Publications

Book Chapters

 

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U., J. L. Hau and B. R. Bakshi. “Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Economic and Ecological Systems”, in Handbook of Input-Output Analysis in Industrial Ecology, ed. S. Suh, submitted

 

Refereed Journal Papers

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Thermodynamic Accounting of Ecosystem Contribution to Economic Sectors with Application to 1992 U.S. Economy”, Environmental Science and Technology, 38 (18), 4810-4827, 2004. [paper]

 

  1. Yi, H.-S., J. L. Hau, N. U. Ukidwe and B. R. Bakshi. “Hierarchical Thermodynamic Metrics for Evaluating the Sustainability of Industrial Processes”, Environmental Progress, special issue on Sustainable Engineering, 23 (4), 302-314, 2004. [paper]

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Natural versus Economic Capital in Industrial Supply Networks – Implications for Outsourcing and Sustainability”, Environmental Science and Technology, accepted

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Transportation Alternatives”, in preparation

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Multiscale Framework for Life Cycle Inventory Analysis”, in preparation

 

  1. Hau, J. L., N. U. Ukidwe and B. R. Bakshi. “Traditional versus Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment of Electricity Generation”, in preparation

 

Proceedings Publications

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Economic and Ecological Systems with Application to the U.S. Economy”, Proceedings of Third Biennial Emergy Research Conference, Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, January 2004.

 

  1. Bakshi B. R. and N. U. Ukidwe. “A Multiscale Bayesian Framework for Environmentally Conscious Process Design”, Proceedings of Foundations of Computer Aided Process Design (FOCAPD) 2004, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, July 2004. [paper]

 

Other Publications

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Accounting for Ecosystem Contribution to Economic Sectors by Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis. Approach”, Technical Report, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 2003. [paper]

 

  1. Ukidwe, N. U. and G. Parthasarathy. “Industrial Residency Summary Report for Indian Orchard Power Plant and South Butvar: EURECA effort”, Solutia Closing Report, SR-1752, 2004.

 

  1. Ukidwe N. U. “Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis of Economic and Ecological Systems for Sustainable Engineering”, Ph.D. Thesis, The Ohio State University, 2005.

 

Additional Paper Presentations

 

1.      Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Ecologically Conscious Process System Engineering: A Thermodynamic Framework”, 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001.

 

2.      Bakshi B. R., J. L. Hau and N. U. Ukidwe. “Exergy, Emergy and Life Cycle Analysis”, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Inaugural Meeting, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2001.

 

3.      Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Input-Output Analysis of ecological and economic systems”, Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology, Colby Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, 2002.

 

4.      Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “A Thermodynamic Input-Output Approach for analysis of Economic and Ecological Systems”, paper 21g, AIChE Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2002.

[abstract]

 

5.      Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Accounting for Ecosystem Contribution to Economic Sectors by Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis”, 17th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2003.

 

6.      Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Application of Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis to determine contribution of ecosystems to industry sectors”, 2nd International Conference on Industrial Ecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2003.

 

7.      Ukidwe, N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Thermodynamic Input-Output LCA of the 1997 US Economy with Application to Electricity Generation”, paper 156b, AIChE Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 2003. [abstract]

 

8.      Ukidwe N. U., B. R. Bakshi and J. Fiksel. “Thermodynamic Metric for Sustainability”, paper 155f, AIChE Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, 2003. [abstract]

 

9.      Parthasarathy G., N. U. Ukidwe and B. R. Bakshi. “Optimal Sustainable Allocation of Water and Energy Flows in an Operational Polymer Process”, Paper 109b, AIChE Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004. [abstract]

 

10.  Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Including Natural Capital in the Life Cycle Assessment of Economic Sectors by Thermodynamic Input-Output Analysis”. inLCA-LCM, 2004. [paper]

 

11.  Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Economic versus Natural Capital Flows in Industrial Supply Networks – Implications to Sustainability”, paper 5f, AIChE Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, 2004. [abstract] [paper]

 

12.  Parthasarathy G., N. U. Ukidwe and B. R. Bakshi, “Process Integration and Sustainability: Is one from Mars and other from Venus?”, paper 1f, AIChE Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, 2004. [abstract]

 

13.  Ukidwe N. U., B. R. Bakshi and G. Parthasarathy. “A Multiscale Bayesian Framework for Designing Efficient and Sustainable Industrial Systems”, paper 7c, AIChE Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, 2004. [abstract] [paper]

 

14.  Ukidwe N. U. and B. R. Bakshi. “Multiscale statistical framework for hybrid life cycle assessment”, 2nd Int'l Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington D.C., 2005, accepted

 

15.  Hau, J. L., N. U. Ukidwe and B. R. Bakshi. “Entropy, Exergy and Material Flow in Industrial and Ecological Systems”, 2nd Int'l Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington D.C., 2005, accepted.

 

16.  Bakshi, B. R. and N. U. Ukidwe “Network Analysis of Industrial and Ecological Systems and its Implications to Sustainable Engineering”, AIChE Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005, submitted.

 

17.  Ukidwe N. U., M.-L. Wong, and B. R. Bakshi, “Hybrid Thermodynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Six Alternatives for Generating Electricity”, AIChE Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2005, submitted.