Current Graduate Students
Nafisa Ahmed
BS, Electrical and Electronic Engineer, BRAC University, 2017 MS, Renewable Energy Technology, University of Dhaka, 2019 MS, Forestry, 2023
Research Interests: Geospatially explicit life cycle assessment (LCA) and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) of bio-based low-carbon energy platforms
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Mehran Akrami
BS, Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2016 MS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Ferdowsi U. Mashhad, 2019
Research Interests: machine learning + LCA, water-energy impacts of low-carbon fuel platforms
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Wade Fritzeen
BS, Chemistry, College of William and Mary, 2018
Research Interests: Integrated assessment modeling, low-carbon energy and materials
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Friends of Our Lab
Dipesh Adhikari
Chemical Engineering PhD Student (Davis Lab), UVA
TEA of RNG Produced via Novel Catalytic Methanation Pathway
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Zhangfan Jiang
Civil Engineering PhD,’22 | CEE Post-Doctoral Researcher
Resilient & Advanced Infrastructure Lab, UVA
TEA of Low-Carbon Cements
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Nafiseh Salehi
Civil Engineering PhD Student (Shafiee-Jood Lab, UVA)
Systems Analysis for Sustainability Decision-Making Support
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Abigail Van Eerden
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Political Philosophy & Law and Global Studies Sustainability and Environment (’25), Assessing Biomass-Powered Energy Production in Virginia
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