Carnegie Mellon University

Patrick Dykiert, Paul Fischbeck, Connor Cipp and Nick Chmielewski after presenting on decreasing lead levels in Allegheny County.

June 04, 2018

Engineering, Social and Decision Sciences Students Propose Ways To Reduce Lead Levels

By Stefanie Johndrow

Students in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Engineering joined forces to come up with a plan to decrease lead levels in Allegheny County.

The group was guided by Paul Fischbeck, professor of social and decision sciences and engineering and public policy, as well as the Department of Engineering and Public Policy’s Deanna Matthews, associate teaching professor, and Ph.D. candidates Gerad Freeman and Sara Schwetschenau.

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