WTERT International Colleagues Participate in EEC|CCNY’s First Seminar Series on Waste Sustainability 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…
EEC|CCNY Report on Impact of Non-Recyclable Plastics on the Enerkem Gasification-to-Biofuels Process is Published by the American Chemistry Council 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…
Romina Gamarra is a GENIUS Olympiad Finalist 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…
Romina Gamarra Wins the Ricoh Sustainable Development Award and Places 4th in WESEF 2018 Competition 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…
EEC|CCNY featured on CUNY TV’s “Study with the Best” EEC|CCNY was featured on Study with the Best, a CUNY TV show that focuses on the best and brightest professors, alumni, and programs that CUNY has to offer students. Dr. Marco Castaldi and Assoc. Director Demetra Tsiamis discussed the current research activities and education initiatives of…
Dr. Castaldi discusses Fulbright Global Fellowship Appointment with CUNY Radio Prof. Castaldi was interviewed by CUNY Radio about his Fulbright Global Fellowship appointment conducting research on thermal conversion for sustainable waste management. He discusses how the Fulbright Fellowship is strengthening and leveraging collaborations with his European collaborators to continue progress. Please listen to the short…
EEC|CCNY high school researcher Rocco to join University of Notre Dame EEC|CCNY high school researcher, Rocco has received admission from College of Engineering at University of Notre Dame and Villanova University. The research experience he gained during summer 2015 at EEC helped him choose University of Notre Dame. Congratulations Rocco!
Golden Renewable Energy raises capital forging alliance with EEC|CCNY EEC|CCNY has been working with Golden Renewable Energy (GRE) for over two years developing performance models and technical due diligences. GRE is one of the few continuous feed pyrolysis systems that has produced a heating oil that is sold into the residential heating market. EEC|CCNY is…
EEC|CCNY published a textbook entitled, Gasification of Waste Materials Dr. Simona Ciuta, Ms. Demetra Tsiamis, and Professor Marco Castaldi published a textbook on waste gasification and pyrolysis. This textbook explains the current state of technology development in this area at both the pilot and commercial scale and includes technology case studies and discussion of economic,…
Tsiamis concludes research collaboration with MatER at LEAP headquarters of Politecnico di Milano in Italy Demetra Tsiamis returned from her 6 month research collaboration with MatER, the Italian branch of the Global WTERT network directed by Professor Stefano Consonni of Politecnico di Milano. The primary focus of her research was a comparison of waste management and waste…