On February 20, 2008 global consumer products manufacturer Dial/Henkel announced a 3-year commitment to partner with Arizona State University's (ASU) National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations to establish a new multi-disciplinary platform to measure the total environmental impact at every stage of a product's life from its inception to consumer use — this process is called Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA). One of the goals of this partnership is to establish a formula that quantifiably identifies how the greening of manufactured products may reduce stress on the environment including energy and climate impacts.
Dr. Phelan of the NCE is leading a team of researchers and students in an initial investigation of the combustion performance of nanofuels, consisting of energetic nanoparticles like aluminum suspended in either gasoline or diesel liquid fuels.
Project to replace a conventional asphalt parking lot with pervious concrete.
