The ECHO team, comprising four doctoral students from the University of Houston’s environmental engineering program – Prince Aleta, Ahmad Hassan, Mohsen Afshari, and Abdelrahman Refaie – under the guidance of assistant professor Mim Rahimi, has achieved a significant milestone by winning the inaugural UH Energy Innovation Commercialization Competition. Their project, ECHO (Electrochemical CO2 Harvester from the Ocean), introduces an innovative electrochemical technique powered by renewable energy. This technology capitalizes on the ocean’s natural CO2 absorption capabilities to capture carbon dioxide in an efficient and sustainable manner.
The recognition of the ECHO team’s innovative work was featured at UH News, Energy Capital HTX, and Baytown Sun.
