NCSU/TISS ESI Andy Grieshop- The Cookstove Initiative 

Join us once a month for a discussion of energy and security.  The luncheon series will be led primarily by local scholars. Its goal is to foster interdisciplinary exploration of some of our most pressing challenges. On Friday, September 12th, Andrew Grieshop, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University, will discuss problems associated with household use of solid fuels in developing countries, and his ongoing research in India studying efforts to introduce new technologies.  The project sheds light on what energy security means to so many people who do not enjoy the advantages that we do in the United States.  It underlines the challenges of finding clean technologies.  And it reveals the crucial role played by social and cultural context in determining what can or cannot be done to introduce technological change.

  Format:  Light Luncheon will be served at 11:45 AM.  The presentation will begin at NOON. Discussion will begin at 12:30 pm. Please let us know you are coming three working days  before the event so that we can get an accurate head count and order the appropriate amount of food.

For some background on cookstoves and initiatives to reduce their impacts, you can check out the following web sites:

Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

The Cookstove Initiative

 About the Speaker

Dr. Andy Grieshop (PhD (2008) Carnegie Mellon University) has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University since January, 2012. Dr. Grieshop’s research focuses on interactions between energy use and the environment, and more specifically on improving our technical understanding of the emission and atmospheric transformations of air pollutants. This work aims to inform effective policies to improve air quality and mitigate climate impacts in both developed and developing countries. Ongoing research includes a collaborative project to quantify the emission, indoor concentration, and health and climate impacts of two cookstove replacement programs in rural India, and field measurements to characterize the volatility of organic aerosols during an intensive, multi-investigator field study in the southern US conducted during the Summer of 2013.  His work integrates laboratory and field based experimentation with modeling and policy analysis efforts to address environmental problems. He teaches courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Grieshop received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and his MS in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining NC State he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia.

How to get to the 1911 Building 

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