Episode 190: Xavi Fonoll Almansa, on getting creative with resource recovery

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on resource recovery and innovative technologies with Xavi Fonoll Almansa.

Earth Day 2026 finds the ASCE Plot Points podcast celebrating with a conversation between Xavi Fonoll Almansa, an assistant professor of environmental Engineering at the University of Texas, at Austin, and guest host Kuang Zhu of the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute’s Environmental Health and Water Quality Committee. In episode 190 of ASCE Plot Points, they discuss resource recovery, future technologies and processes, and Fonoll Almansa’s cutting edge research right now into hydrothermal liquefaction, converting organic waste into biocrude.

People in this episode

Host: Kuang Zhu

Guest: Xavi Fonoll Almansa

Topics covered

• resource recovery
• environmental engineering
• hydrothermal liquefaction
• biocrude
• future technologies
• organic waste

Keywords

• resource recovery
• hydrothermal liquefaction
• biocrude
• environmental engineering
• organic waste
• future technologies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Texas, ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute, ASCE Plot Points

More episodes of ASCE Plot Points Podcast

• Episode 191: Rory Linehan and Elizabeth Losos, on the secret to success for smaller cities to build resilient infrastructure · May 4, 2026 · 42 min
• Episode 189: Kristin Schultheis, on working across the watershed · April 21, 2026 · 17 min
• Episode 188: William Gonwa, on the power of numbers · April 20, 2026 · 24 min
• Episode 187: Meet ASCE’s new CEO, Peter J. O’Neil · March 30, 2026 · 27 min
• Episode 186: Manage your risk · January 27, 2026 · 18 min
• Episode 185: Give your infrastructure a low-salt diet · January 20, 2026 · 17 min