Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.85
Liaison Srinivasan Raghavan
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2013
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University of Missouri
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.93 / 10.00 Shivani Vaid
Graduate Research Assistant
MU Sustainability Office
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
94

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
1,949

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:

Biology
Forestry abd Wildlife
Geography
Plant Science
Agriculture Econ
Anthropology
Rural Sociology
Enviornmental Design
CEE
Chemical Engineering
SEAS
Agricultyre Sys Management
Animal Sciences
Biochemistry
Chemistry


The website URL where the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research is posted :
A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:
Brief descriptions of up to 4 recent notable accomplishments by faculty engaged in sustainability research, including names and department affiliations:

-Biofuel enhancement through plasma-assisted reforming:
Scott Kovaleski (Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
T. Greg Engel (James C. Dowell Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Biogas and electricity production from waste or wastewater:
Zhiqiang Hu (Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Biogas production from animal and human wastes in India and the U.S. :
Leon Schumacher (Professor, Agriculture Systems Management, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources)
Ken Schneeberger (Assistant Dean Special Programs, Professor of Agriculture Economics, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources)
-Development of biomass-based foams and other products:
Fu-Hung Hsieh (Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources)
-Extraction of oil from biomass using supercritical fluids:
William Jacoby (Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Gasification of biomass in supercritical water to produce hydrogen and/or syngas:
William Jacoby (Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Integrated systems engineering approach to biomass utilization:
Jinglu Tan (Division Director of Food Systems and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
L. Schumacher (Professor, Agriculture Systems Management, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources)
S. Borgelt (Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
William Jacoby (Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Logistic modeling and optimization of biomass utilization systems:
Jinglu Tan (Division Director Food Systems and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Nanoparticles in thermochemical biomass conversion:
William Jacoby (Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering)
-Wood wastes for electric power generation at MU Power Plant:
Gregg Coffin (Superintendant Power Plant, Department of Energy Management)


The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The University has not conducted a recent survey on how many overall faculty members partake in research. The total number of faculty members engaged in research that we used is the total number of faculty on campus. While we do not expect that every faculty member on campus is partaking in research, this number was used in order to not portray an over estimated, inaccurate picture of our faculty engaged in research. After a survey is completed, we expect this score to rise significantly.


The University has not conducted a recent survey on how many overall faculty members partake in research. The total number of faculty members engaged in research that we used is the total number of faculty on campus. While we do not expect that every faculty member on campus is partaking in research, this number was used in order to not portray an over estimated, inaccurate picture of our faculty engaged in research. After a survey is completed, we expect this score to rise significantly.

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