Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
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College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Institute of Technology

Extension

Sangwon Suh, Assistant Professor

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224A Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
University of Minnesota
1390 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6005

Ph.D. 2004, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Corporate Environmental Management, Life Cycle Assessment, Industrial Ecology
Phone: (612) 624-5307
E-mail: sangwon@umn.edu
Lab website: www.iel.umn.edu

Areas of Interest

  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Input-Output Analysis (IOA) and hybrid applications
  • Environmental database developments
  • Eco-industrial developments
  • Materials and energy flow modeling
  • Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

Courses Taught

  • ESPM 3602/5602 Environmental Regulatory Compliance
  • ESPM 3603/5603 Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
  • Minimizing industrial emissions

Selected Publications

Suh, S., In Press: Reply: Downstream cut-offs in Integrated Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment, Ecological Economics.

Suh, S., Kagawa, S., 2005: Industrial Ecology and Inter-industry Analysis, Economic Systems Research, 17 (4), 349 - 364.

Suh, S., 2005: Developing Sectoral Environmental Database for Input-Output Analysis: Comprehensive Environmental Data Archive of the U.S., Economic Systems Research, 17 (4), 449 - 469

Weidema, B., P. Noutten, S. Suh, In Press: Prioritising within the product-oriented environmental policy - The Danish perspectives, Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Suh, S., K. M. Lee, S. Ha, In Press: Eco-Efficiency for Pollution Prevention in SMEs - a case in South Korea, Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Suh, S., 2005: Theory of Materials and Energy Flow Analysis in Ecology and Economics, Ecological Modeling, 189 251 - 269.

Mongelli, I., G. Huppes, S. Suh, 2005: A structural comparison of two approaches to life cycle inventory using the MIET and the ETH databases, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 10 (5), 317 - 324.

Heijungs, R., S. Suh, R. Kleijn, 2005: Numerical approaches to life cycle interpretation: The case of the Ecoinvent database, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 10 (2) 103 - 112.

Heijungs, R., Suh, S., 2006: Reformulation of matrix-based LCI: from product balance to process balance, Journal of Cleaner Production, 14 (1), 47 - 51.

Suh, S., Huppes, H., 2005: Methods in Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of a product, Journal of Cleaner Production, 13 (7), 687 - 697.

Udo de Haes, H., R. Heijungs, S. Suh, G. Huppes, 2004: Three strategies to overcome the limitations of LCA, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 8 (3), 19 -
32.

Suh, S., 2004: Functions, commodities and environmental impacts in an ecological economic model, Ecological Economics, 48 (4), 451 - 467.

Rebitzer, G., T. Ekvall, R. Frischknecht, D. Hunkeler, G. Norris, W.-P. Schmidt, S. Suh, B.P. Weidema, D.W. Penington, 2004: Life Cycle Assessment: Goal & Scope Definition, Inventory Analysis and Applications (Part 1), Environment International. 30 (5), 701 - 721.

Suh, S., 2004: A Note on the Calculus for Physical Input-Output Analysis and its Application to Land Appropriation of International Trade Activities, Ecological Economics. 48 (1), 9 - 17.

Suh, S., M. Lenzen, G. Treloar, H. Hondo, A. Horvath, G. Huppes, O. Jolliet, U. Klann, W. Krewitt, Y. Moriguchi, J. Munksgaard, G. Norris, 2004: System Boundary Selection for Life Cycle Inventories, Environmental Science &Technology. 38 (3), 657 - 664.
Books

Heijungs, R., Suh, S., 2002: The Computational Structure of Life Cycle Assessment, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Guinée, J.B., M. Gorrée, R. Heijungs , G. Huppes, R. Kleijn, A. de Koning, L. van Oers, A. Wegener Sleeswijk, S. Suh, H.A. Udo de Haes, H. de Bruijn, R. van Duin, M.A.J. Huijbregts, 2002: Handbook on Life Cycle Assessment. Operational Guide to the ISO Standards. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.