EE Seminar: Learning to act from observational data

(The talk will be given in English)

 

Speaker:     Dr. Uri Shalit
                   Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University

 

Sunday, January 1st, 2017
15:00 - 16:00

Room 011, Kitot Bldg., Faculty of Engineering

Learning to act from observational data

Abstract

The proliferation of data collection in the health, commercial, and economic spheres, brings with it opportunities for extracting new knowledge with concrete policy implications. Examples include individualizing medical practices based on electronic healthcare records, and understanding the implications of job training programs on employment and income.

The scientific challenge lies in the fact that standard prediction models such as supervised machine learning are often not enough for decision making from this so-called “observational data”: Supervised learning does not take into account causality, nor does it account for the feedback loops that arise when predictions are turned into actions. On the other hand, existing causal-inference methods are not adapted to dealing with the rich and complex data now available, and often focus on populations, as opposed to individual-level effects.
The problem is most closely related to reinforcement learning and bandit problems in machine learning, but with the important property of having no control over experiments and no direct access to the actor’s model.

In my talk I will discuss how we apply recent ideas from machine learning to individual-level causal-inference and action. I will introduce a novel generalization bound for estimating individual-level treatment effect, and further show how we use representation learning and deep temporal generative models to create novel algorithms geared towards this problem. Finally, I will show experimental results using data from electronic medical records and data from a job training program.

 

Bio

Uri Shalit is a postdoctoral researcher in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, working at David Sontag's Clinical Machine Learning Lab. His research is focused on creating new methods for finding causal relationships in large-scale high-dimensional observational studies. One of the major motivations for his research is applications in healthcare and clinical medicine. Uri completed his PhD studies at the School of Computer Science & Engineering at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, under the guidance of Prof. Gal Chechik and Prof. Daphna Weinshall. From 2011 to 2014 Uri was a recipient of Google's European Fellowship in Machine Learning. Previously he has received the Daniel Amit fellowship for significant contribution in theoretical or computational neuroscience, and the Alice and Jack Ormut Foundation PhD Fellowship.

01 בינואר 2017, 15:00 
חדר 011, בניין כיתות חשמל  

EE Seminar: 5th Generation Mobile Communications - An Overview of Research and Challenges in the Related RF-Circuitry

(The talk will be given in Hebrew)

 

Speaker:     Dr. Oren Eliezer
                       PHAZR

 

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
15:00 - 16:00

Room 011, Kitot Bldg., Faculty of Engineering

 

5th Generation Mobile Communications - An Overview of Research and Challenges in the Related RF-Circuitry

 

Abstract

5th generation cellular communication systems are expected to be deployed in 2020, following the pace of one generation per decade that has been experienced ever since the first generation. While the 3GPP standardization group efforts are ongoing, some pre-standard systems are already being developed, demonstrating data-rates that can exceed 1Gpbs per user.

This seminar will present some of the RF-circuitry related challenges associated with the design and deployment of 5th generation cellular systems, and will highlight several different fields of ongoing research, which may offer career/business/research opportunities. The work of several leading researchers in the field will be discussed and some industry examples will be shown.

In particular, the challenges associated with efficient use of spectrum and power-efficient transmission will be discussed.

 

Bio
Dr. Oren Eliezer has 28 years of experience in the design and productization of wireless communication systems and ICs.

He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Tel-Aviv University in 1988 and in 1997, focusing on communication systems and signal processing, and his PhD in microelectronics from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008.

After serving for 6 years as an engineer in the IDF, he co-founded Butterfly Communications, which was acquired by Texas Instruments (TI) in 1999.

He was relocated by TI to Dallas in 2002, where he was elected senior member of the technical staff, and took part in the development of TI’s digital-radio-processor (DRP) technology.

Since 2009 he has been involved in academic research and teaching at the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas, as well as in entrepreneurship with several startup companies in the Dallas area.

