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Atlanta, GA | Posted: June 30, 2015
Kelly B. Smith, RBI Marketing & Communication
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Emphasis on continued alignment with RBI
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RBI luettgen, chris
David ShollDr. Chris Luettgen has been named Director of the Undergraduate Pulp and Paper Certificate Program, according to David Sholl, Chair of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
The program is coordinated by ChBE and has been under the direction of Dr. Jeff Hsieh for the past 30 years. The cross-listed set of four courses, two lectures and two labs is designed to give students a working knowledge of the pulp and paper industry and related segments. Students affiliated with Mechanical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Chemistry or ChBE, can obtain this certificate by completing these four courses for 12 credit hours.
ChBe works closely with the Renewable Bioproducts Institute in developing the pulp and paper engineers, scientists and executives of the future, according to Sholl.
“I am very pleased Chris has agreed to take on this role,” he said. “I know he will do a terrific job and having him in this capacity will greatly help with the goal of continuing to strengthen the alignment of this undergraduate program with RBI.”
Luettgen is also an associate director for RBI, joining the Institute in November 2014, departing the tissue industry after 24 years.
“Having been in the pulp and paper industry my entire career, I’m extremely excited to have this opportunity,” Luettgen said. “The research in the field of chemical and biomolecular engineering as it relates to the industry is experiencing an incredible evolution. A strong partnership between ChBE and RBI is critical in the continued success of this research and in identifying industry challenges and needs and how we can address those in our laboratories with the next generation of engineers and scientists.”
