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Prof. Hendrickson is involved in research in the general area of engineering planning and management, including design for the environment, project management, transportation systems, finance and computer applications. Some of his current research projects include life cycle assessment methods, assessment of alternative construction materials,product takeback planning, and infrastructure for alternative fuels.

Brief Biography

Chris Hendrickson is the Duquesne Light Company Professor of Engineering and Co-Director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. His research, teaching and consulting are in the general area of engineering planning and management, including design for the environment, project management, transportation systems, finance and computer applications. Current research projects include life cycle assessment methods (especially based on economic input/output tables such as www.eiolca.net), assessment of alternative construction materials, economic and environmental implications of Ecommerce, product takeback planning, and infrastructure for alternative fuels. He has co-authored three textbooks, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Goods and Services: An Input-Output Approach (Resources for the Future, 2005), Project Management for Construction (Prentice-Hall, 1989, now available on the web) and Transportation Investment and Pricing Principles (John Wiley & Sons, 1984) and two monographs, Knowledge Based Process Planning for Construction and Manufacturing (Academic Press, 1989) and Concurrent Computer Integrated Building Design (Prentice-Hall, 1994). In addition, he has published numerous articles in the professional literature. Prof. Hendrickson is a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineering, an Emeritus Member of the Transportation Research Board and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been the recipient of the 2002 ASCE Turner Lecture Award, the 2002 Fenves Systems Research Award, the 1994 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award, Outstanding Professor of the Year Award of the ASCE Pittsburgh Section (1990), the ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Award (1989), the Benjamin Richard Teare Teaching Award from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1987) and a Rhodes Scholarship (1973).

Contact Information

Chris Hendrickson
Phone:412-268-1066
Email:cth@cmu.edu
Fax:412-268-7813
Address:5000 Forbes Ave. Carnegie Mellon University Porter Hall 123J. 15213 Pittsburgh PA
Personal Webpage:http://www.ce.cmu.edu/~cth/