Dr. Sabrina Spatari, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at CoE, and Alexander Stadel, civil, architectural and environmental engineering student, with the assistance of the Eastern Regional Research Center, led a Life Cycle study of winter barley ethanol, which resulted in a turnaround of the EPA’s proposed rule that would have banned winter barley ethanol’s certification as an “Advanced Bio­fuel.” Their work has helped winter barley ethanol receive a “green” rating.

Source: Who’s Doing What, Drexelink, April 5, 2010

See also:

CIVE 790/380 – Life Cycle Assessment I- Intro and Conventional Process Model Approach

Dr. Richard Cairncross, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Drexel University,  is currently in El Salvador on a Fulbright Lectureship. He will be teaching a course on Renewable Energy at the University of El Salvador.  He has created this blog called Sustainability and Renewable Energy In El Salvador: A Blog of Experiences on a Fulbright Lectureship in El Salvador to showcase and highlight his experiences there.

See also: Professor Cairncross Receives Fulbright Scholar Award to Teach Renewable Energy at the University of El Salvador