EARTH ENGINEERING CENTER NEWS

New CCNY chemical engineering undergraduate joins EEC|CCNY team to conduct research on waste plastics

Castaldi and Tsiamis interviewed by DuroUAS on EEC|CCNY and sustainable waste management in NYC Professor Castaldi and Ms. Demetra Tsiamis were interviewed by Ms. Valentina Rappa, a CCNY ESE student and employee of DuroUAS, on the mission of EEC|CCNY and their forward looking view of waste management in NYC.  DuroUAS is an eco-drone manufacturer with…

Student from Ossining High School joins EEC|CCNY team to research organic food waste for Regeneron Science Fair CompetitionDecember 2014 Sophomore high school student, Yoo Shin Tanei, from Ossining High School has recently joined the EEC|CCNY research team.  Yoo Shin will conduct research this next year at EEC|CCNY for his Intel Science Fair project.  The topic…

EEC|CCNY visits Golden Renewable Energy’s plastics-to-oil pilot facility in Yonkers, NY

Tsiamis presents on waste-to-energy at 2014 Annual AICHE meeting in Atlanta Resident Research Associate, Ms. Demetra Tsiamis, presented on waste sustainability and thermal conversion at the 2014 Annual AICHE meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.  Ms. Tsiamis presented to the Research and New Technology Council (RANTC) committee about the current WtE research activities at EEC|CCNY and proposed…

EEC|CCNY to conduct extensive study on the heating value of non-recycled plastics in municipal solid waste EEC|CCNY recently finalized a proposal for a study that will determine the representative heating value of non-recycled plastics (NRP) in municipal solid waste (MSW) based on calorimetry testing.  The motivation for this study is to address the major discrepancies…