Congratulations to the research grant recipients of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation’s 2024-25 awards, which each help faculty engage in sustainability research at Pitt.

The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation has announced its 2024-25 Research Seed Grants and Faculty Fellow Awardees, all focused on finding sustainable solutions to the world’s complex challenges. These projects cover three broad areas, including climate impacts and health, environmental justice, and circular economy.

Research Seed Grants in Sustainability

• Ultra-low-power, Reliable Semiconductor Chip & System Design for Ecological Climate Change Studies with Small Animals
  • Inhee Lee, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Pioneering Sustainable and Transparent Glass Formulations for Climate Resilience
  • Paul Leu, Professor, Industrial Engineering & BP Faculty Fellow
• Sustainable (Campus) Buildings through Sensing and Human-Building Interaction
  • Daniel Mosse, Professor and Interim Chair, Computer Science
  • Stephen Lee, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
  • Nadine von Frankenberg, Teaching Assistant Professor, Computer Science

John C. Mascaro Faculty Awards

• The Pitt-Johnstown STEM Endorsement for Current K-12 Teachers
  • Sarah Chesney, Assistant Professor, Science/STEM education, Pitt-Johnstown
• Developing and Launching a Sustainability in the Supply Chain Course
  • Eric Paljug, Clinical Associate Professor, Business Administration
• AI-based Volunteer Engagement for Crowdsourcing
  • Ryan Shi, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Leonard Peters Faculty Fellow

One (1) new faculty member has been invited to join the current class of Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows, who help envision, create and implement core MCSI programs.

• Joaquin Rodriguez, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

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