Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovations

Anna C. Balazs

Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
Phone: 412-648-9250
E-mail: balazs@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Using theory and simulation to design self-healing materials

Eric Beckman

George M. Bevier Professor of Engineering
Codirector, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
Phone: 412-624-4828
E-mail: beckman@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Molecular design to support the creation of greener chemical products and synthesis of materials to support biomedical research

Melissa Bilec

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Assistant Director for Education & Outreach, Mascaro Center
Codirector, Center for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure
Phone: 412-648-8075
E-mail: mbilec@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Engineering issues related to sustainability, green design, and construction; additionally, efforts include not only creating a practical framework for hybrid life cycle assessment modeling, including uncertainty and visualizations, but also modeling on-site construction processes and support services

Kevin Chen

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9675
Email: kchen@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Structure health monitoring and environmental sensing

William (Buddy) Clark

Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-9794
E-mail: wclark@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Energy harvesting and improved energy management through morphing systems

Daniel G. Cole

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-3069
Email: dgcole@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Energy harvesting. Dynamics and control of energy systems for improved efficiency and performance

 

Di Gao

Assistant Professor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 412-624-8488
E-mail: gaod@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Water treatment and energy harvesting using nanomaterials

Willie Harper, Jr.

Associate Professor, Civl and Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9548
E-mail: wharper@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Biological processes that affect water quality, biomass production, and energy

Kent Harries FACI, P.Eng.

William Kepler Whiteford Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9873
E-mail: kharries@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Use of non-traditional and innovative materials in civil infrastructure;  mechanisms and mitigation of infrastructure deterioration

Alex K. Jones

Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phone: 412-624-8000
E-mail: akjones@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Green embedded and ubiquitous computing; novel computer-aided design automation systems applied to sustainable design practices; energy efficiency of electronics and computing particularly incorporating renewable energy sources

Mark Kimber

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-8111
Email: mlk53@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  New methods of energy extraction from unsteady flows (e.g., flow-induced vibrations) and enhancing current methods for storage and transport of heat

Amy Landis

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-624-3989
E-mail: ael30@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Sustainable Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment, Industrial Ecology, Bioenergy

Bong Jae Lee

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-7661
E-mail: bjl39@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Nanoscale Energy Transport Phenomena; Light-Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale; Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion; Plasmon-Enhanced Photovoltaic Energy Conversion; Metamaterials

Steven P. Levitan

John A. Jurenko Professor, Computer Engineering
Phone: 412-648-9663
E-mail: levitan@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Design, modeling, and simulation of complex multi-energy systems with a current focus on micro-scale sensors, actuators and BioMEMS

Xu Liang

Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9872
E-mail: xuliang@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Impacts of climate change on water, Water resources and modeling, Data Assimilation, Hydrometeorology, Sensor network for environmental monitoring

Joe Marriott

Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-648-2106
E-mail: marriott@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Life-cycle assessment of energy and transportation infrastructure

Ian Nettleship

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-9735
E-mail: nettles@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Processing and applications of highly porous ceramic materials used in bioreactor cores as well as gas filters and water filters
Related Links: http://www.engr.pitt.edu/cfp/

Laura Schaefer

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Deputy Director, The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
Associate Director, The Center for Energy
Phone: 412-624-9793
E-mail: laschaef@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Characterizing the thermal-fluid behavior of advanced energy conversion sysstems and increasing energy efficiency

Ravi Shankar

Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9835
Email: shankarr@pitt.edu

Larry J. Shuman

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Industrial Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9815
E-mail: shuman@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Ethics and the environment

Sachin Velankar

Associate Professor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 412-624-9984
E-mail: velankar@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Polymers derived from renewable feedstocks that
are also biodegradable. The focus is on improving material properties while minimizing environmental impacts

Goetz Veser

Associate Professor & CNG Faculty Fellow, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Phone: 412-624-1042
E-mail: gveser@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Catalytic reaction engineering with a particular focus on the design of novel reactor concepts (process intensification through microchemical reactors and integrated reactor concepts) and the synthesis of robust nanomaterials for clean and decentralized energy technology

Radisav D. Vidic

William Kepler Whiteford Professor & Chairman, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: 412-624-1307
E-mail: vidic@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Sustainable water treatment; water reuse; novel disinfection technologies; adsorption/catalysis for environmental applications

Jeff Vipperman

Director of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Studies
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-1643
E-mail: jsv@pitt.edu
Research Interests: Sustainable energy; sustainable military infrastructure and training

Lisa Mauch Weiland

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Phone: 412-624-9031
E-mail: lweiland@engr.pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Hydrokinetic energy harvest. Community sustainability education

Judith C. Yang

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Phone: 412-624-8613
E-mail: judyyang@pitt.edu
Related Links: http://www.engr.pitt.edu/cfp/

Minhee Yun

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Phone: 412-648-8989
E-mail: miy16@pitt.edu
Research Interests:  Development of sustainable energy of Microbial fuel cells (MFC) that are fuel cells with microorganisms that serve as catalysts