2009 Announcements & Awards

September 23

The Carnegie Mellon Environmental Practices Committee was selected as one of GASP's "Environmental Heroes".

July 28

Professor Greg Lowry has been named the 2009 recipient of the Malcolm Pirnie/AEESP Frontier in Research Award, given to recognize an environmental engineering or science professor who has advanced the environmental engineering and science field through recognized research leadership and pioneering efforts in a new and innovative research area.

July 28

Professor Jeanne VanBriesen has been named the 2009 recipient of the McGraw-Hill/AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering & Science, given to honor a faculty member who has made substantive contributions directly through class-oriented teaching.

April

Environmental Engineering graduate program ranked #6 by USNWR Jul 2009:  EPA top 20 university green power users Aug 2009:  Environmental Engineering undergraduate program ranked #9 by USNWR

April 2

Varun Dutt, an Engineering & Public Policy Doctoral student, was nominated for the best student paper award at the ASEE NE 2009 conference. His paper, “A Model of Human Perceptions of Climate Change”, was written under the guidance of Professor Cleotilde Gonzalez.