Investigates sustainability and engineering applications, including environmental impacts from engineered products. Research themes include: Evaluating end-of-life opportunities for recovered materials, including the automotive industryAssessing the functionality, resiliency, and sustainability for infrastructure systemsClassifying brownfield site redevelopment opportunitiesAssessing and benchmarking engineered products and systemsUndertaking and developing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and environmental metrics for applications, including: LCA of bio-based ethanol production alternativesPassenger vehicle LCA methodologiesEnd-of-life vehicle life cycle inventory assessmentLCA of Bio-based materials use in the automotive industryLCA of automotive paint solvent recycling alternatives
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