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Liaison Debbie Andres

Submission Date Aug. 26, 2016

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San Jose State University AC-9: Academic ResearchStatus Score Responsible Party

10.00 / 12.00 Sandeep Muju Executive Director

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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:

93 Date Revised: Aug. 16, 2017

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INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

IC-1: Institutional Boundary

IC-2: OperationalCharacteristics

IC-3: Academics andDemographics

ACADEMICS

CURRICULUM

AC-1: Academic Courses

AC-2: Learning Outcomes

AC-3: Undergraduate Program

AC-4: Graduate Program

AC-5: Immersive Experience

AC-6: Sustainability LiteracyAssessment

AC-7: Incentives for DevelopingCourses

AC-8: Campus as a LivingLaboratory

RESEARCH

AC-9: Academic Research

AC-10: Support for Research

AC-11: Access to Research

ENGAGEMENT

CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:

576

Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staffmember that conducts sustainability research:

32

The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:

64

A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and departmentaffiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

STARS Faculty Final_1.xlsx

Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:

Please note that list below includes five non-academic staff members in addition to 89faculty counted in above metrics. Headcount of 576 does NOT include non-academicstaff. This information replicated in attached file.

Trulio Lynne EnvS Klee Gary EnvS Mulvaney Dustin EnvS Olszewski Bruce EnvS Gershenson Alex EnvS Douglas Jason EnvS Russell Will EnvS

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EN-1: Student EducatorsProgram

EN-2: Student Orientation

EN-3: Student Life

EN-4: Outreach Materials andPublications

EN-5: Outreach Campaign

EN-6: Employee EducatorsProgram

EN-7: Employee Orientation

EN-8: Staff ProfessionalDevelopment

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

EN-9: Community Partnerships

EN-10: Inter-CampusCollaboration

EN-11: Continuing Education

EN-12: Community Service

EN-13: Community StakeholderEngagement

EN-14: Participation in PublicPolicy

EN-15: Trademark Licensing

EN-16: Hospital Network

OPERATIONS

AIR & CLIMATE

OP-1: Greenhouse GasEmissions

OP-2: Outdoor Air Quality

BUILDINGS

OP-3: Building Operations andMaintenance

Cushing Katherine EnvS Wrathall David EnvS Fiack Duran EnvS O'Malley Rachel EnvS Speer Leslie Design/H&A Grindstaff Beverly ArtH Sotu Hamedi-Hagh EE Cordero Eugene METR Todd AnneMarie COMM Nixon Hilary URBP Salazar Dayana URBP Agarwal Asha URBP Mathur Shishir URBP Kos Rick URBP Wessel Ginette URBP Metzger Ellen GEOG Smith Grinnell ED Guenter Scott AMS Pitchon Anna ANTH Faas AJ ANTH McMullin Kurt CEE Davis Kate GEOG Richardson Kathryn GEOG Loomba Arvinder BUS Foster Chuck AE Bashash Saied ME Ginny Rhee ME Freeman Marjorie NUFS Cabrera Peggy LIBRARY Curry Julia MAS Pizarro Marcos MAS DeHaan Jason SOC Ross Suzy Health Science & Recreation Pignotti Giselle NUFS Mamary Ed Health Science & Recreation Ta Van Health Science & Recreation Roe Kathleen Health Science & Recreation Worthen Miranda Health Science & Recreation Masucci Matthew Health Science & Recreation Butryn Ted Health Science & Recreation McProud Lucy Health Science & Recreation

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OP-4: Building Design andConstruction

