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Ph.D. Candidate
Michigan Technological University
Utkarsh Chaudhari is currently a 3rd year Ph.D. candidate in the Chemical Engineering department at Michigan Technological University (MTU). He received his Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Chemical Engineering along with a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at MTU in May 2019. His research interests include plastics recycling, plastic waste supply chain, circular economy, process simulations, life cycle assessment (LCA), techno-economic analysis (TEA), system optimization, and sustainable biofuel production.