Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 49.76
Liaison Aurora Sharrard
Submission Date Feb. 28, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

University of Pittsburgh
AC-9: Research and Scholarship

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.17 / 12.00 David Sanchez
Asst. Prof/Assist. Director
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Part 1 

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in research (headcount):
1,883

Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff that are engaged in sustainability research (headcount):
90

Percentage of the institution's faculty and staff researchers that are engaged in sustainability research :
4.78

Part 2 

Total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts research:
121

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
19

Percentage of research-producing departments that are engaged in sustainability research:
15.70

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:
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The institution’s inventory of its sustainability research that includes names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
1. Michael Aklin, Political Science 2. Stephen Chaudoin, Political Science 3. Pierre Landry, Political Science 4. B. Guy Peters, Political Science 5. Steve Finkel, Political Science 6. Tracy Soska, School of Social Work 7. Jeff Slack, Architectural Studies 8. C. Drew Armstrong, Architectural Studies 9. Bill Chase, History 10. Cynthia Danford, School of Nursing 11. Randy Walsh, Economics 12. Werner Troesken, Economics 13. Arie Beresteneau, Economics 14. Daniel Mosse, Computer Science 15. Bruce Childers, Computer Science 16. Sangyeun Cho, Computer Science 17. Panos Chrysanthis, Computer Science 18. Alexandros Labrinidis, Computer Science 19. Rami Melhem, Computer Science 20. Kirk Pruhs, Computer Science 21. Youtao Zhang, Computer Science 22. Taieb Znati, Computer Science 23. Anna C. Balazs, Chemical Engineering 24. Eric Beckman, Chemical Engineering 25. Melissa Bilec, Civil & Environmental Engineering 26. Kevin Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering 27. William Clark, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science 28. Daniel G. Cole, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 29. Di Gao, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering 30. Leanne Gilbertson, Civil & Environmental Engineering 31. Kent Harries, Civil & Environmental Engineering 32. Alex K. Jones, Electrical and Computer Engineering 33. Vikas Khanna, Civil and Environmental Engineering 34. Paul W Leu, Industrial Engineering 35. Xu Liang, Civil & Environmental Engineering 36. Haitao Liu, Department of Chemistry 37. James McKone, Chemical Engineering 38. Ian Nettleship, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science 39. Carla Ng, Civil & Environmental Engineering 40. Greg Reed, Electrical and Computer Engineering 41. Piervincenzo Rizzo , Civil and Environmental Engineering 42. David Sanchez, Civil and Environmental Engineering 43. Ravi Shankar, Industrial Engineering 44. Albert To, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 45. Sachin Velankar, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering 46. Goetz Veser, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering 47. Radisav D. Vidic, Civil & Environmental Engineering 48. Jeff Vipperman Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science 49. Judith C. Yang, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 50. Minhee Yun, Electrical & Computer Engineering 51. Mark Abbott, Geology and Planetary Science 52. Daniel Bain Geology and Planetary Science 53. Rosemary Capo Geology and Planetary Science 54. Emily Elliott, Geology and Planetary Science 55. William Harbert, Geology and Planetary Science 56. Michael Ramsey, Geology and Planetary Science 57. Brian Stewart, Geology and Planetary Science 58. Joseph Werne, Geology and Planetary Science 59. Walt Carson, Biological Sciences 60. John C. Camillus, School of Business 61. Susan K. Cohen, School of Business 62. Brett Crawford, School of Business 63. William E. Hefley, School of Business 64. Ravi Madhavan, School of Business 65. Jeremy Weber, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs 66. Sabina Dietrick, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs 67. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs 68. John Sebastian, Civil & Environmental Engineering 69. Hao Sun, Civil & Environmental Engineering 70. Jintong Hu, Electrical and Computer Engineering 71. John Keith, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 72. Markus Chmielus, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 73. Andrew LaNauze, Economics 74. Brian Thomas, Geology and Environmental Science 75. Graham Beattie, Economics 76. Haitao Liu, Chemistry 77. Brandon Grainger, Electrical and Computer Engineering 78. Bill Stanchina, Electrical and Computer Engineering 79. Tia Lynn Ashman, Biology 80. Michael Blackhurst, University Center for Social and Urban Research 81. Ipsita Banerjee, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering 82. Mostafa Bedewy, Industrial Engineering 83. Irene Mena, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 84. Kay Shimizu, Political Science 85. Alan George, Electrical and Computer Engineering 86. Jeff Kharoufeh, Industrial Engineering 87. Jung-Kun Lee, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 88. Guanyong Li, Electrical and Computer Engineering 89. Katerine Ong, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 90. Feng Xiong, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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 University created a Sustainability Task Force whose mission has been to inventory current faculty engaged in sustainability research as well as provide opportunities for additional faculty to develop sustainability related research.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/MCSI/Funded-Research/

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