APPTI offered a three-part webinar series to share research updates on the multi-year, multi-phase research collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine. The webinars took place on January 28, April 4 and October 14, 2022, each 90 minutes.
Each webinar featured four presentations: three research presentations and one industry collaborator case study on how organizations use the Hub and Spoke program.
- Research Area #1: Energy reduction in Cellulose Nano-fibril (CNF) production
- Research Area #2: Improved distribution of CNF in composites
- Research Area #3: Improved performance of CNF-based composite
About the Pilot Hub & Spoke Program with ORNL and the University of Maine
The sustainable biocomposite manufacturing research program enables high stream utilization of forest products and cellulose fibrils to develop renewable, low cost, energy-efficient biofeedstocks for large-scale additive manufacturing and other composite applications. The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at ORNL and the University of Maine collaborate with industrial partners to scale up R&D in biocomposites and high throughput manufacturing using a Hub and Spoke model.