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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 17/June/2025
8:00am
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8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am
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9:20am
Keynote II: Tentative - Sustainability in practice with Delta Airlines
9:20am
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9:35am
Transition V
9:35am
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10:55am
AIB1: Towards Negative-Carbon Bioproducts
 
9:35am - 9:47am

TOWARDS NEGATIVE CARBON: INSIGHTS FROM MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL

José Carlos Jesus-Lopes, Carolina Fumie Sumikawa Yamazaki, Gilson Gomes Infran, Alexandre Meira Vasoncelos



9:47am - 9:59am

Scalability of Hemp-based Thermal Insulation in the United States – A Monte Carlo-based Techno-economic Approach

Arjun Thangaraj Ramshankar, Kelly D Farmer, Joe F Bozeman III



9:59am - 10:11am

Cradle-to-Gate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ethylene Produced via Corn Ethanol

Kirti Richa, Pahola Thathiana Benavides, Ulises Raymundo Gracida, Jennifer Port, Troy Hawkins



10:11am - 10:23am

Life-Cycle Assessment of Corn Wet Mills in the United States: Ethanol, Dextrose, and Feed Products

Thai Ngan Do, Longwen Ou, Hao Cai, Michael Wang



10:23am - 10:35am

Life Cycle Assessment of poly(3-hydroxybuyrate) Production from Forest Residue and Shrub Willow Mix

Margret Kuteesa, Kalyani Ananthakrishnan, Poulami Karan, Gundeep Kaur, Ankita Juneja, Deepak Kumar, Obste Therasme



10:35am - 10:47am

Life Cycle Assessment of Willow Biomass Pretreatment Methods Producing Sugars for Value-Added Biochemicals and Biofuels 

Wondwosen Aga, Kalyani Ananthakrishnan, Deepak Kumar, Tristan Brown, Timothy Volk Volk, Obste Therasme

SRE2: Meeting Minerals and Materials Demands for Sustainable and Resilient Energy Systems
 
9:35am - 9:47am

Regional photovoltaics circularity under various socio-economic conditions

Julien Walzberg, Garvin Heath



9:47am - 9:59am

Assessing the future of lithium production in the US through the lenses water consumption and scarcity

Jenna Trost, Nedal T. Nassar, Jennifer B. Dunn



9:59am - 10:11am

Effects of natural versus situational lime carbonation dynamics on the carbon footprint of a hemp-biochar-lime insulation material

Cortez Alberto Valle, Amir Sharafi, Marie-Odile Fortier

SRI1: General Infrastructures and Transportation Systems
 
9:35am - 9:47am

Is the best available climate model data sufficient to plan for climate adaptation?

Marie Buhl, Sam Markolf



9:47am - 9:59am

Operationalizing safe-to-fail design for climate adaptation through social, ecological, and technological capabilities of infrastructures

Mattheus Porto, Mikhail Chester, Nehal Srivastava, Giuseppe Mascaro



9:59am - 10:11am

Assessing roadway vulnerability to post-fire debris flows in Arizona in current and future climate scenarios

Eleanor M. Hennessy, Saed Aker, Boris Goenaga, Hasan Ozer, B. Shane Underwood, Mikhail V. Chester



10:11am - 10:23am

Advancing Sustainability in Construction: An AI-Driven Framework for Efficient EPD Analysis and Data Enrichment

Ali Nouri, Ming Hu



10:23am - 10:35am

Siting of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure with Equity Considerations

Isabelle Haddad, Samuel Markolf



10:35am - 10:47am

Time Series Analysis of Changes in Agricultural Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: The First Step Toward Climate Impact Assessment

Fidelis Liambee Bologo

10:55am
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11:15am
Break III
11:15am
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12:35pm
CST1: Sustainable innovation, materials and assessment
 
11:15am - 11:27am

ADHERENCE OF BRAZILIAN EXTERNAL CONTROL BODIES, THROUGH A PUBLIC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOCUSED ON THE 2030 AGENDA GOALS

José Carlos Jesus-Lopes, Gabriela Casagrande Mariano Chadid, Leonardo Torres de Lima, Leandro de Moura Ribeiro



11:27am - 11:39am

Development of a Green Composite Using Cement Paste Waste, Hemicellulose, Chitosan, and Natural Fibers

Ejazulhaq Rahimi, Yuma Kawasaki



11:39am - 11:51am

Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Programs and Mandatory Regulations for Effective Bulky Materials Management

Atif Ali, Jennifer Russell



11:51am - 12:03pm

Towards a MMRV Protocol for Carbon-Curing and Mineralization in the Concrete Sector: Gap Analysis of Existing LCA and MMRV Standards using AI

