This collaboration mainly has focused on joint research efforts with students from the respective institutions. Periodic visits by Professors Castaldi and Gupta to each other’s institutions have occurred and student exchange. Both Castaldi and Gupta have jointly organized conference sessions for ASME, IT3, AIChE and have provided testimony related to the benefits of waste to energy. The main research focus is on gasification and combustion of waste and biomass. Some publications that have resulted are listed below.
Burra, Kiran Raj Goud, Inés Fernández Hernández, Marco J. Castaldi, Stephen Goff, and Ashwani K. Gupta. “Effect of Gypsum Waste Inclusion on Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste.” Journal of Energy Resources Technology 145, no. 2 (2023): 021701.
Mavukwana, Athi-enkosi, Kiran G. Burra, Celestin Sempuga, Marco Castaldi, and Ashwani K. Gupta. “Effect of spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst on syngas production from pyrolysis and CO2-assisted gasification of waste tires.” Fuel 355 (2024): 129446.