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Cornell Expert Quotes

Cornellians weigh in on current events in the news

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Topic	Name	Date
Physical Sciences & Engineering	Rick Geddes Founding Director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy	03/03/21
	"A bi-partisan infrastructure bill at the federal level offers an opportunity to incentivize these alternate approaches at the state and local levels.” Media: Gillian Smith gillian.smith@cornell.edu 607-254-6235 Related Tip Sheet: Incentivized funding key to improving US infrastructure (03/03/21)
Engineering , Physical Sciences & Engineering , Industrial and Labor Relations	Ron Olson Director of Operations at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility	02/24/21
	Olson says: "Because most of the semiconductor plants have a limit of WPH (wafers per hour) there are only so many chips that can be manufactured per day, because of limited Equipment throughput (ETH)." Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: As EVs take off, semiconductor demand to rise amidst chip shortage (02/24/21)
Engineering , Physical Sciences & Engineering , Industrial and Labor Relations	Christopher Ober Professor of Materials Engineering	02/24/21
	Ober says: "In part, the shortage stems from cutbacks made to production from the start of the pandemic and now that production is increasing, knowing how many items to produce and how many to order is complicated. This can lead to shortages of items that were readily available before the pandemic. Chips like sophisticated microprocessors are not as affected but that does not help build a car if you don't have the simpler chips." Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: As EVs take off, semiconductor demand to rise amidst chip shortage (02/24/21)
Engineering , Physical Sciences & Engineering , Industrial and Labor Relations	Arthur Wheaton Director of Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs for the Worker Institute	02/24/21
	“The semiconductor chip shortage is an extremely important issue. As more automakers move to electrify their fleets, the higher the demand.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: As EVs take off, semiconductor demand to rise amidst chip shortage (02/24/21)
Physical Sciences & Engineering , Engineering	Frank Lomax Adjunct Professor at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	02/23/21
	“Throughout most of Texas, the Southern part of the Midwest and the Gulf Coast, it is very unusual to design pipelines and midstream facilities (the problems here) or refineries and downstream facilities (not related to the power grid) for temperatures below freezing, as these temperatures are unusual, and the temporary interruption when they occur is considered bearable to facilitate lower investment in the fixed assets.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Here’s why Texas gas pipelines can’t handle the cold (02/23/21)
Energy, Environment & Sustainability , Physical Sciences & Engineering , Engineering	Kenneth Clark Hover Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	02/17/21
	"Few of the proposed innovations have demonstrated volume stability, tolerable shrinkage or expansion with wetting or drying or temperature changes, long-term creep, or fire resistance. We know little of their response in earthquakes or shock or explosions. There are precedents for well-intentioned innovations that resulted in collapses." Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Bill Gates shines spotlight on carbon-emitting cement and need for something new (02/17/21)
Energy, Environment & Sustainability , Physical Sciences & Engineering , Engineering	Sriramya Nair Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering	02/17/21
	“In 2020, 4.37 billion tons of portland cement was produced worldwide and production of one ton of portland cement generates an average of 0.9 tons of CO2, resulting in approximately 5-7% of the global CO2 emissions. Cement production plants are finding ways to curb CO2 emissions, but to reach net zero, more needs to be done.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Bill Gates shines spotlight on carbon-emitting cement and need for something new (02/17/21)
Energy, Environment & Sustainability	C. Lindsay Anderson Associate Professor in Biological and Environmental Engineering and Faculty Director for Energy with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability	02/11/21
	Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Experts list: Momentous shift to clean energy future? (02/11/21)
Energy, Environment & Sustainability	Natalie Mahowald Irving Porter Church Professor of Engineering, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Reducing Climate Risk Working Group co-leader for the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability	02/11/21
	Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Experts list: Momentous shift to clean energy future? (02/11/21)
Physical Sciences & Engineering , Engineering	Mason Peck Professor of astronautical engineering	10/27/20
	“Thanks to government investment in our nation's innovation infrastructure, I expect we'll be celebrating 20 years of continuous presence on the moon by the middle of this century.” Media: Jeff Tyson jeff.tyson@cornell.edu (607) 793-5769 Related Tip Sheet: Humanity marks 20 years in Earth orbit, sets sight on moon (10/27/20)

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