Focus Areas

1. Biocomposites and Green Composites

2. Bioplastics for Durable Applications

3. Modern Biorefinery

4. Sustainable Materials for Manufacturing

5. Bioeconomy & Policy Development

Areas of Interest

• Bioplastics for durable uses

• Supply chain and logistics of natural fibres

  • Agricultural fibres
  • Wood fibres
  • Agri-residues
  • Perennial grasses

• Biocomposites

  • Natural fibre composites with petro-based polymers
  • Synthetic fibre composites  with renewable resource-based bioplastics

• Green Composites

  • Natural fibre composites with renewable resource-based bioplastics

• Biobased polymer blends and their biocomposites

• Plant oil-based bioresins, their blends and biocomposites

  • Sustainable manufacturing
  • Biobased material uses in transportation, building, packaging and consumer products

• Current developments in nanocellulose and lignin-based carbon fibres

• Compostability and biodegradability

• Economic, social and environmental issues for sustainable development

• Biobased materials that work

  • Applications and prototyping

• Improved utilization of lignin, glycerol, DDG(S), carbon dioxide, biochars, hemicelluloses and proteineous oil seeds

• Integrated biorefinery & forest biorefinery

• Life cycle analysis of biobased products

• Creating policies to boost biomaterial adoption