Sentences with phrase «says environmental engineering»

The amount of water required to drill all 2916 of the Marcellus wells permitted in Pennsylvania in the first 11 months of 2010 would equal the amount of drinking water used by just one city, Pittsburgh, during the same period, says environmental engineering professor Jeanne VanBriesen, the study's lead author.

That message was resonating with voters, says environmental engineering professor Daniel Cohan at Rice University in Houston, who moderated a candidates» forum on climate change in January.

Under a controlled, well - monitored experiment, you couldn't find it all, says environmental engineer Eric Adams of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

«Some claims do not sound true,» said environmental engineer Vasilis Fthenakis, a senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Photovoltaics Environmental Research Center, in 2008.

This is the first time a study has demonstrated that offshore East Coast wind energy can provide «a relatively reliable supply of smooth power,» says environmental engineer Mark Jacobson of Stanford University in California.

«The assumption is that if it's gone, we don't have to worry about it,» says environmental engineer Edward Kolodziej of the University of Nevada in Reno, joint leader of the study.

In fact, cadmium telluride solar cells are currently the most ecofriendly devices, even though they use a toxic heavy metal, primarily because they require the least energy — typically provided by burning fossil fuels — to manufacture, says environmental engineer Vasilis Fthenakis, senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory's National Photovoltaic Environment Research Center in Upton, N.Y., and Columbia University.

You don't, says environmental engineer, bar owner and ex-Marine Rufus Terrill, who built an electronic vigilante dubbed «Bum Bot» to protect his Atlanta tavern, O'Terrill's.

Not exact matches

John Dabiri, a professor of civil and environmental and mechanical engineering at Stanford, says the ocean surface is relatively poorly sampled and there is a need for low - cost ways to collect data.

Should the Army Corps of Engineers» current environmental review pave the way for a new route, that plan will likely to face a lawsuit, Huber said.

Irving Oil said it expects engineering and design work would begin in 2015 to coincide with developments of the west - to - east pipeline, which still requires environmental approval.

The plant — engineered by Australia's CST Wastewater Solutions in partnership with Global Water Engineering — has achieved all the high environmental performance targets set by Pacific Beverages, a SABMiller / Coca Cola Amatil joint venture, says CST Wastewater Solutions Managing Director Mr Mike Bambridge.

With that said, I am an environmental engineer who specializes in reducing greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from coal fired power plants, natural gas fracking sites, and landfills.

«As a parent that frequents the BPD with my kids, I have great concern about this proposal,» said John Arnish who works as an environmental engineer at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago.

The color of the treated sewage discharged from the Niagara Falls wastewater treatment plant can be «tweaked,» but it can not be made clear, an engineer said at an environmental conference in Buffalo.

Bruce Natale, an environmental engineer for Cayuga County, said Tuesday that the project will be advertised in the next week and bids will be due by mid-September.

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), a professional body for scientists and engineers, said it was «bitterly disappointed» the talks will not deliver a legally binding instrument forcing countries to reduce CO2 emissions.

The New York Power Authority is also sending 10 engineers, planners, technical supervisors and translators, along with drones and two drone pilots from the Department of Environmental Conservation, to help with power restoration, Cuomo's office said.

Al Carlacci, the regional air pollutant control engineer for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said he doesn't need a meter or an air quality monitor to tell him that there's some dirty air in the West Side near the Peace Bridge, where studies have shown high levels of asthma.

The problem was a topic of discussion at Tuesday's Cayuga County Legislature meeting, where Chairman Keith Batman said local officials have asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation for $ 150,000 for engineering plans around the two plants.

The funding for the engineering study would come from state Environmental Facilities Corporation grants and loans the county holds, he said.

The Government's decision to allow exploration of potential shale gas reserves to proceed has been welcomed by engineers, who say it could have major environmental benefits.

The delegation traveling with Cuomo includes 10 engineers, planners, technical supervisors and translators from the New York Power Authority and two drone pilots from the Department of Environmental Conservation, all «to assist with the assessment and reconstruction of Puerto Rico's power grid,» the governor said.

The idea here is, we can design something very flexible so that you can change it using external controls,» said Wang, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering.

Under the existing system in the United States, poor cities and towns get the water they can afford, which may not be safe or clean, said Marc Edwards, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech.

Having access to scientists and engineers who can assess the strength of an Environmental Protection Agency cleanup plan has been «incredibly helpful,» Jantz said.

«We're absolutely packed, the crowd is massive, well beyond expectations,» says Stuart Khan, an environmental engineer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, told Science by phone.

