Biography
Vasilis Fthenakis is a Director, Center for Life Cycle Analysis at Columbia University, USA. He also leads the National PV Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Research Center operating at Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) under the auspices of the DOE since 1982. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the International Energy Foundation.
Research Interest
Life Cycle Analysis, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy Penetration in the Grid, Fluid Dynamics, Air Pollution Prevention and Control
Biography
Hesham Ali, Ph.D., P.E., CPM, came to FIU with over 21 years of civil engineering experience, mostly in pavement design, analysis and construction. Ali joined the CEE faculty in December of 2011 as Green Paving Professor of Practice and is working to advance the new Green Paving Initiative of Florida International University. Ali earned holds a Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The City University of New York. He has spent much of his career in the transportation sector focusing on pavement evaluation, pavement engineering and consulting for various public and private employers, including a role as Highway Research Fellow for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration. Additionally, Ali has participated in the delivery of hundreds of roadway and airport construction projects in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Florida. Recently, Ali served as an executive at the Florida Department of Transportation, where he worked for over a decade and participated in the delivery of $3 billion of highway construction and maintenance projects.
Research Interest
Recycling and Waste management
Biography
Andreas Krause has completed his PhD at the age of 32 years from Georg-August-University Göttingen. He is the Professor for wood composites and processing technology at University Hamburg. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals.
Research Interest
Recycling and waste management