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Barry D. Solomon
Department of
Social Sciences
Dr. Solomon spent over 10 years working in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and also taught at West Virginia University before coming to MTU in 1995. In fall 2008, he was on sabbatical leave with the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, at its Center for Public Sector Research (CEFOS), where he was a collaborating on a major study on nuclear waste management. His main research interests are economic incentives for environmental protection, energy policy, air pollution, global climate change, and endangered species protection. He is the founder and past president of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, a cutting edge professional organization in the environmental policy field. Currently he is funded by the MTU Center of Energy Excellence and the National Science Foundation as part of an interdisciplinary team to investigate the development of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass resources in the Upper Midwest. Other recent research projects have included "Novel Direct Steelmaking by Combining Microwave, Electric Arc & Exothermal Heating Technologies," with MTU's Institute of Materials Processing , supported by the DOE, and a project to establish an environmental compliance assistance center for the chemical industry (http://www.chemalliance.org/), supported by EPA. In addition, he has consulted for Isle Royale National Park and the National Geographic Society. In the Environmental Policy Program, Dr. Solomon teaches Environmental Policy and Politics, Environmental Policy Analysis, and Energy Technology and Policy.
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Recent Publications
Solomon, B.D. The transition to second generation biofuels in the United States: Will it be feasible and sustainable? Geographische Rundschau (International Edition), Vol. 6, No. 4 (2010), pp. 16-20.
Solomon, B.D., Andren, M. and Strandberg, U. Three decades of social science research on high-level nuclear waste: Achievements and future challenges. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, Vol. 1, No. 4 (2010), pp. 13-47.
Solomon, B.D. and Heiman, M.K. Integrity of the emerging global markets in greenhouse gases. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 100, No. 4 (October 2010), pp. 973-982.
Johnson, N.H. and Solomon, B.D. A Net Present Value Analysis for a Wind Turbine Purchase at a Small U.S. College. Energies, Vol. 3, No. 5 (2010), pp. 943-959.
Solomon, B.D. Biofuels and sustainability. Ecological Economics Reviews, Vol. 1 (2010), pp. 119-34.
Solomon, B.D. High-level radioactive waste management in the USA. Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 12, Nos. 7-8 (October-December 2009), pp. 1009-24.
Halvorsen, K.E., J.R. Barnes, and B.D. Solomon, Upper Midwestern USA ethanol potential from cellulosic materials. Society & Natural Resources, Vol. 22, No. 10 (November/December 2009), pp. 931-938.
Solomon, B.D. and Luzadis, V.A., eds. Renewable Energy From Forest Resources in the United States (Oxfordshire: Routledge), (London: Routledge, 2009).
Solomon, B.D. and Johnson, N.H. Valuing climate protection through willingness to pay for biomass ethanol. Ecological Economics, Vol. 68, No. 7 (May 15, 2009), pp. 2137-2144.
Ilija Ojeda, M., Mayer, A.S. and B.D. Solomon. Economic valuation of environmental services sustained by water flows in the Yaqui River delta. Ecological Economics, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 15, 2008), pp. 155-66.
Heiman, M.K. and B.D. Solomon. Fueling U.S. transportation: The hydrogen economy and its alternatives. Environment, Vol. 49, No. 8 (October 2007), pp. 10-25.
Solomon, B.D., Barnes, J. and Halvorsen, K.E. Grain and cellulosic ethanol: History, economics, and energy policy. Biomass & Bioenergy, Vol. 31 (June 2007), pp. 416-25.
Solomon, B.D. Work and life of living legends in ecological economics: Robert Costanza. International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, Vol. 7 (Winter 2007), pp. 96-99.
Awards
- EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service, 1993
- EPA Cash Awards for Sustained Superior Performance, 1990-94
- EPA Quality Achievement Award, 1991
- Best Article Award, Journal of Geography, National Council for Geographic Education, 1987-88
- National Student Award Runner-up, American Planning Association, 1982
- SPEA Fellowship, Indiana University, 1980-81
In the Community
- Vice President, Copper Country (MI) Audubon Society, 2001 - ; Board of Directors, 1996-2001
Consulting
- Professor Solomon has consulted for the United Nations Environment Programme for its pesticides management programs, as well as for several projects of the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Postal Service, and Isle Royale National Park. In 2010 he also consulted for the National Geographic Society for the production of the energy plates for its 9th edition of the Atlas of the World.
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