Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, 2019 Annual Report

The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation FY19 ANNUAL REPORT

PROGRAMS USED TO SUPPORT AND ENGAGE FACULTY AND STUDENTS WITH INTEREST AND EXPERTISE IN SUSTAINABILITY

Research Seed Grants The goals of the MCSI seed grant program are to: (1) catalyze the formation of convergent research teams focused on sustainability and associated solutions; (2) fund projects capable of obtaining external funding upon completion; and (3) enhance Pitt’s national recognition in sustainability. Over the past 15 years, MCSI has provided over $4.0MM to faculty PIs in support of sustainability research and as a result has secured follow-on funding totaling nearly $24MM.

SSOE Seed Funding by Faculty Department (108 grants since 2004) 40 35

30 20

22

20 10

5

15

11

0 NonSSOE

ChemE

CEE

ECE

Project title Toward using microbes for sustainable construction materials: Feasibility study Chemical recycling of polyethylene to ethylene Investigating flexible piezoelectric materials with lower water pressures Amplifying the efficiency of tungsten disulfide thermoelectric devices

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For a full list of MCSI awards go to MCSI Funded Research.

MCSI awarded 4 new grants for 2019-2020.

MEMS

Faculty PI Haig, Sarah Sachs, Steven Beckman, Eric Bourmpakis, Ioannis Enick, Bob Veser, Goetz

Department Civil & Environmental Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Hornbostel, Katherine

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Xiong, Feng

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Seed Grant Results: Follow on Funding FY19 = $2,839,745

Follow on Funding totaling nearly $24MM 25,000,000 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 Agency

DOE NETL

NASA (STTR) Phase II

Title “Integrated Computational Materials and Mechanical Modeling for Additive Manufacturing of Alloys with Graded Structure Used in Fossil Fuel Power Plants” “Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Technologies for Additive Manufacturing”

Dates

Award

PI

11/18 – 10/20

$750,000

Xiong, Wei

11/18 – 10/20

$375,000

Xiong, Wei FY19 1

ONR REMADE NSF

DOE

Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority

NSF

Heinz Endowments NSF

NSF/CSM

“DNA-Based Nanofabrication of Surface Engineering Applications “Development of an Industrially Relevant Re-Solar Design Framework “Planning IUCRC at University of Pittsburgh Center for Data Science for Materials Reliability and Degradation “STTR Phase I: Microfluidic Printing of High Performance Micro grids for High Efficiency, Flexible Organic Light Emitting Diodes” “Predicting Lead Water Service Lines in the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Service Area” “RAPID: Quantifying Chemical and microbrial Changes in Urban Watersheds following phosphate addition to drinking water

07/18 – 06/21

$539,952

Liu, Haitao

07/18 – 06-19

$200,000

Leu, Paul

12/18 – 11/19

$15,000

Leu, Paul

4/18 – 4/19

$150,000

Leu, Paul

$63,628

Blackhurst, Mike

4/19 – 3/20

$175,000

Elliott, Emily & Haig, Sarah

1/18 – 4/20

$505,000

Elliott, Emily; Bain, Dan; Thomas, Brian; Shelef, Eitan

12/18-11/19

$41,165

Bilec, Melissa

1/19-8/19

$25,000

Bilec, Melissa

“Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education and Outreach?

Climate for Change: Engineering Sustainability Conference 2019 Collaborative Research: Integrating Sustainability Grand Challenges and Systems Thinking into Engineering Curriculum

Large Scale Collaborative Proposals Drs. Bilec and Beckman lead two large-scale National Science Foundation proposals on circular economy and global waste with budget requests totaling $6.6M. Dr. Bilec participated in Senior Vice Chancellor Rob Rutenbar’s inaugural Big Proposal Bootcamp during the spring 2019 semester, which provided strategic advice and guidance during proposal preparation and strategy. The first proposal, NRT: Design for a Circular Economy, is a trainee grant, budget requested $3M with 10 team members from five departments and three centers. The second proposal, GCR: Collaborative Research: Convergence Around the Circular Economy, is a multi-university, interdisciplinary proposal, budget requested $3.6M with team members from University of Illinois Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Maine, along with Pitt team members from two departments and two centers.

Provost / University-wide Seed Grants and Faculty Support Using funds from the Provost’s endowment, this program was created in 2016 designed to enhance the university’s mission of interdisciplinary excellence in research and education. John C. Mascaro faculty awardees are expected to contribute to intra- and interdisciplinary Research and or Education as well as help to team-teach one sustainability course as part of the university’s new undergraduate certificate and M.S. degree in Sustainable Engineering. Through this effort, we have supported 15 faculty from nine University departments. For additional information on all faculty awardees, visit our Faculty Fellows page.

2019 Awardees 2019 Faculty Fellow 2019 Faculty Fellow 2019 Faculty Scholar 2019 Faculty Scholar 2019 Faculty Lecturer 2019 Faculty Lecturer

Faculty Blackhurst, Mike Leu, Paul La Nauze, Andrea Kitzes, Justin Kerestes, Robert Mostern, Ruth

Department Center for Social and Urban Research Industrial Engineering Economics Biological Sciences Electrical & Computer Engineering History

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Undergraduate Summer Research Programs Over the past 16 years, MCSI has supported a total of 256 undergraduate summer researchers. MCSI is supporting 22 students in 2019. As part of the program, students work full time with a faculty mentor and are required to participate in a series of broad sustainability ‘lunch and learns’ as well as participate in several service projects throughout the region. The program culminates with a symposium. For additional information on our 2019 students and all past projects, visit our MCSI Summer Research Opportunities page.

Summer Undergraduate Research Students (256 students since 2004) 80 60 40

64

70

20 0

15

8

61 24

14

Conference Funds In order to more broadly promote MCSI research as well as provide opportunities for students to learn about cutting edge sustainability research, MCSI has allocated funds annually to enable undergraduate and graduate student participation at conferences. MCSI funded the following 11 individuals this fiscal year.

Student Gordon, Mikhail Hasik, Vaclav Gardner, Haley Mohammadiziazi, Rezvan Rohan, Tyler Chung, Angela Haghanifar, Sajad Rodriguez De Vecchis, Pierangeli Cameron, Joshua Lantgios, Iza Grace Ledesma, Edward

Conference 2019 Early Career Sustainable Operations Workshop SETAC North America 2018 Conference American Center for Life Cycle Assessment The 26th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering American Geophysical Union AGU Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union AGU Fall Meeting Materials Research Society Materials Science & Technology Technical Meeting American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers

Advisor Shang, Jennifer Bilec, Melissa Bilec, Melissa Bilec, Melissa Shelef, Eitan Elliott, Emily Leu, Paul Chmielus, Markus Barry, Matthew Barry, Matthew Barry, Matthew

NOTABLE 2018-19 PROGRAMS Engineering Sustainability 2019

In its 8th year, this conference aims to bring together engineers and scientists to share results of cutting-edge research and practice directed at the development of a more sustainable community. This year’s event had new components focusing on the behavioral science of sustainability and learning and engagement.

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258 attendees 49 different Universities accounting for 161 students and 5 postdocs, 49 faculty 15 industry reps, 3 government reps, 11 NPO reps, 3 media reps 4 sponsors (Mascaro Construction, Eaton, UPMC, Master Builders) 2 partners (ESWP, GBA) Technical Committee representing University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Green Building Alliance, Arizona State University, Penn State University, Colorado State University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia NSF workshop grant to enable young faculty and graduate students to attend Event photos on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/132874624@N07/albums/72157708234217694 Recent article on the history of the ES conference

Faculty Sustainability Workshops A program designed in collaboration with EERC to help faculty integrate sustainability content as well as experiential learning into their curriculum. This year, we engaged 67 faculty participants among three workshops.

