Laboratory for Environmental Computing and Decision Making
(LECDM)
NSF Materials Use: Science, Engineering and Society (MUSES) Project
Implications of Greenhouse Gas Policies on Material Flows--A life Cycle Approach to Integrating Engineering, Public Policy, and Market Behavior
Purpose
- Understand how automotive producers and consumers will respond to GHG reduction policies aimed at the transportation sector
Funding
Collaborators
Challenge
- $1.9M Multi-disciplinary, multi-university, 5-year collaborative research grant funded under NSF MUSES
Collaborators
- University of Michigan (co-lead with RIT), University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Davis, Northeastern University
Challenge
- Analysis must account for producer decisions and consumer preferences, as well as life-cycle analysis of vehicle production and use
Project Summary
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