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Christopher Swan |
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Civil & Environmental Engineering Department
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| Degrees: |
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Sc.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S.C.E. University of Texas, Austin; B.S.C.E. University of Texas, Austin |
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Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
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| E-mail: |
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chris.swan@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://engineering.tufts.edu/cee/people/swan
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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My most significant research efforts focus on the beneficial reuse of either hazardous or non-hazardous waste materials. These research efforts cover a number of research themes including waste minimization, resource recovery and sustainable development. The combination of these themes may best be described by the term "industrial ecology" which considers the interactions of manufacturing, consumption and waste management and their influence on resource depletion and waste production (see below figure). Currently, I am investigating the technical feasibility of using waste materials in construction, especially residues from thermal processes. Specific research projects include an examination of the reuse of coal-combustion fly ash and recovered waste plastics to develop a new, innovative construction material.
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