Guest Lectures on Sustainability Topics

To introduce our students to sustainability issues, the faculty members listed below are willing to give guest lectures on the topics listed below.

Topic	Professor	Email address
The intersection of resilience and sustainability in civil infrastructure	Benjamin Bowers	bfbowers@auburn.edu
Bitcoin Mining and the Energy Grid	Stan Reeves	reevesj@auburn.edu
Life Cycle Analysis of Bridges	Andrzej Nowak	asn0007@auburn.edu
Algae for sustainable production of biofuels, clean water, and food	Brendan Higgins	bth0023@auburn.edu
Biogas valorization using a novel methanotroph-photoautotroph coculture	Jin Wang	wang@auburn.edu
Bio-derived and green lubricants	Rob Jackson	jacksr7@auburn.edu
Carbon capture, utilization and storage	Lauren Beckingham	l eb0071@auburn.edu
Critical materials	Jeff Fergus	ferguje@auburn.edu
Electronic waste and recycling	Eldon Triggs	trigged@auburn.edu
Energy overview: Conventional resources and emerging options	Sushil Bhavnani	bhavnsh@auburn.edu
Environmental remediation, green chemistry, pollution control	Jeff Horne	wjh0025@auburn.edu
Evolution of sustainability on urban stormwater management	Jose Vasconcelos	jgv0001@auburn.edu
Improved efficiency and prolonged life via tribology	Rob Jackson	jacksr7@auburn.edu
Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis	Jeff Fergus	ferguje@auburn.edu
Natural/bio-derived nanomaterials	Virginia Davis	davisva@auburn.edu
Polymers from renewable resources	Maria L. Auad	auad@auburn.edu
Role of Engineering in Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals	Jeffrey Fergus	ferguje@auburn.edu
Sustainability issues with the production of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels	Sushil Adhikari	sza0016@auburn.edu
Sustainable and livable transportation systems	Jeff LaMondia	jlamondia@auburn.edu
Water and agriculture in the western U.S.	Frances O'Donnell	fco0002@auburn.edu
Water, peak water and virtual water	Mark Barnett	barnem4@auburn.edu
Harvesting ambient environmental energy as sustainable power source	Daniel Kim	dkim@auburn.edu
What is Ecological Engineering? Principles and practice of a new field of engineering	David Blersch	dmb0040@auburn.edu

If you would like to include any of these lectures in one of your classes, you can contact the professor to arrange for a time. So that we can keep track of interest in these topics, please copy Jeff Fergus ( ferguje@auburn.edu) on your request. Also contact Jeff Fergus if you are willing to provide a guest lecture and add to the list of topics.