Joseph Carolan
Title: Special Lecturer of Economics
Email: [email protected]
Education:
Michigan State University, PhD Resource Economics, (Business Economics)
Michigan State University, MA in Economics, (Econometrics)
Oakland University, MBA, (Finance)
Cornell University, BA, Government (Political Theory)
Biography:
Dr. Joseph E. Carolan has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Economics at the Oakland University (Michigan) School of Business Administration since 2013. Dr. Carolan is a principal in Carolan Associates, LLC, a business consulting firm specializing in alternative energy projects, renewable power generation and environmental credit markets. He has been active in alternative energy development, financial analysis, and business consulting since 1998.
Teaching interests:
Introductory micro & macro-economics, Economics of Strategy / Managerial Economics, Statistics, Economics of Information
Research interests:
Energy (some emphasis on Value Chains in 2nd & 3rd generation biofuels), Value Chain Intervention, Applied Business Economics cases
Journals and Articles:
“Regional Biomass Processing Center – A Review”
Author; Final report submitted, November 13, 2009; Published as Report # 403-111309
Presentation to Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
"Technical and Financial Feasibility Analysis of Distributed Bio-processing Using Regional Biomass Pre-Processing Centers”
Article published in Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, Article 10.
Advanced Supply System Validation Workshop
Participant, US Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Bioenergy Technologies Office, Golden, CO
“Depots: Potential Game Changer in Biomass Feedstock Supply?"
Keynote Speaker, Annual International Meeting of the Canadian Society for Bioengineering & the American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Regional biomass processing depots: a key for challenges in biorefinery value chains”
Keynote Speaker, Networking on Feedstock Engineering and Depot Systems for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
BioFuelNet Canada, Joint meeting of CSBE and ASABE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
“The Retail vs. Wholesale Choice for Renewable Generators in PJM”
Invited speaker, EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach Program
“Regional biomass processing depots : a key for challenges in biorefinery value chains”
Invited speaker, Biofuel Net, Annual General Meeting Montreal, Quebec
“Regional Biomass Processing Centers”
Invited speaker, Agriculture and Food Systems In-Service, Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY.
“Value Chain Choices in the Emerging Bio-Fuels Industry”
Invited speaker, 2nd Annual Biomass Supply Chain Conference, St. Louis, MO.
“Regional Processing of Biomass”
Invited speaker, Michigan Agri-Energy Conference 09, Kalamazoo, MI
“Destination 2025: Focus on the Future of the Renewable Energy Industry”,
Consulted Expert, paper by The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota and Deloitte Consulting, LLP
“Cellulosic Ethanol Supply Choices”
Invited Speaker, Michigan State University, AFRE Recruitment Seminar
“Distributed Pre-processing of Ligno-cellulosic Biomass: Possibilities for North Dakota”
Invited Speaker, North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Fargo, ND
“Distributed Bio-Processing Using Regional Biomass Pre-Processing Centers”
Invited Speaker, MBI International, “Developing Bio-based Fuels, Chemicals & Materials Symposium”
“Technical & Financial Feasibility of Distributed Bio-Processing Using Regional Biomass Processing Centers”
Invited Speaker, NC-1034 Annual Meeting, Economic Research Service, USDA
“Supply Chain Management in the Ethanol Industry: The Promise of Cellulosic & the Food vs. Fuel Debate”
Invited Speaker, Senior Economics Seminar, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
“Economics of a Ligno-cellulosic Biomass Supply Chain Utilizing Distributed Pre-treatment Facilities”
Invited Speaker, Michigan State University, AFRE Recruitment Seminar
“Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Regional Biomass Processing Facility”
Presenter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory ‘29th Annual Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels & Chemicals’
School of Business Administration
School of Business Administration