Solar Journey Project led by CCL member Garrett Fitzgerald Garrett Fitzgerald, CCL member, and Rob van Haaren, a doctoral student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University, are planning an epic trip across the country to demonstrate how solar energy can be used to power electric vehicles. Check out their website…
Alexsanda Guerra presents at IT3 Conference On October 23, 2012 Alexsanda Guerra gave an oral presentation titled “Catalytic Performance of Char from Gasification of Biomass for the Reformation of Toluene as a Model of Tar” at the 31st International Conference on Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors in New Orleans, LA.
Tim Sharobem wins Poster Award at WTERT Conference Congratulations! Tim Sharobem won the Poster Award for his poster entitled “High temperature corrosion of WTE boiler materials” at the WTERT 2012 Conference on October 18-19 at Columbia University.
Naomi Klinghoffer Presents at Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference Naomi Klinghoffer gave an oral presentation titled “Catalytic Properties and Performance of Char from Biomass” at the 3rd International Symposium on Gasification and its Applications as part of the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference October 14-17, 2012, in Vancouver, BC.
Paper Accepted to Resources, Conservation, and Recycling Garrett C. Fitzgerald, Jonathan S. Krones, and Nickolas J. Themelis are co-authors on a paper entitled “Greenhouse gas impact of dual stream and single stream collection and separation of recyclables,” to be published in Resources, Conservation, and Recycling in December. This paper examines the greenhouse gas emissions, or…
Paper Accepted to the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Methane Hydrate Reactor Garrett C. Fitzgerald, Marco J. Castaldi, and Yue Zhou are co-authors on a paper entitled “Large scale reactor details and results for the formation and decomposition of methane hydrates via thermal stimulation dissociation,” published in the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering…
Paper Accepted to I&ECR Naomi B. Klinghoffer, Marco J. Castaldi, and Ange Nzihou are co-authors on a paper entitled “Catalyst Properties and Catalytic Performance of Char from Biomass Gasification,” accepted to Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research last month! The research investigates the properties and performance of biomass gasification char and demonstrates its potential to replace…
WTERT 2012 Conference – Registration Open! The Waste-To-Energy Research and Technology Council 2012 Conference, held at Columbia University in the city of New York, will take place on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October 19. The WTERT Council has put together an outstanding program of presentations by the most prominent people at the forefront of…
Professor Marco Castaldi Selected to Participate in 2012 Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium Seventy-two of the nation’s most innovative young engineering educators have been selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s fourth Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) symposium. Faculty members who are developing and implementing innovative educational approaches in a variety of…
CCL Attends WasteEng Conference in Portugal Professor Marco Castaldi and Naomi Klinghoffer attended and presented at the WasteEng Conference in Porto, Portugal.