CIVE 5275 — Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: M/W/ThBostonOnlineTraditionalVideo Streaming
Explores the conceptual and mathematical foundations of life cycle assessment (LCA), a widely used systems-modeling method for quantifying emissions and assessing the environmental and health impacts of products and processes. Covers engineering models of industrial material and energy use and emissions, as well as environmental science models of fate and transport, exposure, and toxicology. Examines Monte Carlo simulation, structural path analysis, and model sensitivity analysis for industrial network structures underlying LCA modeling. Introduces open-source LCA data and software and their application to real-world industry and policy analyses.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- CIVE 3464 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 31 | 65 | 48% | 17.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 47 | 65 | 72% | 9.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 47 | 58 | 81% | 5.5 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 94% · T 0% · W 94% · Th 94% · F 0%
Common patterns: MWR (94% of sections), async (6% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Matthew Eckelman (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Matthew Eckelman (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (CIVE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All CIVE courses · Plan it at numap.app