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Article ItemNational Academy of Inventors names seven senior members , article
Alaa Algargoosh, Anna Duraj-Thatte, Jonas Hauptman, Brook Kennedy, Guoliang "Greg" Liu, Roop Mahajan, and Danfeng "Daphne" Yao were among 162 emerging inventors from across the nation to make up the 2025 class of senior members for the National Academy of Inventors.
Date: Feb 24, 2025 - -
Article ItemExperts available: Holiday shopping days, Biden pardons Hunter, '100 Days of Solitude', understanding neurdivergence, recycling plastics, and more , article
Virginia Tech experts are available to discuss the growing collection of shopping holidays, President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, the new Netflix show "One Hundred Years of Solitude", understanding and accommodating neurodivergence, recycling plastic waste, and more.
Date: Dec 02, 2024 - -
Article Item'Curious Conversations' podcast: Guoliang 'Greg' Liu talks about turning old plastic into soap , article
Liu discussed his journey in sustainability and the innovative process of converting plastic waste into soap.
Date: Nov 04, 2024 - -
Article ItemAn unexpected way to upcycle: Plastic waste transforms into soap , article
Guoliang “Greg” Liu of the Department of Chemistry has discovered a new method of recycling plastics — from milk cartons, food containers, and plastic bags — into soap. The method: Heat the long carbon chains in the plastics then quickly cool them.
Date: Aug 10, 2023 - -
Article ItemZooming in on microplastics , article
These tiny particles are creating big challenges worldwide and are at the core of emerging fields of study for researchers, including many at Virginia Tech.
Date: Jul 19, 2023 - -
Article ItemEngineering disciplines team up to fight plastic pollution , article
With industry partner, Charlottesville-based NatureORAL Co., and collaborators at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Dentistry, Abby Whittington and her team have received $75,000 in seed money from the Virginia Commonwealth Commercialization Fund to begin a project that could reduce the growing problem of medical waste worldwide.
Date: Mar 31, 2023 -