He is currently with PHAZR, a pioneer in millimeter-wave wireless systems for 5th generation cellular communications.

He has authored and coauthored over 55 journal and conference papers and over 45 patents, and has given over 50 tutorials related to communication system and IC design and productization.

He is a senior member of the IEEE, regularly reviews papers for various IEEE publications and serves on the organizing committees of 4 different IEEE conferences.

21 בדצמבר 2016, 15:00 
חדר 011, בניין כיתות חשמל  

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ברצוננו לברך את מצטייני הרקטור בהוראה לשנת תשע"ו :

20 דצמבר 2016
מצטייני הרקטור בהוראה לשנת תשע"ו

סגל בכיר :

פרופ' דנה רון-גולדרייך – ביה"ס להנדסת חשמל ואלקטרוניקה

ד"ר יאיר שוקף – ביה"ס להנדסה מכנית

 

סגל זוטר:

גב' לירון דוד – ביה"ס להנדסת חשמל ואלקטורניקה

מר רועי לוטן – המחלקה להנדסת תעשייה

 

תודה לכם על הכשרון וההשקעה

ידיעות נוספות בנושא

פרסי הצטיינות של חברת אפל לסטודנטים להנדסת חשמל
פרסי הצטיינות של חברת Apple
טקס מלגות
טקס הענקת "מלגות KLA למצוינות" תשפ"ד
פרסי הצטיינות של חברת אפל לסטודנטים להנדסת חשמל
פרסי הצטיינות של חברת Apple

הנכם מוזמנים ליום עיון של האיגוד להנדסה רפואית וביולוגית בנושא חידושים באבחון, פרוגנוזה וטיפול בסרטן.

08 בינואר 2017, 16:34 
 
הנכם מוזמנים ליום עיון של האיגוד להנדסה רפואית וביולוגית בנושא חידושים באבחון, פרוגנוזה וטיפול בסרטן.

יום עיון של האיגוד להנדסה רפואית וביולוגית

חידושים באבחון, פרוגנוזה וטיפול בסרטן

8 בינואר, 2017

 

יום העיון יתקיים באוניברסיטת תל אביב, באולם וולפסון 020 בפקולטה להנדסה.

** ההרצאות תינתנה בעברית

ההשתתפות ביום העיון בחינם, אך נבקש להרשם עד ל-3.1 אצל נעמה Nkappon@paragong.com

 

תכנית מקדמית

16:00-16:30

Gathering and coffee

16:30-16:35

Opening words

Prof. Meital Zilberman, President of the ISMBE, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv university

Asst. Prof. Daphne Weihs, Head of the ISMBE Scientific Committee, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-IIT

16:35-17:00

Prof. Dan Peer, Chair, Cancer Biology Research Center, Faculty of Life Science, Tel Aviv University

From Glioma and ovarian cancer to hematological malignancies: novel approaches for therapeutic gene silencing using tagged nanomedicines

17:00-17:25

Asst. Prof. Daphne Weihs, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Cancer mechanobiology: how forceful interactions of tumor cells can predict the likelihood for metastasis 

17:25-17:50

Dr. Yael Mardor, Chief Scientist, The Advanced Technology Center, Sheba Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

MRI-based treatment response assessment maps (TRAMs) for high resolution differentiation between tumor and treatment effects in patients with brain tumors

17:50-18:15

Dr. Ido Wolf, Head, Medical oncology, Oncology Division, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Do we still need chemotherapy in 2017?

18:20-18:45

Open discussion panel with the speakers

 

מפגש של "פורום הסטודנטים לאנרגיה מתחדשת"

ביום ג' ה-20.12 בין השעות 11:00-12:30, יתקיים מפגש של פורום הסטודנטים לאנרגיה מתחדשת של אוניברסיטת תל- אביב.

במסגרת המפגש תתקיים הרצאתו של פרופ' אורי שמיר מהטכניון בנושא: "ניתוח מערכות Systems Analysis)) ויישומים במשק המים".

