Castaldi presents at 3rd MatER meeting at Politecnico di Milano campus in Piacenza, Italy Professor Castaldi presented on EEC!CCNY research at the 3rd MatER meeting hosted at the Politecnico di Milano campus in Piacenza. Ms. Demetra Tsiamis of EEC|CCNY and Professor Nickolas Themelis of EEC-Columbia also attended. The theme of the meeting was “Innovation and…
EEC|CCNY undergraduates, Dane Fearon and Melissa Torres, accept job offers from Corning Congratulations to Dane Fearon and Melissa Torres who recently accepted job offers with Corning! Dane and Melissa were chemical engineer undergraduates who joined EEC|CCNY in 2015. During their time at EEC|CCNY, Dane and Melissa led several research projects that included plastic waste characterization,…
EEC|CCNY undergraduates, Dane Fearon and Melissa Torres, accept job offers from Corning Congratulations to Dane Fearon and Melissa Torres who recently accepted job offers with Corning! Dane and Melissa were chemical engineer undergraduates who joined EEC!CCNY in 2015. During their time at EEC|CCNY, Dane and Melissa led several research projects that included plastic waste characterization,…
Castaldi is keynote speaker and Tsiamis presents at NAWTEC 25 in Minneapolis Professor Castaldi was part of the keynote speaker panel at NAWTEC 25 that discussed the future of resource recovery. Ms. Demetra Tsiamis attended the conference as well and presented on EEC research in the context of advances in waste conversion technologies.
Covanta visits EEC|CCNY Covanta visited EEC|CCNY to see current research activities. Marija Krstic, CCNY PhD civil engineering student co-advised by Dr. Castaldi and Dr. Davolos as part of the ESE program, showed the Covanta team, which included Director of R&D, Steve Goff, her work in the use of recycled glass for concrete material applications.
Castaldi gives talk on sustainable waste management as part of CCNY’s Conversations in Engaged Scholarship Professor Castaldi was an invited speaker of CCNY’s Conversations in Engaged Scholarship seminar series. His talk provided an overview of sustainable waste management and he discussed the impact that trash has on our society.
Tsiamis presents on plastics pyrolysis at ISWA Energy Recovery Working Group meeting in Copenhagen Ms. Demetra Tsiamis presented on plastics pyrolysis research at the Energy Recovery Working Group meeting of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). The meeting was hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark and included a site visit to the new Amager Bakke Waste-to-energy (Wte)…
Interesting Read: NYC abandons subway trash bin experiment New York City (NYC) removed trash bins from subway stations as an experiment to see if it would deter New Yorkers from bringing waste items into the subway. Learn more about the results of this experiment by clicking on the article link here.
EEC|CCNY undergraduate, Annette Scotto, accepts job offer from HDR Congratulations to Annete Scotto who recently accepted a job offer with HDR! Annette was a senior environmental engineer undergraduate from the ESE program who joined EEC!CCNY in Summer 2016. During her time at EEC|CCNY, Annette conducted research on scrubber emissions from ships and elevated temperatures in…
Tsiamis and EEC|CCNY students conduct on-site testing of newly designed SWPS commercial gasifier in Saugerties, NY February 17, 2017 Ms. Demetra Tsiamis and EEC|CCNY student research associates visited the SWPS facility in Saugerties, NY to conduct on-site testing of the newly designed commercial gasifier unit. EEC monitored syngas quality and collected syngas and char samples…