André Taylor is working on ways to lower energy’s costs and impacts on the planet while increasing opportunities to convert fuel sources into electricity.
Taylor, a 1991 Smith-Cotton High School graduate, is assistant professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the Yale University School of Engineering and Applied Science. He also is a member of the inaugural class of Smith-Cotton’s Academic Hall of Fame, which will be inducted May 13.
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