Hanjiang (John) Xu serves as director of the Multiphase Forming Lab at Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), where he leads efforts to advance more efficient and sustainable approaches to paper formation.
Georgia Tech’s Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) supports industry and research partners through a range of testing and analysis services—and much of that work runs through the labs led by Rallming Yang, a senior research scientist at the institute.
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a breakthrough system to manufacture valuable amino acids. It’s the most efficient system of its kind — and removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits.
Jie Wu, an engineering graduate student, was studying a type of striking white beetle found in Southeast Asia and attempting to figure out how to mimic its brilliant color when an unexpected discovery upended the experiment.
Georgia Tech is pleased to partner with the Georgia Forestry Commission on the approved $8.9 million Georgia Forestry Innovation Initiative included in Gov. Brian Kemp’s amended FY 2026 budget.
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The Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI) has appointed two additional Strategic Initiative Leaders (SILs) to help shape the next phase of its research and engagement strategy: Joel Kostka and Titiksha Fernandes.
Georgia Tech Arts Announces Spring 2026 Microgrant Awardees
This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.
Nuclear waste can be managed safely with proper safety protocols. Researchers at Georgia Tech and around the world are working on safer reactor designs, advanced monitoring, and innovative recycling methods to turn nuclear waste into new opportunities — f
Thank you to the entire RBI community for participating in a transformative 2025. Please enjoy reviewing the accomplishments we made together. We look forward to partnering with you in 2026.
Georgia Tech proudly announces its faculty who have been named to the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list.
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