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EEM Works With Global Environment Facility on Energy Optimization Model
May 11, 2012
EEM Works With Global Environment Facility on Energy Optimization Model
EEM Faculty and Student Participate in Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Event
May 11, 2012
EEM Faculty and Student Participate in Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Event
EEM Research Highlighted in Solar Institute Annual Report
May 11, 2012
The 2011 Annual Report of the Solar Institute highlighted the doctoral dissertation research of two EEM doctoral students, Steven Burns and Ariel Castillo, as summarized below.
EEM Co-Sponsors “Business Response Conference” on Clean Energy
May 11, 2012
The Environmental and Energy Management program co-sponsored, with the GW School of Business and other co-sponsors, the student-organized “Business Response 3.0 Conference,” held in the Jack Morton Auditorium on February 24, 2012. The event explored how forward thinking businesses can seize market opportunities for clean technologies. Panelists discussed a wide array of clean energy topics, including energy demand growth and future energy profiles, the role of public policy in the production and consumption of energy, and current and future energy investment trends.
EEM Students Attend American Council on Renewable Energy Ten-Year Anniversary Celebration Dinner
May 11, 2012
On December 5th, 2011, EEM master's students, Josef Antosh, Thomas Mooney and Christopher Watroba, attended the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) 10-Year Anniversary Celebration Dinner held at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, adjacent to the GW main campus. Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was honored as the Renewable Energy Leader of the Decade and delivered a keynote address calling for an even playing field for renewable energy sources.
Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Symposium Held at GW
May 11, 2012
Several EEM students and faculty members were involved in the 8th Natural Resource Damage Symposium: "Coming of Age: Time to Set Expectations for Performance, Professional Standards and Best Practices," held on October 25-26, 2011 in the Cafritz Conference Center on GW’s Foggy Bottom campus. At the event, EEM Lead Professor Jonathan Deason chaired the Plenary Session on “Site Remediation, NRDAs and Restoration – Current Practices and New Approaches.”
EEM Graduates Celebrate at School and University Ceremonies
November 12, 2011
EEM Graduates Celebrate at School and University Ceremonies
Doctoral Students Ariel Castillo and Leon Adams Successfully Defend Doctoral Dissertations
November 12, 2011
Doctoral Students Ariel Castillo and Leon Adams Successfully Defend Doctoral Dissertations
EEM Faculty and Students Enjoy Busy Publishing Year
November 12, 2011
EEM faculty and graduate students were successful in publishing the results of their research in eight peer-reviewed journals and other publications this past year. Here’s an overview of these publications:
EEM Conducts Energy Briefings for Chinese Delegation
November 12, 2011
EEM Conducts Energy Briefings for Chinese Delegation
Three Grad Students Receive Summer 2011 Research Grants
November 12, 2011
The summer of 2011 saw a flurry of research undertaken on the Foggy Bottom campus by virtue of research grants to three outstanding doctoral students by the Logistics Management Institute.
E&EM; Graduate Stands Out as a Private Sector Greenhouse Gas Reduction Leader
November 12, 2011
Recent E&EM; doctoral graduate Laura Verduzco, Lead Planning Engineer at Chevron in the San Francisco Bay Area, recently was characterized as “a rising star among Chevron's young engineers and scientists” in a Chevron publication. Laura, who received her Ph.D. degree in Environmental and Energy Management in 2006, presently is a Lead Planning Engineer with Chevron. She currently divides her time between Chevron Energy Technology Company and Catchlight Energy LLC, a Chevron-Weyerhaeuser joint venture established to develop the next generation of renewable, cellulose-based transportation fuels from nonfood sources.