Presenters included: Melissa Bilec, University of Pittsburgh Neil Brown, Penn State Tony Kerzmann, Robert Morris University Kim LaScola Needy, Dean, University of Arkansas Nadine Lehrer, Chatham University Deanna Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University David Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh Aurora Sharrard, University of Pittsburgh Office of Sustainability Amy Wildermuth, Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Pitt Sustainability Awards Program

MCSI leads the review team and plans the annual Pitt Sustainability Awards program honoring faculty, staff, students and groups who are having an impact on campus sustainability. Event pictures can be found on Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHsmcqmiU8 This year the following were honored.

Faculty Staff Students Student Group

Emily Elliott, Geology and Environmental Science Corey Flynn, Sports Medicine and Nutrition Melissa Warthen, Student Life Forest Goebel, College of Business Administration Isabelle Ouyang, English Writing Real Food Challenge

FY19 4

University-Wide Faculty Survey MCSI led a University-wide faculty survey aimed at developing a stronger baseline of sustainability courses as well as identifying faculty interested in incorporating sustainability content into their syllabi.  57 respondents from 22 departments.  70% indicated interest in integrating into their curricula.  Next steps include working with the Office of the Provost to create attribute codes to identify sustainability focused courses and those with sustainability content.  Meetings will be set with interested faculty to help incorporate sustainability into additional courses.

Seed Classroom Development MCSI is working with faculty across campus, facilities management and the Hillman Foundation to develop a Pitt Seed Classroom as a core component of the Pitt Sustainability Goal to use the Pitt campus as a living laboratory. While the definition of a living lab varies, at the heart of our Living Lab for Sustainable Solutions are four beliefs:  Create a positive physical space for experiential learning and research on sustainable buildings;  Foster an open-innovation ecosystem that integrates learning, research, and innovation focused on sustainable solutions via a new program, Innovation Co-Op;  Strive for an inclusive and diverse community and quality of life programming for our Pitt community.  Showcase Pitt’s deep commitment to sustainability and serve as an ideal location for community groups for educational programs and workshops.

Common Pool Sustainability Innovation Challenge The Office of Sustainability and Mascaro Center are co-funding the development of a campus-wide Pitt Sustainability Challenge / Prize that will deploy in 2020. This is a reinvention of the Sustainability Solutions Competition previously run by Student Affairs. This campus-wide reiteration will be open to all faculty, staff, and students and will look for creative, implementable concepts that will advance the Pitt Sustainability Plan. The University-wide kick off meeting is scheduled for June 10, 2019.

Core Team Name Aurora Sharrard Gena Kovalcik Laura Zullo Ellie Graves Alexander Ducruet Scott Bernotas Andrew Falk Jennifer Seng Melissa Bilec Chris Turner Lucy Russell Chaz Kellem

Pitt Affiliation Office of Sustainability Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Business & Operations Communications Innovation Institute Facilities Institutional Advancement Legal MCSI / Living Lab lead Office of Economic Partnerships Provost’s Office Student Affairs

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Pitt First-Year Student Program MCSI has led the faculty committee aimed at the Pitt Sustainability Plan goal to expose all Pitt students to the concepts of sustainability. Some of our accomplishments this year include:  Sustainability content added to the Pitt Connects preorientation online module for all incoming students.  MCSI is coordinating a welcome gift with sustainability guide and gifts for all first-year students.  Worked with DA&S First Year programs to develop a new Academic Community “Humans, Cities & Nature”. Goal is to have a cohort of 15 students for academic year 2020.  Sustainability presentations offered to all DA&S & SSOE 1st year instructors  Undergraduate advisor “all things sustainability” toolkit and info sessions. Our MCSI intern presented to a total of 88+ school / departmental advisors including (85 DA&S and 3 SSOE)

COMMUNITY OUTREACH The inaugural Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction Award honored several MCSI faculty members and students in recognition of their community-impacting research and initiatives. Melissa Bilec and her PhD student Harold Rickenbacker received the Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction Award for their partnership with the East End’s Kingsley Association on community-based environmental justice and air pollution initiatives. Dr. David Sanchez, and his research students from the Sustainable Design Labs, were selected as an honorable mention this year for the Sustainability and STEM initiative. Sustainability and STEM is a long-term engineering educational outreach program with a focus on sustainability that brings a team of high-energy Pitt students to Manchester Academic Charter School to engage the students there in STEM modules focused on sustainability.

John Sebastian connected Sustainability Capstone students with Women for a Healthy Environment - They participated in community outreach with WHE in Homewood distributing water filtration devices to mitigate lead in drinking water.

The Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education and Outreach led the “Let’s Talk About Water” event on September 6, 2018 to launch the collaboratory and kick off interactive conversations about regional water challenges. This group has also convened a series of outreach meetings to identify and assess major knowledge gaps regarding regional water sustainability issues: green infrastructure (November 20, 2018), water quality (January 28, 2019), and flooding (Spring 2019). These meetings brought together diverse water stakeholders and practitioners to build consensus. The results of these meetings are currently being synthesized into white papers that will help create a mutually defined, community-engaged research agenda around each of these topical areas.

The Mascaro Center has long-standing relationships with a number of community groups and schools that have grown and developed over the past decade. Dr. David Sanchez has been leading these efforts as Assistant Director since 2015.

FY19 6

Energy Inventor Lab with Manchester Academic Charter School The Energy Inventor Lab is a project designed to engage students using design-build challenges.

We have created long-term partnerships with the Manchester Academic Charter School to engage their middle school science students year after year. These students come primarily from underserved communities in Pittsburgh. To the left are pictures of some of the science students building their own solar house.

Clean Water Academy

The Clean Water Academy was held in partnership with ALCOSAN. Our summer undergraduate research students worked side by side with 30 students from around the region to facilitate the design and fabrication of a miniaturized wastewater treatment plant in a 2-day sprint. On the third day, the students were welcomed to Pitt SSOE where our ambassadors and admission staff gave them a tour and intro to Pitt Engineering.

Lincoln Elementary STEAM Days Each year in June, the Mascaro Center brings our undergraduate summer research students to engage in a project called STEAM Days. For a full school day our engineering students engage ~200 elementary students in fun, hands-on, science demos. These include water propulsion, chemical reactions, magnetic fluids, clay electronic circuits and much more. We’ll be back there this year on June 7, 2019.

DREAM STEAM In the community of Homewood, the Bible Center Church sponsors a program called DREAM STEAM. In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we bring our underwater robots to the event to help students learn more about the fun process of becoming an engineer. The students are tasked with picking up a ping pong ball or golf ball using our underwater robots.

FY19 7

Homewood Hydroponics

In partnership with the Oasis project, Ivan Menz who is a CEE student working with Dr. Sanchez has helped to facilitate the creation of a new system to grow Tilapia in their Bioshelter as a demonstration of Sustainable Food in a food desert. A Sustainability Capstone group helped Ivan this spring with implementing the project. Here a few pictures below of the Capstone group and the inside the bioshelter.

Teach the Teacher In its 5th year, this program is now a collaboration with UCLA’s CenterX for Teachers. Dr. Sanchez has built new sustainability and engineering modules around the Next Generation Science Standards that showcases SSOE faculty expertise and makerspaces. We will be bringing in 15 teachers for our upcoming summer cohort on June 19-20, 2019.

Recruitment focuses primarily on Western PA middle school teachers to help them integrate engineering and sustainability modules for their classrooms. The program indirectly engages about 2000 students in the SW PA region. After surveying the teachers, over half of them serve students on free-reduced lunch. 93% of teachers shared that they would be incorporating these engineering modules into their classrooms with 100% of them recommending this workshop to their peers and colleagues. Below are a couple of comments from teachers last summer.

