Life Cycle Assessment

---

The biggest challenge to all alternative energy technologies is process economics and scalability. Life cycle assessment (LCA) will be utilized by our group to quantify the full impacts of proposed alternative energy technologies. This work will guide laboratory experiments and focus efforts on scaling up alternative energy concepts such as algae fuel production and the conversion of CO2 to useable products. These conceptual engineering efforts will guide the laboratory development of new technologies and assess their economic viability. This field is inherently interdisciplinary, and provides numerous opportunities for collaboration.