Preliminary Program subject to change
TE005 Systems Analysis of Sustainability
OverviewOne of the most challenging research and practicing areas in sustainability is how to quantify and analyze the degree of sustainability of a system of interest. The Ecological Input-Output (EOI), Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), thermodynamic and computational approaches are among the examples that have demonstrated wide applications. This session is specifically devoted to both theoretical and practical contributions of those and possibly many other innovative methodologies for analyzing sustainability problems in a systematic way. Successful applications in industries as well as general environment will be particularly interested. Computer-aided tools for general application purpose will be also welcomed.
Primary SponsorTopical E: Sustainability (TE)

Chair

Arunprakash T. Karunanithi
NRC Research Associate
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Phone Number: 513-569-7240
Email: karunanithi.arunprakash@epamail.epa.gov

CoChair

Kazuhiro Mochidzuki
Associate Professor
Univ. of Tokyo
1-8 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku
Chiba, 263-0022
Japan
Phone Number: 43-251-4327
Fax Number: 43-251-1231
Email: mochi@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Ecologically Based Life Cycle Assessment
Yi Zhang, The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 125 Koffolt Lab, 140 West 19th Ave., Columbus, OH 43202, Anil Baral, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 and Bhavik R. Bakshi, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State Unversity, Columbus, OH 43210
Evaluation of Sustainable Management Strategies for the Plating Industry Using Fuzzy Logic and Sensitivity Analysis
Cristina Piluso and Yinlun Huang, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr., Detroit, MI 48202
Hierarchical Estimation of Sustainability-Potential: Application to the Manufacture of Vinyl Chloride
Tengyan Zhang1, L. T. Fan1, Jiahong Liu1, John R. Schlup1, Paul A. Seib Seib2, Ferenc Friedler3 and Botond Bertok4, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1005 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, SH 210, Manhattan, KS 66506, (3)Department of Computer Science, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, H-8200, Hungary, (4)Department of Computer Science, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10., Veszprém, H-8200, Hungary
Case Studies on Sustainable Environmental Management
Arunprakash T. Karunanithi, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268 and Heriberto Cabezas, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
Analysis of Rice Refinery System in Mekong River Delta
Phan Dinh Tuan, Hochiminh City Univ. of Tech., Hochiminh, Vietnam, Kazuhiro Mochidzuki, Univ. of Tokyo, 1-8 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba, 263-0022, Japan, Nobuaki Sato, IIS, Univ. of Tokyo, Chiba, 263-0022, Japan and Akiyoshi Sakoda, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
A Framework for Optimal Utilization of Biomass Inputs in An Integrated Biorefinery
Norman E. Sammons Jr.1, Wei Yuan1, Mario R. Eden2, Burak Aksoy3 and Harry T. Cullinan3, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, 132 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127, (2)Auburn University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 222 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849-5127, (3)Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering, 242 Ross Hall, Auburn University, AL 36849

Topical E: Sustainability