Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 53.94
Liaison DeLayne Miller
Submission Date Dec. 15, 2022

STARS v2.2

Tennessee Technological University
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 8.35 / 12.00
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Total number of employees that conduct research:
423

Number of employees engaged in sustainability research:
51

Percentage of employees that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
12.06

Total number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts research:
34

Number of academic departments that include at least one employee who conducts sustainability research:
15

Percentage of departments that conduct research that are engaged in sustainability research:
44.12

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

Inventory was combined from pdf's of each department directory from the "Faculty Research Directory"
webpage under the Office of Research section on Tech's website (https://www.tntech.edu/research/facultyresearchdirectory/index.php). Faculty that are engaged in sustainability research are highlighted in yellow on the file submitted.


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

The Office of Research compiled a list of faculty who have been involved in research in FY22 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.


Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainability research is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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