2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Design for a Circular Economy

Chair

Tapajyoti Ghosh, The Ohio State University

Co-Chairs

Presentations

08:00 AM

(101a) Circular Processing of Rare Earth Elements from End-of-Life Products
Christopher Laliwala, Oluwamayowa Amusat, Ana I. Torres

08:15 AM

(101b) Understanding the PET Product and Recycling Supply Chains and Integrating PET Recycling Technologies for Improved Material Circularity
Adam McNeeley, Kachukwu Okoh, Troy Gustke, Y. Liu

08:30 AM

(101c) A Design for Circularity Strategy Is Not Always Environmentally Beneficial: Shifting from Aluminum to Steel Frames for U.S. Photovoltaics Modules
Aman Raj, Dwarakanath Ravikumar, Meryl Winicov

08:45 AM

(101d) Positioning of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants As Integrated Biorefineries for Production of Sustainable Chemicals
Mark Zappi, William Holmes, Rafael Hernandez, Emmanuel D. Revellame, Dhan Lord Fortela, William Chirdon, Chelsea Zeringue, Sarah Simoneaux, Blake Foret, Wayne Sharp, Lisa Stephanie Dizon, Daniel Gang

09:00 AM

(101i) Regional analysis of U.S. collection and infrastructure investments for expanding post-consumer plastics recycling
Kavitha G Menon, Tapajyoti Ghosh, Julien Walzberg, Anne Mozrall, Alinson Santos Xavier, Sarang Supekar, Allison Robinson, Kathryn Peretti, Alberta Carpenter, Chukwunwike Iloeje

09:15 AM

(101g) Towards Net-Zero CFRP By Integrating LCA, Circular Economy, and Innovation: Method and Software
Reena Sharma, Bhavik Bakshi

09:30 AM

(101h) Circularity Indicators for the Evaluation of Reusable Packaging
Stuart Walker, Rachael Rothman