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Academic degree:PhD 
Last name:Cooper 
First name:Joyce Smith 
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Organization/Institute:University of Washington 
Department: 
Position:Associate Professor 
Street, Number, POB:Box 352600  
Postal code, City: Seattle, WA 98195-2600 
State: 
Country:USA 
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Fax: 
E-mail address:cooperjs@u.washington.edu 
Url:http://faculty.washington.edu/cooperjs/ 
Curriculum vitae:
EDUCATION
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, BS Mechanical Engineering, May 1987
Duke University, Durham, NC, MS Environmental Engineering, December 1991
Duke University, Durham, NC, PhD Environmental Engineering, September 1996

CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington (Seattle, WA USA; 1999-present)

RESEARCH
Life Cycle Assessment Methodology and Curriculum
Design for Environment Methodology and Curriculum
Advanced energy systems
Fuel cells
Biomass to energy systems
Advanced vehicle technologies

INSTRUCTION
Mechanical Engineering Design
Sustainability and Design for Environment
Life Cycle Assessment

WORK EXPERIENCE
General Electric Company (co-op; Schenectady, NY; 1985)
Delco Products, General Motors Corporation (co-op; Rochester, NY; 1986)
Polaroid Corporation (Waltham, MA; 1987-1988)
E-Systems (Falls Church, VA; 1988-1991)
Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, NC; 1992, 1996)
Office of Waste Reduction, North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources (Raleigh, NC; 1993-1995)
University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products (Knoxville, TN; 1996-1997)
Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH & Seattle, WA; 1997-1999) 
Areas of interest:
fuel cells 
functional units 
data availability 
Data formats and data base designs 
DFE curiculum 
LCA curriculum 
LCA, design for environment 
LCA methodology 
LCA, process choice 
 
Articles:
13 LCA (5) 389-400 (2008), Distance and backhaul in commodity transport modeling [full paper at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/112849/]
13 LCA (2) 115-123 (2008), Modeling Process and Material Alternatives in Life Cycle Assessments (9 pp)
8 LCA (6) 337-349 (2003), Specifying Functional Units and Reference Flows for Comparable Alternatives (13 pp)
6 LCA (2) 96-105 (2001), Comparison of Two Equivalency Factor Approaches with Simplified Risk Assessment for LCIA of Toxicity Impact Potential
 
 

Development: Enterprise Technologies