Yearly archive for 2016

Tang Lecture for Art Rosenfeld

On November 27, 2016 / Conference Presentations, In the Media, Uncategorized

Ashok Gadgil was asked by his former doctoral advisor and friend and mentor, Arthur Rosenfeld, to deliver the highly prestigious Tang Lecture. Rosenfeld is the […]

Ashok Gadgil gave a talk at Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

On September 15, 2016 / ECAR & ARUBA Press, Group Updates, In the Media

Ashok Gadgil was asked by the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, Institute for South Asia Studies(ISAS) at UC Berkeley to deliver a lecture on […]

“Clean Cookstoves Need Better Performance Guidelines.” Daniel Lawrence Wilson. Environmental Science and Technology (2016).

On September 12, 2016 / Cookstove Publications

Full text available here.

“Measuring and Increasing Adoption Rates of Cookstoves in a Humanitarian Crisis.” Daniel Lawrence Wilson et al.. Environmental Science and Technology 50, 8393–8399 (2016).

On August 22, 2016 / Cookstove Publications

Traditional smoky cooking fires are one of today’s greatest environmental threats to human life. These fires, used by 40% of the global population, cause 3.9 million […]

US Consul General learns about ECAR operation in India 7/12/16

On July 14, 2016 / Group Updates, Uncategorized

On July 12th 2016 the US Consul General for India, Craig Hall, visited our academic partner, Jadavpur University, in Kolkata. Along with many members of our […]

“Bacteria attenuation by iron electrocoagulation governed by interactions between bacterial phosphate groups and Fe (III) precipitates”. Delaire et.al., 2016. Water Research

On July 11, 2016 / ECAR Publications

Iron electrocoagulation (Fe-EC) is a low-cost process in which Fe(II) generated from an Fe(0) anode reacts with dissolved O2 to form (1) Fe(III) precipitates with […]

Gadgil on Berkeley’s VC Research website

On April 30, 2016 / In the Media

UC Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor for Research has a site called “Excellence in Research“. The site posted an article on April 25, 2016, summarizing some of Prof. Gadgil’s […]

Caroline Delaire gave her PhD “exit talk” at the Environmental Engineering Seminar

On February 29, 2016 / Group Updates

Berkeley does not require a PhD defense, but PhD candidates are able to present their dissertation work in an informal seminar. Caroline gave her “exit talk” […]

“Avoided emissions of a fuel-efficient biomass cookstove dwarf embodied emissions.” Wilson, D. L., Talancon, D. R., Winslow, R. L., Linares, X. & Gadgil, A. J. Development Engineering 45–52 (2016).

On January 8, 2016 / Cookstove Publications

Full and free Open Access text available here. Abstract: Three billion people cook their food on biomass-fueled fires. This practice contributes to the anthropogenic radiative […]

“Formation of Macroscopic Surface Layers on Fe(0) Electrocoagulation Electrodes During a Long-Term Field Test of Arsenic Treatment” van Genuchten et.al., 2016. Chemosphere

On January 4, 2016 / ECAR Publications

Extended field trials to remove arsenic (As) via Fe(0) electrocoagulation (EC) have demonstrated consistent As removal from groundwater to concentrations below 10 μg L−1. However, the coulombic […]