“I liked the combination of lecture, activities and time to collaborate with other teachers. The workshop flowed very well and gave us enough time to complete the work and ask questions.”

“It was very important to me that the modules were able to be done with little to no expense. Our school does not have a lot of lab supplies or resources, so modules based on items that we can find every day are VERY (MOST) important to me!”

“My education and understanding of sustainability was very different and from a totally different perspective. In taking this class, I really enjoyed looking at sustainability from a different stance. I think that this enables me to really look at my classroom and what I teach through a different lens. In doing this, growth can only naturally occur. Thank you.”

“David is phenomenal!! He has a great ability to bring information and learning strategies to teachers. I truly appreciate working with him and thankful that I had the opportunity to participate in this program. I attended his professional development previously and actually used the module on water filtration with my students….. David is well suited as a facilitator. He is intelligent (extremely), but is able to talk with us (teachers) in a non-condescending respectful way. His jovial, witty sense of humor is so great! I had so much fun! Finally, I really appreciate all of the materials and props. They are so useful and important! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!”

“He. Is. Fantastic. David really made this engaging, fun and valuable. It was nice to be heard, validated and learn at the same time. He really has a great way of working with adults and, while often speaking "down" so that we would understand, maintaining a level of respect that acknowledged that we are formal science teachers.”

“I appreciate Jon's passion and obvious deep knowledge of science content. It was nice to have the ping-pong of David's part with Jon throwing in the connection to teaching in the classroom. It was a great balance.”

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Green Office Certification MCSI was one of 14 Pitt offices to participate in the Green Office Certification Pilot Program and one of only two that received a level 3 certification (MCSI and Office of PittServes). MCSI plans to work with other groups beginning in the Fall of 2019 to help green additional Pitt and Swanson School offices. MCSI currently serves as the composting site within the Swanson School. Benedum Hall has been selected to pilot composting throughout the building beginning Fall 2019.

Engineers for a Sustainable World MCSI supports ESW annually and Dr. Sanchez serves as their faculty advisor. This year, ESW utilized funding for four key initiatives.

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The Students Taking on Run Off Team gained approval and is moving forward with the design and construction of a rain garden next to Sutherland Residence Hall. They will host the build day on September 5-6, 2019.

The Solar Cart was restored and updated and used as a fundraiser on Atwood Street. It is a great education piece to teach about solar energy and a unique fundraising opportunity for the team.

The Home Energy Assessment Team worked with the Pitt Pantry and provided kits and education to individuals visiting the Pantry.

This year 11 Pitt ESW members attended and ESW-HQ Conference at UT-El Paso. It is a great way to share what Pitt is doing as well as network with other students from ESW chapters nationally.

Pitt Sustainability Plan The Mascaro Center’s leadership team have been integral players on the University of Pittsburgh Sustainability Committee with Gena serving on the six-member steering committee. Dr. Aurora Sharrard, Pitt’s new Director of Sustainability, is housed with the MCSI office suite and has been working with the Center collaboratively over the past year. We are currently tracking over 60 university wide goals in the broad areas of Stewardship, Community and Culture, and Exploration. MCSI is largely responsible for the Exploration piece of the plan and our Sustainability Faculty Task Force has established multiple working groups to help advance these goals. In addition, Dr. Melissa Bilec and her graduate students have served as a valuable resource and collaborator to Pitt’s Facilities Management team and have completed the past four Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the University. To review the Pitt Sustainability Plan go to www.Sustainable.Pitt.edu or link here Pitt Sustainability Plan.

The current sub-committee project areas are: 1. Teaching and Learning (focused primarily on using the faculty survey to better identify and count all sustainability related and focused courses, instituting sustainability sub-codes for all sustainability courses into the Pitt catalogue, moving toward a Pitt general education requirement & supporting faculty who want to incorporate sustainability into their curriculum) FY19 9

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Using the Pitt campus as a living laboratory for faculty and students to implement new ideas and inspire interdisciplinary research. (focused primarily on a Dashboarding & Phase I Seed Classroom) Engaging faculty and supporting connections with industry and community collaborators (focused primarily on vetting the spring faculty survey, contacting and engaging faculty who are interested in incorporating sustainability content into their courses, and developing strategies for helping faculty engage internal and external partners) Collaborations between operations and faculty research (focused primarily on building consistent internships, course projects and summer opportunities that benefit Pitt operations and provide hands-on project experiences for faculty and students.

Scientific communications training for sustainability faculty

Pitt Day of Giving MCSI was one of a small number of programs invited to participate in the newly created “Programs and Experiences” category for Pitt’s Day of Giving. In our first year, we attracted 14 donors. After learning from this year’s process, we will develop a revised strategy to attract additional support next year.

Leadership Team Invited Lectures Name Beckman, Eric

Bilec, Melissa

Lecture Global Plastics Waste Program

Event / Group National Academy of Engineering

Design of Recyclable Packaging

Braskem Chemical

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Green Chemistry Summer School

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

George Washington University

Sustainability and Resilience: What are the Opportunities and Challenges?

Exploration from Pittsburgh and Beyond.

Infrastructure Resilience Division, 2019 Research Forum: Enabling Resilient and Sustainable Communities, ASCE Headquarters, Reston, Virginia Purdue University, Environmental and Ecological Engineering

May 9-10, 2019,

There and Back Again – Professional Development

Purdue University, Environmental and Ecological Engineering

April 2, 2019

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Infrastructure Opportunities

AIChE - Engineers Forum on Sustainability: Technical and Engineering Challenges of Addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania NSF International Workshop on Connecting Woman Faculty in Sustainable Building Research, Dalian, China.

North American Passive House Network’s NAPHN 18 Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Fifth Annual Women in STEM Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

ReMake Learning Ignite Talks Pittsburgh Women’s Leadership Experience National Science Foundation

November 1-2, 2018

Lemelson Foundation/Venturewell

March 27-28, 2019

Exploring Green Building Rating Systems.

Invited Panelist for Career Panel

Environmental Justice and Air Quality

Networking for Introverts

Sanchez, David

State of Maker Learning Pittsburgh Women’s Leadership Conference – invited panelist Best Practices for International Graduate Experiences Principles of Environmentally Responsible Engineering Roundtable (1 of 30 panelists invited nationwide)

Date May 2019

April 2, 2019

July 5-7, 2018

October 17-21, 2018

January 19, 2019 November 15, 2019 November 17, 2018 January 9-11, 2019

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Notable Honors and Awards Based on MCSI Grants Name

Advisor if app.

Akabua, Eyram

Veser, Goetz

Bilec, Melissa Elliott, Emily

Forgrave, Becky

Elliott, Emily

Gamper-Rabindran, Shanti Ledesma, Edward

Barry, Matthew

Lantgios, Iza

Barry, Matthew

Liu, Haitao Liu, Peng Sanchez, David Sharma, Sooraj

Leu, Paul

Honor/Award MCSI URP Student: Won AIChE National Meeting Undergraduate Student Competition 1st place Chemical Engineering Research Day Received Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction award, 2019.

Sulzman Award for Excellence in Education and Mentoring, 2018. American Geophysical Union, Biogeosciences section.

Dr. J. Frederick and Ann Sarg Research Award, 2018 Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018 Geological Society of America Graduate Research Fellowship Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, 2018-2019.

August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship Technical university of Munich summer 2019 Awarded "Sustainable Design in Mechanical Engineering Fellow" fellowships through this MCSI support. This opportunity provided them experience to research, and are both continuing their studies as graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh.

