Technology News

B.C.’s carbon tax reduces fuel use
CMC investigator finds tax has no adverse impact on economy/reduces fuel consumption

Aquifer-on-a-chip paper selected for top 10% collection
Congratulations to David Sinton and colleagues for the selection of their manuscript for publication in a special collection.

PhD students’ international study supported by Carbon Management Canada
UK summer school a valuable experience says returning student

Industry sponsor seeks investment opportunities
Funding/commercialization opportunity: Industry sponsor seeks disclosure of inventions that convert CO2 to high value chemicals.

Poster winners selected from field of excellent candidates

With over 115 posters on display at Carbon Management Canada’s annual conference this year, judges had a difficult time selecting winners of the annual poster competition.

“Our researchers are doing some amazing work and we are very proud of how CMC has developed, but it does m…

CMC setting course for bold, new direction
CMC is working hard to develop a new high-impact, sustainable business model, writes MD Richard Adamson

Lancaster University seeks Chair and Director of Energy Lancaster
Applications are being accepted for the Chair and Director of Energy Lancaster. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2013.

Success in applied research and innovation
Universities must go beyond producing papers and trained students in this era of global scale issues.

Travel subsidy available for UKERC summer school
CMC is offering travel subsidies of up to $2000 to three CMC-funded PhD students accepted to attend the UK Energy Research Centre’s annual Energy Summer School at the University of Warwick.

CMC working to expand international relationships
CMC is investigating the possibility of developing researcher exchange program with international organizations

Researchers developing nano sensor to detect CO2
Researchers are developing an affordable, energy efficient and ultra-sensitive nano-sensor that has the potential to detect even one molecule of carbon dioxide.

Startups 101: CMC hosts webinar on
Join Dr. Alfred Lam, Analyst with Chrysalix EVC, to learn about the world of startups and venture capital.

CMC announces eight new research projects
Carbon management research in Canada has received a boost with the announcement of $3.75 million in research funding.

Graduate student benefits from CMC network
Graduate student Thomas de Haas developed an interest in carbon management while working for oil companies WorleyParsons, Dynetek and Colt Engineering. He wanted to explore the environmental stream of the oil and gas industry and felt CMC could offer a project in line with his researc…

Researcher recognized for work
University of Alberta mechanical engineering professor Sushanta Mitra has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers—a distinction reserved for those whose work provides “solutions that benefit mankind.”

Bioconversion of coal the goal of CMC-funded project
University of Alberta Professor Sushanta Mitra is leading a team of 15 researchers in an ambitious project to coax communities of microorganisms to convert coal into natural gas, or methane, right in the ground. The project is one of 18 recently announced by CMC in its second round of funding.

Grad student researchers sought
Aimy Bazylak, at the University of Toronto’s Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, is accepting applications from bright a motivated graduate students who are interested in investigating the transport phenomena and performance of PEM fuel cells through computation model…