Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Monday, 17/June/2024
9:00am
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5:00pm
Pre-Conference Workshop 1: LCA of Emerging Technologies - Working Group, people are welcome to attend the meeting
1:00pm
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4:30pm
Pre-Conference Workshop II
 

Best practices for sharing data and models

T. Reed Miller, Qingshi Tu, Brandon Kuczenski

5:30pm
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7:00pm
Social Event
Date: Tuesday, 18/June/2024
8:00am
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9:00am
Pre-conference Workshop III
 

Exploring climate adaptation education in civil engineering programs with a skill-survey

Marie Buhl

9:00am
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9:15am
Transition I
9:15am
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10:10am
Opening & Keynote
10:10am
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10:20am
Transition II
10:20am
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11:40am
AIB1: Sust. Ag. & Environmental Impact
 
10:20am - 10:35am

Life cycle impacts of fertilized and harvested winter rye to inform cover crop market initiatives in the US Midwest

Kathryn Phillips, Tim Smith



10:35am - 10:50am

Life Cycle Assessment of a Meat Alternative containing Heme Protein

Kay Glass, Hariteja Nandimandalam, James Alamia, Rui Shi



10:50am - 11:05am

Digital Atlas of Food and Agricultural Byproducts in California

Mariana Larrañaga Tapia, Keer Ni, Sarah Kakadellis, Christopher W. Simmons, Ilias Tagkopoulos, Edward S. Spang



11:05am - 11:20am

Air quality-related benefits of ammonia abatement in US livestock management

Madeline Grace Faubion, Sumil Thakrar, Jason Hill



11:20am - 11:35am

Grass 2 Gas: How nitrogen inputs to the Chesapeake Bay watershed can change by perennial grasses and winter biomass crops to produce biogas

Lucas de Lima Casseres dos Santos, Christine Costello

SRE9: Lightning Talk
 
10:20am - 10:25am

GCAM, The Global Change Analysis Model

Rachel Hoesly



10:25am - 10:30am

Electric Utility Vulnerability to Wildfire and Post-Fire Debris Flow in California

Eleanor M. Hennessy, Mikhail V. Chester



10:30am - 10:35am

Implications of Zoning Ordinances for Rural Utility-Scale Solar Deployment and Power System Decarbonization in the Great Lakes Region

Papa Yaw Owusu-Obeng, Sarah Banas Mills, Michael T. Craig



10:35am - 10:40am

Carbon neutral pathways for Thailand and Bangkok: Integrated assessment modeling to inform energy system transitions

Taryn Waite, Bijay Bahadur Pradhan, Pornphimol Pornphimol Winyuchakrit, Zarrar Khan, Maridee Weber, Leeya Pressburger, Achiraya Chaichaloempreecha, Salony Rajbhandari, Piti Pita, Michael I. Westphal, Abdullah Jonvisait, Daranee Jareemit, Bundit Limmeechokchai, Meredydd Evans



10:40am - 10:45am

Power Play: Evaluating the effect of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies on Electric Vehicle Battery Technology Choices and Supply Chains

Anthony Lu Cheng, Erica R.H. Fuchs, Jeremy J. Michalek



10:45am - 10:50am

Leveraging Prospective Life Cycle Inventory Databases for Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels

David Quiroz, Jason Quinn



10:50am - 10:55am

From Data to Decisions: Assessing Committed Energy Supplies for Informed Climate Policy in the US

Dawn L. Woodard, Michele L. Bustamante



10:55am - 11:00am

Cracking Appalachia: A Political-Industrial Ecology Perspective

Jennifer Baka



11:00am - 11:05am

Integrating Solar PV Projects into Traditional Energy Efficiency Programs

Tom Cosgro, Conor McGrail



11:05am - 11:10am

Municipal Case Study Application of LCA to Reach Net-Zero Energy Sector Goals

A.R Pfadt-Trilling, Marie-Odile Fortier



11:10am - 11:15am

Using Machine Learning in Life Cycle Assessment to Provide a Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of the University’s Geothermal Energy Pilot Plant

Mahsa Ghandi, Jasmina Burek



11:15am - 11:20am

Building Energy Resilience and Sustainability in U.S. School Infrastructure

Andrea Boero-Vera, Cordula Schmid, Lourdes Medina, David Claudio, John-Michael Davis, Scott Jiusto, Aaron Smith-Walter, Jasmina Burek



