1. STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP MEETING David Dzombak
Faculty Director, Steinbrenner Institute
July 9, 2008

2. WELCOME!
29 industrial participants representing 21 companies from chemicals, construction/buildings, energy, metals, and other sectors
Faculty participants from some 18 environmentally-related research centers at Carnegie Mellon

3. THE STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE
Mission
Facilitate internal and external connections
Promote core academic strengths housed in 18 environmental research centers
Advance emerging and interdisciplinary research

4. THE STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE RESEARCH FOCUS AREAS
Urban infrastructure and sustainable cities
Energy transition strategies and the environment

5. THE STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE RESEARCH CENTERS
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies
Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics
Center for Study and Improvement of Regulation
Center for Sustainable Engineering
Climate Decision-Making Center
Green Design Institute
Remaking Cities Institute
Center for Water Quality in Urban Env Systems
Design Decisions Laboratory

6. THE STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE RESEARCH CENTERS
Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center
Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure
Center for Advancement of Applied Ethics
Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research
Center for International Corporate Responsibility
Center for Risk Perception and Communication
Institute for Green Oxidation Chemistry
STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center

7. NEW! CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
Carnegie Mellon University and Duke University
NSF and EPA sponsored
Focus: understand exposure and hazard; development of scientific basis for risk assessment

8. STEINBRENNER INSTITUTE CORPORATE PARTNERSHIP
Focus: conduct cooperative, world-class research in environmental science, technology, management and policy on topics of interest to members
Method: individual projects with multiple corporate sponsors

9. CARNEGIE MELLON AND CORPORATE RESEARCH
Carnegie Mellon has a long history of problem-driven, interdisciplinary research and collaboration with corporations
Significant amount of our environmental research has been conducted collaboratively with corporations

10. SOME EXAMPLES
Green design initiative and IBM
Subsurface cyanide treatment: Alcoa, Alliant Energy, Wisconsin Electric Power, EPRI, Niagara Mohawk
Water/wastewater pipe inspection and cleaning: RedZone Robotics
Automation and control systems for improved energy performance of buildings: Thermal Tech Engineering, United Technologies

11. RESEARCH AT CARNEGIE MELLON: THE BASICS
Research is conducted by graduate students, postdocs, research staff and supervised by faculty
Typical project duration: 1-3 years
Typical project cost: $60-120K/year
Performed under research contract; many previous contracts with corporate sponsors
Administered by one research unit (for SICP projects, this will be Inst. for Complex Engineered Systems)

12. EXAMPLE RESEARCH PROJECT TIMELINE
Months 1-3: Identify partners and define scope
Months 3-6: Establish contract and project personnel
Month 7: Project initiation
Months 7-18+: Project performance: quarterly progress reports; meetings as needed; report at annual meeting; publications; presentations

13. SICP AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP
$10K annual membership fee
Companies providing $10K or more per year to support research in centers associated with the Steinbrenner Institute qualify automatically for SICP Affiliate membership (e.g., all members of CISR)

14. SICP AFFILIATE BENEFITS
Annual meeting with corporate partners
Opportunities to participate in focused research projects
Special student recruiting opportunities
Issue-specific meetings or phone/video conferences
Input on and access to weekend immersion courses
Opportunities to participate in executive training, in collaboration with Tepper School of Business
Employee-in-residence opportunities

15. SICP MEETING GOALS
Share information on environmental topics of common interest to participants
Identify areas where research is needed to advance corporate objectives
Feedback forms
Open discussion

16. SICP MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, July 9
11:30-1:00 Lunch and keynote speaker Ed Rubin, CO2 Capture and Storage
1:15-2:45 Focus Topic 1: Carbon Footprinting
3:00-4:30 Focus Topic 2: Sensing for Water and Infrastructure Management
4:30-6:00 Reception

17. SICP MEETING AGENDA
Thursday, July 10
8:30-9:00 Continental breakfast
9:00-10:30 Focus Topic 3: Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency
10:30-11:30 Discussion, other topics, next steps