Awarded "Sustainable Design in Mechanical Engineering Fellow" fellowships through this MCSI support. This opportunity provided them experience to research, and are both continuing their studies as graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh.

2019 Early Career Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry NIH Maximizing Investigators Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (ESI_MIRA) 2018 Honorable Mention Pitt Community Engagement Partnerships of Distinction, 2019 (w/ Manchester Academic Charter School) MCSI URP Student; Won Innovation Institute Award for Best Poster on Innovation at Science 2018

Sustainability Degrees, Certificates and Courses  The MS in Sustainable Engineering continues to accept applications from across the country with 5 new students matriculating in the program this year. There is a heightened interest among our students given the 4+1 BS/MS program and a comprehensive effort to recruit nationally. With a combination of National Databases, National Name exchanges and our targeted marketing strategy, we expect to increase the volume of potential recruits to our program using geo-based advertising and real-time statistics that track their interaction with our marketing and curricular materials. These strategies have been used by other programs and corporations such as BMW. 

Established in 2016, there are now over 130 students registered for the program who are seeking the certificate from 25 different University departments.

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As our university-wide Sustainability Education endeavors expand, both new and traditional courses from multiple departments across the university have integrated Sustainability. There are currently 37 courses offered as certificate electively with 9 new courses just recently added.

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These courses have come from traditional engineering courses (Bioengineering, Electrical Computer Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering), Engineering study abroad programs, Geology, Political Science, Anthropology, History etc. We continue to help faculty incorporate sustainability through our Seminars, Mascaro Faculty Fellows program and through requests we receive. We foresee more departments and courses being added in the coming year.

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ENGR-1905/2905- Current Issues in Sustainability was offered for the second time in Fall 2017 and co-taught by David Sanchez and John C. Mascaro Sustainability Faculty Fellow Michael Blackhurst (UCSUR). The enrollment cap had to be increased two more times and was capped at 60 due to lack of space (55 undergraduate students and 5 graduate students).

Students enrolled predominantly from the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the Swanson School of Engineering. The enrollment is maintaining the same interest for Fall 2019 with 55 students registered already.

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ENGR-1907/2907- Sustainability Capstone Experience was offered for the second time this Spring 2019 by David Sanchez (CEE) and John C. Mascaro Sustainability Faculty Fellow John Sebastian (CEE). The enrollment increased by 25% from last year. We had 36 undergraduate students and 4 graduate students. The course will be co-taught next Spring 2019 by David FY19 11

Sanchez and the next cohort of Sustainability Faculty Fellows: Andrea La Nauze (Economics) and Mike Blackhurst (UCSUR).

External collaborators and stakeholders for these capstone projects include corporate and non-government organizations: Montauk Energy, Robotany, Pitt Community Engagement Center, Millie’s Ice Cream, Recirculating Aquaculture Industry, Office of Sustainability and Duquesne Light. The title of the capstone projects are as follows:  Leaducated – crowdsourcing the location of lead service lines in Pittsburgh  Homewood Hydroponics – creating fish out of thin air  Nutrient Management for Robotany Vertical Agriculture  Aquaculture – tackling the wicked problems of the Aquaculture Industry  Millie’s Ice Cream – Creating a Seasonal Sustainable Pop-up shop for Local Ice Cream Producer  Solar Electric Vehicles – projecting the needs and capacity for Electric vehicles in Pittsburgh  Montauk Energy – creating a sustainability plan for a medium sized energy company

Leadership Team Advisory Boards Boards University Wide Sustainability committee University Sustainability Steering Committee Pittsburgh Green Innovators Allegheny County Green Team Renewable Manufacturing Gateway Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Technical Advisory Board WASH RT) Nat’l Endowment for the Humanities- Central Asia Water-Tributaries of Environmental Change American Society of Engineering Education – North Central Section Maker Space Clubhouse Homewood Green Building Alliance Phipps Conservatory Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces Initiative Internal Advisory Board (IAB) of the AGEP PITT STRIVE Program Leadership team for AGEP PITT STRIVE Program Committee on Health International Living Futures, Living Product Hub Advisory Council Corresponding member of ASCE Planning Committee on Global Sustainability Lower Hill District Redevelopment Committee

Gena, Melissa and Dave Gena Gena Gena Gena Dave

Since 2016 Since 2018 2008-2017 Since 2008 2013-2017 Since 2018

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Since 2018

Dave

Since 2019

Dave Melissa Melissa Melissa

Since 2016 2011-2018 2013-2014 Since 2014

Melissa

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Melissa Melissa

Since 2019 Since 2016

Melissa

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Melissa

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Eric

Since 2011

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Media Summary The Center received strong coverage over the past year including an article by MRW on Dr. Beckman’s Circular Economy Prize and one on Dr. Bilec’s graduate student, Harold Rickenbacker, by the Green Building Alliance. Total counts:  Facebook people reached 16,553; engagements 806  Twitter impressions 60,782; engagements 1,138  Eurekalerts page views 18,813

Media Detail July 2, 2018: Discovering “Virtual” Resources in the National Food System (Khanna, Prokopyev) Pitt researchers in Civil and Industrial Engineering take a critical step for sustainability by modeling U.S. resource networks (news release)  1,671 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 948 people reached, 29 engagements  Pittsburgh Business Times, July 5, 2018 o Retweeted by U.S. News Global Education July 10, 2018: Fishy Chemicals in Farmed Salmon (Ng) University of Pittsburgh environmental engineer goes against the current to show livestock feed, more than location, can accurately predict toxic chemicals in food (news release)  3,991 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 883 people reached, 30 engagements  Tweeted by journalist Karen Asp July 11, 2018: Design for end-of-life (Beckman et al)  Article on Circular Economy prize, published by MRW (England) July 26, 2018: “Goats help welcome Pitt's first sustainability director,” University Times.

July 26, 2018: “Congratulations to our 2018 MCSI Undergraduate Research Symposium cohort”  Facebook: 1,059 people reached, 115 engagements August 6, 2018: Harold Rickenbacker is Engineering Social Equality  Published by Green Building Alliance August 8, 2018: Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Investigator Series – Leanne Gilbertson  Facebook: 1,779 people reached, 20 engagements August 28, 2018: Announcing Climate for Change Call for Papers  Posted to Twitter; 3,643 impressions, 62 engagements September 4, 2018: Award-winning drinking water researcher Sarah Haig joins Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pitt  Facebook: 785 people reached, 42 engagements September 7, 2018: Q&A: Aurora Sharrard talks on sustainability  Published by The Pitt News Monday, September 17, 2018: “Pitt helping to host Sustainability in Higher Education national conference,” University Times.

September 20, 2018: Our Pitt team celebrating Green Building Alliance and 25 great years at the Emerald Evening  Posted to Twitter; 297 impressions, 31 engagements October 3, 2018: Stepping toward a Smaller Carbon Footprint (Johnson) University of Pittsburgh researchers make a breakthrough in metal organic frameworks that remove carbon dioxide from the air and convert it into useful chemicals  2,035 page views on Eurekalert FY19 13

October 29, 2018: Circular Economy Award featured on cover of newsletter for Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (Beckman et al)  Distributed to Deans, Department Chairs and 3,994 ChemE alumni  13,195 impressions, 714 reads on issuu October 30, 2018: Making a Transparent Flexible Material of Silk and Nanotubes (Bedewy) Pitt researchers find that nanotube interactions with silk fibroins hold the key to developing flexible, degradable electronics  Research supported by MCSI  1,634 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 642 people reached, 25 engagements  Posted to @PittEngineering; 1,646 impressions, 16 engagements  Retweet garnered 374 impressions, 5 engagements  Phys.org tweet garnered 13 retweets, 30 likes October 30, 2018: Distilling a Solution for Fracking Wastewater (Vidic, Khanna) More than $5 million in DOE funding helps Pitt Engineering pilot a new, sustainable method of treating hydrofracturing wastewater  1,340 page views on Eurekalert  “Pitt gets funds for study on reducing fracking wastewater.” Tribune-Review, October 30, 2018.  “Pitt receives DOE grant to pilot fracking wastewater treatment solution.” Pittsburgh Business Times, October 30, 2018.

