{"id":6,"date":"2016-09-09T16:12:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/yuanyao\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2023-11-07T17:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:17:42","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/yuanyao\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab<\/strong> conducts interdisciplinary research on industrial ecology, sustainable engineering, and operations research to answer three important questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How sustainable is a product?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How to design a sustainable product\/process?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>How to optimize a system to balance economic, social, and environmental considerations?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ongoing Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1847182&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">CAREER: Biochar Systems for Sustainable Applications in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus<\/a>, NSF, Single PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/yuanyao\/green-buildings-and-sustainable-materials\/\">Green Buildings and Sustainable Materials<\/a>, NIST,&nbsp;Lead PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalenergyenvironment.org\/research-teams\/\">Investigating the Energy and Environmental Implications of Artificial Intelligence Applications in the Chemical Manufacturing Industry, through&nbsp;Environmental&nbsp;Law Institute<\/a>,&nbsp; funding from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Single PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Woody Biomass to Biofuels\/Biochemical, US DOE,&nbsp;Lead PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Industrial Projects on Environmental&nbsp;Implications of New Technologies (Confidential), Lead PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holistic Assessment of End of Life Options of Cotton for Environmental and Economic Sustainability in the Promotion of Cotton Recycling, Cotton Incorporated, &nbsp;Lead PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparing Diverse and Rural Students and Teachers to Meet the Challenges in the Bioproducts and Bioenergy Industry, USDA,&nbsp;Lead PI: Richard Venditti<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Catalytic Upgrading of Carbohydrates in Waste Streams to Hydrocarbons, Lead PI: Sunkyu Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interdisciplinary Doctoral Education Program in Animal Production from Renewable Forest Resources, Lead PI: Sunkyu Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/yuanyao\/database-integration-workshop-building-the-data-capacity-for-food-energy-water-research\/\">Food-Energy-Water Nexus<\/a>, USDA, Lead PI: Yuan Yao<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu\/yuanyao\/events\/\">LCA of Emerging Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Fields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industrial Ecology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Industrial_ecology\">Industrial Ecology<\/a> is a broad area that analyzes the interactions among industrial, human, and natural systems. Our group uses life cycle assessment, input-output analysis, and material flow analysis to understand how industrial activities influence the environment and what are alternative actions for reducing adverse environmental impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable Engineering<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sustainable_engineering\">Sustainable Engineering<\/a> integrates sustainability into engineering system design and operation. Our groups use engineering process modeling, techno-economic analysis, and engineering design to help engineers, designers, and manufacturing companies develop products and processes that can meet the needs of human beings without compromising the natural environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operations Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operations_research\">Operations research<\/a> combines optimization, simulation, and statistics to enhance decision making in a wide range of domains, such as energy systems, management science, transportation, and financial service. Our group uses advanced analytical methods to identify optimal solutions that can have a good balance among economic, environmental, and social objectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab conducts interdisciplinary research on industrial ecology, sustainable engineering, and operations research to answer three important questions: How sustainable is a product? How to design a sustainable product\/process? How to optimize a system to balance economic, social, and environmental considerations? 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