Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation annually awards research seed grants to engage researchers passionate about and engaged in sustainability. SEED grants support graduate student and post-doctoral fellows on one-year research projects. The 2020-2021 MCSI Research Grants were awarded to:
- A Circular Chemical Industry: Closing the Anthropogenic Carbon Cycle with Biomimetic Reactors
James McKone, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering - Mapping the Landscape of Seafood in Pittsburgh Markets: Do Safe, Sustainable and Accessible Meet?
Carla Ng, Civil & Environmental Engineering - Optimization of Traffic Signals on Pitt’s Campus Road Network to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Green House Gas Emissions from Vehicular Traffic
Aleksandar Stevanovic, Civil & Environmental Engineering - Up-Cycling of Machining Scrap via Mechano-Chemical Attrition Enhanced Hydride-Dehydride Processing for Sustainable Ti-Powder Fabrication
Jorg Wiezorek, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Ravi Shankar, Industrial Engineering
Congratulations to all of this year’s recipients! Learn more about MCSI research seed grant recipients since 2015.