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University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Peter Psarras Featured in Newsletter

“(T)here are tipping points and things can change rapidly. I look at the problems remaining—they’re challenging but not unsolvable…“ This issue features Dr. Peter Psarras, Research Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.Dr. Psarras oversees research on indirect carbonation of alkaline feedstocks, coupled LCA/TEA analyses of carbon management pathways, and strategic road…

LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren Featured in Newsletter

“I don’t think of mistakes as mistakes. You just have to dig deeper. Every time that something goes wrong, you have to dig deeper to find a solution.” In honor of national STEM Day this week, this issue’s feature is Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, an innovative STEM leader and CEO of LanzaTech. Prior to LanzaTech, Dr. Holmgren was VP…

Dept. of Energy’s Dr. Jennifer Wilcox, Featured in Newsletter

“The path will be a delicate balance of trade offs, but understanding the building blocks to minimize environmental impacts will be critical to ensuring we are not simply transferring this burden to future generations.” In celebration of COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference happening in Glasgow next week, this week’s feature is Dr. Jennifer…

Wharton professor, Dr. Eric Orts, Featured in Newsletter

“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…

GCI welcomes new research assistant, Michael Ficaj

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…

Student team determines use for 1 million tons of carbon dioxide per year!

GCI is excited to announce the launch of our Student Team CCU Products Summer Internship Project! Students from several schools are working with GCI this summer to investigate what could be done with a million tons of annual carbon dioxide emissions from the  St Mary’s cement kiln in Charlevoix, Michigan. Students will have the benefit…