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Jeremy Rushlow, 2010 graduate of Central Carolina Community College's Associate in Applied Science in Alternative Energy: Biofuels program, holds a beaker of lipids extracted from fecal sludge. Rushlow is in Kumasi, Ghana, with a team of engineers who are constructing a pilot facility that will convert fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel. The facility, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is addressing the problems of waste disposal while producing a cost-effective sustainable energy source for developing countries like Ghana. The facility is a collaboration among Columbia University's Engineering School, Waste Enterprises, Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. For more information about CCCC's sustainability programs, including Biofuels, contact Andrew McMahan at 919-545-8036 or at amcmahan@cccc.edu.

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Jeremy Rushlow (left), 2010 graduate of Central Carolina Community College's Associate in Applied Science in Alternative Energy: Biofuels program, is in Kumasi, Ghana, with a team of engineers. They are constructing a pilot facility that will convert fecal sludge into biodiesel fuel. The facility, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is addressing the problems of waste disposal while producing a cost-effective sustainable energy source for developing countries like Ghana. Pictured (from left) are Rushlow; Camille Armantrout; project manager Bob Armantrout; Laura Stupin, process engineer on Green Heat, a project in Accra; biodiesel intern Lauren Steinbaum; Green Heat intern Louis Kang; and fermentation process engineer Justin Shih. The facility is a collaboration among Columbia University's Engineering School, Waste Enterprises, Ltd., the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. For more information about CCCC's sustainability programs; including Biofuels, contact Andrew McMahan at 919-545-8036 or at amcmahan@cccc.edu.