March 24: Making new products from waste discussed

By Bev Makhani, Office of Undergraduate Education

EnglundPULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University materials researcher Karl Englund will present “Engineering New Products from Old Material” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, in Webster 16 in a free, public lecture tied to the WSU common reading.

Englund, an associate research professor and extension specialist in WSU’s Composite Materials and Engineering Center, will focus on “the opportunities and challenges associated with closing the recycling loop, where we turn the materials we discard into useful products.”

Garbology-100This year’s common reading book is “Garbology,” by Edward Humes. The book and topics from it have been used in first-year and other courses on campus to help students think about trash and how Americans deal with it. Learn more at http://commonreading.wsu.edu/calendar/.

Englund earned his Ph.D. in civil engineering at WSU and has worked as a research engineer and technical director of composites at the WSU Wood Materials and Engineering Lab. He earned his B.S. in forestry and M.S. in wood science at West Virginia University.

His technical interests include polymer and natural fiber composite processing, composite materials structural and physical performance evaluation, and the recycling and reuse of waste materials for value-added products.  His outreach/extension activities include applied industrial research and development involving natural fibers and polymers.

 

Contact:
Karen Weathermon, WSU common reading, 509-335-5488, kweathermon@wsu.edu