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John L. Sullivan

Research Specialist

Status:

Former

Education

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

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Research Interests

materials, structures, vehicle safety, life cycle assessment, recycling, and sustainability

Publications (10)

Energy, fuels, and cost analyses for the M1A2 tank: A weight reduction case study

Commentary on “Correction to: On the calculation of fuel savings through lightweight design in automotive life cycle assessments” by Koffler and Rohde-Brandeburger (2018)

Green Principles for Vehicle Lightweighting

Effect of Mass on Multimodal Fuel Consumption in Moving People and Freight in the U.S.

Lightweighting shipping containers: Life cycle impacts on multimodal freight transportation

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

Impact of Updated Material Production Data in GREET Life Cycle Model

A Microsimulation of Energy Demand and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Use

Materials Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing the Sustainability of Automobiles

Projects (4)

Life Cycle Assessment of Weight Reduction Scenarios for TARDEC

LIFT Core Life-Cycle Assessment

Supply Chain Carbon Management Strategy for Ford Motor Company

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