CCL attends ICEC 2014 The CCL will be represented at the 8th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC) in Asheville, NC. Dr. Naomi Klinghoffer and Stephen Crowley will be present on their work in the field of catalysis. Stephen Crowley was awarded a travel grant to attend the conference.
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Marco Castaldi published on Wired! Wired! is a blog focused on innovative technologies which recently featured the CCL. In the blog, Marco Castaldi describes his current projects in Waste-to-Energy.
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Dr. Ciuta publishes first intraparticle gas sampling results Dr. Simona Ciuta published a journal article entitled “Biomass energy behavior study during pyrolysis process by intraparticle gas sampling” in the Journal of Analyical and Applied Pyrolysis.
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Marco Castaldi presents at NerdNite At NerdNite in Portland, OR Marco Castaldi described how garbage can be used as a resource and the pros and cons waste management procedures. Photos are courtesy of Scott Frey.
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Aidan Datene presents work from CCL Aidan Datene is a junior at the Hendrick Hudson High School. Over the past year, he has been working in the CCL on a unique WtE ash utilization project. A description of his work is given here. The work was in collaboration with the high school science research program.
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Congratulations to Jeffrey LeBlanc Jeffrey LeBlanc finished his 2nd doctoral qualifying exam at the City College of New York. He is now working on his dissertation topic focused on coke production from coal.
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Dr. Kohn receives Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship Dr. McKenzie P. Kohn received a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship from the United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF) to do research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The fellowship will begin this September for 20 months. Fulbright fellowships are highly competitive, merit-based grants for international education exchange of scholars…
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Stephen Crowley wins first NICChE poster session! CCNY PhD students, Steve Crowley, Archit Dani, Kunal Savaji, Lake Kubilius, and Swanand Tupsakhare presented at the first New York Intercollegiate Conference for Chemical Engineers (NICChE) at Columbia Univesity on March 14th. Steve Crowley placed first in the poster competition and won a $300 Amazon gift card!
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CCL participates in H2CU program A student from Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy joined the CCL research team in January 2014. Giacomo Rossetti will be completing experiments for his thesis work at CCL in New York City. Giacomo visit is supported by H2CU.
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CCL host two visiting researchers on Conacyt fellowship Two Ph.D students from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León joined the CCL research team in December 2014. Ladislao Sandoval will be occupying a position at CCNY for 1 year and Carolina Solis for 6 months. Each student has their own respective project dealing with catalysis. More information…
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