Preliminary Program subject to change
TE001 Plenary Session I : Sustainability: Multidisciplinary Research Topics
OverviewThe objective of the session is to explore the multidisciplinary complexity of sustainability in the context of chemical engineering. Hence, there are four invited speakers broadly addressing sustainability and material systems, sustainability and economics, sustainability and ecology, and sustainability and engineering. It is hoped that the session will stimulated multidisciplinary research in sustainability.
Primary SponsorTopical E - Sustainable Engineering. (TE)
Co-Sponsor(s)Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair

Heriberto Cabezas
Chief, Sustainable Environments Branch
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone Number: 513-569-7350
Fax Number: 513-487-2511
Email: Cabezas.Heriberto@epa.gov

CoChair

Urmila Diwekar
Professor
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Bio, Chemical, and Industrial Engineering
Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone Number: 312-355-3277
Fax Number: 312-996-5921
Email: urmila@uic.edu
Introductory Remarks
Designing Material Systems in the Anthropocene
Braden R. Allenby, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875306, Tempe, AZ 85287
Understanding and Communicating Sustainability: Global Versus Regional
Alexey A. Voinov, Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, 590 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405
Getting to Sustainability: Life Cycle Analysis and Incentives
Lester B. Lave, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsbugh, PA 15213
Engineering Sustainability: a Multidisciplinary Approach
Adisa Azapagic, School of Engineering, University of Surrey, CES, School of Engineering (D3), University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
Concluding Remarks

Topical E - Sustainable Engineering