The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment recognized assistant professor Hongyue Jin with a Rising Star Award at their annual conference in September 2019. The award honors an emerging leader in life cycle assessment and life cycle thinking who reflects exceptional growth in contribution to the profession and increased levels of leadership and responsibility. Life cycle assessment is a technique for appraising the environmental impacts of a system, process or product.
“By quantifying the environmental impacts, we can make informed decisions – such as what materials to choose – for technology development, product design and purchasing, end-of-use choices, and policymaking,” Jin said. “It is my great honor to receive the Rising Star Award at the LCA XIX Conference, which is the largest LCA meeting in North America. This award encourages me to keep working on important issues in LCA.”
Jin's research focuses on life cycle analysis, techno-economic analysis and optimization for sustainability. She is working on a techno-economic analysis and life cycle analysis of lithium-ion batteries and hard disk drives with CMI.
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