Remembering Dr. Philip Wannamaker and Richard Esser

Remembering Dr. Philip Wannamaker and Richard Esser

Dr. Philip Ein Wannamaker | 1954 – 2022 EGI lost a friend and a brilliant scientist. On August 22nd, Phil Wannamaker suffered heart failure while presenting his scientific findings on UtahFORGE while on a Zoom call and died at EGI. Rather than paraphrase his...
U.S. Secretary of Energy visits UTAH FORGE TEAM

U.S. Secretary of Energy visits UTAH FORGE TEAM

On February 8th, the Utah FORGE team was honored to welcome U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson to the University of Utah’s Carolyn and Kem Gardner Commons building. Joining the Secretary were officials from the Utah...
BRIEF NEWS FROM EGI

BRIEF NEWS FROM EGI

Visit from the Kyrgyz Republic In November, EGI had the honor and pleasure to meet and explain EGI’s programs and capabilities to representatives from the Kyrgyz Republic.  The international visitors were guests of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor...
C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

C/2022 E3 (ZTF): A VISITOR FROM THE LAST ICE AGE

Photo: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing close to NGC2591, December 27th, 2022. BY BRYONY RICHARDS, Ph.D. During the Upper Paleolithic, some 50,000 years ago, the Earth was still in a glacial period; megafauna (think Dire wolves, Smilodon, and Megatherium) roamed the...
EGI’s Carbon Management team update

EGI’s Carbon Management team update

Above photo: The Carbon Science and Research Initiative on a field trip in the northern sector of the Paradox Basin, near Moab, Utah. EGI’s Carbon Management team led by Dr. Brian McPherson was recently awarded over $8 million dollars of US Department of Energy (DOE)...