Luca Brown, Shubhankar Upasani, Yimin Zhang



12:03pm - 12:15pm

Impact of Decarbonizing One Industrial Sector on the Resilience and Decarbonization of Other Industrial Sectors

Preeti Nain, Dipti Kamath, Sachin Nimbalkar, Joe Cresko

ITM1: Tools and Methods for LCA
 
11:15am - 11:27am

Algorithmic Approaches to Scale Life Cycle Assessments

Gargeya Vunnava, Bharathan Balaji, Zaid Thanawala, Nina Domingo, Abu-Zaher Faridee, Jeremie Hakian, Fahimeh Ebrahimi, Varsha Nagarajan, Shikha Gupta, Kellen Axten, Ethan Roday



11:27am - 11:39am

Including Supply Chain Vulnerability in Social Life Cycle Assessments of Critical Minerals

Alliana Elizabeth Snead, Jennifer Dunn



11:39am - 11:51am

Holistic Evaluation of Environmental Effects Using Consequential Life Cycle Analysis for Critical Mineral Production

Yilun Zhou, Jennifer Dunn



11:51am - 12:03pm

Ojibwe Gikendaasowin (Ojibwe Knowledge) life cycle assessment of critical minerals mining

Margaret G. O'Connell, Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya, Jennifer B. Dunn



12:03pm - 12:15pm

Federal LCA Commons: Dataset Updates and Contribution Opportunities

Ben Young, Xiaoju {Julie} Chen, Alberta Carpenter



12:15pm - 12:20pm

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Techno Economic Analysis (TEA) of Sorbent-Based Direct Air Capture (DAC) Case Studies

Roksana Mahmud, Priyadarshini ., Jorge Izar-Tenorio, Derrick Carlson, Matthew Jamieson

SRE3: Sustainable Uses of Fossil Fuels in the Energy Transition
 
11:15am - 11:27am

Geospatial life cycle climate change impacts of coal power in the US

Marie-Odile Fortier, Amir Sharafi, Sierra Lema, Alyssa Pfadt-Trilling, Christy Duong, Sonia Ronquillo Perez, Ravinderjit Sidhu, Stephanie Orozco, Vasco Ramirez



11:27am - 11:39am

Life Cycle Emissions-from Canadian residual forest biomass to electricity enhanced synthesis of bioLNG

Adefarati Oloruntoba, Joule Bergerson



11:39am - 11:51am

Refinery Flexibility and Decarbonization Pathways in Canada’s Evolving Transportation Landscape

Thiago Augusto Rodrigues, Daniel Posen



11:51am - 12:03pm

Preparing for the Energy Transition: Projecting the Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on the U.S. Gasoline Supply Chain Through 2050

Ying Zhang, Eleftheria Kontou



12:03pm - 12:15pm

NAVIGATING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY

José Carlos de Jesus Lopes, Gilson Gomes Infran, Carolina Fumie Sumikawa Yamazaki, Bruna da Silva Vande, Paula da Silva Santos, Alexandre Meire Vasconcelos



12:15pm - 12:20pm

Life-cycle greenhouse gas footprint of CLT from mixed softwood from California forests

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

12:40pm
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2:15pm
Lunch II
1:30pm
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2:15pm
Plenary 2: Panel: Enhancing Assessment Quality in LCA for Emerging Technologies
 

Enhancing Assessment Quality in LCA for Emerging Technologies

Liz Wachs, Rachel Woods-Robinson, Heather Liddell, Widiene Essouid, Manish Kumar, Daniel Posen, Joule Bergerson

2:15pm
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2:30pm
Transition VI
2:30pm
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3:50pm
EPA tools for IE 1: Workshop: How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling Part 1
 

How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling. Part 1: U.S. Facility and Sector Level Data and Modeling Tools

Catherine Birney, Ben Young, Wesley Ingwersen

HDS2: Equity and Intersectional Approaches
 
2:30pm - 2:42pm

Advancing Energy Equity Metrics: Bridging Local Voices and Contextual Insights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oluchukwu Chidinma Obinegbo, Khalid K. Osman



2:42pm - 2:54pm

Evaluating sustainability assessments via Indigenous Knowledge

Margaret G. O'Connell, Kathleen Smith, Mike Wiggins Jr., Marvin DeFoe Shingwe Bines - Neme Clan, James Rasmussen, Esteban Chiriboga, Michael Waasegiizhig Price, Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya, Jennifer B. Dunn



2:54pm - 3:06pm

An Intersectional Exploration of Energy Justice Dimensions

Mel George, Anand Patwardhan, Haewon McJeon, Nathan Hultman



3:06pm - 3:18pm

Disparities in power plant-level air quality and health disparities in the United States

