Overall Rating	Bronze
Overall Score	28.30
Liaison	Eva Chase
Submission Date	June 21, 2024

STARS v2.2

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	12.00 / 12.00	Eva Chase Sustainability Coordinator Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Part 1. Sustainability research

Total number of employees that conduct research:

153

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

24.84

Part 2. Sustainability research by department

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:

78.57

Research Inventory

A copy of the inventory of the institution’s sustainability research (upload):

List_of_Research_Pertaining_to_Sustainability_SDSMT.docx

Inventory of the institution’s sustainability research:

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:

We received a list of the research projects conducted each year by each department (a part of an inventory of research sent out to faculty yearly). We reviewed research projects and looked up the abstract of the research if it wasn't clear whether the research could be classified as "sustainability research" or not from the title.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:

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Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Research from past 3 years included: FY 2020, 2021, and 2022.