NJIT Newsroom tagged with "oil"

NJIT Professor Presents Keynote Lecture At International Conference

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

At the 18th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air and Soil held in Jacksonville, Florida, Lev Krasnoperov, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, presented a keynote lecture entitled "Chemical Reactions in Non-thermal Plasma."

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, csla, department of chemistry and environmental science, lev krasnoperov

ASCE Seminar on Oct. 17

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter is sponsoring a special seminar on Oct. 17 in Kupfrian 211 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. on soil magic and geosynthetics by Dr. David Elton of Auburn University.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, seminar, department of civil and environmental engineering, american society of civil engineers, asce

Michel Boufadel, PhD, Expert in Field of Oil Spill Research, Appointed

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Michel Boufadel, PhD, a notable voice in the investigation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and BP’s Deep Water Horizon (DWH) blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, department of civil and environmental engineering, environmental protection agency, epa, michel boufadel, center for natural resources development and protection

Removal of Hexavalent Chromium From Your Drinking Water

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The only way to learn if your water source has hexavalent chromium is to check with your public water supplier and request a water quality report, said NJIT Professor Taha Marhaba, a civil/environmental engineer.

Tagged: department of civil and environmental engineering, taha marhaba, environmental protection agency, epa, water, professor, new jersey applied water research center, vegetables, animals, grains

NJIT Professor's Book Examines Great Depression and Modern Environmentalism

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Great Depression collided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these calamities—and preventing their reoccurrence—was a major goal of the New Deal. In Nature's New Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement (Oxford University Press, 2007), NJIT author and professor Neil M. Maher recounts the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt's boldest and most successful experiments, the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of humanities, federated department of history, neil maher, frederick law olmsted

Winning the Oil Endgame in America To Be Discussed at NJIT Forum

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

America’s energy future is choice, not fate, and U.S. dependence on oil can be eliminated with proven technologies that create wealth and strengthen security. That’s the message Nathan Glasgow of the Rocky Mountain Institute will bring to NJIT in his presentation on Oct. 25 at NJIT’s Technology and Society Forum.

Tagged: technology and society forum

During a Lecture at NJIT, a Prominent Oil Expert Warns that World Oil Production Will Peak in November 2005

Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

During a lecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Kenneth Deffeyes, professor emeritus at Princeton University, sounded a dire warning about global oil production and consumption: Major oil-producing nations and energy companies, he said, know that the production and consumption of oil are decreasing oil reserves that cannot be replaced.

Tagged: princeton university, kenneth deffeyes

Incubator Company at NJIT Develops Lifesaving MRI Coil for Small Animals

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Supertron, a start-up technology company housed in the small business incubators at NJIT, announced today that it has begun developing a cryogenic coil to improve Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners. Erzhen Gao, PhD, director of research and development for the company, will lead the effort. “Eventually, we hope to see our system upgrade existing MRI scanners because our coils can enhance installed MRIs, enabling them to produce cleaner, clearer and easier-to-read images at an affordable price,” he said.

Tagged: mri