Research Grants Awarded

Center for Sustainable Engineering, $1.7 Million total for three institutions, $1,348,000 for CMU (including $350K for University of Arizona – subcontract), NSF, 2005-2009, Cliff Davidson, PI; Chris Hendrickson, David Allen, and Brad Allenby, co-PIs.

Benchmarking Sustainability Engineering Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through subcontract with the University of Texas at Austin, Total $350,000. CMU portion $137,500., 2005-2008. PI of CMU portion, Chris Hendrickson and Scott Matthews, co-PIs.

Outsourcing Technological Innovation to Foreign Technology Centers: An Empirical Investigation of the Rare Earth Industry, National Science Foundation, $125,000., 2004-2006. PI (with Francisco Veloso).

Acquisition of a Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer and an Aerosol Mass Spectrometer: Instrumentation for Measurement of Airborne Organics, National Science Foundation, $357,972., 2004-2005, Neil Donahue, PI, and Cliff Davidson and Allen Robinson, co-PIs.

Atmospheric Aerosol Source-Receptor Relationships: The Role of Coal-Fired Power Plants, DOE-NETL, $3,400,000., February 1, 2001 – January 31, 2004, Allen Robinson, PI, and Spyros Pandis and Cliff Davidson, co-PIs.

The Pittsburgh PM Supersite: A Multidisciplinary Consortium for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $3,400,000., January 13, 2000 – January 12, 2004, Spyros Pandis, PI,  and Cliff Davidson and Allen Robinson, co-PIs.

A Mass Balance Framework for Assessing Flows of Environmental Pollutants: Application to Lead as a Case Study, National Science Foundation, $439,396., September 1999 – December 2004, Principal investigator (with Francis McMichael and Lester Lave).

Development of an Ammonia Emissions Inventory for the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, Mid-Atlantic Region Air Management Association (MARAMA) and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), $70, 246., July 6, 1999 – December 31, 2000, Principal investigator.

Seasonal Differences in Air-Snow Chemical Relationships at Summit, Greenland, National Science Foundation, $103,949., November 1, 1998 – October 31, 2001, Principal investigator.

Soiling of a High-Rise Stone Building Caused by Atmospheric Pollutants, National Park Service, $341,130, June 1998 – September 2002, Principal investigator (with Susan Finger).

Research Consortium on Ozone and Fine Particle Formation in California and the Northeastern United States, Environmental Protection Agency through a subcontract with Caltech, $620,224., April 19, 1998-April 18, 2001, Co-Principal investigator (with Spyros Pandis).

Soiling of a High-Rise Stone Building Caused by Atmospheric Pollutants, National Park Service, $212,180, September 1996 – September 1999, Principal investigator (with Susan Finger).

Collaborative Research: Relationship between Air and Snow Chemistry in Winter at Summit, Greenland, National Science Foundation, $20,000., September 1996 – August 1997, Principal investigator.

Preparing Engineering Faculty of the Future: The Engineering Education Scholars Workshop, National Science Foundation, $514,596., April 1996-March 2001, Principal investigator (with Susan Ambrose).

Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Chemical Constituents at Summit, Greenland: Interpretation of the GISP-2 Ice Core, $290,362., June 1995 – May 1997, Principal investigator.

Enhancing the Environmental Content of Undergraduate Engineering Curricula, National Science Foundation, $188,860., April 1995-March 1997, Principal investigator (with Ed Rubin).

Chemical Constituents in Air and Snow at Summit, Greenland: Interpretation of the GISP-2 Ice Core, $108,302., July 1994 – June 1996, Principal investigator.

Pittsburgh’s Environmental Profile, Heinz Endowments, $81,000., February 1994-October 1994, Principal investigator.

Dry Deposition of Nonvolatile and Semivolatile Compounds to Natural Water Surfaces, Environmental Protection Agency through a subcontract with the University of Michigan, $269,781., January 1994-December 1996, Principal  investigator.

The Effect of Product Labeling and Odor on Behavior Exhibited by Users of Household Products, Environmental Protection Agency, $149,479., September 1993 – August 1995, Co-Principal investigator (PI is Mitchell Small).

A Wind Tunnel Study of Rebound and Resuspension, Environmental Protection Agency, $300,000., September 1993-September 1996, Principal investigator.

Pollutant Dry Deposition to Snow and Vegetation: A Collaborative Research Project, National Science Foundation International Travel Grant, $17,330., May 1993 – April 1996, Principal investigator.

Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Chemical Constituents at Summit, Greenland, National Science Foundation, $350,812., May 1992-April 1994, Principal investigator.

Weathering of High Rise Stone Buildings Caused by Atmospheric Pollutants, National Park Service, $716,429., July 1991-September 1996, Principal investigator.

Particle Dry Deposition from the Ambient Atmosphere: The Role of Particle-Surface Interactions, National Science Foundation, $207,385., May 1990-April 1992, Principal investigator.

Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of Chemical Constituents at the GISP II Ice Core Site, National Science Foundation, $147,191., May 1990 – April 1992, Principal investigator.

Processes Influencing Chemical Species Concentrations in an Aging Snowpack: Application to the Greenland Ice Sheet, National Science Foundation, $39,094., August 1989-March 1990, Principal investigator.

Dry Deposition of Sulfate and Nitrate at Gettysburg, National Park Service through subcontract with the Illinois State Water Survey, $84,893., September 1987-September 1989, Co-principal investigator (PI is Don Dolske).

Dry Deposition Measurement During the Southern California Air Quality Study, California Air Resources Board, $76,550., May 1987-August 1988, Principal investigator.

Processes Influencing Chemical Species Concentrations in Ice Cores from Dye 3, Greenland, National Science Foundation, $248,617., May 1987-October 1989, Principal investigator.

Inhalation Exposure in the Home to Volatile Organic Constituents of Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through subcontract with the University of Pittsburgh, $179,057., January 1986 – May 1991, Principal investigator.

Laboratory and Field Testing of a Surrogate Surface Monitor for Routine Measurement of Particle Dry Deposition, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $47,821., October 1985 – September 1986, Principal investigator.

Pollutant Emission Factors for Gas Stoves: A Literature Survey, Environmental Protection Agency, $24,994., May 1985 – December 1985, Principal investigator.

Design of a Surrogate Surface Monitor for Routine Measurement of Particle Dry Deposition,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $49,997., October 1984 – September 1985, Principal investigator.

The Transport of Airborne Particles onto the Greenland Ice Sheet, National Science Foundation, $175,578., March 1984 – February 1987, Principal investigator.

The Influence of Building Design and Other Factors on Indoor Air Quality, National Science Foundation, $191,847., October 1982 – June 1984, Principal investigator.

Energy Performance Monitoring of Inner City Case Study and Demonstration Project, Brookhaven National Laboratories, $96,836., September, 1982 – January, 1984, Co-Principal investigator (PI is Volker Hartkopf).

Field Calibration of Acid Species Dry Deposition on Teflon Plates, Environmental Protection Agency, $30,764, January 1982 – December 1982, Principal investigator.

Airborne Trace Elements and Trace Organics at the Grand Forks Coal Gasifier, Department of Energy, $11,000, October 1981 – August 1982, Principal investigator.

Wet and Dry Deposition of Atmospheric Trace Elements in Greenland and in Barrow, Alaska, National Science Foundation, $114,619, July 1981 – June 1983, Principal investigator.

An Ion Chromatograph for Analysis of Environmental Samples, National Science Foundation Equipment Grant,$13,410., June 1981 – May 1982, Principal investigator.

Airborne Size Distributions of Lead and Other Trace Elements in Remote Nepal, Environmental Protection Agency, $7,967., September 1979 – August 1980, Principal investigator.

Equipment for Sampling Airborne Particulate Matter, National Science Foundation Equipment Grant, $6,859., September 1979 – August 1980, Principal investigator.

Particle Size and Lead Isotope Investigation of Toxic Element Pollution in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, MPC Corporation, $125,815., September 1978 – August 1980, Co-Principal investigator (with Truman Kohman).

Retrospective Assessment of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Statutes: Values, Policy Formulation, Social Impacts, and Value Change, National Science Foundation, $49,904., September 1978 – December 1979, Consultant.

Trace Metal Size Distributions in Fugitive Emissions from a Coal Gasifier, Department of Energy, $5,283., September 1978 – August 1979, Principal investigator.

The Deposition of Trace Metals and Sulfates onto Arctic Snow, National Science Foundation, $71,503., July 1978 – June 1980, Principal investigator.

Trace Elements in International Biosphere Reserves, Environmental Protection Agency, $101,092., April 1978 – August 1986, Principal investigator.