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Castaldi acted as the event’s M.C., while Tsiamis presented on the DSNY project about the global market for used textile exports from the United States.

Isamar Garrido Rodriguez obtained her Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from CCNY this spring. While pursuing her degree, Isamar was involved in research at EEC and received the Patell Prize for Excellence in Chemical Engineering, as well as the A.X. Schmidt Scholarship.

Other EEC research associates secured summer internships at Lockheed Martin (Grace Correa), Olin Corporation (Rainiel Baez), Dow Chemical Company (Christy Zhang) and US EPA (Alex Fenichell).

Congrats to all!

EEC|CCNY’s latest publication is written by Tsiamis, Torres and Castaldi. The paper is featured in the “Waste Management” journal and can be accessed online following this link.

During this year’s North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC), EEC|CCNY research associates Grace Correa, Riliwan Sanni, Tasnuva Moutushi, and Joe Figueroa each presented a poster for their respective project. In addition, EEC|CCNY alumnus Jeffrey LeBlanc and Associate Director Demetra Tsiamis presented their research during a session moderated by Dr. Marco Castaldi and titled “Research and Development to Support Waste-to-Energy”. Below is Correa’s presentation to the NAWTEC attendees:

EEC|CCNY offered its first seminar series on waste sustainability at City College of New York this past spring semester. The seminar series, led by Assoc. Director Demetra Tsiamis, featured guest lecturers from around the world in industry, academia, and government to discuss waste management methods, technologies, policies, and behaviors that effectively advance waste sustainability. Guest lecturers included the Deputy Commissioner of Recycling of the Department of Sanitation of New York City (DSNY), the former Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP), the Chief of Sustainable Materials Management of the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Ramboll, as well as our colleagues from the WTERT: Professor Nickolas Themelis and Dr. Thanos Bourtsalas of WTERT-US at Columbia University and Professor Stefano Consonni of Politecnico di Milano and WTERT-Italy, MatER.

EEC|CCNY’s study on the impact of non-recyclable plastics (NRP) on the Enerkem gasification process was published by the American Chemistry Council (ACC). This study was a collaboration with the City of Edmonton and Enerkem and sponsored by the ACC. The purpose of this pilot study, led by Assoc. Director Tsiamis, was to understand how NRP impacted methanol production and performance in the Enerkem gasification-to-biofuel process.

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To see the educational video on this study produced by ACC, please click here.

The 2018 Bi-Annual WTERT Conference will be hosted by the City College of New York on October 4-5th, 2018. See below for additional information.

Romina Gamarra, a student from Ossining High School, has been selected as a finalist for the 2018 GENIUS Olympiad. She will be presenting her project titled “Improving the Efficiency of Plastic Waste Fuel Mixture with Kerosene” at the upcoming event on June 11-16, 2018 at SUNY Oswego. Romina is grateful to Dr. Marco Castaldi and Ms. Grace Correa for their assistance in completing her project. Congratulations, Romina!

Ossining High School student Romina Gamarra placed 4th out of 560 participants in the Environmental Science category of this year’s Westchester Science and Engineering Fair (WESEF). Romina was also awarded the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award for “outstanding efforts in addressing issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development”. Keep up the good work, Romina!