Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

    1. S.-J. Lee & J. Kim (2022). Heavy Metals in Air Emission and Assessment of Human Toxicity Footprint. In preparation for submission to Science of the Total Environment.

    2. J. Kim, S.-J. Lee, G.-H. Lee, Y.W. Kim, Y. Hwang (2022). Ammonia flow analysis in the domestic fertilizer industry of South Korea. Accepted for publication in Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management.

    3. S.-J. Lee, J.W. Kim, Y.H. Hwang, J. Kim, Y. Kim & S. Chen (2019). Butadiene substance flow analysis and management in South Korea. Journal of Cleaner Production, 220, 331-339, DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.153.

    4. J.H. Hwang, J. Church, S.-J. Lee, J.S. Park, W.H. Lee (2016). Use of Microalgae for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Bioenergy Generation. Environmental Engineering Science, 33(11), 882-897, DOI:10.1089/ees.2016.0132.

    5. W.W. Ingwersen, M. Gausman, A.V. Weisbrod, D. Sengupta, S.-J. Lee, J.C. Bare, E. Zanoli & M. Ceja (2016). Detailed Life Cycle Assessment of Bounty® Paper Towel Operations in the United States. Journal of Cleaner Production, 131, 509-522, DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.149.

    6. W.W. Ingwersen, M. Ceja, A.V. Weisbrod, H. Cabezas, B. Demeke, T. Eason, R.L. Smith, D. Sengupta, E. Zanoli, M. Gausman, S.-J. Lee, X. Ma, B. Weber, M. Alvarez, J.C. Bare, J. Abraham, M. A. Gonzalez, G.J. Ruiz-Mercado (2016). Evaluating consumer product life cycle sustainability with integrated metrics: A Bounty® Case Study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 55(12), 3433-3441, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03743.

    7. K. Vadoudi, B. Laratte, S.-J. Lee, N. Troussier & J. Kim (2015). E-Waste Management and Resources Recycling in France. Waste Management & Research, 33(10), 919-929, DOI: 10.1177/0734242X15597775.

    8. M. Allison, S.-J. Lee, A. Kuvvarapu, (2015). A Policy Based Approach to Models at Runtime within Cyber-Physical Systems: A Case Study for Microgrids. International Journal of Electrical Energy, 3(2), 94-98, DOI: 10.12720/ijoee.3.2.94-98.

    9. S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins, W.W. Ingwersen & D.M. Young (2015). Exploring the Use of Ecological Footprint in Life Cycle Impact Assessment: Findings from a Comparison of Transportation Fuels. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 19(3), 416-426, DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12188.

    10. W. Ingwersen, H. Cabezas, A.V. Weisbrod, T. Eason, B. Demeke, X. Ma, T. Hawkins, S.-J. Lee, J.C. Bare & M. Ceja (2014). Integrated Metrics for Improving the Life Cycle Approach to Assessing Product System Sustainability. Sustainability, 6(3), 1386-1413, DOI:10.3390/su6031386.

    11. M.S. Noon, S.-J. Lee & J. Cooper (2011). A Life Cycle Assessment of End-of-Life Computer Monitor Management in the Seattle Metropolitan Region. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 57, 22-29, DOI:10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.09.017.

    12. S.-J. Lee, M. Noon & J.S. Cooper (2011). Towards the Estimation of Liquid Crystal Display Materials for Waste Management and Other Assessments. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 1(6), 934-950, DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2011.2118760.

    13. S.-J. Lee, J.S. Cooper & G. Hicks (2010). Characterization of Monitor Recycling in Seattle, Washington. Regional Environmental Change, 10(4), 349-369, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-009-0106-8.

    14. J.S. Cooper, S.-J. Lee, J. Elter, J. Boussu & S. Boman (2009). Life cycle design metrics for energy generation technologies: method, data, and case study. Journal of Power Sources, 186(1), 138-157, DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2008.09.067.

    15. J.S. Cooper, L. Woods & S.-J. Lee (2008). Distance and backhaul in commodity transport modeling. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 13(5), 389-400, DOI: 10.1007/s11367-008-0001-4.

Book Chapter

    1. J.-H. Hwang, A. Sadmani, S.-J. Lee, K.-T. Kim & W.H. Lee (2019). Microalgae: An eco-friendly tool for the treatment of wastewaters for environmental safety, Bioremediation of Industrial Wastes for Environmental Safety, Volume II: Biological agents and methods for industrial waste management (Eds. Bharagava, R.N. and Saxena, G.), Springer Nature, Singapore.

