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A former CCL student doing good for society.

A former high school student research, Ms. Ellen Farrelly, has continued her commitment to do good for society. Ellen did research with CCL during her Junior year of High School investigating biomass gasification. During her research, she went into such detail that she grew her own biomass to ensure she knew all the properties and history of the feedstock to better inform her results. In the attached link you can see that Ellen has not lost her drive to do good for the world. CCL is proud to have her as an alumna and is looking forward to seeing the amazing things she will do for the world in the future. Thank you, Ellen!”

Ellen was featured on News 12 the Bronx.

http://bronx.news12.com/story/41979529/manhattan-college-student-donates-ppe-supplies-to-health-care-workers

CCL welcome Prof. Castellani

The CCL team is pleased to welcome Professor Beatrice Castellani from the University of Perugia. Prof. Castellani will be conducting experiments on our methane hydrate research reactor over the next couple of weeks working with Connie Aleman (CCNY ChE undergraduate student), Yegor Nikitin (CCNY PhD candidate) and Daniel Tan, research engineer. Professor Castellani’s visit continues the CCNY/University of Perugia collaboration that started in 2014 with a visit from Giacomo Rossetti (Giacomo info) who worked with Swanand Tupsakhare over the course of 5 months. Currently a CCL Alumnus, Deepak Sharma, is conducting his PhD studies with Prof. Castellani’s team at the Terni lab of the University of Perugia. Again, welcome Prof. Castellani.

Professor Eilhann Kwon, CCL Alumni, has received the prestigious Doosan Yeongang Environmental Science Award.

On December 12, 2019, Professor Kwon, second from left, poses with the other select winners and Mr. Jang Myung-ho, vice president of the Doosan Foundation. The ceremony was held in Bexco, Busan, Korea. We are all very proud of Professor Kwon for his award and excellent work he has been doing over the years. Congratulations from CCL past and present! read more

CCLabs was invited at AICHE Gala

CCL Students Tasnuva and Sandrine participated at the AICHE Gala

CCNY Chemical Engineering Department at AICHE Gala

Congratulation!!! Robyn Smith

On Tuesday, November 5th, 2019, Robyn Smith grad student at City College of New York and a team member of CCL research group defended her thesis Elucidation of the Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane Utilizing the One-of-a-Kind Catalytic Shock Tube Technique. Congratulation!!

CCL member Tasnuva Moutushi presents in Annual AIChE Conference 2019

CCL group member Tasnuva Moutushi presented her work titled “Investigation of Reactions at the Gas/Solid Interface of Municipal Solid Waste Residues” at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Conference 2019 in Orlando, California.

Congratulation!!! Megan Webster

On Monday, October 28, 2019, Megan Webster grad Student at City College of New York and a team member of CCL Research group defended her thesis and got her PhD. Congratulation !!!

A recent article quote Prof Castaldi

Professor Castaldi was recently quoted in a recent Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) feature. The article by Alexander Tullo presents the issues associated with plastic waste. The article “Plastic has a problem; is chemical recycling the solution?” published October 6, 2019 C&EN VOL. 97, ISSUE 39 details how new and existing conversion technologies are planning to process the plastic wastes that are not or cannot be recycled. Currently about 9% of plastics are recycled because the public does not separate their waste enough, the markets for recycled material are weak and product performance dictates exacting properties which recycled material normally cannot meet. To read more please visit https://cen.acs.org/environment/recycling/Plastic-problem-chemical-recycling-solution/97/i39.

Maryland’s looming waste crisis – an unintended consequence of uninformed environmentalists

Maryland Could See Waste Crisis
After stricter limits on waste-to-energy facilities in Maryland, the state could see a drastic uptick in the amount of waste that needs to be landfilled. If Maryland’s two WTE facilities close, it will add millions of tons of household waste back into the landfill stream. State projections, meanwhile, show that the state’s landfills will be full within 30 years at the current rate – if the WTE facilities close early, that rate would grow exponentially. State officials are hoping that improved recycling can offset the waste flow or municipalities would have to pay to send the waste out of state. At present, Montgomery County pays nearly $1 million annually to send waste to Pennsylvania or Virginia.
https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/08/09/is-a-trash-crisis-looming-in-md/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202019-08-09%20Waste%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:22359%5D&utm_term=Waste%20Dive

Prof. Castaldi’s Testimony to the Maryland House and Senate

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Radio event

Please tune in today, Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 3pm to WHCR-90.3FM to From City to the World, hosted by CCNY President Vince Boudreau.

President Boudreau will discuss sustainability and waste management with Professor Marco Castaldi, the Director of the Earth Engineering Center here at CCNY and a Professor in our Chemical Engineering Department.

On the second half of the show Cheryl Huber, the Assistant Director of Greenmarket, the country’s largest network of outdoor farmers markets will join the conversation. She will discuss her organization’s work with an emphasis on Grownyc’s Zero Waste program.

To listen to or watch From City to the World tune in to WHCR-90.3FM or go to www.whcr.org and click on the From City to the World banner at the top of the home page.