Past Research

 • Interface Flooring Systems "Dashboard" Project: I selected and implemented sensor hardware into a carpet factory coating line to support economic and environmental assessments. I examined the usefulness of data gathered directly from a process when trying to identify environmental improvements on faster timescales or at greater levels of detail. This work culminated in my Master's Thesis (bottom of page).

• Ford Automotive Paint Line Assessment Project: Felipe Roman, Sharad Rathnam, and I created a simple Activity-Based Cost and Environmental Management model to quantify the costs and wastes incurred by several aspects of a paint line.  This model was used in conjunction with sorting logistics models developed by Yong-Hee Han, a PhD student from ISyE.

• Ford Automatic Transmission Assessment Project: During a summer internship, I investigated the environmental and cost implications of alternatives for three design aspects of future automatic transmissions.  The high levels of uncertainty encountered inspired my current PhD work.