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Richard Venditti

Service

Professional service on campus:

  • Head of the FB post-tenure review committee, 2020
  • Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, CNR, 2018-2019
  • Member, Search Committee, FB Extension Faculty, 2017
  • Head, Faculty Search Committee, FB Department, 2016
  • Member, Search Committee, CNR Interdisciplinary Faculty, 2016
  • Head, Faculty Search Committee, FB Department, 2015
  • Member, Space Committee, CNR, 2015-
  • Member, Space Committee, FB Department, 2015-
  • Head of the FB post-tenure review committee, 2015
  • Member of the FB Space Committee, 2012-
  • Member of the CNR Space committee, 2014-
  • Head of the Search Committee, 2015, Forest Biomaterials Faculty Position
  • Search committee, 2013, Director of College Research Administration
  • Search committee, 2013, Assistant Dean for Business and Finance
  • Search committee, 2013, Wood Products Extension Professor
  • Grievance Committee, 2011
  • Member, Senate Hearing Committee, 2009-2010
  • Administrative Board of the Graduate School, CNR Representative, January 2008-2015
  • Head of the Graduate Studies Committee of CNR, January 2007-2015
  • Member, Search committee member, WPS Development Officer, 2008
  • Director of Graduate Programs, July 2005-present, NCSU, Wood and Paper Science, NC
  • Special Appointments in the Department of Wood and Paper Science, Special Task Force, 2008
  • Associate Department Head, July 2004-June 2005, NCSU, Wood and Paper Science, NC
  • Volunteer, Caldwell and University-Wide Scholarship Competition, 2001-present
  • Member, Undergraduate University Research Symposium Committee, NCSU, 1994-present
  • Member, Graduate Student Committee, Department of Wood and Paper Science, 1996-present
  • Advisor, Summer Orientation Program, Dept. of Wood and Paper Science, 1994-present
  • Freshman Advisor, Dept. of Wood and Paper Science, 1994-present
  • Full member of the Graduate Faculty, 1994-present
  • Director, Pulp and Paper Short Courses, 1996-present
  • Faculty Representative for the Recruiting Committee of the Pulp and Paper Foundation, 1996-present
  • Member, Committee to Draft Document for Review of Dept Head, Wood and Paper Science, 2002
  • Graduate School Representative, three committees, 1998-present
  • Member, Search Committee, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Natural Resources, 2002
  • Head of the Search Committee, Wood Chemistry Professor, 2001-2002
  • Committee Member, Report on Staff Issues, 2002-2003, Dept. of Wood and Paper Science
  • Chairman, Post-Tenure Review Committee, Department of Wood and Paper Science, 2000
  • Chairman, Undergraduate University Research Symposium Committee, Facilities Search Sub-committee Chairman, NCSU, 1996
  • Member, University Admissions Committee, 1995-1998
  • Member, eleven other significant committee memberships from 1993-1995

Professional service off campus:

Member of the Board of Advisors, Tethis, 2012-

Member of the Board of Advisors, ClearStream Energy, 2009

Agenda 2020 Recycling Task Group Member

International Advisory Board of Progress in Paper Recycling, 2002-present

Reviewer, USDA NRICGP, 1996-present

Member, Committee for the new TAPPI Recognized Educator Provider Program, 2003-present

Volunteer, High school science classroom visits, eight trips, 2002-present

Committee member, Recycling Task Force, Agenda 2020, 2000-present

Committee member, TAPPI Recognized Educator Provider, 2004

Trial evaluator of the TAPPI Recognized Educator Provider trial evaluator, 2004

Session Chairman, TAPPI Conferences, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005

Session Chairman, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials, March 2007, Chicago

Participant, Adhesive Contaminant Detection Round Robin Testing, 2000-present

Director, Workshop for High School Science Teachers, 2000-present

Director, Hands-on Workshop for Pulp and Paper Basics, TAPPI/NCSU, 1996-present

Director, Hands-on Workshop for Paper Recycling, TAPPI/NCSU/PPR, 2005

Corporate consultant, see Consulting page

Reviewer for the following peer-reviewed journals:

  1. TAPPI Journal
  2. Journal of Pulp and Paper Science
  3. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  4. Progress in Paper Recycling Journal
  5. Journal of Materials Science
  6. Journal of Materials Research
  7. American Chemical Society Books
  8. BioResources
  9. Chemical Engineering Communications
  10. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology
  11. Cellulose
  12. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
  13. Bioresource Technology
  14. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
  15. Energy and Fuels
  16. Separation Science and Technology
  17. Starch
  18. Carbohydrate Polymers
  19. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry
  20. Biofuels

Membership in professional organizations:

Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Technology (TAPPI), Member, 1984-present

American Chemical Society, Member, 2001-present

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2010-

Forest Products Society, 2010-

American Center for Life Cycle Assessment

TAPPI Paper Recycling Committee, Member, 1993-present

North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society, Polymer Group, Member, 1993-present

Society of Plastics Engineers, Member, 1989-present

International Advisory Board for the Progress in Paper Recycling Journal, 2000-present

Sigma Iota Rho, National Honor Society for International Studies, 2008