Sustainability Engineering and Science at NSF National Science Foundation ENG/CBET Program Director Cindy M. Lee New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering & Science 2007

Outline  The Case for US Sustainability Research  Current Issues  Federal Research  Industrial Efforts  NSF Research in Sustainability  Cross-cutting programs  Directorate level  New programs

“Peak” Oil The Economist 1/27/07

Climate Change

“Peak” Water USGS, 2007

Federal Research  US Environmental Protection Agency  Annual P3 Awards  Pollution Prevention  Voluntary Programs  US Department of Energy  National Renewable Energy Laboratory  Biofuels  US Department of Agriculture  Biofuels  Sun Grants

Top Green Power Purchases (EPA, 2007)  Wells Fargo & Company  Whole Foods Market  US Air Force  US Environmental Protection Agency  Johnson & Johnson  Starbucks  DuPont  US Department of Energy  Vail Resorts  HSBC North America

Carpet Industry

US Green Building Council

Directorate for Biological Sciences Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering Directorate for Education and Human Resources Directorate for Engineering Directorate for Geosciences Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate for Social, Behavioral And Economic Sciences Office of the Director OISE Polar Programs $577 $496 $580 (incl. $100 for SBIR/STTR) $797 $703 $1085 $200 Dollar figures: total FY 2006 budgets in millions OCI $34 $322 NSF Organizational Structure $127

Funding Mechanisms  Research projects  Investigator initiated  Specific solicitations  CAREER  Workshops  Education reform  Graduate Fellowships  Centers

Dynamics of Coupled Natural & Human Systems (CNH)

BIO: Carbon in Soils Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE) Project, Duke University

CISE: UrbanSim Model

EHR: Curriculum Innovations Southern Illinois University

GEO: Dam Removal

MPS: Green Chemistry

SBE: Case Studies

Engineering (ENG) Directorate Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Chemical, Bioengineering Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS) Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) Disciplinary AreasCrosscutting Areas Office of the Assistant Director Deputy Assistant Director (OAD)

Materials Use: Science, Engineering & Society (MUSES)  Interdisciplinary  Social scientist(s)  International  Global in reach  Education  Integral part of project

Tracking Heavy Metal Life Cycle Pathways with Input-Output Methods Faculty: Lave (Economics), Hendrickson (Civil and Env. Eng.), Matthews (CEE & Eng. Public Policy), Small (CEE & EPP)Post-Doc: Suh (Env. Eng.) Graduate Students: Amit Goyal, Troy Hawkins, Cortney Higgins, Paulina JaramilloUndergraduate: Roxanne Bromiley (Summer) Carnegie Mellon

Iron cycle: One year stocks and flows, USA, 1999 (Graedel et al., 2004) STAF Project © Yale University 2004

Biocomplexity in the Bioeconomy: The Natural and Industrial Ecology of Biobased Products TEAM MEMBERS: Rob Anex, Biosystems Engineer, ISU Joe Colletti, Economist, ISU Suzie Greenhalgh, Economist, WRI Clare Hinrichs, Sociologist, Penn State Lee Lynd, Engineer, Dartmouth Tom Richards, Biological Engineer, Penn State Important Others: Ed van Ouwerkerk, ISU Mindy Selman, WRI Mark Laser, Dartmouth

Integrated Design Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure University of Michigan

CBET: Environmental Engineering & Technology Cluster  Environmental Engineering (Pat Brezonik)  ~$6 million in FY2007  Environmental Technology (Cindy Ekstein)  ~$3.5 million in FY2006  Environmental Sustainability (new) (Cindy Lee)  $3 million in FY2007  Energy for Sustainability (new) (Rose Wesson)  $3 million in FY2007

Environmental Sustainability  Industrial Ecology  LCA, MFA, new models  Green Engineering  Fundamental approaches  Ecological Engineering  Restoration of ecological function  Earth Systems Engineering  Large scale projects

Energy for Sustainability  Renewable sources of energy  Hydrogen  Bio  Solar  Wind  Hydro  Demand side reductions  Holistic  Systems

The Future

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