Technical Reports

    1. J. Sisolak, C. Benjamin, S.-J. Lee and D. Osborn (2008). Woodland Park Zoo Footprints. Prepared for the Program on the Environment, University of Washington.

    2. S.-J. Lee (2008). Policies for Electronic Waste Management in Developing Countries: Case Study in China. Prepared for the College of the Environment, University of Washington.

    3. J.S. Cooper and S.-J. Lee (2006). Plug Power GenSys Life Cycle Design Tool. Prepared for Plug Power.

    4. J. Kim, J. Bae, S.-J. Lee (2005). Recycling Potential Index (RPI) of materials and parts in End-of-Life vehicles for Design for Recycling. Prepared for the Ford Motor Company.

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

    1. S.-J. Lee (2015). Incorporating systems-based life cycle thinking and sustainability in engineering curricula. American Society for Engineering Education North Central Section Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 17-18. [pdf]

    2. M. Allison, S.-J. Lee, A. Kuvvarapu (2015). A Policy Based Approach to Models at Runtime within Cyber-Physical Systems: A Case Study for Microgrids. 2015 International Conference on Software and Information Systems, Las Vegas, NV, May 9-10.

    3. D.M. Young, T. Hawkins, W. Ingwersen, S.-J. Lee, G. Ruiz-Mercado, D. Sengupta, & R.L. Smith (2012). Designing Sustainable Supply Chains. PRES 2012: 15th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimization for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (Chemical Engineering Transactions), Prague, Czech Republic, August 25-29, Vol. 29. [pdf]

    4. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2008). Estimating Regional Material Flows for LCDs. IEEE International Symposium on Electronics & the Environment 2008, San Francisco, CA, May 19-23. [link]

    5. S.-J. Lee, J. Bae & J. Kim (2005). An Environmental and Economic Analysis of an E-Commerce Distribution System (translation), The 2005 Third NexGen e-Business Conference, Seoul, Korea, Nov.11.

Peer-reviewed Conference Abstracts (Presentations)

    1. S.-J. Lee, J. Kim, G.-H. Lee, Y.W. Kim, Y. Hwang (2021) Chemical Flow Analysis of Ammonia in the Domestic Fertilizer Industry of South Korea. U.S.-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship 2021, Garden Grove, CA, December 15-18.

    2. S.-J. Lee (2018) Carbon Impacts of a Transition to Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy in Michigan. U.S.-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship 2018, Queens, NY, August 1-4.

    3. J.-H. Hwang, J. Church, S.-J. Lee, & W.H. Lee (2017). Use of Microalgae for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Bioenergy Generation. International Society for Industrial Ecology and International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2017, Chicago, IL, June 25-29.

    4. J.-H. Hwang, J. Church, S.-J. Lee, & W.H. Lee (2017). Use of Microalgae for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Bioenergy Generation. 2017 AEESP Research and Education Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 20-22.

    5. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2016). The sustainability of regional e-waste management systems: Monitor technology case studies. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2016, Phoenix, AZ, May 16-18.

    6. S.-J. Lee, W.W. Ingwersen, T.R. Hawkins (2015). Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Large-Scale Electric Vehicle Adoption in Southeast Michigan. U.S.-Korea Conference on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship 2015, Atlanta, GA, July 29-August 1.

    7. S.-J. Lee (2015). Potential environmental impacts of electric vehicle adoption in southeast Michigan. 2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference, New Haven, CT, June 13-16.

    8. S.-J. Lee, W.W. Ingwersen, T.R. Hawkins (2015). Development of Open-source Life Cycle Inventory Data for Electricity Generation in the United States. Environmental Vision – An International Electricity Sector Conference, Crystal City, VA, May 12-14.

    9. S.-J. Lee, W.W. Ingwersen, T.R. Hawkins (2015). Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Large-Scale Electric Vehicle Adoption in Southeast Michigan. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2015, Dearborn, MI, May 18-20.

    10. A.V. Weisbrod, W.W. Ingwersen, M. Ceja, H. Cabezas, B. Demeke, T. Eason, R.L. Smith, D. Sengupta, E. Zanoli, M. Gausman, S.-J. Lee, C. Ma, B. Weber, M. Alvarez, J.C. Bare, J. Abraham, M.A. Gonzalez & G. Ruiz-Mercado (2015). Assessing product sustainability with integrated metrics: A Bounty® Case Study. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2015, Dearborn, MI, May 18-20.

