The SEED2SOIL program proudly announces the following research grant awards for areas identified by U Facilities that focused on improving campus operations and contributing to broader sustainability knowledge. Each project represents researchers and students working collaboratively with U Facilities on real-world applications.
This Campus as a Living Lab approach directly connects researchers with U Facilities representatives in a true One U, cross-campus collaboration on projects that would have otherwise been sourced to external firms. Researchers are encouraged to develop results that improve sustainable operations for the U’s campus, the broader community and beyond.
The SEED2SOIL program is extremely thankful for the partnership with the Global Change & Sustainability Center, Sustainability Office, University of Utah Health and those in U Facilities who have made this all possible.
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SEED2SOIL awardees
Chen Wang
Assistant professor of materials science and engineering
Nagendra Tanikella
Doctoral student of mechanical engineering
Barnali Sutradhar
Incoming doctoral student of materials science and engineering
Radhika Bhakta
A third-year undergraduate student majoring in quantitative economics and chemistry with a chemical engineering emphasis
Jianli Chen
Assistant professor of civil engineering
Kody Powell
Director of the DOE-funded Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center, assistant professor of chemical engineering, adjunct assistant professor of mechanical engineering
Blake Billings
Doctoral candidate in chemical engineering
Graduate and undergraduate students who have yet to be determined
Todd Easton
Professor of mechanical engineering
Cori Jackson
Incoming doctoral student in mechanical engineering
Kerry Kelly
Associate professor of chemical engineering
Darrah Sleeth
Associate professor of occupational and environmental health
Pierre-Emmanuel Gaillardon
Adjunct associate professor in the School of Computing, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Jianli Chen
Assistant professor of civil engineering
Tony Saad
Assistant professor of chemical engineering
Graduate students from chemical engineering and occupational and environmental health who have yet to be determined
Daniel Mendoza
Adjunct assistant professor of internal medicine and city and metropolitan planning, research assistant professor of atmospheric sciences
Tabitha Benney
Associate professor of political science
Casey Olson
Graduate student of atmospheric sciences
Undergraduate student researchers through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program who are yet to be determined
Andy Hong
Assistant professor of city and metropolitan planning
Anna Maki
Graduate student in city and metropolitan planning
Tom Millar
Associate instructor in city and metropolitan planning
Undergraduate student research assistant who is yet to be determined
John Lin
Professor of atmospheric sciences
Derek Mallia
Research assistant professor of atmospheric sciences
Maria Garcia
Research associate of atmospheric sciences
Daniel Mendoza
Adjunct assistant professor of internal medicine and city and metropolitan planning, research assistant professor of atmospheric sciences
Nic Hofmann
Undergraduate student researcher
Cathy Liu
Associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Bei Wang Phillips
Assistant professor of computing and the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute
Yirong Zhou
Doctoral student in civil and environmental engineering
Graduate student from the School of Computing who is yet to be determined