Financial Support for Students & Faculty

to Attend Conference Now Available

The REMADE Institute is proud to announce that financial support is now available to assist a limited number of U.S. university students and early career faculty to attend the upcoming REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference, thanks to generous support from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

U.S. university students and early career faculty can now apply for up to $2,000 to cover travel and registration fees for the Conference, which will take place March 20-21, at the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in Washington, D.C.

Financial support recipients will be able to attend the conference and hear from more than 60 innovators as they present leading-edge research on novel technologies capable of accelerating the transition to a Circular Economy. Recipients will also have opportunities to share their own scientific interests and accomplishments; interact with peers and colleagues from academia, government labs, and industry; and extend their networks and foster collaborations within the broader advanced manufacturing community.

U.S. university students and early career faculty, including those from underrepresented and underserved groups, are strongly encouraged to apply. According to the NSF, underrepresented and underserved groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) include women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

To apply, click here.

In case you missed it, an on-demand video replay of our Feb. 27 RFP information session is now available.

To watch the video and learn more about our new $20 million funding opportunity, click here.

Join Us on Monday, March 6, at 12 pm ET

In this webinar, participants will be provided with an update on progress made after the first year of the project. The goal of the project is to conduct a systems analysis of a circular economy of PET and olefin plastics (HDPE/LDPE-LLDPE/PP) with a U.S. scope and with a Michigan case study. In doing this, the team will apply the conceptual modeling framework developed earlier in a REMADE exploratory project. 

The project team will predict energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for a circular economy of plastics and compare results to the current baseline linear economy.

The team has convened and engaged with experts from the plastics supply chain in an advisory board for the project. The baseline linear economy for PET and olefin plastics in the U.S., representing over 70% of plastics flows, was completed and showed that the system emitted 1.5% of annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, contributed 5.1% to U.S. industry emissions, and accounted for 3.1% of U.S. energy consumption. Emissions and energy demand are mostly from virgin resin production, and secondly from semi-manufacturing processes such as extrusion, injection stretch blow molding, and blow molding.

Only 7% of the end-of-life waste PET and olefin plastics were collected for recycling, and PET was the resin with the highest recycle rate of 19%.

As the project enters its second and final year, this webinar will highlight progress toward the final deliverable: a systems analysis of a future circular economy for plastics in the U.S. and the state of Michigan. 

This webinar will be led by David R. Shonnard, Ph.D, of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. To register, please click on the button below:

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