocks from biomass to produce a hard, durable plastic.
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Nov 17, 2019
Designing Sustainable Solutions
As a green engineer, Prof. Lindsay Soh uses technology and innovative approaches to investigate and create solutions to environmental problems.
Nov 8, 2019
STEM Stars: The Innovator
Innovative engineering prof is developing “smart” polymers and sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, including a plant-based glue.
Sep 29, 2019
Glue Made of Plants
By Bryan Hay It’s a sticky challenge for Clark Addis ’20 to come up with a safer, more sustainable wood glue, but he looks to plants for a possible…
Aug 16, 2019
Student Bonds over Polymers
Trisha Pakkala, a 2019 graduate of Phillipsburg High School, is conducting National Science Foundation-funded research on polymers with Prof. Ryan Van…
Aug 15, 2019
Fast-Track Renovation
January interim session allowed for a tear-out-everything HGTV-style renovation project at Acopian Engineering Center and provided a glimpse of things…
Jul 25, 2019
A Food Burst in Your Mouth
A student-faculty team is conducting food spherification research, transforming food into colorful, spherical globules, ready, after a quick rinse and…
May 12, 2019
Making Mozzarella
By Bryan Hay What would be the crowning gastronomical touch on a tempting spread of Italian cold cuts, olives, and marinated mushrooms? Fresh, still-warm…
Jan 20, 2019
Catalysts for Cougars
Photos and story by Stephen Wilson Elephants go through six sets of teeth in their lifetime, and each new set comes in larger than the last. Maybe they’d…
Jan 17, 2019
The Class: “A Plastic World”
The debate: Plastic: the greatest technological advancement of the 20th century or an ecological scourge? Plastics, or polymers, are so pervasive in our…