Frank S. Zeman
918 Mudd MC 4711
500 West 120th Street
New York, NY, 10027
Office: (212) 854-7441
Email: fsz1@columbia.edu
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Education |
Eng.Sc.D. Columbia University, graduated February 2006
Earth and Environmental Engineering, Thesis: “Air Extraction: The Feasibility of Absorbing CO2 directly from the Atmosphere”
M.Sc., Imperial College, UK, 1999
Engineering Geology – Civil Engineering (with distinction)
Thesis: “The Influence of Tectonic Activity on the Distribution of Evaporite Deposits”
B.Sc., Queen’s University, Canada, 1993
Civil Engineering (with Honors) |
Affiliations |
Registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada |
Languages |
Fluent in English and French, with a working knowledge of German |
Work Experience
Columbia University, Dept. Earth and Environmental Eng. Sept. ‘07 to Apr. ‘08
Post Doctoral Scholar
Working with David Keith, University of Calgary, on Air Capture using sodium and calcium sorbents. The objective is to establish a detailed process design and identify critical economic and process concerns for further experimentation and cost analysis.
Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York City, USA until Sept. ‘07
Post Doctoral Scholar
Acting as lead researcher on an 18-month research project to investigate the feasibility of a Zero Emission Cement Kiln. The work includes experimentation and computer modeling and will be completed by September 2007.
Carbon Credit Capital, New York City, USA Winter to Fall 2006
Engineering Consultant
Working as consultant to a start up company focused on developing CDM projects through the Kyoto Accord. Work includes carbon management and technology assessment for financing decisions and managing projects through regulatory bodies. Current projects include biomass power plants near Belem, Brazil and in Suriname as well as developing projects in Malaysia and India.
Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, Canada Summer 2001
Engineer
Staff Engineer working on mining projects based out of the office. Work included preparation of bid documents and design of the site investigation for the 1.4 billion dollar Goro Nickel Project. Prepared mine site closure plans for the Kidd Mettalugical Division of Falconbridge and the Coldstream Mine Site, both in Northern Ontario.
Golder Associates Ltd., Burnaby, Canada Fall 1999 to Summer 2000
Project Engineer
Member of design team completing work for the Antamina Copper Project, in Peru. Antamina was a $2.5 billion copper project run out of San Francisco. The tailings basin design team includes members from Canada, the USA, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Luxembourg. Completed engineering reports for geological, hydrological and computational aspects of the project, including the design report for the 232m high CFRD main dam, the 10th highest in the world, and side hill decant system with tunnel.
Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, Canada 1995 to 1998 & Fall 2000 to Spring 2001
Engineer
Three years as alternating resident engineer responsible for the Quality Control/Quality Assurance program as it relates to dam construction for the second tailings basin at the Omai Gold mine in Guyana, South America. Work was under the supervision of several regulatory agencies as well as independent specialists.
Staff engineer whose assignments included: tailings dam design, diversion channel alignment and capacity calculations, tailings deposition planning and water balance calculations for Voisey Bay Nickel Mine, Musselwhite Gold Project, Stanrock Mine Closure as well as a variety of smaller projects.
Completed a project with the Landfill group designing a low permeability cap, and associated drainage works, for the East Riverside landfill in Windsor, Ontario. Worked as on site technician for the remediation of the Shell Oakville Research Center. Member of the Construction Material Testing group as on site quality control technician performing compaction, concrete and laboratory testing, footing and caisson inspection, and associated reporting.
Eastern Power Developers, Etobicoke, Canada Winter, 1995
Junior Engineer
Member of the project management team involved with purchasing, expediting, scheduling, drafting and design modifications for the Keele Valley Co-Gen Station.
Canadian National Rowing Team 1993-1995
Trained under the national coaches and competed as a member of the pre-elite team at the 1994 US Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Teaching Experience
Fall 2006 Industrial Ecology, Columbia University
Assistant adjunct professor teaching Life Cycle Assessment of Nuclear and Hydrogen power production and SimaPro computer software.
Fall 2004 MRSEC Outreach Program, Columbia University
As a member of the material science departments outreach team, it was our responsibility to enter high school environments to demonstrate engineering to students. We ran experiments and lead discussions around the engineering profession.
Summer 2004 &5 Masters in Public Administration SIPA, Columbia University
Teaching assistant for class of 50 students studying Climate Science and Hydrology. This course involved leading public administration students through the basic science of climate using experiments, laboratory reports and computer assignments.
Winter 2004 Air Pollution, Columbia University
Teaching assistant for 4th year/senior air pollution control class. Responsibilities included grading of homework and running tutorials.
Publications
Journal Papers
Zeman F.S., (2008), Experimental Results for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere, AIChE Journal, published online February 29, 2008.
Zeman F.S. (2008), Effect of Steam Hydration on Performance of Lime for CO2 Capture, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, published online November 19, 2007.
Zeman F.S. (2007), Energy and Material Balance of CO2 Capture from Ambient Air, Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 7558-7563, 2007.
Zeman F.S., Lackner K.S. (2004), Capturing Carbon Dioxide Directly from the Atmosphere, World Resource Review, 16, No.2, 157-172, 2004.
Other journal papers expected in the near future:
Zeman F.S., Castaldi M.J. (2008), An Investigation of Synthetic Fuel Production via Chemical Looping, Special Issue Environmental Science and Technology, In Press proof submitted February 26, 2008.
Zeman F.S. (2008), Study of Clinker Formation in Atmospheres Dominated by
Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide, ZKG International, In press, accepted January 30, 2008.
Zeman F.S., Keith D.W. (2008), Carbon Neutral Hydrocarbons, Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, special issue “Macro Engineering Approaches for Escaping Dangerous Climate Change”, submitted February 25, 2008
Other Publications
Zeman F.S., Lackner K.S., Zero Emission Kiln, International Cement Review, May 2006.
White paper on “A Reduced Emission Oxygen Kiln” for Cement Sustainability Initiative of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (March 2008).
Book Chapter, Climate Change Mitigation in “The Illustrated Guide to Climate Change”, Gavin Schmidt and Joshua Wolfe (Eds), W. W. Norton Press, New York (to appear 2008)
Selected Conference Presentations
Zeman F.S. 2007. “Reduced Emission Kiln Technologies”, Presented at the International Cement Conference (Cemtech), Orlando FL, December 2-5, 2007.
Zeman F.S., Castaldi M.C. 2007. “Greener Fuels”, Presented at the CHEMRAWN XVII and ICCDU-IX Conference on Greenhouse Gases, Kingston ON, July 8-12, 2007.
Zeman F.S. 2006. “Capture of CO2 from Ambient Air”, Presented at the International Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 23-25, 2006.
Zeman F.S., 2006. “Waste to Energy (WTE) Carbon Emission Credits”, Presented at the Waste to Energy Research and Technology (WTERT) Council Fall 2006 Meeting, New York, NY, October 19-20, 2006.
Zeman F.S. 2006. “Direct Extraction of CO2 from Air, a fixed solution to a mobile problem”, Presented at the 1st Regional Symposium on Carbon Management, Dhahran Saudi Arabia, May 22-24, 2006.
Zeman F.S. 2005. “On Eliminating the Sintering of Calcium via Hydration in Calcination/Carbonation Cycles”, Presented at the 30th International Conference on Coal Utilization & Fuel Systems, Clearwater FL April 17-21, 2005.
Zeman F.S., Lackner K.S. 2004. “Air Extraction: Decoupling CO2 emissions from CO2 mitigation”Poster presented at the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Vancouver BC, September 5-9, 2004.
Status: Canadian Citizen on J-1 Visa
