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Submitted: McCance, K. R., Blanchard, M. R. and Venditti, R. A., Understanding Graduate Students’ Perceptions of a Science and Education Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Developing Community and Navigating Boundaries” to be considered for publication in Frontiers in Sociology, December 2021.

Submitted: Blanchard, M. R., Collier, K. M., Rajwade, A., McCance, K. R., McAlexander, S. L., Venditti, R. A. (2021, January, In review). Understanding teacher implementation of Bioeconomy activities through the lens of expectancy value theory. Association of Science Teacher Education (ASTE), Greenville, SC.

Submitted: Chacon, L., Venditti, R. A., and Lavoine, N. (2021) Recycled paper based products: challenges solutions and innovations – a review, BioResources, March 2021.

Submitted: Geng, Wenhui; Venditti, Richard; Pawlak, Joel; Chang, Hou-Min (2021) Preparation and characterization of hemicellulose-based hydrogels: hemicellulose-citric acid hydrogels and hemicellulose-g-poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Submitted: Tajik, Somayeh; Beitollahi, Hadi; Nejad, Fariba Garkani; Dourandish, Zahra; Khalilzadeh, Mohammad A.; Jang, Ho Won; Venditti, Richard; Varma, Rajender; Shokouhimehr, Mohammadreza.

Recent Developments in Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Detecting Environmental Pollutants. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Submitted US Patent.  Venditti and others. Wax use in pellets for energy production.

Submitted. Wang, Y., Venditti, R. A., Gonzalez, R. W., Pawlak, J. J., (2021) The Physical Aspects of Softness and its Relationship to Paper Structure and Fiber Properties Materials Characterization, submitted for publication.

Submitted: Soojin Kwon, Marielis Zambrano, Joel Pawlak, Ryan Fraizer, Franklin Zambrano, Ronalds W. Gonzalez, Waterborne and Airborne Microfibers shed from non-woven materials in water and air environments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, October 2021.

Submitted:  Zambrano, Marielis; Millbern, Zoe; Pawlak, Joel; Daystar, Jesse ; Ankeny, Mary; Vinueza, Nelson; Venditti, Richard A. The impact of chemical finishes on the anaerobic aquatic biodegradation of model cotton microfibers as shed from laundering. ACS Environmental Science and Technology and Engineering, October 2021.

Submitted: Shana L. McAlexander 1,2*, Katherine. McCance 1, Margaret. R. Blanchard 1, and Richard. A. Venditti 2, An Interdisciplinary Approach to Develop Awareness and In-terest for Bioproduct and Bioenergy Careers with Historically Underrepresented Science and Engineering Undergraduates, Sustainabilty, October 2021.

(197) Salam, A., Zambrano, M. C., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., (2021) Hemicellulose and Starch Citrate Chitosan Foam Adsorbents for Removal of Arsenic and Other Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water, BioResources in press.

(196) McAlexander, S. L., Noble, S. M.,  McCance, K., Blanchard, M. R., Venditti, R. A.  (2021) Measuring Undergraduate Student’s Beliefs about and Career Interest in Bioproducts and Bioenergy, in press, BioResources.

(195) McCance, K., Suarez, A., McAlexander, S.; Davis, G., Blanchard, M., Venditti, R. A. (2021) Modeling a Biorefinery: Converting Pineapple Waste to Bioproducts and Biofuel, accepted in The Journal of Chemical Education. 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00020

(194) Gutierrez, J. N.,  Sachin Agate, S., Venditti, R. A., Pal, L. (2021) Study of Tobacco Proteins as a Sustainable Co-binder in Paper and Packaging Coatings, Biopolymers. doi.org/10.1002/bip.23425

(193) Van Schoubroeck*, S., Thomassen, T. G. , Van Passel, S., Malina, R., Springael, J., Venditti, R. A., Yao,  Y., and Van Dael, M.  (2021) An integrated techno-sustainability assessment (TSA) framework for biobased chemicals, Green Chemistry, 23, 1700-1715. DOI: 10.1039/D1GC00036E

(192) Echeverria, D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., Yao, Y. (2021) A general Life Cycle Assessment framework for sustainable bleaching: A case study of peracetic acid bleaching of wood pulp, Journal of Cleaner Production, 290, 125854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125854

(191) Echeverria, D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., Yao, Y. (2021) A general Life Cycle Assessment framework for sustainable bleaching: A case study of peracetic acid bleaching of wood pulp, Journal of Cleaner Production, 290, 125854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125854

(190) Kwon, S., Zambrano, M. C., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A.* (2021) Effect of Lignocellulosic Fiber Composition on the Aquatic Biodegradation of Wood Pulps and the Isolated Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Lignin Components: Kinetic Modelling of the Biodegradation Process, Cellulose. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03680-6

(189) Zwilling, J., Jiang, X., Zambrano, F. J., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Velev, O., Rojas, O. J., Gonzalez, R. W., (2021) Understanding Lignin Micro- and Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth in Aqueous Suspensions by Solvent Fractionation, Green Chemistry, 23, 1001.  DOI: 10.1039/D0GC03632C

(188) Zambrano, M., Pawlak, J., Daystar, J., Ankeny, M., Chen, J. J., Venditti, R. A. (2021). Impact of Dyes and Finishes on the Aquatic Biodegradability of Cotton Textile Fibers and Microfibers Released on Laundering Clothes: Correlations Between Enzyme Adsorption and Activity and Biodegradation Rates, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 165, 112030.

(187)  Zambrano, F. J., Wang, Y., Zwilling, J. D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., Rojas, O., Gonzalez, R. (2021) Micro- and nanofibrillated cellulose from virgin and recycled fibers: A comparative study on its effects on the properties of hygiene tissue paper, Carbohydrate Polymers, 254, 117430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117430

(186) Zambrano, M. C., Pawlak, J. J., Daystar, J., Ankeny, M., & Venditti, R. A. (2021). Impact of dyes and finishes on the microfibers released on the laundering of cotton knitted fabrics. Environmental Pollution (272) 115998.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115998  

(185) Blanchard, M. R., Venditti, R. A., McAlexander, S. L., McCance, K. R., Collier, K. M. (2020) An Interdisciplinary Model to Diversify STEM Participation: College, High School, & Industry Partnerships, a book chapter accepted for publication in  Enhancing Learning Opportunities Through Student, Scientist, and Teacher Partnerships, IGI Global.

 

(184)  Ayoub, A., Treasure, T., Hansen, L., Nypelo, T., Jameel, H., Khan, S., Chang, H. M., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., (2020) Effect of Plasticizers and Polymer Blends for Processing Softwood Kraft Lignin as Carbon Fiber Precursors, Cellulose.  DOI: 10.1007/s10570-020-03571-2

(183) Wang, Y., Venditti, R. A., Gonzalez, R., & Pawlak, J. J. (2020) Sheet structural and mechanical properties and their relationship to tissue softness. In Progress in Paper Physics Seminar.

(182) A. Scouse, A.,  Kelley, S. S., Venditti, R. A. and McConnell, E. (2020) Evaluating sustainable product alternatives by combining life cycle assessment with full-cost accounting: a highway guardrail case study, BioResources, 15(4) 9103-9127.

(181) Zambrano, M. C., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A. (2020). Effects of Chemical and Morphological Structure on Biodegradability of Fibers, Fabrics, and Other Polymeric Materials. BioResources, 15(4).

(180) Khalilzadeh, M. A., Hosseini, S., Rad, A. S., & Venditti, R. A. (2020). Synthesis of Grafted Nanofibrillated Cellulose-Based Hydrogel and Study of Its Thermodynamic, Kinetic, and Electronic Properties. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68(32), 8710-8719.

(179)  Tomberlin, K., Venditti, R., Yao, Y. (2020). Life Cycle Carbon Footprint Analysis of Pulp and Paper Grades in the United States Using Production-line-based Data and Integration. BioResources, 15(2), 3899-3914.

(178) Geng, W., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., De Assis, T., Gonzalez, R. G., Phillips, R. B., Chang, H. M. (2020) Techno-economic analysis of hemicellulose extraction from different types of lignocellulosic feedstocks and strategies for cost optimization, Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 14, 225-241. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2054.

(177) Zambrano, F., Starkey, H., Wang, Y., Abbati de Assis, C., Venditti, R., Pal, L., Jameel, H., Hubbe, M. A., Rojas, O. J., & Gonzalez, R. (2020). Using Micro- and Nanofibrillated Cellulose as a Means to Reduce Product Weight: A Review. BioResources, 15(2) 4553-4590. DOI: 10.15376/biores.15.2.Zambrano

(176) Khalilzadeh, M., Tajik, S., Beitollahi, H., & Venditti, R. (2020). Green synthesis of magnetic nanocomposite with iron oxide deposited on cellulose nanocrystals with copper (Fe3O4@CNC/Cu): investigation of catalytic activity for the development of a venlafaxine electrochemical sensor. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 59, 4219-4228. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b06214

(175) Zambrano, F., de Assis, T., Zwilling, J., Venditti, R., & Gonzalez, R. W. (2020). Absorbency: Even more friendly toward aqueous liquids, in Make Paper Products Stand Out: Strategic Use of Wet End Chemical Additives. Chapter 4, 77-109, TAPPI Press, Atlanta GA.

(174) Zambrano, M., Pawlak, J., Daystar, J., Ankeny, M., Chen, J. J., Venditti, R. A. (2020). Aerobic biodegradation in freshwater and marine environments of textile microfibers generated in clothes laundering: Effects of cellulose and polyester-based microfibers on the microbiome. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151, 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110826.

(173) Johnson, S., Echeverria, D.,  Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Yao, Y. (2020). Supply Chain of Waste Cotton Recycling and Reuse: A Review. AATCC Journal of Research – Sustainability Special Issue, 7(1), 19-31. DOI: 10.14504/ajr.7.S1.3

(172) Frost, H., Zambrano, M., Leonas, K., Pawlak, J. J., & Venditti, R. A. (2020). Do Recycled Cotton or Polyester Fibers Influence the Shedding Propensity of Fabrics during Laundry. AATCC Journal of Research – Sustainability Special Issue, 7(1),32-41. doi.org/10.14504/ajr.7.S1.4

(171) Johnson, S., Faradilla, F., Venditti, R., Lucian, L., Hakovirta, M. (2020). Hydrothermal Carbonization of Nanofibrillated Cellulose: A Pioneering Model Study Demonstrating the Effect of Size on Final Material Qualities.  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, in press.   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05928.

(170) Geng, W., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Chang, H. M., Pal, L., Ford, E., (2020). Carboxymethylation of hemicellulose isolated from poplar (Populus grandidentata) and its potential in water-soluble oxygen barrier films. Cellulose, 27(6), 3359-3377. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-02993-2.

(169) Corbett, D. B., Knoll, C., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., Park, S. (2020). Fiber fractionation to understand the effect of mechanical refining on fiber structure and resulting enzymatic digestibility of biomass. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 1–9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.27258.

(168) Hong, C., Corbett, D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., & Park, S. (2019). Xylooligosaccharides as prebiotics from biomass autohydrolyzate. LWT, 111, 703-710.

(167) de Assis, T., Pawlak, J., Pal, L., Jameel, H., Venditti, R., Reisinger, L. W., Kavalew, D. & Gonzalez, R. W. (2019). Comparison of wood and non-wood market pulps for tissue paper application. BioResources, 14(3), 6781-6810.

(166) Wang, Y., Zambrano, F., Venditti, R., Dasmohapatra, S., De Assis, T., Reisinger, L., Pawlak, J. & Gonzalez, R. (2019). Effect of Pulp Properties, Drying Technology, and Sustainability on Bath Tissue Performance and Shelf Price. BioResources, 14(4), 9410-9428.

(165) Corbett, D. B., Hong, C., Venditti, R., Jameel, H. (2019). Hydrophobic Resin Treatment of Hydrothermal Autohydrolyzate for Prebiotic Applications. RSC Advances, 9, 31819-31827.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9RA06018A.

(164) Sadeghifar, H., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Jur, J. (2019). Cellulose Transparent and Flexible Films Prepared from DMAc/LiCl Solution. BioResources, 14(4), 9021-9032.

(163) Gutierriez, J., Royals, A., Jameel, H., Venditti, R. A., & Pal, L. (2019). Evaluation of Paper Straws versus Plastic Straws:  Development of a Methodology for Testing and Understanding Challenges for Paper Straws. BioResources, 14(4) 8345-8363.  DOI: 10.15376/biores.14.4.8331-8344.

(162)  Khalilzadeh, M. A., Sadeghifar, H., & Venditti, R. A. (2019). Natural Clinoptilolite/KOH: an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Carboxymethylation of Hemicellulose. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 11680-11688. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02239.

(161) Sadeghifar, H., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., & Jur, J. (2019). Bicomponent Carbohydrate and Lignin Nanoparticle Production from Bio-refinery Lignin: A Rapid and Green Method. BioResources, 14(3), 6179-6185.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC02835H.

(160) Hong, C., Corbett, D., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., & Park, S. (2019). Xylooligosaccharides as prebiotics from biomass autohydrolyzate. LWT – Food Science and Technology, 111, 703-710. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2019.05.098%20.

(159) Nabinger, A., Tomberlin, K., Venditti, R., & Yao, Y. (2019). Using a data-driven approach to unveil greenhouse gas emission intensities of different pulp and paper products. Procedia CIRP, 80, 689-692. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.12.001.

(158) Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Becquart, F., Ayoub, A., Majesté, J. C., Taha, M., & Mignard, N. (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of Thermoresponsive Xylan Networks by Diels–Alder Reaction. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 1, 856-866. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.9b00095.

(157) Zambrano, M., Pawlak, J., Daystar, J., Ankeny, M., Chen, J. J., Venditti, R. A. (2019). Microfibers Generated from the Laundering of Cotton, Rayon and Polyester Based Fabrics and Their Aquatic Biodegradation. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 142, 394-407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.062%20.

(156) Geng, W., Narron, R., Jiang, X., Pawlak, J. J., Chang, H. M., Park, S., Jameel, H., & Venditti, R. A. (2019). The influence of lignin content and structure on hemicellulose alkaline extraction for non-wood and hardwood lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose, 26(5), 3219-3230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02261-y%20.

(155) Seyednejhad, S., Khalilzadeh, M. A., Zareyee, D., Sadeghifar, H., & Venditti, R. (2019). Cellulose nanocrystal supported palladium as a novel recyclable catalyst for Ullmann coupling reactions. Cellulose, 26(8), 5015-5031. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02436-7.

(154) Wang, Y., De Assis, T., Zambrano, F., Pal, L., Venditti, R. A., Dasmohapatra, S., Pawlak, J. J., & Gonzalez, R. (2019). Relationship between Human Perception of Softness and Instrument Measurements. BioResources, 14(1), 780-795.

(153)  Corbett, D. B., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., & Park, S. (2018). Effect of mechanical refining energy on the enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(43), 14648-14655. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b02932.

(152) Tomberlin, K., Yao, Y., & Venditti, R. (2018). Using a Data-Mining Approach to Unveil Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities of Different Pulp and Paper Products. Procedia CIRP, in press.

(151) Bunds, K. S., Kanters, M. A., Venditti, R. A., Rajagopolan, N., Casper, J. M., & Carlton, T. A. (2018). Organized Youth Sports and Commuting Behavior: The Environmental Impact of Decentralized Community Sport Facilities, Transportation. Research Part D, 65, 387-395. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.08.017.

(150) Milotskyi, R., Bliard, C., Venditti, R., & Ayoub, A. (2018).  Starch Extrudates as Sustainable Ingredients in Food and Non-Food Applications. Biomass Extrusion and Reaction Technologies: Principles to Practices and Future Potential, Ed. Ayoub and Lucia; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, Chapter 5. DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841233713.

(149)  Cran, M. J., Bigger, S. W., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Livi, S., & Ayoub, A. (2018). Melt Stability of Starch-Filled LDPE during Multi-Pass Extrusion Determined by Melt-Flow and Non-Isothermal Thermogravimetric Investigations. Biomass Extrusion and Reaction Technologies: Principles to Practices and Future Potential, Ed. Ayoub and Lucia; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, Chapter 6. DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/isbn/9780841233713.