Posted to @PittEngineering; 1,350 impressions, 21 engagements.  Tweeted by former Veolia Water CEO Jean-Michel Herrewyn, November 16, 2018.  Tweeted by WaterNetwork, December 3, 2018.

October 31, 2018: Climate for Change Call for Papers Deadline Extended  Posted to Twitter; 2,716 impressions, 40 engagements  Retweet from Sarah Haig garnered 13 retweets, 14 likes  Retweet from Pitt Engineering garnered November 12, 2018: Climate for Change Abstract Deadline Extended  Posted to @PittMCSI; 4,855 impressions, 53 engagements  Facebook: 1,691 people reached, 71 engagements November 27, 2018: A Life-Cycle Solution to Fossil Fuel Impacts (Gilbertson)  2,122 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 783 people reached, 20 engagements  Posted to @Pittengineering; 1,784 impressions, 27 engagements  “Researchers study wastewater treatment.” Washington Observer-Reporter, December 3, 2018. Posted to @PittEngineering; 2,310 impressions, 59 engagements. Facebook: 1,253 people reached, 97 engagements.  “Researchers study benefits in co-treating acid mine drainage and shale gas wastewater.” Civil + Structural Engineer, December 11, 2108. Facebook: 634 people reached, 13 engagements.

November 27, 2018: “Staff Green Guide gives tips on events, catering and more,” University Times.

December 12, 2018: Pitt professor models a system that can capture carbon dioxide from coal plants using capsules filled with baking soda and water (Hornbostel)  1,904 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,440 people reached, 59 engagements  Posted to Twitter; 5,106 impressions, 42 engagements December 31, 2018: EPA recognizes Pitt students for eliminating food waste on campus (Pittsburgh Business Times)  Posted to Twitter; 1,358 impressions, 10 engagements January 3, 2019: Announcing NSF Scholarships for Engineering Sustainability Conference  Posted to Twitter; 2,779 impressions, 44 engagements FY19 14

January 8, 2019: Six Receive Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability Awards  Pittwire Accolades, January 8, 2019 January 8, 2019: Pitt Engineers Identify Novel, Affordable CO2 Capture Materials for Coal Power Plants (Wilmer et al) Research collaborators include National Energy Technology Laboratory and Pittsburgh-based AECOM  2,880 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,847 people reached, 56 engagements  Posted to Twitter; 9,784 impressions, 36 engagements  “Pitt-led Study Models Technology to Make Carbon Dioxide Capture More Efficient.” Pittwire, January 25, 2019.  “Researchers examine method to reduce carbon from coal-fired plants.” DailyEnergyInsider, January 30, 2019.  “Could membranes at coal-fired power plants help stop climate change?” WHYY-FM (Philadelphia), February 24, 2019.

Facebook: 1,351 people reached, 38 engagements. Posted to @PittEngineering; 1,398 impressions, 14 engagements).

Rebroadcast by WESA-FM, February 25, 2019.

January 22, 2019: 'Alliances' Still Key to Aurora Sharrard's Vision For Systemic Sustainability  Part of WESA FM’s “The Confluence” (00:40:29) live and posted to wesa.fm  Facebook: 1,234 people reached, 28 engagements  Posted to @PittEngineering; 5,245 impressions, 28 engagements February 5, 2019: Sustainability in the Curriculum Seminar  Posted to @PittEngineering; 2,015 impressions, 24 engagements February 25, 2019: Pitt engineer receives $500K NSF CAREER Award to investigate potentially harmful man-made chemicals Carla Ng will study the health and environmental impact of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances and identify ways to eliminate them  1,236 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,380 people reached, 81 engagements  Posted to @PittEngineering; 2,389 impressions, 132 engagements  Pittwire Accolades, March 12, 2019 February 28, 2019: “@PittMCSI is celebrating our own Jack Mascaro and his recognition with The James Kling Fellowship Award by the AIA-MBA Joint Committee.”  Posted to @PittMCSI; 1,740 impressions, 94 engagements March 4, 2019: Preliminary Program for Engineering Sustainability 2019 is now online  Posted to @PittMCSI; 1,807 impressions, 40 engagements  Retweeted by David Dzombak with 9 retweets, 15 likes March 11, 2019: Post-Gazette article about Pitt senior Joe Mascaro  Posted to Twitter; 1,175 impressions, 54 engagements March 13, 2019: 2019 Carnegie Science Awards include six honorees from the Swanson School of Engineering  Harold Rickenbacker as College/University Student winner  Facebook: 1,448 people reached, 120 engagements  Posted to @PittEngineering; 3,063 impressions, 63 engagements  Posted to @PittMCSI; 2,192 impressions, 209 engagements March 13, 2019: Engineering Sustainability 2019 preliminary program  Posted to @PittMCSI; 1,756 impressions, 34 engagements

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Publications: July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 Journal articles (40) Collinge, W.O., Rickenbacker, H.J., Landis, A.E., Thiel, C.L., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Dynamic life cycle assessments of a conventional green building and a net zero energy building: Exploration of static, dynamic, attributional and consequential electricity grid models.”

Environmental Science & Technology. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.7b06535 Rickenbacker, H.J., Brown, F., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Creating Environmental Consciousness in Environmental Justice Communities: Implementation and Outcomes of Community-Based Environmental Justice and Air Pollution Research.” Sustainable Cities and Society, 47(2019), 101473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101473 Tian, S., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Integrating Site Specific Dispersion Modeling into Life Cycle Assessment: Focus on Inhalation Risks in Chemical Production.

Journal of Air and Waste Management Association, 68(11), 1224-1238. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2018.1496189 Ketchman, K.J., Riley D., Khanna, V., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “A Survey of Homeowners' Motivations for the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Measures: Evaluating a Holistic Energy Assessment Program.” ASCE Journal of Architectural Engineering, 24(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000310 Ketchman,, K.J., Parrish,, K., Khanna,, V., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Synergizing Disparate Component-level Energy Resources into a Single Whole Building Tool to Support Energy Conservation Action in Small Commercial Buildings.” Energy and Buildings, 176(October 2018), 325-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.06.053 Ketchman,, K.J., Parrish,, K., Khanna,, V., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Small Business Electricity Disaggregation: Where can we improve?

Towards increased transparency of appliance modal parameters.” Energy and Buildings, 176(October 2018), 194-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.07.020 Hasik, V.A., Chhabra, J., Warn, G.P. Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Review of approaches for integrating loss estimation and environmental life cycle assessment for earthquake damage to buildings.” Engineering Structures, 175(November 2018), 123-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.08.011 Klajic, M., Andjelkovic, A., Hasik, V., Bilec, M.M. (2018 accepted). “Shallow Geothermal Energy Integration in District Heating System: An Example from Serbia.” Accepted Renewable Energy.

AL Hillman, A Yao, MB Abbott, DJ Bain (2019) “Two Millennia of Anthropogenic Landscape Modification and Nutrient Loading at Dian Lake, Yunnan Province, China” Holocene 29(3) 505-517.

