Chait Bhat

Chait graduated with a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University in Fall 2020 with a focus on developing life cycle information models that would facilitate the development of consistent Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) during public procurement decision-making. Chait is also a certified Life Cycle Assessment Practitioner by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment. Chait was involved in the compilation of background data for the FHWA’s LCAPave tool and played a key role in developing 2022 American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA)’s Product Category Rule (PCR) guidance toolkit that was majorly funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Chait is currently working as a sustainability engineer at the Asphalt Institute (AI).