Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.95
Liaison C Jane Hagen
Submission Date July 24, 2015
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Virginia Commonwealth University
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.63 / 12.00 Parker Long
Sustainability Reporting and Outreach Coordinator
Facilities Management - Office of Sustainability
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
69

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
766

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
31

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
82

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
John E. Anderson - Environmental Studies Gary Atkinson – Electrical Engineering Jayasimha Atulasimha – Mechanical Engineering Helen Ruth-Aspaas - Urban & Regional Planning Bonnie Brown - Department of Biology Paul Bukaveckas - Environmental Studies Kevin A. Caillouet - Environmental Studies Everett Carpenter - Inorganic & Materials Chemistry Daniel Carr – Biology Xueming Chen – Urban & Regional Planning Jennifer Ciminelli - Environmental Studies Vickie S. Connors - Environmental Studies Jody Davis – Psychology Peter L. deFur - Environmental Studies Rodney J. Dyer - VCU Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences Hani El-Kaderi – Inorganic & Materials Chemistry Linda Fernandez - Environmental Studies & Economics Stephen Fong – Chemical Engineering Gregory Garman - Environmental Studies Christopher Gough - Biology Megan Gough - Urban & Regional Planning Kimberly Guthrie – Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Purusottam Jena - Physics Vojislav Kecman – Computer Science Shiv Kanna – Physics Sama Bilbao y Leon – Nuclear Engineering Jason Levy - Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Jamie Mahoney – Graphic Design S. Leigh McCallister - Environmental Studies Stephen P. McIninch - Environmental Studies Jim McLeskey - Chemical Engineering Karla Mossi – Mechanical Engineering Ramana Pidaparti - Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Damian Pitt - Urban & Regional Planning Wang Qian - Physics Sun Qiang – Physics Rose Regni - Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Ulises Reveles - Physics Vijay A. Satyal - Environmental Studies Avrum Shriar - Urban & Regional Studies Arif Sikder - Environmental Studies Leonard A. Smock - VCU Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences I-Shian Suen – Urban & Regional Studies Vishnu Sundaresan – Mechanical Engineering Linda Tee - Fashion Design & Fashion Merchandising Robert E. Ulanowicz - Environmental Studies R. Leonard Vance - Environmental Studies Robert Ventura - Interior Design Catherine Viverette - Environmental Studies Bryan D. Watts - Environmental Studies Camden Whitehead - Interior Design Van Wood - School of Business Kenneth Wynne – Chemical Engineering Don Young - Biological Complexity Wei Zhang - Electrical and Computer Engineering Regina Bundy – VCU School of Education: Teaching and Learning Mohammad G. Rabbani, Ph.D. – VCU Department of Chemistry Shiv Khanna – VCU Department of Physics Benjamin Evans – VCU Center on Human Needs Steven Woolf – VCU Center on Human Needs Amber Haley – VCU Center on Human Needs Emily Zimmerman – VCU Center on Human Needs Deirdre Condit – Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs John Powers – History Christina Lindholm – School of the Arts Randolph Barker – Business Management Faye Prichard – Education Deborah Cowles - Marketing Gregory Greenhalgh - Sports Leadership

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
This inventory was completed with the help of the Sustainability Academic Leadership Team by identifying departments that may have sustainability research and reaching out to them to determine if any research meets the criteria and identifying the individuals doing research.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Dr. Yuichi Motai, Dr. Zhifang Wang-Electrical Engineering

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