Sustainability & Efficiency Innovations

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	Tuesday March 10
4:00	Sustainability & Efficiency - Posters
	Wednesday March 11
9:30	Energy Harvesting & Carbon Capture
1:30	Resource Recovery and Waste Reduction
4:00	Sustainability & Efficiency Innovations - Posters

2026 Symposium Program
	Tuesday March 10

4:00	Sustainability & Efficiency - Posters	Expo Hall AB
	Valorization of Municipal Paper Waste for Low-Carbon Ethanol: An Integrated Technoeconomic and Environmental Perspective L. Pena, R. Kumar, V. Srinivasan, L. Pal, North Carolina State University, US
	Wednesday March 11

9:30	Energy Harvesting & Carbon Capture	Marriott Congressional B
	Session chair: David Calabro, ExxonMobil (retired)
	STUDENT BEST ABSTRACT WINNER TiZnCeO-Enhanced PVDF Coatings for High-Performance Piezoelectric Yarn Nanogenerators in Wearable Textiles. A. Talukder, S. Mesihovic, S. Sharma, University of Georgia, US
	Reducing cost and space barriers for small-to-mid-size emitters through fully columnless and modular carbon capture technology P.M. Kamat, Carbon Clean, US
	Emerging Breakthroughs in Membraneless Electrochemical Carbon Capture Technologies M. Rahimi, A. Hassan, University of Houston, US
	Self Sufficient Net Zero CO2 Factories D.E. Santo, Sisterm Thermal Systems, BR
	Innovation in Decarbonizing Ammonia Production Using Rare-Earth-Based Catalysts M. Maddah, G. Richardson, P. Calloch, P. Geraghty, F. Natali, Liquium, NZ

1:30	Resource Recovery and Waste Reduction	Marriott Congressional B
	Session chair: David Calabro, ExxonMobil (retired)
	Guar to the Future: Biodegradable Hydrogels for Clean Water and Sustainable Living S. Mandal, D. Morales, Texas State University, US
	Engineering Biopolymer Hydrogels for Water Management and Soil Health in Agriculture T. Wright, University of California, Los Angeles, US
	Landfill Diversion through Spectral Intelligence: Food Waste Characterization by Hyperspectral Imaging for Sustainable Conversions R. Rao, M. Salas, S. Singh, A. Mittal, J. Yarbrough, A. Singh, L. Pal, North Carolina State University, US
	Integrating Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning for Real-Time Characterization of Colored Plastics A. Sarker, S. Singh, M. Salas, R. Rao, L. Pal, North Carolina State University, US
	Waste and Environmental Impact Minimization with Nuclear Energy R.B. Hayes, North Carolina State University, US
	Point-of-Use Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalyst for Water Disinfection in a Continuous Flow System A.E. Rubin, Y. Shah, L.M. Gilbertson, Duke University, US
	Direct Atomic Layer Processing of Platinum Catalysts for Waste-Minimized Fabrication and Sustainable Hydrogen Evolution R. Sharma, M. Carnoy, M. Ceccato, B. Borie, M. Plakhotnyuk, Atlant 3D, DK

4:00	Sustainability & Efficiency Innovations - Posters	Expo Hall AB
	Flood Inundation Mapping Usine UAVSAR Data: A Comparative Analysis of Maching Learning Classification Models in Southeastern North Carolina O.M. Ibrahim, Z. Yang, T.J. Mulrooney, North Carolina Central University, US
	Superheated Steam from Low-Temperature Waste Heat: A Brief Technical Overview of The Open Oscillatory Approach L. Thorgeirsson, A.U.B. Ardal, R.L. Rosenbæk, Hydram Research, IS

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