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Sanoop Prakasan's educational journey was ignited by a science symposium project during high school, sparking a keen curiosity for research. This passion grew through a series of projects during Bachelor's degree at National Institution of Technology Calicut (NITC), and peaked with a significant research experience in the 2013 Summer Fellowship program at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM).
Moving on to higher education, Sanoop pursued Master's by research at IITM, diving into impactful research, including international projects. The Master's research delved into detailed aspects of product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), involving creating templates and comprehensive analyses. In the professional world, Sanoop furthered LCA expertise at an Indian Govt. sponsored research project, the Canadian startup GreenStory, and the Indian startup UTOPIIC Innovations Pvt. Ltd., contributing to sustainability efforts, teamwork, and guiding interns. Sanoop's journey reflects an unwavering dedication to sustainability and mastery in LCA modeling, making a positive impact on a more environmentally friendly future.- Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Sustainable Construction and Building Assessment
- Embodied Carbon and Energy Analysishttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vfJjYvcAAAAJ&hl=en
1) Prakasan, S., Raja, J., Ramkumar, N., Palaniappan, S., and Balaganeshan, G. (2019). “Sustainability assessment for 1.2 MW wind mill blade manufacturing.” TECHX - A Technology Exhibition of IMPRINT and Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY) Projects - Poster, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India, 4 August 2019.
2) Prakasan, S., Palaniappan, S., and Gettu, R. (2018). "Study of energy use and CO2 emissions in the manufacturing of clinker and cement." Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A, Submission ID: IEIA-D-18-00195, Date of acceptance: 6 th November 2019.
3) Gettu, R., Patel, A., Rathi, V., Prakasan, S., Basavaraj, A.S., Palaniappan, S., and Maity, S. (2019). "Influence of Supplementary Cementitious Materials on the Sustainability Parameters of Cements and Concretes in the Indian Context." Materials and Structures, DOI: 10.1617/s11527-019-1321-5, 1-11
4) Gettu, R., Prakasan, S., Rathi, V., and Anusha, S. B. (2017). “Critical parameters in the Life-Cycle Assessment of cement-based systems.” 2nd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete - Poster, Central University Las Villas (UCLV), Santa Clara, Cuba, 5-7 December 2017
5) Gettu, R., Prakasan, S., Patel, A., Rathi, V., Nagarath, K., Palaniappan, S., and Maity, S. (2016). “Process mapping and preliminary assessment of energy consumption in Indian cement plants.” Sustainable Built Environment (SBE) regional conference, Expanding Boundaries: Systems Thinking for the Built Environment, Zurich, Switzerland, ETHZ, 13-17 June 2016, 430–435.
6) Gettu, R., Patel, A., Rathi, V., Prakasan, S., Basavaraj, A., and Maity, S. (2016). “Sustainability Assessment of Cements and Concretes in the Indian Context : Influence of Supplementary Cementitious Materials.” Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 4, University of Nevada (UNLV), Las Vegas, USA, 7-11 August 2016.