11:20am - 11:25am

Test driving a new LCA framework for critical minerals mining

Jenna Trost, Jennifer Dunn



11:25am - 11:30am

Assessing the potential of exergy as a thermodynamic material and energy efficiency indicator to guide the optimisation of industrial symbiosis projects

Marie Lourioux, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez



11:30am - 11:35am

Low-carbon manufacturing increases climate benefit of renewables, by up to 175% points for photovoltaics

Dwarak Ravikumar, Garvin Heath



11:35am - 11:40am

The Role of Policy and Module Manufacturing Learning in Industrial Decarbonization by Small Modular Reactors

Max Vanatta, Michael Craig, W. Robb Stewart



11:40am - 11:45am

Strategic Charging: An Environmental Impact Analysis of Charging Schedules for Sustainable Utility-Scale Energy Storage

Zane Carroll, Noah Kittner



11:45am - 11:50am

Understanding and addressing variability in wind and solar energy resources for decarbonization strategies

Shannon Hwang, Micah Ziegler, Jessika Trancik

SRI1: Decarbonization
 

A GIS-Based Process for En Masse Estimation of Commercial Building Energy Consumption

Jeffrey Lee Hubbs



Opportunities in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Hydrogen Blending in Industrial Process Heating

Qining Wang, Jennifer Dunn



Using greenhouse gas inventories to create emissions reduction targets for buildings to help reach our carbon neutrality goals at the University of Pittsburgh

Isabella Ann Cicco, Federica Geremicca, Jessica Moriah Vaden, Aurora Sharrard, Melissa Bilec



APEX Green Cities: Leverage Data and Knowledge to Accelerate Climate Action in Cities

Lorraine Sugar



Allocating the limited battery capacity across light-duty vehicles market segments to increase GHG mitigation – A scenario-based analysis of the U.S. fleet

Nadine Alzaghrini, Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan, Jon McKechnie, I. Daniel Posen, Heather L. MacLean

11:40am
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12:40pm
Lunch
12:40pm
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1:20pm
Panel: Energy & Agro Modeling
1:20pm
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1:30pm
Transition III
1:30pm
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2:50pm
AIB2: Biomaterials, Biofuels, & Alt. Energy Sources
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Potential from Adopting Anaerobic Digestion on Large-Scale Dairy Farms in the United States

Jonah M. Greene, Jim Wallace, Robert B. Williams, April B. Leytem, Bert R. Bock, Mike McCully, Stephen R. Kaffka, C. Alan Rotz, Jason C. Quinn



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Feasibility of Purpose Grown Bioenergy Feedstocks and Power-to-Liquid Technologies for Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the Contiguous United States

Braden J. Limb, Jack P. Smith, Steven J. Simske, Jason C. Quinn



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Life Cycle GHG Emissions and Carbon Intensity of U.S. Fuel Use and Projection for the Next 10 Years

Tai-Yuan Huang, Doris Oke, Troy R. Hawkins



2:15pm - 2:30pm

The Influence of Farm Design on Manure Biosolid Availability, Biogas Potential, and GHG Emissions

Melissa Moore, Corinne Scown



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Life cycle Assessment of Biogas Production from Hemp Crop Residue using Process Modeling

Alana Teresa Smith, Anthony Roulier, Nelson Granda Marulanda, Lindsey McGregor, Jasmina Burek

SRE4: Tools Overview
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Prospective Impact Analysis Combining Integrated Assessment Modeling and Life Cycle Assessment

Tapajyoti Ghosh, Soomin Chun, Patrick Lamers, Shubhankar Upasani, Alberta Carpenter



1:45pm - 2:00pm

GCAM, The Global Change Analysis Model

Rachel Hoesly



2:00pm - 2:15pm

From Data to Decisions: Assessing Committed Energy Supplies for Informed Climate Policy in the US

Dawn L. Woodard, Michele L. Bustamante

STA1: LCA Tool
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Adaptive Building LCA Tools for Promoting Circular Economy: A comprehensive analysis

