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A conversation with Taylor Sparks featured in his awesome podcast series [Materialism Podcast Episode 101 !!!].
Episode 101: All About Biomatter | How do we turn plants into plastics and polymers? Find out in this episode as Taylor leaves Utah and ventures to Washington to sit down with Eleftheria Roumeli, an assistant professor at the University of Washington and researcher in the field of biomatter. Learn all about how a fish tank full of "gross" bacteria can be used to create complex and surprisingly strong shapes or about how Eleftheria's research group forages around local shores for seaweed to get the necessary biological materials. Finally we cap it off with a discussion about the environmental impact these materials have and how we should be evaluating their footprint.
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Our lab's work on seaweed-based adhesives was featured in Chemical & Engineering News in a story by Prachi Patel , Brianna Barbu exploring the future of biobased glues. The article highlights our use of unprocessed seaweed as a sustainable, fire-resistant alternative to formaldehyde adhesives in wood composites. https://cen.acs.org/materials/adhesives/Green-glues-stick/103/i8
Green adhesion for the built environment - Interview with Prof. Markus Buehler of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and editor of the Impact section of MRS Bulletin. In this interview, Eleftheria discussed our work with Ulva seaweed as an adhesive to enable cohesion and strength in hot-pressed wood panels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3WrfNybqI&t=20s&ab_channel=MaterialsResearchSociety
Report: Engineering Materials for a Sustainable Future - Enginnering Research Visioning Alliance, published Febuary 12, 2024
https://www.ervacommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/ERVA-Report-Sustainable-Materials-WEB-2.pdf
Toward truly compostable plastic - Boyce Upholt on Knowable Magazine, published Febuary 27, 2024
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2024/compostable-plastic-from-natural-materials
The future of plastics, with Eleftheria Roumeli - Ross Files with Dave Ross podcast on KIRO NEWS, published July 19, 2023
https://mynorthwest.com/category/dave-ross-blog/
New Biodegradable Plastics Are Compostable In Your Backyard - UW News, published July 10, 2023
https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/07/10/new-biodegradable-plastics-compostable-in-your-backyard/
Also featured in: PHYS.org, KOMO news, Yahoo! news UK, New Atlas, WPDE-TV, EcoWatch, BIONITY.com, bioplastics magazine,
AZO materials, Packaging Insights, Packaging Europe, Geek Wire, The Times
Microsoft Targets Carbon Removal With Climate Research Effort - Bloomberg article by Zahra Hirji, published June 30, 2022
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-30/microsoft-msft-targets-carbon-removal-with-climate-research-effort
Introducing the Microsoft Climate Research Initiative - Microsoft, published June 29, 2022
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/introducing-the-microsoft-climate-research-initiative/
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Discussion about sustainable materials in electronics during UW's Earth Day 2022 celebrations! https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/04/21/sustainable-electronics/
Our paper highlighted in "This Week in PNAS": https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/iti1522119
Our bioplastics & green concrete research in collaboration with Microsoft Research featured on the Sustainability Initiatives website of MSR! https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/project-zerix/?secret=2B0F6u#focus-areas
New feature on the Data Centers Frontier mentioning our bioplastics & green concrete initiative in collaboration with Microsoft Research! https://datacenterfrontier.com/microsoft-explores-green-data-centers-made-of-mushrooms-algae/
MIT Technology Review feature on our Arxived paper (currently under review) on biocomposites from plant cells! https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/09/19/132948/a-material-derived-from-tobacco-is-as-strong-as-wood-or-plastics/
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