Our research focuses on:
- transforming the information of engineering systems through process simulation, statistical methods and machine learning for sustainability modeling applications (e.g., life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, material flow analysis).
- building models and tools for analyzing the environmental, economic and social impacts of emerging technologies for bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts at different scales.
- investigating the synergies and tradeoffs between bioeconomy, circular economy and climate change mitigation through a systems modeling approach.
Our research aims to:
- create open-access databases and models for integrated, multi-scope and multi-scale evaluation of emerging technologies and their implementation.
- transform research outcomes into user-friendly tools and educational materials.
- engage stakeholders from different groups, including industries, academia and government, to collaborate on sustainable bioeconomy projects.
Sponsored projects (ongoing)
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Accelerated code implementation of high-performance energy efficient and carbon-neutral modular buildingsPrincipal Investigator: Tony Yang (UBC) Co-Investigator: Qingshi TuGrant Program: NRCan: CODES ACCELERATION FUND Period: April 2024 – April 2027 |
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Using Renewables to Capture Carbon – R2C2Principal Investigator: Orlando Rojas (UBC) Co-Investigator: Qingshi TuGrant Program: NRCan: Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Research, Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) Call Period: October 2023 – September 2027 |
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Develop a life cycle assessment model (HWP-CASE 2.0) to improve understanding of the environmental performance of forest biomassPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Period: September 2023 – August 2025 |
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Collaborative Life Cycle Assessment for British Columbia Pulp Mills to Understand Their Roles in Sustainable Biomaterials ProductionPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Collaborator: Grant Program: Mitacs Accelerate Period: February 2024 – January 2026 |
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Quantifying synergy and tradeoff between resource efficiency and climate change: Filling the fundamental knowledge gap in systems analysis and uncertainty treatmentPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: NSERC Discovery Grant Period: April 2021 – March 2026 |
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Next-Generation Wood ConstructionPrincipal Investigator: Ying-Hei Chui (University of Alberta) Project T4-2-B: LCA of material and utility flows from forest to wood buildings in CanadaLead Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: NSERC Alliance Grant Period: September 2022 – August 2026 |
Sponsored projects (completed)
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Enhance the regionalization of HWP carbon reporting under the ForSITE project using an LLM-assisted platform for information extraction (Task 1, methodology development)Principal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: NRCan (Research Contract) Period:January – March 2025 |
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Critical review of the methodology used in the estimation of emission factors of selected paper productsPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (Research Contract) Period: January – March 2025 |
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A web-based Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tool for NRC and its stakeholders for hydrogen production use casesPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: National Research Council Canada (Research Contract) Period: January – March 2025
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Smart Engineered Wood Panels: Combining Highly Efficient Thermal and Acoustic Insulation for Sustainable Exterior Wall and Roof Building SystemsPrincipal Investigator: Xiaodong (Alice) Wang (University of Laval) Co-Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: NFRF-Research for postpandemic recovery 2022 competition Period: February 2023 – January 2025 |
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Waste? Know More! Igniting behaviours for circularity in the food supply chainPrincipal Investigator: Leanne Keddie (Carleton University) Co-Investigator: Qingshi Tu Collaborator: Grant Program: Imagining Canada’s Future Ideas Lab: Canada and the Circular Economy Period: July 2022 – June 2024
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Dataset Building for climate change cloud applicationPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Collaborator: Grant Program: Mitacs Business Strategy Internship Period: September 2022 – May 2023 |
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Process simulation and LCA for hydrogen production from biomass gasificationPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Grant Program: National Research Council Canada (Research Contract) Period: September 2022 – March 2023
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Investigating the climate change mitigation potential of industrial forest productsPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Sponsor: Mercer International Inc. (Research Contract) Period: October 2022 – January 2023 |
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Quantification of climate change impacts of selected construction material supplyPrincipal Investigator: Qingshi Tu Collaborator: Grant Program: Mitacs Accelerate PhD Internship Period: August 2020 – June 2021 Deliverables: |