המפגש יתקיים בבניין וולפסון להנדסה מכנית, חדר 206, קומה ב'.

 

תקציר ההרצאה ותקציר קו"ח של פרופ' אורי שמיר מצורפים.

 

20 בדצמבר 2016, 11:00 
וולפסון 206  
פורום הסטודנטים לאנרגיה מתחדשת

תקציר הרצאה לתלמידי פורום הסטודנטים לאנרגיה מתחדשת באוניברסיטת תל אביב

20.12.2016

ניתוח מערכות Systems Analysis)) ויישומים במשק המים

פרופ' אמריטוס אורי שמיר

הנדסה אזרחית וסביבתית, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל

חלק ראשון: הקדמה, בלי כניסה לפרטים מתמטיים ו/או טכניים. אני מתכוון להציג את החלק הראשון בגדר (כמעט) כותרות, על מנת להקדיש זמן מספיק לחלק השני, שייתן תוכן קונקרטי לסעיפים של החלק הראשון

  • ניתוח מערכות מהו? שמות אחרים: הנדסת מערכות, חקר ביצועים, אופטימיזציה
  • רכיביו של מודל אופטימיזציה: משתני החלטה, אילוצים, פרמטרים, פונקצית מטרה
  • ריבוי מטרות: אין פתרון אופטימלי, רק פתרון פשרה יעיל, חזית פארטו
  • שילוב של הבנת התוכן המקצועי ויכולת להפעיל ארגז כלים (שיטות אופטימיזציה)
  • תפקידם של מודליסטים במערכות ציבוריות, ריבוי בעלי ענין
  • תפקידם של מודליסטים במערכות פרטיות
  • החשוב ביותר: ניסוח נכון/מועיל/יעיל של המודל, בתהליך איטרטיבי
  • פירוט בזמן ובמרחב, אגרגציה, חיסכון בפירוט ובפרמטרים (Parsimony)
  • החשיבות של הצגת תוצאות במתכונת מועילה לצרכני התוצאות
  • שיטות לפתרון בעיות אופטימיזציה (על קצה המזלג), יעילות חישובית
  • הדגמת נושאים אחדים במשק האנרגיה

חלק שני: הדגמות שמטרתן להמחיש יישומים למערכת של ניהול משאבים ומערכות מים, בארץ ובעולם, בעיקר מנקודת ראות ציבורית, על הבסיס שהונח בחלק הראשון

 

 

תקציר קו"ח של פרופ' אורי שמיר

Prof. Uri Shamir is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Founding Director (1992-2003) of the Stephen and Nancy Grand Water Research Institute at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.

 

Prof. Shamir's expertise is hydrology and water resources management. He holds a BSc (1962) from the Technion and a PhD (1966) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lectures, conducts research and consults in Israel and around the world on hydrology and water resources management. Since 1992 Prof. Shamir has been a senior consultant to the Israeli Water and Sewage Authority (IWA) on matters of planning and policy, and previously (1967-92) was consultant to Mekorot, the National Water Supply Company. He is a member of the IWA core team that elaborated the 2012 Water Master Plan for Israel, a member of the negotiating team with Israel's neighbors on water, chairs the Steering Team for Monitoring Lake Kinneret and its Watershed, and is a member of the Steering Committee of the project "Israel-4" for rainfall enhancement by cloud seeding.

 

He was Visiting Professor in various universities and research institutes in the US and Canada, and has published widely on research and applications in hydrology of surface and groundwater, water supply systems, planning, design and operation of water resources systems, water policy, and management of international waters.

 

Prof. Shamir was Chairman of the Israeli Association of Water Resources (1984-1986), President of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (1991-1995), Vice President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG (1995-2003) and IUGG President (2003-2007). He was Member of the Executive Board of the International Council of Science (ICSU) for the periods 2005-2008 and 2008-2011.

