Position:
Core Staff
Associate Professor
Email:
sheliem@umich.edu
Website:
Office Location:
3008 Dana Building, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Degrees:
PhD., Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
M.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, 2001
B.S., Chemistry, Denison University, 2000
Research Interests:
Dr. Miller’s research interests center around the life cycle impacts of emerging energy systems. Recent work focuses on the non-carbon aspects of biofuels, such as disruptions to the nitrogen cycle and changes in land use. Interests also include advancing Life Cycle Assessment methods to analyze dynamic and emerging systems, such as hydraulic fracturing in the US and electricity grids in developing countries.
Projects:
- CAREER: Creation of a Predictive and Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment Tool
- Developing a Spatially-Explicit Agent-Based Life Cycle Analysis Framework for Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Bioenergy Systems
- Dow Distinguished Awards: De-silting Minor Irrigation Ponds in South India: The Sustainability of Decentralized Resource Distribution
- Integrated Energy-Economy-Environment (3E) Modeling for Clean Vehicle Development in China
- M-CUBED: Hydraulic Fracturing of Shales: Water Contamination Risks, Treatment Options, and Fate of Fracking Fluids
- MCubed Diamond: Defining Innovative Sustainable Solutions for Film-Based Packages
- REFRESCH: Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource-Constrained Environments
- U.S.-China: Integrated Systems Modeling of Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus for Urban Sustainability
- Update Material Production Modules in the GREET 2 Model
- Value of Wind Diversity for Increased Integration of Wind Power into the Grid
Publications:
- A comparison of two methods to conduct material flow analysis on waste tires in a Small Island Developing State
- A Game Theory Analysis of Market Incentives for US Switchgrass Ethanol
- A Stochastic Approach to Model Dynamic Systems in Life Cycle Assessment
- Agent-Based Life Cycle Assessment for Switchgrass-Based Bioenergy Systems
- Applying Industrial Symbiosis to Smallholder Farms: Modeling a Case Study in Liberia, West Africa
- Assessing The Non-Carbon Impacts Of An Emerging Bioenergy Industry
- Avoiding the unintended consequences of bioenergy
- Beyond Life Cycle Analysis: Using an Agent-Based Approach to Model the Emerging Bio-Energy Industry
- Critical Research Needed to Examine the Environmental Impacts of Expanded Refrigeration on the Food System
- Evaluating The Development And Demographics Of Electrical Grids In Third World Countries Through Agent Based Models
- Framework for Analyzing Transformative Technologies in Life Cycle Assessment
- Growing Algae for Biodiesel on Direct Sunlight or Sugars: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment
- Growing Algae for Biodiesel on Direct Sunlight or Sugars: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment [Conference Proceedings]
- Impact of Updated Material Production Data in GREET Life Cycle Model
- Improving Rural Electricity System Planning: An agent-based model for stakeholder engagement and decision making
- Life Cycle Material Data Update for GREET Model
- Modeling nitrogen loss from switchgrass agricultural systems
- Modelling the Socio-Economic Impacts of Modern Bioenergy in Rural Communities in Ghana
- Planning the Development of Electricity Grids in Developing Countries: An Initial Approach Using Agent Based Models
- Policy incentives for switchgrass production using valuation of non-market ecosystem services
- Potential for Integrating Diffusion of Innovation Principles into Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Technologies
- Predicting The Future: Determining Biomass Production Of New Crops For Bioenergy
- Reference and Functional Unit Can Change Bioenergy Pathway Choices
- Satisfying the Rural Residential Demand in Liberia with Decentralized Renewable Energy Schemes
- The Environmental Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles Depends on Adoption Patterns
- Using DAYCENT to quantify impacts of land use conversion to nitrogen-managed switchgrass in the southern U.S.