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David Grewell, director of the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites.
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Vikram Yadama, co-director of the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites.
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Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites sample. Products include protein-based plastics and oil-based composites. Photo credit: J. Larson.
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Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites samples. Products include protein-based plastics and oil-based composites. Photo credit: J. Larson.
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Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites protein and oil based plant pots. Photo credit: J. Larson.
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Student Carla uses the ultrasonic welder.
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Researcher Jake Behrens shows students Cindu and Carla a coaster sample. Photo credit: J. Larson.
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Students Carla and Curtis use the ultrasonic welder. Photo credit: J. Larson.
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Iowa State University has facilities that are designed to develop, test and scale-up new biobased materials, including a 3,000-square-foot pilot plant for industrial products processing.
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An Iowa State University lab technician shows the breakage of a biocomposite sample that has just undergone tensile testing.
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Iowa State University students Mitchel Michel, left, industrial technology, and Ty’Jamin Roark, chemical engineering, extrude soy flour and polylactic acid, a biodegradable plastic from cornstarch, into pellets for use in injection molding.
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Washington State University researcher Yuzhan Li examines the optical properties of a polymer using polarized optical microscopy.
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Washington State University professor Karl Englund runs a large extrusion machine to produce natural fiber composite parts. Also pictured is former WSU graduate student Fang Chen.
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Biopolymer and biocomposite products developed at Iowa State University. Products include protein-based plastics and oil-based composites.
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Biocomposite specimens made by the faculty and staff at Washington State University.
VIDEO/AUDIO GALLERY
The show started with the roundup of Ames news from Dennis Hart. Then today’s host, Gale Seiler, interviewed Dr. David Grewell from the Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering at ISU (13:00), where he is also Director of the Center for Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2). They spoke about the problems caused by plastics in the environment and efforts to use plant proteins to make biorenewable, biodegradable plastics.
Click the link to hear the interview.
On this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with David Grewell, Director of the Center for Bioplastics at Iowa State University, about the future of plastics and how technology might make them more environmentally friendly. Carolyn Raffensperger, Chair of the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, also joins the conversation.
Click the link to hear the interview.
An 1.5-hour webinar partnered with UIDP introducing what research our center is focusing on.
Hear from Dr. David Grewell from Iowa State University (00:15), Dr. Vikram Yadama from Washington State University (20:30), Dr. Jason Locklin from University of Georgia (44:05), and Dr. Debbie Mielewski from Ford Motor Company (59:20).
Click the link to the webinar.
A three-minute video of what our CB2 REU students say about their summer research experience at Iowa State University and at Washington State University.
Find more videos on CB2’s YouTube Channel.
CB2 REU 2018 – Iowa State University
Follow this 10-minute video journey of our summer REU students at ISU. Hear why they chose an REU program at ISU, which project they have worked on, and so much more.
B2 REU 2017 – What Our Students Say
A three-minute video of what our CB2 REU students say about their summer research experience at Iowa State University and at Washington State University.
A four-minute video explaining how our proposals are developed and selected as well as its timeline.
Find more videos on CB2’s YouTube Channel.
Pushing the Boundaries of Bioplastics in Iowa
Speakers include: Debi Durham, Director of Iowa Economic Development Authority, Brent Willett, Executive Director of Iowa’s Cultivation Corridor, and Mike Crum, VP for Economic Development and Business Engagement at Iowa State University.
NPE2015 Wrap-up
A brief video highlighting the activities in CB2’s booth at NPE2015.
This video shows results during the first two weeks of biodegradation with over twenty types of bioplastic composites in a home composting system. This is the first in a short series of videos that will illustrate the biodegradability of these biorenewable polymers and composites in home compost. This research is part of a five-year bioplastic container cropping systems project led by CB2 faculty.
Find more videos on CB2’s YouTube Channel.
