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Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Engineering

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Industrial and Labor Relations

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Frank Lomax, an adjunct professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and an expert on the production of synthesis gas as well as plant design, construction and safety analysis, explains why pipelines in Texas can't handle the cold.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Sriramya Nair and Kenneth Clark Hover, professors of civil and environmental engineering, comment on efforts to develop alternative to cement, which is responsible for high levels of carbon emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on political and industry developments that signal a shift to a clean energy economy.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Donald Campbell, professor of astronomy and former director of the Arecibo Observatory, is available to speak to Arecibo's impact on scientific discovery.

Arts and Sciences

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Mason Peck, professor of astronautical engineering at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist, comments on the upcoming 20 year anniversary of humanity living in Earth orbit aboard the International Space Station.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced guidance for restaurants planning to provide comfort heating for customers dining outdoors during the fall and winter months. Max Zhang an expert in sustainable energy systems says although electric heaters emit no pollutants onsite compared to natural gas and propane heaters, electric heating actually causes more pollution in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

New York City

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Engineering

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Timur Dogan, an architect, building scientist, professor and director of the Environmental Systems Lab at Cornell University, comments on a European Union building renovation project to be announced this week.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Elaine Petro, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and a former engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, comments on Blue Origin's latest test launch of its New Shepherd rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Flavio Lehner, a climate scientist and assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science at Cornell University, comments on the the upcoming launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that will measure Earth's sea level rise.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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