Laboratory for Sustainable Solutions

USC Department of Mechanical Engineering

| Dissertations/Theses | Journal Articles/Book Chapters/Peer Reviewed Papers | Presentations (Oral & Poster) | Misc. Presentations | Research Papers/Project Reports |

Dissertations/Theses Presented At Date
Russell, James (2004) Evaluating the Sustainability of an Ecomimetic Energy System: An Energy Flow Assessment of South Carolina. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of South Carolina. (Dissertation) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2003
Cooper, Gina (2002) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design™ (LEED™) and Higher Education: Planning for Documentation and Communication at the University of South Carolina Living and Learning Center. Masters Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
October 2002
Odom, S. Lynn (2001) The Sustainable Systems Analysis Algorithm (SSAA): A decision-support and evaluation methodology applied to promote Sustainable Industrial Development. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of South Carolina. (Dissertation) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2001
Locklear, Elizabeth (2000) A Decision Support System for the Reverse Logistics of Product Take-Back Using GIS and the Concepts of Sustainability. Masters Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2000
Saleem, Sirine (2000) A Sustainable Decision Support System for the De-manufacturing Process of Product Take-Back Based on Concepts of Industrial Ecology. Masters Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2000
Cox, Shannon (2000) The Industrial Evolution: Creating a Foundation of Corporate Sustainability. Senior Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
August 2000
Peterson, Emily (2000) Relationships between community infrastructure planning and urban sprawl development. Masters Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Chapters 1 and 4 only) (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
May [????]
Wallace, Thomas P. (1999) A Practical Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tool for Environmental Sustainability Analysis for Infrastructure Planning in Colleton, Jasper, Hampton and Beaufort Counties of South Carolina. Masters Thesis. University of South Carolina. (Thesis) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
May 1999
Journal Articles, Book Chapters and Peer Reviewed Papers Presented At Date
Kellam, Nadia, Llewellyn Mann, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, David Radcliffe, and Wally Peters, "The Faculty Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs," Educational Research and Methods Division, Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 2006 forthcoming June 2006
Kellam, Nadia, Llewellyn Mann, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, David Radcliffe, and Wally Peters, "The Student Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in Australian and American Mechanical Engineering Programs," Conference Proceedings ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama forthcoming April 2006
Russell, James, Wally Peters, Nadia Craig, and Bruce Coull, "Chapter 2.2: Systems and Ecosystems" Sustainability Science and Engineering: Defining Principles.   in press
Donath, Lori, Roxanne Spray, Nancy Thompson, Elizabeth Alford, Nadia Craig, and Michael Matthews, "Characterizing Discourse among Undergraduate Researchers in an Inquiry-Based Community of Practice," Journal of Engineering Education   October 2005
Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Benchmarking the Integration of Complex Systems Study in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs," Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Craig, Nadia, Nancy Thompson, and Lori Donath, "Incorporating Complexity into Undergraduate Engineering Development through the Research Communications Studio," Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshman Mechanical Engineering Experience," Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshman Mechanical Engineering Experience," Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon June 2005
Craig, Nadia, Nancy Thompson, and Lori Donath, "Incorporating Complexity into Undergraduate Engineering Development through the Research Communications Studio," Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon June 2005
Craig, Nadia, James Russell, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Benchmarking the Integration of Complex Systems Study in Southeastern Mechanical Engineering Programs," Conference Proceedings ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee April 2005
Russell, James, Michelle Maher, Nadia Craig, and Wally Peters, "Embracing Complexity in Engineering Education at Southeastern Universities," Conference Proceedings American Society of Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference, Auburn, Alabama 2004
Craig, Nadia, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Recipe for Complexity: A Freshman Learning Experience," Conference Proceedings American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee June 2003
Blue, Katherine Neal, Nicholas E. Davidson, and Eriko Kobayashi, "The Intelligent Product System", Business & Economic Review, Jan.-Mar. 1999, pp. 15-20 (Publication)   January 1999
Presentations (Oral & Poster) Conference Date
Kellam, Nadia, Llewellyn Mann, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, David Radcliffe, and Wally Peters, "The Faculty Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs," Educational Research and Methods Division, Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 2006 forthcoming June 2006
Kellam, Nadia, Llewellyn Mann, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, David Radcliffe, and Wally Peters, "The Student Perspective on the State of Complex Systems in Australian and American Mechanical Engineering Programs," Conference Proceedings ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama forthcoming April 2006
Addison, Veronica, Nadia Craig, Dawn Wilson, Wally Peters, "The Built Environment--An Energy Perspective," Poster Presentation Environmental Design Research Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA Forthcoming May 2006
">Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Benchmarking the Integration of Complex Systems Study in American and Australian Mechanical Engineering Programs" Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Craig, Nadia, Nancy Thompson, and Lori Donath, "Incorporating Complexity into Undergraduate Engineering Development through the Research Communications Studio," Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshman Mechanical Engineering Experience," Conference Proceedings Global Colloquium of Engineering Education, Sydney, Australia September 2005
Addison, Veronica, Nadia Craig, Dawn K. Wilson, Wally Peters, "Using the Built Environment to Alter Human Energy Expenditure," Poster Presentation International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 2005
Craig, Nadia, Veronica Addison, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Integrating Complex Systems Study into the Freshman Mechanical Engineering Experience," Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon June 2005
Craig, Nadia, Nancy Thompson, and Lori Donath, "Incorporating Complexity into Undergraduate Engineering Development through the Research Communications Studio," Conference Proceedings ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Portland, Oregon June 2005
Craig, Nadia, James Russell, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Benchmarking the Integration of Complex Systems Study in Southeastern Mechanical Engineering Programs" Conference Proceedings ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee April 2005
Russell, James, Karen Kirtland, Dawn K. Wilson, Nadia Craig, Veronica Addison, Wally Peters, "A Comparison of Slowly-Evolving Versus Rapidly-Evolving Cities on Prevalence of Obesity and Physical Activity," Poster Presentation International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference, Washington, DC June 2004
Russell, James, Michelle Maher, Nadia Craig, and Wally Peters, "Embracing Complexity in Engineering Education at Southeastern Universities," Conference Proceedings American Society of Engineering Education Southeastern Section Conference, Auburn, Alabama 2004
Craig, Nadia, Michelle Maher, and Wally Peters, "Recipe for Complexity: A Freshman Learning Experience," Conference Proceedings American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee June 2003
Craig, Nadia, "A 'Picture Show' of Energy Flow in South Carolina," Poster Presentation Green Engineering: Defining the Principles Conference 2003
Peters, Wally, James Russell, Nadia Craig, "A Discussion of the First Principles for Green Engineering" Green Engineering: Defining the Principles Conference 2003
Russell, Jamie. An overview of the implementation of ISO14001 using the concepts of industrial ecology. Oral Presentation (Abstract) First Annual International Society of Industrial Ecology, Netherlands November 2001
Odom, S. Lynn. "An overview of the Sustainable Systems Analysis Algorithm Methodology" Poster Presentation (Abstract) First Annual International Society of Industrial Ecology, Netherlands November 2001
Locklear, Elizabeth, Sirine Saleem, & Wally Peters. "A Decision Support System for Product Take-Back Based on Concepts of Industrial Ecology" Poster Presentation (Abstract) First Annual International Society of Industrial Ecology, Netherlands November 2001
Keynote Presentation by Dr. Wally Peters: "Flat Earth--Sacred, Round Earth--Aggressive, Complex Earth--????????" (A discussion on the need for and future directions of Earth Systems Engineering) (Presentation) Earth Systems Engineering Conference, Boulder Colorado October 2001
Odom, S. Lynn, "The Sustainable Economic Development Simulator (SEDS): An Application of the Sustainable Systems Analysis Algorithm (SSAA) Methodology." Oral Presentation (Paper) HelSIE (Helsinki Symposium on Industrial Ecology) Helsinki, Finland August 2000
Misc. Presentations Presented At Date
Peters, Wally. Presentation to students at Huseby School. Scroll down to the date 18.11.2005 "GJESTEFORELESER FRA USA" Trondheim, Norway November 2005
Peters, Wally, Veronica Addison. Presentation to USC Health Psychology Class. "Teaching, Learning and Being in a Globalized World" University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
October 2005
Peters, Wally, Nadia Craig. Presentation at University of Queensland. "Teaching, Learning and Being in a Globalised World" University of Queensland, Australia October 2005
Peters, Wally. "A 'Short Story' About a Service Learning Project" (Presentation) Integrating Appropriate Sustainable Technology and Service-Learning in Engineering Education, University of Colorado at Boulder September 2004
Peters, Wally. Presentation to MIT--Benign Manufacturing Class. (Lecture) Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Boston, MA March 2002
Cooper, Gina. Reviews the advice and challenges of Habitat for Humanity affiliates implementing Energy Star and High Performance (HP2) building practices in Habitat homes. (Presentation) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2001
Russell, Jamie. Final report for the Siemens Diesel Systems Technology, Blythewood Facility’s Green Building and Construction Initiative (Report) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
October 2000
Aldridge, Perlman, Alexander, Young, and Nestor. (1997) Habitat for Humanity Sustainable Design Home at Arthurtown. Presentation of design project to help Habitat for Humanity design and build more sustainable housing. (Report) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
June 2005
Research Papers/ Project Reports Presented At Date
Odom, S. Lynn. SSAA/SIDS Web-based Demonstration Project: Baseline Survey Instructions for participating companies. (Instructions Document) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
October 2002
Odom, S. Lynn. SSAA/SIDS Demonstration Project within the Edisto River Basin: Presentation and Final Report to research participants. (Final Report) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
January 2002
Cooper, Gina. A brief overview of the U.S. Army’s sustainable development practices including Environmental Management Systems. (Research Paper)   January 2002
Cooper, Gina. Energy Star and High Performance Advisor for Habitat for Humanity Affiliates (Research Paper) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
December 2001
Agosto, Moraima, Katherine Neal Blue and Sonja Lynn Odom. Wood Preserving: An Industry Study and Pollution Prevention Analysis. (Prepared for Cox Wood Preserving Co.) (Final Report) University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
January 1998

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