EARTH ENGINEERING CENTER NEWS

Professor Castaldi discusses the role of advanced recycling methods in maintaining value for post-consumer, non-recyclable plastics with Dr. Rachael Meidl of Rice University The Sustainably Speaking podcast series hosted by Joshua Baca from America’s Plastic Makers features conversations with key figures, including those in industry, government, academia, and the consumer circle, who are helping to…

Appointment of Dr. Snehesh Ail to Associate Director Congratulations to Dr. Snehesh Ail on his appointment to Associate Director of the Earth Engineering Center. The full title post, highlighting the accomplishments of Dr. Ail, is below.

EEC|CCNY Director Marco J. Castaldi’s latest report “Scientific Truth About Waste-to-Energy” receives wide news coverage The latest publishing by Dr. Marco J. Castaldi has received wide news coverage for providing the most up-to-date scientific data on waste-to-energy technologies. The report provides an extensive repository of data on waste-to-energy research which can be used to understand…

Anna Naumova wins Floyd Hasselriis Award Anna Naumova is an undergraduate student at the City College of New York and is graduating in Spring 2021 from the mechanical engineering program. She was awarded the Floyd Hasselriis Educational Support for her interest and work in solid waste management at the Earth Engineering Center (EEC|CCNY). Anna was involved…

Dr. Marco Castaldi’s recent interview with Karine Vann of Waste Dive Professor Castaldi has been interviewed on some of the thermal conversion aspects related to waste film plastic.  EEC has done some research in the past related to non-recycled plastic waste and recently focused on film plastic (i.e. wrapping, flexible contaniers, etc) demonstrating that thermal…

Anjeza Arapi wins the Floyd Hasselriis Award CCL researcher Anjeza Arapi won the 2020 Floyd Hasselriis Awards offered by ASME Materials and Energy Recovery (MER) Division for her work in solid waste management. Anjeza is a graduate student at the City College of New York and is expected to graduate in Spring 2021. Anjeza is currently an associate at…