Hua Cai Thomas and Jane Schmidt Rising Star Associate Professor Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering Joint Appointment with Environmental & Ecological Engineering Address Purdue University Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering 315 N. Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2023 Office: 390 Office Phone: +1 765 49-47701 Fax: +1 765 49-47704 E-mail: huacai@purdue.edu Website

Degrees PhD, Environmental Engineering & Natural Resources and Environment (jointly conferred), University of Michigan, 2015 MS, Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007 BS, Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2005 Areas of Interest Operations Research Production Systems Research Interests Environmental implications of emerging technologies Urban sustainability Industrial ecology Complex adaptive systems