👋 Welcome to Sustainable Design, Systems, and Decision-making (S2D2) Group in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State!
The Sustainable Design, Systems, and Decision-making (S2D2) Lab at the Pennsylvania State University focuses on leveraging tools and technologies for sustainability transformation, particularly in the areas of sustainable design and optimization, industrial biotech, food-energy-water systems, plastics recycling, and waste valorization. Our approach navigates decision-making by linking engineering metrics with sustainability analyses including life cycle assessment (LCA; for environmental impacts) and techno-economic analysis (TEA; for financial viability) under uncertainty. We leverage fundamental engineering insights to elucidate research needs to advance the technical, environmental, and economic performance of engineered systems as we transition to a circular economy through technology innovation.
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