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Thomas Maani

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2020Rising activity
Extraction and Separation ProcessesRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesSustainable Supply Chain ManagementEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityAdvanced Battery Technologies Research

Publications

13

Citations

359

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
AI-generated

Thomas Maani works on the environmental and material-resource challenges of clean-energy and vehicle technologies, focusing on recycling, life cycle assessment, and forecasting future demand for critical materials like rare earth elements used in electric vehicle motors and batteries. His work combines engineering design methods (such as disassembly planning) with sustainability analysis to understand how products can be made more circular and materials recovered at end of life.

Critical materials recovery and recyclingLife cycle assessment of energy technologiesElectric vehicle and battery material demand forecastingCircular economy and product disassembly designSustainability of clean energy supply chains

Publication output was minimal before 2020 but increased noticeably from 2021 onward, peaking in 2023, suggesting a growing and relatively recent research activity.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
1718192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 6 publications6232024: 3 publications242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Procedia CIRP×4
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling×2
  • The Science of The Total Environment×1
  • Journal of Manufacturing Systems×1
  • Green Manufacturing Open×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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