In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, the Global CO2 Initiative (GCI) is proud to profile our intern José María Guerrero Mata. José María is an undergraduate in Civil Engineering at Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Although Mexican, he was born in Great Britain. In the future he hopes to work in the construction industry,…
“We have to act boldly to protect our climate… I realized that I couldn’t just sit back in my relatively comfortable academic chair — I had to get involved.” This issue of the newsletter features GCI Advisory Board Member, Dr. Eric Orts, a Guardsmark Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School of the…
Recently GCI welcomed a new research assistant, third year chemical engineering student Michael Ficaj, from Holton Lake, Michigan. “I’m working on the Carbon Removal Index TM, which is a tool and a database of tracks waste carbon that’s been removed from the atmosphere since the early 1970’s. I’m working on optimizing the data–getting it into…
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month (September 15 – October 15), this issue features Dr. Nicole Mendoza, Senior Researcher in Wind Energy Systems at National Renewable Energy Laboratory & Chief Technology Officer at SkyBaron. Dr. Mendoza, who identifies as both Hispanic and Latina, works primarily in offshore floating and onshore wind energy systems and systems engineering. She is a…
Nigel Topping, High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26, recently published an engaging and thoughtful article setting the stage for COP26 Only seven weeks left to go before national governments, cities, regions, businesses, investors and citizens meet at COP26 for our last big chance to unite as a global, multilateral community forging a healthier,…
This issue of the GCI newsletter features Dick Greeley, Associate Director of Licensing, U-M Office of Technology Transfer and creator of the GCI’s CCU Activity Hub. Dick has over 30 years of experience in high technology, formerly serving as a Director of Licensing for Microsoft, a Director of Technology Business Development and a Director of Strategic Planning and Investing at Hewlett-Packard. Among other start-ups, he…