 

Prof. Shamir is Chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP-TAC), the UN water programme led by UNESCO. The TAC advises the preparation of the World Water Development Reports (WWDRs) with several hundred contributors around the world; WWDR-2015 and 2016 reports are titled, respectively, "Water for a Sustainable World" and "Water and Jobs.

 

Prof. Shamir is Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Foreign Member of the Spanish Academy of Science, Honorary Member of the Israel Water Resources Association, recipient of the 2000 International Hydrology Prize awarded jointly by IAHS, UNESCO and WMO, recipient of the 2003 Julian Hinds Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers "for significant contributions to water resources management", Fellow of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the ASCE, and recipient of the Life-Long Achievement Award of the Israeli Water Association.

 

November 2016                                         Personal web site: http://shamir.net.technion.ac.il

 

Material Sciences and Engineering: Departmental Seminar

In-situ X-ray crystallography of functional ferroelectric materials

Dr. Semen Gorfman

Department of Physics, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany

28 בדצמבר 2016, 16:00 
Room 206, Wolfson Mechanical Engineering Building  

In-situ X-ray crystallography

 

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SEMINAR

18 בדצמבר 2016, 14:30 
 

נטלי דאי

תלמידת המחלקה להנדסה ביו רפואית לתואר שני תרצה בנושא:

 

Computational Modeling of Gene Expression in Microalgae

 

C. reinhardtii is a green microalgae used as a model organism for research on fundamental questions in molecular biology; in addition, it is commonly used as a model in the biotechnology industry for applications such as production of biopharmaceuticals, production of sustainable chemical compounds, and as a clean source of hydrogen production.

 

Gene expression is the process by which information encoded in the DNA is used for producing  proteins and regulating  their levels. Thus, in order to research and manipulate C. reinhardtii we must understand and model its gene expression.

 

In the lecture I will report the first systems biology study aiming to understand fundamental gene expression rules in C. reinhardtii. My study includes analyses of the entire C. reinhardtii transcriptome via supervised and unsupervised approaches .

 

 

 

             

העבודה נעשתה בהנחיית פרופ' תמיר טולר המחלקה להנדסה ביו-רפואית, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב

 

ההרצאה תתקיים ביום ראשון 18.12.16, בשעה 14:30

בחדר 315, הבניין הרב תחומי, אוניברסיטת תל אביב

סמינר מחלקתי ביה"ס להנדסה מכאנית Ori Gadot and Elad Hahn

25 בינואר 2017, 14:00 
וולפסון 206  
0
סמינר מחלקתי ביה"ס להנדסה מכאנית Ori Gadot and Elad Hahn

 

 

 

 

School of Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 14:00
Wolfson Building of Mechanical Engineering, Room 206

 

 

A UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION RULE FOR THE STRUCTURAL SYNTHESIS OF MECHANISMS AND TRUSSES

 

Elad Hahn

M.Sc. student of Prof. Offer Shai

 

In the field of structural synthesis of mechanisms, several synthesis methods have been developed using different approaches. One of the more interesting approaches was that of bottom-up construction via the combination of modular structural groups, known as Assur groups. In this thesis, this approach is combined with new graph representations of mechanisms taken from Rigidity theory, capable of representing all the different types of planar and spatial mechanisms. With the strong mathematical base of Rigidity theory, a new synthesis method is proposed based on Assur groups, which are reformulated in terms of graphs and renamed Assur Graphs (AG). The reformulation of Assur Graphs generalizes the use of Assur groups from mechanisms to any type of topological structure, e.g., trusses, molecules and data networks. Using a single Universal Construction Rule, Assur Graphs of different types and of any size are constructed, creating a complete set of building blocks for the synthesis of all feasible structure topologies. The thesis focuses on construction of engineering systems, i.e., mechanisms and trusses. As its name implies, the Universal Construction Rule (UCR) is applicable to mechanisms of all types of joints and links, for planar or spatial motion. This construction method also gives insight on the complexity of a structure for static and kinematic analysis.