(148) Geng, W., Venditti, R., Pawlak, J. J., & Chang, H. M. (2018). Effect of Delignification on Hemicellulose Extraction from Switchgrass, Poplar and Pine and Its Effect on Enzymatic Convertibility of Cellulose-rich Residues. BioResources, 13(3) 4946-4963.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.13.3.4946-4963.

(147) Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Ayoub, A., Prochazka, F., Fernandez-de-Alba, C., Mignard, N., Taha, M., & Becquart, F. (2018). Towards Thermoplastic Hemicellulose: Chemistry and Characteristics of Poly-(ε-caprolactone) Grafting onto Hemicellulose Backbones. Journal of Materials and Design, 153, 298-307. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2018.05.013.

(146) Reeb, C. W., Venditti, R., Gonzalez, R., Kelley, S., Jameel, H., Treasure, T., & Daystar, J. (2018). Techno-economic analysis of various biochemical conversion platforms for biosugar production: Trade-offs of co-producing biopower versus pellets for either a greenfield, repurpose, or co-location siting context. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 12(3), 390-411. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1847.

(145) de Assis, T., Abbati, C., Iglesias, M. C., Bilodeau, M., Johnson, D., Phillips, R., Soledad Peresin, M., Bilek, E. M., Rojas, O. J., Venditti, R., & Gonzalez, R. (2018). Cellulose micro‐and nanofibrils (CMNF) manufacturing‐financial and risk assessment. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 12(2), 251-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1835.

(144) Daystar, J., & Venditti, R. (2017). Introduction to Life-Cycle Assessment and Decision Making Applied to Forest Biomaterials. Introduction to Renewable Biomaterials: First Principles and Concepts, 2017, pp 141-178, Wiley, Editors Ali Ayoub and Lucian Lucia, ISBN: 978-1-119-96229-8.

(143) Scouse, A., McConnell, E., Kelley, S. S., & Venditti, R. (2017). Analysis of North Carolina Forest Industry Earnings: Adapting Household-Level Data from the American Community Survey to a Social Accounting Matrix. Journal of Forestry. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5849/jof-2017-032.

(142) Cornelius, C., Saquing, C., Venditti, R., McCord, M., & Bourham, M. (2017). The Effect of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma on Paper and Pulps. BioResources, 12(4), 8199-8216. DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.4.8199-8216.

(141) Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Mignard, N., Taha, M., Becquart, F., & Ayoub, A. (2017). Polysaccharides and lignin based hydrogels with potential pharmaceutical use as a drug delivery system produced by a reactive extrusion process. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 104, 564-575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.06.037.

(140) Farhat, W., Venditti, R., Quick, A., Taha, M., Mignard, N., Becquart, F., & Ayoub, A. (2017). Hemicellulose extraction and characterization for applications in paper coatings and adhesives. Industrial Crops and Products, 107, 370-377. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2017.05.055.

(139) Scouse, A., McConnell, E., & Venditti, R. (2017). Estimating the Economic Impacts Generated by Small Scale Wood Pellet Manufacturing in Western North Carolina. Forest Products Journal, 67(3-4), 196-204. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13073/FPJ-D-16-00035.

(138) Jones, B. W., Venditti, R., Park, S., & Jameel, H. (2017). Optimization of Pilot Scale Mechanical Disk Refining for Improvements in Enzymatic Digestibility of Pretreated Hardwood Lignocellulosics. BioResources, 12(3), 4567-4593. DOI: 10.15376/biores.12.3.4567-4593.

(137) Farahbakhsh, N., Shahbeigi-Roodposhti, P., Sadeghifar, H., Venditti, R. A., & Jur, J. S. (2017). Effect of isolation method on reinforcing capability of recycled cotton nanomaterials in thermoplastic polymers. Journal of Materials Science, 1-17.

(136) Farhat, W., Venditti, R. A., Hubbe, M., Taha, M., Becquart, F., & Ayoub, A. (2017). A Review of Water‐Resistant Hemicellulose‐Based Materials: Processing and Applications. ChemSusChem10(2), 305-323. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201601047.

(135) Sadeghifar, H., Venditti, R., Jur, J., Gorga, R. E., & Pawlak, J. J. (2017). Cellulose-Lignin Biodegradable and Flexible UV Protection Film. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 5(1), 625–631. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02003.

(134) Rajagopalan, N., Venditti, R., Kelley, S., & Daystar, J. (2017). Multi‐attribute uncertainty analysis of the life cycle of lignocellulosic feedstock for biofuel production. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 11(2), 269-280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1737.

Venditti works with a student - Richard Venditti - College of Natural Resources at NC State University

(133) Daystar, J., Venditti, R., & Kelley, S. S. (2017). Dynamic greenhouse gas accounting for cellulosic biofuels: implications of time based methodology decisions. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 22(5), 812-826. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-016-1184-8.

(132) Reeb, C. W., Venditti, R., Gonzalez, R., & Kelley, S. (2016). Environmental LCA and Financial Analysis to Evaluate the Feasibility of Bio-based Sugar Feedstock Biomass Supply Globally: Part 2. Application of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Analysis as a Method for Biomass Feedstock Comparisons. BioResources11(3), 6062-6084. DOI: 10.15376/biores.11.3.6062-6084.

(131)  Pawar, S. N., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Chang, H. M., & Ayoub, A. (2016). Engineering physical and chemical properties of softwood kraft lignin by fatty acid substitution. Industrial Crops and Products89, 128-134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.04.070.

(130) Reeb, C. W., Venditti, R., Hays, T., Daystar, J., Gonzalez, R., & Kelley, S. (2015). Environmental LCA and financial analysis to evaluate the feasibility of bio-based sugar feedstock biomass supply globally: Part 1. Supply chain analysis. BioResources, 10(4), 8098-8134.

(129) Wang, C., Kelley, S. S., & Venditti, R. A. (2016). Lignin‐Based Thermoplastic Materials. ChemSusChem, 9(8), 770-783. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201501531.

(128) Wang, C., Venditti, R. A., & Zhang, K. (2015). Tailor-made functional surfaces based on cellulose-derived materials. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology99(14), 5791-5799. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-015-6722-y.

(127) Park, J., Jones, B., Koo, B., Chen, X., Tucker, M., Yu, J. H., Pschorn, T., Venditti, R., & Park, S. (2016). Use of mechanical refining to improve the production of low-cost sugars from lignocellulosic biomass. Bioresource Technology199, 59-67. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.059.

(126)  Culbertson, C., Treasure, T., Venditti, R., Jameel, H., & Gonzalez, R. (2016). Life Cycle Assessment of Lignin Extraction in a Softwood Kraft Pulp Mill. Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal, 31(1), 30-U247. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3183/npprj-2016-31-01-p030-040.

(125) Wang, C., & Venditti, R. A. (2015). UV Cross-Linkable Lignin Thermoplastic Graft Copolymers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering3(8), 1839-1845. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00416.

(124) Daystar, J. S., Treasure, T., Gonzalez, R., Reeb, C., Venditti, R., & Kelley, S. (2015). The NREL Biochemical and Thermochemical Ethanol Conversion Processes: Financial and Environmental Analysis Comparison. BioResources10(3), 5096-5116.

(123)  Daystar, J., Treasure, T., Reeb, C., Venditti, R., Gonzalez, R., & Kelley, S. (2015). Environmental Impacts of Bioethanol sing the NREL Biochemical Conversion Route: Multivariate Analysis and Single Score Results. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining9(5), 484-500. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1553.

(122)  Daystar, J., Reeb, C., Gonzalez, R., Venditti, R., & Kelley, S. S. (2015). Environmental life cycle impacts of cellulosic ethanol in the Southern US produced from loblolly pine, eucalyptus, unmanaged hardwoods, forest residues, and switchgrass using a thermochemical conversion pathway. Fuel Processing Technology, 138, 164-174. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2015.04.019.

(121) Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Salam, A., & El-Tahlawy, K. F. (2015). Modified Carbohydrate-Chitosan Compounds, Methods of Making the Same and Methods of Using the Same, Washington, DC. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patent No. 8,975,387.

(120) Chen, H., Han, Q., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2015). Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pretreated Newspaper Having High Lignin Content for Bioethanol Production. BioResources10(3), 4077-4098.

(119) Farahbakhsh, N., Roodposhti, P. S., Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., & Jur, J. S. (2015). Melt Extrusion of Polyethylene Nanocomposites Reinforced with Nanofibrillated Cellulose from Cotton and Wood Sources. Journal of Applied Polymer Science132(17). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.41857.

(118) Reeb, C. W., Hays, T., Venditti, R. A., Gonzalez, R., & Kelley, S. (2014). Supply Chain Analysis, Delivered Cost, and Life Cycle Assessment of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Biomass for Green Chemical Production in Malaysia. BioResources9(3), 5385-5416. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.9.3.5385-5416.

(117) Chen, H., Han, Q., Daniel, K., Venditti, R., & Jameel, H. (2014). Conversion of Industrial Paper Sludge to Ethanol: Fractionation of Sludge and its Impact. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology174(6), 2096-2113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-014-1083-z.

(116) Jones, B. W., Venditti, R., Park, S., & Jameel, H. (2014). Comparison of Lab, Pilot, and Industrial Scale Low Consistency Mechanical Refining for Improvements in Enzymatic Digestibility of Pretreated Hardwood. Bioresource Technology167, 514-520. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.026.

(115) Chen, H., Venditti, R., Gonzalez, R., Phillips, R., Jameel, H., & Park, S. (2014). Economic Evaluation of the Conversion of Industrial Paper Sludge to Ethanol. Energy Economics44, 281-290. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2014.04.018.

(114) Pauck, W. J., Venditti, R., Pocock, J., & Andrew, J. E. (2014). Neural Network Modelling and Prediction of the Flotation Deinking Behavior of Recycled Paper Mixes. Nordic Pulp and Paper Journal, 29(30), 521-532.

(113) Farahbakhsh, N., Venditti, R. A., & Jur, J. S. (2014). Mechanical and Thermal Investigation of Thermoplastic Nanocomposite Films Fabricated using Micro-and Nano-sized Fillers from Recycled Cotton T-shirts. Cellulose21(4), 2743-2755.

(112) Daystar, J., Gonzalez, R., Reeb, C., Venditti, R. A., Treasure, T., Abt, R., & Kelley, S. (2013). Economics, Environmental Impacts, and Supply Chain Analysis of Cellulosic Biomass for Biofuels in the Southern US: Pine, Eucalyptus, Unmanaged Hardwoods, Forest Residues, Switchgrass, and Sweet Sorghum. BioResources9(1), 393-444.

(111) Júnior, D. L., Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Colodette, J. L., & Chang, H. M. (2013). Ethanol Precipitation of Hetero-Polysaccharide Material from Hardwood by Alkaline Extraction Prior to the Kraft Cooking Process. BioResources8(4), 5319-5332.

(110) Hubbe, M. A., Ayoub, A., Daystar, J. S., Venditti, R. A., & Pawlak, J. J. (2013). Enhanced Absorbent Products Incorporating Cellulose and Its Derivatives: A review. BioResources8(4), 6556-6629.

(109) Jones, B. W., Venditti, R., Park, S., Jameel, H., & Koo, B. (2013). Enhancement in Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Mechanical Refining for Pretreated Hardwood Lignocellulosics. Bioresource Technology147, 353-360. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.030.

(108) Daystar, J. S., Venditti, R. A., Gonzales, R., Jameel, H., Jett, M., & Reeb, C. W. (2013). Impacts of Feedstock Composition on Alcohol Yields and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the NREL Thermochemical Ethanol Conversion Process. BioResources8(4), 5261-5278.

(107)  Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Chang, H. M. (2014). Effect of irradiation on the composition and thermal properties of softwood kraft lignin and styrene grafted lignin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131(1). DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/app.39743.

(106) Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Salam, A., & Hubbe, M. A. (2013). Novel Hemicellulose–Chitosan Biosorbent for Water Desalination and Heavy Metal Removal. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering1(9), 1102-1109. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/sc300166m.

(105) Pu, Y., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Gonzalez, R. (2013).  Auto Hydrolysis Pretreatment of Mixed Softwood to Extract Value Prior to Combustion. Bioenergy Research, 6(3) 1094-1103, 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12155-013-9343-2.

(104) Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Sadeghifar, H., & Salam, A. (2013). Development of an Acetylation Reaction of Switchgrass Hemicellulose in Ionic Liquid Without Catalyst. Industrial Crops and Products44, 306-314. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.10.036.

Venditti, R. A. (2013). TRASH TALKING: How to Increase Paper Recycling Rates?: Recycling Must Benefit the Entire Supply Chain, Forces that Influence the Paper Recycling Rate. Waste Management World Magazine, 14(3), 37-41.

Reeb, C. W., Lucia, L. A., & Venditti, R. A. (2013). Novel Screening Technique: Integrated Combinatorial Green Chemistry & Life Cycle Analysis (CGC-LCA). BioResources8(2), 1513-1516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.8.2.1513-1516.

Ayoub, A., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., & Massardier, V. (2012). Combined Application of Extrusion and Irradiation Technologies: A Strategy Oriented for Green and Cost-Effective Chemistry. BioResources8(1), 3-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.8.1.3-5.

Daystar, J.S., Reeb, C.W., Gonzalez, R., Treasure, T., Venditti, R., & Kelley, S. (2013). Integrated Supply Chain, Delivered Costs and Life Cycle Assessment of Several Lignocellulosic Supply Systems for Biofuels, Bioenergy and Bioproducts in the Southern U.S. Proceedings of the International Symposium of Sustainable Systems and Technology, Cincinnati, OH.

(101) Lippke, B., Gustafson, R., Venditti, R., Steele, P., Volk, T., Oneil, E., Johnson, L., Puettmann, M., Katers, J., Taylor, A., Skog, K., Budsberg, E., Daystar, J., & Caputo, J. (2012). Carbon Emission Reduction Impacts from Alternative Biofuels. Forest Products Journal62(4), 296-304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13073/12-00021.1.

(100) Lippke, B., Gustafson, R., Venditti, R., Steele, P., Volk, T. A., Oneil, E., Johnson, L., Puettmann, M., & Skog, K. (2012). Comparing Life-Cycle Carbon and Energy Impacts for Biofuel, Wood Product, and Forest Management Alternatives. Forest Products Journal62(4), 247-257. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13073/FPJ-D-12-00017.1%20.

(99) Daystar, J., Venditti, R., Gonzalez, R., & Puettmann, M., (2012).  Life Cycle Assessment of Bioethanol from Pine Residuals via Biomass Gasification to Mixed Alcohols. Journal of Forest Products, 62(4), 314-325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13073/FPJ-D-12-00025.1.

(98) Sen, S. K., Baheti, V. K., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Park, S., & Bansal, M. C. (2012). Cellulose Microfibril-water Interaction as Characterized by Isothermal Thermogravimetric Analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopy. BioResources7(4), 4683-4703.

Venditti

(97)  Pauck, W. J., Venditti, R. A., Pocock, J., & Andrew, J. E. (2012). Using Statistical Experimental Design Techniques to Determine the Most Effective Variables for the Control of the Flotation Deinking of Mixed Recycled Paper Grades. Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry of Southern Africa Journal, 2, 28-41.

(96) Treasure, T., Gonzalez, R., Venditti, R., Pu, Y., Jameel, H., Kelley, S., & Prestemon, J. (2012). Co-Production of Electricity and Ethanol, Economics of Value Prior Combustion. Energy Conversion and Management62, 141-153. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2012.04.002.

(95)  Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., & Gillella, P. K. (2012). Sensor Systems for High-Speed Intelligent Sorting of Waste Paper in Recycling. TAPPI Journal11(2), 33-39.

(94) Chen, H., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Park, S. (2012). Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Recovered Office Printing Paper with Low Enzyme Dosages to Produce Fermentable Sugars. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology166(5), 1121-1136. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-011-9498-2.

(93)  Zoppe, J. O., Venditti, R. A., & Rojas, O. J. (2012). Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Cellulose Nanocrystals Grafted with Thermo-Responsive Polymer Brushes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science369(1), 202-209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.12.011.

(92) Gonzalez, R., Daystar, J., Jett, M., Treasure, T., Jameel, H., Venditti, R., & Phillips, R. (2012). Economics of Cellulosic Ethanol Production in a Thermochemical Pathway for Softwood, Hardwood, Corn Stover and Switchgrass. Fuel Processing Technology94(1), 113-122. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2011.10.003.

