Congratulations to the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation research & faculty grant awardees for 2022-23, which each help faculty and students engage in sustainability research, education and outreach at Pitt.
Research Seed Grants in Sustainability
The Role of PA’s Public Utility Commission in Efforts to Decarbonize Pennsylvania’s Electricity Grid-
– Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, GSPIA
– Grant MacIntyre, School of Law and Environmental Law Clinic
Engineering Subcellular Bioreactors for Selective Metal Recovery as Metallic Particles
– Meng Wang, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Leanne Gilbertson, Civil & Environmental Engineering
John C. Mascaro Faculty Fellows in Sustainability
Sustainability Based Curriculum for Chemical Engineering
– Joaquin Rodriguez Alonso, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Filmmaking as a Sustainable and Environmental Practice
– Sarah Moore, Film and Media Studies
John C. Mascaro Faculty Scholars in Sustainability
Integrating Green Electronics Education into ECE classes
– Mohamed Bayoumy, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Digital Teaching Module for Sustainable Food Systems
– Kay Shimizu, Political Science
John C. Mascaro Faculty Lecturers in Sustainability
Sustainable Food Systems course
– Corey Suzanne Flynn, Physical Therapy
Global Engagement in Sustainability Grants (MCSI & UCIS collaboration)
Harnessing Human-centered Design (HCD) for Intervention Development in Global Public Health: A Community-engaged Pilot Study in Nepal
– Sara Baumann, Public Health
– Jessica Burke, Public Health
Medical Design for Low Resource Environments
– Kevin Bell, Bioengineering
– Cynthia Salter, Public Health
Connecting the Global and Local: Sustainability and the Challenge of Food Waste in Rome, Italy
– Frayda Cohen, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Using PhotoVoice to explore environmental sustainability among Latinos in an emerging community
– Patricia Documet, Public Health
Educational Bridges toward Sustainable City-Regions: Reciprocal Exchanges between Auckland (NZ) and Pittsburgh (PA)
– Michael Glass, Urban Studies
Realizing Sustainable Development Goal 6: Challenges and Opportunities
– Marcela Gonzalez Rivas, GSPIA
– Caitlin Schroering, Geology and Environmental Sciences
Imagining Global Cities of the Future: Cultural Exchange Class on Sustainability between Pitt and Konan University, Japan
– Elizabeth Oyler, East Asian Languages and Literatures