Cleaner Products through Life Cycle Design (Manifold)

Research Team:

Krish Kar

Gregory A. Keoleian

Start Date:

Oct 1, 1994

End Date:

Apr 30, 1999

Collaborator:

Ford Motor Company

Research Areas:

Mobility Systems›Transportation

Keyword:

Automobile

Life-Cycle-Design

Environmental Impact

Energy Consumption

Waste Generation

Air/Water Emissions

Air Intake Manifolds

Associated Publications:

Elucidating Complex Design and Management Tradeoffs through Life Cycle Design: Air Intake Manifold Demonstration Project
Life Cycle Design of Air Intake Manifolds: Phase I: 2.0 L Ford Contour Air Intake Manifold
Life Cycle Design of Air Intake Manifolds: Phase II: Lower Plenum of the 5.4 L F-250 Air Intake Manifold, Including Recycling Scenarios

Did you know?

In January 2016 Dr. Ming Xu became the recipient of a 5-year CAREER: Computational Approaches for Life Cycle Inventory Database grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund research to develop a faster, less expensive method of generating Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data. The research will 1.) Create a framework for modeling and analyzing LCI networks; 2.) Develop computational models for estimating missing LCI data; and 3.) Apply these models to evaluate LCI data quality and predict LCI data for emerging technologies.