33rd International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology – ISSST 2026
June 16 - 18, 2026 | Rochester, NY
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:15am - 9:45am |
Special Session I: TBA |
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| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Registration |
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| 9:45am - 10:00am |
Transition II-1 |
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| 10:00am - 10:20am |
Welcoming Remarks 1: Program Chairs |
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| 10:20am - 10:40am |
Welcoming Remarks 2: Dr. Nabil Nasr Dr. Nabil Nasr is Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Director of Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). |
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| 10:40am - 11:30am |
Keynote 1: Dr. Mario Herrero Mario Herrero is a professor of sustainable food systems and global change in the Department of Global Development and a Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. |
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| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Lunch 1 |
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| 12:30pm - 12:40pm |
Transition II-2 |
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| 12:40pm - 1:25pm |
Lightning Talk 1 Enhancing MENA-GREET Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Model Using Updated Country Specific Data and Methodologies 12:45pm - 12:50pm Circularity Metrics in Practice: Data Limitations and Design Implications for Façade Systems 12:50pm - 12:55pm Integrating Participatory Backcasting and Material Flow Analysis to Facilitate Industry-Scale Circular Economy Transitions – Case Study of Flexible PU foam industry value chain 12:55pm - 1:00pm Closing the Loop on Baby Gear: Life Cycle Assessment of a Product-as-a-Service Model in the U.S. 1:00pm - 1:05pm Proactive deforestation risk mapping under temporal and spatial shift using geospatial foundation embeddings 1:05pm - 1:10pm Using process simulation to improve life cycle assessment: a demonstration for special high grade zinc production 1:10pm - 1:15pm An Integrated Thermodynamic–LCA Framework for Co-Recovering Lithium and Boron from Geothermal Fluids: Global-scale Insights |
Lightning Talk 2 Exploratory Scenario Planning (XSP) for Climate Adaptation and Resilience in NYS 12:45pm - 12:50pm Flexible Infrastructure Design for Urban Shrinkage 12:50pm - 12:55pm When do AI use help improve sustainability? – An evaluation of marginal benefits and additional costs in transportation models 12:55pm - 1:00pm Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Generative AI-assisted Literature Review in Academic Research 1:00pm - 1:05pm Census-Division Assessment of the Technical Potential of Hybrid Heating Systems to Reduce Building Emissions 1:05pm - 1:10pm A System-Level Framework for Valorizing Specialty Crop Residues: The Impact of Viticulture Feedstock Heterogeneity on Bioenergy Performance 1:10pm - 1:15pm Visualization matrix for environmental and health impacts of foods |
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| 1:25pm - 1:45pm |
Transition II-3 |
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| 1:45pm - 3:05pm |
ITM1: Circular Economy & MFA Modeling Microplastics: A Review of Material Flow and Environmental Impact Analyses 1:59pm - 2:13pm Closing the Data Gap: Enhancing Life Cycle Assessments for Packaging 2:13pm - 2:27pm Sustainability Analysis of Solvent Choice in PET Chemical Recycling Considering Cost, Chemical Hazard and Environmental Impact Metrics 2:27pm - 2:41pm Scalable Building-Level Façade Material Composition and WWR Mapping Using Google Street View and Dual-Paradigm Computer Vision 2:41pm - 2:55pm Use it or lose it: Global materials flow analysis of helium |
SRE1: Modeling New Grid Demand Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Networked Geothermal in Cold Climates Under Grid Decarbonization 1:59pm - 2:13pm Energy system implications of decarbonized truck electricity demand profiles in Ontario, Canada 2:13pm - 2:27pm Quantifying energy storage requirements to decarbonise the electricity grid in the United Kingdom — influence of the share of dispatchable generation, storage efficiency, and curtailment 2:27pm - 2:41pm Extreme Heat on Residential Electricity Demand: A Case Study in a Hot-Humid Climate |
Workshop I: Sustainability and Ethics in STEM Education Sustainability & Ethics in STEM Education |
| 3:05pm - 3:25pm |
Transition II-4 |
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| 3:25pm - 4:45pm |
