A new center that will research bioplastics and biocomposites is getting a boost from a planning grant from the National Science Foundation.
NSF is giving start-up funding to the Biopolymers and Biocomposites Research Team at Iowa State University. The proposed center will be collaboration between Iowa State and the UMass Lowell’s department of plastics engineering.
“Iowa State is an established leader in the area of biobased products and UMass Lowell is a leader in the field of polymer processing,” said David Grewell, chairman of the Iowa State team and an associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering, in a news release. “By bringing together our expertise, we will be able to successfully transfer our ideas, results and technology to the U.S. plastics industry.”