I am a fifth-year PhD Candidate in Civil Engineering in the Social Equity and Environmental Engineering Lab (SEEEL) at Georgia Tech primarily looking into embodied carbon and alternative materials for the built environment. I have also had the chance to critically look into waste water treatment plants as potential biorefineries, and social life cycle assessments as a growing method within industrial ecology thanks to collaborations with my peers in the lab. I love teaching and have been able to co-teach a few courses centered around life cycle thinking and IE methods at Georgia Tech so far. I follow United in the premier league and love to play chess and racquet sports.
Arjun's main research/work interest areas:
- Alternative materials for construction.
- Embodied carbon and circularity in the built environment.
- Industry-academia collaboration for data exchange and actionable insights.
- IE methods for the bioeconomy.
- The growing AI-IE nexus.
Arjun's favorite cities and why:
Thoothukudi, India - The coastal city that I grew up in and spent all of my schooling years, also called the ""pearl city"" due to pearl fishing in the city. It has its own version of the macaroons.
Vienna, Austria - The museums, palaces, the Danube, public transit, coffee, pastries, and the food.
Washington DC, USA - Museums, walkability, public transit, the neighborhoods, and Thanksgiving.
How did you get interested in cities research? What drew you to sustainability topics?
My interest in cities research specifically grew after my first conference at the GRC in Maine in 2022, and the people I had a chance to meet and interact with during the conference, and stay in touch with since.
Recent publications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.144952
This was a study at performing techno-economic assessments for emerging bio-based alternatives in the built environment in the US.
