From “New Jersey’s highest recognition of innovation”, two research teams at Rutgers have been bestowed Research & Development Council of New Jersey Edison Patent Awards honoring their brilliant technological work, including their own respective startups. One of these research teams included Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and RCEI affiliate Richard Riman, serving as the advisor to PhD student Daniel Kopp, who was working on his thesis. Aimed at counteracting climate change, they developed a hydrothermal technology that would drastically reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from cement production by lessening the heat emitted during the process.
The two then co-founded a startup called Queens Carbon to bring this technology to the world and potentially revitalize the cement industry in New Jersey, creating new jobs and a more sustainable world at the same time. After receiving the award, Riman expressed his honor “to see the educational collaboration between a student and an advisor recognized by the award search committee for creating intellectual knowledge that provides value to the industry, environment, and public at large.”
A version of this article originally appeared in Rutgers University Office for Research’s website. Read the full article here.
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