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CCL receives Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) funds research grant on elevated landfill temperatures

CCL receives Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) funds research grant on elevated landfill temperatures The Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) has awarded a research grant for a project entitled “Understanding and Predicting Temperatures in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.” The principal investigators of the project are Craig Benson of the University of Virginia, Morton…

Jeff LeBlanc publishes in Energy & Fuels

Jeff LeBlanc publishes in Energy & Fuels Jeff LeBlanc published a journal article entitled “Fate of Higher-Mass Elements and Surface Functional Groups during the Pyrolysis of Waste Pecan Shell” in Energy & Fuels.

Steve Crowley publishes in ChemCatChem

Steve Crowley publishes in ChemCatChem Steve Crowley published a journal article entitled “Operando Characterization of Catalysts through use of a Portable Microreactor “ in ChemCatChem.

CCL presents at AIChE 2015

CCL presents at AIChE 2015 Stephen Crowley, Jeffrey LeBlanc, Swanand Tupsakhare and Marco Castaldi are presenting at the American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, UT on their research.

CCL presents at NAM24

CCL presents at NAM24 Stephen Crowley, Robyn Smith, Michaela Wagar and Marco Castaldi are participating in the North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society in Pittsburgh, PA on their research related to catalysis.Stephen Crowley and Michaela Wagar presented posters at the conference. Robyn Smith delivered an oral presentation.

KTH Student researches with CCL for Summer 2015

KTH Student researches with CCL for Summer 2015 A student from KTH Royal Institute of Technology joined the CCL group for the summer of 2015. Marc Mate is visiting CCNY for a 10-week research program. Marc will be researching in the area of catalytic ethanol reforming along with Jacky Ho and Stephen Crowley.

New Undergraduate Researchers from Prestigious Program

New Undergraduate Researchers from Prestigious Program Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation is a nationwide program to promote professional degrees among underrepresented minority students in STEM majors. Two undergraduate Chemical Engineering scholars from the CCL have joined the program for the Summer of 2015. Dane Fearon and Melissa Torres are each conducting research in high…

Oregon Metro Quotes Dr. Castaldi in Waste Article

Oregon Metro Quotes Dr. Castaldi in Waste Article The Oregon Metro cites Marco Castaldi as an expert in solid waste gasification in an recent article discussing the alternative of using plasma gasification for Portland’s non-recycled garbage.

CCL goes to NAWTEC 2015

CCL goes to NAWTEC 2015 Marco Castaldi, Demetra Tsiamis, and Deepak Kumar all are presenting at the Annual North American Waste to Energy Conference in Tampa, Florida on their research related to waste-to-energy.

Congratulations to Swanand Tupsakhare

Congratulations to Swanand Tupsakhare Swanand Tupsakhare finished his 2nd doctoral qualifying exam at the City College of New York. He is now working on his dissertation focus on dissociation of methane hydrates by carbon dioxide sequestration.