Other Publications
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J Dahmus, S Fredholm, E Olivetti, J Gregory, and R Kirchain, "Modeling the Economic and Environmental Performance of Recycling Systems", Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA, May 19-22, 2008, 6 pages. (pdf)
E Olivetti, J Gregory, and R Kirchain, "Original Equipment Manufacturer End-of-Life Equipment Collection Metrics", Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA, May 19-22, 2008, 6 pages. (pdf)
T Montalbo, T Lee, R Roth, and R Kirchain, "Modeling Costs and Fuel Economy Benefits of Lightweighting Vehicle Closure Panels", SAE 2008 World Congress, Detroit MI, April 14-17, 2008, 12 pages. (pdf)
G Gaustad, R Peterson, and R Kirchain, "Modeling Methods to Guide Recycling Friendly Alloy Design: The Impact of Compositional Data Structure", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: 9th Global Innovations Symposium - Trends in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering for Materials Processing and Manufacturing, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008, pp. 263-270. (pdf)
AN Allen, S Das, F Field, and R Kirchain, "Robustness of Materials Selection Decisions Using Various Life-Cycle Assessment Methods", Proceedings of the TMS Conference on Materials Science and Technology (MS&T07), Detroit, Michigan, September 16-20, 2007, pp. 55-66. (pdf)
G Gaustad, S Das, and R Kirchain, "Identifying Scrap Friendly Alloys Using Chance Constrained Modeling", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: Light Metals Division, Orlando, FL, February 25-March 1, 2007, pp. 1153-1160. (pdf)
J Gregory, E Alonso, F Field and R Kirchain, "Characterizing Sustainable Material Recovery Systems: A Case Study of E-Waste Materials." TMS 2007 (pdf)
G Gaustad, P Li, and R Kirchain, "Modeling Methods for Managing Raw Material Compositional Uncertainty in Alloy Production", Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, Vol. 52, Iss. 2, 2007. pp. 180-207. (pdf)
doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.03.005
E Alonso, D Cameron, S Connors, F Field, J Gregory, and R Kirchain, "Material Availability and the Supply Chain: Risks, Effects, and Responses", whitepaper for the MIT SupplyChain 2020 consortium, June 2006. (pdf)
J Gregory, E Alonso, D Cameron, S Connors, F Field, and R Kirchain, "A Survey of Environmental and Social Pressures on Supply Chains and Responses", whitepaper for the MIT SupplyChain 2020 consortium, June 2006.
J Gregory and R Kirchain, "Eco-Efficient Recycling Alternatives for End-of-Life Cathode Ray Tubes", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: Light Metals Division, San Antonio, 2006, pp. 909-918. (pdf)
J Gregory, J Atlee, and R Kirchain, "Driving Eco-Efficiency-Informed Decisions: A Process-Based Model of End-of-Life Electronics Recycling", Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, 2006, pp.138-143. (pdf)
R Kirchain, "Overview of the MIT-CTR: Conclusions and Next Steps", invited paper in proceedings of Compounding Semiconductor Week 2005, Palm Springs, CA, October 31, 2005.
LC Kimerling and R Kirchain editors, "Microphotonics: Hardware for the Information Age", MIT Communications Technology Roadmap, MIT Microphotonics Center, May 2005.
P Li, S Guldberg, HO Riddervold and R Kirchain, "Identifying Economic and Scrap Reuse Benefits of Light Metals Sorting Technologies", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: EPD Congress 2005, San Francisco, 2005, pp 37-51. (pdf)
P Li and R Kirchain, "Modeling Scrap Sourcing Decisions Given Uncertain Demand", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of TMS: Light Metals Division, San Francisco, 2005, pp 849-854. (pdf)
E Fuchs and R Kirchain, "Consolidate? Integrate? Go East? Or Get Out? Taking the Driver’s Seat in Optoelectronics Production Costs," Dec 2004. Whitepaper for Communications Technology Roadmapping project.
F Field, R Kirchain, R Roth and J Clark, "Projecting automotive materials consumption and its impact on future resource scarcity," in Mobility 2030: Meeting the challenges to sustainability World Business Council on Sustainable Development. July 2004.
E Fuchs and R Kirchain, "Understanding the Economics of Integration: Process-based Cost Modeling of Optoelectronics Production", Nov 2003. Whitepaper for Communications Technology Roadmapping project.
R Kirchain, The Role of Titanium in the Automobile: Understanding the Economic Implication of Three Emerging Technologies, prepared for United States Advanced Materials Partnership and the US Department of Energy. July 2002.
R Kirchain, R Roth, F Field, and J Clark, "Assessing the Strategic Value of Manufacturing Technology through Process Based Cost Modeling", Business Briefing Publications - Global Automotive Manufacturing Technology, World Markets Research Centre, London, pp. 76-83, May 2001.
R Kirchain and F Field, "Process Based Cost Modeling: Understanding the Economics of Technical Decisions", in Encyclopedia of Materials Science & Engineering, v2, pp 1718-27, Elsevier Science, 2000. (pdf)
