Braden Allenby

Lincoln Professor of Engineering and Ethics, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in Civil Engineering

Director, Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management

Affiliated Faculty, School of Sustainability

industrial ecology; earth systems engineering and management; science, technology and public affairs; transhumanism; design for sustainability

CEE 400: Earth Systems Engineering and Management

SOS/CEE 598: Advanced Earth Systems Engineering and Management

SOS 515/CEE 582: Industrial Ecology and Design for Sustainability

Dr. Allenby's principal areas of teaching and research are design for environment; earth systems engineering and management; industrial ecology; technological evolution; and the convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information and communication technology, and cognitive sciences. Dr. Allenby entered academia after a 20-year career as senior environmental counsel, research vice president for technology and environment, and environment, health and safety vice president for AT&T. He teaches courses in engineering and ethics, earth systems engineering and management, industrial ecology, and design for sustainability. His current research investigates ethical and social dimensions of emerging technologies; earth systems engineering and management, especially in regard to information and communication technologies; transhumanism; and development of sustainable engineering theory and curricular materials.

Select Publications

Allenby, B. R. 2005. Reconstructing Earth: Technology and Environment in the Age of Humans. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Allenby, B R. 1998. Industrial Ecology: Policy Framework and Implementation. Prentice Hall.

Graedel, T. E., and B. R. Allenby. 1997. Industrial Ecology and the Automobile. Prentice-Hall.

Graedel, T. E., and B. R. Allenby. 1996. Design for Environment. Prentice-Hall.

Allenby, B. R. 1994. Environmental Threats and National Security: An International Challenge to Science and Technology. Lauwrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1992

M.S., Rutgers University, 1989

J.D., University of Viriginia Law School, 1979

B.A., Yale University, 1972