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)
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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.)
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A Game-based Experiential Pedagogy for Sustainability Ethics
NSF grant #0932490
Thomas P. Seager, Evan Selinger, Daniel Whiddon, David Schwartz
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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.
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from spectators to players
from passive to active
from apathetic to emotionally invested
from narratively closed to experimentally open
from predictable to surprising
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Figure 1: Criteria distributions for each alternative
MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM MEDIUM
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Figure 2: Frequency graph for each alternative/rank