Profs. Goldfarb and Lehmann Receive USDA-NIFA Award for Waste to Fuels
January 6, 2020
Prof. Goldfarb and Prof. Lehmann (Cornell Soil Sciences) will join forces on a new 3-yr USDA-funded project to design a flexible thermochemical conversion pathway that converts seasonally available biomasses to biofuels and bioproducts. In Central and Upstate New York, concerns over run-off from dairy and agricultural activities such as grape cultivation, cabbage, corn and hay farming could be assuaged by a new integrated biorefinery. The process design focuses on biomasses specific to NY industries. It will produce soil amendments that act as slow-release fertilizers to mitigate excess nutrient run-off, as well as activated carbon adsorbents to sequester water …
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Prof. Goldfarb Receives NSF Award to Study Pyrolysis Biofuels
September 9, 2019
Prof. Goldfarb and Boston University-based collaborator Prof. Emily Ryan recently received a National Science Foundation Grant to use machine learning techniques to study the in situ upgrading of thermochemically derived biofuels. While many have explored the potential to in situ upgrade pyrolysis biofuels by incorporating pre-formed nano-catalysts into raw biomass, the novelty and innovation of the proposed work is the upgrading of biofuels during pyrolysis by simultaneously making biotemplated nanoparticles.
EME2Lab Heads to San Diego for Fall 2019 ACS Meeting
At the Fall 2019 American Chemical Society Meeting in San Diego, CA, Ph.D. students Zoe Pollard and Andrew Hubble gave their first oral presentations, and Dr. Fei Wang and Qiulin Ma and Liyang Ma presented posters on their recent research as visiting scholars.
Congratulations to Dr. Gao!
June 26, 2019
Congratulations to our EME2Lab alum, Lihui Gao, for successful defending her Ph.D. thesis!
Zoe Pollard Awarded Arthur Boller Research Award
March 27, 2019
Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Zoe Pollard! Zoe was awarded a $1,000 grant to pursue her project, “Cherry Waste Valorization: Soil Amendments and Water Treatment Materials” through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, funded by the Arthur Boller endowment. Zoe’s project will examine how to use tart cherry biomass as a feedstock for activated carbon and biochar production. She will explore how the materials could be used as a soil amendment to prevent eutrophication of the Great Lakes and as an activated carbon to remove heavy metals from water.
Andrew Hubble Selected for 2019 ACS Green Chemistry Summer School
March 22, 2019
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Andrew Hubble, selected to participate in the 2019 ACS Chemistry Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy. This week-long residential program includes presentations by green chemistry and sustainable energy experts, poster sessions, collaborative projects, and discussions on the roles of science and technology in solving global sustainability challenges. Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars explore scientific solutions to global sustainability challenges, including sustainable energy, at the ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy.
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/students-educators/summerschool.html
Dr. Goldfarb Chosen as 2019 IUPAC Young Observer
March 1, 2019
Dr. Goldfarb was selected by the U.S. National Committee for IUPAC as a 2019 IUPAC Young Observer for the IUPAC General Assembly and Congress in Paris, France, July 5-12.
The announcement can be seen on twitter https://twitter.com/NASEM_BISO/status/1101569389260869633 and https://twitter.com/theNASciences/status/1101545946922582025 and on the National Academies website at www.nas.edu/usnc-iupac
Established by the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in 1977 to foster interactions with internationally acclaimed scientists in various fields, the IUPAC Young Observer Program strives to introduce the work of IUPAC to a new generation of distinguished researchers and to provide them with an opportunity …
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Opening for Engineering Pedagogy Postdoc in BEE
January 25, 2019
The Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE) invites applications for two postdoctoral positions in Engineering Pedagogy, specifically for the development of a curriculum-level vision for the implementation of active learning strategies. The initial appointments are for one year, renewable for up to two additional years. Check out the posting and email Prof. Goldfarb for more information: BEE Postdoc Opening
Andrew Hubble Presents at Cornell CESI Poster Session
November 8, 2018
Cornell BEE Ph.D. Student Andrew Hubble presented a poster at the Cornell Energy Systems Institute Advisory Council meeting. Andrew shared information about our current research projects and future directions in Engineering at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus.
EME2 Lab Sweeps Cornell Apple Bake-Off
November 3, 2018
We’ve moved into Riley-Robb, and are learning all about life in Ithaca. This weekend, Zoe and Dr. Goldfarb entered… and swept…(!) the first annual Cornell Orchards Store Apple Bake-Off to benefit the United Way of Tompkins County. And now… it’s back to work!