SEC1: Innovative Education From Exposure to Mastery: A Curricular Roadmap for Integrating Sustainability and Climate Resilience in Engineering Education at Drexel University From Classroom to Community: A University Handprint Framework for Long-Term Sustainability Impacts of Student Engineering Design and Manufacturing Integrating Labor-Market Intelligence and Sustainability Competencies in Undergraduate Program Design: The Sustainable Systems Science Major at Virginia Tech A System-Level Digital Learning Ecosystem for Institutional Sustainability Education Eco-Industry: A Board Game–Based Approach to Making Climate Risk and Sustainability Decision-Making Tangible |
SRE2: Energy for Transportation Critical material constraints in an energy system optimization model: a case study on Canadian road transportation and electricity sectors 3:39pm - 3:53pm Life cycle greenhouse gas impacts of battery electric vehicle lightweighting under forward-looking grid and material scenarios 3:53pm - 4:07pm Global Supply and Demand Projection of Critical Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries in Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage System 4:07pm - 4:21pm Accelerated vehicle retirement combined with clean vehicle mandates maximizes health and climate benefits 4:21pm - 4:35pm Modelling Electricity Demand and Emissions from Statewide Vehicle Electrification: Regional, Behavioral, and Grid Decarbonization Effects in California |
SRI1: Environmental Systems Evaluating PFAS removal and destruction technologies for drinking water treatment via technoeconomic and life cycle analyses 3:39pm - 3:53pm Life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis of an integrated anaerobic membrane bioreactor and resource recovery system 3:53pm - 4:07pm Improving Process, Energy, and Emissions relationship-understanding for High-Flow Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities in the United States 4:07pm - 4:21pm A circular economy for lighting products in the United States can recover up to 200% of the annual gallium imports 4:21pm - 4:35pm A Dynamic Stock-Level LCA Framework Integrating Energy, Materials, Climate Scenarios, and Grid Decarbonization in Urban Buildings 4:35pm - 4:49pm An Ecological-Economic Approach to Air Pollution Regulation in New Delhi, India |
| 4:45pm - 5:00pm |
Transition II-5 |
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| 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Poster Session A Scenario-Based Forecasting and Optimization Framework for Food Donation Informed by Network Operations and Social Drivers Assessing the Influence of Equity Criteria on Electric Vehicle Charging Suitability Models Attitudinal Tipping Points at the End-of-Current-Use of Consumer Electronics: Interpretive Simulation Using Random Forests Attribution of Agricultural Changes: Causal Discovery of Change Impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa Bicycle route choice modelling in Toronto Cataloging and Assessing Tools for Infrastructure Interdependencies Energy Modelling Survey on Low-Carbon Technology Deployment Constraints Escaping the Low-Consumption Trap: A Hybrid Agent-Based Model of Electricity Reliability and Finance in Rwanda Impact of Species Mixing Ratios and Tree Size on Forest Resilience to Climate Stressors for Sustainable Management Incorporation of Experimental Data into the Life Cycle Assessment of Developed Tool and Method used for Microfiber Collection in Laundry Wastewater INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS ON NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND SOIL QUALITY IN SUB-TROPICAL FOREST OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA,PAKISTAN Investigating Socio-economic Influences on Zero-emission Vehicle Uptake in California Investigating the determinants of household burden during power outages: the case of Winter Storm Uri Life Cycle Assessment of Bio- and Fossil-Based Polyesters: A Comparative Analysis of Production and End-of-Life Management Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Winter Cover Crops and Their Driving Factors Mapping the spatial distribution of embodied material stock within thin-film CdTe utility-scale solar arrays in the United States Nutrient recovery from human urine in Phoenix public schools reduces climate and water footprint of fertilizer production by 127% and 198% Project: Life cycle assessment of high-strength steel pipelines for hydrogen transportation Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Production Cost Decomposition and Learning Mechanisms Two Forms of Taxation, Majority Voting, and Water Pollution Cleanup in the Ganges Weathering Extremes: Household Narratives and the Human Dimensions of Climate Adaptation Using process simulation to improve life cycle assessment: a demonstration for special high grade zinc production |
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