EEM News Database
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EEM Doctoral Candidate Displays Research at 2013 SEAS R&D; Showcase
June 15, 2013
EEM doctoral candidate Iryna Payosova exhibited the preliminary results of her research and made a presentation at the 2013 SEAS Research and Development Showcase on February 20, 2013. The title of Iryna’s exhibit was “A Multiobjective ‘Analysis of Alternatives’ Tool for Energy Investments at Fixed-Site Installations.”
E&EM; Graduate Antoinette Nyomba Undertakes Major Initiatives in Western African Nation
June 15, 2013
Antoinette Nyomba, a 2009 EEM graduate, recently was appointed to a major government position to lead an anti-corruption enterprise in the Western African nation of Gabon, while at the same time pursuing establishment of a “green city” in Gabon as designed in her Professional Degree project at GW.
EEM Students and Faculty Participate in Renewable Energy Symposium
June 15, 2013
On March 22, 2013, a group EEM students and faculty participated in the “Business Response 4.0” Symposium sponsored by the DW School of Business. Members of the EEM family participating in the event included Dr. Kristin Deason, Soala Whyte, Benjamin Heras, Ira Payosova, Anuja Mehta, Cesar Anda and Professor Jonathan Deason.
Professor Deason Makes Two Presentations at Contaminated Sediments Conference in Dallas
June 15, 2013
EEM Lead Professor Jonathan Deason presented two papers at the Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments that was conducted in Dallas, Texas during the period February 4-7, 2013.
Professor Rachael Jonassen Makes Climate Change Headlines
June 15, 2013
EEM Professorial Lecturer Dr. Rachael Jonassen presented the keynote address at an Environmental and Water Resources Institute Symposium in Sacramento, California on March 7, 2013.
EEM Grads Assume New Professional Positions
June 15, 2013
Over the past semester, many EEM graduates assumed a variety of important and exciting new positions in the environmental and energy management arena. Here is a summary of some of them.
EEM Grad Organizes Passive Energy House Tour in Berlin
November 11, 2012
Recent EEM Doctoral graduate Kristin Deason organized a 2012 tour of a passive apartment building in Berlin, Germany, in association with the Emerging Leaders in Environmental and Energy Policy Network (ELEEP), an organization in which Kristin is active. Members of ELEEP, along with the general public, were invited as Joerg Meyerhoff, community relations chairman, resident, and co-founder of the passive house project, gave a tour of the building and its surroundings.
EEM Net Zero Water Research Project Presented at ASEM International Conference
November 11, 2012
EEM Doctoral candidate Iryna Payosova and Professor Jonathan Deason presented the results of an EEM sponsored research project at the 2012 International Annual Conference of the American Society of Engineering Management on October 19, 2012 at Virginia Beach, Virginia. The paper summarized the results of a recently completed research project, sponsored by the Logistics Management Institute, focused on Department of Defense installation water use efficiency.
EEM Faculty and Students Participate in Symposium on DOD and the Next Generation of Energy Technology
November 11, 2012
On July 25, 20102, several EEM grad students and faculty participated in a symposium to examine the Department of Defense’s push for next generation energy technology. Participation in the event, which was entitled “The Department of Defense and Next Generation Energy Technology,” was part of EEM's research program on Net Zero Energy.
GW Establishes Sustainability Minor
November 11, 2012
Starting in Fall 2012, the George Washington University offers a new 18-credit Minor in Sustainability, open to all undergraduate students (classes 2014 and later). The initiative to implement the new minor was coordinated by GW’s Institute for Sustainability, of which the EEM program is a part.
EMSE Starts Washington, D.C. Student Chapter of INCOSE
November 11, 2012
EMSE Starts Washington, D.C. Student Chapter of INCOSE
LMI-Sponsored Research Projects Undertaken Over Summer and Fall Semesters
November 11, 2012
In the Summer of 2012, the EMSE Department was awarded two research grants from the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) for research on issues important to LMI’s mission. Doctoral candidate Iryna Payosova (advised by Professor Jonathan Deason) is undertaking research on "A Multiobjective 'Analysis of Alternatives' Tool for Energy Investments at Fixed-Site Installations" and Doctoral candidate Joanna Resurreccion (advised by Assistant Professor Joost Santos) is undertaking research on "Resilience Enhancement Planning for Interdependent Critical Infrastructure Systems."