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Overall Score 67.47
Liaison Aaron Klemm
Submission Date Aug. 26, 2016
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San Jose State University
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 10.00 / 12.00 Sandeep Muju
Executive Director
Research Foundation
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
93
+ Date Revised: Aug. 16, 2017

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
576

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
32

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
64

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Please note that list below includes five non-academic staff members in addition to 89 faculty counted in above metrics. Headcount of 576 does NOT include non-academic staff. This information replicated in attached file. Trulio Lynne EnvS Klee Gary EnvS Mulvaney Dustin EnvS Olszewski Bruce EnvS Gershenson Alex EnvS Douglas Jason EnvS Russell Will EnvS Cushing Katherine EnvS Wrathall David EnvS Fiack Duran EnvS O'Malley Rachel EnvS Speer Leslie Design/H&A Grindstaff Beverly ArtH Sotu Hamedi-Hagh EE Cordero Eugene METR Todd AnneMarie COMM Nixon Hilary URBP Salazar Dayana URBP Agarwal Asha URBP Mathur Shishir URBP Kos Rick URBP Wessel Ginette URBP Metzger Ellen GEOG Smith Grinnell ED Guenter Scott AMS Pitchon Anna ANTH Faas AJ ANTH McMullin Kurt CEE Davis Kate GEOG Richardson Kathryn GEOG Loomba Arvinder BUS Foster Chuck AE Bashash Saied ME Ginny Rhee ME Freeman Marjorie NUFS Cabrera Peggy LIBRARY Curry Julia MAS Pizarro Marcos MAS DeHaan Jason SOC Ross Suzy Health Science & Recreation Pignotti Giselle NUFS Mamary Ed Health Science & Recreation Ta Van Health Science & Recreation Roe Kathleen Health Science & Recreation Worthen Miranda Health Science & Recreation Masucci Matthew Health Science & Recreation Butryn Ted Health Science & Recreation McProud Lucy Health Science & Recreation Basu Anu College of Business Holian Matt ECON Roman Ronald MGMT/COB Rinck Health Science & Recreation Vinck Mehgna MGMT/COB Aiello Ivano MOSS LANDING Coale Kenneth MOSS LANDING Connolly Tom MOSS LANDING Geller Jon MOSS LANDING Graham Michael MOSS LANDING Hamilton Scott MOSS LANDING Lage Katie MOSS LANDING McDonald Gitte MOSS LANDING Welschmeyer N MOSS LANDING Lee Juneseok CEE Consavari Elizabeth ARTH Blackmer Reyes Kathryn LIBRARY Kohn Rebecca LIBRARY Slobuski Teresa LIBRARY San Fratello Virginia Design/H&A Furman Buford MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Garcia Alejandro PHYSICS Meniketti Marco ANTHRO Lee Juneseok CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Loomba Arvinder BUS Gosselin Kathryn MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Meyers-Lipton Scott SOCIOLOGY Strauss Daniel CHEMISTRY Luo Lili I-SCHOOL Rhee Jinny MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Resa Kelly CHEMISTRY Selvadury Guna BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Freedman Marjorie NUFS Armaline William JUSTICE STUDIES Jordan Kevin PSYCHOLOGY Sunseri Charlotte ANTHROPOLOGY Stein Ninian ANTHROPOLOGY Kim John CHEMISTRY Pitchon Ana ANTHROPOLOGY Mackie Joshua BIOLOGY Pfeiffer Jeanine ENVS Wonder Kristen Spartan Shops Rodriguez Tiffany Transportation Solutions Zonobi Eyedin Transportation Solutions Andres Debbie FD&O Salvadalena Adam FD&O

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
To complete this research inventory we calculated the number of faculty who are actively pursuing and conducting research, have submitted research proposals, or have been awarded grants relating to sustainability.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
Notable achievements include: 1. Grant awards from the California State Department of Fish and Game and the California State Water Resources Control Board to monitor the environmental health of California's streams, rivers, lakes and coastal areas. The research team on the program, known as SWAMP (Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program), collects and analyzes scientific data on water from around the state. They examine water quality chemistry and measure toxicity. That data is then compiled, analyzed and integrated into comprehensive reports and web sites that serve as resources and repositories for the entire State of California. The program is led by Rusty Fairey, Director of the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at SJSU's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. 2. In a highly technical convergence of material formulation, digital modeling and 3-D printing, Professor Virginia San Fratello - a licensed, practicing architect and SJSU faculty member - and her students are designing sustainable, customizable and inexpensive building components made entirely from recycled demolition debris and carpentry waste. Funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, they have constructed rigid window coverings that mediate the interior climate, reducing the need for air conditioning and heating. Using an open-weave ivy-leaf pattern, they have generated mass customized designs that increase winter interior temperatures by an average of 12 degrees and decrease summer interior temperatures by an average of 9 degrees. 3. The Spartan Superway is a model automated transit network (ATN), a system where fully automated vehicles operate on a grade-separated track, one that is elevated about 20 to 30 feet above existing roadways. Under the guidance of Mechanical Engineering Professor Burford Thurman, a design team of SJSU students from engineering, industrial design, urban planning, and business have constructed a short but full-size model of the track as well as developing a cabin design. While no market for the ATN yet exists, it appears to have future potential as a mode of sustainable transportation given that a solar power collection system can be integrated into its design.

The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
2013 and 2014 Research Foundation Annual Reports http://www.flipsnack.com/9FC9CC6BDC9/annual-report-2014-ftufvss5z.html http://www.flipsnack.com/9FC9CC6BDC9/annual-report-2013.html

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