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MRS BULLETIN VOLUME 37 APRIL 2012 www.mrs.org/bulletin

April 2012 Volume 37 Number 4 ISSN: 0883-7694 CODEN: MRSBEA

CONTENTS

303 Introduction Materials for sustainable development Martin L. Green, Laura Espinal, Enrico Traversa, and Eric J. Amis

310 Meet Our Authors

318 Materials Opportunities Materials science and engineerings pivotal role in sustainable development for the 21st century Diran Apelian

LANDSCAPE

ON THE COVER Materials for sustainable development. This issue of MRS Bulletin discusses the critical role that materials science plays in sustainable development. The cover depicts an artists rendition of how a focused sustainable future can be achieved through the lens of materials research, as symbolized by the threefold intertwined ring of society, economy, and environment. See the expanded theme topic that begins on p. 303.

325 Materials Supply Chain Will metal scarcity impede routine industrial use? T.E. Graedel and Lorenz Erdmann

333 Recycling To recycle, or not to recycle, that is the question: Insights from life-cycle analysis Linda Gaines

339 Recycling Opportunities and limits of recycling: A dynamic-model-based analysis Markus Reuter and Antoinette van Schaik

348 Metrology & Standards Measurements, standards, and data in support of the sustainable use of materials Dianne L. Poster, Michael J. Fasolka, Richard R. Cavanagh, and Ellyn S. Beary

356 Human Health Concerns Human health and ecotoxicological considerations in materials selection for sustainable product development Oladele A. Ogunseitan and Julie M. Schoenung

MANUFACTURING

365 Automobiles Materials challenges and opportunities for enhancing the sustainability of automobiles Gregory A. Keoleian and John L. Sullivan

374 Composites Do fiber-reinforced polymer composites provide environmentally benign alternatives? A life-cycle-assessment-based study Joost R. Duflou, Yelin Deng, Karel Van Acker, and Wim Dewulf

383 Aviation Materials for sustainable turbine engine development Doug Konitzer, Steve Duclos, and Todd Rockstroh

TRANSPORTATION

389 Construction Materials Sustainable development and physical infrastructure materials Robert Heard, Chris Hendrickson, and Francis C. McMichael

395 Construction Materials Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge Krystyn Van Vliet, Roland Pellenq, Markus J. Buehler, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Hamlin Jennings, Franz-Josef Ulm, and Sidney Yip

INFRASTRUCTURE

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Page No.ADVERTISERS IN THIS ISSUE

Aldrich Materials Science .................................... 302 American Elements ......................Outside back cover Annual Reviews .................................................... 332 Bruker ................................................................... 301 Bruker Nano Surfaces Division ............................ 404 GlobalFoundries ................................................... 403 Goodfellow Corporation ....................................... 373 High Voltage Engineering .............. Inside front cover Hysitron, Inc. ...................................................... 388 International Centre ............................................. 448 for Diffraction Data (ICDD) J.A. Woollam Company, Inc. ............................... 364 Janis Research Company, Inc. ............................ 387 JEOL USA, Inc. .....................................................317 Kurt J. Lesker Company ....................................... 324 Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. .............................. 363 MMR Technologies, Inc. ..................................... 331 National Electrostatics Corp. .............................. 355 Park Systems, Inc. .............................................. 297 Wiley ....................................................................411

405 Critical Elements Energy-critical elements for sustainable development Alan J. Hurd, Ronald L. Kelley, Roderick G. Eggert, and Min-Ha Lee

412 Materials & Energy Energy limitations on materials availability Igor Lubomirsky and David Cahen

417 Nuclear Fission Is nuclear fission a sustainable source of energy? Matthias Englert, Lindsay Krall, and Rodney C. Ewing

425 Photovoltaics Sustainability metrics for extending thin-film photovoltaics to terawatt levels Vasilis Fthenakis

431 Carbon Mitigation Materials challenges in carbon- mitigation technologies Laura Espinal and Bryan D. Morreale

439 Water The energywater nexus: Water use trends in sustainable energy and opportunities for materials research and development Anthony Y. Ku and Andrew P. Shapiro

ENERGY & WATER

455 CAREER CENTRAL

449 Education Teaching sustainable development in materials science and engineering R. LeSar, K.C. Chen, and D. Apelian

TEACHING SUSTAINABILITY

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