CFAES welcomes “green” polymer scientist Judit Puskas (pictured) to its team. She coinvented the coating on a heart stent used in millions of Americans. She now is developing an innovative way to improve breast reconstruction after cancer surgery. Read the story.
biomaterials
Nov. 25: Making bio-based products from lignocellulosic biomass
The University of Toledo’s Patricia Relue speaks on “Bio-Based Products from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Sugars to Platform Molecules” from 1:50-2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, in the autumn seminar series by CFAES’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering. Relue is professor and undergraduate program director in Toledo’s Department of Bioengineering. Attend in 219 Agricultural Engineering Building, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, on Ohio State’s Columbus campus; or in 108 (Old) Administration Building at CFAES’s research arm, OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster. Details: hadlocon.1@osu.edu.
Make our own rubber from THESE?
Sustainable, U.S.-grown rubber may soon hit the road, and research done by our college is key. “Ohio is the rubber capital of the world,” says OARDC scientist Katrina Cornish, “and we intend to keep it that way.” Check out the video (1:45). (K.D. Chamberlain image.)