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Nov 15, 2019

Congratulations to Mochen Liao for Winning Graduate Student Poster Competition in the AIChE

Mochen Liao won the second place graduate student poster competition in the AIChE Annual Conference this year for his work entitled “Evaluating Variability of Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions of Activated Carbon Production from Wood Using Artificial Neural Network Integrated Process Simulations”. Congratulations, Mochen! 

Nov 14, 2019

Darlene Echeverria won the student poster competition award at LCA XIX Conference

Darlene Echeverria, a PhD student from Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab, won the student poster award at LCA XIX conference for her work titled “Generating Life Cycle Inventory Data of Pre-hydrolysis Kraft Pulp from Diverse Wood Sources Using Process Simulation”. Congratulations, Darlene! 

Aug 15, 2019

New Paper Published from Sustainability Systems Analysis Group

Ph.D. student Kai Lan published a paper in the Journal of Cleaner Production about integrating LCA with agent-based modeling: Kai Lan, Yuan Yao, Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Agent-Based Modeling: A Dynamic Modeling Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 238, 2019,117853, ISSN 0959-6526.   

Jul 15, 2019

Congratulations to Kai Lan for Winning the Best Poster Award in the ISSST Conference

Kai Lan, a PhD student in the Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab, was one of three winners of the best poster award in the ISSST conference for his poster: Lan, K.; Park S.; Kelley, S. S.; Ou, L; English, B. C.; Yu, T. E.; Larson, J.; Yao, Y. Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Decentralized… 

Oct 8, 2018

Dr. Yao received an award from NIST

Dr. Yao recently received an award from NIST on developing standards-based educational materials for green buildings and sustainable materials. This is a collaborative project with Dr. Stephen Kelley from the Forest Biomaterials and Dr. Traci Rider for the College of Design. Click the link for details.     

Oct 8, 2018

Congratulations to Mochen Liao for the First Place Award in ACLCA Students Poster Contest

Mochen Liao, a Ph.D. student from Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab was awarded as the First Place in the ACLCA Students Poster Contest! Congratulations! 

Oct 1, 2018

Graduate Students from Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab Presented in ACLCA Conference

Graduate students Darlene Echeverria,  Kai Lan, and Mochen Liao presented in the ACLCA conference!           

Sep 26, 2018

Dr. Yao received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

See media coverage: Blockchain Projects Selected For Energy And Environment Grants ELI Announces Eight Research Projects on the Energy and Environmental Implications of the Digital Economy   

Jul 25, 2018

Congratulations to Darlene Echeverria for her successful M.S. defense!

Darlene Echeverria had a successful defense on her master thesis on July 23rd, 2018. Congratulations, Darlene! 

May 25, 2018

Dr. Yao serves to the technical advisory group on feed additives in LEAP, FAO

Launch of the technical advisory group on Feed additives click the link above for more details