2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Municipal Solid Waste Management and Valorization: Mechanisms and Modeling

This session examines mechanisms and modeling efforts related to municipal solid waste management and valorization.

Chair

Matthew Alexander, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Co-Chairs

Robert Peters, UNIV OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM

Presentations

02:30 PM

(713a) Development and Optimization of Novel Proteins Derived from Wastewater Solids with and without Soy Protein Blending for Production of Green Bioadhesives
Blake Foret, William Chirdon, Jude Zeringue, Rafael Hernandez, Emmanuel D. Revellame, Dhan Lord Fortela, Daniel Dianchen Gang, Chelsea Zeringue, William E. Holmes, Mark E. Zappi

02:55 PM

(713b) Geometrical Sampling, Gaussian Mixture Modeling, and Spectral Feature Extraction for Classifying Municipal Solid Waste Using Hyperspectral Data
David Akomolafe, Jordan Klinger, Nepu Saha, Miranda Kuns, Martin Linck, Zach El Zahab, Debangsu Bhattacharyya

03:20 PM

(713c) Mechanistic Insights into Polytetrafluoroethylene Thermal Degradation: Real-Time Evolved Gas Analysis Via in-Line TGA-MS and DFT Modeling
Benjamin R. Johnson, Aaron Ajeti, Justin R. Toole, Victor A. Jaffett, Nijel Rogers, Samuel V. Cowart, Corey James, Pamela L. Sheehan, Shubham Vyas, Simuck Yuk, Enoch Nagelli

03:45 PM

(713d) Advancing Resource Efficiency and Productivity in the Municipal Solid Waste Sector: Insights from the TWICS Project
Alex Newman, Stuart Walker, Fanran Meng, Mathieu Lucquiaud

04:10 PM

(713e) Towards Circularity of Healthcare Systems: Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Hospital Organic Waste
Alexander Golberg, Maya Mosseri, Michael Epstein, Michael Lishner