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

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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

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Purposes of LCA:• improvement assessment• comparative decision-making

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Figure 1: Criteria distributions for each alternative

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Figure 2: Frequency graph for each alternative/rank