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Matthew Franchetti Research

Active Research Projects and Labs

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Principal Investigator (no Co-I), The Lucas County Waste Management District, "Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program", Jan. 2011 to Dec. 2020.
  • Principal Investigator (no Co-I), The US Environmental Protection Agency – “Greenbox – A Novel Community-Based Food Waste-to-Energy Collection System”, Aug. 2015 to Aug. 2016.
  • Principal Investigator (no Co-l), Center for Innovative Food Technology, “Life Cycle Assessment for a Large Food Processing Center”, May 2015 to Sept. 2015.
  • Principal Investigator (CO-I: Defne Apul), The Ohio EPA, “Applied Rain Harvesting Engineering for Environmental Education and Community Outreach in Ohio”, May 2014 to Sept. 2014.
  • Principal Investigator (Co-I: Sonny Ariss), National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance – “Education of Engineering and Business Students for the 21st Century: A Paradigm Shift, Sept. 2014 – July 2017.
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Ashok Kumar), The US Environmental Protection Agency, “The University of Toledo Pollution Prevention Grant Proposal”, Sept. 2012 to Nov. 2013.
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Ashok Kumar), The US Environmental Protection Agency, “The University of Toledo Pollution Prevention Grant Proposal”, Sept. 2011 to Nov. 2012.
  • Participating Faculty (PI: Charlene Czerniak; Co-PIs: Joan Kaderavek, Robert Mendenhall, and Scott Molitor; Participating Faculty: Lesley Berhan), NSF, “NURTURES”, Aug. 2011 to July 2016.
  • Principal Investigator (no Co-I), The Lucas County Waste Management District, "Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program", Jan. 2006 to Dec. 2010.
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Ashok Kumar), The US Environmental Protection Agency, “The University of Toledo Pollution Prevention Grant Proposal”, Sept. 2010 to Nov. 2011.
  • Principal Investigator (No Co-I), Pharmacy Department, The University of Toledo Medical Center, “Six Sigma Process Improvements and Facility Layout Design”, Jan. 2011 to May 2011
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Ashok Kumar), The US Environmental Protection Agency, “The University of Toledo Pollution Prevention Grant Proposal”, Sept. 2009 to Nov. 2010.
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Gursel Serpan and Co-I: Steve Selman, MD, and Mike Rees, MD), The Douglas Foundation, “Development of An Intelligent Advisor Software System for Identification of Recipients in Renal Implants - Phase I Feasibility Study”, Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2009.
  • Principal Investigator (Co-I: Steve Selman, MD), Life Connections of Northwest Ohio, “Six Sigma Process Improvements for Renal Transplant Business Processes”, Jan. 2008 to Jan. 2009.
  • Co-Investigator (PI: Diane Gaines and Co-I: Jeremy Sterling), The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, “The University of Toledo Recycling and Waste Reduction Program”, May 2008 to May 2009.
  • Consultant (PI: Auburn University), The National Science Foundation, “LITEE Case Study Integration for STEM Education”, Jan. 2009 to May 2009.
  • Principal Investigator (No Co-I), The Center for Teaching and Learning at The University of Toledo, “Small Grants Fund”, Jan 2008. To Dec. 2008.
  • Key Investigator, The Material Handling Industry of America, “Travel Grant from to support a trip for 6 mechanical and industrial engineering undergraduate students to attend the 2010 North American Material Handling and Logistic Show and Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio”, April 2010. 

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. M. Franchetti, B. Elahi, and S. Ghose.  “Value Creation by Sustainable Manufacturing”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 110th Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.
  2. M. Franchetti, “Greenbox – A Novel Community-Based Food Waste-to-Energy Collection System”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 110th Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.
  3. S. Fatemi and M. Franchetti. “An Application of Sustainable Lean and Green strategy with a Six Sigma Approach on a Manufacturing System”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 110th Annual Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.
  4. M. Franchetti, “Education of Engineering and Business Students for the 21st Century: A Paradigm Shift”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Open 2016 Engineering Innovation Conference, Portland, OR.  March 2016.
  5. N. Alsaadi and M. Franchetti, “An Integrated Approach to Vehicle Recycling Facilities”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2nd International Conference on Information Management and Industrial Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, Jan. 2016.
  6. M. Franchetti and P. Relue, “University of Toledo Engineering Entrepreneurship Strengths and Challenges”, accepted for presentation at the Midwest Engineering Entrepreneurship Network Conference at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2015.
  7. M. Franchetti and B. Elahi, “A Multi-Objective Proposed Mathematical Model for a Health Care Supply Chain with Perishable Product” accepted for presentation and publication at the IIE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Nashville, TN, June 2015.
  8. M. Franchetti, “The food waste diversion and incentive evaluation framework for food waste diversion in the US”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 109th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC, June 2015.
  9. M. Franchetti, “Flipped Classrooms and Community Based Projects for Rainwater Harvesting”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 109th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Raleigh, NC, June 2015.
  10. M. Hefzy, M. Pourazady, G. Memunaitis, M. Franchetti, and N. Naganathan. “Senior Design Projects to Aid Individuals with Disabilities: The University of Toledo Experience” accepted for presentation and publication at the Access Engineering Capacity Building Institute, DO-IT at the University of Seattle, WA, April 2015.
  11. B. Elahi, M. Franchetti, and A. Deheshvar, “A New Guideline for Improving Quality Control in Production and Statistical Processes”, Midwest Graduate Research Symposium, Toledo, OH, March 2015.
  12. G. Nithyanandam, M. Franchetti, and R. Pezhinkattil, “A new technology to achieve precision machining for CNC machines using Artificial Neural Network”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 38thMATADOR Conference, Taiwan, March 2015.
  13. M. Franchetti, “A Flipped Classroom Approach to Solid Waste Minimization for Engineering Undergraduate Students” accepted for presentation and publication at the 29th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2015.
  14. M. Franchetti, “A Novel Approach to Food Waste To Energy Modeling in the US” accepted for presentation and publication at the 29th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2015.
  15. “Sustainable Production: The New Manufacturing Paradigm” accepted for presentation and publication at the International Conference on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, February 2015.
  16. S. Nojabaei and M. Franchetti, “Optimizing of Efficiency Supply Chain System via Development of Priority Oriented Scheduling Method” accepted for presentation and publication at the 2014INFORMS Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2014.
  17. M. Franchetti and A. Dellinger, “Modeling the Economic Feasibility of Large Scale Food Waste to Energy Systems in the US”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2014 Oxford Round Table: Environment, Sustainability, and Climate Change, Oxford, England, August 2014.
  18. M. Franchetti and S. Ariss, “The Implementation of Senior Design Capstone Projects Combining Engineering and Business Students”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2014 Capstone Design Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2014.
  19. B. Elahi and M. Franchetti, “A New Optimization Model For Closed-Loop Supply Chain Network” accepted for presentation and publication at the 2014 International Technology Management Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2014.
  20. M. Franchetti, “Applied Rain Harvesting Engineering for Environmental Education”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 108th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, June 2014.
  21. M. Franchetti and A. Dellinger, “Economic Feasibility Analysis of a Municipal Food Waste Collection and Energy Generation Model”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 108th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, June 2014
  22. M. Franchetti and C. Kress, “Advances in Post-Consumer Recycling Methods for Plastics”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2014.
  23. M. Franchetti, “An Economic and Environmental Comparison Approach for Food Waste-to-Energy Technologies”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 28th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2014.
  24. M. Franchetti and C. Kress, “Post-consumer Plastics Sortation for Recycling with the Use of an Electromagnetic Separation Method”, accepted for presentation and publication at the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 2013
  25. G. Nithyanandam and M. Franchetti “Near minimum material zone – a new concept to reduce the weight of the aircraft components in machining using Lean Six Sigma methodology”, accepted for presentation and publication at the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 2013
  26. G. Nithyanandam and M. Franchetti “Sustaining competitive advantage through total quality management in pump manufacturing industry”, accepted for presentation and publication at the ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, November 2013
  27. M. Franchetti, “An analysis of the relationship between Indoor Environmental Quality and productivity”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 107th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 2013
  28. B. Elahi and M. Franchetti, “Optimization Modeling for Green Supply Chain Planning”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 107th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Chicago, IL, June 2013
  29. M. Franchetti and C. Kress, “An Economic and Technical Analysis of Emerging Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling Methods”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 27th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2013.
  30. A. Dellinger and M. Franchetti, “An LCA and Economic Analysis of Food Waste to Energy Technologies”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 27th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2013.
  31. S. Velagapudi, A. Kumar, and M. Franchetti, “Comparison of Pollution Prevention Assessments for Facilities with and without Energy Star Certification”, ”, accepted for presentation at the 2012 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012.
  32. C. Kress and M. Franchetti, “Sustainable Methods for Post-Consumer Plastic Sortation Using Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Methods”, accepted for presentation at the 2012 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012.
  33. B. Elahi and M. Franchetti, “A Proposed Mathematical Model for Sustainable Chain Planning”, accepted for presentation at the 2012 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012.
  34. A. Spivak and M. Franchetti “A Systems Approach to E-waste Management and Optimization”, accepted for presentation at the 2012 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012.
  35. A. Dellinger and M. Franchetti, “Economic Analysis of Organic Waste to Energy Biodigesters with Case Study from Costa Rica”, accepted for presentation at the 2012 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Toledo, Ohio, November 2012.
  36. C. Kress and M. Franchetti, “Recycling sortation methods for consumer plastics: A cost/Benefit comparison of mechanical, electrical, optical methods”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Early Career Technical Conference, Atlanta Georgia, November 2012.
  37. S. Velagapudi, A. Kumar, and M. Franchetti, “Application of Pollution Prevention (P2) Calculators for the Energy Assessment”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 105th Annual Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, June 2012.
  38. M. Franchetti, “Advancing the Sustainability of the Design, Recycling, and Disposal of Engineered Nanomaterials”, accepted for presentation and publication at the International Conference on Materials, Energy and Environment (ICMEE) Conference, Toledo, OH, May 2012.
  39. M. Franchetti, C. Smallman, and Elliot Boldt, “Framework to Implement Engineering Senior Design Clinics to Enhance Industry Collaboration”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2012 Capstone Design Conference, Champaign-Urbana, IL, May 2012.
  40. M. Franchetti “Estimation of Carbon Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste and the Determination of the Impact of Recycling on Emissions”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012.
  41. M. Franchetti “Optimization of Operating Parameters of a Material Recovery Facility using Lean Six Sigma” accepted for presentation and publication at the 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012.
  42. M. Franchetti, “The Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program: University Research Initiatives”, accepted for presentation at the 2011 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Bowling Green, OH, October 2011.
  43. A. Spivak and M. Franchetti, “Advances in Life Cycle Assessment and Greenhouse Gas Inventories”, accepted for presentation at the 2011 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Bowling Green, OH, October 2011.
  44. S. Velagapudi, A. Kumar, and M. Franchetti, “Energy Assessment for The Eaton Corporation, Maumee, Ohio”, accepted for poster presentation at the 2011 Sustainable U: Perspectives on Sustainability in Higher Education and Beyond in Northwest Ohio, Bowling Green, OH, October 2011.
  45. J. Burdorff, D. Smith, M. Franchetti, Y. Gan, “Design of an energy conversion micro-system by integrating wind power with hydroelectric power”, accepted for presentation and publication at the ASME 2011 Sustainable Energy Conference, Washington DC, August 2011.
  46. E. Boldt and M. Franchetti, “The Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program: a collaborative economic stimulus and energy reduction initiative in Northwest Ohio, USA”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2011 University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio: Building and Sustaining Partnerships, Columbus, OH, April 2011.
