Principal Investigator
Fu Zhao
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Sustainability Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Professor Fu Zhao leads the S.E.T.S Lab with expertise in life cycle assessment, sustainable manufacturing, and circular economy. His research focuses on developing quantitative methods to evaluate and improve the environmental performance of emerging technologies and industrial systems.
Post Doctoral Researchers
Venkat Roy
Post Doctoral Researcher
Research focus: Environmental impact mapping and critical material tracking in product supply chains, life cycle analysis of mineral extraction methods and battery production, tool development.
PhD Candidates
Xiaohan Wu
PhD Candidate
Research focus: Life cycle assessment of bioleaching processes for metal extraction, techno-economic analysis of critical material recovery from e-waste.
PhD Students
Aristotelis Lygizos
PhD Student
Research focus: Circular economy for battery and electric vehicle systems, developing circularity indicators and metrics for sustainable transportation.
Cecilia Flores
PhD Student
Research focus: Life cycle assessment and environmental impact analysis of emerging technologies, quantifying sustainability performance across product lifecycles.
Lakshmi Srinivasan
PhD Student
Research focus: Circular economy and sustainable materials management, investigating resource recovery and closed-loop systems in manufacturing processes.
Master's Students
Undergraduate Researchers
Alumni
Research Assistants
- Jue Mo - Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington
PhD Alumni
- Dongyan Mu - Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences, Kean University
- Nannan Kou - Head of China Research, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
- William Bernstein - Branch Technical Advisor, Air Force Research Laboratory
- Jeryang Park - Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hongik University
- Hao Zhang - Senior Manager, LCA & Sustainability, ESG, ON Semiconductor
- Liang Cong - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University
- Ehsan Vahidi - Assistant Professor, John N. Butler Endowed Professor in Extractive Metallurgy, Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno
- Mohammad Abotalib - Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Kuwait University
- Chul Hun Choi - Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Sejong University
- Timothy Simon - Research and Development Scientist, Amazon.com, Inc.
- Jinjian Cao - Algorithm Engineer, Empyrean Technology
- Matthew Triebe - Mechanical Engineer, NIST
- Xuda Lin - Senior Environmental Analyst, Apple Inc.
- Taiyuan Huang - Postdoc scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Yi Ji - Lead Standard Engineer, UL Standards & Engagement
- Sameer Kulkarni - Postdoc researcher, Idaho National Laboratory
- Edwin Kpodzro - Associate Consultant, Innosight, Huron Consulting Group
Master's Alumni
- Jonathan Ogaldez - Mechanical Engineer, Sandia National Laboratory
- Vance Murry - Engineering Manager, Danfoss Power Solutions
- Gaurav Satija - Team Lead - Finance Reporting & Analytics, Elsevier
- Julio Navarro - Director of Manufacturing, Ausco Products, Inc.
- Yongxian Zhu - Energy scientist, Argonne National Lab (after PhD from Michigan)
- Yuxin Zhai - Huawei Technologies Co. (after PhD from Michigan)
- Giovanny Aguilera - Sr. Quality Engineer, Collins Aerospace
- Praneet Arshi - Program Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability & Net Zero, Google, Inc.
- Hao Luo - Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Changzhou University (after PhD from Purdue)