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Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Secondary appointments in Bioengineering and Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Email: alandis@pitt.edu
Phone: (412) 624-3989
Office: 943 Benedum
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Education
- PhD (Civil and Materials Engineering); University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007
- MS (Civil and Materials Engineering); University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003
- BS (Chemistry); Denison University, 2001
Professional Interests
Dr. Landis' research and teaching interests in the arena of sustainable environmental engineering encompass topics such as sustainability, bio-based production, bio-based and alternative fuels, modeling environmental variability and uncertainty, product end-of-life management, industrial ecology, and life cycle analysis. Her recent work has illustrated the environmental tradeoffs of transitioning to bioproducts from petroleum derived commodities in an effort to mitigate climate change that result in other deleterious environmental effects such as increased regional eutrophication and decreased air quality throughout the bioproducts' life cycle.
Sustainable solutions are inherently interdisciplinary; Dr. Landis' research and teaching endeavors are collaborative and multidisciplinary. Past and present collaborations include the University of Pittsburgh's Mascaro Sustainability Initiative, the US Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago's Notebart Nature Museum, Chicago's Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, Clemson University, Purdue University, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Several of Dr. Landis' specific research topics include:
- Modeling nutrient flows and assessing environmental impacts of bioproduction
- Technology development for non-intensive alternative agricultural resources for bioproducts
- Optimizing bioproduct end-of-life options
- Creating Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools that incorporate uncertainty, variability, and economics
Representative Publications
- Miller, Shelie A., Amy E. Landis, Thomas L. Theis (2007). "Environmental Tradeoffs of Biobased Production." Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (15) pp 5176-5182.
- Miller, Shelie A., Amy E. Landis, Thomas L. Theis, Ron L. Reich (2007). "A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Petroleum and Soybean-Based Lubricants." Environmental Science & Technology, 41 (11) pp 4143-4149.
- Landis, Amy E. and Thomas L. Theis (2007). "Comparison of Impact Assessment Tools: TRACI, CML and IMPACT 2002+." Journal of Industrial Ecology. Under review.
- Landis, Amy E., Shelie A. Miller, Thomas L. Theis (2007). "Life cycle of the corn-soybean agroecosystem for biobased production." Environmental Science and Technology. 41 (4) pp 1457-1464.
- Miller, Shelie A., Amy E. Landis, Thomas L. Theis (2006). "Use of Monte Carlo Simulation to Estimate Nitrogen Flows in Agroecosystems." Environmental Science and Technology 40 (7) pp 2324-2332.
- Landis, Amy E. and Thomas L. Theis (2006). "Response to 'Comments on Workshop Report on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biobased Production.'" The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 11 (3) 213-214.
- Landis, Amy E. and Thomas L. Theis (2005). "Workshop on the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Biobased Production." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 10 (3) 226-227.
