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

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

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