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CSP News
Paul Dauenhauer awarded 2018 AIChE CRE Young Investigator Award
Associate Professor Paul Dauenhauer has been selected to receive the inaugural AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (CRE) Young Investigator... read more →
June 28, 2018
Beyond the Classroom: Process Chemistry
CSP members joined in for Beyond the Classroom on June 6th, 2018 from 12:00 – 1:15 PM CDT. Professor Paul Dauenhauer presented on Process Chemistry. Check out the recording... read more →
June 11, 2018
Be a 4-H Scientist
The CSP developed 4-H curriculum for grades K-2 "Be a 4-H Scientist: Materials in a green, clean world" was recently... read more →
May 8, 2018
CSP researchers receive fellowships
Congratulations to Guilhem De Hoe (4th year graduate student, Hillmyer group) and Grant Fahnhorst (4th year graduate student, Hoye group)... read more →
April 27, 2018
Are plastics too strong?
There is a new video from MinuteEarth describing the work of the Center for Sustainable Polymers. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgPnXBq7Q8&feature=youtu.be
April 25, 2018
CSP researchers receive NSF GRFP recognition!
Congratulations to the CSP researchers who have been awarded recognition by the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Fellowship... read more →
April 16, 2018
Dichtel named 2018 Guggenheim Fellow
CSP Senior Investigator William Dichtel has been named a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow. Fellows are a diverse group of scholars, artists,... read more →
April 5, 2018
“Champion of Sustainable Chemistry”
CSP Senior Investigator Jane Wissinger talks about her passion for green chemistry with the UMN Institute on the Environment (IonE),... read more →
March 30, 2018
CSP researchers attending ACS New Orleans
CSP investigators and researchers are attending the 255th ACS National Meeting and Expo in New Orleans from March 18-22, 2018. Find... read more →
March 15, 2018
Why do sustainable polymers matter?
Sustainable polymers aim to address the environmental challenges that are inherently associated with traditional (petroleum-based) plastics, while maintaining the outstanding properties these materials bring to our everyday lives.
Sustainable Polymers 101
Big Question: Can we make plastics sustainable?
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and Center for Sustainable Polymers
video source: University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment and Center for Sustainable Polymers
