<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item link="https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/innovative-effort-turns-waste-into-construction-materials-aiding-low-income-and-bipoc-communities.html" display="true" type="news-list"><title>Researchers at AAMU Secure $1M NSF Grant for Pioneering Climate Change Mitigation Project</title><summary>The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Alabama A&amp;M University a $1 million grant for the project, “Transforming Wastes into Economic Assets for Sustainability, Resilience, and Prosperity by a Novel Negative Emission Technology.” In collaboration with the University of Alabama, University of New Mexico, and University of Idaho, this initiative aims to convert hazardous industrial wastes into eco-friendly construction materials using cutting-edge Negative Emission Technology (NET).</summary><date>2024-08-06T12:00:00-08:00</date><imageAltText>Dr. Elica Moss and Dr. Deden Rukmana</imageAltText><image>/_images/finalmossrukmanalr.jpg</image><name>Innovative Effort Turns Waste into Construction Materials, Aiding Minority Communities</name><first>Innovative</first><last>Effort Turns Waste into Construction Materials, Aiding Minority Communities</last><url>https://www.aamu.edu/about/inside-aamu/news/innovative-effort-turns-waste-into-construction-materials-aiding-low-income-and-bipoc-communities.html</url><tags/></item>