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Dr. Marco Castaldi will discuss the impact of the waste or garbage, estimated at nearly four pounds per person, generated in the U.S. daily. The theme of the meeting will be “Transforming Waste Materials to Energy & Chemicals: An Update on Sustainable Waste Management”. For more information on the meeting, please click here.

Dr. Castaldi and Demetra Tsiamis present research findings from applied and practical investigations associated with all aspects of sustainable waste management by EEC|CCNY at the World Congress’ event organized by the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).

Deepak Sharma and Shalmali Bapat published a journal article entitled “Technical Feasibility of Zero Waste for Paper and Plastic Wastes” Waste & Biomass Valorization.

Deepak Sharma was quoted in WasteDive news, in the cover story “Research could lead to advances in beneficial reuse of MSW ash”.

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, bench scale gasification reactor analyses, and prototype testing of wet waste gasifier at CCNY.  Dane and Melissa were both part of CCNY’s LSAMP research program and Dane spent a summer abroad with an EEC|CCNY university collaborator in Japan where conducted research on waste gasification.  Dane and Melissa were the first undergraduates of EEC|CCNY and we are very proud of their accomplishments and wish them great success as they begin their professional careers!

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, bench scale gasification reactor analyses, and prototype testing of wet waste gasifier at CCNY.  Dane and Melissa were both part of CCNY’s LSAMP research program and Dane spent a summer abroad with an EEC|CCNY university collaborator in Japan where conducted research on waste gasification.  Dane and Melissa were the first undergraduates of EEC|CCNY and we are very proud of their accomplishments and wish them great success as they begin their professional careers!

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 for further analysis at the CCNY labs.  This was the first time SWPS was operating the new unit since the design modifications of the commercial unit in Summer 2016.

February 13, 2017

Dr. Alex Godoy from Universidad del Desarollo in Chile visited EEC|CCNY to tour the labs and discuss potential research collaborations between the universities.  Dr. Godoy is the Director of the Sustainability Research Center in Santiago, Chile and has an interest incorporating energy recovery technologies as part of a sustainable holistic framework for waste management in Chile.

February 7-9, 2017

Professor Castaldi and Ms. Demetra Tsiamis attended a workshop hosted by Green Science Policy Institute on The Responsible Disposal of Flame Retarded Plastics and Foam.  The workshop took place at the University of Berkeley campus and the purpose of it was to bring together municipalities, industry, and waste disposal experts to discuss responsible solutions for the management of waste containing flame retardants, specifically plastics and foams.

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