«This cholera organism is well established in the Haitian environment and is likely there to stay,» says Daniele Lantagne, an environmental engineer at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, who does relief work in Haiti and investigated the United Nations» role in the outbreak.

The idea of a new standard is a step in the right direction but has limits, said Mike Blackhurst, who recently accepted an assistant professor position at the University of Texas, Austin, in civil, environmental and architectural engineering.

«There is overwhelming scientific evidence that the characteristics of extreme rainfall under climate change are going to be different,» said Praveen Kumar, a professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) at Illinois and project leader on the study.

González, who ultimately accepted a tenure - track position in civil and environmental engineering at MIT, says her experience is not unusual, especially among physicists doing network science, few of whom end up working in physics departments.

«Our model's not saying the water would have definitely overtopped the levees at Cairo,» said UCI professor and chair of civil & environmental engineering Brett Sanders, an author of the study led by UCI graduate student Adam Luke.

For example, researchers are developing «smart» biomaterials such as temperature - sensing hydrogels that can respond biologically to environmental conditions by changing their biomechanical or drug - releasing properties, says Seeram Ramakrishna, a professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Center for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore.

«At least when you pollute a site with something like atrazine,» a pesticide, «you can be assured that it will eventually decay,» says Graham, the Kansas environmental engineer, who began his research career tracking chemical pollutants like toxic herbicides.

Better engines for the climate On average, about 85 percent of the particle matter emitted from diesel trucks is black carbon, said Christopher Frey <, a professor of environmental engineering at North Carolina State University.

«The problem is that there is not really any good, objective water quality test» that can easily be performed in remote areas of developing countries, says Stephen Gundry, professor of environmental engineering at the University of Bristol who co-authored the WHO Bulletin paper.

Asa - Awuku, an associate professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the CE - CERT, said agencies that oversee prescribed burns should consider these findings when they predict the likely impact of prescribed burning of forest fuels in areas subjected to chronic air pollution.

This study gets us closer to understanding the complex food webs that are vital in nutrient dynamics and overall soil fertility,» said study first author Tami Swenson, a scientific engineering associate in Northen's group within the Berkeley Lab Biosciences Area's Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (EGSB) Division.

«If everyone has the same information, then there may be an overreaction,» says Moshe Ben - Akiva, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

«What we found was sort of surprising,» said Andres Clarens, a civil and environmental engineering professor at the University of Virginia and lead author of the paper.

So I initially thought there was no way drones could compete with trucks on carbon dioxide emissions,» said senior author Anne Goodchild, a UW associate professor of civil and environmental engineering.

Eric Hoek, a UCLA professor of environmental engineering and a member of the University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, said the prevailing wisdom is that silver isn't toxenvironmental engineering and a member of the University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology, said the prevailing wisdom is that silver isn't toxEnvironmental Implications of Nanotechnology, said the prevailing wisdom is that silver isn't toxic to humans.

«Finding a resource so large is like finding an oil field in your garden,» says Cristina Archer, an environmental engineer at the University of California, Chico, and lead author of a global survey on high - altitude winds.

«We have a mission and an obligation, given who we are and the benefits we enjoy as a result of our status as scientists, to address major science - based issues in society,» said Huybers, a professor of earth and planetary sciences and environmental science and engineering at Harvard University.

«We need to get out ahead of it all, so it's not like Freon or dry - cleaning chemicals,» says Rice environmental engineer Mason Tomson.

«To balance funding between the backlog and climate adaptation, bridge managers will need robust data on collapse risk,» said lead author Madeleine M. Flint, an assistant professor of civil & environmental engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

The findings suggest that as the U.S. energy market continues to shift from coal to natural gas, the overall «toxicity burden» of the electricity sector will decrease, said study corresponding author Shelie Miller, an environmental engineer and an associate professor at the U-M School for Environment and Sustainability's Center for Sustainable Systems.

In areas like the mid-elevations of the northern Rocky Mountains, where spring temperatures are just under freezing in an average year, «it doesn't take a large increase in temperature to start melting snow earlier in spring,» said Anthony Westerling, a professor of environmental engineering and geography at the University of California, Merced.

Previously, researchers have produced hydrogen gas in microbial - powered, batterylike fuel cells, but only when they supplemented the energy produced by the bacteria with electrical energy from external sources — such as that obtained from renewable sources or burning fossil fuels, says Bruce Logan, an environmental engineer at Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

«We are considering extreme cases,» said Ning Lin, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton.