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Dwarak Ravikumar

Assistant Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Ravikumar's research interests are designing and implementing circular economy solutions to address climate change, and guide and improve the sustainability outcomes of large-scale technology transitions.

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Fulton Schools Assistant Professor Dwarak Ravikumar, left, and Dileep Nakka, associate research technologist, right, review data in their joint research project with Yum! Brands on circular economy strategies to replace single-use cups with reusable cups. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

Single-use or reusable cups? New project seeks answers

February 6, 2025

Fulton Schools researchers assess circular economy strategies with Yum! Brands to replace restaurant single-use cups with reusable ones.

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The circle of solar panel life

March 11, 2024

ASU researcher Meng Tao worked with an interdisciplinary team to recommend new ways to make solar panel recycling easier and more economical.