Dr. Trina Fletcher, who graduated with her Master of Science degree in Environmental and Energy Management at GW in 2012, recently was named Associate Dean and Professor of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, her undergraduate alma mater. After graduating from GW, Trina got her Doctoral degree in Engineering Education at the Purdue University as a George Washington Carver Fellow. At UAPB, Trina has secured over $1 million in federal and corporate-funded grants for her research group, the READi Lab, and won several institutional and national awards for her teaching, mentoring, and research achievements. More details about Trina’s fantastic career can be seen at this link: EEM Grad Trina Flecher.
EEM grad Cesar Anda recently was selected as the Chief of Staff to California State Senator Sabrina Cervantes, working out of the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. In a recent email, Cesar said “I want you to know that the education I got from EEM and the School of Business have been an amazing asset in my career and life. I’m a proud GW Grad on the West Coast !!!”
On June 11 and 12, Professor Alex Beehler, former Assistant Secretary of the Army and current EEMI Director of Innovative Energy Strategies, participated in the Elliott School of International Affairs Senior Manager Course in National Security Leadership Final Simulation Exercise Commanding Heights: Crisis in the Arctic" as a senior expert for "Interest Groups: Department of Defense.” The exercise was orchestrated by Professor Matthew Levinger of the Elliott School.
In late April 2025, EEMI Director of Sustainable Energy Professor Scott Sklar had a discussion with the CEO of the Ukrainian startup company SorbiForce about its invention of a new sustainable battery that could offer a 30-year life and subsequently held a call with the battery team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Oak Ridge is going to test the battery and compare it with other recent battery technologies and determine how it performs.
EEMI Director of Global Business Sustainability, Dr. Salah Hassan, recently accepted the role of lead editor of a special issue of the Sustainability Journal entitled "Circular Economy and Sustainability: Integrating Technology and Management Solutions.Dr. Hassan plans to publish two back-to-back issues on this topic.
In the Spring 2025 semester, EEM Master’s student Faizan Mufti developed a fantastic new firefighting paradigm in response to the dramatic fires suffered recently by Los Angeles. The new conceptual system, entitled WaterWallX, could counteract the new kind of wildfire that is affecting the entire world, including the United Sates, from climate change. Therse new wildfires are taller, faster, more toxic than anything experienced in the past and to which traditional solutions aren’t enough. WaterWallX is a multi-system wildfire defense design designed to protect not just homes, but entire ecosystems.It integrates fire suppression, air purification, and animal evacuation into one self- activating, data-driven solution. Much more detail on WaterWallX can be seen on its website www.waterwallx.com.
After graduating from EMSE in 2023, EEM Master’s grad Prathyaj Mantha served as an intern at the District of Columbia Sustainable Energy and Utility under the mentorship of EEMI stalwart and National Academy of Engineering Dr. Lilia Abron. At the completion of his internship, Prathyaj PEER Consultants P.C as a Systems Engineering Consultant II in a full-time role. He reports that he now is on an exciting project with a 501(c)(3) organization called BlackBelt Unincorporated Wastewater Program that provides onsite sanitation systems to low-income households in the Black belt region of Alabama. Prathyaj recently was promoted to Project Manager for that project. Prathyaj also has worked on other projects involving water rate studies, manuals for
wastewater plants, and the upcoming xAI data center in Memphis and its environmental impact, and also currently handles PEERs social media growth and works on business development for PEER.
EEMI Director of Professional education Dr. Ed Saltzberg hosted a series on impactful webinars during the 2025 Spring and Simmer semesters. Therse included “Trump’s Second Act: Power, Resistance, and the Limits of Governance,” “Decentralizing Climate Action: The role of Blockchain in State, Local and Corporate Leadership” and “Guardrails of Governance: Legal and Administrative Resilience in Trump 2.0.” Dr. Salah Hassan, EEMI Director of Global Business Sustainability, was notified in March 2025 that he has achieved 12,360 citations to date for his papers.