Md. Uzzal Hossain, Mirwais Sakhizada, Obste Therasme, Paul Crovella



1:45pm - 2:00pm

A decision-making tool to simplify data requirement for life cycle assessment of timber-based structural materials

Baishakhi Bose, Thomas P. Hendrickson, Sarah L. Nordahl, Seth Kane, Sabbie A. Miller, Corinne D. Scown



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Test driving a new LCA framework for critical minerals mining

Jenna Trost, Jennifer Dunn



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Mapping the path towards sustainable polymers: a holistic Life Cycle Assessment tool for sustainable polymer design

Miaohan Tang, Jennifer Dunn



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Enabling Anticipatory LCA for non-LCA experts

Lise Laurin, Tejaswini Chatty, Bryton Moeller, Ismael Velasco

2:50pm
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3:20pm
Break I
3:20pm
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4:50pm
AIB3: Biomaterials, Biofuels, & Alt. Energy Sources
 
3:20pm - 3:35pm

Environmental and Economic Analysis of Value-added Products from Integrated Biorefineries in the Pulp and Paper Industry

Aline Banboukian, Dipti Kamath, Sachin Nimbalkar



3:35pm - 3:50pm

A Framework to Discern Wood Dynamics and its Sustainability Impact in Emerging Forest-based Bioeconomy Scenarios

Bidhan Bhuson Roy, Qingshi Tu



3:50pm - 4:05pm

Life Cycle Assessment of Priority BioBased Chemicals: A Review and Meta-regression

Zirui Tang, Weijia Zhang, Qingshi Tu



4:05pm - 4:20pm

Life cycle assessment of different pretreatment methods yielding sugar for value-added biomaterials and biofuels

Wondwosen Aga, Kalyani Ananthakrishnan, Deepak Kumar, Obste Therasme



4:20pm - 4:35pm

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF PELLETIZED DUCKWEED SOIL AMENDMENT DERIVED FROM FARM MANURE WASTEWATER.

Divya Pant, Rachel Brennan, Christine Costello



4:35pm - 4:50pm

Evaluating costs and potential of select bioenergy pathways for decarbonization of hard to decarbonize U.S. economic sectors

Saurajyoti Kar, Troy R. Hawkins, Doris Oke, Udayan Singh

SRE7: Minerals
 

Towards Consequential Life Cycle Analysis of Minerals Mining for Decarbonization

Yilun Zhou, Jennifer Dunn



Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Rare Earth Element Recovery from Phosphogypsum

Adam John Smerigan, Rui Shi



Modeling the Impact of Direct Lithium Extraction Technologies on Overall Water Use in the Salton Sea Known Geothermal Resource Area

Shaily Gupta, Margaret Busse



Revealing Material Requirements and Environmental Impact for Canadian Wind Energy Development Based on Material Flow Analysis

Peijin Jiang, Bidhan Bhuson Roy, Qingshi Tu



Beyond Borders: Collaborative Approaches to Critical Mineral Challenges in the Low Carbon Transition

Shahid Hossaini, Geoff McCarney

STA2: Sust. Perf. & Assessment
 
3:20pm - 3:35pm

A Tool to Incorporate Non-Energy Impacts in Energy Efficiency Investment Decision Making for Firms

Elizabeth Wachs



3:35pm - 3:50pm

Carbon footprint calculators: A review and development of an updated tool

Sierra Janelle Lema, Marie-Odile Payne Fortier



3:50pm - 4:05pm

A New Technology-Based Tool for Building Profitable Biodiversity-Conserving Offerings

Timothy Haas



4:05pm - 4:20pm

Research on the influence and mechanisms of nudge tools on public participation in low-carbon behaviors within a carbon inclusion framework

Wenting Ma

4:50pm
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5:20pm
Break II
5:20pm
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6:30pm
Poster Session
 

The Canadian Open Energy Model (CANOE)

I. Daniel Posen, Joule Bergerson, Andrew Leach, Heather MacLean, Sean McCoy, Juan Moreno-Cruz, Sylvia Sleep



Seamless 3D Heat Transfer Analysis in Early Architectural Design: A Case Study with OpenFOAM

Maryam Almaian, Patrick Kastner



Assessing climate-informed engineering skills and concepts among civil engineering students

Marie Buhl, Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, Sam Markolf



Characterization of food waste and contaminants to determine appropriate valorization methods

Jennifer Y. Park, Diana Rodriguez Alberto, Thomas Trabold, Callie Babbitt



Cost, performance and Life cycle assessment of biosand filters and its modified derivatives for drinking water treatment.

