Nuri Onat
Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
Department of Industrial Engineering
Istanbul Sehir University
Altunizade,Kuşbakışı Cd. No:27,34662
Istanbul,
TURKEY
Titles
- Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Instructor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures
- Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Sehir University
- Co-Director and Co-Founder, Sustainable Systems & Solutions Lab, Istanbul Sehir University
Biography
Dr. Nuri C. Onat serves as an assistant professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Sehir University (SEHIR) and co-director and co-founder of Sustainable Systems & Solutions Lab (S3-Lab). He also holds the positions of Senior Sustainability Fellow at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and an Online Instructor at School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Prior to joining the SEHIR, he worked as a Walton Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Julie Ann Wrigley Global Sustainability Institute at the Arizona State University as part of the Walton Sustainability Fellowship Program. Dr. Onat has over 30 publications (journal plus conference) in various topics: sustainable transportation, green buildings, sustainability assessment methods, system dynamics, and life cycle sustainability assessment.
Dr. Onat received his PhD from the Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering Department at the University of Central Florida (UCF). Onat completed his M.S. in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, under the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) at the University of Florida (UF), where he also received Certificate of Engineering Entrepreneurship from Engineering Innovation Institute. He also has a second master degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems at UCF. Prior to starting the academic studies, he worked as a Civil Engineer in several engineering firms in Turkey, specializing in renewable power generation. He completed his BS in the Department of Civil Engineering at Gazi University, Turkey.
Education
- PhD, Civil Engineering, University of Central Florida
- Msc, Industrial Engineering, University of Central Florida
- MSci, Civil Engineering, University of Florida
Expertise
- system dynamics
- industrial ecology
- transportation
- built environment
- energy policy
- carbon footprint
- life cycle assessment
- sustainable consumption
External Links
Journal Articles
2017
Cloutier, S., A. Karner, H. L. Breetz, P. Toufani, N. C. Onat, S. Patel, S. N. Paralkar, E. Berejnoi, B. Morrison, J. T. Papenfuss, A. D. Briggs and C. Carlson. 2017. Measures of a sustainable commute as a predictor of happiness. Sustainability 9(7):1214. DOI: 10.3390/su9071214. (link )
2016
Ercan, T., N. C. Onat and O. Tatari. 2016. Investigating carbon footprint reduction potential of public transportation in United States: A system dynamics approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 133(Oct):1260-1276. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.051. (link )
Kucukvar, M., B. Cansev, G. Egilmez, N. C. Onat and H. Samadi. 2016. Energy-climate-manufacturing nexus: New insights from the regional and global supply chains of manufacturing industries. Applied Energy 184(Dec):889-904. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.068. (link )
Noori, M., Y. Zhao, N. C. Onat, S. Gardner and O. Tatari. 2016. Light-duty electric vehicles to improve the integrity of the electricity grid through Vehicle-to-Grid technology: Analysis of regional net revenue and emissions savings. Applied Energy 168(Apr):146-158. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.030. (link )
Onat, N. C., S. Gumus, M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2016. Application of the TOPSIS and intuitionistic fuzzy set approaches for ranking the life cycle sustainability performance of alternative vehicle technologies. Sustainable Production and Consumption 6(Apr):12-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2015.12.003. (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2016. Uncertainty-embedded dynamic life cycle sustainability assessment framework: An ex-ante perspective on the impacts of alternative vehicle options. Energy 112(Oct):715-728. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.06.129. (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar, O. Tatari and G. Egilmez. 2016. Integration of system dynamics approach toward deepening and broadening the life cycle sustainability assessment framework: a case for electric vehicles. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 21(7):1009-1034. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1070-4. (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar, O. Tatari and Q. P. Zheng. 2016. Combined application of multi-criteria optimization and life-cycle sustainability assessment for optimal distribution of alternative passenger cars in U.S.. Journal of Cleaner Production 112(Part 1, Jan):291-307. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.021. (link )
Zhao, Y., N. C. Onat, M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2016. Carbon and energy footprints of electric delivery trucks: A hybrid multi-regional input-output life cycle assessment. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 47(Aug):195-207. DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2016.05.014. (link )
2015
Kucukvar, M., G. Egilmez, N. C. Onat and H. Samadi. 2015. A global, scope-based carbon footprint modeling for effective carbon reduction policies: Lessons from the Turkish manufacturing. Sustainable Production and Consumption (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2015. Conventional, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles? State-based comparative carbon and energy footprint analysis in the United States. Applied Energy 150(Jul):36-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.001. (link )
2014
Onat, N. C., G. Egilmez and O. Tatari. 2014. Towards greening the U.S. residential building stock: A system dynamics approach. Building and Environment 78(Aug):68-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.03.030 . (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2014. Integrating triple bottom line input-output analysis into life-cycle sustainability assessment: The case for U.S buildings. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 19(8):1488-1505. DOI: 10.1007/s11367-014-0753-y . (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2014. Scope-based carbon footprint analysis of U.S. residential and commercial buildings: An input-output hybrid life cycle assessment approach. Building and Environment 72(Feb):53-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.10.009. (link )
Onat, N. C., M. Kucukvar and O. Tatari. 2014. Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Alternative Vehicle Technologies. 6(12):9305-9342. (link )