DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 25 -- North Carolina State University issued the following press release:
North Carolina State University researchers will help advance biobased manufacturing and rural economic development in the Southeast as part of a regional research initiative backed by up to $160 million from the National Science Foundation.
The initiative, known as the BRIDGES Engine, will develop miscanthus and switchgrass for use in biobased products for automotive, construction and packaging applications while building new markets, businesses and jobs in rural communities.
Ronalds Gonzalez, an associate professor in the Department of Forest Biomaterials at NC State, has been appointed to the BRIDGES leadership team and will assess the afforda...