SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING RESEARCH
Graduate students conduct multidisciplinary research through 草榴社区鈥檚 Sustainable Engineering program, applying a STEEP (social, technological, environmental, economic and political) life cycle analysis perspective to sustainable engineering problems.
Concentrations
The Master's in Sustainable Engineering offers five concentration options:
Primary Research Areas
鈥溾 鈥 Janique Cheesman 鈥14
鈥溾 鈥 Andrew Jester 鈥16
鈥淐onversion of algal biomass cultivated in digested wastewater into biofuels鈥 - Nazareno Roggero Luque 鈥16
鈥 Madelyn Spinner 鈥17
鈥淐apture of Methane from Dairy鈥 鈥 Nicole Meyer 鈥18
鈥淢ore Sustainable Reading Terminal鈥 - Kaleigh Schott 鈥18
鈥淰ertical Gardening whole systems analysis for a viable system鈥 - Adam Butler 鈥19
鈥淚ntegrated closed loop vertical gardening HTC waste conversion LCA鈥 - Philip Armstrong 鈥19
鈥淭he fundamental science and engineering of hydrothermal carbonization and analyzing commercialization potential through a full systems analysis.鈥 鈥 Jeremy Taylor 鈥19
鈥 Perry Hartswick
鈥溾 鈥 Stephen Suffian 鈥13
鈥淎 Resilience Study of the Urban Agribusiness in Philadelphia: A Systems Improvement Through the STEEP Model鈥 鈥 Min Pack 鈥14
鈥 Natalie Walker 鈥15
鈥 Austin Dickerson 鈥16
鈥 Ava Calvano 鈥17
鈥 Mike Leighton 鈥17
- Liesel Schwarz 鈥18
鈥 Matthew Ashcroft 鈥18
鈥 Daniel Cain 鈥14
鈥淗olistic Wastewater treatment assessment of Cajamarca, Peru and a proposed design to achieve energy efficiency via biogas capture from anaerobic digestion鈥 鈥 Hector Rojas 鈥15
鈥淪upply, Demand, and Performance for Gravity-Driven Water Supply Systems in Rural Nicaragua鈥 鈥 Iain Hunt 鈥15
鈥淔unctionality and Sustainability of Water Systems Under Public-Private Partnership Management in Madagascar鈥 - Benjamin Bogardus 鈥16
鈥淪ustainability Impacts of Pre-Paid Water Kiosks on Rural and Small-Town Water Systems in Tanzania鈥 - Joel Nightingale 鈥18
鈥淐ommunity managed water supply systems in Nicaragua鈥 鈥 Julia Musso 鈥18
鈥 Anthony Klodd 鈥14
鈥淯sing a STEEP model to optimize Solar Home Systems in Bangladesh鈥 鈥 Nathan Charles 鈥15
鈥 Rebecca Backer 鈥16
鈥 Marcos Ambrosi 鈥16
鈥 Kathleen Ayuk 鈥17
鈥淰iridity Battery Storage and Management for Renewable Energy and Optimized Grid Performance鈥 - Tyler Casteel 鈥18
鈥 Jignesh Shah 鈥13
鈥揗argaret Amao 鈥16
鈥 Jarrod Bridge 鈥16
鈥 Eduardo Krunfli 鈥16