Granite, Evan J., 1964-
Oral history interview with Evan Granite, 2020 December 14.
In this interview, David Zierler, Oral Historian for AIP, interviews Evan Granite, Research Chemical Engineer at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in the Department of Energy. He explains the value of his adjunct appointment at the University of Pittsburgh and he provides an overall view of the structure and organization of NETL. Granite recounts his childhood in Brooklyn and his early interests in math and science, and he discusses his undergraduate education at Cooper Union where he focused on chemical engineering. Granite describes his interest in energy issues and his decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Rochester, where he focused on hydrocarbon catalysis. He explains his initial work at the Pittsburgh lab of NETL studying mercury pollution and coal emissions. Granite discusses his transition from postdoc to federal employee and his long-term focus on the photochemical removal of mercury from simulated flue gases. He describes his subsequent work on carbon dioxide capture, and the importance of this research on global warming mitigation. Granite discusses the science of fracking, and he explains how the instrumentation available at NETL enables him to conduct cutting-edge research experiments. At the end of the interview, Granite explains how technological advances can theoretically get U.S. energy production to a place where fossil fuels can be burned for the next fifty years with minimal increases in carbon emissions.
American engineer. Ph.D. chemical engineering, University of Rochester (1994). Professor of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Professional accomplishments include: (2021) Invited to Teach "A Short Course on Catalysts and Sorbents" for 45th International Conference on Clean Energy; (2021) Invited to Teach "Introduction to Natural Gas Processing" for 45th International Conference on Clean Energy; (2021) Most Cited Paper in Minerals; (2020) Top 2% Among Scientists Worldwide in Career Publication Citation Impact; (2020) Technical Advisor UN Global Mercury Partnership; (2020) Invited Seminar "Coal in 21st Century" University of Rochester; (2020) Nominated for Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal; (2019) Invited to Teach A Short Course on Catalysis and Sorbents , for the 44th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy, Clearwater, Florida, June 2019; (2019) Nominated for Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal; (2018) Invited Presentation American Coal Ash Association 2018 Winter Meeting; (2017) Plenary speaker at the 34th International Pittsburgh Coal Conference; (2017) Invited Seminar Carnegie Mellon University; (2016) Invited Seminar Geneva College; (2012) Invited Seminar Rice University; (2012) Invited Seminar University of Rochester; (2011) Invited Seminar West Virginia University; (2011) Activated Carbon Hall of Fame; (2011) Invited Seminar Stanford University; (2011) Invited Seminar University of Pittsburgh; (2010) Guest Editor, Fuel, Special Issue, 2009 AIChE Spring National Meeting; (2010) Named a Top 12 Innovator in the National Labs by Innovation Magazine; (2009) Laboratory Director's Award for Innovation; (2009) R&D 100 Award, Thief Process for Mercury Removal from Flue Gas; (2009) Invited Seminar Geneva College; (2009) National Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Award; (2008) Guest Editor, Main Group Chemistry; (2008) Invited Seminar WPI; (2008) Laboratory Director's Award for Innovation; (2008) R&D 100 Award, PG Sorbents for Mercury, Arsenic and Selenium Capture; (2008) Plenary Speaker International Gas Cleaning High Temperature Conference-7; (2008) National Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Award; (2007) Invited Speaker Annual Joint AWMA-AIChE Pittsburgh Section Meeting; (2005) Laboratory Director's Award for Innovation; (2005) National Federal Laboratory Consortium Technology Transfer Award; (2004) Invited Seminar Manhattan College; (2001) Federal Executive Board Excellence in Government Gold Medal; (1998) Best Paper Award, 15th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference.
Granite, Evan J., 1964-
Pennline, Henry W.
Saltsburg, Howard,
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
National Energy Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
United States. Department of Energy
University of Pittsburgh
University of Rochester.
Catalysis.
Chemical engineering.
Fossil fuels
Renewable energy sources
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Cheng, S.I.
Zierler, David, 1979-, interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA