Carnegie Mellon University
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

ARCHITECTURE
Omer Akin
John Folan
Volker Hartkopf
Khee Poh Lam
Stephen Lee
Vivian Loftness

ART
Robert Bingham

CHEMISTRY
Terry Collins
Neil Donahue
Colin Horwitz
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Ryan Sullivan
Newell Washburn

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Lorenz Biegler
Andrew Gellman
Ignacio Grossmann
John Kitchin
Meaghan Mauter
Jim Miller
Spyros Pandis
Nikolaos Sahinidis

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Robert Tilton

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Peter Adams
Mario Berges
Kaushik Dayal
David Dzombak
James Garrett
Kelvin Gregory
Chris Hendrickson
Athanasios Karamalidis
Greg Lowry
Scott Matthews
David Nakles
Mitchell Small
Jeanne VanBriesen

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Lenore Blum
Jennifer Mankoff
Illah Nourbakhsh
Eric Paulos

DESIGN
Melisa Cicozzi
Terry Irwin

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Marija Ilic
Gabriella Hug

HISTORY
John Soluri
Joel Tarr

ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC POLICY
Ines Azevedo
Elizabeth Casman
Paul Fischbeck
Deanna Matthews
Granger Morgan
Edward Rubin
Paulina Jaramillo

MATERIAL SCIENCE
Robert Heard
David Landis
Sridhar Seetharaman

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Shawn Litster
Jonathan Malen
William Messner
Jeremy Michalek

SOCIAL AND DECISION SCIENCES
Baruch Fischhoff
Cleotilde Gonzalez
Wandi Bruine de Bruin

TEPPER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Jay Apt
Michael Griffin

1. H. Scott Matthews, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy/Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University researchers report that US cities need to respect history to improve sustainability Works by famed industrial landscape artist Aaron Gorson are visual reminders of the 1940s, when Pittsburgh was the nation's steelmaking center. New research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that today’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are as low as those of that gritty decade. CMU researchers recently published the first-ever study estimating long-term energy use and carbon dioxide emissions from 1900 to 2000 for a metropolitan area in the U.S. The sobering results suggest a need for beefed up regional strategies to avoid missing the goal of reduced CO2. The research team, was lead led by CMU's Rachel Hoesly (PhD student, Enginnering and Public Policy) and H. Scott Matthews (engineering and Public Policy/Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Michael Blackhurst of the University of Texas at Austin.
Read more: https://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2012/04_18_history_sustainability_planning.html

2. Greg Lowry, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Science Center's Honorable Mention for the 2012 Environmental Award, Professor Lowry has developed nanotechnology-based solutions for improving environmental quality by helping others understand the risks associated with nanomaterials in consumer products, which pose threats to the environment and human health. Also, he is developing novel nanoparticles for environmental remediation.
Read more: http://www.ce.cmu.edu/news/news-archive/2012/2012-lowry-csc.html

3. Marija Ilic, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering/Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon's Marija Ilic leads team developing new smart grid models and tools for low-coast green islands. Remote island communities from the Azores to Nome, Alaska, could experience drastic reductions in the cost of electricity and CO2 emissions by using new smart energy grid technology developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Electric Energy Systems Group (EESG).
"We have developed a suite of computer models, decision-making tools and automation for efficient and reliable integration of wind and other sustainable energy sources. Embedding these tools in energy resources, system users and the power grid itself will enable cost-effective utilization of all assets and can help the economic health of islands worldwide," said Marija Ilic, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon and EESG director.
Read more: https://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2012/03_09_smart_grid.html
4. W. Michael Griffin. Executive Director, Green Design Institute, H. Scott Matthews, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Engineering and Public Policy, and Paulina Jaramillo, Assistant Research Professor, Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Explore Impacts of Uncertainty of Energy Transitions on Environmental Effects of Electricity Production. The researchers explored two of the primary forces that continue to affect the short term environmental effects of making electricity: the increase in natural gas-fired generation as a result of low natural gas prices, and the retirement of coal plants.
Read more: https://www.cit.cmu.edu/media/press/2012/10_09_venkatesh_griffin_matthews_jaramillo.html

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