Jamiu Eniola, Banu Sizirici, Mutasem El fadel



Sustainable Production of Xylo-Oligosaccharide A Comparative Environmental Life Cycle Study

Jonathan Honore Morizet-Davis, Song Wang, Sunkyu Park, Richard Venditti, Kai Lan



Predicting climate change impacts on Chinese pines biomass in Northern China using 3-PG model

Haseen Ullah, Jie Duan, Xiaoxia Wang, Lulu He



Impact of varying renewable capacity credit allocation on larger grid capacity expansion planning

Jethro Ssengonzi, Aditya Sinha, Jeremiah X. Johnson



Life Cycle Assessment of Rubberized Pavement: An Integrated Approach for Sustainable Road Infrastructure

Pratibha Sapkota, Reed Miller



Evaluation of the Position of Roller Compacted Concrete as a Green Material Based on Sustainable Development Criteria (Economic, Social and Environmental)

MohammadJavad Hosseinzadeh, Reed Miller



The Impact of Green Infrastructure on Urban Surface Runoff and Its Enhancement: A Case Study of the Jialu River Basin in Zhengzhou City

Baowen Zhang, Yang Liu, Paul Crovella, Yihang Wang



COMPARISON OF THE LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS OF MATERIALS FOR LARGE-FORMAT ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Josephine Adu-Gyamfi, Reed Miller



Impacts of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: a Case Study of Isfahan, Iran

Fatemeh Kiani Salmi, T. Reed Miller, Mohammad Ali Abdoli, Khosro Ashrafi, Seyed Mohammadali Molayzahedi, Atusa Zakerhosseini



Understanding Carbon Capture Utilization, Storage (CCUS) Strategies for the Cement Industry

Elizabeth Moore, Hessam Azarijafari, Randolph Kirchain



Techno-economic life cycle analysis of low-carbon freight movement

Narayan Gopinathan



Policy and Life Cycle Assessment: Textile Disposal Ban Has a Positive Impact on Climate at the University

Katrina Smith, Anthony Amatucci, Aaron Smith-Walter, Jasmina Burek



UC Merced Decarbonization Survey

Isabelle Haddad, Paul Almeida, Rasha Naseif



Quantifying the Impact of Synthetic Biology Technologies on Industrial Chemical Manufacturing

Madeline R Joseph, Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Jennifer B Dunn



Harnessing Process Simulation for Life Cycle Inventory Generation

Jannatul Ferdous, Farid Bensebaa, Kasun Hewage, Pankaj Bhowmik, Nathan Pelletier



Holistic Sustainability Evaluation: Integrating Life Cycle Assessment, Techno-Economic Analysis, Process Optimization, and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approaches

Jannatul Ferdous, Farid Bensebaa, Nathan Pelletier



Technological readiness of direct food waste to feed valorization pathways across the globe: a review of case studies

Shaiyan Siddique, Qingshi Tu, Rehan Sadiq, Nathan Pelletier



Abstract for ISO 50001 Energy Management System for beginners

Angela M Black



The Role of Policy and Module Manufacturing Learning in Industrial Decarbonization by Small Modular Reactors

Max Vanatta, Michael Craig, W. Robb Stewart



Low-carbon manufacturing increases climate benefit of renewables, by up to 175% points for photovoltaics

Dwarak Ravikumar, Garvin Heath



Understanding the Impact of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Facility Construction in Biofuel LCAs

Huy Nguyen, Rui Shi



The Effect Methane Leakage Rates have on the Carbon Intensities of Renewable Natural Gas via Anaerobic Digestion

Alexandra Dill



Strategic Charging: An Environmental Impact Analysis of Charging Schedules for Sustainable Utility-Scale Energy Storage

Zane Carroll, Noah Kittner



Assessing the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles Through Carbon Footprint Analysis in California

Noah Blank



Understanding and addressing variability in wind and solar energy resources for decarbonization strategies