OP-5: Indoor Air Quality

DINING SERVICES

OP-6: Food and BeveragePurchasing

OP-7: Low Impact Dining

ENERGY

OP-8: Building EnergyConsumption

OP-9: Clean and RenewableEnergy

GROUNDS

OP-10: Landscape Management

OP-11: Biodiversity

PURCHASING

OP-12: Electronics Purchasing

OP-13: Cleaning ProductsPurchasing

OP-14: Office Paper Purchasing

OP-15: Inclusive and LocalPurchasing

OP-16: Life Cycle Cost Analysis

OP-17: Guidelines for BusinessPartners

TRANSPORTATION

OP-18: Campus Fleet

OP-19: Student Commute ModalSplit

OP-20: Employee CommuteModal Split

Basu Anu College of Business Holian Matt ECON Roman Ronald MGMT/COB Rinck Health Science & Recreation Vinck Mehgna MGMT/COB Aiello Ivano MOSS LANDING Coale Kenneth MOSS LANDING Connolly Tom MOSS LANDING Geller Jon MOSS LANDING Graham Michael MOSS LANDING Hamilton Scott MOSS LANDING Lage Katie MOSS LANDING McDonald Gitte MOSS LANDING Welschmeyer N MOSS LANDING Lee Juneseok CEE Consavari Elizabeth ARTH Blackmer Reyes Kathryn LIBRARY Kohn Rebecca LIBRARY Slobuski Teresa LIBRARY San Fratello Virginia Design/H&A Furman Buford MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Garcia Alejandro PHYSICS Meniketti Marco ANTHRO Lee Juneseok CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Loomba Arvinder BUS Gosselin Kathryn MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Meyers-Lipton Scott SOCIOLOGY Strauss Daniel CHEMISTRY Luo Lili I-SCHOOL Rhee Jinny MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Resa Kelly CHEMISTRY Selvadury Guna BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Freedman Marjorie NUFS Armaline William JUSTICE STUDIES Jordan Kevin PSYCHOLOGY Sunseri Charlotte ANTHROPOLOGY Stein Ninian ANTHROPOLOGY Kim John CHEMISTRY Pitchon Ana ANTHROPOLOGY Mackie Joshua BIOLOGY Pfeiffer Jeanine ENVS

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OP-21: Support for SustainableTransportation

WASTE

OP-22: Waste Minimization

OP-23: Waste Diversion

OP-24: Construction andDemolition Waste Diversion

OP-25: Hazardous WasteManagement

WATER

OP-26: Water Use

OP-27: Rainwater Management

OP-28: WastewaterManagement

PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION

COORDINATION, PLANNING &

GOVERNANCE

PA-1: SustainabilityCoordination

PA-2: Sustainability Planning

PA-3: Governance

DIVERSITY & AFFORDABILITY

PA-4: Diversity and EquityCoordination

PA-5: Assessing Diversity andEquity

PA-6: Support forUnderrepresented Groups

PA-7: Support for Future FacultyDiversity

PA-8: Affordability and Access

HEALTH, WELLBEING & WORK

Wonder Kristen Spartan Shops Rodriguez Tiffany Transportation Solutions Zonobi Eyedin Transportation Solutions Andres Debbie FD&O Salvadalena Adam FD&O

A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the researchinventory:

To complete this research inventory we calculated the number of faculty who areactively pursuing and conducting research, have submitted research proposals, or havebeen awarded grants relating to sustainability.

A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by facultyand/or staff engaged in sustainability research:

Notable achievements include: 1. Grant awards from the California State Department ofFish and Game and the California State Water Resources Control Board to monitor theenvironmental health of California's streams, rivers, lakes and coastal areas. Theresearch team on the program, known as SWAMP (Surface Water Ambient MonitoringProgram), collects and analyzes scientific data on water from around the state. Theyexamine water quality chemistry and measure toxicity. That data is then compiled,analyzed and integrated into comprehensive reports and web sites that serve asresources and repositories for the entire State of California. The program is led by RustyFairey, Director of the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory at SJSU's Moss LandingMarine Laboratories. 2. In a highly technical convergence of material formulation, digitalmodeling and 3-D printing, Professor Virginia San Fratello - a licensed, practicingarchitect and SJSU faculty member - and her students are designing sustainable,customizable and inexpensive building components made entirely from recycleddemolition debris and carpentry waste. Funded by the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency, they have constructed rigid window coverings that mediate the interiorclimate, reducing the need for air conditioning and heating. Using an open-weave ivy-leaf pattern, they have generated mass customized designs that increase winterinterior temperatures by an average of 12 degrees and decrease summer interiortemperatures by an average of 9 degrees. 3. The Spartan Superway is a modelautomated transit network (ATN), a system where fully automated vehicles operate ona grade-separated track, one that is elevated about 20 to 30 feet above existing

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PA-9: Employee Compensation

PA-10: Assessing EmployeeSatisfaction

PA-11: Wellness Program

PA-12: Workplace Health andSafety

INVESTMENT

PA-13: Committee on InvestorResponsibility

PA-14: Sustainable Investment

PA-15: Investment Disclosure

INNOVATION

INNOVATION

IN-1: Innovation 1

IN-2: Innovation 2

IN-3: Innovation 3

IN-4: Innovation 4

roadways. Under the guidance of Mechanical Engineering Professor Burford Thurman, adesign team of SJSU students from engineering, industrial design, urban planning, andbusiness have constructed a short but full-size model of the track as well as developinga cabin design. While no market for the ATN yet exists, it appears to have futurepotential as a mode of sustainable transportation given that a solar power collectionsystem can be integrated into its design.

The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:

http://san-jose-state-university.epaperflip.com/v/2015

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