(91) Spence, K. L., Venditti, R. A., Rojas, O. J., Pawlak, J. J., & Hubbe, M. A. (2011). Water Vapor Barrier Properties of Microfibrillated Cellulose Films. Bioresources, 6(4), 4370-4388, 2011.

(90) Lippke, B., Gustafson, R., Venditti, R., Volk, T., Oneil, E., Johnson, L., Puettmann, M., & Steele, P. (2011). Sustainable Biofuel Contributions to Carbon Mitigation and Energy Independence.  Forests2(4), 861-874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f2040861%20.

(89)  Pu, Y., Treasure, T., Gonzalez, R. W., Venditti, R., & Jameel, H. (2011). Autohydrolysis Pretreatment of Mixed Hardwoods to Extract Value Prior to Combustion. BioResources6(4), 4856-4870.

(88) Spence, K. L., Venditti, R. A., Rojas, O. J., Habibi, Y., & Pawlak, J. J. (2011). A Comparative Study of Energy Consumption and Physical Properties of Microfibrillated Cellulose Produced by Different Processing Methods. Cellulose18(4), 1097-1111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-011-9533-z.

(87) Zoppe, J. O., Osterberg, M., Venditti, R. A., Laine, J., & Rojas, O. J. (2011). Surface Interaction Forces of Cellulose Nanocrystals Grafted with Thermo-responsive Polymer Brushes.  Biomacromolecules12(7), 2788-2796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bm200551p.

(86) Salam, A., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A., & El-tahlawy, K. (2011). Incorporation of Carboxyl Groups into Xylan for Improved Absorbency. Cellulose18(4), 1033-1041.

(85) Salam, A., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., & El-Tahlawy, K. (2011). Crosslinked Hemicellulose Citrate–Chitosan Aerogel Foams. Carbohydrate Polymers84(4), 1221-1229. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.01.008.

(84) Lee, J. M., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Kenealy, W. R. (2011). Detoxification of Woody Hydrolyzates with Activated Carbon for Bioconversion to Ethanol by the Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacterium Thermoanaerobacterium Saccharolyticum. Biomass and Bioenergy35(1), 626-636. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.021.

(83) Zoppe, J. O., Habibi, Y., Rojas, O. J., Venditti, R. A., Johansson, L. S., Efimenko, K., Osterberg, M.,  Laine, J. (2010). Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes Grafted from Cellulose Nanocrystals via Surface-Initiated Single-Electron Transfer Living Radical Polymerization. Biomacromolecules11(10), 2683-2691. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bm100719d.

(82) Lee, J. M., Jameel, H., & Venditti, R. A. (2010). One and Two Stage Autohydrolysis Pretreatments for Enzyme Hydrolysis of Coastal Bermuda Grass to Produce Fermentable Sugars. BioResources, 5(3), 1496-1508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.5.3.1496-1508.

(81) Spence, K. L., Venditti, R. A., Habibi, Y., Rojas, O. J., & Pawlak, J. J. (2010) The Effect of Chemical Composition in Microfibrillated Cellulose Films from Wood Pulps: Water Interactions and Physical Properties for Packaging Applications. Cellulose, 17, 835-848, 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-010-9424-8.

(80) Salam, A., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A., & El-tahlawy, K. (2010). Synthesis and Characterization of Starch Citrate− Chitosan Foam with Superior Water and Saline Absorbance Properties. Biomacromolecules11(6), 1453-1459. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bm1000235.

(79) Lee, J. M., Jameel, H., & Venditti, R. (2010). Effect of Ozone Pretreatment on Enzymatic Digestibility of Coastal Bermuda Grass. Bioresources, 5(2), 1084-1101.

(78) Spence, K. L., Venditti, R. A., Habibi, Y., Rojas, O. J., & Pawlak, J. J. (2010). The Effect of Chemical Composition on Microfibrillar Cellulose Films from Wood Pulps: Mechanical Processing and Physical Properties. Bioresource Technology101(15), 5961-5968. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.104.

(77) Lee, J. M., Jameel, H., & Venditti, R. A. (2010). A Comparison of the Autohydrolysis and Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX) Pretreatments on the Subsequent Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Coastal Bermuda Grass. Bioresource Technology101(14), 5449-5458. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.055.

(76) Patel, S. V., Venditti, R. A., & Pawlak, J. J. (2009). Dimensional Changes of Starch Microcellular Foam during the Exchange of Water with Ethanol and Subsequent Drying. BioResources5(1), 121-134. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.5.1.121-134%20.

(75) Soriano, N. U., Venditti, R., & Argyropoulos, D. S. (2009). Biodiesel Synthesis via Homogeneous Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Transesterification. Fuel88(3), 560-565. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2008.10.013.

(74) Zoppe, J. O., Peresin, M. S., Habibi, Y., Venditti, R. A., & Rojas, O. J. (2009). Reinforcing Poly (ε-caprolactone) Nanofibers with Cellulose Nanocrystals. ACS applied materials & interfaces1(9), 1996-2004. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/am9003705.

(73) Lee, J. M., Shi, J., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2009). Autohydrolysis Pretreatment of Coastal Bermuda Grass for Sugar Generation. Bioresource Technology100(24), 6434-6441.

(72) Patel, S., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Ayoub, A., & Rizvi, S. S. (2009). Development of Cross‐linked Starch Microcellular Foam by Solvent Exchange and Reactive Supercritical Fluid Extrusion. Journal of Applied Polymer Science111(6), 2917-2929.

(71) Spence, K., Venditti, R., & Rojas, O. J. (2009). Sugar Surfactants in Paper Recycling. Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal24(1), 107-111.

(70) Rutledge, A. R., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., Patel, S., & Cibils, J. L. (2008). Carbonized Starch Microcellular Foam-Cellulose Fiber Composite Structures. BioResources3(4), 1063-1080.

(69) El-Tahlawy, K., Venditti, R. A., & Pawlak, J. J. (2008). Effect of the Reaction Conditions during Modification of Starch with Alkyl Ketene Dimer on the Properties of Starch Microcellular Foam. Carbohydrate Polymers, 73, 133-142, 2008.

(68) Soriano, N. U., Venditti, R., Saquing, C. D., Bushey, D., & Argyropoulos, D. S. (2008). Solubilizing Amino Acids and Polypeptides in Supercritical CO 2 via Reverse Micelle Formation. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects315(1), 110-116. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.07.019

(67) Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Rojas, O. J. (2007). What Happens to Cellulosic Fibers during Papermaking and Recycling? A review. BioResources2(4), 739-788.

(66) Venditti, R., Fadl, N. A., & Basta, A. H. (2007). Environmentally Acceptable Technology for Removing Post-it Note Adhesive in Paper. Appita Journal: Journal of the Technical Association of the Australian and New Zealand Pulp and Paper Industry60(5), 378.

(65) Venditti, R. A., Lucas, B. E., & Jameel, H. (2007). The Effects of Adhesive Properties on the Removal of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Contaminants in Paper Recycling. Progress in Paper Recycling, 16(3), 18-31, 2007.

(64) Bastidas, J. C., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A., Heitmann, J. A., Hubbe, M. A., & Kadla, J. F. (2008). A Colloidal Probe Microscopy Study of Cellulose/Gypsum Interactions. Materials characterization59(2), 144-150.

(63) Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., & Katuri, K. C. (2007). Stiffness Based Sorting of Paper on a High Speed Conveyor. Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, 2(2), pp. 201-219.

(62) Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2007). Hard to Remove Water in Cellulose Fibers Characterized by Thermal Analysis: a Model for the Drying of Wood Fibers. TAPPI Journal6(7), 10-16. DOI:

(61) Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., & Katuri, K. C. (2007). A Non-Contact Sensor for the Identification of Paper and Board Samples on a High-Speed Sorting Conveyor. Appita Journal: Journal of the Technical Association of the Australian and New Zealand Pulp and Paper Industry60(5), 366.

(60) Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2007). Studies of the Heat of Vaporization of Water Associated with Cellulose Fibers Characterized by Thermal Analysis. Cellulose14(3), 195-204.

(59) Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Abrecht, D. G., Jameel, H., Pawlak, J. J., & Lee, J. M. (2007). Surface and Pore Structure Modification of Cellulose Fibers through Enzyme Treatment. Journal of Applied Polymer Science103(6), 3833-3839.

(58) Bolivar, A. I., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., & El-Tahlawy, K. (2007). Development and Characterization of Novel Starch and Alkyl Ketene Dimer Microcellular Foam Particles. Carbohydrate polymers69(2), 262-271. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.10.004.

(57) El-Tahlawy, K., Venditti, R. A., & Pawlak, J. J. (2007). Aspects of the Preparation of Starch Microcellular Foam Particles Crosslinked with Glutaraldehyde Using a Solvent Exchange Technique. Carbohydrate Polymers67(3), 319-331. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.05.029.

Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., & Gillella, P. K. (2007). Sensor Systems for High Speed Intelligent Sorting of Waste Paper in Recycling. Mechatronics Journal, Nov. 2007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32964/tj11.2.33.

Venditti, R. A., Rojas, O. J., Morris, H., Tucker, J., Spence, K., Austin, C., & Castillo, L. G. (2007). Natural Surfactants for Flotation Deinking in Paper Recycling. 8th Research Forum on Recycling, Niagara Falls CA.

(56)  Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2006). A Novel Method to Evaluate Fiber Hornification by High Resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis. Appita Journal: Journal of the Technical Association of the Australian and New Zealand Pulp and Paper Industry59(6), 481.

(55) Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2006). Changes in Pore Size Distribution during Drying of Cellulose Fibers as Measured by Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Carbohydrate polymers66(1), 97-103. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2006.02.026.

(54) Hubbe, M. A., Rojas, O. J., & Venditti, R. A. (2006). Control of Tacky Deposits on Paper Machines – A review. Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal21(2), 154. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3183/npprj-2006-21-02-p154-171.

(53)  Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2006). Hard to Remove Water in Cellulose Fibers Characterized by High Resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis. Cellulose13(1), 23-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-005-9009-0

(52) Hubbe, M. A., Heitmann, J. A., Venditti, R. A., & Tripattharanan, T. (2006). The Positive Pulse Jar (PPJ): A Flexible Device for Retention Studies. Paperi ja puu88(1), 39-45.

Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Abrecht, D. G., Jameel, H., Pawlak, J. J., & Lee, J. M. (2006). The Effect of Cellulase on the Pore Structure of Cellulose Fibers. Pan Pacific Conference, Korea.

Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2006). Dynamic Changes in Pore Size of Cellulose Fibers during Drying Processes. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 231.

Venditti Presentation

Venditti, R. A., Lucas, B. E., & Jameel, H. (2006). The Effects of Adhesive Properties on the Removal of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Contaminants in Paper Recycling. Pressure Sensitive Tape Council (PSTC) 29th Annual Technical Seminar, pp. 219-241.

El-Tahlawy, K., Vendittit, R., & Pawlak, J. J. (2006). Preparation of Starch Micro-Cellular Foam for Filler Applications. Proceedings of the 2006 Progress in Paper Physics Symposium, Miami, OH.

(51)  Bastidas, J. C., Venditti, R., Pawlak, J., Gilbert, R., Zauscher, S., & Kadla, J. F. (2005). Chemical Force Microscopy of Cellulosic Fibers. Carbohydrate Polymers62(4), 369-378. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.08.058.

(50) Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., Ammineni, C., & Mallapragada, V. (2005). Optical Sensor for Noncontact Measurement of Lignin Content in High-speed Moving Paper Surfaces. IEEE Sensors Journal5(5), 1132-1139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2005.851007.

(49) Venditti, R. A., Chang, H., & Copeland, K. L. (2005). Evaluation of Various Adhesive Contaminant (Stickies) Analysis Methods:  Tracking Stickies Concentrations across Unit Operations of an Old Corrugated Container Recycling Plant. Prog. Paper Recycling14(2), 9-19.

(48) Welf, E. S., Venditti, R. A., Hubbe, M. A., & Pawlak, J. J. (2005). The Effects of Heating Without Water Removal and Drying on the Swelling as Measured by Water Retention Value and Degradation as Measured by Intrinsic Viscosity of Cellulose Papermaking Fibers. Progress in Paper Recycling14(3), 5-13.

(47)  Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. (2005). The Effect of Fiber Properties on Fiber Fractionation Using a Hydrocyclone. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 31(3), 132-137.

Jameel, H., Park, S., Pawlak, J., & Venditti, R. (2005). Thermogravimetric Analysis of Water Associated with Cellulose Fibers. ANTEC-Conference Proceedings, 8, 330.

Venditti, R. A., Ramasubramanian, M. K., & Katuri, K. C. (2005). Development of a bending stiffness sensor for the automated sorting of recovered paper. Engineering, Pulping, and Environmental Conference, Philadelphia.

Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Pawlak, J. J. (2005). Measurement of Fiber Hornification using High Resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis.  Engineering, Pulping, and Environmental Conference, Philadelphia.

Bastidas, J. C., Pawlak, J. J., Venditti, R. A., Heitmann, J. A., Hubbe, M. A., & Kadla, J. F. (2005). Gypsum-cellulose Interactions-a Colloidal Probe Microscopy Study. 59th Appita Annual Conference and Exhibition: Incorporating the 13th ISWFPC (International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry), Auckland, New Zealand: Proceedings (p. 221).

Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., & Jameel, H. (2005).  High Resolution Thermo-gravimetric Analysis of Pulp Drying. Proc. 13th Fundamental Research Symposium, England.

Jameel, H., Park, S., Venditti, R. A., & Pawlak, J. (2005). Dynamic Measurement of Drying Behavior of Cellulose Fibers Using Thermogravimetric Analysis. IAWPS, Japan.

(46)  Chen, J., Heitmann, J. A., Chang, H., Hubbe, M. A., & Venditti, R. A. (2004). The Effect of Paper Additives on Xerographic Toner Agglomeration during the Recycling Process. Progress in Paper Recycling, 13(4), 16-23.

(45)  Zhang, M., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2004). Effects of Sugar Addition before Drying on the Wet-Flexibility of Redispersed Kraft Fibers. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science30(1), 29.

(44)  Zhang, M., Hubbe, M., Venditti, R., & Heitmann, J. (2004). Refining to Overcome Effects of Drying Unbleached Kraft Fibers in the Presence or Absence of Sugar. Progress in Paper Recycling13(2), 5-12.

(43) Venditti, R. A., Gilbert, R. D., Kadla, J. F., & Bliss, T. (2004). Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Wax Coated Old Corrugated Containers:  An Economic Analysis. Progress in Paper Recycling, 13(2), 13-19.

(42)  Lucas, B., Venditti, R., & Jameel, H. (2004). The Effects of Adhesive Properties on Particle Breakage and Passage during Paper Recycling Operations. Progress in Paper Recycling13(2), 20-28.

(41)  Taweewat, T., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2004). Effect of Idealized Flow Regimes during Forming on Retention Aid Performance, Part 1: Cationic Acrylamide Copolymer. Appita Journal, 57(5), 404-410.

(40) Tripattharanan, T., Hubbe, M. A., Heitmann, J. A., & Venditti, R. A. (2004). Effect of Idealized Flow Conditions on Retention Aid Performance, Part 2: Polymer Bridging, Charged Patches, and Charge Neutralization. Appita Journal, 57(6), 448-454.

(39) Venditti, R. A. (2004). A Simple Experiment to Demonstrate the Flotation Deinking Process. Journal of Chemical Education, 81(5), 693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ed081p693.

Kadla, J. F., Gilbert, R. D., Venditti, R. A., & Kubo, S. (2004). U.S. Patent No. 6,765,028. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Mallapragada, V., Ramasubramanian, M. K., & Venditti, R. A. (2004). A Compact, High Speed Lignin Sensor for the Automated Sorting of Newsprint from Mixed Waste. TAPPI Spring Technical Conference.

Venditti, R. A., Lucas, B. E., & Jameel, H. (2004). Extrusion and Folding Models for the Pasage of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Materials Through Slotted Screening Devices in Paper Recycling. 7th Research Forum on Recycling, Quebec City, September, 27-29.

Park, S., Venditti R. A., Jameel H., & Pawlak, J. (2004). Characterization of Bound Water in Fibers Using Thermogravimetric Analysis. Progress in Paper Physics Seminar, Norway.