Eleanor M. Hennessy



3:18pm - 3:30pm

High-Resolution Fleet Turnover Model to Assess California's Electric Vehicle Transition

Tuhin A. Bagi, Eleanor M. Hennessy, Sita M. Syal



3:30pm - 3:42pm

Urban Greening as a Pathway to Environmental Equity: Tackling Extreme Heat and Air Pollution: A Case Study in San Joaquin County

Noah Blank, Samuel Markolf, Kimberley Mayfield

SRE4: Industrial Energy Use and Hydrogen for Sustainable and Resilient Energy
 
2:30pm - 2:42pm

Prospective impact analysis combining integrated assessment modeling and life cycle assessment for alternative industrial heat sources.

Tapajyoti Ghosh



2:42pm - 2:54pm

Energy and climate impacts of electrification of Indiana’s steel industry

Anindya Nath, Abhinand Ayyaswamy, Hanwen Qin, Partha P. Mukherjee, Rebecca Ciez



2:54pm - 3:06pm

High spatial resolution industrial hydrogen demand for hydrogen energy system modeling

John Joseph O'Donnell-Sloan, Jennifer Dunn



3:06pm - 3:18pm

Technical Evaluation and Life-Cycle Assessment of Si+ based Hydrogen Production Technology Integrated Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System for Electricity Generation

Manoj Kumar Nallapaneni, Albert Lau, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Shauhrat S Chopra



3:18pm - 3:23pm

Decarbonizing Renewables: Splitting Electricity, Heat, and Direct Emissions Flows to Address Embodied Emissions in Photovoltaics and Wind Manufacturing

Oksana Makarova, Elsa Olivetti, Jeremy Gregory

3:50pm
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4:10pm
Break IV
4:10pm
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5:30pm
EPA tools for IE 1 cont': Workshop: How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling Part 1 continued
ITM2: Cross-sector Modeling Innovations for Life Cycle and Sustainability
 
4:10pm - 4:22pm

Systemic Decarbonization of the U.S. Aluminum Supply Chain: A Dynamic Material Flow Analysis Approach

Sidi Deng, Daniel Cooper



4:22pm - 4:34pm

Bill of Materials Prediction of Solid State Drives with Large Language Models

Anran Wang, Zaid Thanawala, Bharathan Balaji, Harsh Gupta



4:34pm - 4:46pm

ECO-STEPS: A Multi-Criteria Decision Support Tool for Evaluating the Sustainability of Engineered Climate Solutions

Jonah M Greene, Jason C Quinn



4:46pm - 4:58pm

Comprehensive Manure Management Impacts Tool: A Life Cycle Assessment Model for Evaluating Regionally Specific Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies in Dairy Manure Management

Jonah M Greene, Jim Wallace, Tim Kurt, Jason C Quinn



4:58pm - 5:10pm

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) –Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) Harmonization Framework to Evaluate Emerging Carbon Conversion Technologies

Giovanni Guglielmi, James Clarke, Samuel Henry, Sheikh Moni, Michelle Krynock, Kyle Buchheit



5:10pm - 5:22pm

GeoHydroSim: A Tool for Modeling Water Consumption from Geothermal Energy Production and Lithium Extraction

Lakshani Gunawardhana, Shaily Gupta, Margaret M. Busse



5:22pm - 5:34pm

How to Enhance Your Data Visualization in 15 Minutes

Theresa Marie Konnovitch

SRI2: Circularity in Wastewater and Recycling Systems
 
4:10pm - 4:22pm

A Tool to Assess the Nationwide Environmental Impact of Technological Innovation and Policy on Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure

Garrett Cole, Jason Quinn



4:22pm - 4:34pm

Environmental and economic potential of AI-based plastic sorting systems

Gamini Patrick Mendis, Hariteja Nandimandalam, Christine Costello



4:34pm - 4:46pm

N2O as reactant rather than pollutant at wastewater treatment plants: Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of N2O-to-phenol

Chayse Monroe Lavallais, George Wells, Justin Notestein, Jennifer Dunn



4:46pm - 4:58pm

Infrastructure and Investment Analysis of Recycling Supply Chain Networks for Post-Consumer Plastics

Tapajyoti Ghosh



4:58pm - 5:10pm

Developing a Dynamic Framework to Optimize Polymer Recycling Systems in U.S.

Ziqi Yin, Daniel Cooper



5:10pm - 5:22pm

Using supply chain modeling and hybrid input-output analysis to assess circular futures for the glass industry

Julien Walzberg

6:00pm
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9:00pm
Social Event 2
Student event: Student event & social
 

 
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