    11. W. Ingwersen, A. Weisbrod, H. Cabezas, T. Eason, S.-J. Lee, C. Ma, B. Demeke, C. Henry, B. Weber, D. Sengupta, T. Hawkins & M. Ceja (2014) Land, Energy, Cost, Social License and System Order: Explaining the value of system-level metrics in product assessment. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2014, Oakland, CA, May 18-21.

    12. A. Weisbrod, J. Bare, M. Ceja, W. Ingwersen, D. Young, R. Smith, B. Demeke, B. Weber, S.-J. Lee, M. Gausman, D. Sengupta, J. Abraham, T. Hawkins, E. Zanoli, M. Alavarez, C. Ma, T. Eason, H. Cabezas, M. Gonzalez, G. Ruiz-Mercado & B. Armstrong (2013). A Government and Industry Application of LCA and Novel Sustainability Metrics: Part 1. SETAC North America 34th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 17-21.

    13. W. Ingwersen, A. Weisbrod, M. Ceja, D. Young, R. Smith, B. Demeke, B. Weber, S.-J. Lee, M. Gausman, D. Sengupta, J. Abraham, T. Hawkins, J. Bare, E. Zanoli, M. Alvarez, S. Quinn, X. Ma, T. Eason, H. Cabezas, M. Gonzalez, G. Ruiz-Mercado, B. Armstrong & C. Henry (2013). Tools for Sustainable Supply Chain Design Across Scales. 3rd International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSEE) 2013, Cincinnati, OH, August 11-15.

    14. S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins, W.W. Ingwersen & D. Young (2013). Exploring Best Practices for the Integration of Ecological Footprint with Life Cycle Assessment. International Society of Industrial Ecology 2013, Ulsan, South Korea, June 25-28.

    15. X. Xue, S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins, W.W. Ingwersen & R. Smith (2013). A Location-Specific Life Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint of Corn Production in the U.S. Midwest. International Society of Industrial Ecology 2013, Ulsan, South Korea, June 25-28.

    16. W. Ingwersen, A. Weisbrod, M. Gausman, S.-J. Lee, T. Hawkins, J. Bare, K. Hart, D. Young, D. Sengupta, J. Abraham, E. Zanoli, D. Adams, R. Smith, G. Ruiz-Mercado, M. Gonzalez, B. Demeke, C. Ma, T. Eason, H. Cabezas & M. Ceja (2013). LCA models at the core of the sustainable supply chain toolkit: A paper towel case study. International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2013, Cincinnati, OH, May 15-17.

    17. S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins & D. Young (2012). Environmental Impacts of Biofuels using an Ecological Footprint Approach. US-Korea Conference 2012, Los Angeles, CA, August 8-11.

    18. S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins & D. Young (2012). Supply Chain of Biofuels using an Ecological Footprint Approach. IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technologies 2012, Boston, MA, May 16-18.

    19. S.-J. Lee, T.R. Hawkins & D. Young (2012). A Review of the Environmental Impact of Biofuels. KSEA Korean Student Technical & Leadership Conference 2012, Chicago, IL, March 16-18.

    20. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2011). Dynamic Assessment of Regional Electronic Waste Recycling Systems. KSEA Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference 2011, Seattle, WA, January 7-9.

    21. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2009). Consumption and Recycling Dynamics of Information and Communications Technology (ICT): Case Study on Electronic Waste from Display Technologies. US-Korea Conference 2009, Raleigh, NC, July 16-19.

    22. S.-J. Lee, M. Noon & J.S. Cooper (2008). Combining Regional Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment: A LCD monitor case study. Life Cycle Assessment VIII 2008 Conference, Seattle, WA, September 30-October 2. [abstract] [presentation]

    23. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2008). Material Flow Estimation for End-of-Life LCDs. US-Korea Conference 2008, San Diego, CA, Aug.14-17.

    24. S.-J. Lee & J.S. Cooper (2006). Life Cycle Design of Emerging Energy Generation Technologies. InLCA/LCM 2006 Conference, Washington, DC, October 4-6. [abstract] [presentation]

    25. J. Kim, J. Bae & S.-J. Lee (2005). Recycling Potential Index (RPI) of materials and parts in End-of-Life vehicles for Design for Recycling. International Society of Industrial Ecology 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-15.