Yearly archive for 2013

“Electro-chemical arsenic remediation: Field trials in West Bengal”. Amrose et al., 2013. Science of The Total Environment

Millions of people in rural South Asia are exposed to high levels of arsenic through groundwater used for drinking. Many deployed arsenic remediation technologies quickly […]

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“Particulate emissions from a wood-fired improved biomass stove”. Lask et al., 2013. Proc. of the Aust. Combust. Sym.

Abstract: Worldwide, approximately three billion people cook their food using biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal, crop residues, and animal dung. The emissions produced by […]

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Hanna Breunig Presented at the AWRA conference in Portland OR Nov 4

Hanna Breunig Presented at the AWRA conference in Portland OR Nov 4

Hanna Breunig gave a lecture at the American Water Resource Association (AWRA) Nov 4 in Portland OR. Her talk was titled “Modeling the danger zone: […]

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Ashok Gadgil inducted into the National Academy of Engineering

          On left is NAE Chair, Charles O. (“Chad”) Holliday Jr., and on right is NAE President, C. D. (“Dan”) Mote […]

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Kathleen Lask presents laser research at WSSCI Fall meeting

Kathleen presented at the Western States Section of the Combustion Institute Fall Technical meeting on October 7 at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Her […]

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2 videos about ECAR!

Check out our 2 videos about ECAR, the arsenic remediation technology designed and developed by the Water Group! Presentation of ECAR 600 L prototype:   […]

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Visiting scholars Amit Dutta and Anupam Debsarkar from Jadavpur University, India

          The short term research grant, Development Impact Lab (DIL), UCB divided into two section: Firstly, to visit the place, that was […]

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Exploring ECAR technology for Arsenic removal in California

As it is widely known, high concentrations of arsenic have been found in California’s groundwater. The California department of Public Health has established a list […]

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Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge second place winner – Gadgil Lab, UC Berkeley

Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge second place winner – Gadgil Lab, UC Berkeley

          The long-awaited list of winners of the prestigious Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge has been announced September 3rd in Stockholm during […]

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DIL-Explore grant awarded to Caroline Delaire and Katyayani Cherukumilli

DIL-Explore grant awarded to Caroline Delaire and Katyayani Cherukumilli

The DIL-Explore grant is a 5k travel grant provided by the Development Impact Lab (DIL) to support early-stage research in the field of development engineering. It especially […]

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“Locally affordable and scalable arsenic remediation for South Asia using ECAR”. Amrose et al., 2013. 36th WEDC International Conference, Nakuru, Kenya

An estimated 60 million low income people in South Asia are affected by chronic exposure to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water sources. Few household […]

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“Arsenic removal from groundwater using iron electrocoagulation: effect of charge dosage rate”. Amrose et al., 2013. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

We demonstrate that electrocoagulation (EC) using iron electrodes can reduce arsenic below 10 μg/L in synthetic Bangladesh groundwater and in real groundwater from Bangladesh and […]

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DIL-Explore grant awarded to Kathleen Lask

DIL-Explore grant awarded to Kathleen Lask

The DIL Explore grant is a 5k travel grant  to support early-stage research in the field of development engineering. It especially aimed at supporting students who want to […]

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“Stoves Solutions: Improving Health Safety and Environment with Fuel-Efficient Stoves”. Gadgil et al., 2013. The Solutions Journal

“Stoves Solutions: Improving Health Safety and Environment with Fuel-Efficient Stoves”. Gadgil et al., 2013. The Solutions Journal

In Darfur, Sudan, where about 2.7 million people have been displaced from their homes by conflict, the situation is particularly dire. Each day, Darfuri women […]

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Launch of the Development Impact Lab (DIL) at Berkeley

Launch of the Development Impact Lab (DIL) at Berkeley

We are pleased to report that the Development Impact Lab (“DIL”) was recently launched at UC Berkeley, led by Prof. Gadgil as its Principal Investigator.  […]

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Hanna Breunig is a fellow of the 2013 Summer Institute for Future Faculty

Hanna Breunig will take part in a summer institute at UC Berkeley where post-qualifying exam PhD students hone their teaching and communication skills.

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“Lighting Cones for Haitian Stoves” Lask, 2013. Master’s Thesis.

In the developing world, close to 3 billion people cook and heat their homes with biomass fuels such as charcoal.  Typically charcoal burning stoves have […]

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Hanna Breunig will present at the 23rd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting, May 13 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Hanna Breunig will present at the 23rd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting, May 13 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Her research is titled “Understanding the local implications of societal scale technology deployment.” The meeting was held from May 12-18 at the Scottish Exhibition and […]

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Kathleen Lask presents poster at AS&T 2013 research symposium

Kathleen Lask presents poster at AS&T 2013 research symposium

Kathleen presented at the Applied Science & Technology 2013 research symposium on May 4 in Berkeley, CA.  Her poster was titled “Lighting Cones for Haitian […]

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Prof. Gadgil will give the first Distinguished Lecture in UC Berkeley’s CEE

Prof. Gadgil will give the first Distinguished Lecture in UC Berkeley's CEE

Professor Ashok Gadgil has been selected to give the first of the UC Berkeley’s CEE Distinguished Lectures. The lectures is titled Innovating Technologies for the […]

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