Preliminary Program subject to change
TE013 Sustainability, Principles, Applications and Case Studies
OverviewThis session presents a series of industrial strategies, concepts and applications (case studies) depicting both “how to” and the value gained by adoption of sustainability as a core aspect of an organization’s business ethic. Successes and failures will be highlighted, as well as a description of current thinking on the value of each program. The session concludes with an open panel discussion to maximize audience interaction.
Primary SponsorTopical E - Sustainable Engineering. (TE)
Co-Sponsor(s)Management Division (05), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23)

Chair

Dr. Richard D. Siegel
Environmental Consultant
R & B Consulting Services
21 Cummings Park
Suite 226
Woburn, MA 01801
Phone Number: 781-935-7555
Fax Number: 781-788-9783
Email: richarddsi@aol.com

CoChair

Rajagopalan Srinivasan
Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
National University of Singapore
10 Kent Ridge Crescent,
Singapore, 119260
Singapore
Phone Number: 65-6874-8041
Email: chergs@nus.edu.sg
Prism: Product Recycling to Improve the Sustainability of Manufacturing
Gautham Parthasarathy, Solutia, Inc., 730 Worcester Street, Springfield, MA 01151
Discussion
Entrepreneurial Decision Making for Investments in Sustainable Technologies
Volker H. Hoffmann, Department for Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Sustainability - Translation to Action
Paul N. Sharratt1, Namy Espinosa Orias2, Julian Duhart2, Joanne Day2, Arnoux Gildart2, PFA Shum2 and Pooi May Choong2, (1)School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, Sackville St, Manchester, United Kingdom, (2)CEAS, University of Manchester, Sackville St, Manchester, United Kingdom
International Multidisciplinary Efforts in the Development of a Sustainable Green Technology for the Removal of Contaminants in Drinking Water
Kevin A. Young1, Alessandro Anzalone1, Karla Davis-Salazar2, Babu Joseph1, Mark Stewart3, Thomas Pichler3, Tomas Viveros4, Michel Picquart5 and Norma A. Alcantar1, (1)Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave - ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave - SOC 107, Tampa, FL 33620, (3)Dept of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave - SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (4)Ciencias Basicas, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico D.F., Mexico, (5)Dept of Physics, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico D.F., Mexico
Value Recovery from Mine Waters - Environmental, Engineering Socioeconomic and Scientific Opportunities and Challenges
Subhas K. Sikdar, NRMRL/USEPA, 26 W. M. L. King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268 and Jan ROGUT, Central Mining Institute, Katowice, Poland
Multiobjective Waste Management in Existing Facilities with Stream Blending
Andrej Mosat1, Laurent Cavin2, Ulrich Fischer2 and Konrad Hungerbühler2, (1)D-CHAB, Safety and Environmental Technology Group, G-138, HCI, ETH Hoenggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland, (2)Safety and Environmental Technology Group, HCI, ETH Hoenggerberg, Zurich, CH-8093, Switzerland
Mercury Trading for Sustainable Industrial Waste Management
Yogendra Shastri, University of Illinois at Chicago/Vishwamitra Research Institute, Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management, Chicago, IL 60514, Urmila Diwekar, Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management (CUSTOM), Vishwamitra Research Institute, Westmont, IL 60559 and Sanjay Mehrotra, Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Northwestern University, 2145 North Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208

Topical E - Sustainable Engineering