Yuan Yao

An integrated techno-economic and environmental assessment for carbon capture in hydrogen production by biomass gasification

Resources, Conservation and Recycling.

Climate-smart forestry through innovative wood products and commercial afforestation and reforestation on marginal land

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Emerging Engineered Wood for Building Applications

Chemical Reviews.

Environmental impacts of cotton and opportunities for improvement

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

Machine learning for sustainable development and applications of biomass and biomass-derived carbonaceous materials in water and agricultural systems: A review

Resources, Conservation and Recycling.

Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Enhanced Rock Weathering: A Case Study from the Midwestern United States

Environmental Science & Technology.

A review of inventory modeling methods for missing data in life cycle assessment

Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Carbon Footprint of Bleached Softwood Fluff Pulp: Detailed Process Simulation and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment to Understand Carbon Emissions

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10(28), 9029–9040.

Circular utilization of urban tree waste contributes to the mitigation of climate change and eutrophication

One Earth.

Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Technologies under Different Greenhouse Gas Concentration Pathways

Environmental Science & Technology, 12.

Equally green? Understanding the distribution of urban green infrastructure across student demographics in four public school districts in North Carolina, USA

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, 67.

Feasibility of gasifying mixed plastic waste for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage

Communications Earth & Environment.

How does COVID-19 affect the life cycle environmental impacts of U.S. household energy and food consumption?

Environmental Research Letters, 2.

Process Simulation-Based Life Cycle Assessment of Dissolving Pulps

Environmental Science & Technology, 56(7), 4578–4586.

Sustainability implications of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry: A conceptual framework

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 26(1), 164–182.

A general Life Cycle Assessment framework for sustainable bleaching: A case study of peracetic acid bleaching of wood pulp

Journal of Cleaner Production, 290, 125854.

A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic

Nature Sustainability.

An integrated techno-sustainability assessment (TSA) framework for emerging technologies

Green Chemistry, 23(4), 1700–1715.

Applications of artificial intelligence-based modeling for bioenergy systems: A review

[Review of ]. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY BIOENERGY, 13(5), 774–802.

Author Correction: A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic

Nature Sustainability.

Dynamic life-cycle carbon analysis for fast pyrolysis biofuel produced from pine residues: implications of carbon temporal effects

BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS, 14(1).

Lightweight, strong, moldable wood via cell wall engineering as a sustainable structural material

Science, 374(6566), 465–471.

Sustainable high-strength macrofibres extracted from natural bamboo

Nature Sustainability.

Techno-Economic Analysis of decentralized preprocessing systems for fast pyrolysis biorefineries with blended feedstocks in the southeastern United States

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 143.

Dynamic life cycle carbon and energy analysis for cross-laminated timber in the Southeastern United States

Environmental Research Letters, 15(12), 124036.

Generating Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data of Activated Carbon Production Using Machine Learning and Kinetic Based Process Simulation

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(2), 1252–1261.

Impacts of uncertain feedstock quality on the economic feasibility of fast pyrolysis biorefineries with blended feedstocks and decentralized preprocessing sites in the Southeastern United States

GCB Bioenergy, 12(11), 1014–1029.

Key issue, challenges, and status quo of models for biofuel supply chain design

Biofuels for a More Sustainable Future: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment and Multi-Criteria Decision Making, 273–315.

Life Cycle Carbon Footprint Analysis of Pulp and Paper Grades in the United States Using Production-line-based Data and Integration

BIORESOURCES, 15(2), 3899–3914.

Life Cycle Carbon Footprint Analysis of Pulp and Paper Grades in the United States Using Production-line-based Data and Integration

BioResources. https://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_15_2_3899_Tomberlin_Life_Cycle_Carbon_Footprint

A Parametric Life Cycle Modeling Framework for Identifying Research Development Priorities of Emerging Technologies: A Case Study of Additive Manufacturing

Procedia CIRP, 80, 370–375.

Artificial neural network based modeling for the prediction of yield and surface area of activated carbon from biomass

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 13(4), 1015–1027.

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment and Agent-Based Modeling: A Dynamic Modeling Framework for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

Journal of Cleaner Production, 238.

Life Cycle Analysis of Decentralized Preprocessing Systems for Fast Pyrolysis Biorefineries with Blended Feedstocks in the Southeastern United States

Energy Technology, 9(11), 1900850.

Using a Data-Driven Approach to Unveil Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities of Different Pulp and Paper Products

Procedia CIRP, 80, 689–692.

Environmental implications of the methanol economy in China: well-to-wheel comparison of energy and environmental emissions for different methanol fuel production pathways

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 172, 1381–1390.

Life-cycle modeling framework for generating energy and greenhouse gas emissions inventory of emerging technologies in the chemical industry

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, 172, 768–777.

Quantifying carbon capture potential and cost of carbon capture technology application in the US refining industry

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, 74, 87–98.

A life cycle assessment of torrefaction biomass to displace the coal in the electricity generation

International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference, IBBC 2017, 2017-November, 11–13. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051798023&partnerID=MN8TOARS

A life cycle assessment of torrefaction biomass to displace the coal in the electricity generation

International Bioenergy and Bioproducts Conference, IBBC 2017, 2017-November, 285. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85051765869&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Models for sustainability

BioResources, 12(1), 1–3.

Prospective Energy Analysis of Emerging Technology Options for the United States Ethylene Industry

INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 55(12), 3493–3505.

Quantifying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Current Status and Trends

[Review of ]. ENERGIES, 9(2).

Accelerating the development of green technologies for chemical production through multiscale life-cycle technology assessment

Education Division 2015 - Core Programming Area at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, 205. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84968732939&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Understanding Variability To Reduce the Energy and GHG Footprints of US Ethylene Production

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 49(24), 14704–14716.

A hybrid life-cycle inventory for multi-crystalline silicon PV module manufacturing in China

ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 9(11).

Greener pathways for energy-intensive commodity chemicals: opportunities and challenges

CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 6, 90–98.

Reflections on a massive open online life cycle assessment course

Masanet, E., Chang, Y., Yao, Y., Briam, R., & Huang, R. (2014, December). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT, Vol. 19, pp. 1901–1907.

Hybrid life cycle assessment model of silicon photovoltaics

Sustainable Engineering Forum 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future, 268–269. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911914052&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Hybrid techno-economic modeling tool for greener chemicals supply chains

Sustainable Engineering Forum 2013 - Core Programming Area at the 2013 AIChE Annual Meeting: Global Challenges for Engineering a Sustainable Future, 424. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84911912530&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Life Cycle Energy, Environmental and Economic Comparative Analysis of CdTe Thin-film Photovoltaics Domestic and Overseas Manufacturing Scenarios

23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Vol. 32, pp. 733–738.

Design under uncertainty of hydrocarbon biorefinery supply chains: Multiobjective stochastic programming models, decomposition algorithm, and a Comparison between CVaR and downside risk

AICHE JOURNAL, 58(7), 2155–2179.

Multiobjective optimization of hydrocarbon biorefinery supply chain designs under uncertainty

2012 IEEE 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 5560–5565.