Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.76
Liaison Aurora Sharrard
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Pittsburgh
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.17 / 12.00 David Sanchez
Asst. Prof/Assist. Director
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
1,883

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
90

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
4.78

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
121

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
19

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
15.70

A copy of the institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

1. Michael Aklin, Political Science
2. Stephen Chaudoin, Political Science
3. Pierre Landry, Political Science
4. B. Guy Peters, Political Science
5. Steve Finkel, Political Science
6. Tracy Soska, School of Social Work
7. Jeff Slack, Architectural Studies
8. C. Drew Armstrong, Architectural Studies
9. Bill Chase, History
10. Cynthia Danford, School of Nursing
11. Randy Walsh, Economics
12. Werner Troesken, Economics
13. Arie Beresteneau, Economics
14. Daniel Mosse, Computer Science
15. Bruce Childers, Computer Science
16. Sangyeun Cho, Computer Science
17. Panos Chrysanthis, Computer Science
18. Alexandros Labrinidis, Computer Science
19. Rami Melhem, Computer Science
20. Kirk Pruhs, Computer Science
21. Youtao Zhang, Computer Science
22. Taieb Znati, Computer Science
23. Anna C. Balazs, Chemical Engineering
24. Eric Beckman, Chemical Engineering
25. Melissa Bilec, Civil & Environmental Engineering
26. Kevin Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering
27. William Clark, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
28. Daniel G. Cole, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
29. Di Gao, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
30. Leanne Gilbertson, Civil & Environmental Engineering
31. Kent Harries, Civil & Environmental Engineering
32. Alex K. Jones, Electrical and Computer Engineering
33. Vikas Khanna, Civil and Environmental Engineering
34. Paul W Leu, Industrial Engineering
35. Xu Liang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
36. Haitao Liu, Department of Chemistry
37. James McKone, Chemical Engineering
38. Ian Nettleship, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
39. Carla Ng, Civil & Environmental Engineering
40. Greg Reed, Electrical and Computer Engineering
41. Piervincenzo Rizzo , Civil and Environmental Engineering
42. David Sanchez, Civil and Environmental Engineering
43. Ravi Shankar, Industrial Engineering
44. Albert To, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
45. Sachin Velankar, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
46. Goetz Veser, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
47. Radisav D. Vidic, Civil & Environmental Engineering
48. Jeff Vipperman Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
49. Judith C. Yang, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
50. Minhee Yun, Electrical & Computer Engineering
51. Mark Abbott, Geology and Planetary Science
52. Daniel Bain Geology and Planetary Science
53. Rosemary Capo Geology and Planetary Science
54. Emily Elliott, Geology and Planetary Science
55. William Harbert, Geology and Planetary Science
56. Michael Ramsey, Geology and Planetary Science
57. Brian Stewart, Geology and Planetary Science
58. Joseph Werne, Geology and Planetary Science
59. Walt Carson, Biological Sciences
60. John C. Camillus, School of Business
61. Susan K. Cohen, School of Business
62. Brett Crawford, School of Business
63. William E. Hefley, School of Business
64. Ravi Madhavan, School of Business
65. Jeremy Weber, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
66. Sabina Dietrick, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
67. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
68. John Sebastian, Civil & Environmental Engineering
69. Hao Sun, Civil & Environmental Engineering
70. Jintong Hu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
71. John Keith, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
72. Markus Chmielus, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
73. Andrew LaNauze, Economics
74. Brian Thomas, Geology and Environmental Science
75. Graham Beattie, Economics
76. Haitao Liu, Chemistry
77. Brandon Grainger, Electrical and Computer Engineering
78. Bill Stanchina, Electrical and Computer Engineering
79. Tia Lynn Ashman, Biology
80. Michael Blackhurst, University Center for Social and Urban Research
81. Ipsita Banerjee, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
82. Mostafa Bedewy, Industrial Engineering
83. Irene Mena, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
84. Kay Shimizu, Political Science
85. Alan George, Electrical and Computer Engineering
86. Jeff Kharoufeh, Industrial Engineering
87. Jung-Kun Lee, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
88. Guanyong Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering
89. Katerine Ong, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
90. Feng Xiong, Electrical and Computer Engineering


A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):

The University created a Sustainability Task Force whose mission has been to inventory current faculty engaged in sustainability research as well as provide opportunities for additional faculty to develop sustainability related research.


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