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Eric Williams is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Engineering, with a focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their recent publications cover a variety of topics and have been featured in several scientific venues. Notable papers include:

  • Rare earth metals from secondary sources: Review of potential supply from waste and byproducts (2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling)
  • Residential building stock model for evaluating energy retrofit programs in Saudi Arabia (2020, Energy)
  • Business incubators as effective tools for driving circular economy (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Developing a community of practice around an open source energy modelling tool (2021, Energy Strategy Reviews)
  • Challenges and opportunities in building circular-economy incubators: Stakeholder perspectives in Trinidad and Tobago (2021, Journal of Cleaner Production)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Eric Williams include:

  • Eric Hittinger
  • Gabrielle Gaustad
  • Brandon Lucke-Wold
  • Ajay Gupta
  • Qing Miao

The most common publication venues for Eric Williams's works are:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Energy Strategy Reviews
  • Energies

Their research topics encompass various areas, including:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Energy Efficiency and Management

Eric Williams's work integrates cross-disciplinary methods to address sustainability challenges, energy management, and the development of circular economy models. This multidisciplinary focus is reflected in their publication record and collaborative network.

Best Publications

  • The 1.7 kilogram microchip: energy and material use in the production of semiconductor devices.

    Eric D. Williams;Robert U. Ayres;Miriam Heller

  • Exploring e-waste management systems in the United States

    Ramzy Kahhat;Junbeum Kim;Ming Xu;Braden Allenby

  • Environmental, social, and economic implications of global reuse and recycling of personal computers.

    Eric Williams;Ramzy Kahhat;Braden Allenby;Edward Kavazanjian

  • Energy intensity of computer manufacturing: hybrid assessment combining process and economic input-output methods.

    Eric Williams

  • Environmental effects of information and communications technologies

    Eric Williams

  • Current status and research on E-waste issues in Asia

    Atsushi Terazono;Shinsuke Murakami;Naoya Abe;Bulent Inanc

  • Forecasting Global Generation of Obsolete Personal Computers

    Jinglei Yu;Eric Williams;Meiting Ju;Yan Yang

  • Managing e-waste in China: Policies, pilot projects and alternative approaches

    Jinglei Yu;Eric Williams;Meiting Ju;Chaofeng Shao

  • The digital economy: Where do we stand?

    Robert U. Ayres;Eric Williams

  • Computers and the environment : understanding and managing their impacts

    Ruediger Kuehr;Eric Williams

  • Hybrid Framework for Managing Uncertainty in Life Cycle Inventories

    Eric D. Williams;Christopher L. Weber;Troy R. Hawkins

  • Analyzing consumer acceptance of photovoltaics (PV) using fuzzy logic model

    Pei Zhai;Eric D. Williams

  • Rare earth metals from secondary sources: Review of potential supply from waste and byproducts

    Gabrielle Gaustad;Eric Williams;Alexandra Leader

  • Scoping the potential of monitoring and control technologies to reduce energy use in homes

    Robert J. Meyers;Eric D. Williams;H. Scott Matthews

  • Evolution of product lifespan and implications for environmental assessment and management: a case study of personal computers in higher education.

    Callie W Babbitt;Ramzy Kahhat;Eric Williams;Gregory A Babbitt

  • Analysis of material and energy consumption of mobile phones in China

    Jinglei Yu;Eric Williams;Meiting Ju

  • Life cycle water use of low-carbon transport fuels

    Christopher Harto;Robert Meyers;Eric Williams

  • Economic-balance hybrid LCA extended with uncertainty analysis: case study of a laptop computer

    Liqiu Deng;Callie W. Babbitt;Eric D. Williams

  • Potential economies of scale in CO2 transport through use of a trunk pipeline

    Munish Kumar Chandel;Lincoln F. Pratson;Eric Williams

  • Dynamic Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment of Energy and Carbon of Multicrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Systems

    Pei Zhai;Eric D Williams

  • Product or Waste? Importation and End-of-Life Processing of Computers in Peru

    Ramzy Kahhat;Eric Williams

  • Energy implications of online book retailing in the United States and Japan

    H.Scott Matthews;Eric Williams;Takashi Tagami;Chris T. Hendrickson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
H. Scott Matthews
H. Scott Matthews Carnegie Mellon University
John C. Crittenden
John C. Crittenden Georgia Institute of Technology
Chris Hendrickson
Chris Hendrickson Carnegie Mellon University
Yongsheng Chen
Yongsheng Chen Nankai University
Edward Kavazanjian
Edward Kavazanjian Arizona State University
David T. Allen
David T. Allen The University of Texas at Austin
Cliff I. Davidson
Cliff I. Davidson Syracuse University
Miroslav Begovic
Miroslav Begovic Texas A&M University

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