018: Environmental Engineering, Biochar and Oil Spill Cleanup with Julia Vidonish

Verge of Discovery

Julia Vidonish introduces her field of environmental engineering and her work in oil spill cleanup in particular. Julia expands on oil spills and it's implications and how her team is focusing on heavier constituents that are more difficult to clean up. She describes her group's vision to take contaminants and utilize them as a possible resource without damaging the environment. She concludes the episode by describing potential benefits of this new technology and how it affects our world as a whole.