Transformation of American Rubber through Domestic Innovation for Supply Security: TARDISS
Vision
The proposed ERC NSF Engineering Research Center for Transformation of American Rubber through Domestic Innovation for Supply Security: TARDISS, to be headquartered at the OSU Wooster campus, will lead fundamental research supporting the creation of a Silicon Valley of Domestic Rubber Production, working closely with all stakeholders. Our U.S. Sunlight to Material vision harnesses the power of nature, creating bridges between engineering, biology, and agriculture, to revolutionize alternative natural rubber (NR) production from domestic crops: guayule, rubber dandelion and mountain gum.
TARDISS will play a leadership role in research and accelerate current U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and industrial (Bridgestone, Goodyear) efforts towards a domestic NR supply, through fundamental research into plant biology and rubber technology obstacles that have impeded cultivation and processing of potential domestic crops.
Key Partners
| Judit E. Puskas - PI (OSU) | https://biomerg.osu.edu |
| Ajay Shah - Director (OSU) | https://bsal.osu.edu/ |
| Katrina Cornish (USDA) | https://www.ars.usda.gov/ |
| Julia A. Kornfield (Caltech) | https://kornfield.caltech.edu/ |
| Gregory McKenna (NCSU) | https://mckennagroup.wordpress.ncsu.edu/ |
| Catherine Simpson (TTU) | https://www.depts.ttu.edu/pss/UHS/SimpsonBio.php |
| Kara McCloskey (UCM) | https://ccbm.ucmerced.edu/content/kara-mccloskey |
| Mattheos Koffas (RPI) | https://faculty.rpi.edu/mattheos-koffas |
| Gary Wnek (CWRU) | https://www.wnekgroup.com/ |
Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. 2330145.
Disclaimer: Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.