Alternatives assessment frameworks

A big part of implementing green chemistry in industry is the task of identifying and selecting product or process chemistries that are safer, less resource-intensive, and also functionally better than those we currently use. That involves complex judgments and comparisons with many dimensions. Figuring out how to make multifaceted comparisons to support scientifically informed judgments is the domain of alternatives assessment (AA). Anyone involved in green chemistry should be familiar with this idea.

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Meet the SAGE Trainees!*Updated*

The SAGE IGERT Fellowship at BCGC supports UC Berkeley graduate students conducting research related to green chemistry and green energy. The fellowship began in 2013 and now, two years later, there are nineteen trainees and alum doing amazing green work on campus.

We went out to speak to them about their research…and a few other fun things. We asked all the trainees to describe their work in the simplest terms possible: using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language (thanks to the Up-goer text editor). We also asked the students for a recommendation–a bright new green idea in the world that they’re excited about–and got some great responses. So click through the gallery and get to know the BCGC SAGE IGERT trainees!

 

 

David Garfield, 2016 Cohort, Chemistry

Peter Waller, 2016 Cohort, Chemistry

Kathy Tran, 2016 Cohort, Environmental Health Sciences

Zachary Gima, 2016 Cohort, Mechanical Engineering

Matt Smith, 2016 Cohort, Chemistry

Julia Varshavsky, 2015 Cohort, Environmental Health Sciences

Diane Gonzales, 2014 Cohort, Environmental Health Science

Jeremy Faludi, 2015 Cohort, Mechanical Engineering

Cecilia Han Springer, 2015 Cohort, Energy and Resources Group

Trevor Lohrey, 2015 Cohort, College of Chemistry

Jessica Ziegler, 2014 Cohort, Chemistry Department

Leah Rubin Shen, 2013 Cohort, College of Chemistry

Marianna Brown-Augustine, 2015 Cohort, Department of Nutritional Science and Toxicology

Ben Greenfield, 2013 Cohort, School of Public Health

Chris Hill, 2013 Cohort, College of Chemistry

Jennifer Lawrence, 2014 Cohort, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Akos Kokai, 2015 Cohort, Environmental Science and Policy Management

Shuk Han Chan, 2014 Cohort, Mechanical Engineering

Julia Chaves, 2014 Cohort, Biochemistry and Plant and Microbiology Department

David Faulkner, 2013 Cohort, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology

Beverly Shen, 2016 Cohort, Environmental Health Sciences

Tala Daya, 2015 Cohort, Mechanical Engineering

Drew Hill, 2015 Cohort, Environmental Health Sciences

Noah Kittner, 2014 Cohort, Energy and Resources Group