The UWME Design for Environment Lab promotes Sustainability and Design for Environment at the University of Washington by engaging researchers and educators in the Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments and throughout the UW in efforts to improve technology development, design, and infrastructure through the advancement of Life Cycle Assessment and Industrial Ecology.   

NEWS, EVENTS, Etc.               photo by Beren Landaas Wells McKay, 2006 LCA Student investigating the environmental impacts of commercial photo printing

--Through 2010, the LCA Course will be taught during the fall quarter and the Sustainability and Design for Environment Course will be taught winter quarter (also see the Seattle Channel spot on the DFE class)

--Recent publications include:

J.S. Cooper, L.Woods, S.J. Lee "Distance and backhaul in commodity transport modeling," International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 13 (5) 389-400 (2008) and

J.S. Cooper, S.J. Lee, J. Elter, J Boussu, S. Bomanc "Life cycle design metrics for energy generation technologies: method, data, and case study," Journal of Power Sources 186 (1) 138-157 (2009)

--MSE 310 presentation 

 

UWME DFE Lab Research Initiatives

• The Advancement of Life Cycle Assessment

• Life Cycle Assessment Technology Assessments

• Management of Environmental Design Information

UWME DFE Lab Educational Initiatives

• Courses in Sustainability, Design for Environment, and Life Cycle Assessment

• Curriculum in Energy and the Environment

• Seminars in Design for Environment and Life Cycle Assessment

For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu or (206)543-5040

Also visit the:

• DFE Lab ShareSpace

• UWME Fuel Cell Design, Durability, and Remanufacturing Lab

• UW Mechanical Engineering homepage and MyME

• UW homepage

• MyUW

• UW library

• UW time schedule

• UW faculty/ staff/ student directory

• American Center of Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) homepage