Duncan Kushnir
Current Projects:REALIZE - Realizing advanced resource efficient vehicle recycling. Working with a consortium of major companies and labour unions to assess and implement solutions for advanced vehicle recycling in Sweden. Work package leader for assessing the innovation system, including R&D and business model needs and opportunities. Photon UpDown Conversion - Early environmental and innovation assessment in solar material development. Working with materials development groups at Chalmers and providing environmental assessment and patent landscaping assistance to better target R&D efforts in next generation solar material development. Industrial - Internal lifecycle modeling for electric vehicles and battery recycling. Working with a major vehicle manufacturer to help produce knowledge on recycling processes, perform lifecycle analysis on electric vehicle related process solutions, and to produce guidelines for battery module design. Other duties:I currently supervise Master's degree thesis workers, and have good experience executing environmental thesis projects with industrial partners.Lecturer & Course Assistant.
Publications
Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and mining wastes (ProSUM) Recommendations Report
Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and mining wastes (ProSUM) - Final Report
Exploring the potential of a hybrid device combining solar water heating and molecular solar thermal energy storage
Economic and technological complexity: A model study of indicators of knowledge-based innovation systems
Energy and resource use assessment of graphene as a substitute for indium tin oxide in transparent electrodes
Globalization and growth of US university patenting (2009–2014)
Policy and Path Formation in the Swedish Vehicle Recycling System
Interactive overlay maps for US patent (USPTO) data based on International Patent Classification (IPC)
Is graphene a ”wonder material” also from an environmental life cycle perspective?
Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Graphene Production by Ultrasonication and Chemical Reduction
Teknologiska innovationssystem inom energiområdet: En praktisk vägledning till identifiering av systemsvagheter som motiverar särskilda politiska åtaganden
Is there a "crystal ball"? Assessing environmental life cycle impacts of new nanomaterials
Will metal scarcity limit the use of electric vehicles?
How energy efficient is electrified transport?
Lithium resource flows over time: Implications and challenges
How to make policy-relevant life cycle assessments of future products? Lessons learned from nanomaterials
The time dimension and lithium resource constraints for electric vehicles
Material Constraints for Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
Foresight and Feedback: Monitoring and assessing the environmental implications of emerging technologies
Multi-level energy analysis of emerging technologies: a case study in new materials for lithium ion batteries
Förnybara energikällors inverkan på de svenska miljömålen
Environmental Assessment of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Nanomaterials for Energy Systems
Energy Requirements for production of carbon nanoparticles
Energy Balance of Carbon Nanoparticle Applications: A Technology Assessment of Production and Use Systems
Projects
BatMan - förberedelse för förbättrad återanvändning av batterisystem
Photon Fission & Fusion: Beyond the Limits of Conventional Solar Energy Technologies