Partners & Sponsors

This group would not exist without the support and guidance of:

The Department of Forest Biomaterials, NC State University
The College of Natural Resources, NC State University
Office of Faculty Development and Success, College of Engineering, NC State University
The Center for Advanced Processing and Packaging Systems
Westrock, GA (special thanks to Dr. Peter Hart)
Graphic Packaging, GA
PepsiCo, Inc., R&D Global Ingredient Application team
DS Smith, North America Packaging and Paper Division, United States (special thanks to Brian Romankow, his team, and Melanie Galloway, Former Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Innovation at DS Smith)
Syngenta, LLC, Greensboro, NC (special thanks to Dr. Andy Coughlin)
VentureWell
The Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network and Engineering Unleashed.