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Thomas E. Graedel
Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology, Environmental Engineering & Geology & Geophysics
- Phone
- (203) 432-9733
- Fax
- (203) 432-5556
- Office Address
- 380 Edwards Street
Room 203
New Haven, CT 06511
- Mailing Address
- 205 Prospect St, Sage Hall
New Haven, CT 06520
Ph.D., University of Michigan
RESPONSIBILITIES
Director, Center for Industrial Ecology
INTERESTS
Graedel’s interests are in industrial ecology, the organizing framework for the study of the interactions of modern technological society with the environment. Currently, he focuses on the flow of materials within the industrial system, their recycling and reuse possibilities, and the long-term prospects for sustainability metal supplies.
AWARDS & HONORS
- Co-author of one of the “Best Papers of 2008” in Environmental Science & Technology
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering “for outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of industrial ecology, 2002.
BOOKS
- Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Engineering, 3rd edition, 2009. Published by Prentice Hall
- Linkages of Sustainability, 2009. Published by MIT Press
- Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment, 1998, Published by Prentice Hall
- Atmosphere, Climate, and Change, 1995, Published by Scientific American Library
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- On the Concept of Industrial Ecology , Thomas E Graedel, 1996, Annual Review of Energy and the Environment, 21, 69-98.
- “Metal stocks and sustainability”, R.B. Gordon, M. Bertram, and T.E. Graedel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, 103, 1209-1214, 2006.
- “The anthropogenic nickel cycle: Insights into use, trade, and recycling”, B.K. Reck, D.B. Müller, K. Rostkowski, and T.E. Graedel, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 3394-3400, 2008.
- “In-use stocks of metals: A status report”, M.D. Gerst and T.E. Graedel, Environmental Science & Technology, 42, 7038-7045, 2008. (This paper was selected as one of the “top papers of 2008 in Environmental Science & Technology.)
- “EPA at 40: Bringing environmental protection into the 21st century”, J. Fiksel, T.E. Graedel, A.D. Hecht, G.S. Sayler, P.M. Senge, D.L. Swackhamer, and T. Theis, Environmental Science & Technology, in press, 2009.
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