Uncovering sustainable pathways with life cycle assessment
Date & time
Thursday, March 20, 2025 – Friday, March 21, 2025 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Speaker(s)
Shannon Lloyd, Ivan Kantor, Alireza Adli, Mina Daneshmandi, Neda Nikbakht, Mohammad Reza Seyedabadi, Juan Sebastian Rojas, Parsa Shirzad, and Martin Zorrilla
This session will start with an interactive exercise to explore a real-life business sustainability challenge and uncover the power of life cycle assessment (LCA). Seven Concordia graduate students will then give three-minute thesis presentations. Each will explain how they are using LCA to inform the design of more environmentally systems. Finally, Professor Ivan Kantor will moderate an engaging Q&A session with student researchers and workshop participants.
Student Presenters:
Alireza Adli (CIISE), Software framework for life cycle carbon emissions
Mina Daneshmandi (MAIE), Environmental and worker health LCA of surface engineering
Neda Nikbakht (MAIE), LCA of hydrogen powered business aircraft
Mohammad Reza Seyedabadi (BCEE), Urban scale LCA of the built environment
Juan Sebastian Rojas (CME), Accelerating LCA coverage through a component-level approach
Parsa Shirzad (CME), Cradle-to-gate: bio vs. fossil chemical pathways
Martin Zorrilla (MAIE), Sustainable and resilient aviation supply chains