(38)  Welf, E. S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., & Renard, J. J. (2003). Pulping Wax Containing Old Corrugated Containers with Hardwood Chips in a Kraft Pulping Operation. Progress in Paper Recycling12(2), 13-18.

(37) Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., Barbour, R. L., & Zhang, M. (2003). Changes to Unbleached Kraft Fibers Due to Drying and Recycling. Progress in Paper Recycling12(3), 11-20.

Doshi, M. R., Moore, B., Copeland, K., Venditti, R., Chang, H.M., Putz, H., Delagoutte, T., Houtman, C., Tan, F., Davie, L., & Sauve, G. (2003). Comparison of Macro Stickies Measurement Methods Part I: Sample Preparation and Measurement Methods. Progress in Paper Recycling, 12(3), pp. 34-43.

Doshi, M. R., Blanco, A., Negro, C., Delagoutte, T., Dorris, G. M., Castro, C. C., Hamann, A., Haynes, R. D., Houtman C., Scallon, K., Putz, J. J., Johansson H., Venditti, R. A., Copeland, K., & Chang, H. M. (2003).  Comparison of Micro Stickies Measurement Methods Part II: Results and Discussion. Progress in Paper Recycling, 13(1), pp. 44-53.

Park, S., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Pawlak, J., & Byrd, M. (2003). The Effect of Operating Variables on the Mass Balance of Fiber Fractionation Using a Hydrocyclone. TAPPI Technical Conf., Oct. 26-30, Chicago Hyatt Hotel.

Doshi, M. R., Moore, B., Copeland, K., Venditti, R., Delagoutte, T., Houtman, C., Tan, F., Davie, L., & Sauve, G. (2003). Comparison of Macro Stickies Measurement Methods.  TAPPI Technical Conf., Oct. 26-30, Chicago Hyatt Hotel.

Karunakaran, M., Ramasubramanian, M. K., & Venditti, R. A. (2003). Mechatronic Design and Control of a Waste Paper Sorting System for Efficient Recycling: Development of a Lignin Sensor to Distinguish Recovered Paper Grades at High Speed. TAPPI Technical Conference.

Ashcraft, D. K., Lake, K. M., Wallace, J. T., & Venditti, R. A. (2003). Improving Strength Potential of Recycled OCC using High Consistency Mechanical Pretreatment. The 12th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts.

Ernest, R. A., Venditti, R. A., Argyropolous, D. S., & Gilbert, R. D. (2003).  Fractionation of Paper Recycling Deinking Sludge for Potential Utilization in the Production of Ethanol. Abstracts of the Second Annual NC State University Undergraduate Summer Research Program Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August, 7th, p. 28.

(36)  Kadla, J. F., Kubo, S., Venditti, R. A., Gilbert, R. D., Compere, A. L., & Griffith, W. (2002). Lignin-based carbon fibers for composite fiber applications. Carbon40(15), 2913-2920. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6223(02)00248-8.

(35)  Kadla, J. F., Kubo, S., Gilbert, R. D., & Venditti, R. A. (2002). Lignin-based Carbon Fibers. Chemical Modification, Properties, and Usage of Lignin, Springer US, (pp. 121-137). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0643-0_7.

(34)  Venditti, R. A., Chang, H. M., & Copeland, K. L. (2002). Evaluation of Various Adhesive Contaminant (Stickies) Analysis Methods for the Use in Old Corrugated Container Recycling Plants. Progress in Paper Recycling11(2), 38-46.

(33)  Flanagan, J., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2002). The Passage of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives through a Single Slot. Progress in Paper Recycling, 11(3), pp. 17-23.

(32) Zhang, M., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2002). Can Recycled Kraft Fibres Benefit from Chemical Addition Before they are First Dried? Appita Journal55(2), 135-144.

(31) Kadla, J. F., Kubo, S., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2002). Novel Hollow Core Fibers Prepared from Lignin Polypropylene Blends. Journal of Applied Polymer Science85(6), 1353-1355.

(30) Stauffer, T. C., Venditti, R. A., Gilbert, R. D., & Kadla, J. F. (2002). Removing Paraffin-Based Wax Coatings from Old Corrugated Containers using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Journal of Applied Polymer Science83(12), 2699-2704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.10248.

Venditti, R. A., Lucas, B. E., Huo, X., Jameel, H., & Chang, H. M. (2002). Paper Recycling Factors Affecting the Screening of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. Recent Advances in Paper Recycling–Stickies, Doshi & Associates, Appleton WI, Chapter 5.

Venditti, R. A., Lucas, B. E., & Jameel, H. (2002). Adhesive Contaminants and Screening Operations: Advanced Recycling Short Course. TAPPI.

Bastidas, J., Kadla J. F., & Venditti, R. A. (2002). AFM Measurements on Cellulose Fibers after Drying. ACS, Cellulose Division.

Huo, X., Venditti, R. A., & Chang, H. M. (2002). Interactions of Adhesive Contaminants (Stickies) with Papermaking Additives in Paper Recycling. Pan Pacific Conference of the Technical Associations of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Recycling and Cleaner Production in the Paper Industry Proceedings, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 103-111.

Lucas, B., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2002). Extrusion of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives through a Single Slot. TAPPI Pulping Conference, San Diego CA.

Huo, X., Venditti, R. A., & Chang, H. M. (2002). The Adsorption of Starches on Pressure-sensitive Adhesive Material and Its Impact on Agglomeration. TAPPI Pulping Conference, San Diego CA.

Byrd, M., Pawlak, J., Jameel, H., Venditti, R. A., Chang, H. M., & Park, S. (2002). The Effect of Operating Variables on the Fractionating Characteristics of a Hydrocyclone. TAPPI Pulping Conf. Proc (pp. 1398-1413).

Braun, J., Kadia, J. F., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2002). Oxidative stabilization of Kraft lignin: Effect of temperature on Tg and lignin structure. Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States.

(29) Huo, X., Venditti R. A., & Chang, H. M. (2001). Effect of Salts and Cationic Polymers on the Stability of Micro-Adhesive Particles. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 27(6), pp. 207-212.

(28) Lucas, B., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2001). Laboratory and Pilot Plant Evaluations of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Materials in Paper Recycling Processes. TAPPI Journal, 84(5), p. 70.

(27)  Stauffer, T., Venditti, R. A., Gilbert, R. D., Kadla, J. F., & Montero, G. (2001). The Removal of Wax from Wax Containing Old Corrugated Containers using Supercritical CO2Journal of Applied Polymer Sciences81, 1107-1114.

(26) Zeng, J., Venditti, R. A., & Olf, H. G. (2001). Role of Contact Angle in 1-Octadecanol Agglomeration of Electrostatic Toners. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science, 27(3), 98-102.

(25) Welf, E., & Venditti, R. A. (2001). The Effect of the Chemical Structure of Agglomerating Agents on Toner Agglomeration for Deinking. Progress in Paper Recycling10(2), 24-34.

(24)  Huo, X., Venditti, R. A., & Chang, H. M. (2001). Use of Deposition and Extraction Techniques to Track Contaminants (Stickies) in a Papermill. Progress in Paper Recycling10(2), 15-23.

Venditti, R. A. (2001). Using Agricultural Waste and Wastepaper to Produce New Products. Student Science Enrichment Program & Educational Compact Disk, Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

Zhang, M., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2001). Effect of Chemical Pretreatments of Never-Dried Pulp on the Strength of Recycled Linerboard. Proc. TAPPI Papermakers Conf.

Kubo, S., Kadla, J. F., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2001). Melt Extrusion of Lignin/Lignin Polymer Blends. 11th ISWPC International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry, Nice France.

Kadla, J. F., Kubo, S., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2001). Lignin-based thermoplastics: Effect of intermolecular interactions on polymer blends. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 222, pp. U376-U376.

Kubo, S., Kadla, J. F., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2001). Miscibility of Lignin/Synthetic Polymer Blends: Effect of Miscibility on Properties of Polymer Properties. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society.

Stauffer, T., Venditti, R. A., Kadla, J. F., Gilbert, R. D., & Montero, G. (2001). Removing Paraffin Based Wax Coatings from Old Corrugated Containers using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. 11th ISWPC International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry, Nice France, pp. 503-506.

Venditti, R. A., Kadla, J. F., Gilbert, R. D., Jameel, H., & Chang, H. M. (2001). Three Novel Wax Removal Methods for Wax Containing Old Corrugated Containers: Carbon Dioxide Extraction, Kraft Pulping and Agglomeration. TAPPI Pulping Conference Proceedings, Seattle WA, TAPPI Instant Reference.

Vinson, K., Byrd, M., Jameel, H., Chang, H. M., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2001). Fiber Fractionation of Mixed Office Waste for Production of Value-Added Products. TAPPI Pulping Conf. Proc, pp. 1116-1129.

Lucas, B., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2001). Breakage and Extrusion of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives in Industrial and Laboratory Screening Processes. TAPPI Pulping Conference Proceedings, Seattle WA, TAPPI Instant Reference.

Welf, E. S., Venditti, R. A., & Hubbe, M. A. (2001). The Effects of Paper Processing on Wood Fibers. TAPPI Pulping Conference, Seattle WA.

Welf, E., & Venditti, R. A. (2001). The Effect of Heating and Drying on the Properties of Recycled Papermaking. The Tenth Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, pg. 71.

(23) Gilbert, R. D., Venditti, R. A., Zhang, C., & Koelling, K. W. (2000). Melt Spinning of Thermotropic Cellulose Derivatives. Journal of Applied Polymer Science77(2), 418-423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/.

Shaffer, J. T., Leitten, C. F., Griffith, W. L., Compere, A. L., Gilbert, R. D., & Venditti, R. A. (2000). Low Cost Carbon Fiber from Renewable Resources. SAMPE-DOE Midwest Advanced Materials and Processing Conference. Dearborn, Michigan.

Kadla, J. F., Venditti, R. A., & Gilbert, R. D. (2000). Melt Spun Fibers of Lignin/Synthetic Polymer Blends. American Chemical Society, Pan-Pacific Regional Meeting, Hawaii.

Huo, X., Venditti, R. A., & Chang, H. M. (2000, April). Effect of Salts and Cationic Polymers on the Stability of Micro-Adhesive Particles. International Symposium on Environmentally Friendly and Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chang, H. M., Venditti, R. A., & Hietmann, J. A. (2000). Agglomeration Deinking. International Symposium on Environmentally Friendly and Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI, Taiwan.

Zhang, M., Hubbe, M. A., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (2000). Loss of Bonding Strength Due to Drying and Repulping of Kraft Fibers: Effects of Chemical Additives. Extended abstract from Intl. Symp. Environ, Friendly and Emerging Technol. for a Sustainable Pulp and Paper Ind., Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 61-67.

Venditti, R. A., Zhang, C., & Gilbert, R. D. (2000). Effect of Release Liner on Paper Recycling and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives. TAPPI Paper Recycling Conference, Washington DC, pp. 579-592.

Lucas, B., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (2000). The Breakage of Adhesive Contaminants in Pulp Suspensions. TAPPI 2000 Pulping Conference Proceedings, Boston MA, TAPPI Instant Reference.

Welf, E., & Venditti, R. A. (2000). The Effect of Surfactant Structure on Toner Agglomeration. The Ninth Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, pg. 81.

(22) Zheng, J., Venditti, R. A., & Olf, H. G. (1999). Toner Specific Effect in Octadecanol Agglomeration of Electrostatic Toners. Progress in Paper Recycling9(1), 30-37.

(21)  Pekarovicova, A., Venditti, R. A., Cao, H., Lou, Y. M., & Jean Y. C. (1999). Free Volume Changes of Kraft Pulps Due to Delignification and Refining as Measured by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopical Study of Kraft Pulps After Individual Bleaching Stages and Beating. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 33, pp. 483-493.

Zeng, J., Venditti, R. A., & Olf, H. G. (1999). Role of Contact Angle in 1-Octadecanol Agglomeration of Electrostatic Toners. Preprints of the 5th Annual Research Forum on Paper Recycling, CPPA, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 157-161.

Venditti, R. A., Chang, H. M., & Jameel H. (1999). Overview of Stickies Research at North Carolina State University. PaperAge, 115(11), pp. 18-20.

Rice, J., & Venditti, R. A. (1999). The Effect of Surfactant Structure on Toner Agglomeration. The Eighth Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, pg. 90.

Lucas, B., Venditti, R. A., & Jameel, H. (1999). Laboratory and Pilot Plant Evaluations of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Materials in Paper Recycling Processes. ASC Spring Convention Journal Notebook, Toronto.

Huo, X., Venditti, R. A., & Chang, H. M. (1999). Effect of Papermaking Components on Adhesive Contaminant (Stickies) Characteristics after Pulping. TAPPI proceedings of the 1999 Recycling Symposium, pp. 681-692.

Dyer, J. M., & Venditti, R. A. (1999). Industrial Needs and Institution Research. Progress in Paper Recycling, 8(4), pp. 45-46.

Venditti, R. A., Chang, H. M., & Gilbert, R. D. (1999). Stickies Measurement Based on Deposition Used at North Carolina State University. Paper Recycling Challenge: Volume IV, Process Control & Mensuration, Ed. M. Doshi, E. M., & Dyer, J., Progress in Paper Recycling, Appleton WI, pp. 103-104.

(20)  Pekarovic, J., & Venditti, R. A. (1998). Aspects of the Agglomeration Process to Remove Contaminants in Wastepaper.  Pulp & Paper Canada, 99(9), pp. 56-59.

(19) Jacobs, C. J., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1998). Effects of Enzyme Pre-Treatments on Conventional Kraft Pulping. TAPPI Journal81(2), 143-147.

(18)  Jacobs-Young, C. J., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1998). Effects of Enzymatic Pre-Treatment on the Diffusion of Sodium Hydroxide in Wood. TAPPI Journal81(1), 260-266.

(17) Jacobs-Young, C. J., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1998). Enzyme Applications in Conventional Kraft Pulping. Enzyme Applications in Fiber Processing Series No. 687, Ed. Eriksson,  K., ACS Books, Washington DC, pp. 55-64.

(16) Eriksson, L. A., Heitmann Jr, J. A., & Venditti, R. A. (1998). Freeness Improvement of Recycled Fibers Using Enzymes with Refining. Enzyme Applications in Fiber Processing Series No. 687, Ed. Eriksson, K., ACS Books, Wash DC, pp. 41-54.

(15) Jacobs-Young, C., Heitmann, J. A., & Venditti, R. A. (1998). Conventional Kraft Pulping Using Enzyme Pretreatment Technology:  Role of Chip Thickness, Specie and Enzyme Combinations. Aiche Symposium Series, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, pp. 1-15.

Cao, H., Yuan, J. P., Jean, Y. C., Pekarovicova, A., Venditti, R. A. (1998). Sub-nanometer Hole Properties of Cellulose studied by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy. ACS Symposium Series, 710 (Structure and Properties of Glassy Polymers), pp. 355-366.

Venditti, R. A., Zhang, C., Buchanan, C. G., Gilbert, R. D., Abubakr, S., & Bormett, D. (1998). Deposition analysis of pressure sensitive adhesives. Recycling Symposium, TAPPI Press, pp. 475-482.

Jacobs, C. J., Heitmann, J. A., Vendittit, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1998). Conventional Kraft Pulping Using Enzyme Pretreatment Technology:  Role of Chip Thickness, Species, and Enzyme Combinations. 1997 AICHE Forest Product Symposium Book, Ed. B. Brogdon, AICHE Books, Atlanta GA.

Buchanan, C., & Venditti, R. A. (1998). Deposition of Adhesive Contaminants in Wastepaper on Paper Machine Forming Wires. The 7th Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts.

(14)  Pekarovicova, A., Venditti, R. A., & Jean, Y. (1997). Cellulose Free Volume Characterization Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science23(3), pp, 101-107.

(13)  Venditti, R. A., Andrews, E. K., Chang, H., & Heitmann, J. A. (1997). Stickies Related Research at North Carolina State University. Paper Recycling Challenge1, 45-48.

(12) Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1997). A relationship between the glass transition temperature (Tg) and fractional conversion for thermosetting systems. Journal of Applied Polymer Science64(1), 3-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/.

Craig Small, J., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (1997). Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of Fiber Free Toner Agglomeration. Recycling Symposium, TAPPI Press, pp. 501-506.

