Undergraduate Programs
Undergraduate Research in Sustainable Engineering
DEADLINE TO APPLY: FEBRUARY 15, 2010
Program Objectives
URP is a 12-week summer program aimed at providing talented undergraduate students with creative opportunities that go beyond the engineering classroom curriculum and enable them to develop their own ideas and work independently on hands-on research projects in sustainable engineering with advice and guidance from a faculty mentor.
Recommendations from University of Pittsburgh faculty are required. Faculty can email recommendation to mbilec@pitt.edu
2009 recipients of the Undergraduate Summer Research Program in Sustainable Engineering!
Children's Hospital Green Building Metrics
Matthew Geary
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Bilec
Electricity Reduction for Development Properties- New & Existing
Matt Kaminski
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Bilec and Dr. Joe Marriott
Kathleen Kessler
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Bilec and Dr. Joe Marriott
Abigayle Sterle
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Bilec and Dr. Joe Marriott
Energy Harvesting for Improved Power Management in Buildings
Anthony Machi
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Advisor: Dr. Buddy Clark
New Microstructural Designs for Low-Cost Ceramic Water Filters
Nicole Ostrowski
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Advisor: Dr. Ian Nettleship
Sustainable Disinfection
Jennifer Howells
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Leonard Casson
Synthesis of Functional Core-Shell Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Production
Rebecca Byrnes
Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Goetz Veser
