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Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Center for Sustainable Mobility
Viable energy technologies for sustainable transportation systems.
RIT is embarking on an exciting new initiative that will help shape the future of energy technologies applied to the
transportation enterprise. To lead this effort, the Center for Sustainable Mobility was
created in 2006 – the cornerstone of the new Center is a $4M grant from the US Department of
Transportation for an alternative fuels and life-cycle engineering program. This DOT program
will evaluate the environmental and economic impact of different alternative fuel and propulsion technologies
on the entire U.S. public transportation system. The Center will be examining a full spectrum
of emerging fuel technologies and their applications – biodiesel, ethanol, fuel cells, hydrogen
and even combinations of these to determine their impacts on existing systems and forecast requirements
for future transportation systems and infrastructure.
The Center is currently developing a host of projects with a number of partners - local and state
governments, the Department of Defense and industry to examine not only current issues such as emissions
reduction and reduced dependency on non-domestic fuel sources, but future challenges with alternative
fuels. RIT's goal is to become a regional center of excellence in these areas and be the “preferred
choice” for other organizations seeking assistance in conquering these future challenges.
A listing of national and international publications and presentations by GIS faculty and staff follows:
Rogers, K., Seager, T., and Linkov, I., “Multi-criteria decision analysis and LCA: applications under high uncertainty,” Symposium R: Life Cycle Analysis for New Energy Conversion and Storage Systems, Materials Research Society, Boston, MA, November 27, 2007.
Coleman, M., “Gaining competitive advantage and new growth from emerging opportunities in alternative & sustainable energy,” Meeting of the Upstate Tooling and Machining Association, November 15, 2007.
Nasr, N. & Haselkorn, M., “Life cycle engineering for fuel cells,” 5th Global Symposium on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering, Rochester, NY, September 21, 2007.
Coleman, M., Haselkorn, M. and Nasr, N., “Fostering more sustainable fuel cell technologies,” 5th Global Symposium on Sustainable Product Development and Life Cycle Engineering, Rochester, NY, September 21, 2007.
Coleman, M., “A Path to Zero Waste: Fostering More Sustainable Fuel Cell Technologies,” Fuel Cell 2007, Rochester, New York, June 2007.
Haselkorn, M., “Life Cycle Engineering for Fuel Cells,” Fuel Cell 2007, Rochester, New York, June, 2007.
Nasr, N., et. al. “Opportunities and Challenges in Emerging Energy Technologies,” New Energy Symposium, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Albany, Albany, NY, June 2006.
Nasr, N., & Coleman, M. “A Proposal to Develop a New Energy Infrastructure from a Local Perspective,” Energy, 31(4):23-26, 2006.
Nasr, N. et al. “Conversion of Wind Power to Hydrogen Fuel,” Report to US EPA, December, 2005.
Nasr, N., et al. “Life Cycle Strategies for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” Report to US Fuel Cell Council, June, 2005.
Nasr, N., & Haselkorn, M. “Life Cycle Engineering for Fuel Cells,” SME Manufacturing Opportunities & Challenges Conference & Exposition, Livonia, Michigan, October 2004.
Nasr, Berg, Cleveland, Hilton, Roth, Scheldorn and Slocum, “Sustainable Design Tools for Proton Membrane Exchange Fuel Cells,” Report to US EPA, September, 2004.