AUSTIN, Texas — A team of chemical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a new, cost-effective method for synthetically producing a biorenewable platform chemical called triacetic acid lactone (TAL) that can be used to produce innovative new drugs and sustainable plastics at an industrial scale, as described this week in Proceedings … Read the rest »
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New Sustainable Production Method Could Advance Plastics and Pharmaceuticals
Freeman Awarded Society of Plastics Engineers International Award
Benny Freeman, the Richard B. Curran Centennial Chair in Engineering and chemical engineering professor, has been awarded the Society of Plastics Engineers’ (SPE) International Award-the highest honor given by the society.
The award recognizes lifetime achievements in the plastics industry and nominees are acclaimed internationally by their peers for excellence in their fields. … Read the rest »