Research: Sustainability
Studying robust enduring systems and environmental science
List of Current Sustainability Courses
Faculty
- Melody Baglione (mechanical engineering)
- Joe Cataldo (civil engineering)
- Ben Davis (chemical engineering)
- Vito Guido (civil engineering)
- Sam Keene (electrical engineering)
- George Sidebotham (mechanical engineering)
- Amanda Simson (chemical engineering)
- Lisa Shay (electrical engineering)
- Neveen Shlayan (electrical engineering)
- Jennifer Weiser (chemical engineering)
- Constantine Yapijakis (civil engineering)
University Organizations and Clubs
- Climate Coalition - develops Climate Programming like Climate Week and other campus activities (contact: climate@cooper.edu)
- CUSAP - Cooper Union Sustainable Agriculture Project - works on projects related to sustainable agriculture including modular hydroponics systems (contact: cusap@cooper.edu)
- Association of Energy Engineers University Chapter
- Race and Climate Reading Group and readings from Spring 2021 (contact: Asst Dean Nada Ayad: nada.ayad@cooper.edu)
- Solar Decathlon VIP team
- Smart Cities VIP team
- Garden Club - runs the Cooper Union garden on the roof of 41 Cooper Square and does programming on sustainable agriculture and food and climate justice.
Faculty and Student Research Projects
- Autonomy Lab - The lab combines efforts from the university’s three schools: Architecture, Art, and Engineering. The collective focus of the lab is on solving problems involving the autonomy of cities and communities by searching for design breakthroughs in related fields that concern an autonomous and sustainable structure. (contact: Prof. Neveen Shlayan / Prof. Mili Shah)
- Building Efficiency in NYC - Faculty/student research investigating ways to reduce the campus carbon footprint and apply that to NYC buildings (contact: Prof Melody Baglione)
- Blast Resistant Materials and Systems (former Prof. Jameel Ahmed)
- CO2 adsorption technologies - Faculty/student research investigating electrospun materials for carbon capture (contact: Prof Amanda Simson/Jennifer Weiser)
- Carbon Negative Technologies Systems Analysis -Faculty/student research investigating the monetary and environmental cost of different negative emissions technologies (contact: Prof Ben Davis/Amanda Simson)
- Biochar and Waste Management Technologies - Faculty/student research investigating biochar as a waste management tool, potential soil amendment, carbon sequestration method, and carbon-neutral local energy source. (contact: Prof Amanda Simson/Ben Davis)
- Remote Sensing and Climate (contact: Prof Sam Keene)
- Barbara Ford Peace Center (Guatemala) Solar Energy Project and Sustainable Agriculture Project - developing a plan for solar energy collection and use; and soil improvement via biochar at the Barbara Ford Peace Center (contact: Dean Lisa Shay)
- Electric Motor Testing (former Prof. George Delagrammatikas)
- Javits Center Green Roof Monitoring Study (contact: Prof Joseph Cataldo)
- Sustainable Chemical Process Design (Alumni: Chae Jeong ChE'18, Kenny O'Neill ChE'18, Norris Nakagaki ChE'14, Heejae Huh ChE'13, Jung Choi ChE'13, James Lee ChE'13, James Stevenson ChE'13)
- The Cooper Cooler
- Sustainable Design (contact: Prof Vito Guido)
- Self-Sustaining Light Source (contact: Prof Toby Cumberbatch)