Shannon Hwang, Micah Ziegler, Jessika Trancik



Building Energy Resilience and Sustainability in U.S. School Infrastructure

Andrea Boero-Vera, Cordula Schmid, Lourdes Medina, David Claudio, John-Michael Davis, Scott Jiusto, Aaron Smith-Walter, Jasmina Burek



Using Machine Learning in Life Cycle Assessment to Provide a Comprehensive Environmental Assessment of the University’s Geothermal Energy Pilot Plant

Mahsa Ghandi, Jasmina Burek



Municipal Case Study Application of LCA to Reach Net-Zero Energy Sector Goals

A.R Pfadt-Trilling, Marie-Odile Fortier



Integrating Solar PV Projects into Traditional Energy Efficiency Programs

Tom Cosgro, Conor McGrail



Electrification of Buildings Cost Effectiveness in New Construction

Tom Cosgro, James Domanski



Lithium-Ion Battery Waste and Recycling Management: A New Proposal for Decentralized Waste and Recycling Locations

Mila Ann Lubeck, Thomas A. Herring



Reducing Water Treatment System Emissions Using Predictive Process Control

Ryan Mauery, Ilya Kovalenko, Margaret Busse



Assessing the potential of exergy as a thermodynamic material and energy efficiency indicator to guide the optimisation of industrial symbiosis projects

Marie Lourioux, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez

Date: Wednesday, 19/June/2024
8:00am
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8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am
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9:30am
Keynote 2
9:30am
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9:40am
Transition IV
9:40am
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11:00am
HDS1: Stakeholder Engagement
 
9:40am - 9:55am

Just by Design: exploring justice as a multidimensional concept in US circular economy discourse

Fernanda Cruz Rios, Brieanne Berry, Cindy Isenhour, Michael Haedicke, Melissa Bilec



9:55am - 10:10am

Comparing online and offline social capital as measures of community resilience

Ignacio Sepulveda, Benjamin Rachunok



10:10am - 10:25am

Advancing community scale transitions to circular economy in the construction and demolition sector using the Circularity Assessment Protocol

Nicole E Bell, Amy L Brooks, Jenna Jambeck, Madison Werner, Melissa M Bilec



10:25am - 10:40am

Cracking Appalachia: A Political-Industrial Ecology Perspective

Jennifer Baka



10:40am - 10:55am

Transformative urban agriculture: applying food waste-derived fertilizers in Community Learning Gardens

Sarah Kakadellis, Christopher W. Simmons, Edward S. Spang

SRE3: Macro Energy Models
 
9:40am - 9:55am

The role of hydrogen in decarbonizing US iron and steel production

Katherine Jordan, Paulina Jaramillo, Valerie Karplus, Peter Adams, Nicholas Muller



9:55am - 10:10am

Carbon neutral pathways for Thailand and Bangkok: Integrated assessment modeling to inform energy system transitions

Taryn Waite, Bijay Bahadur Pradhan, Pornphimol Pornphimol Winyuchakrit, Zarrar Khan, Maridee Weber, Leeya Pressburger, Achiraya Chaichaloempreecha, Salony Rajbhandari, Piti Pita, Michael I. Westphal, Abdullah Jonvisait, Daranee Jareemit, Bundit Limmeechokchai, Meredydd Evans



10:10am - 10:25am

Tools for Tractability of Datacenter NetZero Carbon Targets

Ashok Sunder Rajan, Taco Niet



10:25am - 10:40am

A Model Intercomparison Study of Open-Source Power System Models

Cameron Wade

SRI2: Circular Economy and LCA
 

Sustainable Well Plugging: Evaluating Biochar’s Integration in Orphan Oil & Gas Wells

Brooke Silagy



Wood-based Resources and Circular Economy for Sustainable Buildings: An Analytical Review

Mirwais Sakhizada, Md. Uzzal Hossain



Life Cycle Assessment of Alfalfa in the Southwestern United States

Raji Lukkoor



The opportunity for utilizing end-of-life scrap to meet growing copper demand

Isabel Diersen, Karan Bhuwalka, Elsa Olivetti



Life-cycle environmental and health impacts of a university green building

Savannah Wilson, Noah Kittner

11:00am
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11:20am
Break III
11:20am
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12:40pm
HDS2: Energy Justice and Inequity
 
