People
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Ph.D
Candidate
Research Assistant
Northwestern
University
2145
Sheridan Road, Room E127
Evanston,
IL, 60208, USA
TEL:
(847) 467-2929
email:
yuanyao2011@u.northwestern.edu
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Yuan Yao
Yuan Yao is a Ph.D candidate in
the Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering,
Northwestern University. She
received her B.S. degree in
Metallurgical Engineering at
Northeastern University, China.
After graduating in 2011, she
went to Northwestern University
for M.S. degree in Chemical
& biological Engineering.
Previously, she worked on supply
chain optimization during M.S.
study. Later she found her
interest in sustainability and
life cycle assessment, so she
decided to change her research
area and join Prof. Masanet's
lab as a Ph.D student.
Currently,
Yuan is working on developing a
modeling framework that is able
to assess the net energy,
emissions and economic
implications of technology
changes for U.S. chemical
production and their effects
across the economy from a life
cycle perspective. The model can
provide good references for
decision making in investment of
research and promotion of
emerging technologies by
companies and policy makers, and
offer guidance on the energy
saving/emissions reduction
potentials of different new
technologies, the technology and
operational changes required and
the investment cost for such
technologies.
In addition to technology
assessment and prospective life
cycle assessment, Yuan is also
interested in renewable energy
system modeling. She conducted a
project analyzing the life cycle
impacts of silicon PV made in
China by using China-based
hybrid life cycle inventory
model. Her work address the lack
of LCI data of PV modules
manufactured in China, which is
a major knowledge barrier
existing in solar LCA study
community. Also, she is the
first one to employ a hybrid LCI
modeling approach to analyze the
environmental impacts of silicon
PV from China.
Yuan's work has been published
on AIChE journal, Environmental
Research Letter, Current opinion
in Chemical Engineering and etc.
Yuan also gave presentations
annually in AIChE Annual Meeting
and ACLCA conference.
Curriculum
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Contact
Energy and Resource
Systems Analysis Lab (ERSAL)
Technological
Institute
2145 Sheridan Road,
E127
Evanston, IL
60208-3100
1.847.467.2929
ersal@northwestern.edu
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