Walter
J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Environmental Engineering;
Professor, Engineering
and Public Policy and Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Environmental
engineering, engineering economics, solid and hazardous
waste management, green design and industrial ecology,
source reduction and recycling, and uncertainty and
risk analysis.
B.S. (Mining
Engineering) 1958, Lehigh University
M.S. (Geophysics) 1959 and Ph.D. (Civil Engineering,
Minor in Geophysics) 1963, California Institute of
Technology.
Carnegie
Mellon, 1967 -.
Professor
McMichael has worked extensively on applying material
and energy-balance approaches to the study of environmental
problems. In recent work he has applied concurrent
engineering concepts to the design of products and
processes to mitigate environmental impacts over their
life cycle. Professor McMichael is developing methodologies
and design advisors for process engineering, such
as size reduction and materials separation for products
such as automobiles, computers, consumer durables,
and electronics.
Another current area of interest involves the management
of residue from automobile shredders. An increasing
weight fraction of the shredded hulk of a modern automobile
is deemed a hazardous or special waste. Techno-economic
investigation of alternative processes address finding
value in recovered materials, reducing the cost of
disposal, and mitigating the environmental impact
of residuals.
Representative
Publications
F. C.
McMichael and C. Hendrickson, "Recycling Batteries,"
IEEE Spectrum, vol. 35, no. 2, 1998.
C. T.
Hendrickson, A. Horvath, S. Joshi, M. Klausner, L.
B. Lave and F. C. McMichael, "Comparing Two Life Cycle
Assessment Approaches: A Process Model vs. Economic
Input-Output Based Assessment," Proc. IEEE International
Symposium on Electronics and the Environment,
San Francisco, CA, 1997.
L. C.
Lave, C. Hendrickson and F. C. McMichael, "Environmental
Implications of Electric Vehicles," Science,
vol. 268,- pp. 993-995, 1995. Reprinted in H. Kukuck
(ed./Hg.), StromDiskussion, The Future of the Electric
Vehicle, Informationien zur Elecktrizitat, Frankfurt,
Germany, 1996. |