Eriksson, L.A., Hietmann, J. A., & Venditti, R. A. (1997). Drainage and Strength Properties of Secondary Fibers Using Enzymes and Refining. TAPPI Proceedings of the Recycling Symposium, pp. 423-434.

Eriksson, L. A., Heitmann Jr, J. A., & Venditti, R. A. (1997). Freeness Improvement of Recycled Fibers Using Enzymes with Refining. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Cellulose Division, San Francisco CA.

Jacobs, C. J., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1997). Effect of Enzyme Pretreatments on Conventional Kraft Pulping. TAPPI Pulping Conference, San Francisco CA, pp. 593-601.

Jacobs, C. J., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1997). Effects of Enzyme Treatment on Pulping and Bleaching. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Cellulose Division, San Francisco CA.

Cao, H. M., Lou, Y. M., Jean, J. C., & Venditti, R. A. (1997). Cellulose Microstructure Studied by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy. Abstracts of the American Chemical Society Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, San Francisco CA, Vol. 213, pp. 327-PMSE.

Venditti, R. A., & Pekarovic, J. (1997). Aspects of the Agglomeration Process to Remove Contaminants in Wastepaper: The Components of Wastepaper Compete for the Agglomeration Agent. 4th Research Forum on Recycling, CPPA, pp. 265-268.

Parsley, J., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (1996). Effects of a Starch-Based Foam Packing on a Paper Recycle Mill. Recycling Symposium, TAPPI Press, New Orleans LA, pp 75-79.

Parsley, J., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (1995). Effects of a Starch-Based Foam Packing on a Paper Recycle Mill. The Fourth Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, p. 33.

Parsley, J., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (1995). Effects of a Starch-Based Foam Packing on a Paper Recycle Mill. Presented at the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Virginia-Carolina Section Spring Meeting, Asheville NC.

(11)  Zeyer, C., Venditti, R. A., Puangchinda, K. W., & Heitmann, J. A. (1995). The Distribution of Impurities in Pulp and Paper: The Effects of the Random Distribution of Impurities on Image Analysis. TAPPI Journal 78(2), pp. 168-175.

(10)  Zeyer, C., Venditti, R. A., & Heitmann, J. A. (1995). The Effect of Sample Size on the Confidence Interval for Image Analysis of Impurities in Pulp and Paper. TAPPI Journal 78(2), pp. 176-179.

(9)  Venditti, R.A., Gillham, J. K., Jean, Y. C., & Lou, Y. (1995).  The Free Volume of a Thermosetting System vs Fractional Conversion. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 56, pp. 1207-1220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1995.070561003.

(8)  Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Jean, Y. C., & Lou, Y. (1995). Macroscopic Volume, van der Waals Volume and Free Volume After Cure versus Chemical Conversion for a High-Tg Epoxy/Amine Thermosetting System. Journal of Coatings Technology, 67(844), 47-56.

(7)  Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1995). Anomalous Behavior of the Properties of Thermosetting Systems vs. Cure: A Generalized Conversion-Temperature-Property (TgTP) Diagram. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 56, pp. 1687-1705. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1995.070561301.

Mathews, D. & Venditti, R. A. (1995). Effect of Agitation on the Efficiency of the Chemical Agglomeration Deinking Process for Wastepaper. The Fourth Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, p. 27.

Offill, L. G., & Venditti, R. A. (1995). Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the Size Distribution of Toner Particles in Waste Paper. Recycling Symposium, TAPPI Press, New Orleans LA, pp. 53-60.

Offill, L. G., & Venditti, R. A. (1994). Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the Size Distribution of Toner Particles in Waste Paper. The Third Annual North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Book of Abstracts, pp. 59-60.

Offill, L. G., & Venditti, R. A. (1994). Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the Size Distribution of Toner Particles in Waste Paper. Presented at the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Virginia-Carolina Section Spring Meeting, Asheville NC.

(6) Zeyer, C., Heitmann, J. A., Venditti, R. A., & Joyce, T. W. (1994). Image Analysis with an Optical Scanner. Progress in Paper Recycling, 3(3), pp. 29-38.

(5) Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Chin, E., & Houlihan, F. M. (1994). The Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) vs Fractional Conversion for a Linear Thermosetting Polyimide. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 53, 455-461. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070530408.

Joyce, T. W., & Venditti, R. A. (1994). Wet End Chemistry: Review of Acid Sizing. Mari-Papel: La Revista Papelera de America Latina/The Pulp and Paper Magazine of Latin America, 2(2), 18-22.

Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Jean, Y. C., & Lou, Y. (1994). Macroscopic Volume, van der Waals Volume and Free Volume After Cure versus Chemical Conversion for a High-Tg Epoxy/Amine Thermosetting System. Abstracts of Presentations, Annual Meeting and Paint Industries’ Show, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, New Orleans, pg. 54.

Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Jean, Y. C., & Lou, Y. (1994). Free Volume After Cure versus Fractional Conversion for a High-Tg Epoxy/Amine Thermosetting System. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 71, pp. 815-816.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1994). The Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) vs Fractional Conversion for a Linear Thermosetting Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 71, pp. 737-738. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070530408.

Venditti, R. A., Zeyer, C., & Heitmann, J. A. (1994). Image Analysis in Paper Science: An Overview of Principles and Possibilities. Laboratory Manual, Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1993). A Relationship between the Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) and Fractional Conversion for Thermosetting Systems. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 69, 434-435, Chicago.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1993). Anomalous Behavior of the Properties of Thermosetting Systems versus Cure: A Generalized Conversion-Temperature-Property (TgTP) Diagram. Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Technical Papers, New Orleans, XXXIX (III), 2336-2343.

Venditti visiting Smurfit Kappa in Spain.

(4) Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1992). Physical Aging Deep in the Glassy State on a Fully Cured Polyimide. Journal of Applied Polymer Science45(9), 1501-1516. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070450901.

(3) Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1992). Isothermal Physical Aging of Poly(methyl-methacrylate): Localization of Perturbations in Thermomechanical Properties. Journal of Applied Polymer Science45(3), 501-506. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070450314.

(2) Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Chin, E., & Houlihan, F. M. (1992). Transitions of a Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide vs. Cure. Advances in Polyimide Science and Technology. Feger, C., Khojasteh, M. M., & Htoo, M. S. (1992). Eds., Technomic Publishing, pp. 336-350.

(1)  Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Chin, E., & Houlihan, F. M. (1992). Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyimide Esters. Advances in Polyimide Science and Technology, Feger, C., Khojasteh, M. M., & Htoo, M. S. (1992). Eds., Technomic Publishing, pp. 201-212.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1992). Isothermal Physical Aging of a Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A (DGEBA) Resin: Calculation of the Activation Energy of Sub-Tg Relaxations from a Torsional Braid Experiment. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, 67, 385-386.

Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., (1992). Physical Aging Deep in the Glassy State on a Fully Cured Polyimide. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, San Francisco CA, 66, 196-197. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070450901.

Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., (1992). Mechanical Transitions of a Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide vs. Cure. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, San Francisco CA, 66, 287-288.

Venditti, R. A., Gillham, J. K., Chin, E., & Houlihan, F. M. (1991). Transitions of a Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide vs. Cure. Abstracts of the Fourth International Conference on Polyimides, Chemistry Session III, Ellenville NY, pp. 11-15.

Chin, E., Houlihan, F. M., Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1991). Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyimide Esters. Abstracts of the Fourth International Conference on Polyimides, Poster Session II, Ellenville NY, pp. 89-93.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1991). Isothermal Physical Aging of Poly(methyl-methacrylate): Localization of Perturbations in Thermomechanical Properties. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, New York, 65, 349-350. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070450314.

Venditti, R. A., & Gillham, J. K. (1991). Physical Aging Deep in the Glassy State on a Fully Cured Polyimide. Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Technical Papers, Montreal, XXXVII, 792-795. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070450901.

Research Presentations

McCance, K. R., Teeter, S. D., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (2021, April, Under Review). Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory to Understand An Interdisciplinary Team’s Co-Development of High School Lab Activities. Paper presentation submitted to the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference, Orlando, FL.

McAlexander, S. L., Webster, M., Blanchard, M. R.  Venditti, R. A. (2021, April, Under Review).  Supporting Transfer Students Career Development through Science/Engineering Internships: A Narrative Case Study.  Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

Blanchard, M. R., Collier, K. M., Rajwade, A. M., McCance, K. R., Mcalexander, S. L.,Venditti, R. A. (2021, April, Under Review). Analyzing whether teachers’ task values influenced their implementation of bioeconomy-focused lessons: A pilot study. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Orlando, FL.

Venditti, R. A. New Materials for Sustainable Packaging, New Research in Sustainable Packaging, webinar hosted by Halo Move Science Forward, August 19, 2020.

McCance, K. R., Sharma, S., Stover, M., Topliceanu, A., Collier, K. M., McAlexander, S., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (October, 2020). Students take the lead: Making sense of human impacts on the environment. Presentation accepted for Bridging the Gap: Uniting North Carolina STEM Education, Raleigh, NC (Virtual).

Collier, K. M., Davis, G., McCance, K. R., McAlexander, S., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (October, 2020). Integrating STEM, sustainability, and industry to promote interest in the bioeconomy. Presentation accepted for Bridging the Gap: Uniting North Carolina STEM Education, Raleigh, NC (Virtual).

McCance, K. R. & Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (2020). Understanding Graduate Students’ Perceptions of an Interdisciplinary Collaboration Between Science, Engineering, and Education: Developing Community and Navigating Boundaries. Manuscript in preparation.

McCance, K. R., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (June, 2020). Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Participating in a Science/Engineering and Education Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Developing Community and Navigating Boundaries. Paper accepted to the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) Annual International Conference.

McCance, K. R. & Blanchard, M. R. (March, 2020). When Differences Don’t Divide: Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Participating in an Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Paper accepted to the National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference, Portland, OR. Cancelled due to COVID-19.ASERA 2020 conference entitled “How Recent Community College to University Transfer Students Experience Supported Science & Engineering Internships

AICHE Abstract #611586 – 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting.  Utilization of Autohydrolysis as a Pathway to Value-Added Products and Sustainable Materials from Biomass.  2020 AIChE Annual Meeting (Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division).

Van Schoubroeck, S., Van Dael, M., Springael, J., Venditti, R., Yao, Y., Malina, R., Van Passel, S., Integrating Techno-Sustainability Indicators – A Decision Making Analysis, Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference, Cologne Germany, September 1-5, 2020.

McAlexander, S., McCance, K., Blanchard, M. & Venditti, R., An Interdisciplinary Approach to Develop Awareness and Interest for Bioproduct and Bioenergy Careers, Celebration of Research, College of Education, NCSU, Raleigh NC, February 11, 2020.

Zambrano, M., Venditti, R. A.,  Pawlak, J. J., Cheng, J., Daystar, J., Goller C. Ankeny, M., The release of microfibers during textile laundering of cotton fabrics and their behavior in aquatic environments: effect of fabric finishes, AATCC 2020, Greenville SC, March 10-12, 2020.

Venditti, R. A. The effect of fabric composition on microfiber released during laundering and aquatic biodegradation, International Cotton Advisory Committee Plenary Meeting: Global Leadership Pushing Cotton’s Boundaries, Brisbane Australia, December 3, 2019.

Venditti, R. A. Microfibers from Laundering and Their Fate in the Aquatic Environment, University of New South Wales, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, Sydney Australia, December 5, 2019.

Enzymatic Extraction and Characterization of Xylo-Oligosaccharides from Bleached Pulp, Griffin Miller*, Richard Venditti, Sunkyu Park, 2020 Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Poster Presentation, New Orleans LA, April 26 – 29, 2020.

Effect of ash on enzymatic hydrolysis of paper sludge to produce sugars

Hyeonji Park, Cory Gibson, David Cruz, David K. Johnson, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel and Prof. Sunkyu Park, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA, SIMB Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.

Shana McAlexander, Meg Blanchard, Richard Venditti, The NARST Program Committee has accepted your proposal Q-1012995-8542 entitled Characteristics of Effective Professional Development for Undergraduate Science Instructors: A Critical Review of the Literature submitted to Strand 5 for the 2020 NARST Annual International Conference.

McAlexander, S., Topliceanu, A., Sharma, S., McCance, K., Starkey, H., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (October 23, 2019). Building a sustainable future with bioproducts & bioenergy in science curricula.  Oral presentation at Bridging the Gap 2019: Uniting North Carolina STEM Education, Raleigh NC.

Katherine R. McCance, Shana L. McAlexander, Margaret R. Blanchard, Richard A. Venditti, North Carolina State University, Promoting Student Interest in the Bioeconomy and Related Careers: Challenges and Solutions for a Teacher Professional Development Program, Portrait MA-ASTE 2019, West Virginia, November 2019.

Richard Venditti,  Generation of Microfibers in Laundering and their fate in the Environment, Microplastics TExcrusion at the OceanWise Plastics Lab and Vancouver Aquarium. Microfibers, Cotton. Vancouver, October 18, 2019.

Richard Venditti, Med Byrd, Lokendra Pal, Frederick Lalieke.  Advanced Manufacturing:
Pulp and Paper Industry 4.0, CNR Board, Raleigh NC, September 24, 2019.

Fiber Development to Meet Sustainability, Performance and Capture Value on the Shelf: Evidence from the Field, Ronalds Gonzalez, Franklin Zambrano, Hasan Jameel, Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Joel Pawlak, Richard Venditti, Tiago De Assis, Yuhan Wang, and Jacob Zwilling, Miami Tissue World Conference, 2019.

Fiber Reduction (FiRe) Technology for Hygiene Tissue Products, Franklin Zambrano, Ronalds W. Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, and Richard Venditti, Miami Tissue World Conference, 2019.

Rodrigo Buitrago Tello, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Yuan Yao,  Process Simulation Based Life Cycle Inventory Analysis Of Sulfite Pulping Production, ACLCA, Tucson AZ, 2019.

Generating Life Cycle Inventory Data of Pre-hydrolysis Kraft Pulp from Diverse Wood Sources Using Process Simulation, Darlene Echeverria, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Yuan Yao, ACLCA, Tucson AZ, 2019.

Hasan Jameel, Richard Phillip, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti and Hou-min Chang, Environmentally Friendly Process for the Production of Bioethanol Based on Autohydrolysis and Refining, ISWFPC, Japan, September 2019.

Venditti, R. A., Microfibers from Laundering and Their Fate in the Aquatic Environment.  Research, Innovation & Science For Engineered (RISE) Fabrics Conference, INDA, NCSU, Raleigh NC, September 24, 2019.

Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., and Geng, W. Hemicellulose Extraction of Biomass to Develop High Valued Hemicellulose-based Products, BASF Ceremony and Poster Session, NCSU, Raleigh NC, August 8, 2019.

Using a Data-Driven Approach to Unveil Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities of Different Pulp and Paper Products, Alec Nabinger1, Kristen Tomberlin2, Richard Venditti3, Yuan Yao4, 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering.

Production of Xylooligosaccharide Prebiotics From Biomass Autohydrolysis Liquors, Derek Corbett, Changyoung Hong, Guanqun Luo, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park. Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, 2019.

McAlexander, S. L., McCance, K., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (August 27, 2019) A Novel Interdisciplinary Approach to Diversify Bioeconomy Participation: A Pilot Study. Oral presentation presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, Bologna Italy.

Sagues, W. J., McCance, K., McAlexander, S. L., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. An Interdisciplinary Educational Program to Promote Interest in the Circular Bioeconomy. June 2019, ACS Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Reston, VA.

Is paper and pulp recycling the solution to our single use package problem?  ACS Webinars, April 25, 2019, this webinar has about 500 registrations.

Challenges in the development of bioproducts, University of Surrey, June 2019.

Microfibers from Laundering Clothes: Generation and Environmental Fate.  Cotton Sustainability Summit. Hong Kong, China, June 2019.

Environmental Interactions of Microfibers Shed During Laundering.  Cotton Sustainability Summit. La Jolla California, April 10, 2019.

ISSST 2019,  Using Big Data to Understand the Variability of Carbon and Energy Footprints of Pulp and Paper Products, Yao, Yuan; Venditti, Richard.

