Life Cycle Assessment Seminar ME599, Spring Quarter 2009 A variety of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) case studies will be presented by student teams, followed by class discussion.  Instructor: Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper (cooperjs@washington.edu); office hours by appointment Seminar sharespace is at https://catalysttools.washington.edu/workspace/cooperjs/5056 Seminar time and place: Mondays 11:30-12:50 WILCOX 073   WEEK 1 (March 30): Lecture on LCA (pdf), formation of student teams WEEK 2 (April 6): Algae-to-fuel life cycles, presented by Colin Dietrich and Ezra Kahn WEEK 3 (April 13): Pavement life cycles, presented by Galen Staley and Ryan Mak WEEK 4 (April 20): Supercritical water gasification life cycles, Ken Faires, Kurt Spies, and Shazib Vijlee WEEK 5 (April 27): Diesel life cycles within the context of the Coast Guard and the US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, presented by Lexy Cherry, Kara Burns, and Bryan Scholnick WEEK 6 (May 4): Paper recycling life cycles, presented by Tuesday Kuykendall, Seung-Jin Lee, and Elliott Schmitt WEEK 7 (May 11): Forest residuals to electricity life cycles, presented by Rachel Hagmann, Laurel James, and Rohan Theobald WEEK 8 (May 18): Transportation fuel bioadditive life cycles, presented by Amanda Lee, Tyler House, Lisa Lai, and Stephanie Candelaria WEEK 9 (May 25): Memorial Day, no class WEEK 10 (June 1): Wood fired cogen life cycles, presented by Michael Marchand, Steven Rigdon, Tim Geary, and Michael Tulee For more information, contact Associate Professor Joyce Smith Cooper at cooper@me.washington.edu