Research on the Environment and Sustainability at Carnegie Mellon has a multiplicity of facets representing the complexity of this theme. This research addresses vital themes to enable sustainable technologies, practices and policies on individual, social and global scales.
Research ranges over: laboratory studies in air and water pollution; history of our interaction with the environment; artistic and scientific ways of addressing ecological restoration and pollution abatement including and molecular synthesis; green architectural practices; systems modeling of climate change, pollution and transport; the interaction of energy, environmental and economic systems; and, policy analysis and social and behavioral decision making.
Precise measurements, environmentally sound design practices, an awareness of past and current practices and policies as well as predictive modeling including uncertainty, risk assessment and policy analysis are all vital to our future. Our interdisciplinary ethos enables graduate students and faculty to work across traditional departmental and disciplinary boundaries to do research that makes a difference in the world.