ISSST 2019. Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Insights from the Database Integration Workshop: Building the Data Capacity for Food-Energy-Water Research, Yuan; Huang, Runze; Venditti, Richard; Lan, Kai; Zhang, Zhenzhen

Aquatic Biodegradability of Cotton, Polyester and Rayon Yarns, Marielis Zambrano, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, Mary Ankeny, Jesse Daystar, and Carlos Goller. AATCC 2019 Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Graduate Student Paper Competition, FINALIST, 2019 International Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Initial Observations of Program Induced Opinions about the Bioeconomy, ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering, Summer 2019, Virginia.

McAlexander, S. L., McCance, K., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (Submitted January, 2019) A Novel Interdisciplinary Approach to Diversify Bioeconomy Participation: A Pilot Study. Oral presentation proposal at European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, Bologna, Italy, from 26 to 30 August 2019.

Sagues, W. J., McCance, K., McAlexander, S. L., Blanchard, M. R., & Venditti, R. (Submitted January, 2019) An Interdisciplinary Educational Program to Promote Interest in the Circular Bioeconomy. 23rd Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference/9th International Conference on Green & Sustainable Chemistry, Reston VA, June 11-13, 2019.

Environmental Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Biopolymers versus Synthetic Polymers: Considerations of Environmental Impacts Not Normally Included in LCA, 26th Bio-Environmental Polymer Society conference, June 5-7, 2019 at Clemson University.

The Biodegradability and Impact on the Local Microbiome of Microparticles Shed During Laundering of Textiles, 26th Bio-Environmental Polymer Society conference, June 5-7, 2019 at Clemson University.

Microplastics Webinar, hosted by Cotton Inc., Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019. Prebiotic xylooligosaccharide production from biomass autohydrolyzate liquors. DIVISION: Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials SESSION: General Posters. Corbett, Luo, Hong, OU, Jameel, Venditti, Park.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019. Sustainable polymers in society: Doms of renewable polymers manufacture in the lab for HS students from a chemical/environmental engineering summer camp. POLY Sci-Mix, Lucia, Venditti, Jameel, Byrd, Pal, Piercy, Pawlak, McAlexander.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019. Thermally reversible hemicellulose-based networks: Synthesis and characterization DIVISION: Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials  SESSION: Bio-Based Gels & Porous Materials.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019. PAPER TITLE: Extraction and modification of hemicellulose to produce high value super absorbent gels DIVISION: Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials SESSION: Advanced Chemistry of “Non-Traditional” Polysaccharides Geng, Venditti, Pawlak, Chang.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019. Polysaccharides and lignin based hydrogels with potential pharmaceutical use as a drug delivery system produced by a reactive extrusion process. Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials, SESSION: Bioactive Delivery: Frontiers in Biomaterials.

ACS Spring 2019 National Meeting & Exposition, March 31 – April 4, 2019.  Textile micro fibers released to the environment during home laundering: Aerobic biodegradation in aquatic environments. Division of Environmental Chemistry, Micro- & Nano-Plastics in the Environment: Detection, Characterization, Fate & Impact.

In vitro fermentation of xylooligosaccharides in autohydrolyzate from Miscanthus by Lactobacillus brevis, 41st Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (Contributed Oral and Poster Presentations).

Aquatic Biodegradability of Non-woven disposable structures, Matthew Trn, Dr. Richard Venditti, Dr. Joel Pawlak, Dr. Ericka Ford, Dr. Jay Cheng, Dr. Robert Kelly, 26th Semi-annual IAB Meeting – The Nonwovens Institute, Raleigh, NC, November 13-15, 2018.

Carboxymethlation Of Hemicellulose Isolated From Poplar And Its Potential Applications, Wenhui Geng, Joel Pawlak, Richard Venditti, Hou-min ChangFrontiers in Biorefining, St Simonds Island, GA, November 8, 2018.

Generating excitement for careers in the bioeconomy: A four-year partnership with rural high schools, community colleges, universities, and industry, Heather Starkey, Katie McCance, Shana McAlexander, Dr. Meg Blanchard, Dr. Richard Venditti, 7th Annual Bridging the Gap Conference, Raleigh NC October 24, 2018.

From the Laundry to the Ocean: A Study on Fabric Shedding and Fiber Degradation, Zambrano, Venditti, Pawlak, Ankeny, Daystar, Cheng, Cotton Quality Measurements Conference of the  2019 Beltwide Cotton Conferences,  New Orleans, January 8-10, 2019.

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Peracetic Acid Application in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Darlene Echeverria, M.S. Richard Venditti, Ph.D., Hasan Jameel, Ph.D.,. Yuan Yao, Ph.D., AIChE Oct 28th-Nov 2nd 2018.

Methodology to Quantify Microparticles from Laundering, AATCC RA 100 which is the committee on Global Sustainability, November 13, 2108, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Environmental Impacts of the Laundering of Clothes and Fate of Pollutant Particles. Textile Ocean Plastics Pollution Initiative (TOPPI) Jay and Patty Baker School of Business and Technology Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), October 12, 2018.

McCance, K. R., McAlexander, S. L., Blanchard, M. R., Venditti, R. (September 27, 2018). The Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Development of Authentic Science Investigations that Promote Interest in Careers in the Bioeconomy. Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education, Harrisonburg, VA.

The fate of microparticles from laundering in the environment, Cotton in the Curriculum, Cotton Inc., June 19, 2018, Raleigh NC.

Research, Teaching and Extension in the Paper Science and Engineering Department of NCSU, Seoul National University, April 23, 2018, South Korea.

The Extraction and Modification of Hemicellulose to Produce High Valued Gels, Richard Venditti, Wenhui Geng, Joel Pawlak, Hou-min Chang, TAPPI Korea, April 26, 2108, Seoul, South Korea.

The Extraction and Modification of Hemicellulose to Produce High Valued Gels, Richard Venditti, Wenhui Geng, Joel Pawlak, Hou-min Chang, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, March 2018.

The Generation and Aquatic Biodegradation of Microfibres Produced From Laundering Fabrics, Zambrano, R. Venditti, J. Pawlak, J. Daystar, M. Ankeny, and J. Cheng, International Cotton Conference, March 22, 2018, Bremen, Germany.

The Generation and Aquatic Biodegradation of Microfibres Produced From Laundering Fabrics, 2018. Zambrano, R. Venditti, J. Pawlak, J. Daystar, M. Ankeny, and J. Cheng, ACS National Meeting , New Orleans, March 2018.

How recycling operations affect fiber quality, Tissue Day, NCSU, Raleigh NC, January 24-25, 2018.

Preparing Diverse and Rural Students and Teachers to Meet the Challenges in the Bioproducts and Bioenergy Industry, USDA-NIFA AFRI Bioeconomy Agroecosystems Annual Project Director Meeting, Tampa Bay FL, October 22, 2017.

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Potential Applications in Bioproducts, Seminar Provided to the Forest Biomaterials Bioproducts Research Group, NCSU, October 20, 1997.

Hemicellulose extraction process and its potential use as a drug delivery system,  IMP TRANE,  Wissam Farhat, Richard Venditti, Ali Ayoub, Mohamed Taha, Nathalie Mignard, Frederic Becquart, France, July 2017.

Hemicellulose Applications, European Polymer Congress (EPF), Wissam Farhat, Richard Venditti, Ali Ayoub, Mohamed Taha, Nathalie Mignard, Frederic Becquart, Lyon, France, July 3-7, 2018.

AICHE National Convention, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Peracetic Acid Application in the Pulp and Paper Industry, Darlene Echevaria, Yuan Yao, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, 2017.

Cotton Nano and Micro Particles in 3D printing, ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, April 2017.

Nano and Micro Cotton Particles for Composites and Electronic Applications, ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, April 2017.

Reactive Extrusion Methods in Biopolymers, ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, April 2017.

New Polymeric Materials from Lignocellulosics, University Jean Monet, St Etienne, France, January 2017.

Measuring Transportation and the Environmental Impact of Youth Sport Programs: A Case Study, M. Kanters, R. Venditti, J. Casper, K. Bunds, N. Rajagopalan, T. Carlton, North America Society for Sports Management, 2017.

Organized Leisure Activities and Children’s Commuting Behaviour: The Impact of Decentralized Community Sport Facilities. M. Kanters, R. Venditti, J. Casper, K. Bunds, N. Rajagopalan, T. Carlton, Active Living Research Conference 2017, February 26-March 1, 2017, Clearwater Beach FL.

Trends in Recovered Paper, Tissue Day, Richard Venditti North Carolina State University, November 11, 2016, Raleigh NC.

ECF vs TCF Bleaching, Rajagopalan, Venditti, Jameel, ACLCA, Charleston SC, October 2016.

GIS Application to Biofuels, Hayes, Venditti and Kelley, ACLCA, Charleston SC, October 2016.

Hemicellulose Extraction, Geng, Venditti, and Pawlak, TAPPI PEERS, Jacksonville FL, September 2016.

Hemicellulose Extraction, Geng, Venditti, and Pawlak, Frontiers in Biorefineries, Jacksonville FL, September 2016.

Lignin Nanoparticle Generation and Properties, NCSU Bioproducts Industrial Consortium, Raleigh NC, October 2016.

Integration of LCA into a GIS Framework, T. Hays, R. A. Venditti , S. S. Kelley, and L. Tateosian, IBSS Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, July 28, 2016.

Integrated Systems for Modeling Sustainability, Carlos Aizpura, Jesse Daystar, Tyler Hays, Hoyong Kim, Robert Radics, Neethi Rajagopalan, Carter Reeb, Eliezer Reyes, Li Xiao, Ronalds Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti, and Stephen Kelley, IBSS Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, July 28, 2016.

Risk Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Using Lignocellulosics Feedstock to Produce Bio-oil Using Pyrolysis, N. Rajogopalan, R. Radics, H. Kim, R. A. Venditti, S. S. Kelley, IBSS Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, July 28, 2016.

Combining GIS and LCA Tools – Analytical Methodology, T. Hays, R. A. Venditti, S. S. Kelley, and L. Tateosian, IBSS Annual Meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, July 28, 2016.

Melt extrusion fiber spinning of polyethylene reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals at high loadings, N. Brandquist, A. Ayoub, R.A. Venditti , TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, Washington DC, May 24, 2016.

Teaching Sustainable Minds at North Carolina State University. Neethi Rajogopalan and Richard A. Venditti, Webinar Hosted by Sustainable Minds LLC, March 16, 2016.

Paper Primer For Environmental Life Cycle Analyses, Richard Venditti, Webinar, TSC Professional Training Opportunity:  The Sustainability Consortium, October 24, 2015

Hemicellulose Based Material for Coatings and Adhesives Applications in the Paper Industry.  Ashley Quick, Richard A. Venditti and Ali Ayoub, TAPPI, Peers Conference, Atlanta, GA, Fall 2015.

Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Forest Biomaterial Products. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic, Wood Products Program, September 7, 2015.

Preparation and properties of fatty acid esters of softwood lignin. Sid Pawar, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, H. M. Chang, Ali Ayoub,  18th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry, ISWFPC 2015, Vienna Austria, September 9-11, 2015.

Process Simulation and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a Lignin Extraction Process in a Kraft Pulp Mill. Charles Culbertson, Trevor Treasure, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, and Richard Phillips,  18th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry, ISWFPC 2015, Vienna Austria, September 9-11, 2015.

Thermoplastic nanocomposite films using micro and nano sized cellulose reinforcing agents from wood and recycled cotton fabric.  Nasim Farahbakhsh, Richard Venditti, Jesse S. Jur.  2015 International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Nanomaterials, TAPPI, Atlanta GA, June 22-25, 2015.

Use of Lignin Biofuel Byproduct for Higher Value Products, Hasan Jameel and Richard Venditti, Symposium for the Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, Washington DC, March 3-4, 2015.

Dynamic GHG accounting for cellulosic biofuels: implications of analysis methodology decisions, Neethi Rajogopalan, Jesse Daystar, Trevor Treasure, Richard Venditti, Steve Kelley, Jay Golden, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technologies, ISSST, Dearborne MI, May 18-20, 2015.

Analyzing uncertainty in comparing life cycle assessment results of producing biofuels from eucalyptus, loblolly pine, switchgrass and corn using stochastic multi-attribute analysis, Neethi Rajogopalan, Richard Venditti, Steve Kelley, Jesse Daystar, Proceedings of the International Symposium on

Sustainable Systems & Technologies,  ISSST, Dearborne MI, May 18-20, 2015.

Life cycle assessment of lignin extraction in a kraft mill, Charles Culbertson, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Trevor Treasure, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technologies, ISSST, Dearborne MI, May 18-20, 2015.

Production of low-cost sugar using mechanical refining of pretreated biomass, 37th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, S. Park,  B. Jones, J. Park, R. Venditti, H. Jameel, H. M. Chang, R. Phillips,  2015.

Farahbakhsh, N., Venditti, R., & Jur, J. S. (2014). Application of Nano-Sized Biofiller from Waste Cotton T-shirts in Thermoplastic Polymer Films. American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists 2014 IC Proceeding, 2014.

Process & Financial Modeling of Lignin Extraction in a Kraft Pulp Mill, Culbertson, C.G., Treasure, T.H., Jameel, H., Venditti, R., Phillips, R., Gonzalez, R.,  TAPPI PEERS Conference Proceedings (2014), TAPPI Press.

Comparison of Lab, Pilot, and Commercial Scale Low Consistency Mechanical Refining for Improvements in Enzymatic Digestibility of Pretreated Hardwood. Presentation, Biomass Characterization, Pretreatment and Fractionation II, B. Jones, R. Venditti, S. Park, H. Jameel. AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Methodology and its Impact on Cradle to Grave LCA of Cellulosic Ethanol Pathways. Jesse Daystar, Richard Venditti, Steve Kelley. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technologies, ISSST, 2014 May 18-21 Oakland CA.

Process & Financial Modeling of Lignin Extraction in a Kraft Pulp Mill, Charles Culbertson, North Carolina State University, TAPPI 2014 PEERS Conference, September 14-17, 2014, Tacoma, Washington.

The Significance of Methodology in the Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Biofuels.  Richard Venditti, CNR Scholarship Day, April 24, 2014, Hunt Library, NCSU.

Ethanol precipitation of hetero-polysaccharide material from hardwood by alkaline extracton prior to the kraft cooking process.  Dalton Longue Junior, Ali Ayoub, Richard A. Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Jorge Luiz Colodette, Houmin Chang, 6th International Colloquium on Eucalyptus Pulp, November 24-27, 2013, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

Integrated supply chain, delivered costs and life cycle assessment of several lignocellulosic supply systems for biofuels, bioenergy and bioproducts in the Southern U.S, Jesse S. Daystar, Carter W. Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, Richard Venditti and Trevor Treasure, Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 12, 2013.

Integrated Process Modeling, Economic And Environmental Life Cycle Analysis Of Thermochemical Pathways To Cellulosic Biofuels, J. Daystar, C. Reeb, Richard A. Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Stephen S. Kelley,  2013 New Crops: Bioenergy, Biomaterials, and Sustainability, Renaissance Hotel, DuPont Circle, Washington D.C., October 12 -16, 2013.

Integrated cost and environmental LCA of biomass supply systems for biofuels and bioenergy, Jesse S. Daystar, Carter W. Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, Richard A. Venditti, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technologies,  ISSST, 2013 May 15 – 17, Cincinnati, OH.

The effect of Irradiation On the Processability of Lignin for Carbon Fiber Applications, Ali Ayoub and Richard A. Venditti, Annual Conference of the AICHE 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Venditti, R., C.W. Reeb, J. Daystar, S. Kelley, and R. Gonzalez. 2013. “Cradle to Grave Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Biochemical and Thermochemical Cellulosic Ethanol Pathways versus Gasoline,” Annual Conference of the American Center of Life Cycle Assessment, October 1-3, 2013, Orlando, FL.

Depolymerization of Commercial Lignin Via Bifunctional Zeolite Catalysis,  AICHE National Conference, Session Selection: 23B17 Chemical and Catalytic Conversions and Processes for Renewable Feedstocks Ryan Barton, S. Park, R. A. Venditti, S. Perretti, San Francisco, CA, 2013.

Life cycle analysis (LCA) and sustainability assessment, Richard Venditti, Auburn University, CHEN 6970 Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals by Biorefining, April 10, 2013.

