Staff and Student Partnerships
Partnerships with the Office of Sustainabilty
Student Groups
The OS will be working with the student groups SEED, SPACE, SEPA and NetImpact to help them put together the various events planned as part of the nation-wide Focus the Nation on Global Warming Solutions for America project and other initiatives throughout the year.
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Individual Research Projects
Jiong Wang
Jiong is a MS student in Urban Planning who is performing the calculations needed to roughly estimate future greenhouse gas emissions by the campus.
Tianpin Wu
Tiapin is a Professional Master of Science and Technology student who will do a volunteer internship to learn how the health science campus operates and to assess options for helping that part of campus move towards a more sustainable future.
Brenden Kendall
Brenden is a PhD student from Communication who has centered his dissertation on studying the evolution of our campus network organization as we implement President Young’s vision for a more sustainable campus.
Classes
Sustainability Practicum Class Spring 2008
In the spring 2008 semester students enrolled in the practicum have the exciting opportunity to plan, design, and implement sustainable enhancements to other U. campus structures and processes.
Partnerships with Plant Operations
Classes
Urban Hydrology
Professor Steve Burian will lead a class in “Urban Hydrology” which will continue ongoing student projects aimed at developing and applying hydrologic models for water collection and transfer on campus
Thermal Systems
Professor Eric Pardyjak will lead a class in “” where students will likely design a future 2nd chiller unit and compare their result to a recently developed chiller unit design.
Sustainability Practicum Class Spring 2008
Bill Johnson and Steve Burian In the spring 2008 semester students enrolled in the practicum have the exciting opportunity to plan, design, and implement sustainable enhancements to other U. campus structures and processes.