JF Wilhelm, DJ Bain; MB Green; KF Bush; WH McDowell, (2019) “Trace Metals in Northern New England Streams: Evaluating the Role of Road Salt” PLOS One 14(2) e0212011 Pompeani, D., Hillman, A., Finkenbinder, M., Bain, D., Correa-Metrio, A., Pompeani, K., Abbott, M. (accepted). The environmental impact of a pre-Columbian city based on geochemical insights from lake sediment cores recovered near Cahokia. Quaternary Research AR Mullins, DJ Bain, EK Pfeil-McCullough, KG Hopkins, SM Lavin, EM Copeland (submitted) “Seasonal Drivers of Chemical Flux from Roadside Infiltration-Based Green Infrastructure.” Environmental Science and Technology.

"Fluid-Thermal-Electric Multiphysics Modeling of a Pin-Fin Integrated Thermoelectric Device", Iza G. Lantgios, Corey E. Clifford, Lee A. Dosse, Shervin Sammak, Mark L. Kimber and Matthew M. Barry. Under review, Energy Conversion and Management.

"Mathematical Thermal-Electric-Fluid Coupled Modeling of Integrated Thermoelectric Devices Applied to Transit Bus Waste Heat Recovery", Joshua A. Cameron, Iza G. Lantgios, Shervin Sammak, Katherine Hornbostel and Matthew M. Barry. In preparation (submission either July or August, target journal of Energy Conversion and Management or Energy).

Rodriguez, G., & Beckman, E. J. (2019). Modelling phase behavior of biodiesel related systems with CO2 using a polar version of PCSAFT. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 485, 32-43.

FY19 16

S. Gamper-Rabindran. Markets, states and the federal government in the transition to wind energy, Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, 2018 Tolman, N. L.; Mukai, J. M.; Wang, S.*; Zito, A.; Luo, T.; and Liu, H.* The Effect of Physical Adsorption on the Capacitance of Activated Carbon Electrodes. Carbon 2019. In press Knipe, J., Chavez, K., Hornbostel, K., Worthington, M., Nguyen, D., Ye, C., Bourcier, W., Baker, S., Brennecke, J., Stolaroff, J. (2019).

Evaluating the performance of micro-encapsulated CO2 sorbents during CO2 absorption and regeneration cycling. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06442 Hornbostel, K., Nguyen, D., Bourcier, W., Knipe, J., Worthington, M., McCoy, S., and Stolaroff, J. (2019). Packed and fluidized bed absorber modeling for carbon capture with micro-encapsulated sodium carbonate solution. APPLIED ENERGY, 235(1), 1192-1204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.027 T. Gao, S. Haghanifar, M. G. Lindsay, P. Lu, M. I. Kayes, B. D. Pafchek, Z. Zhou, P. R. Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu, “Fundamental performance limits and haze evaluation of metal nanomesh transparent conductors,” Advanced Optical Materials, vol. 6, no. 9, p.

1700829, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10. 1002/adom.201700829 S. Haghanifar, P. Lu, M. Imrul Kayes, S. Tan, K.-J. Kim, T. Gao, P. Ohodnicki, and P.W. Leu, “Self-cleaning, high transmission, near unity haze OTS/silica nanostructured glass,” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, vol. 6, no. 34, pp. 9191–9199, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/tc/c8tc02513d S. Haghanifar, R. T. R. D. Vecchis, K.-J. Kim, J.Wuenschell, S. P. Sharma, Ping Lu, P. Ohodnicki, and P. W. Leu, “Flexible nanograss with highest combination of transparency and haze for optoelectronic plastic substrates,” Nanotechnology, vol. 29, no. 42, p. 42LT01, 2018. [Online]. Available: http://stacks.iop.org/0957-4484/29/i=42/a=42LT01 T.-B. Nguyen, D. Liu, M. I. Kayes, B.Wang, N. Rashin, P.W. Leu, and T. Tran, “Critical heat flux enhancement in pool boiling through increased rewetting on nanopillar array surfaces,” Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 4815, Mar. 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22693-z M. I. Kayes, A. Galante, N. A. Stella, S. Haghanifar, R. M. Q. Shanks, and P. W. Leu, “Stable lotus leaf-inspired hierarchical, fluorinated polypropylene surfaces for reduced bacterial adhesion,” Plasma Processes and Polymers, April 2018. [Online]. Available: https:// www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1381514818301950 B. Wang, T. Gao, Z. Zhou, B. Pafchek, and P. W. Leu, “Frontside scattering structures for enhanced performance in flexible ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells,” Journal of Photonics for Energy, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 030501, September 2018. [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JPE.8.030501 Patil, R.B.; Mantri, A.; House, S.; Yang, J.; McKone, J.R. Carbon Supports Mitigate Resistivity Limitations in Ni–Mo Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, ASAP DOI:10.1021/acsaem.8b02087.

Sawant, T.; McKone, J.R.; Flow Battery Electroanalysis 2: Influence of Surface Pretreatment on Fe(III/II) Redox Chemistry at Carbon Electrodes. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2019, 123, 144–152.

Sawant, T.; McKone, J.R. Flow Battery Electroanalysis: Hydrodynamic Voltammetry of Aqueous Fe(III/II) Redox Couples at Polycrystalline Pt and Au. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2018, 1, 4743–4753.

E. Akabua, Y. Yang and G. Veser, “’Greening’ the Chemical Industry: Towards Cleaner Ethylene Production”, AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2, 2018 A. Shah, M. Stephen and SJ. Haig. Bio-concrete: exploring the use of microbes to improve the structural resilience and sustainability of reinforced concrete. Presented at the AEESP Conference, Arizona, May 2019. [Poster] A. Shah, SJ. Haig, and M. Stephens. Exploring the potential of bioremediation to improve the resilience and sustainability of reinforced concrete. Presented at the Engineering Sustainability’ 19 Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 2019. [Poster]

FY19 17

R. Brody, A. Emes, D. Stokes, A. Williams, and R. Kerestes, “Load Detection Algorithm for Smart Grid Applications”, ASEE 2019 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA T. Cook, R. Kerestes, and B. Grainger, “Visualizing Power-Quality Phenomena in a Hands-On Electric Power Systems Laboratory”, ASEE 2019 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA R. Kerestes, P. Dolloff, R. Clark, “Delivery of a Revamped Course on Electric Power Distribution Engineering and Smart Grids”, ASEE 2019 Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, USA Zhao, C.; Glazier, D. A.; Yang, D.; Yin, D.; Guzei, I. A.; Aristov, M. M.; Liu, P.*; Tang, W.*: “Intermolecular Regio- and Stereoselective Hetero-[5+ 2] Cycloaddition between Oxidopyrylium Ylide and Cyclic Imine: Facile Access to Highly Substituted Azepanes,” Angew.

Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 887–891.

Walker, J.T., Beachley, G.M., Amos, H.M., Baron, J.S., Bash, J., Baumgardner, R., Bell, M.D., Benedict, K.B., Chen, X., Clow, D.W., Cole, A., *Coughlin, J.G., Cruz, K., Daly, R.W., Decina, S.M., Elliott, E.M., Fenn, M.E., Ganzeveld, L., Gebhart, K., Isil, S.S., Kerschner, B.M., Larson, R.S., Lavery, T., Lear, G.G., Macy, T., Mast, M.A., Mishoe, K., Morris, K.H., Padgett, P.E., Pouyat, R.V., Puchalski, M., Pye, H.O.T., Rea, A.W., Rhodes, M.F., Rogers, C.M., Saylor, R., Scheffe, R., Schichtel, B.A., Schwede, D.B., Sexstone, G.A., Sive, B.C., Templer, P.H., Thompson, T., Tong, D., Wetherbee, G.A., Whitlow, T.H., Wu, Z., *Yu, Z., Zhang, L. 2019. Science needs for continued development of total nitrogen deposition budgets in the United States. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA 601/R-19/001.