Modeling biomass supply systems for commercial-scale lignocellulosic biofuel production: Integrated environmental life cycle assessment (LCA), supply chain analysis, and financial analysis. Reeb, CW, R. Venditti, J. Daystar, R. Gonzalez, T. Treasure, R. Abt, and S. Kelley.  Poster Presentation, 17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. June 18th-20th, 2013. Bethesda, MD.

Novel screening technique: Integrated combinatorial green chemistry & life cycle analysis (CGC-LCA). Reeb, CW, L. Lucian, and R. Venditti. Poster Presentation. 17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. June 18th-20th, 2013. Bethesda, MD.

Mechanical refining to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated biomass, Conversion Technologies (Deconstruction or Synthesis): Biomass Fractionation & Pretreatment ll – Neutral and Alkaline Chemistries, at the 35th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals (April 29-May 2, 2013) at the Hilton Portland, Portland, OR.

Integrated Process, Financial, and Risk Modeling of Emerging Bioenergy Production Technologies: Methodology and Example,  Trevor Treasure, Ronalds Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Richard B. Phillips, Steve Kelley, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti, 2nd Biennial International Conference on Processing Technologies for the Biobased Products Industries, November 6-7, 2012, St. Simons Island, GA, USA.

Life Cycle Assessment of Bioethanol Produced from Cellulosic Feedstocks Grown in the South East, Jesse Daystar, Richard Venditti, Carter Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, Frontiers in Biorefining. Chemicals and Products from Renewable Carbon, October 30-November 2, 2012, St. Simons Island, GA, USA.

Integrated Conversion, Financial, and Risk Modeling of Cellulosic Ethanol From Woody and Non-Woody Feedstocks via Dilute Acid Pretreatment. Trevor Treasure, Ronalds Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Richard B. Phillips, Steve Kelley, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti, Frontiers in Biorefining. Chemicals and Products from Renewable Carbon, October 30-November 2, 2012, St. Simons Island, GA, USA.

Enhancement in Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Mechanical Refining of Pretreated Biomass, Brandon Jones, Richard Venditti,  Sunkyu Park, Hasan Jameel, Bonwook Koo,  AIChE Annual Meeting, 2012 International Congress on Energy (ICE), T4A08 Biochemical Conversions Processes in Forest/Plant Biomass Biorefineries III, AICHe, October 28 – November 3, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

Effect of Crystallinity and Degree of Polymerization  On the Fast Pyrolysis Decomposition Products of Cellulose, Andrew Moore, Jiajia Meng, Ki-Seob Gwak, Richard Venditti, David Tilotta, Sunkyu Park,  AIChE Annual Meeting, 17007 Biorefinery-Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division, AIChE, October 28 – November 3, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

Effect of Crystallinity and Degree of Polymerization  On the Fast Pyrolysis Decomposition Products of Cellulose, Andrew Moore, Jiajia Meng, Ki-Seob Gwak, Richard Venditti, David Tilotta, Sunkyu Park,  17007 Biorefinery-Thermochemical Conversion of  Biomass Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division, AIChE, October 28 – November 3, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

Fast Pyrolysis Decomposition Products of Cellulose, Andrew Moore, Jiajia Meng, Ki-Seob Gwak, Richard Venditti, David Tilotta, Sunkyu Park,  Thermochemical Biomass Conversion -2012, McKimmon Center, NCSU, Raleigh NC, October 24, 2012.

Integrated Life Cycle Assessment and Financial Analysis of Biomass Grown in the Southeast for Biofuels and Bioenergy, Jesse Daystar, Carter Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, Richard Venditti,  Thermochemical Biomass Conversion -2012, McKimmon Center, NCSU, Raleigh NC, October 24, 2012.

Life Cycle Assessment of Bioethanol Produced from Cellulosic Feedstocks Grown in the South East, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion -2012, Jesse Daystar, Richard Venditti, Carter Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, McKimmon Center, NCSU, Raleigh NC, October 24, 2012.

Coproduction of electricity and ethanol economics of value prior to combustion, Ronalds W. Gonzalez, Trevor H. Treasure, Richard A. Venditti, Yan Pu, Hasan Jameel and Jeffrey Prestemon, ICPPB 2012.

Exploring the potential of paper industry sludges for ethanol production, Hui Chen, Ronalds Gonzalez, Richard Phillips, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park, ICPPB 2012.

Extraction and utilization of hemicelluloses for new biomaterial applications, Abdus Salam, Richard A. Venditti, Joel J. Pawlak, Khaled El-tahlawy, Ali Ayoub, ICPPB 2012.

Integrated cost and environmental LCA of biomass supply systems for biofuels and bioenergy, Jesse S. Daystar, Carter W. Reeb, Ronalds Gonzalez, Richard Venditti, Trevor Treasure, Robert Abt, Steve Kelley, ACLCA, LCA XII Conference: September 2012, Tacoma WA.

Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks: A Life Cycle Assessment of the Thermochemical Conversion Pathway. Jesse Daystar, Richard Venditti, Ronalds Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Mike Jett.  Forest Products Society’s 66th International Convention on June 3-5, 2012, Washington DC.

Life cycle analysis of biofuels production in North Carolina,  Jesse Daystar, Ronalds Gonzalez, Mike Jett, Richard Venditti, Daniel Saloni, Steve Kelley,  NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center,  Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
Raleigh, NC, May 2012.

Life Cycle Assessment of the Most Feasible Biomass-to-Bioenergy Feedstock Supply Chain Scenarios in the Southeastern US, Joint EPA/NCSU Poster Session, May 14, 2012, Raleigh NC.

Extraction and Utilisation of Hemicellulose for Environmental Engineering Applications, Joint EPA/NCSU Poster Session, May 14, 2012, Raleigh, NC.

The production and characterization of inexpensive renewable hydrogel based material from natural North Carolina Resources for water desalination and heavy metal removal applications, Ali Ayoub, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, Abdus Salam, Annual Meeting of the Water Resources Research Institute of UNC, March 28, 2012, Raleigh, NC.

Value Prior to Combustion, Richard Venditti, Ronalds Gonzalez, Hasan Jameel, Biofuels Center of NC, Oxford, NC, March 15, 2012.

Novel concept to improve the properties of recycled thermoplastics, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, Ali Ayoub, Novel concept to improve the properties of recycled thermoplastics, CPBR Symposium 2012, March 5-6, 2012, Washington DC, USA.

Development of novel renewable polyurethanes,  Joel Pawlak, Richard Venditti, Ali Ayoub,   CPBR Symposium 2012, March 5-6, 2012, Washington DC, USA.

Yogurt and bioethanol: biofuel choices. College of Natural Resources Scholarship Day,  NC State Arboretum, December 6, 2011.

Carbon footprint and economic analysis to determine minimum carbon price required for the utilization of residual forest materials in greenhouse gas mitigation, Richard Venditti and Christopher Hopkins, American Chemical Society 2011 Southeastern Regional Meeting, October 26 – 29, 2011, Richmond, VA, Symposium: Conversion of Biomass to Biomaterials and Bioenergy.

Carbon Footprints of Forest Biomass Based Systems, Richard Venditti, Forest Biomaterials Seminar Series, Raleigh NC, September 15, 2011.

A life cycle assessment of bioethanol production via the thermochemical conversion pathway, Jesse Daystar, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel, Mike Jett, Forest Products Society’s 65th International Convention on June 19-21, 2011 in Portland, Oregon.

Life cycle analysis of biofuels production in North Carolina, Jesse Daystar, Ronalds Gonzalez, Mike Jett, Richard Venditti, Daniel Saloni, Steve Kelley,  NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center,  Industrial Advisory Board Meeting
Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2011.

Effects of Lignin on Processing and Properties of Microfibrillated Cellulose,   Kelley Spence, Orlando Rojas Richard A. Venditti, Joel J. Pawlak, ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division, ACS 241st National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 28, 2011.

Emerging forest based products and processes, Richard Venditti, Center on Global Change, Duke University, January 20, 2011.

Advances in the Processing of Microfibrillated Celluloses for Bioplastics and Composite Reinforcement Applications, Kelley L. Spence, Richard A. Venditti, Orlando J. Rojas, Youssef Habibi, and Joel J. Pawlak, 18th Annual BEPS Meeting.

The BioEnvironmental Polymer Society presents: Polymers & the Environment – Emerging Green Technologies and Science, Toronto, October 15, 2010.

Life cycle analysis of biofuels production in North Carolina, Jesse Daystar, Ronalds Gonzalez, Mike Jett, Richard Venditti, Daniel Saloni, Steve Kelley, NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center, Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, Stony Brook, New York, November, 2010.

Fibrillated cellulose composite materials, Joel J. Pawlak, Richard Venditti, Sa Yong Lee, Libin Yuan, and Rachel Ernest, Progress in Paper Physics Seminars (PPPS), Montréal, June 7-10, 2010.

Extraction of wood Hemicellulose for Higher Valued Biomaterials and Bioenergy, TAPPI Virginia-Carolina 2009 Fall Conference, Raleigh, NC, November 11-13, 2009.

Cellulose – Polysaccharide Membranes Cast from a Novel Green Solvent System, Eugene F. Douglass, Richard Kotek, Richard Venditti, Joel Pawlak, ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division, San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010.

Production of microfibrillated cellulose by various processing methods, Kelley Spence, Richard A. Venditti, Orlando Rojas, Joel J. Pawlak, ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division, San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010.

BioSucceed, Lucian Lucia, Richard A. Venditti, ACS Chemical Education Division, San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010.

The conversion of starch-hemicellulose-chitosan into high value gels with superior absorption, strength and antimicrobial activity Richard A. Venditti, Abdus Salam, Joel J. Pawlak, ACS Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division, San Francisco, March 21-25, 2010.

Modern Methods in Paper Recycling, Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, Multiple presentations at  several venues: (1) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Natural Resources and the Environment, (2) Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa, (3) Sappi Research Center, (4) Monde Merebank Deinking Facility, South Africa, April 2009.

Control and Removal of Adhesive Contaminants, Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Natural Resources and the Environment,  South Africa, April 2009.

Forest Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, School of Chemical Engineering , University of KwaZulu Natal Durban, South Africa, April 2009.

Effects of processing conditions on starch microcellular foams produced by reactive supercritical fluid extrusion and solvent exchange, Sameer Patel, Dr. Richard A. Venditti, Dr. Joel J. Pawlak, Dr. Ali Ayoub, Dr. Syed S. H. Rizvi, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009.

Effects of processing conditions on starch microcellular foams produced by reactive supercritical fluid extrusion and solvent exchange, Sameer Patel, Dr. Richard A. Venditti, Dr. Joel J. Pawlak, Dr. Ali Ayoub, Dr. Syed S. H. Rizvi, 237th ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009.

Interaction of Water and Cellulose Cellulose Aggregate Fibrils During Isothermal Drying as Characterized by High Resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis, Richard A. Venditti, Joel Pawlak, Vinit Baheti, 2008 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry TAPPI and The Forest Products Society, June 25-27, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Water-Cellulose Fiber Interactions Characterized by Thermal Analysis.  Richard A. Venditti, Joel Pawlak, Hasan Jameel, Sunkyu Park,  2008 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry TAPPI and The Forest Products Society, June 25-27, 2008, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Cellulose Fibers and Microcellular Foam Starch Composites, Richard A. Venditti, Joel J. Pawlak, Andrew R. Rutledge, Janderson L. Cibils, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans 2008.

Development of cross-linked starch microcellular foam by solvent exchange and reactive supercritical fluid extrusion, Sameer Patel, Dr. Richard A. Venditti, Dr. Joel J. Pawlak, Dr. Ali Ayoub, Dr. Syed S. H. Rizvi, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans 2008.

Life Cycle Analysis and Carbon Footprint Model for Bleached Pulp and Paper Products. Trevor H. Treasure, Richard Venditti and Hasan Jameel 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, NCSU, 2008.

Development of Starch Microcellular Foams (SMCF) with Fibers and Cellulose Aggregate Fibrils (CAF) Janderson L. Cibils and Andy Rutledge, Richard Venditti and Hasan Jameel. 17th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, NCSU, 2008.

Natural Surfactants for Paper Recycling, K.  Spence, O. Rojas, R. A. Venditti, ACS Surface and Colloids Meeting, Raleigh, NC, Spring 2008.

Natural Surfactants for Paper Recycling, K.  Spence, O. Rojas, R. A. Venditti, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans 2008.

Natural Surfactants for Paper Recycling, K. Spence, O. Rojas, R. A. Venditti, Soft Matter, Raleigh, NC, Summer 2008.

Starch and Alkyl Ketene Dimer Microcellular Foam Particles, North Carolina State University (NCSU) Faculty Visit Day, Forest Biomaterials Science Exchange Forum, University of Helsinki, Finland, October 2007.

Natural Surfactants for Flotation Deinking in Paper Recycling, R. A. Venditti, O. J. Rojas, H. Morris, J. Tucker, K. Spence, and C. Austin, 8th Research Forum on Recycling, TAPPI/Paptac, Ontario Canada, September 2007.

The use of alkyl ketene dimer to develop water resistance of starch microcellular foam particles, R. A. Venditti , J. J. Pawlak, K. El-Tahlway, International Symposium on Polymers and the Environment: Emerging Technology and Science, Bioenvironmental Polymer Society, October 17-20, 2007.

Development of cross-linked starch microcellular foam by reactive supercritical fluid extrusion, A. Ayoub, S. S. H. Rizvi, S. Patel, R. A. Venditti, J. J. Pawlak, International Symposium on Polymers and the Environment: Emerging Technology and Science, Bioenvironmental Polymer Society, October 17-20, 2007.

Natural Based Surfactants, V. Goines, H. Morris, J. Tucker, C. Austin, O. J. Rojas, R. A. Venditti, The National Sustainable Design Expo featuring EPA’s P3 Award, April 24-25, 2007, Washington DC.

Heat of Vaporization of Water Associated with Cellulose Fibers Characterized by Differential Scanning Calorimetry, S. Park, R.A. Venditti, H. Jameel, and J.J. Pawlak, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials, March 2007, Chicago.

Starch and alkyl ketene dimer microcellular foam particles, R.A. Venditti, K. El-Tahlawy, and J.J. Pawlak, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials, March 2007, Chicago.

Ethoxylated and sugar-based surfactants in recycled paper deinking, V. Goines, H. Morris, J. Tucker, C. Austin, O. J. Rojas, R. A. Venditti, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials, March 2007, Chicago.

Development and Characterization of Novel Starch and Alkyl Ketene Dimer Microcellular Foam Particles, Ana I. Bolivar, Dr. Richard A. Venditti, Dr. Joel J. Pawlak, Dr. Khaled El-Tahlawy North Carolina Biotechnology Center Bioseparations and Bioprocessing Development Symposium, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 25-26, 2006.

The Concept of Critical Micelle Pressure and Its Utility in Supercritical Extractions of Natural Products, N. U. Soriano, C. D. Saquing, D. Bushey, R. Venditti, D. S. Argyropoulos North Carolina Biotechnology Center Bioseparations and Bioprocessing Development Symposium, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 25-26, 2006.

The Effects of Adhesive Properties on Particle Breakage and Passage Through Slots During Paper Recycling, B. E. Lucas, R. A. Venditti, and H. Jameel, Pressure Sensitive  Tape Council (PSTC) 29th Annual Technical Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, May 3-5, 2006.

The Effect of Cellulase on the Pore Structure of Cellulose Fibers, S. Park, R. A. Venditti,, D. G. Abrecht, H. Jameel, J. J. Pawlak,  J. M. Lee.  2006 Pan Pacific Conference, pp. 43-50 June 2006, Korea.

Dynamic Changes in Pore Size of Cellulose Fibers During Drying Processes, S. Park, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, and J. J. Pawlak, 231st ACS National Meetings, March 2006, Atlanta.

Abrecht, D. G., Surface and Pore Structure Modification of Cellulose Fibers Through Enzyme Treatment, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 58, April 2006.

Development of a Microcellular Foam Starch Particle as a Replacement for Inorganic Fillers in Paper or Coating Applications, Venditti, R. A., Pawlak, J. J., El Tahlaway, K. PIRA Fillers and Pigments for Papermakers, Atlanta GA, November 9-10, 2005.

Thermogravimetric Analysis of Water Associated with Cellulose Fibers,  Park, Sunkyu, Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H., Pawlak, J., Society of Plastics Engineers ANTEC 2005, Boston MA, May 1-5, 2005.

