Media and News Coverage with Links

07/2024       Nnortheastern News “Zheng Wins 2024 Raymond Viskanta Award”

07/2024       Northeastern Global News “Northeastern researcher developing device to convert wasted heat into energy for spacecrafts and Mars rovers”

06/2024       D’Amore-McKim Business News “Faculty Fellow Yi Zheng organizes Boston Urban Forum on sustainable energy in celebration of World Environment Day”

11/2023       Northeastern Global News “Professor Yi Zheng’s efforts to share science with his community — and the world — garner a Scientist of the Year award”

09/2023       Northeastern CRI news “Planck Energies is Revolutionizing Cooling Technology  with Passive-Cooling Paint”

08/2023       Northeastern news “Eco-Friendly Passive Cooling with Recycled Packaging Plastics”

07/2023       Center for Research Innovation News “Planck Energies: Pioneering Sustainability in the Entrepreneurial Community”

01/2023       MassVentures news release “Acorn Innovation Awards Help Massachusetts Research Institutions Commercialize Scientific Breakthroughs”

11/2022       American Society for Engineering Education Prism Magazine article “Hot and Bothered – Cool Tech” by Thomas Grose

10/2022       Chemical Engineering Magazine article “This Inorganic Fiber-based Paper Passively Cools Buildings, Vehicles and Much More” interviewed by Mary Bailey
07/2022       Northeastern Global news “Northeastern Researchers Design Cooling Paper That Might Lessen Need for AC”

06/2022       Massachusetts Innovation Network news “The Eddies Award in the CleanTech,  GreenTech & Sustainability”

11/2021       WaterToday Canada news “Manure To Fresh Water – Northeastern University  Professor leads Research in water desalination going from ‘Nano’ to ‘Bio“interviewed by Suzanne Forcese

10/2021       Northeastern Global news “Manure Makes Drinking Water? An Unlikely Solution to A Global Crisis”

10/2021       BBC UK news “Scientists find way of using cow poo to turn salty seawater into drinkable water!”

09/2022       India Times news “Nano-Filter Made From Cow Manure Turns Salt Water Into Drinking Water” by Monit Khanna

08/2021       Radio interview on “Cooling paper technique” with Top of Mind with Julie Rose, a daily, live news talk and interview show on 107.9FM

07/2021       Northeastern Global news “How to Keep Cool Without Turning on The A/C” 

07/2021       The Vanguard (GE News) “The 5 Coolest Things on Earth” by Will Palmer

06/2021       The Hill’s Changing America featured story “Inventor creates new material that can keep buildings cool without air conditioning”