  47. M. Franchetti, “A Systems Approach to Achieving Zero Landfill Status and Case Study”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2011
  48. M. Franchetti, “ISO 14001 Certification and the Influence on Solid Waste Generation Rates for Manufacturing Organizations in the US”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2011.
  49. M. Franchetti, “Sustainability Pedagogy: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering”, accepted for presentation at the 2010 Perspectives on Sustainability: Collaboration in Higher Education in Northwest Ohio, Bowling Green, OH, October 2010.
  50. M. Franchetti, “Recruitment and Retention Programs for Female Students in Engineering: Focusing on Design, Innovation, and Improving the Human Condition”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2010 P-12 Engineering and Design Education Research Summit, Seaside, OR, August 2010
  51. Y. Gan, S. Pothula, and M. Franchetti, “Plasticity of Nanoporous Ni/YSZ Anode: A Numerical Analysis”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Eighth International Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, Brooklyn, NY, June 2010
  52. N. Roth and M. Franchetti, “Energy Assessments at Health Care Facilities: Enhancing Sustainability and Reducing”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2010 Ohio Innovation Summit: Materials and Energy: The Building Blocks for Ohio’s Economic Future, Columbus, OH, April 2010
  53. M. Poetzinger, A. Mohr, J. Myers, R. Burgess, Y. Gan and M. Franchetti, “Hybrid Energy Harvesting System Design: Integrating Solar Panel and Fuel Cell”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2010 Ohio Innovation Summit: Materials and Energy: The Building Blocks for Ohio’s Economic Future, Columbus, OH, April 2010
  54. M. Franchetti, “Solid Waste Prediction and Characterization Modeling for Manufacturing and Service Facilities”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 25th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010
  55. M. Franchetti, “A Systems Approach to Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 25th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2010
  56. J. Li, G. Serpen, S. Selman, M. Franchetti, M. Riesen, and C. Schneider, “A Bayes Net Classifier for Prediction of Graft Survival Period in Renal Transplants”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2010 International Conference of Medical Informatics and Biomedical Engineering (ICMIBE), World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Volume 63, 2010, pp. 144-150, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, March 2010
  57. G. Serpen, J. Li, S. Selman, and M. Franchetti, “Development of an Intelligent Software Tool to Assist with Identification of Renal Transplant Recipients” accepted for presentation and publication at the 2009 Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO), Cleveland, OH, June 2009
  58. G. Serpen, M. Rees, P. Jha, and M. Franchetti, “Optimization Algorithm Development for 2- and 3-Way Kidney Exchanges in Large Pools”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2009 Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO), Cleveland, OH, June 2009
  59. G. Serpen, P, Ajgaonkar, V. Flauta, and M. Franchetti, “Computational Model Development to Predict Identity and Interaction of A Microorganism with a Specific Antibiotic”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2009 Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO), Cleveland, OH, June 2009
  60. M. Franchetti, “Environmental Education and Outreach: The Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program at The University of Toledo”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, June 2009
  61. M. Franchetti, “Greening the Supply Chain: An Assessment Framework for Carbon Footprint Analysis”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, June 2009
  62. N. Roth and M. Franchetti, "Organizational Energy and Solid Waste Reduction Assessments", accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, June 2009
  63. P. Kilaru and M. Franchetti, "An Assessment Framework for Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Facilities", accepted for presentation and publication at the Air & Waste Management Association’s 102nd Annual Conference and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, June 2009
  64. S. Swaminathan and M. Franchetti, “Green Supply Chain Initiatives in the Automotive Manufacturing Industry”, accepted for presentation at the 2nd Annual University of Toledo Graduate Student Symposium, Toledo, OH, April 2009
  65. K. Schuster, J. Javorsky, and M. Franchetti, “The Business Waste Reduction and Green Energy Assistance Program”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Posters at the Capitol: Undergraduate Research in Northwest Ohio, Columbus, OH, April 2009
  66. M. Franchetti and N. Roth, “An Economic and Operational Analysis Framework and Assessment Tool for Government Owned Material Recovery Facilities”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
  67. M. Franchetti and N. Roth, “The Hospital Assessment Tool: An Integrated Solution to Evaluate and Reduce Solid Medical Waste Generation” accepted for presentation and publication at the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
  68. N. Roth and M. Franchetti, “Total Assessment Audits: Minimizing Environmental Impacts through Reducing Solid Waste, Energy Consumption and Water Usage”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
  69. J. Ulloa, S. Grodek, and M. Franchetti, “Industrial Engineering and its Applications to Solid Waste Minimization”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
  70. C. Poyer and M. Franchetti, “The Use of Scrap Asphalt Shingles in Roadway Construction and its Benefits to Society”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2009
  71. M. Franchetti, “An Economic and Operational Analysis Framework and Assessment Tool for Government Owned Material Recovery Facilities”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 3rd International Conference of Waste Management and Technology, Beijing, China, November 2008
  72. M. Franchetti, “Fly Ash Recycling at Coal-Fired Power Plants: Market Identification and Strategic Partnering”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 3rd International Conference of Waste Management and Technology, Beijing, China, November 2008
  73. M. Franchetti, “A Green Supply Chain Assessment Framework”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 2008 APICS International Conference and Expo, Academic Program, Kansas City, MO, September 2008
  74. S. Grodek, N. Roth, and M. Franchetti, “The Business Waste Reduction Assistance Program”, accepted for presentation and publication at the Posters at the Capitol: Undergraduate Research in Northwest Ohio, Columbus, OH, April 2008
  75. M. Franchetti, “The Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization Research Project: A Joint Effort between Government, College, and Industry”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 23rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
  76. M. Franchetti and E. Vonderembse, “Fly Ash Recycling for Electric Power Plants”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 23rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008
  77. M. Franchetti and K. Bedal, “Lean Manufacturing as a Stepping Stone into Green Engineering”, accepted for presentation and publication at the 23rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008 

INVITED TALKS:

  1. “Sustainable Production: The New Manufacturing Paradigm” Keynote speech delivered at the International Conference on Advances in Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of  Technology Tiruchirappalli, India, February 2015.
  2. “Modeling the Economic Feasibility of Large Scale Food Waste to Energy Systems in the US”, hosted by the 2014 Oxford Round Table: Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change, The University of Oxford, England, August 2014.
  3. “Infrastructure for Prototyping”, served as a panel participant at the 2014 Capstone Design Conference, hosted at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, June 4, 2014.
  4. “Advances in Plastic Sortation Technologies”, presented on the Technology Tuesday Webinar hosted by Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, Harrisburg, PA, December 10, 2013
  5. “Lean Manufacturing Applications in Automobile Final Assembly Plants”, mechanical engineering seminar held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, December 7, 2012
  6. “Current Trends in Lean Manufacturing”, mechanical engineering seminar held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, August 8, 2012
  7. “Sustainable Design in Mechanical Engineering”, mechanical engineering seminar held at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, May 1, 2012
  8. “Closing the Loop: A Systems Approach to Recycling”, for the CIFT and Polymer Ohio Technology Forum, Toledo, Ohio, March 23, 2012
  9. “Recycling Methods in the Modern World”, for the International Conference on Advanced Materials, Science and Engineering in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 1, 2012
  10. “Sustainability Panel Discussion” hosted by Theta Tau Professional Fraternity held at The University of Toledo College of Engineering, March 21, 2011
  11. “Recycling: A Guide to Minimizing Solid Waste Disposal at Landfills”, for the  Facility Manager Association (IFMA) held at the Toledo Club, January 20, 2010
  12. “Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization” for the Andersons’ Green Team, Maumee, OH, May 14, 2009.
  13. “The Systems Approach to Solid Waste Management and Minimization” for the  Facility Manager Association (IFMA) held at the Toledo Club, October 15, 2008
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