RESEARCH NOTES
One of the nation's leading research and development programs in molecular sieve zeolites and clays is based at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. The program is primarily sponsored by industry and is active in catalysis and adsoption. Researchers are trying to understand the microscopic function and development of microporous solids for the petroleum industry. Significant studies are focusing on environmentally benign methodologies for catalyst preparation.
A chemical engineering professor was recently named a Fellow of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI).
Dr. Jeffery S. Hsieh was recognized for his service to the association and to the pulp and paper industry. TAPPI is the world's largest technical association for the paper and related industries, and only one percent of its membership holds the Fellow title.
Hsieh is recognized as a tireless worker, a superb teacher, a prolific writer and an expert in pulping and bleaching. He serves as director of Pulp and Paper Engineering and director of the Center of Excellence for High Yield Pulp Science at Georgia Tech, and is an adjunct professor at the Institute of Paper Science and Technology.
Since joining Georgia Tech's Pulp and Paper Engineering Program in 1983, he has influenced significant growth in student enrollment, number of research projects, and technical articles produced. Hsieh has been well received by students who like his enthusiastic, hands-on teaching style and clear explanations of fundamental knowledge applied to practical situations.
Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, Hsieh spent 10 years in the paper industry. He wrote "Mixing Processes in the Flocculation of Microcrystalline Cellulose Sols with Cationic Polymers in Polymer Colloids II," edited by Robert M. Fitch and published by Plenum Press. His recent patent for de-inking recycled fiber by applying a direct current electric field provides a new method for the emerging technology of de-inking recycled fibers. His recent study on pulping kudzu indicated that the use of anthraquinone will improve its tensile and burst.
A TAPPI member since 1976, Hsieh was a member of the Nomination Committee and Academic Relations Committee for Human Resource Development and has been an active member of the Pulp Bleaching and Secondary Fibers Committees of TAPPI's Pulp Manufacture Division. He is also a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and is committed to promoting interaction between AIChE and TAPPI.
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is providing national leadership and service in handling technology transfer and training programs for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Hazardous Substance Research Center (HSRC).
The HSRC is a five-center program comprised of 26 major research universities nationwide.
GTRI is part of the South and Southwest Center, headquartered at Louisiana State University and including Rice University. The South and Southwest Center addresses understanding and cleanup of contaminated sediments in the nations waterways, lakes and estuaries with emphasis in EPA's regions 4 and 6, which include Kentucky, North Carolina, New Mexico and states to their south and east.
In addition to other technology transfer and training (T3) activities for the South and Southwestern United States, GTRI produces two national publications: Centerpoint, a news journal, and Newspoint, a series of news releases on environmental information. Both publications provide timely updates on activity by all five centers, says Dr. John C. Nemeth, director of the HSRC South and Southwest technology transfer and training program at GTRI.
In addition, the staff has provided significant leadership across other national center programs including:
Several staff members have provided the U.S. EPA center director in Washington with meeting support on many issues, as well.
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