The UCR provides two main contributions to the field of structural synthesis. The first is using a single induction step algorithm applicable for all different types of mechanisms and topological structures. This is opposed to other synthesis methods which are limited to only certain types of mechanisms, generally using several synthesis approaches. The second contribution is the development of a coherent method for construction of Assur Graphs of infinite size, which enables the exploitation of some unique engineering properties residing in Assur groups. These unique properties are also mentioned in this thesis. 

 

 

 

 

 

School of Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at 14:00
Wolfson Building of Mechanical Engineering, Room 206

 

A New Void Growth Micromechanical Damage Model for Materials under Ballistic Impact

 

Ori Gadot

MSc Student of Prof. Rami Haj-Ali

 

Composite materials are one of the most widely used materials in the past half century, and yet, accurate predictive modeling of their mechanical behavior has not been fully resolved. Currently, many damage material models are based on phenomenological considerations, microstructural geometrical generalizations, or statistical approaches. Nucleation, growth and coalescence of microcavities are known physical mechanisms occurring during material deformation. These phenomena are the predominant damage mechanisms in both metallic and brittle material models, e.g. the well-known Gurson's void growth model. 

Presented herein is a new approach for the characterization of mechanical damage response of porous and non-porous materials. The method is based on a micromechanical model known as the Generalized Method of Cells (GMC). The model considers a simple three-dimensional Repeating Unit Cell (RUC) which includes an embedded initial void that is explicitly recognized as a growing “inclusion”. The mechanical response of the homogenous material is formulated by means of traction and displacement continuities within the RUC.  Triple periodicity conditions are also employed as neighboring RUCs. The uniqueness of this model is the addition of evolution equations for the microstructure, i.e. a varying phase geometry dictated by a void growth evolution rule. The progressive void volume ratio (VVR) alters the relations between the material's phases, thus strongly affecting the homogenous material behavior and generating strain-softening type degradation of the mechanical behavior.

For ductile materials, known for their extensive cavity growth, the method uses a plastic strain accumulation evolution technique based on McClintock's rate of void growth.
Additionally, the model uses a void growth type criterion based on the average volumetric strain in order to describe brittle type high-rate fracture behavior. The latter scheme has been implemented as a material model with an explicit finite element (FE) code.  Dynamic simulations of a ceramic armor plate under ballistic impact have been carried out. Successful ceramic fracture simulation responses were generated by the new model, such as radial crack progression in the armor plate and conical crack shape development in the impact zone.

 

סמינר מחלקתי ביה"ס להנדסה מכאנית Prof. Sabrina Spatari

21 בדצמבר 2016, 14:00 
וולפסון 206  
0
סמינר מחלקתי ביה"ס להנדסה מכאנית Prof. Sabrina Spatari

 

 

 

 

School of Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 14:00
Wolfson Building of Mechanical Engineering, Room 206

 

Opportunities for carbon abatement through development of biomass-to-bioenergy pathways

 

Prof. Sabrina Spatari

 Associate Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, spatari@drexel.edu

Visiting Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

 

Biofuels are currently under development to meet policy goals for diversifying energy supply, reducing the carbon-intensity of transportation and other sectors, and stimulating growth in rural economies. Countries around the world including the U.S., Canada, Germany, and the UK have developed renewable and low carbon fuel policies to incentivize transport fuels derived from biomass into the market. At present biological and thermochemical technologies are under development at laboratory and pilot scale to investigate the technological needs and economics of scaling biofuels and value-added co-products. Ethanol, higher alcohols, and fully infrastructure compatible fuels (with 0% oxygen – physically and chemically similar to current petroleum based fuels) are being developed at different scales, including small (farm) scale (up to 200 dry metric tons/day) and industrial scale (2000 dry metric tons/day and higher) to utilize diverse sources of lignocellulose. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating the environmental performance of biofuels and biomaterials emerging through R&D, and a necessary tool for developing and judging the compliance of those biofuels and value-added co-products under low carbon fuel standards. This presentation investigates technological, environmental, and energy and resource impacts of a set of emerging lignocellulose-based biofuels from biological and thermochemical technologies at different scales using statistically based LCA methods. Uncertainties that stem from technological performance in the near and medium terms are characterized. This presentation will further highlight how analytical models for understanding the full set of environmental tradeoffs associated with emerging biofuel technologies are essential inputs to guiding policy and commercial enterprise decision making for improving the overall sustainability of transportation energy supply.

