Welcome

Sustainability, reusability and green building: to renewable materials students and faculty these aren’t buzz words - these are the principles that guide our program.

If you want to help find the solutions to tomorrow's resource, energy and waste material problems, this is the program for you. Upon graduation, you will have the skills and expertise to address the real-world resource problems that we will be wrestling with in the future.

Our renewable materials program is the only such program in the nation that has a fully integrated business component. We deliver an exceptional, well-balanced, educational experience that lands our graduates top positions in green industries. Our curriculum effectively incorporates concepts of business management,  biomaterials science and technology to teach best-practices for product design and construction.

Our program has five career tracks: construction and design, business management, materials acquisition and supply, bio-based materials, and bio-energy. We also offer a Master’s of Science in Natural Resources, (M.S.N.R), and a P.h.D program.