Position:
Faculty Affiliate
College or Department name:
College of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email:
skerlos@umich.edu
Website:
Office Location:
3001E EECS, 1301 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
Degrees:
PhD, Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 2000
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, '94
Research Interests:
Environmental and Sustainable Technology (EAST) systems; life cycle product and process optimization; and pollution prevention in manufacturing
Projects:
- Alcoa Foundation's Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program: Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future through Interdisciplinary Research and Training
- Collaborative Research: Implications of Greenhouse Gas Policy Instruments on Material Flows - A Life Cycle Approach Integrating Engineering, Public Policy and Market Behavior
- Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Urine Derived Fertilizer
- Development of Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture
- Integrating Resource Assessment, Economics, and Public Policy to Optimize Renewable Electricity Generation
- M-CUBED: Influence of global trade on the human health impacts of particulate matter
- REFRESCH: Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource-Constrained Environments
Publications:
- Comparison of Life Cycle Emissions and Energy Consumption for Environmentally Adapted Metalworking Fluid Systems
- Consequential Life Cycle Assessment With Market-Driven Design
- Consumption-based human health impacts of primary PM2.5: The hidden burden of international trade
- Economic and Environmental Assessment of Automotive Remanufacturing: Alternator Case Study
- Economic Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction by Vehicle Lightweighting Using Aluminum and High-Strength Steel
- Estimating Emissions from Electricity Generation Using Electricity Dispatch Models: The Importance of System Operating Constraints
- Evaluation of the Metals Industry’s Position on Recycling and its Implications for Environmental Emissions
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Payback and Economic Assessment for Lightweighted Vehicles using Aluminum and High Strength Steel
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Payback for Lightweighted Vehicles Using Aluminum and High-Strength Steel
- Life Cycle Assessment of Urine Diversion Wastewater Treatment: Results and Software Tool
- Model of Cost and Mass for Compact Sized Lightweight Automobiles using Aluminum & High Strength Steel
- Product and Policy Life Cycle Inventories with Market Driven Demand: An Engine Selection Case Study
- Re-Inventing Metalworking Fluids: A Case Study in Greening the U.S. Manufacturing Sector