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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