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Philomathia post-doctoral fellow Sheng Shen earns prestigious NSF award
Sheng Shen, an assisant professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and postdoctoral Philomathia Foundation fellow at UC Berkley in 2010, has received the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award, its most prestigious award for...
McMaster PhD candidate returns to Uganda to participate in water research project
In May 2012, the Philomathia Foundation announced a donation of $1M toward establishing the Philomathia Foundation Water Project at McMaster University. This project will enhance the existing education and research in water issues at McMaster with its collaboration...
The Fourth Annual Philomathia Forum Unlocking the Financing of Real Estate Energy Efficiency (Oct 5 2012 at San Francisco)
It is with great enthusiasm that the Philomathia foundation announces the fourth instalment in a series of successful lectures on Energy and the Environment. The 2012 Philomathia form titled Unlocking the Financing of Real Estate Energy Efficiency, will explore issues...
Green Chemistry
The standard of living for a modern day society has been greatly enhanced by Chemistry and Material Science. This has been achieved at the expense of exposing our environment to many unknown, and often toxic, chemicals. Many will argue that this was necessary to...
The Philomathia Conference on Political Thought and the Environment, May 25th and 26th 2012
The complex interplay and relationship between the natural world and political thought was examined during this conference hosted at Trinity Hall Lecture Theatre at Cambridge University. This conference brought together experts on political theory, philosophers and...
Philomathia Donates $1M to McMaster University to Fund Water Research May 17, 2012
Shortages of clean water are becoming endemic and are a major cause of poor global health. A complex issue such as this, warrants an approach from multiple avenues, integrating knowledge from both engineering and the social sciences. In response to the global water...