2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: FPB Graduate Student Award Session (Invited talks)

FPB Graduate student Award Session is for invited talks only, sponsored by Forest & Plant Bioproducts Division. This session aims to recognize the great contributions of graduate students in the forest and plant bioproducts field. The selected winners will receive the FPB Graduate Student Awards at the meeting.

Chair

Chang Geun Yoo, State University of New York College of Environmen

Co-Chairs

James D. Sheehan, Penn State University
Yuan Yao, Yale University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(278a) Unraveling Lignin-Hemicellulose Interactions in Lignocellulosic Biomass: Insights from Acid-Catalyzed Pretreatment Using Quantitative Multi-CP Solid-State NMR
JIanyu Guan, Raffel Dharma Patria, Wancheng Zhao, Tuo Wang, Shao-Yuan Leu

08:15 AM

(278b) Multiscale Modeling and Control for Lignin-First Biomass Fractionation
Juhyeon Kim, Jiae Ryu, Chang Geun Yoo, Joseph Kwon

08:30 AM

(278c) Modeling of Paper Drying Under Convective and Radiofrequency (RF) Energy Applications
Daipayan Sen, Koushik Sampath, Huajiang Huang, Shri Ramaswamy

08:45 AM

(278d) Catalyst Supports Effects on H2-Free Lignin Reductive Catalytic Fractionation in Glycerol-Derived Solvents: Experimental and Techno-Economic Studies
Bernard C. Ekeoma, James D. Sheehan

09:00 AM

(278e) Impact of Catalytic and Non-Catalytic Coking on the Chemical Composition and Fuel Quality of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil
Md Nazrul Islam, Sunkyu Park, Steven Rowland

09:15 AM

(278f) Insights into the Structure of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) and Their Impacts on Biomass Utilization
Jiae Ryu, Chaehwi Yoon, Yanying Cao, Kwang Ho Kim, Chang Geun Yoo

09:30 AM

(278g) Screening of Plasticizers for Bioplastics
Taiwo Adesanya, Ezinne Achinivu

09:45 AM

(278h) Supercritical Impregnation of Hydrophobic Additives into Cellulose-Based Materials and Sorption Kinetic Modeling for Packaging Applications
Obiora E. Muojama, James D. Sheehan

10:00 AM

(278i) Direct Fabrication of Biomass-Based Flexible Materials from Wood Pulp for Sustainable and Multifunctional Applications
Aijun Xie, Haishun Du, Xuejun Pan

10:15 AM

(278j) Insight on the Role of Lignin Structural Characteristics on the Performance of Lignin-Derived Vitrimers Containing Ester Linkages
Peter Karoki, Arthur Ragauskas, Christian Kemefa