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Personal Profile
Alberta "Birdie" Carpenter leads NREL’s efforts for strategic analysis for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Decarbonization Offices. She also manages the team that developed and runs the Materials Flow through Industry tool. This tool provides supply chain impact analysis of the manufacturing sector, offering insight into energy and carbon hotspots within industrial supply chains and the impacts associated with implementing energy reductions strategies. Carpenter's strategic analysis work focuses on sustainable manufacturing to include industrial decarbonization, circular economy, environmental and justice impacts.
Research Interests
Circular economy
Life cycle assessment
Industrial decarbonization
Environmental justice
Sustainable manufacturing
Professional Experience
U.S. Navy, 5 years
GE Medical, San Jose, California, 1 year
Department of Public Works, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 3 years
Education/Academic Qualification
Master, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor, Ocean Engineering, United States Naval Academy
PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire
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Collaborations and Top Research Areas From the Past 5 Years
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Circular Economy Contributions to Decarbonizing the US Steel Sector
Walzberg, J. & Carpenter, A., 2024, Technology Innovation for the Circular Economy: Recycling, Remanufacturing, Design, Systems Analysis and Logistics. Nasr, N. (ed.). p. 725-738Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Comparing Parallel Plastic-to-X Pathways and Their Role in a Circular Economy for PET Bottles: Article No. 2300068
Ghosh, T., Uekert, T., Walzberg, J. & Carpenter, A., 2024, In: Advanced Sustainable Systems. 8, 9, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Strategies for Considering Environmental Justice in the Early-Stage Development of Circular Economy Technologies
Uekert, T., Walzberg, J., Wikoff, H., Doyle, M. & Carpenter, A., 2024, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 12, 22, p. 8307-8312 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Waste Management, Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment
Carpenter, A., Uekert, T. & Walzberg, J., 2024, 45 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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A Framework for Integrating Supply Chain, Environmental, and Social Justice Factors During Early Stationary Battery Research: Article No. 1287423
Putsche, V., Pattany, J., Ghosh, T., Atnoorkar, S., Zuboy, J., Carpenter, A., Takeuchi, E., Marschilok, A., Takeuchi, K., Burrell, A. & Mann, M., 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainability. 4, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (External organization)
Carpenter, B. (Member), Heath, G. (Member) & Khalifa, S. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American Society for Testing Materials Sustainable Manufacturing Technical Subcommittee (External organization)
Carpenter, B. (Member)
0001Activity: Membership › Membership of network