Position:
Research Specialist
Degrees:
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry of Polymers, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, 1976
B.S. Physical Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, 1968
Research Interests:
materials, structures, vehicle safety, life cycle assessment, recycling, and sustainability
Projects:
- EFRI-RESIN Final Project Summary: A Multi-Scale Design and Control Framework for Dynamically Coupled Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructures, with Application to Vehicle-to-Grid Integration
- Life Cycle Assessment of Weight Reduction Scenarios for TARDEC
- LIFT Core Life-Cycle Assessment
- Supply Chain Carbon Management Strategy for Ford Motor Company
Publications:
- A Microsimulation of Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Use
- Commentary on “Correction to: On the calculation of fuel savings through lightweight design in automotive life cycle assessments” by Koffler and Rohde-Brandeburger (2018)
- Effect of Mass on Multimodal Fuel Consumption in Moving People and Freight in the U.S.
- Green Principles for Vehicle Lightweighting
- Impact of Updated Material Production Data in GREET Life Cycle Model
- Life cycle assessment of thin-wall ductile cast iron for automotive lightweighting applications
- Life Cycle Assessment of Vehicle Lightweighting: Novel Mathematical Methods to Estimate Use-Phase Fuel Consumption
- Lightweighting shipping containers: Life cycle impacts on multimodal freight transportation
- Materials Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing the Sustainability of Automobiles