PEESE Journal Covers

 

Our publication titled “Sailing towards sustainability: offshore wind’s green hydrogen potential for decarbonization in coastal USA” was featured as the front cover of the August 2024 issue of Energy & Environmental Science. This research has garnered media attention, with coverage in outlets such as:

The cover of the May 2024 issue of Environmental Science & Technology features the PEESE paper titled “Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew across 109 Major Developing and Industrialized Countries but Can Be Halved by Plastic Debris Removal.” Some news media reports include, but are not limited to:

Another paper on perovskite tandem PV technologies is featured as the front cover art of Energy & Environmental Science December 2023 issue. The paper titled “Periodic Module Rejuvenation Provides Early Market Entry for Circular All-Perovskite Tandem Photovoltaic Technologies” is a collaboration with researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

The front cover of November 2023 Issue of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering is for our paper on bitcoin mining and renewable energy development. The paper title is “From Mining to Mitigation: How Bitcoin Can Support Renewable Energy Development and Climate Action.” Some news media reports include, but are not limited to:

Environmental Science & Technology, a leading journal in the environmental science field, features our recent paper titled “Cascading Polymer Macro-Debris Upcycling and Microparticle Removal As An Effective Life Cycle Plastic Pollution Mitigation Strategy.” (Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 16, 6506–6519) on the cover of its April 2023 Issue of Environmental Science & Technology. The article is also featured on the cover of April 2023 issue of Environmental Science & Technology. See the top row of the cover art on the left.

Our publication titled “Growing Metaverse Sector Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 10 Gt CO2e in the United States by 2050” in Energy & Environmental Science was selected as the front cover of June 2023 issue of Energy & Environmental Science. The graphic art is presented on the left of the 2nd row. This work on metaverse’s climate impacts was reported by some news media, such as:

A 2022 PEESE publication titled “Mining Bitcoins with Carbon Capture and Renewable Energy for Carbon Neutrality Across States in the USA.” in Energy & Environmental Science was selected as the back cover of September 2022 issue of Energy & Environmental Science. The graphic art is presented in the middle of the 2nd row. This is PEESE’s 3rd cover art in the journal: previous ones include Jian Gong’s paper on perovskite PV sustainability analysis and earlier work on PV technoeconomic aspects. This work on sustainable crypto mining was reported by some news media, including but are not limited to, the ones below:

AIChE Journal, the official journal of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, published a Perspective article from PEESE, in collaboration with NASA and ExxonMobil through a public-private-academic partnership, titled “Perspectives of Quantum Computing for Chemical Engineering” (AIChE Journal, 68, e17651). The article is also featured on the cover of June 2022 issue of AIChE Journal. See the top row of the cover art on the right. A lay summary of this Perspective article was published by Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP).

Another cover art in AIChE Journal on the left of the first row is for our paper featured on the cover of January 2023 issue of AIChE Journal. The paper is titled “Targeting climate-neutral hydrogen production: Integrating brown and blue pathways with green hydrogen infrastructure via a novel superstructure and simulation-based life cycle optimization” (AIChE Journal, 69, e17956). A lay summary of this Perspective article was also published by Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP).

Our collaborative project with the Clinton Foundation on sustainability of pharmaceutical products is reported via a recent article titled “Environmental Sustainability of the Globalized Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: The Case of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate” in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. It is also selected to feature on the Front Cover Art of May 2023 issue of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. Relevant news stories include:

In February 2022, our paper titled “Toward Carbon-Neutral Electric Power Systems in the New York State: a Novel Multi-Scale Bottom-Up Optimization Framework Coupled with Machine Learning for Capacity Planning at Hourly Resolution” was selected to feature on the cover of February 2022 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. Specifically, this work was reported by some news media, including:

In August 2021, Xiang’s paper titled “Consequential Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic Waste Chemical Recycling” (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 33, 11247–11257), was selected to feature on the cover of September 2021 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. See the middle graphic on the top row of the cover art above. Some news media reports include, but are not limited to, the following ones:

In August 2021, Xueyu’s paper titled “Energy and Environmental Sustainability Assessment of Photovoltaics Transition toward Perovskite–Perovskite Tandems from the Attributional and Consequential Perspectives” (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 33, 11247–11257), was selected to feature on the cover of August 2021 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. See the right graphic on the top row of the cover art above.

In March 2021, our paper titled “Sustainable Residential Micro-Cogeneration System Based on a Fuel Cell Using Dynamic Programming-Based Economic Day-Ahead Scheduling” (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 8, 3258–3266), was selected to feature on the cover of March 2021 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. The graphic of the left cover art on the second row is taken from our publication in this issue.

In June 2018, a paper by Jiyao, titled “Integrated Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment and Optimization of Shale Gas.” (ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2018, 6 (2), pp 1803–1824), was selected to feature on the cover of June 2018 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 

Two graduate students from Prof. José María Ponce-Ortega’s group, Aurora de Fátima Sánchez-Bautista and José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar, visited PEESE in 2016. Their research work on pollution trading to improve the sustainability of energy systems was selected to feature on the cover of the March 2017 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. The upper left graphic of the right cover art on the second row is taken from our publication in this issue.

The cover of the June 2016 issue of ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. features our recent work on robust design of bioconversion network under uncertainty. The top graphic of the left cover art in the bottom row is taken from our publication in this issue (see Gong, Garcia, & You, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4(6), pp 3160–3173).

Minbo’s paper “Comparative Techno-Economic and Environmental Analysis of Ethylene and Propylene Manufacturing from Wet Shale Gas and Naphtha” (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56 (14), pp 4038–4051), was selected to feature on the cover of May 2017 issue of Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. The graphic of the left cover art on the middle of the bottom row is taken from our publication in this issue.

One year after the previous cover feature, another paper by Minbo and Xueyu, titled “Manufacturing Ethylene from Wet Shale Gas and Biomass: Comparative Technoeconomic Analysis and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment” (Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2018, 57 (17), pp 5980–5998), was selected to feature on the cover of May 2018 issue of Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. See the graphic of the right cover art on the bottom row.