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“We hope to………produce a system which is both cost effective and environmentally sound”. Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer http://www.hw.ac.uk/news/mopping-up-industry-co2-with-a-clay-sponge.htm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=staff
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Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, holder of the Robert M Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt, has received a prestigious European Research Council Advanced Award to pursue frontier research. Her team will grow ‘smart rocks’ which can ‘talk’ to them about what actually goes on deep underground. Read more at HW news article
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IMPEE Ph.D. Researcher participated as Key-Note Speaker at International Biomass Conference & Expo-2016, Charlotte NC United States. The International Biomass Conference & Expo Review Committee (IBCE) invited IMPEE Ph.D. student Mr. Muhammad Farooq as Key-Note Speaker at International Biomass Conference & Expo held from 11-14th April 2016 at Charlotte Convention Center, North Carolina, United … Continued
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Ahmed Saleh has joined the CICCS team to conduct a full time PhD on Carbon Capture in 2016. He was graduated with a bachelor degree in Mechanical engineering from Alexandria University, Egypt in 2008 and achieved his Masters Degree in Oil and Gas Technology (with Distinction) from Heriot Watt University in 2015. Ahmed has +6 years … Continued
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Valentine Gasquet is at the CICCS lab for an internship of 5 months until August. She works there on solid adsorbent and especially on high-temperature Li4SiO-based sorbents. She is a French student from the National Institute of Applied Science who takes courses in the Energy and Environmental Engineering Department. She will be graduated next year with a … Continued
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Nazia Farooqui is a Research Associate in the Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering (IMPEE). Nazia holds an MRes degree in Environmental Analysis and Assessment in the School of Life Sciences and Ph.D. in oilfield Chemicals in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, both from Heriot-Watt University and also holds MSc degree in Chemistry from … Continued
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Research Associate at CICCS and Beltane Fellow Dr Yolanda Fernandez Diez has created an interactive mural as part of her Beltane Public Engagement Fellowship. Yolanda with the exhibition during the Queen Baton Relay at Heriot Watt University Called “Where are my carbon atoms?”, the mural explains carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) technologies to … Continued
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Specifications / Key Features Autoclave Reactors: Rigs capable of working over a wide range of temperature and pressure conditions (up to 350°C and 5,000psia). Mass flow calibration system: pressure rated to 1450 psi and temperature between -10°C up to 100°C. Chemisorption analyzer: capable of working over a wide range of temperatures (-196°C to +1000°C). Available … Continued
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Starting in 2005, FameLab has quickly become an exciting competition to find the new voices of science and engineering across the world. This year, one of the participants is a staff member of CICCS, Dr. Yolanda Fernandez Diez. During one of the Heats celebrated in Edinburgh, Yolanda found herself performing to a near-full auditorium … Continued
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Fernández, Y., Menéndez, J.A., Phillips, J. and Luhrs, C., 2009. Graphitic encapsulation of micron- and nano-sized Ni particles using ethylene as precursor. Applied Surface Science, 256, 194-201. Atwater, M.A., Phillips, J., Doorn, S.K., Luhrs, C., Fernández, Y., Menéndez, J.A. and Leseman, Z.C., 2009. The production of carbon nanofibers and thin films on palladium catalysts from … Continued