Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 72.23
Liaison Brandon Trelstad
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Oregon State University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 9.55 / 12.00 Brandon Trelstad
Sustainability Coordinator
Sustainability Office
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
660

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
101

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
15.30

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
151

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
67

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
44.37

Research Inventory 

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:
Anderson, Kim A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Argerich, Alba FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Arismendi, Ivan D AFW - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Bachelet, Dominique ABE - Biol & Ecol Engrg Operations Bailey, Demian A OAS - RCRV Ship Operations Bailey, John D FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Baker, C Scott AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Barroso, Judit ACB - Colmbia Basin Oper Batten, Belinda A EKC - Kiewit Ctr for Transportation Betts, Matthew G FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Blunck, David L EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Boggess, William G AEB - EOARC - Burns Bohnert, David W AEB - EOARC - Burns Boudet, Hilary S CLA - School of Public Policy Ops Brekken, Christine M AAR - Applied Economics Operations Brekken, Ted K ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Brook, Edward J OAS - Geosciences Operations Brown, Jennifer GRD - Grad School Special Programs Bryla, David R AHT - Horticulture Operations Capalbo, Susan M AAR - Applied Economics Operations Cheung, Itchung S OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Chung, Woodam FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Crump, Byron C OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Davis, Curtiss O OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper DeBano, Sandra J AHE - Hermiston Operations DeFrancesco, Joseph T ANW - North Willamette Extension Dennis, Jennifer GRD - Grad School Special Programs Dilles, John H OAS - Geosciences Operations Drost, Monte K EMD - Micro Products - MIME Dugger, Bruce D AFW - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Duncan, Patti L CLA - Sch of Lang, Cultr & Soc Ops DuPont, Bryony L ENG - Deans Office Egbert, Gary D OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Egna, Hillary S APD - Aquaculture CRSP Operations Endress, Bryan A AEU - EOARC - Union Fern, Alan P ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm Field, Jennifer A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Field, Katharine G ABR - Bioresources Research Oper Friedlaender, Ari AMM - Marine Mammal Institute Ops Frost, Kenneth E AHE - Hermiston Operations Garcia, Tiffany S AFW - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Gent, David H ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Harmon, Mark E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Hutchings, Jennifer K OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Hystad, Perry HHS - Enviro, Safety & Health (PH) Jenkins, Jeffrey J ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Jensen, Carlos ESE - Computer Science Prgm Jepson, Paul C AIP - Ag IPPC Operations Johnson, Sherri L AFW - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Jones, Frank A ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Jones, Julia A OAS - Geosciences Operations Junker, Joseph F EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Juranek, Lauren W OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Kagan, James S RNR - INR Information Operations Kaiser, Clive TEX - Ext Umatilla Co Office Kowalewski, Alec R AHT - Horticulture Operations Lancaster, Stephen T OAS - Geosciences Operations Law, Beverly E FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Liston, Aaron I ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Loveland, Walter D SCH - Chemistry Operations Lytle, David SZO - Integrative Biology Operatns Maguire, Douglas A FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Martin, Dana L TEX - Ext Warm Springs Mathews, V John ESE - Elect/Comp Engr Prgm McDonnell, Kathleen HHS - Human Developmnt & Family Sci McDonnell, Kathleen M HHS - Human Developmnt & Family Sci Meigs, Andrew J OAS - Geosciences Operations Miller, Weston A AHT - Horticulture Extn Field Fac Mote, Philip W OAS - Oregon ClimateChange Res Inst Mundt, Christopher C ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Nason, Jeffrey A ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Nembhard, Harriet B EMM - Mechanical Engineering Prgm Noller, Jay S ACS - Crop and Soil Science Oper Park, Jae W ASF - COMES - Astoria Oper Parke, Jennifer L ACS - Crop and Soil Science Oper Peterson, James T AFW - Fisheries and Wildlife Oper Pscheidt, Jay W ABP - Ag Botany and Plant Path Oper Puettmann, Klaus J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Rao, Sujaya U ACS - Crop and Soil Science Oper Ripple, William J FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Rojo, Javier SST - Statistics Operations Rondon, Silvia AHE - Hermiston Operations Rowe, Shawn RSG - Sea Grant Programs Schultz, Adam OAS - Oceanic and Atmos Sci Oper Semprini, Lewis ECB - Environmental Engr Prgm Sessions, John FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Shinderman, Matthew J LCB - Natural Resources Shock, Clinton C AMA - Malheur Operations Smith, Carole A TEX - Ext Union County Office Sowders, Stacey HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Stone, Alexandra G AHT - Horticulture Operations Stubblefield, William A ATX - Envr & Molec Tox Oper Suryan, Robert M RMS - HMSC Research Operations Tanguay, Robert SBB - Biochem & Biophysics Oper Taylor II, Jimmy D FOR - Forest Ecosystem Sciences Prg Tesch, Steven D FOR - FE Forest Engr Prgm Wager, John F SCH - Chemistry Operations Walton, Vaughn M AHT - Horticulture Operations Werling, Rachel A TEX - Ext Jackson Co Office Willis, Patrick C HHS - Ext 4-H Youth Dev Off-Campus Zemetra, Robert S ACS - Crop and Soil Science Oper

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory (including the types of faculty and staff included as researchers):
OSU Sustainability Office staff reviewed all 1,644 rows of active research award data for FY17 and coded awards according to their alignment with Earth Charter and other sustainability principles. As indicated in OSU’s Strategic Plan, research activities should advance the science of sustainable earth ecosystems, improve human health and wellness, promote economic development and social progress, or expand the current knowledge base within sustainability focus areas such as alternative energy, climate, and materials sciences. Faculty and staff were considered researchers if they were successfully awarded research money via an external grant allocation or process.

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Please note that the count of "number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research" listed for this credit is greater than the academic department count in other credits. For this Research credit, we define "academic departments" to include all university units conducting sponsored research, which includes centers, institutes and programs (CIPS), cooperative extension offices, Ag Experiment Stations, Student Affairs and others, in addition to traditional academic departments.

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