From July 17-18, 2018, Prof. Amar Mohanty attended the Third International Symposium on Materials from Renewables (ISMR), at North Dakota State University. He gave a Keynote presentation on the topic of "Renewable Resourced-based Materials towards Improved Sustainability through a Circular Economy Path: Light-weight Car Parts to Eco-friendly Packaging". Prof. Manjusri Misra also gave an oral presentation on "Design and Engineering of Biodegradable Nanoblends by Reactive Extrusion". 

They also submitted a poster presentation on "The Use of Sustainable Bio-derived Carbon and Nanoclay as Flame Retardants for Poly(butylene terephthalate) Biocomposites".