(Blue-) green energy. Aerospace design chair. Global warming culprits.
Concordia in the news
Posted on November 26, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- Worldwide media coverage continues of Concordia research into photosynthetic cell technology that could lead to the commercially-viable production of carbon-free energy by harnessing electrons released by blue-green algae. The research was led by Muthukumaran Packirisamy, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering: Science World Report, International Business Times (India),International Business Times (Australia), Yahoo! News, Global Post, Tech Times, Gazette Standard, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Reuters Africa, Reuters U.K., PC-Tablet, Times of India, The Better India, Jagran Post, DNA India, Udaipur Kiran, The Economic Times of India, News World India, The Indian Panorama,India Online, Zee News, Daily Excelsior, Wokeji (in Chinese), The Aspen Institute(third item down, linking to the original Concordia release), Lab Manager, Chronicle Daily, Northern Californian, AZO CleanTech, Engineering and Technology Magazine, I-Connect 007, Nano Werk.
- Design Engineering joins media coverage of the appointment of Catharine Marsden, an associate professor in the Department of Engineering and Computer Science, as senior chair of the new $4.4-million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Chair in Aerospace Design Engineering (NCADE) at Concordia.
- An article in Food World News related to the upcoming COP21 Paris Climate Conference references a study co-authored by Damon Matthews, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and the Environment. The Matthews study identified different countries' contribution to global warming.