11:20am - 11:35am

Evaluating Existing Model Suitability For Energy Justice Community Applications

Max Vanatta



11:35am - 11:50am

Incorporating worker preferences to design sociotechnical solutions for decarbonized industries using discrete choice models

Rebecca Ciez



11:50am - 12:05pm

Revisiting Energy Inequity from a Climate Perspective Using Machine Learning

Ying Yu, Xijing Li, Angel Hsu, Noah Kittner



12:05pm - 12:20pm

Equity Considerations in U.S. Climate Action Planning

Isabelle Haddad, Sam Markolf



12:20pm - 12:35pm

Disparities in Residential Proximity to Power Plants in the United States

Eleanor M. Hennessy

SRE2: Electric Vehicles
 
11:20am - 11:35am

Life Cycle Carbon Footprint of EV Batteries: The Impact of Battery Use Phase

Hyung Chul Kim



11:35am - 11:50am

Trade, Extended Use, and End of Life in the Global South: An Expanded EV Life Cycle Assessment

Francisco Parés Olguín, Alissa Kendall



11:50am - 12:05pm

Investigating ZEV Adoption Progress in California and Identifying Barriers to Advancing Adoption Rates

Genevieve Ann McKeown-Green, Ricardo de Castro, Isabelle Haddad, Sam Markolf



12:05pm - 12:20pm

Power Play: Evaluating the effect of Inflation Reduction Act subsidies on Electric Vehicle Battery Technology Choices and Supply Chains

Anthony Lu Cheng, Erica R.H. Fuchs, Jeremy J. Michalek

SRI4: Transportation Systems
 

Vulnerability Assessment of Electric Vehicles and Charging Station Network during Evacuations

Denissa Purba, Eleftheria Kontou



Electric Vehicles Limit Equitable Access To Essential Services

Yamil Essus, Benjamin Rachunok



Internalizing societal costs is unlikely to make most Chicago Uber and Lyft riders choose transit instead

Miki Tsuchiya, Parth Vaishnav



The Promise of Sustainable Transportation and Its Hidden Unintended Environmental Consequences

Wissam Kontar

12:40pm
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1:40pm
Lunch II
1:40pm
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2:10pm
Panel II
 

LCA of emerging technologies: we can’t agree, so let’s stop trying

Joule Bergerson, Mik Carbajales-Dale, Greg Cooney, Joe Cresko, Abby Kirchofer, Manish Kumar, Heather P. H. Liddell, Sheikh Moni, Lisa Peterson, I. Daniel Posen, Sylvia Sleep, Liz Wachs, Rachel Woods-Robinson

2:10pm
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2:20pm
Transition V
2:20pm
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3:40pm
CSRT1: TBD
 
2:20pm - 2:35pm

Digital Circular Environment: State-of-art approaches for enabling digital circularity in the building environment - An emerging framework

Cagla Keles, Fernanda Cruz Rios, Simi Hoque



2:35pm - 2:50pm

The Impact of State and Federal Decarbonization Policies on Technological Pathways

Gavin Michael Mouat, Christopher Galik, Aditya Sinha, Aranya Venkatesh, Katie Jordan, Paulina Jaramillo, Jeremiah Johnson



2:50pm - 3:05pm

A proposed framework for quantifying and incorporating the water-energy-food nexus in life cycle assessment

Jonah M. Greene, Jason C. Quinn



3:05pm - 3:20pm

A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Reusable vs. Disposable Stethoscopes at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Emergency Department

Isabella Ann Cicco, Sammie Roenigk, Nathalia Silva de Souza Lima Cano, Isabela Cajiao Angelelli, Melissa Marie Bilec

SRE5: Prospective LCA
 
2:20pm - 2:35pm

Exploring Electricity Generation Standard Scenarios through Prospective Life Cycle Assessment

Tapajyoti Ghosh, Teagan Goforth, Patrick Lamers



2:35pm - 2:50pm

Life Cycle Analysis of Methanol Production via Photocatalytic Carbon Conversion

John White, Xinyao Shen, Sheikh Moniruzzaman Moni, Michelle Krynock



2:50pm - 3:05pm

Leveraging Prospective Life Cycle Inventory Databases for Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Sustainable Aviation Fuels

