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Gadgil student researchers win the EPA Phase I award!

In Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) People, Prosperity, and the Planet (P3) design competition, our research team was accepted to phase I of the program to […]

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Infant Warmer received Honorable Mention in the 2020 Patents for Humanity

Read about Vi Rapp and Prof. Ashok Gadgil’s work on the Infant Warmer, a low-cost, non-electric, reusable pad which uses phase change material to maintain […]

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Combating arsenic-water crisis in rural India

Combating arsenic-water crisis in rural India

“The Better India” news outlet reported Gadgil’s lab technological innovation which has been providing drinking water to rural communities in West Bengal at just 60 […]

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Job Opening For Full Time R&D Engineer

Job Opening For Full Time R&D Engineer

The Gadgil Lab for Energy and Water Research is currently seeking a Research and Development Engineer! Get involved with one of the nation’s leading development […]

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“How Do Operating Conditions Affect As(III) Removal by Iron Electrocoagulation?”. Delaire et al., 2017. Water Research

Iron electrocoagulation (Fe-EC) has been shown to effectively remove arsenic from contaminated groundwater at low cost and has the potential to improve access to safe […]

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Tang Lecture for Art Rosenfeld

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 […]

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

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 […]

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“Safe Drinking Water for Low-Income Regions” Amrose et.al., 2015. Annual Reviews

Well into the 21st century, safe and affordable drinking water remains an unmet human need. At least 1.8 billion people are potentially exposed to microbial […]

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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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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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600L ECAR prototype arrives in Kolkata for field trials

A 600 liter ECAR prototype has been fully fabricated and initial tests are very positive. It is being shipped to Kolkata where it will stay […]

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Chris and Siva leave for Mumbai

Chris and Siva have left for Mumbai to fabricate a 500 liter ECAR prototype. In a few months, the completed prototype will be ready for […]

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Two visiting scholars arrive to design and construct a 500L ECAR prototype

We are very happy to welcome two recently graduated students – Christopher Orr of the University of Toronto and Siva Rama Satyam Bandaru of the […]

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ECAR team present at 35th annual WEDC conference in Loughborough, UK

July 2011: Susan Addy presented a paper on ECAR at the 35th annual WEDC conference at Loughborough University. Conference proceedings can be found at:  S.E.A. […]

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