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August 26, 2024

Several dozen EEM program graduates were prominent among the more than 700 graduates of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the 2024 Graduation Celebration on Friday evening, May 17, 2024. With a full complement of more than 4,000 parents, siblings, spouses, children, and other relatives and friends present to honor their accomplishments, graduates walked across the stage at the Smith Center to receive their diplomas and congratulations from Dean John Lach and the SEAS faculty.

August 26, 2024

On April 23, members of the GW Engineering Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) met with delegates from the Sultanate of Oman to discuss collaborative research activities. Representing GW were Professor Scott Sklar, EEMI Director of Sustainable Energy, and Jonathan Deason, EEMI Executive Director. Attending from Oman were Dr. Mohammed Saif Al Kalbani, Director-General of the Oman Environment Authority; Counselor Eng. Nasr Khalaf Al Saidi from the Oman Foreign Ministry; and Dr. Saleh Nasser Al-Saadi, Director of the Sustainable Energy Research Center at the Sultan Qaboos University near Muscat.

August 26, 2024

EEMI Director for Sustainable Energy, Professor Scott Sklar, served as the General Chairman of SOLAR 2024, the annual national conference of the American Solar Energy Society. The event, attended by some 500 in-person participants in addition to many virtual participants, was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Student Center on GW’s main Foggy Bottom campus on 20-23, 2024.

August 26, 2024

On May 31, 2024, EEMI submitted its final report on a research project that developed a National Digitalization Readiness Index. The NDRI is a comprehensive set of metrics designed to evaluate how prepared countries are for the ongoing worldwide transition to a digital economy as related to the global climate change challenge. The United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network funded the project.

January 22, 2024

EEMI Director of Global Business Sustainability and GWSB Professor Dr. Salah S. Hassan served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) during the Winter and Summer semesters of 2023.

January 22, 2024

In the Fall 2023 semester, EEMI Director of Professional Education Dr. Ed Saltzberg conducted two major webinars on top-level environmental and energy uses.

January 22, 2024

Key EEMI faculty members were involved in various aspects of the proceedings of the UNFCCC Conference of Parties event held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates during the period November 30-December 13, 2023 (COP 28).

January 22, 2024

Several EEMI members were active in the public media during the Fall-Winter 2023-2024 season. Here are a few examples:

January 22, 2024

In a rare circumstance, EEMI colleagues won both of the 2023 GW Engineering Excellence Awards for Teaching.

January 22, 2024

EEMI Director for Climate Change Dr. Rachael Jonassen authored a Chapter on Emission Trading Systems in a guidebook entitled “Carbon Pricing and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Rationalization Tool Kit” published by the Asian Development Bank in July 2023.

January 22, 2024

On September 29, 2023, EEMI officers Dr. Salah Hassan and Dr. Jonathan Deason met with senior World Bank officials to discuss collaboration between the World Bank and EEMI in the area of climate change capacity building, focusing especially on women and youth empowerment.

January 22, 2024

On September 21, the SEAS-based GW Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) conducted a seminar with Jacques Vandermeiren, CEO of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges (second largest Port in Europe). The event was held in the Lehman Auditorium.