Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.09
Liaison DeLayne Miller
Submission Date Dec. 18, 2019
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STARS v2.1

Tennessee Technological University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.80 / 12.00
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
115

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
52

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
45.22

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
60

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
21

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
35

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:
Research_FY18-19.xlsx

The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
Brian Leckie, College of Agriculture Dennis Duncan, College of Agriculture Michael Best, College of Agriculture Carla Hurt, College of Arts and Sciences Donald Walker, Department of Biology Joshua Perkin, Department of Biology W. Keith Gibbs, Department of Biology Justin Murdock, Department of Biology Steven Hayslette, Department of Biology Daniel Combs, Department of Biology Amanda Rosenberger, Department of Biology John Johansen, Depatment of Biology Brian Carver, Department of Biology Brad Cohen, Department of Biology Robert Kissell, Department of Biology John Gunderson, Department of Biology Christopher Wheeler, Department of Biology Satish Mahajan, College of Engineering Omar Elkeelany, Center for Energy Systems Research Charles Van Neste, Center for Energy Systems Research Vahid Motevalli, Center for Energy Systems Research Ying Zhang, Center for Manufacturing Research Laura Chavez, Chemical Engineering Joseph Biernacki, Chemical Engineering Mark Rogers, Cooperative Fisheries Research Unit Benjamin Mohr, Civil and Environmental Engineering Daniel VandenBerge, Civil and Environmental Engineering Alfred Kalyanapu, Civil and Environmental Engineering Stephen Click, Civil and Environmental Engineering Darek Potter, Civil and Environmental Engineering Jennifer Dangelo, College of Business Gerald Gannod, Computer Science Sheik Ghafoor, Computer Science Jeannette Wolak, Department Earth Sciences Joseph Asante, Department of Earth Sciences Evan Hart, Department of Earth Sciences Indranil Bhattacharya, Electrical and Computer Engineering Mohamed Mahmoud, Electrical and Computer Engineering Sayed Rafay Hasan, Electrical and Computer Engineering Hayden Mattingly, Environmental Studies Phillip Bettoli, Human Resources John Woodard, ITS- Academic Client Technologies Mark Rogers, Mathematics Glenn Cunningham, Mechanical Engineering Ethan Languri, Mechanical Engineering Sally Pardue, Mechanical Engineering Jiahong Zhu, Mechanical Engineering Bharat Soni, Research and Economic Development Tania Datta, SACF Engineering Grace McClellan, Water Center Chioma Ekechi, Environmental Sciences-Chemistry Richard Pirkle, Environmental Science-Biology

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 Office of Research compiled a list of faculty who received awards for research in FY18 and has it available on the school website. The reported research projects were reviewed by the Office of Sustainability based on the definition of “sustainability research” outlined in G. Standards and Terms.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
https://www.tntech.edu/research/facultyresearchdirectory/index.php

Additional documentation to support the submission:
SOESSummer2019FINAL.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
On page 4 of the attached document, the research of Chioma Ekechi and Richard Pirkle is included.

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