Elliott, EM, *Yu Z, Cole AS, *Coughlin JG. 2019. Isotopic advances in understanding reactive nitrogen deposition and atmospheric processing. Science of the Total Environment. Special Issue on Reactive Nitrogen Deposition. 662:393-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.177 Huang, S, Elliott, EM, *Felix, JD, Pan, Y, Liu, D, Li, S, Li, Z, Zhu, F, Zhang, N, Fu, P, Fang, Y. 2019. Seasonal pattern of ammonium 15N natural abundance in precipitation at a rural forested site and implications for NH3 source partitioning. Environmental Pollution.

247:541-549.

Rose, LA, *Yu, Z, Bain, DJ, Elliott, EM. 2019. High Resolution, Extreme Isotopic Variability of Precipitation Nitrate. Atmospheric Environment. 207:63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.03.012.

Novak, M, Jackova, I, Curik, J, Pacherova, P, Elliott, E, Cejkova, B, Valkova, I, Prechova, E, Stepanova, M, Buzek, F. 2019. 15N systematics in two minerotrophic peatlands in the eastern U.S.: Insights into nitrogen cycling under moderate pollution. Global Ecology & Conservation. 17. e0057. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00571 Sebestyen, S ; Ross, D; Shanley, J; Elliott, EM; Kendall, C; Campbell, J; Dail, D; Fernandez, I; Goodale, C; Lawrence, G; Lovett, G; McHale, P; Mitchell, M; Nelson, S; Shattuck, M; Wickman, T; Barnes, R; Bostic, J; Buda, A; Burns, D; Eshleman, K; Finlay, J; Nelson, D; Ohte, N; Pardo, L; *Rose, L; Sabo, R; Schiff, S; Spoelstra, J; Williard, K. 2019. Unprocessed atmospheric nitrate in waters of the Northern Forest Region in the USA and Canada. Environmental Science & Technology. 53:3620-3633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01276

Reports Gampe-Rabindran, Shanti: Book Editor and Contributor. The Shale Dilemma: A Global Perspective on Fracking and Shale Development University of Pittsburgh Press 2018.

Conference Papers/Presentations (29) "Reducing Emissions - Fuel Consumption Reduction Technologies for Pittsburgh Port Authority Buses; Thermoelectric Generators", Iza G. Lantgios, Shervin Sammak and {Matthew M. Barry. Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation: A Climate for Change Engineering Sustainability 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 7-9.

Gardner, H., Garcia, J.+, Hasik, V., Olinzock, M., Banawi, A., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Material life cycle assessment of a living building.”

Procedia CIRP, 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference, Advancing Industrial Sustainability, May 7 - 9, 2019, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

FY19 18

Mohammidiziazi, R., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Developing a framework for urban building life cycle energy map with a focus on rapid visual inspection and image processing.” Procedia CIRP, 26th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference, Advancing Industrial Sustainability, May 7 - 9, 2019, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Mohammidiziazi, R., Bilec, M.M.* (2018). “Fast Estimation of Buildings’ Embodied Energy Using Economic Input-Output Method for an Urban Model.”3rd International Graduate Student Symposium for the PhD Program, Buildings, Cities, and Performance, IIT College of Architecture, November 16-18, 2018, Chicago, Illinois.

Muthumanickam, N.K., Hasik,V.H., Unal, M., Miller, S.W., Unwalla, T., Bilec, M.M., Iulo, L.D., Warn, G.P. (2018). “Investigation of Energy Modelling Methods of Multiple Fidelities: A Case Study.” Proceeding from the 7th Annual International Building Physics Conference, September 23-28, 2018, Syracuse, New York.

Rickenbacker, H.J., Brown, F., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “Indoor and ambient air quality analysis in vulnerable communities, the impact of societal inequities on the built environment and community resilience.” Poster Presentation, AEESP Conference 2019, May 14-16, 2019, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Ziazi, R., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “Investigating the Sensitivity of Indoor Air Quality to Building Age: Case Study of Three Campus Buildings.” Poster Presentation, AEESP Conference 2019, May 14-16, 2019, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Rickenbacker, H.J., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “The Effects of Air Pollution on Quality of Life: Does the Built Environment Impact Individuals Beyond Physical Health?” Presentation, Engineering Sustainability 2019, April 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Hasik, V., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “Building Life Cycle Assessment Benchmarks Using Department of Energy Reference Buildings.” Poster Presentation, Engineering Sustainability 2019, April 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Gardner, H., Hasik, V., Rickenbacker, H.J., Olinzock, M., Banawi, A., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “A Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of a Living Building: An LCA of the Frick Environmental Center.” Presentation, Engineering Sustainability 2019, April 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Mohammadiziazi, R., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “A Bottom-Up Urban Building Life Cycle Model.” Poster Presentation, Engineering Sustainability 2019, April 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Gardner, H., Hasik, V., Rickenbacker, H.J., Olinzock, M., Banawi, A., Bilec, M.M. (2019). “Living Building Life Cycle Assessment.”

Poster Presentation, Engineering Sustainability 2019, April 7-9, 2019, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bilec, M.M. (2019) “Moving Towards Sustainable Strategies: Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment.” 10 th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Translation and Implementation for Impact in Global Health, March 8-9, 2019, Chicago, Illinois.

Gardner, H., Hasik, V.H., Bilec, M.M. (2018). “Greenhouse Gas Inventory for the University of Pittsburgh.” Poster Presentation, The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), October 2-5, 2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Gardner, H., Rickenbacker, H.J., Hasik, V.H., Garcia, J., Olinzock, M., Bilec, M.M. (2018). “Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of a Living Building.” Presentation, American Center for Life Cycle Assessment’s LCA XVIII Conference, September 25-27, 2018, Fort Collins, Colorado.

"Thermal Energy Conversion – Analytic Modeling of an Integrated Thermoelectric Device", Joshua A. Cameron, Shervin Sammak and Matthew M. Barry. Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation: A Climate for Change - Engineering Sustainability 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, April 7-9.

"Waste Heat Recovery of Cummins ISL Diesel Engines using Integrated Thermoelectric Devices - Thermal-Fluid-Electric Coupled Numerical Modeling", Iza G. Lantgios, Edward M. Ledesma, Joshua A. Cameron, Joanna R. Rivero, Corey E. Clifford, Austen D. Fradeneck, Shervin Sammak and Matthew M. Barry, (2019), 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17.

"Analytic Modeling of Waste Heat Recovery of Cummins ISL Diesel Engines using Integrated Thermoelectric Devices", Joshua A. Cameron, Iza G. Lantgios, Edward M. Ledesma, Joanna R. Rivero, Corey E. Clifford, Austen D. Fradeneck, Shervin Sammak and Matthew M. Barry, (2019), 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17.

FY19 19

"Finite Volume Modeling of Thermoelectric Generators", Edward M. Ledesma, Iza G. Lantgios, Joshua A. Cameron, Joanna R. Rivero, Corey E. Clifford, Austen D. Fradeneck, Shervin Sammak and Matthew M. Barry, (2019), 4th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17.

"Optimization Method for Cross-Sectional Area of Segmented Thermoelectric Legs to Maximize Performance", Joanna R. Rivero, Edward Ledesma, Iza G. Lantgios, Joshua A. Cameron, Corey E. Clifford, Shervin Sammak, Katherine Hornbostel and Matthew M. Barry, (2019), 4thThermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC), American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Las Vegas, NV, USA, April 14-17.

