Deepak Rajagopal
Associate Professor; Director, Leadership in Sustainability Certificate Program
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
(310) 794-4903
rdeepak@ioes.ucla.edu
Deepak Rajagopal is a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability where he conducts research on life cycle assessment, industrial ecology, energy and agricultural economics and policy. He is also the Director of the Leadership in Sustainability Certificate Program at UCLA.
Dr. Rajagopal received his Ph.D in Energy and Resources from UC Berkeley, where he was a researcher at the Energy Biosciences Institute. He holds a M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from UC Berkeley and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park. He earned a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India.
Ongoing research
- Electric vehicles in ride-sourcing applications, public buses and heavy-duty trucks with a focus on developing countries
- Electric Vehicles: Survey of Lyft and Uber drivers in Los Angeles
- Electric vehicles in shared-mobility applications
- Fast charging infrastructure needs for electric ride-sharing vehicles
- Electric vehicles for public transportation
- Life cycle assessment
- A Heuristic Screening Aid for Consequential Life Cycle Assessment
- Economics of Biofuels
Courses
Environment 159: Life Cycle Analysis and Tools for Sustainability Assessment
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Environment 157: Energy, Environment and Development
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Environment 180: Senior Practicum
- 2011-2012: Lifecycle analysis based comparison of Battery and gasoline vehicles
- 2012-2013: Lifecycle analysis of building
Undergraduate Mentoring
- A Supply Chain Risk Analysis of Cobalt Used in Electric Vehicle Batteries in the US
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