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Ryan Waddington Featured in Newsletter

“There’s no doubt that my University of Michigan (U-M) undergraduate engineering training and my U-M graduate business training have helped me successfully lead the company to launch commercial operations, raise over $20 million in capital and build a team of 14 people.“ Ryan is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist specializing in energy and sustainability who has co-founded…

Sue Dorward Featured in Newsletter

“The Carbon Removal Challenge introduces a new generation of students to the world of carbon removal, highlights the carbon removal work already happening in higher education, and gives students a hands-on opportunity to create brand new solutions to the carbon pollution problem.“ Sue has held many occupational titles: consultant, advocate, researcher, and programmer. Additionally, she is…

Student Team Awarded Funding for Carbon Capture Project 

A team of students led by Morgan Cobb has been awarded funding from the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund. The project is a device that will remove carbon dioxide from the Huron River, with a larger device planned for implementation in the Ann Arbor Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Cobb is a Global CO2 Initiative Student Association…

OpenAir Collective Co-founder Matt Parker featured in Newsletter

“…(B)eing an OpenAir co-founder is really just being a glorified volunteer. We’re all just volunteers. We’re all just collectors. And we’re all just giving our time, effort and energy to try to have as much impact as we can.”  An Associate Professor of the Arts at the NYU Game Center, Dr. Matt Parker also serves as the Area…

GCI Student Interns Research Carbon Offsets and Removal in the Great Lakes Region

This summer the GCI welcomed a fantastic group of U-M students from a variety of academic disciplines on board. The summer intern student team is working on a research project in conjunction with the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers, an organization composed of the governors of eight midwestern states and the premiers…

Volker Sick and Colleagues Publish on Infrastructure and Climate Change Solutions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor Li and GCI Director, Volker Sick, publish a paper on how Built Infrastructure Renewal and Climate Change Mitigation Can Both Find Solutions in CO2. From technology to policy, the US is thinking about construction differently. The federal government is motivated to address the aging infrastructure across the country, and policy…