About
Dr. Shauhrat S. Chopra is an Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, in 2015. His doctoral dissertation was focused on resilience of complex systems including economic systems, industrial symbiosis, and critical infrastructure systems at urban and national levels. Before joining the School of Energy and Environment, Shauhrat worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, on the U.S. EPA funded LCnano project focused on sustainable design of future transformative nano-enabled products. His data-driven research is focused on designing indicators for sustainability and resilience of the built environment in support of environmental decision-making.
Research Interests
My research plans revolve around the development of multidisciplinary projects that will address pressing challenges for building a socially just and sustainable future—a future that is not only environmentally and economically feasible but also resilient. Informed by the systems perspective of industrial ecology, my interdisciplinary research as a Sustainability Engineer merges the principles of systems, civil, and environmental engineering. My work mainly involves developing models and methodologies for systematic quantification of both intended and unintended impacts of climate change interventions. I employ an array of systems modelling approaches such as network analysis and GIS, and standardised methodologies like Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA), multi-criteria analysis, to name a few. These models provide invaluable support to a variety of stakeholders, extending from engineers to policymakers. As a result, they facilitate informed decision-making, guiding the design of optimal climate change interventions that span from the scalable deployment of clean technologies to the formulation and implementation of impactful climate policies.
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