Public interest in carbon and water footprints, ecosystem degradation and resource depletion, are just some of the environmental issues that drive the process industries to exercise greater responsibility for the environment in the analysis, design and optimization of the materials and engineeirng systems. Systems analysis and computational optimization methods from a life cycle perspective play an important role in the quest for sustainability. This talk will review some recent advances in life cycle analysis and optimization for sustainability analytics. The focuses are on transformative modeling, theoretical and computational results that bridge the knowledge gaps between state-of-the-art life cycle assessment methods and emerging life cycle optimization tools. We will specifically discuss issues related to multi-scale system boundary selection, consequential perspective of the analysis, and multi-stakeholder perspectives in life cycle optimization for sustainable chemistry & engineering problems. Applications to perovskite photovoltaics, shale gas and biofuels will be presented.<br/>

Multi-scale life cycle analysis and optimization for sustainable chemistry & engineering

255th National Meeting (2018)

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