Elliott, EM. Reactive nitrogen in Pittsburgh streams and fluvial ecosystems. A presentation to the Environmental Advisory Board, US Army Corp of Engineering, Pittsburgh District Office. April 22, 2019. Invited.

Elliott, EM. 2018. Deciphering land-atmosphere interactions of reactive nitrogen using high-frequency isotope analyses. Session: Stable isotopes and novel tracers in biogeochemical and atmospheric research. BG1.7. European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria 2018. Invited talk.

Forgrave, R., Elliott, EM, Bain, DJ, Thomas, BF. Linking Hydrology and Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in an Urban Stream with Continuous Sensing and Stable Isotopes. Abstract # B53K-2206. December 10-14, 2018. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Washington, D.C. Chung, AH, Elliott, EM, Nim, C, Sanchez, D, River, M. Characterization of Reactive Nitrogen Transport in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers During Dry-and Wet-Weather Conditions. Abstract #GC23H-1304. December 10-14, 2018. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C. Sebestyn, SD, Ross, D, Shanley J, Elliott, EM, et al. A database of nitrate isotopes in waters of the Northern Forest region in the USA and Canada. Abstract #H13J-1877. December 10-14, 2018. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C. Chung, A. H., Elliott, E. M., Nim, C. Characterization of reactive nitrogen transport in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) Annual Water Resources Conference. June 2018, Pittsburgh, PA. Forgrave, R.K. and Elliott, E.M. Using Continuous Sensing and Stable isotopes of nitrate to Improve Regional Water Quality Planning, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) Annual Water Resources Conference. June 2018, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018.

Beaudoin, K., Ference, C., Chung, A., Zappitelli, J., Elliot, E., Sanchez,D.V.P., Smarter Riversheds: Identifying surrogates using sensors SCIENCE Pittsburgh PA October 2018 Miller, Z.W., Unger, M.H., Sanchez,D.V.P., Measuring Off-Flavors and Anti-Oxidants to Improve the Sustainability of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Engineering Sustainability: A Climate for Change Pittsburgh PA April 2019 Zappitelli,J., Ference, C., Sanchez,D.V.P., Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Severe Water Stress through a County Level Analysis of U.S. Industrial Freshwater Withdrawals Engineering Sustainability: A Climate for Change Pittsburgh PA April 2019 Beaudoin, K., Ference, C., Chung, A., Zappitelli, J., Elliot, E., Sanchez,D.V.P., Smarter Riversheds: Real-time Water sensors Engineering Sustainability: A Climate for Change Pittsburgh PA April 2019

FY19 20

APPENDIX I Sustainability Task Force

Michael Aklin

Assistant Professor

Political Science

Danielle Andrews-Brown

Lecturer and Environmental Studies Coordinator

Geology & Environmental Science

Drew Armstrong

Associate Professor Director of Architectural Studies

Architectural Studies

Dan Bain

Assistant Professor

Geology & Environmental Science

Professor

Environmental and Occupational Health, GSPH

Eric Beckman

Bevier Professor of Engineering Co-Director, Mascaro Center

Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Melissa Bilec

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Deputy Director, Mascaro Center

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mike Blackhurst

Co-Director of Urban and Regional Analysis

Center for Social & Urban Research

Aaron Barchowsky

FY19 21

John Camillus

Donald R Beall Professor of Strategic Management Organizations and Entrepreneurship

Katz Graduate School of Business

Walter Carson

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences

Emily Elliott

Assistant Professor

Geology & Environmental Science

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

Assistant Professor

GSPIA

Justin Kitzes

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences

Grant MacIntyre

Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Environmental Law Clinic

School of Law

Gena Kovalcik

Co-Director, Mascaro Center

MCSI

Daniel Mosse

Professor and Chair

Computer Science

Cassie Quigley

Associate Professor

School of Education

FY19 22

David Sanchez

Assistant Professor Assistant Director, Mascaro Center

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Aurora Sharrard

Director of Sustainability

Office of Sustainability

John Sebastian

Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor

Political Science

Kyle Whittinghill

LecturerEnvironmental Science Undergraduate Advisor

Geology & Environmental Science

Amy Wildermuth

Dean

School of Law

Jeremy Weber

Assistant Professor

GSPIA

Kay Shimizu

FY19 23

APPENDIX II External Advisory Board

Chuck Blumenschein

Vice President, Industrial R&D

Veolia Water

David Constable

Director

Green Chemistry Institute at American Chemical Society

Charles Liotta

Vice Provost for Research & Dean of Graduate Studies

Georgia Institute of Technology

John C. Mascaro

Chairman

Mascaro Construction Company

Annie Pearce

Associate Profess, Department of Building Construction

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University

Leonard K. Peters

Cabinet Secretary

Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet

Aurora Sharrard

Director of Sustainability

University of Pittsburgh

FY19 24

APPENDIX III MCSI Leadership Team

Eric Beckman

Co-Director, Science and Technology Bevier Professor of Engineering

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

Gena Kovalcik

Co-Director, Administration and External Relations

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

Melissa Bilec

Deputy Director

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

David Sanchez

Assistant Director Education and Community Engagement

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

Tess Petropoulos

Office Manager

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

Anna Coleman

Sustainability Intern

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

Alyssa Martinec

Sustainability Intern

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation

FY19 25

APPRENDIX IV University of Pittsburgh Sustainability Committee STEERING COMMITTEE  Aurora Sharrard, Director of Sustainability, Office of Sustainability  Nicholas Goodfellow, Sustainability Coordinator, Dining Services by Sodexo  Richard Heller, Senior Electrical Engineer, Facilities  Gena Kovalcik, Codirector, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation  Erika Ninos, Sustainability Coordinator, PittServes, Student Affairs  Laura Zullo, Director of Administration, Business & Operations MEMBERS o R. Ward Allebach, Instructor, Environmental Studies, Department of Geology & Environmental Science o Drew Armstrong, Director of Architectural Studies and Associate Professor, Dept of History of Art & Architecture o Kim Barlow, Communications Manager, Office of University Communications o Illona Beresford, Project Architect, Facilities Management o Scott Bernotas, Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities Management, Business & Operations o Melissa Bilec, Deputy Director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation o Amy Buxbaum, Vice President for Finance & Administration, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown o Keith Duval, Environmental Manager, Environmental Health & Safety o Dan Fisher, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Operations & Maintenance, Facilities Management o Brendan Fouracre, Executive Associate Athletic Director for Projects & Operations, Athletics o Marijke Hecht, Graduate Student, School of Education + Learning Research & Development Center (LRDC) o Matt Kropf, Director of Energy Institute, Assistant Professor of Energy Science & Technology, Pitt at Bradford o Michael Papale, Surplus Property Manager, Services & Surplus Property o Samuel Ressin, Board Chair, Pitt Green Fund; Undergraduate Student, Economics & Statistics '20 o David V. P. Sanchez, Assistant Director, Education and Outreach, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation o Steven Svoboda, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Facilities o Paul Supowitz, Vice Chancellor, Community & Governmental Relations o Elizabeth Tiedemann, Registrar, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg o Rebecca Tisherman, Graduate Student, Department of Geology & Environmental Science o Chris Turner, Director of Operations, Office of Economic Partnerships o Matthew Walaan, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Auxiliary Business Administration & Maintenance o Clara Weibel, Sustainability Program Assistant, Student Office of Sustainability; Undergraduate Student ‘20 o Cindy Wertz, Director of Administration, Computing Services & Systems Development o VACANT, Parking, Transportation, & Services o VACANT, Purchasing Services

FY19 26