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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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

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

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:
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.


The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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.


On page 4 of the attached document, the research of Chioma Ekechi and Richard Pirkle is included.

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