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…
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…
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)…