 

 

 

 

Bio for Sabrin

 

Dr. Sabrina Spatari’s research and expertise focuses on the development and application of life cycle assessment (LCA) and other systems analysis methods for guiding engineering decision making and public policy.  Her specific interests include industrial ecology, biomass and bioenergy, biofuels, and urban infrastructure. Dr. Spatari studied Chemical Engineering and received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto.  She is currently Associate Professor in Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia and Visiting Professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. Her research on biomass resources and renewable energy extends to multiple U.S. and international projects, including in Uruguay and Israel. She has been an invited speaker on biofuel and LCA of early stage biomass conversion technology at the National Academy of Engineering’s Frontiers of Engineering meeting and the Gordon Research Seminar on Industrial Ecology. In 2014 she was the recipient of Drexel University’s Louis and Bessie Stein Family Fellowship.

 

SABRINA SPATARI

Drexel University, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,

3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: (215) 571-3557 · Fax: (215) 895-1363 · email: spatari@drexel.edu

                                                                               

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

University of Toronto                                Chemical Engineering                     B.A.Sc., 1995

University of Michigan                             Chemical Engineering                     (M.S.E), 1998

Yale University                                             Sch. Forestry and Env. Studies   Research Engineer, 2000-02       

University of Toronto                                Civil Engineering                               Ph.D., 2007

University of California, Berkeley        Postdoctoral Scholar                       2007-08

Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, 2003-present

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

 

 

January 2009-present                Assistant Professor Department of Civil, Environmental and

 

 

Architectural Engineering, Drexel University

 

selected Honors and Awards

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada PDF (2007-09); PGS (2003-04)

 

Research Interests

My research concentrates on developing and applying systems analysis methods, such as life cycle assessment (LCA) to support decision-making for engineered systems. I am interested in applying these methods toward the development of sustainable infrastructure systems including, energy provision in transportation and power utilities, and asset management. 

 

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Founding member of the ISIE Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) topical section committee
  • My research on winter cropping systems informed policy makers on advanced fuel feedstocks for EPA’s RFS2 standard (2009-10)
  • Consultant to USDA-FAS on LCA of energy crops for biofuels and power in Uruguay, 2012-2013
  • Expert Declarant to the State of California Attorney General’s Office on Advanced biofuels and Life Cycle-based Policy Making, December 2010
  • Invited speaker, NAE Frontiers of Engineering, German-US on Biomass Conversion, 2013
  • Invited participant, NAE Frontiers of Engineering, US-EU Meeting on Materials Ecology, 2010
  • Manuscript reviewer for: Atmospheric Environment, Biomass and Bioenergy, Bioresource Technology, Environ. Sci. Technol., J. Industrial Ecology, I.J. LCA 2000-present.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pourhashem, G.; Spatari, S.; Boateng, A. A.; McAloon, A.; Mullen, C. A., Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Using Fast Pyroysis Products for Power Generation. Energy & Fuels 2013.

Spatari, S.; MacLean, H. L., Characterizing Model Uncertainties in the Life Cycle of Lignocellulose-Based Ethanol Fuels. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44, (22), 8773-8780.

Spatari, S.; Bagley, D. M.; MacLean, H. L., Life cycle evaluation of emerging lignocellulosic ethanol conversion technologies. Bioresource Technology 2010, 101, (2), 654-667.