David Quiroz, Jason Quinn



3:05pm - 3:20pm

Life Cycle Assessment of Polyethylene and Alternative Packaging Materials in the United States

Elizabeth Avery, Experience Nduagu, Eric Vozzola, Timothee Roux, Rafael Auras

SRI5: Urban Systems
 

Interdependency Classification and Modeling: A Framework for Infrastructure Resilience

Negin Shamsi, Alysha Helmrich



Complexity of increasing knowledge flows: the 2022 Southwest Airlines Scheduling Crisis

Alysha Helmrich, Mikhail Chester, Megan Ryerson



ANALYZING REDISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL DISASTER AID THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING

Adriana Bryant, Allison Reilly, Deb Niemeier



Sensemaking for entangled urban social, ecological, and technological systems in the Anthropocene

Mikhail Chester, Thaddeus Miller, Tischa Muñoz-Erickson, Alysha Helmrich, David Iwaniec, Timon McPhearson, Elizabeth Cook, Nancy Grimm, Samuel Markolf



Assessing the Impact of a Decentralized of Echocardiogram Scan System on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Arushi Singh, Melissa Brindise, Margaret Busse

3:40pm
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4:10pm
Break IV
4:10pm
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5:30pm
SRE1: Resilience and Climate Impacts in Electricity Systems
 
4:10pm - 4:25pm

Leveraging electric vehicles as a resiliency solution for residential backup power during outages

Shanshan Liu, Alex Vlachokostas, Eleftheria Kontou



4:25pm - 4:40pm

Leveraging machine learning to investigate the predictability of solar power generation under climate change

Renee Obringer



4:40pm - 4:55pm

Increased High-Temperature Risks for Global Rooftop PV due to Climate Change

Haochi Wu, Michael T. Craig



4:55pm - 5:10pm

Electric Utility Vulnerability to Wildfire and Post-Fire Debris Flow in California

Eleanor M. Hennessy, Mikhail V. Chester

SRI3: Stormwater and Water Systems
 

Synthetic Water Distribution Network Models: Challenges and Opportunities

Ian Searles, Mikhail Chester, Ahmed Mustafa, Rajan Jain, Ryan Sparks, Ryan Hoff, Kate Klise, Kirk Bonney, Samuel Rivera, Jason Poff



Balancing Water, Energy, and Cost: Analysis of Zero/Minimal Liquid Discharge Desalination Technologies

Margaret Grace O'Connell, Neha Rajendran, Jennifer Dunn



Nature-Based Design Solutions to Enhance Urban Resilience in Underserved Coastal Communities: A Case Study on Campostella and Campostella Heights, Norfolk, VA

Farzaneh Soflaei, Luka Hamel Serentity, Mason Andrews, Mujde Erten Unal, Carol Considine



Assessing the integration of social media information as a potential data source for improved urban flood infrastructure

Swagato Biswas Ankon



Building Climate Resilience in East Africa: Time-Series Building Footprint Analysis for Urban Flood Hazard Assessment

Emily Zuetell, Paulina Jaramillo, Matteo Pozzi, David Rounce

STA3: Sustainability Education
 

Assessing sustainability content in an undergraduate engineering curriculum in Canada

Sherry-Ann Ram, Deborah Tihanyi, Heather MacLean, Daniel Posen



Can Reflective Practice Change Engineering Students’ Sustainability Perceptions?

Sherry-Ann Ram, Daniel Posen, Deborah Tihanyi



Exploring the correlation between students’ sustainability knowledge (literacy) and actions (carbon footprints, estimated from a Life Cycle Assessment perspective)

Sherry-Ann Ram, Heather MacLean, Deborah Tihanyi, Daniel Posen



Sustainable Project Management: Barriers and Enabling Factors

Emily M Mertz



Sharing ethical perspectives in agricultural sustainability research

Christine Costello, Farrah Dingal

6:00pm
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9:00pm
Social Event 2
Date: Thursday, 20/June/2024
7:00am
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8:00am
ISSST Planning Meeting
8:00am
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8:30am
Breakfast II
8:30am
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9:30am
Keynote III
9:30am
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9:40am
Transition VI
9:40am
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11:00am
CSRT 3: TBD: TBD
CSRT2: TBD
 
9:40am - 9:55am

Sustainability-oriented labs in Brazilian cities

Carolina Santos, Adriane Angelica Queiroz, Susana Carla Pereira



9:55am - 10:10am

Implications of wide-ranging socioeconomic and climate futures on crop production in the United States

Hamza Ahsan, Mengqi Zhao, Jennie Rice



10:10am - 10:25am

Automatic detection of macroplastics in bodies of water using Deep Learning approach: case study, Rímac river, Peru.

