{"654407":{"#nid":"654407","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Massetti Named to National Academies Committee on Carbon Utilization","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has named \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/emanuele-massetti\u0022\u003EEmanuele Massetti\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E (SPP), to a committee created to study carbon utilization.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECarbon utilization refers to the use of captured carbon wastes in economically valuable products or services.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENASEM\u0026rsquo;s Carbon Utilization Infrastructure, Markets, Research, and Development Committee, established as part of the 2020 Energy Act, will identify fields that could best utilize carbon dioxide as the economy shifts towards a carbon-neutral future and study market possibilities and infrastructure needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/our-work\/carbon-utilization-infrastructure-markets-research-and-development\u0022\u003Ecommittee\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/a\u003E work over the next three years will provide industry, research sponsors, and researchers with information about \u0026ldquo;key challenges needed to advance the infrastructure, market, science, and engineering required to enable carbon utilization relevant for a circular carbon economy.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassetti said he was thrilled to begin the assignment and thanked Georgia Tech for \u0026ldquo;giving me the opportunity to grow professionally and serve in this role.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the next three years, I will have the unique opportunity to work with leading global experts to assess challenges and opportunities to transform carbon emissions \u0026mdash; one of the major causes of global warming \u0026mdash; into a valuable input for a sustainable circular economy,\u0026rdquo; he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassetti, who is on leave from Georgia Tech to work at the International Monetary Fund, will serve on the committee with 13 other researchers from universities, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassetti\u0026rsquo;s research focuses on energy, climate, and environmental policy. He is also director of the Laboratory for Integrated Economics Engineering Environment Assessment and Policy (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/l3eap.wordpress.com\/\u0022\u003EL3EAP\u003C\/a\u003E) and a faculty member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cepl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EClimate and Energy Policy Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003ESchool of Public Policy presence at NASEM\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMassetti is the fourth School of Public Policy faculty member currently serving on a NASEM committee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Omar Asensio was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/648887\/asensio-named-national-academies-voices-cohort\u0022\u003Enamed to\u003C\/a\u003E the National Academies New Voices Cohort in July. The group, which is serving from 2021-2023, brings diverse perspectives to global issues in science, engineering, and medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMarilyn Brown, Regents Professor and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems in the School of Public Policy, is a member of the National Academies committee on Data, Metrics, and Analytic Methods for Assessing Equity Impacts of Surface Transportation Funding Programs. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/our-work\/data-metrics-and-analytic-methods-for-assessing-equity-impacts-of-surface-transportation-funding-programs#sectionProjectScope\u0022\u003Egroup\u003C\/a\u003E studies how analysis tools can help the Department of Transportation provide equitable services for underserved communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Valerie Thomas, who holds a joint appointment in SPP, was \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/649785\/valerie-thomas-named-chair-national-academies-committee\u0022\u003Enamed\u003C\/a\u003E chair of a committee in August. Her committee, Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States, works to determine how to use greenhouse-gas emissions from transportation liquids in low-carbon fuel programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMassetti is the fourth public policy member to be serving on a committee at this time.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Massetti is the fourth public policy member to be serving on a committee at this time."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-01-13 14:13:59","changed_gmt":"2022-01-13 14:13:59","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"654406":{"id":"654406","type":"image","title":"Emanuele Massetti","body":null,"created":"1642082861","gmt_created":"2022-01-13 14:07:41","changed":"1642082861","gmt_changed":"2022-01-13 14:07:41","alt":"Headshot of Emanuele Massetti set on a gold background.","file":{"fid":"248182","name":"16 x 9 Aspect Ratio (3200 x 1800 px) (1).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%281%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%281%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":153598,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/16%20x%209%20Aspect%20Ratio%20%283200%20x%201800%20px%29%20%281%29.jpg?itok=1DgQU9I7"}}},"media_ids":["654406"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1706","name":"National Academies"},{"id":"189702","name":"carbon utilization"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}