T. EDWARD YU
Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Dr. T. Edward Yu is a Professor and the Graduate Director in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee. He has led and co-investigated various grant projects to evaluate the economics of biofuels from different agricultural and forestry feedstock and the related environmental impacts over the past two decades.
His recent research has primarily focused on the economics of developing a regional sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production system from various feedstock and the nexus of bioenergy, agriculture, and the environment, such as GHG emissions, soil organic carbon, and water quality. His research has been disseminated in prestigious journals and national/international meetings and featured in the public press.
Dr. Yu is co-leading a Tennessee team for the feedstock supply analysis for SAF in the Aviation Sustainable Center under the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. He is a member of the Transportation Research Board Standing Committee on Environmental Issues in Aviation (AV030) in 2024-2027.
Dr. Yu received his M.S. in Economics from Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Texas A&M University in 2005.
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