High Tech and Industrial Systems

Rapp, Vi H, Sharon S Chen, Dylan Anacleto-Black, and Noel Putaansuu. Evaluation of a Smoke Opacity Sensor for Improving Residential Wood Heater Combustion. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2026.

Evaluation of a Smoke Opacity Sensor for Improving Residential Wood Heater Combustion

Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson. Proposed Guidelines for Clearance Holes, Slots, and Washers. 2026.

Proposed Guidelines for Clearance Holes, Slots, and Washers

Ness, Jon, and Gerald Robinson. Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention. 2026.

Fundamentals of Solar PV Bolted Joint Loosening and Prevention

Fuchs, Heidi, Unique Karki, Arman Shehabi, Tiana Nishime, and Prakash Rao. "Geographic, sectoral, and constituent characteristics of US off‐site manufacturing wastewater disposal." Journal of Industrial Ecology 29.6 (2025) 2442–2456.

Geographic sectoral and constituent characteristics of US off‐site manufacturing

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Robinson, Gerald. Maturing Rational Design Methodologies and Industry Consensus Engineering Standards: Critical Fastened Joints - Solar PV Industry. 2025.

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Rao, Prakash, Heidi Fuchs, Amal Alsaffar, Kristina Armstrong, Sravan Chalasani, Sujit Das, Susana Garcia Gonzalez, Diane J Graziano, Unique Karki, Mini Malhotra, James McCall, Sachin Nimbalkar, Frédéric Petit, Lino Sanchez, Rob Spencer, Sarang Supekar, and Kiran Thirumaran. Advancing Manufacturing Water Resilience: Addressing Risks through New Approaches and Technologies. 2025.

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Earni, Shankar, Alex Hubbard, Amy Pevzner, Paul Sheaffer, Prakash Rao, Sean Wynne, and Ross Charland. Field Validation of Thermoelectric Generation System at Holcim Cement Plant in Alpena, Michigan. 2025.

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Rao, Prakash, Thomas P Hendrickson, Elizabeth Wachs, Shubhankar Upasani, and Alberta Carpenter. Testing a method for developing facility-level greenhouse gas emissions intensities of U.S. traded goods. 2025.

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Karki, Unique, and Prakash Rao. "Techno-economic analysis of the water, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions impacts from the adoption of water efficiency practices in the U.S. manufacturing sector." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 196 (2023) 107054.

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Das, Sujit, Heidi Fuchs, Ritu Philip, and Prakash Rao. "A review of water valuation metrics: Supporting sustainable water use in manufacturing." Water Resources and Industry 29 (2023) 100199.

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Rao, Prakash, Paul Sheaffer, Yuting Chen, Unique Karki, and Patrick Fitzgerald. U.S. Industrial and Commercial Motor System Market Assessment Report Volume 3: Energy Saving Opportunity. 2022.

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McCall, James, Prakash Rao, Susana Garcia Gonzalez, Sachin Nimbalkar, Sujit Das, Sarang Supekar, and Joe Cresko. "U.S. Manufacturing Water Use Data and Estimates: Current State, Limitations, and Future Needs for Supporting Manufacturing Research and Development." ACS ES&T Water (2021).

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Newkirk, Alexander, Prakash Rao, and Paul Sheaffer. U.S. Industrial and Commercial Motor System Market Assessment Report Volume 2: Advanced Motors and Drives Supply Chain Review. 2021.

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Hedman, Bruce, David Jones, and Vestal Tutterow. "Beneficial CHP – Is that a Thing? Considering CHP in the Context of Beneficial Electrification." ACEEE Summer Study for Energy Efficiency in Industry. 2021.

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Fuchs, Heidi, and Prakash Rao. "Characterizing manufacturing wastewater in the United States for the purpose of analyzing energy requirements for reuse." Journal of Industrial Ecology (2021).

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