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…
Castaldi and Tsiamis attend workshop on flame retardants in plastics at University of Berkeley 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…
Dr. Godoy from Universidad del Desarollo, Chile visits EEC|CCNY 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…
New CCNY undergraduates join the EEC|CCNY research team January 9, 2017 EEC|CCNY would like to welcome the following new members to the EEC research team: Rainiel, Xing, Yacine, Anta, Koffi, Joe, Sami, and Diana. These students are CCNY undergraduates ranging from freshmen to seniors from both the Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)…
Tsiamis and Castaldi visit Enerkem commercial facility in Edmonton November 29- December 2, 2016 EEC|CCNY visited the Enerkem commercial facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada which began operations in 2016. The Enerkem process gasifies MSW to produce methanol and ethanol. The designed production capacity of the commercial facility is 100 million gallons of biofuels per year…
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…
EEC|CCNY highschool student, Yoo Shin, places as finalist in international science competition for research on food waste Congratulations to Yoo Shin who is a finalist in the International Sustainable World (Engineering Energy Environment) Project (ISWEEEP) Olympiad for his research on food waste, which he conducted at EEC|CCNY last summer under the mentorship of Professor Castaldi…
Inashco visits EEC|CCNY Inashco, a company found in the Netherlands that specializes in the removal of metals and minerals from WtE ash, visited EEC|CCNY to learn more about the student research activities in beneficial ash reuse.
Castaldi visits University of Bolzano as Fulbright Fellow Dr. Marco Castaldi started his work as a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bolzano. Professor Castaldi’s arrival was met with great interest at the University of Bolzano. He will give a lecture on the role of WTE in the circular economy and meet with colleagues and students to discuss…
EEC attends Energy Recovery Council (ERC) annual meeting in New Hampshire Professor Castaldi and Ms. Demetra Tsiamis from EEC|CCNY and Dr. Thanos Bourtsalas from EEC-Columbia attended the annual ERC meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire to present on EEC research activities in 2016-2017. The meeting centered on emissions controls and changes in regulations and legislation with…