Teaching Associate Professor Paula Farca (LAIS) has published “Essays on Energy and Its Social and Environmental Implications in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literary Texts.” The book shows the connections in 20th and 21st century literary texts between energy, society and environment. The edited volume includes a substantial introduction, poems on energy, eighteen critical essays from international contributors, and a photo essay.

Jessica M. Smith (LAIS) has been awarded a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM program. The project, “The Ethics of Extraction: Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility into Engineering Education,” will investigate how engineers working in the mining, oil and gas industries understand and practice social responsibility and what role particular undergraduate educational experienced played in preparing them to navigate the social and environmental challenges of their professional practice.

Peter Maniloff (EB) and Brian Murray (Duke) published “Why Have Greenhouse Emissions in RGGI States declined? An Econometric Attribution to Economic, Energy Market and Policy Factors" in the journal, Energy Economics.

Will Fleckenstein (PE) presented “The Size of the Prize – is the Unconventional Revolution Confined only to North America?” at the recent Enercom Oil and Gas Conference. It is one of the largest oil and gas investment conferences and included a presentation by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Tzahi Cath (CEE) and Kim Williams (CH) hosted a Membrane Research Workshop at Mines on Aug. 26 bringing together faculty and groups on campus conducting research focused on membrane separation processes. As many as 25 faculty members discussed the science and applied domains pertinent to their research with the goal of identifying opportunities for collaboration and program development.

Associate Division Director Hussein Amery, LAIS, is featured by National Public Radio as “source of the week.”