Spatari, S.; Zhang, Y. M.; MacLean, H. L., Life cycle assessment of switchgrass- and corn stover-derived ethanol-fueled automobiles. Environmental Science & Technology 2005, 39, (24), 9750-9758.

Yeh, S.; Jordaan, S. M.; Brandt, A. R.; Turetsky, M. R.; Spatari, S.; Keith, D. W., Land Use Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Conventional Oil Production and Oil Sands. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44, (22), 8766-8772.

MacLean, H. L.; Spatari, S., The contribution of enzymes and process chemicals to the life cycle of ethanol. Environmental Research Letters 2009, (1), 014001.

 

 

 

SABRINA SPATARI

Drexel University, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering,

3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: (215) 571-3557 · Fax: (215) 895-1363 · email: spatari@drexel.edu

                                                                               

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

University of Toronto                                Chemical Engineering                     B.A.Sc., 1995

University of Michigan                             Chemical Engineering                     (M.S.E), 1998

Yale University                                             Sch. Forestry and Env. Studies   Research Engineer, 2000-02       

University of Toronto                                Civil Engineering                               Ph.D., 2007

University of California, Berkeley        Postdoctoral Scholar                       2007-08

Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada, 2003-present

 

APPOINTMENTS

January 2009-present                Assistant Professor Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Drexel University

 

selected Honors and Awards

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canada PDF (2007-09); PGS (2003-04)

 

Research Interests

My research concentrates on developing and applying systems analysis methods, such as life cycle assessment (LCA) to support decision-making for engineered systems. I am interested in applying these methods toward the development of sustainable infrastructure systems including, energy provision in transportation and power utilities, and asset management. 

 

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

  • Founding member of the ISIE Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) topical section committee
  • My research on winter cropping systems informed policy makers on advanced fuel feedstocks for EPA’s RFS2 standard (2009-10)
  • Consultant to USDA-FAS on LCA of energy crops for biofuels and power in Uruguay, 2012-2013
  • Expert Declarant to the State of California Attorney General’s Office on Advanced biofuels and Life Cycle-based Policy Making, December 2010
  • Invited speaker, NAE Frontiers of Engineering, German-US on Biomass Conversion, 2013
  • Invited participant, NAE Frontiers of Engineering, US-EU Meeting on Materials Ecology, 2010
  • Manuscript reviewer for: Atmospheric Environment, Biomass and Bioenergy, Bioresource Technology, Environ. Sci. Technol., J. Industrial Ecology, I.J. LCA 2000-present.

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Pourhashem, G.; Spatari, S.; Boateng, A. A.; McAloon, A.; Mullen, C. A., Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Tradeoffs of Using Fast Pyroysis Products for Power Generation. Energy & Fuels 2013.

Spatari, S.; MacLean, H. L., Characterizing Model Uncertainties in the Life Cycle of Lignocellulose-Based Ethanol Fuels. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44, (22), 8773-8780.

Spatari, S.; Bagley, D. M.; MacLean, H. L., Life cycle evaluation of emerging lignocellulosic ethanol conversion technologies. Bioresource Technology 2010, 101, (2), 654-667.

Spatari, S.; Zhang, Y. M.; MacLean, H. L., Life cycle assessment of switchgrass- and corn stover-derived ethanol-fueled automobiles. Environmental Science & Technology 2005, 39, (24), 9750-9758.

Yeh, S.; Jordaan, S. M.; Brandt, A. R.; Turetsky, M. R.; Spatari, S.; Keith, D. W., Land Use Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Conventional Oil Production and Oil Sands. Environmental Science & Technology 2010, 44, (22), 8766-8772.

MacLean, H. L.; Spatari, S., The contribution of enzymes and process chemicals to the life cycle of ethanol. Environmental Research Letters 2009, (1), 014001.

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