Halog Receives Fellowship for Sustainability Research in Finland

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

April 20, 2011 News

Anthony Halog, assistant professor in Industrial Ecology and LCA in the School of Forest Resources, recently received a prestigious Organization for Economic Cooperation Development Research Fellowship in biological resource management for sustainable agricultural systems and will work at the Finnish Forest Research Institute this summer.

His ensuing project is on sustainable forest bioenergy, titled “Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Forest Biofuels Supply Chain.”

Halog also recently co-published an open-access article (http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/3/2/469/) in the journal Sustainability titled “Advancing Integrated Systems Modeling Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment.”

Halog’s Research Group for Industrial Ecology, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) and Systems Sustainability (IELCASS) in the School of Forest Resources has been successful in securing a series of small competitive grants to support the participation of his students in conferences, symposia, training and summer school on life cycle assessment, industrial ecology and sustainability assessment both nationally and internationally.

Halog and his students recently organized a successful Environmental Life Cycle Assessment event at UMaine. LCA is a standardized method of evaluating the “greenness” of a product. It is about quantifying resource consumptions and environmental emissions to effect environmental performance improvement throughout the product supply chain, Halog says.

Contact: Anthony Halog, (207) 581-2944