Jason Quinn

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Jason Quinn, PhD

Jason Quinn, PhD is an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department Colorado State University. His education and research have always been centered on energy with his current work focused on system evaluation of electric transportation, microalgae biofuels, and nuclear power systems.

Research efforts are dedicated to the development of engineering system models validated through experimentation and leveraged for techno-economic evaluation, life cycle assessment, and resource demand of emerging technologies. Results from modeling work are used to focus research and development efforts to high impact areas.

Dr. Quinn completed a master’s degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in nuclear engineering and engineering physics, and a PhD at Colorado State University in Mechanical Engineering.

Articles by Jason Quinn

Time Value of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis

The work in this paper seeks to address the shortcomings of current dynamic Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) by developing new methods to compare the monetized impact of greenhouse gas emissions in the future with monetized impacts of emissions in the present. The novelty of this work has two major components. First, the methods account for changing atmospheric carbon concentrations and nonlinear monetized impacts to society. Second, they include the dynamic monetized impacts of greenhouse gas emissions occurring in different years.