Sustainable Design: Environmental and Sustainable Technologies Laboratory

	Tanna B. Borrell <*tanna@umich.edu* >
Specialization	Wastewater as a Resource
Primary Research Interests	I am interested in the development of closed cycle systems for sustainable technology here on earth and in extraterrestrial applications. At the moment I am working on anaerobic membrane bioreactors for treatment of domestic wastewater, a potential building block for the closure of the urban water cycle.
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering and English Literature, Minor in Engineering Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 2005
M.S.	M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, 2006
Other Academic Groups	Lutgarde Raskin's Research Group (Civil and Environmental Engineering) *http://www.sitemaker.umich.edu/raskinlab/home*

	*Hilary Grimes-Casey, <grimeshg@umich.edu>*
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
Primary Research Interests	My research is motivated by the need for life cycle modeling tools that are capable of addressing the environmental, economic and social sustainability of the consumption of goods and services. I have contributed to the development of such tools to look at the effects of extended producer responsibility policy for packaging, and to incorporate design and market decisions into life cycle assessment of vehicles. I am also interested in the environmental and social impacts of sustainable agriculture initiatives and in the environmental and social performance of US renewable energy generation facilities.
B.S.	Environmental Systems Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY (1996)
M.S., PhD	Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam NY (2004, 2005)
Other Academic Groups	U of M Center for Sustainable Systems Alcoa Foundation Conservation and Sustainability Fellowship Program Post-doctoral fellow
Other Experience	Executive Director, Save The River Inc. (1997-1999) Mom (2006-present)

	Katie Kerfoot < *kkerfoot@umich.edu*>
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
Primary Research Interests	My research focuses on the effects of environmental policies on product designs and markets. While greenhouse gas policies are increasingly being considered, policymakers currently lack the tools to predict market responses to these policies. This research is aimed at creating modeling tools for policymakers to identify potential consequences of policies and identify more "efficient" policy scenarios.
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering, Political Science minor; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2006
M.S.	Mechanical Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; expected 2008
Other Academic Groups	Optimal Design Laboratory
Other Experience	ICF International, Research Assistant, 2007 Engineers Without Borders, University of Michigan, 2005-present
Web Page	*http://ode.engin.umich.edu/people/kkerfoot/kkerfoot.htm*

	*Hyung Ju Kim <kimhyung@umich.edu>*
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
*Primary Research Interests*	Design of Environmentally Conscious Products and Manufactring Systems. Vehicle lightweighting End-of-Life Product Management
*B.S., M.S.*	B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea, 1990-1995 M.E. in Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea, 1995-1997
*PhD*	Dr.-Ing. from the Faculty Mechanical and Production Engineering at the Technical University Berlin, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Guenther Seliger), 1999-2004
*Other* *Experience*	Post Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Nov. 2006 - Research Associate at the Technical University Berlin, Germany, Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2006 Senior Research Scientist at the KIST Europe, Germany, Jun. 2004 – Jan. 2006 Commissioned Research Scientist in the Robotics Research Center at the KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Korea, Feb. 1997 – Feb. 1998
*Awards*	ALCOA Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Nov . 2006 – Oct. 2008. DAAD (German Academic Exchange Foundation) Scholarship, Oct. 1999 – Sep. 2003.

	*Doug MacLean <dmaclean@umich.edu>*
Specialization	Green Coolants and Lubricants
Primary Research Interests	My research focuses on the development of metal working fluids with dramatically reduced environmental and employee health impacts. Within metal working fluids, I am studying both machining efficiencies and lubricant solubilities in supercritical carbon dioxide, with the goal of developing the ideal metal working fluid composition and mixture.
B.S.	Biological and Environmental Engineering; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2002
M.S.	Applied Physics; US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2003 Environmental and Water Resources Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, Expected 2008
Other Activities	University of Michigan Triathlon Team
Other Experience	US Navy: Division Officer, USS SHOUP (DDG-86), 2003-2006

	W. Ross Morrow <*morroww@umich.edu* >
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
Primary Research Interests	Mathematical methods for studying engineering in a socio-economic context, with applications to the avoidance of environmental impacts by design and improvement of predictive analysis for environmental regulatory policy.
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering, U of M
M.S.	Mechanical Engineering, U of M Mathematics, U of M
Web Page	*http://umich.edu/~morroww*

	Ye Eun Park <yepark@umich.edu>
Specialization	Green Coolants and Lubricants
Primary Research Interests	I am interested in green manufacturing. My research is about machining process using supercritical carbon dioxide with vegetable oil as metal working fluid. By replacing the current water based on petroleum oil to scCo2 MWF, not only the environment effect but also machining performances are increased. I applied this new MWF system to different machining process to evaluate.
B.S.	Mechanical Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 2006
M.S.	Mechanical Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Expected 2008

	*Esra Suel <esrasuel@umich.edu>*
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
Primary Research Interests	My research deals with environmental policy making, human behavior, technology diffusion, energy sustainability and climate change, modeling complex systems and engineering design. Specifically, I am working on constructing tools for environmental policy analysis and predictive life-cycle design. This requires a meta-systems modeling approach in which we need to combine knowledge from various fields including engineering, marketing, economics, public policy and life-cycle analysis. I am investigating different methods to put them together in a single framework to create practical tools for policy assessment.
B.S.	Mechatronics Engineering, Sabanci University Turkey, 2006
M.S.	Mechanical Engineering; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, Expected 2008
Web Page	www-personal.umich.edu/~esrasuel

	Kuei-Yuan Chan, Ph.D.
Specialization	Sustainable Design of Engineering Meta-Systems
Currently	Assistant Professor, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
Webpage	http://myweb.ncku.edu.tw/~chanky/Kuei-Yuan_Chan/Main.html
	Andres F. Clarens, Ph.D.
Specialization	Green Coolants and Lubricants
Currently	Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Webpage	http://ce.virginia.edu/people/clarens.htm
	Fu Zhao, Ph.D.
Specialization	Green Coolants and Lubricants
Currently	Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Webpage	http://meweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~fzhao/
	Julie Zimmerman, Ph.D.
Specialization	Green Coolants and Lubricants
Currently	Assistant Professor, Yale University
Webpage	http://www.yale.edu/env/zimmerman/jbz_homepage.html

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The EASTlab was founded in 2000 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Univesity of Michigan. Our students have received degrees from ME, CEE, and SNRE. More ...

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