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Topic of Seminar:
This seminar will introduce methods and application for the analysis and design of sustainable products and processes. We will start with basic definitions of sustainability and the importance of ecosystem goods and services for the feasibility of engineering systems. This will be followed by an introduction to sustainability assessment methods such as life cycle assessment and carbon footprint analysis. They will be illustrated with the help of several applications. Then we will focus on solutions for achieving sustainability such as managing trade-offs between economic and environmental goals, circular economy, ecological engineering, and techno-ecological synergy. We will finish with an outlook toward the future including challenges and opportunities for the sustainability of engineering activities and society.

Biography Prof. Bhavik Bhaski:
Bhavik Bakshi holds the Wrigley Professorship at Arizona State University with appointments in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, School of Sustainability and School of Complex Adaptive Systems. He is also an emeritus professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. His research is developing systematic methods to transform industrial processes and products toward sustainability. This is resulting in novel insights and designs of systems that are economically feasible, socially desirable, and respect nature’s limits. His recognitions include the highest awards from the Computing, Environmental, and Sustainability divisions of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. His Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree is from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Mumbai, MS in Chemical Engineering Practice and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a minor in Technology and Environmental Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.