thomas p. seager
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Thomas P. Seager
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Ph.D., 2001 Clarkson University, Civil EngineeringResearch Faculty, UNH (Environmental Research Group)Assistant Prof., Purdue University (Civil Engineering)
Current Research Interests (as applicable to field of pollution prevention)
Current Research Topic Areas:
A Pedagogy of Sustainability Ethics (NSF)
Energy Quality Flow Analysis for Ultra-Low Energy Communities (Army CERL)
Life-cycle Assessment of Li-ion Batteries for Vehicles (USEPA, OPP & ORD)
Understanding Alternative Transportation Fuels from a Resilience Perspective (Purdue Univ.)
A Game-based Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics
NSF grant #0932490
Thomas P. Seager, Evan Selinger, Daniel Whiddon, David Schwartz
de·lib·er·a·tion n.1. The act or process of deliberating.2. deliberations Discussion and consideration of all sides of an issue: thedeliberations of a jury.3. Thoughtfulness in decision or action.
from spectators to players
from passive to active
from apathetic to emotionally invested
from narratively closed to experimentally open
from predictable to surprising
Understanding Biofuels from Resilience Perspective
Ecosystems Industries
Complex; Pseudo steady state;
Nonlinear, unpredictable; Adaptive, self-organizing
Simple; static;
linear, predictable; Controlled
Optimization
Resilience
Fossil fuel
Systems
BiofuelSystems
Future Research Interests/Opportunities for Collaboration
Future Research Topic Areas:
Environmental Decision-Making in Context of Risk, Life-Cycle and Uncertainty
Environmental Implications of Thermochemical Conversion of Waste Biomass to Liquid Fuel
End-of-Life Management of Li-ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles
discharge energy
ARC
LASER
FLAME
CVD
SYNTHESIS
energy
Carbon Nanotubes
PUR
IFIC
ATI
ON
acid
was
h, c
ombu
stio
n
CO2
SOOT
Argon gas
Car
bon
sour
ce &
met
al c
atal
yst
rechargable Li batteries
dissolved metals
wastegas
waste acid
electrolyte
metals
char
ge e
nerg
y
Purposes of LCA:• improvement assessment• comparative decision-making
Laser
CVD
Arc
HiPCO RAW
M
ATER
IALS
MULTI CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS
RISK ANALYSIS
SYN
THES
IS &
PU
RIF
ICA
TIO
N
PRO
DU
CTI
ON
USE
DIS
POSA
L
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT
Rel
ativ
e Pe
rfor
man
ce
Manufacturing Process
Figure 1: Criteria distributions for each alternative
MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
Figure 2: Frequency graph for each alternative/rank