Identification and analysis for decomposition of paper products, Venditti, R. A., Workshop: Decomposition of wood and paper products in US and Australian landfills, Raleigh NC, May 23-25, 2005.

Microstickies Concentration Measurement Methods, M. Doshi, C. Houtman, R. A. Venditti, T. Delagoutte, R. D. Haynes,   2005 Engineering, Pulping, Environmental Conf., Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2005.

Development of a Bending Stiffness Sensor for the Automated Sorting of Recovered Paper, Richard Venditti, M. K. Ramasubramanian, K. C Katuri,  2005 Engineering, Pulping, Environmental Conf., Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2005.

Measurement of fiber hornification using high resolution thermogravimetric analysis, Sunkyu Park, Richard A. Venditti, Hasan Jameel and Joel J. Pawlak, 2005 Engineering, Pulping, Environmental Conf., Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2005.

Johnson, M. E., Venditti, R. A., McCord, M. G. Atmospheric Plasma Technology:  Applications in the Paper Industry, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 113, April 2005.

Morris, J. D., Venditti, R. A., Rojas, O. The Fundamental Role of Surfactants in the Removal of Toners from Recovered Paper, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 124, April 2005.

Leerkes, J., Hoffert, B. M.,  Venditti, R. A., Byrd, M. V., Wax Removal of Waxed Board During Recycling Using Emulsifying Agents, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 115, April 2005.

Hoffman, A., Venditti, R. A., Jameel, H. Conversion of Office Waste to Fermentable Glucose, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 107, April 2005.

Hard to Remove Water in Hydrophillic Fibers Characterized by High Resolution Thermogravimetric Analysis, Local Polymer Discussion Group of the American Chemical Society,  S. Park and R. A. Venditti,  The Richard Gilbert Graduate Student Symposium,  Raleigh, NC,  February 2005.

Compact, High Speed Lignin Sensor for the Automated Sorting of Newsprint from Mixed Waste, Vishnu Mallapragada, M. K. Ramasubramanian, Richard Venditti, 2004  Paper Summit, Spring Technical, and International Environmental Conference, TAPPI, May 2004.

The Incorporation of Starch Based Micro-cellular Foams into Paper Products, Roszko, Susan L., Joel J. Pawlak, Richard A. Venditti, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 94, April 2004.

Ernest, Rachel A. Eason, Larry J., II, Foess, Christopher M. Richard A. Venditti Dimitris S. Argyropoulos Richard D. Gilbert, Conversion of Paper Recycling Deinking Sludge to Fermentable Glucose, NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium, p. 72, April 2004.

Chemical Force Microscopy: A New Tool to Map Cellulosic Surfaces.  of Cellulosic Surfaces, J. Bastidas, R. Venditti, J. Kadla, R. Gilbert, ACS Meeting Spring 2004.

Chemical Force Microscopy of Cellulosic Fibers, Juan C. Bastidas, Richard A. Venditti, John, F. Kadla, and Joel J. Pawlak, Progress in Paper Physics Conference, 2004.

Characterization of Pulp for Tissue Manufacturing using Paper Properties B. Lucas, J.J. Pawlak, M. Byrd, R.A. Venditti, H. Jameel, and H. Gupta, Progress in Paper Physics Conference, 2004.

Characterization of Bound Water in Fibers using Thermogravimetric Analysis, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti, Hasan Jameel and Joel J. Pawlak, Progress in Paper Physics Conference, 2004.

Microcellular Starch Particles for Paper and Paint, Richard Venditti and Joel Pawlak, Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, CPBR Symposium 2004, Washington DC, February 25-26, 2004.

Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion of Paper Recycling Sludges, Hasan Jameel, Hou Min Chang and Richard Venditti, Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, CPBR Symposium 2004, Washington DC, February 25-26, 2004.

The Use of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide to Isolate Sterols from Kraft Black Liquor Tall Oil, Richard Gilbert, Richard Venditti, Dimitris Argyropoulos, Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, CPBR Symposium 2004, Washington DC, February 25-26, 2004.

Developments in Detection and Removal of Stickies, R. A. Venditti, TAPPI Southeastern Local Section, Fall 2003, Raleigh, NC.

The Effect of Operating Variables on the Mass Balance of Fiber Fractionation Using a Hydrocyclone  S. Park, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, J. Pawlak, M. Byrd, 2003 TAPPI Technical Conf., Oct. 26-30, Chicago Hyatt Hotel.

Comparison of Macro Stickies Measurement Methods Mahendra R. Doshi, PPR and Bill Moore, FVTC, Appleton, WI. Part 1: Kevin Copeland and Richard Venditti, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, Part 2: Hans Putz, Part 3. Thierry Delagoutte, CTP., Part 4. Carl Houtman, Freya Tan, Lisa Davie and Gregg Sauve, 2003 TAPPI Technical Conf., Oct. 26-30, Chicago Hyatt Hotel.

Mechatronic Design and Control of a Waste Paper Sorting System for Efficient Recycling, M. Ramasubramanian, R. A. Venditti, 2003 TAPPI Technical Conf., Oct. 26-30, Chicago Hyatt Hotel.

Conversion of Deinking Sludge to Fermentable Glucose,  L. J. Eason, R. A. Ernest, C. M. Foess, R. A. Venditti, D. S. Argyropoulos,  NSF Green Processing, Second Annual NC State Undergraduate Research Program Symposium, August 7, 2003.

Conversion of Deinking Sludge to Fermentable Glucose,  L. J. Eason, R. A. Ernest, C. M. Foess, R. A. Venditti, D. S. Argyropoulos,  Frank Ferrel Poster Competition, TAPPI Southeastern Local Section, Fall 2003, Raleigh, NC.

Fiber Fractionation, Sunkyu Park, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, J. J. Pawlak,  Frank Ferrel Poster Competition, TAPPI Southeastern Local Section, Fall 2003, Raleigh, NC.

Removal of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives in Paper Recycling,  B. E. Lucas, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, Frank Ferrel Poster Competition, TAPPI Southeastern Local Section, Fall 2003, Raleigh, NC.

Atomic Force Microscopy of Cellulose Fibers, Juan Bastidas, J. F. Kadla, J. J. Pawlak, R. A. Venditti,  Frank Ferrel Poster Competition, TAPPI Southeastern Local Section, Fall 2003, Raleigh, NC.

Adhesive Contaminants in Paper Recycling Operations, 2002 Advanced Recycling Short Course, R. A. Venditti, TAPPI, Madison WI, June 2002.

Behavior and Detection of Adhesive Contaminants: A Laboratory Demonstration, 2002 Advanced Recycling Short Course, R. A. Venditti, TAPPI, Madison WI, June 2002.

Paper Recycling Research at North Carolina State University, Recycled Paperboard Trade Association, Executive Meeting, Jacksonsville FL, May 2002.

Characterization of Fiber Surfaces Using Chemical Force Microscopy, Juan Bastidas, J. F. Kadla, R. A. Venditti, R. D. Gilbert, Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando FL, April 7-11, 2002.

Oxidative stabilization of Kraft lignin: Effect of temperature on Tg and lignin structure.  Jennifer Braun, J. F. Kadla, R. A. Venditti, R. D. Gilbert, Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando FL, April 7-11, 2002.

Performing Inquiry Based Exploration: An Example in Using Agricultural Waste and Wastepaper to Produce New Products, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Science Enrichment Program Directors Meeting, Research Triangle Park, September 2002.

Adhesive Contaminant Detection Methods: Comparison of Micro-Stickies Test Methods, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Atlanta GA, June 2002.

Adhesive Contaminant Detection Methods: Comparison of Micro-Stickies Test Methods, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, West Palm Beach FL, Feb. 2002.

Extrusion of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Through a Single Slot,  B. Lucas, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, 2002 TAPPI Pulping Conference, November , 2002,  San Diego CA.

“The Effect of Cationic Starch on the Agglomeration of  Pressure Sensitive Adhesives”  X. Huo, R. A. Venditti, H. M. Chang, 2002 TAPPI Pulping Conference, November , 2002, San Diego CA.

“Effect of Chemical Pretreatments of Never-Dried Pulp on the Strength of Recycled Linerboard”, M. Zhang, M. A. Hubbe, R. A. Venditti, and J. A. Heitmann, TAPPI Papermakers Conference, Cincinnati Ohio, March 2001.

“Three Novel Wax Removal Methods for Wax Containing Old Corrugated Containers: Carbon Dioxide Extraction, Kraft Pulping and Agglomeration” Richard A. Venditti , John F. Kadla, Richard D. Gilbert, Hasan Jameel, Hou-min Chang, 2001 TAPPI Pulping Conference Proceedings, Seattle WA, TAPPI Instant Reference, November 2001.

“Breakage and Extrusion of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives in Industrial and Laboratory Screening Processes”  B. Lucas, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, 2001 TAPPI Pulping Conference Proceedings, Seattle WA, TAPPI Instant Reference, November 2001.

“Miscibility of Lignin/Synthetic Polymer Blends: Effect of Miscibility on Properties of Polymer Properties”, S. Kubo, J. F. Kadla, R. A. Venditti, R. D. Gilbert, American Chemical Society,  San Diego CA, April,  2-6,  2001.

“Removing Paraffin Based Wax Coatings from Old Corrugated Containers using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, T. Stauffer, R. A. Venditti, J. F. Kadla, R. D. Gilbert, G. Montero, 11th ISWPC International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry,  Nice France, June 11-14, 2001.

Adhesive Contaminant Detection Methods: Comparison of Macro-Stickies Test Methods, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Tempe AZ, Feb. 2001.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Tempe AZ, Feb. 2001.

The Effect of Heating and Drying on the Properties of Recycled Papermaking Fibers, E. Welf, R. A. Venditti, M. Hubbe, 2001 TAPPI Pulping Conference, Seattle WA.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Department of Wood and Paper Science Research Seminar, December 2000.

Adhesive Contaminant Detection Methods: Comparison of Methods with Longview Fiber OCC, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Atlanta GA, September 2000.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Atlanta GA, September 2000.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Raleigh NC, June 2000.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Tempe AZ, Feb. 2000.

Effect of Salts and Cationic Polymers on the Stability of Micro-Adhesive Particles, X. Huo,  R. A. Venditti,  and H. M. Chang, International Symposium on Environmentally Friendly and Emerging Technologies for a Sustainable Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI,  Proceedings, Taipai, Taiwan, April 2000.

“Effect of Release Liner on Paper Recycling and Pressure Sensitive Adhesives” R. A. Venditti, C. Zhang and R. D. Gilbert, TAPPI 2000 Paper Recycling Conference, Washington DC, 2000.

“The Breakage of Adhesive Contaminants in Pulp Suspensions” B. Lucas, R. A. Venditti, H. Jameel, TAPPI 2000 Pulping Conference, 2000.

Melt Spun Fibers of Lignin/Synthetic Polymer Blends, J. F. Kadla, R. A. Venditti and R. D. Gilbert, American Chemical Society, Pan-Pacific Regional Meeting, Hawaii, December 2000.

High Performance Fibers From Cellulose, Lignin and Other Natural Polymers, R. A. Venditti, J. F. Kadla, R. D. Gilbert,  NCPC Frontier in Polymer Science: The NCSU Polymer Science Center, Inaugural Workshop, May 18-19, 2000, Raleigh, NC.

Role of Contact Angle in 1-Octadecanol Agglomeration of Electrostatic Toners, J. Zeng, R. A. Venditti, H. G. Olf, 5th Annual Research Forum on Paper Recycling, CPPA, Ottawa, Canada, September 1999.

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Materials in Paper Recycling Processes, National Silicates R&D Paper Division, Toronto Canada, April 1999.

Laboratory and Pilot Plant Evaluations of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Materials in Paper Recycling Processes, Adhesive and Sealant Council Spring Convention & Exposition, Toronto Canada, April 1999.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Tempe AZ, Feb. 1999.

Removal of Wax from Old Corrugated Containers with Supercritical Fluid Extraction, AFPA Containerboard Technical Division, Atlanta GA, September 1999.

Effect of Papermaking Components on Adhesive Contaminant (Stickies) Characteristics after Pulping, X. Huo, R. A. Venditti, H. M. Chang,  TAPPI Recycling Symposium, Atlanta, GA, Feb. 1999.

Distance Learning in Pulp and Paper,  H. Jameel and R. A. Venditti,  Department of Wood and Paper Science Research Seminar, February 1999.

Stickies Problems and Solutions Panel, TAPPI Recycling Symposium, New Orleans, LA,  March 1998.

Cellulose Free Volume Characterization Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy”American Chemical Society – Southeastern Meeting, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1998.

Recent Studies of Stickies, TAPPI 1998 Stickies Hot Topic Symposium, Atlanta, GA, 1998.

Deposition Analysis of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives,  TAPPI Recycling Symposium, New Orleans, LA, March 1998.

Effects of Borates on Contaminants in Wastepaper Recycling, Pulp and Paper Boron Symposium, Rothbury MI, August, 1997.

Physical Chemistry of Crosslinking, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, Orlando FL, April 1997.

Mechanical and Physical Properties of Crosslinked Polymers”, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, Orlando FL, April 1997.

Aspects of the Agglomeration Process to Remove Contaminants in Wastepaper, 4th Research Forum on Recycling, CPPA, September, Quebec City, Canada, October 1997.

Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis of Fiber Free Toner Agglomeration, W. Small, R. A. Venditti and J. A. Heitmann, TAPPI Recycling Symposium, Chicago IL, 1997.

Pressure Sensitive Adhesives Issues in Paper Recycling, Colloquium on Adhesives in Wastepaper, American Forest Products Association and the U. S. Postal Service, Washington DC, 1996.

Paper Recycling Research at NCSU, Pulp and Paper Education and Research Alliance, Institute of Paper Science, Atlanta GA, 1996.

Cleaner Production and Technologies in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Paper Recycling. United States Environmental Training Institute, McKimmon Center, Raleigh NC, 1996.

Effects of a Starch-Based Foam Packing on a Paper Recycle Mill, J. Parsely and R. A. Venditti, TAPPI Recycling Symposium, New Orleans LA, 1996.

Tg vs Conversion in Thermosetting Systems, Colloquium on Thermosetting Polymers, Princeton University, 1995.

Sub-visual Image Analysis for Dirt Counting in Paper, Deinking Committee, TAPPI Pulping Conference, Chicago IL, 1995.

Effect of Ultrasonic Treatment on the Size Distribution of Toner Particles in Waste Paper, TAPPI Recycling Symposium, New Orleans LA, 1995.

Macroscopic Volume, van der Waals Volume and Free Volume After Cure versus Chemical Conversion for a High-Tg Epoxy/Amine Thermosetting System, Annual Meeting and Paint Industries’ Show, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, New Orleans LA, October 1994.

Free Volume After Cure versus Fractional Conversion for a High-Tg Epoxy/Amine Thermosetting, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, Fall 1994.

The Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) vs Fractional Conversion for a Linear Thermosetting Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, Fall 1994.

Relationship Between the Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) and Fractional Conversion for Thermosetting Systems, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Chicago IL, Fall 1993.

Anomalous Behavior of the Properties of Thermosetting Systems versus Cure: A Generalized Conversion-Temperature-Property (TgTP) Diagram, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, New Orleans LA, 1993.

Isothermal Physical Aging of a Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol-A (DGEBA) Resin: Calculation of the Activation Energy of Sub-Tg Relaxations from a Torsional Braid Experiment, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Washington DC, Fall 1992.

Physical Aging Deep in the Glassy State on a Fully Cured Polyimide, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, San Francisco CA, Spring 1992.

Mechanical Transitions of a Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide vs. Cure, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, San Francisco CA, Spring 1992.

Transitions of a Polyamic Acid Ester/Polyimide vs. Cure, Fourth International Conference on Polyimides, Ellenville NY, October 1991.

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyimide Esters Fourth International Conference on Polyimides, Ellenville NY, October 1991.

Isothermal Physical Aging of Poly (methyl-methacrylate): Localization of Perturbations in Thermomechanical Properties, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, New York, Fall 1991.

Physical Aging Deep in the Glassy State on a Fully Cured Polyimide, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, Montreal, 1991.

Extended Delignification: Theory and Applications”, R. A. Venditti, (TAPPI) Virginia-Carolina Section Spring Meeting, March 1988, Kingsport TN.