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Project: 3-D Porous Micrometer-Sized Structures Synthesized by Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles for Water Treatment Applications
PI: Di Gao, Chemical Engineering, Pitt

Project: A Green Alternative to PVC for Piping
PI: Eric J. Beckman, Chemical Engineering, Pitt Scott Gibb, IGERT Fellow

Project: Advanced Fiber Optical Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring of Civil and Energy Transportation facilities
PI: Steven Levitan, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pitt Kevin Chen, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pitt

Project: Cooling and Efficiency in Multi-Junction Cell Concentrator Solar Modules
PI: Laura Schaefer, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt Tony Kerzmann, IGERT Fellow

Project: Design and Development of Super Water and Oil-Repellent Surfaces through Nanoscale Topographic Manipulation
PI: Di Gao, Chemical Engineering, Pitt

Project: Developing a Portable Model for Hands-On Learning in Sustainability
PI: Melissa Bilec, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Pitt David Riley, Architectural Engineering, PSU

Project: Developing Environmental Literacy through Green Design: The Mt. Lebanon Making Our School Environmentally Responsible Project
PI: Jennifer Cartier, Department of Instruction & Learning, Pitt

Project: Development of a Green Lubrication Mechanism for Sheet Metal Forming
PI: Michael Lovell, Industrial Engineering, Pitt C. Fred Higgs, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon

Project: Development of Nano-bimetallic Catalysts for the Removal of Nitrates from Drinking Water by Coordinated Synthesis, Structure and Selectivity/Activity Measurements
PI: Judith Yang, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt

Project: Generation of Surfaces that Display Inhibition of Mold Growth
PI: Alan Russell, Chemical Engineering / McGowan Institute, Pitt

Project: Green Structural Neurology - A Nervous System for Green Buildings
PI: Marlin Mickle, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pitt Laura Schaefer, Mechanical Engineering, Pitt

Project: High Performance HealthCare Facility Design and Construction
PI: Kim LaScola Needy, Industrial Engineering, Pitt Michael Horman, Architectural Engineering, PSU David Riley, Architectural Engineering, PSU

Project: High Performance Healthcare Facility Lessons for Designing Green Children's Hospitals
PI: Kim LaScola Needy, Industrial Engineering, Pitt Michael Horman, Architectural Engineering, PSU David Riley, Architectural Engineering, PSU

Project: High Power Density Biofuel Cells Based on Nano-Engineered Structures for Green Building
PI: Minhee Yun, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pitt Alex Star, Chemistry, Pitt

Project: High-tech low energy water and wastewater treatment systems and studying the reuse of water in gridless systems
PI: Radisav Vidic, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt David Sanchez, IGERT Fellow

Project: Hydrokinetic energy extraction
PI: Laura Schaefer, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt Veronica Miller, GAANN Fellow

Project: Justification of Green Building Construction: Improvements in Productivity, Health and Safety, Maintenance Costs, and Energy Savings
PI: Kim LaScola Needy, Industrial Engineering, Pitt Michael Horman, Architectural Engineering, PSU David Riley, Architectural Engineering, PSU

Project: Micro-Fabricated PMN-PT Energy Harvesters for Self- Powered Sensors in Sustainable Buildings
PI: William Clark, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt

Project: Modeling the Failure and Self-Healing of Surface Coatings for Green Construction
PI: Steven Levitan, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Pitt Anna Balazs, Chemical Engineering, Pitt

Project: Nanoscale Magnetics
PI: Laura Schaefer, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt Michael Ikeda, IGERT Fellow

Project: Next Generation Solid-State Illumination Systems for Green Construction
PI: Laura Schaefer, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt Martin Moeck, Arizona State University

Project: Optimizing an E. coli strain and determining the correct purification scheme (using immobilized metal affinity chromatography, IMAC; ion exchange chromatography, IEC; and hydrophobic interaction chromatography, HIC) for isolated a highly purified target protein.
PI: Mohammad Attai, Bioengineering, Pitt Patrick Bartlow, GAANN Fellow

Project: Replacing Energy Intensive Cements with Blast Furnace Waste that has been Enhanced through the Addition of a Recycled Concrete Mineral Mixture
PI: Julie Vandenbossche, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt

Project: Service Learning, Ed. & Research in Green Construction & Sustainable Development
PI: Melissa Bilec, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt David Riley, Architectural Engineering, PSU

Project: Starch Based Renewable Polymers
PI: Sachin Velankar, Chemical Engineering, Pitt Candice DeLeo, IGERT Fellow

Project: Stochastic Agricultural Optimization Model with Mixed-Integer Variables
PI: Oleg Prokopyev, Industrial Engineering, Pitt Andrew Trapp, GAANN Fellow

Project: Survey of methods for quantitative characterization, propagation, and analysis of uncertainty in life cycle assessment
PI: Robert Ries, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt

Project: Sustainable Hazard-Resistant Construction Using Indigenous Materials and Practices
PI: Kent Harries, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt Bhavna Sharma, IGERT Fellow

Project: Vandergrift Hydrokinetic Project
PI: Lisa Weiland, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Pitt

Project: Water Loss in Sustainable Water Usage in Campinas and Collaboration between Countries and Cities
PI: Kim LaScola Needy, Industrial Engineering, Pitt

Project: Water Treatment System Design for Arsenic-Contaminated Water Supplies Using Hyperaccumulating Plants
PI: Radisav Vidic, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pitt

 
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