Miguel Angel Astorayme, Ian Vázquez-Rowe, Ramzy Kahhat, Eizo Muñoz



10:25am - 10:40am

Quantifying Plug-in Electric Vehicle Mileage and Resale Value

John Paul Helveston, Lujin Zhao, Laura Roberson, Eliese Ottinger, Arthur Yip



10:40am - 10:55am

The environmental mitigation of circular economy strategies by consumers for food and beverage containers (FaBCs) packaging by life-cycle assessment in Guangzhou, China

Peixiu CHEN, Benjamin STEUER

SRE6: Commercial & Industrial Energy Use & Emissions
 
9:40am - 9:55am

State-level Industrial Energy and Emissions Modeling with GCAM-USA

Steven Smith, Ian Pimenta, Nazar Kholod, Rachel Hoesly



9:55am - 10:10am

Industrial decarbonization through the deployment of low-carbon nuclear-powered hydrogen

Marisol Garrouste, Brendan Kochunas, Michael T. Craig



10:10am - 10:25am

Implications of Zoning Ordinances for Rural Utility-Scale Solar Deployment and Power System Decarbonization in the Great Lakes Region

Papa Yaw Owusu-Obeng, Sarah Banas Mills, Michael T. Craig



10:25am - 10:40am

Digital Twin For Urban Metabolism. A Pilot Model For A Campus Building.

Federica Geremicca, Alessandro Fascetti, John C. Brigham, Melissa M. Bilec



10:40am - 10:55am

Data-driven Characterization Of Cooling Needs In A Portfolio Of Co-located Commercial Buildings

Aqsa Naeem, Sally Benson, Jacques de Chalendar

11:00am
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11:20am
Break V
11:20am
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12:40pm
SRE8: Land & Air for Legacy Systems
 
11:20am - 11:35am

A global anthropogenic emissions inventory of reactive gases and aerosols (1750 – 2022): an update to the Community Emissions Data System (CEDS)

Rachel Hoesly, Steven J Smith, Noah Prime, Hamza Ahsan



11:35am - 11:50am

Direct land use change impacts of natural gas well pads in New Mexico determined through geospatial analysis and machine learning

Amir Sharafi, Marie-Odile Fortier



11:50am - 12:05pm

Carbon sequestration in Deep-Saline Aquifers (CS): A Regional Study Case in Northern South America

Catalina Moreno, Paulina Jaramillo, Andres Clarens



12:05pm - 12:20pm

Evaluating U.S. Natural Gas Decarbonization Opportunities and Recent Methane Emissions Regulations

Harshvardhan Khutal, H. Scott Matthews, Matthew B. Jamieson



12:20pm - 12:35pm

Evaluating the environmental impacts of historical oil spill incidents in North America from the life cycle perspective

Yiming Liu, Hua Cai

SRI6: Wastewater Systems
 

Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of Utilizing Waste Nitrogen to Develop Microbial Protein from Cyanophycin Accumulating Organisms Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of Utilizing Waste Nitrogen to Develop Microbial Protein from Cyanophycin Accumulating Organisms

Chayse Monroe Lavallais, Keith Tyo, George Wells, Jennifer Dunn



Addressing outstanding obstacles to the adoption of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for sustainable wastewater treatment infrastructure through techno-economic analysis and lifecycle assessment

Garrett M. Cole, Lance C. Schideman, Gerardine Botte, Jason C. Quinn



Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of an Algal Turf Scrubber Wastewater Treatment Plant for Nutrient Removal

Ashley M. Ryland, David Quiroz, Jason C. Quinn

 
12:40pm
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1:40pm
Lunch, & Closing Remarks
1:40pm
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2:40pm
ECR Panel
2:40pm
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7:00pm
ISSST 2025 Planning Meeting

 
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