MSE researcher developing self-healing, bio-based polymers
Michael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he’s worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he’s working to combine the two technologies. Kessler, an...
View ArticleBuilding awareness of biobased products
Helping shift the United States to an agricultural-based economy has taken a life of its own at Iowa State University Extension’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS). Since 2002,...
View ArticleUSDA awards Iowa State grant to develop biorenewable plant containers
Iowa State University has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop biorenewable and biodegradable containers for the specialty crop industry. The $1.9 million grant will be...
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Agricultural and biosystems engineering professor Raj Raman puts people and...
Education has always been a passion for Raj Raman. He finished graduate school with the realization that undergraduate education was somewhat undervalued, and he knew then that he wanted to make a...
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