{"582028":{"#nid":"582028","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thomas and Team Win Judges\u2019 Choice Award from MIT\u2019s Climate CoLab","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESuriya Arulselvan (MSCE 2015) and Valerie Thomas,\u0026nbsp;professor in\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E Ivan Allen College\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E and\u0026nbsp;the Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, were awarded the Judges\u0026rsquo; Choice Award for the 2016 Aviation contest from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate CoLab. They accepted the award and presented their research at the MIT Climate CoLab\u0026rsquo;s Crowds \u0026amp; Climate Conference, September 28 - 29, 2016, on MIT\u0026rsquo;s campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe pair submitted their proposal, \u0026ldquo;Strategic Investment to Scale-up Aviation Biofuel,\u0026rdquo; to the Climate CoLab\u0026rsquo;s Aviation contest category. They proposed that one large country (the United States, China, or Brazil) or coordinated region (e.g., the European Union) intensely ramp up aviation biofuel production, along with associated coproducts such as diesel fuel, to a level of about 120 million tons of biomass by the year 2030. They specifically focused on the feasibility of China contributing to this initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEmphasizing technology development for aviation biofuel within a particular country would result in gaining expertise in the most efficient pathway. Plausible ways to develop a stable supply and demand for biofuel include the following:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECollaborating with neighboring countries to establish an efficient supply chain.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWorking with suppliers and airlines that are taking initiatives to use biofuel.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EA common fuel distribution system can be established in the airports of China, similar to the bio-ports implemented in Amsterdam, Holland and Oslo, Norway. This way all the operators flying into these airports will be refueled by biofuel.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EWith the European Union including the aviation industry in its emission trading system since 2012, a strategic alignment could be made between the EU and China to substantiate the investment.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EArulselvan and Thomas\u0026rsquo;s proposal was particularly commended by the contest judges for its potential impact to considerably reduce carbon dioxide emissions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the pair\u0026rsquo;s proposal, read here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cJQPjU\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2cJQPjU\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWatch a video about the pair\u0026rsquo;s work here:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/un9Ve3V5w8M\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/youtu.be\/un9Ve3V5w8M\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESuriya Arulselvan (MSCE 2015) and Valerie Thomas, professor in \u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy and\u0026nbsp;the Anderson Interface Professor of Natural Systems\u0026nbsp;in the\u0026nbsp;School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, were awarded the Judges\u0026rsquo; Choice Award for the 2016 Aviation contest from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate CoLab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Suriya Arulselvan (MSCE 2015) and Valerie Thomas, a professor in Georgia Tech\u2019s Ivan Allen College School of Public Policy, received the Judges\u2019 Choice Award for the 2016 Aviation contest from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Climate CoLab."}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2016-10-03 17:12:53","changed_gmt":"2016-10-27 15:39:00","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"581862":{"id":"581862","type":"image","title":"Valerie Thomas","body":null,"created":"1475155087","gmt_created":"2016-09-29 13:18:07","changed":"1475155087","gmt_changed":"2016-09-29 13:18:07","alt":"Valerie Thomas","file":{"fid":"221789","name":"valerie082b.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/valerie082b.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/valerie082b.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":973860,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/valerie082b.jpg?itok=jf5NNuIm"}},"581863":{"id":"581863","type":"image","title":"Suriya Arulselvan","body":null,"created":"1475155195","gmt_created":"2016-09-29 13:19:55","changed":"1475155195","gmt_changed":"2016-09-29 13:19:55","alt":"Suriya Arulselvan","file":{"fid":"221790","name":"Suriya_Photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Suriya_Photo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Suriya_Photo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":153127,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Suriya_Photo.jpg?itok=iKsXue5l"}}},"media_ids":["581862","581863"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/climatecolab.org\/contests\/2016\/aviation\/c\/proposal\/1331659","title":"Strategic Investment to Scale-Up Aviation Biofuel"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=un9Ve3V5w8M\u0026feature=youtu.be","title":"Video about Arulselvan\u2019s and Thomas\u2019 proposal"},{"url":"http:\/\/climatecolab.org\/contests\/2016\/aviation\/c\/proposal\/1331659","title":"MIT Climate CoLab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2924","name":"MIT"},{"id":"166912","name":"Climate CoLab"},{"id":"1173","name":"aviation"},{"id":"2056","name":"biofuel"},{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"832","name":"greenhouse gas"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}