Institute for Environmental Science and PolicyUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

External Advisory Board Meeting

October 1, 2014

1 October 2014524 SPHW2121 West Taylor StreetChicago, IL 60612

Agenda

8:30am Breakfast and introductions

9:00 “State of the Institute” (T. Theis)

9:30 Discussion and comments

10:00 New IESP predoctoral fellowsN. Ahmad (CME)S. Husseini (CME)

10:45 Break

11:00 Response to EAB report and recommendations (T. Theis) and discussion (all)

12:30pm Lunch

1:00 Further discussion, comments from the Board

2:00 Adjourn

IESP Highlights FY 2013-2014• Emily Minor: promotion to associate professor with indefinite tenure• Research expenditures: $1,592,937 (total $4,996,081)• 40 projects with 75 PIs + co-PIs across 28 units• ICR return $117,912• 14 active projects (as of 8/31/14)—some examples:

– CyberSEES (NSF): “Feasibility of a data integration framework for urban metabolism” (Cruz, Ai, Derrible, Dorevitch, Klein-Banai, Theis) – NCEH: “Building resilience against climate effects in Illinois” (Dorevitch, Forst, Ibrahim, Turnock)– USEPA (ASU): “Material life cycle of nanomaterials” (Theis)– U of Glasgow: “An agent-based model for simulating the process of social exclusion” (Tilahun, Zellner)– Chicago Wilderness Congress 2014 (Wise)

• New large scale collaborative initiatives: – NSF Science and Technology Center: “Sustainability Science and Urban Food Systems” (UIC, UIUC, CSU, PSU, OSU, ASU, VSU)– NSF SRN: “Urban Food System” UIC, UIUC, CSU– NSF PIRE: “Building Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Infrastructures: Aligning Physical Designs with Financial Models” (Theis, Ashton, Minor,

Pagano, Schlickman, Weber, Zellner) – EPA ACE: “Air, Climate and Energy: Center for Urban and Regional Vulnerability Evaluation (ACE:CURVE)”

(w/ ANL, U of C, UND, Cornell, USC, CUNY, UIUC) – NSF RIPS “Supporting the resilience of urban food systems through integrated water, food, and institutional infrastructure” (Zellner, Ai, Ashton, Cruz,

O’Connor, Powell, Theis, Weber, Winkle, Zenk)– NSF: "Natives in the Neighborhood:Â Ecological Impacts of Voluntary Conservation Efforts for Urban Biodiversity and STEM Learning“ (Minor, Wise,

Portland State, Chicago Wilderness, Field Museum, Conserve Lake County, Morton Arboretum, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Openlands)– Proposal to host the 2017 biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE)

(UIC, Northwestern, IIT, Argonne, CNT, City of Chicago)

• Ph.D. Predoctoral fellowships (2): – N. Ahmad (CME), “Network analysis of resource consumption patterns” – S. Husseini (CME), “Controls on the accumulation and transformation of semi-volatile halogenated persistent bioaccumulative toxic compounds in the

upper great lakes”

IESP Grant Connections 2010-2014

Joint IESP FacultyName Depart/Col Expertise Rank Percent Appointed

Kathryn Nagy EaES/LAS Env. Geochemistry Professor 40 2002

Nurtan

Esmen

EOHS/SPH Risk Assess/ Env.

Decision

Professor

Emeritus

N/A 2003

Jane Lin CME/COE Transportation

Systems/Air Quality

Associate

Professor

43 2003

Moira Zellner UPP/CUPPA Public Policy/

Sustainability of

Natural Resources

Associate

Professor

50 2006

David Wise Biological

Sci/LAS

Ecosystem

Processes

Professor 50 2006

Emily Minor Biological

Sci/LAS

Landscape Ecology Associate

Professor

50 2008

Samuel

Dorevitch

EOHS/SPH Urban Health Associate

Professor

50 2010

Ning Ai UPP/CUPPA Urban

Sustainability

Assistant

Professor

50 2011

Sybil Derrible CME/COE Urban

Infrastructure

Systems

Assistant

Professor

50 2012

Cumulative IESP Allocations by Department (2002-2014)

Art & Arch

Biological Sci

Economics

Earth & ES

Chemical Engr

Civil & Mat Engr

Mech & Ind Engr

EOHS

Epi Bio

Public Adm

Urban Planning

Art & Arch 5,000

Biological Sci 580,404

Economics 30,500

Earth & ES 514,000

Chemical Engr 166,606

Civil & Mat Engr 367,834

Mech & Ind Engr 27,008

EOHS 464,465

Epi Bio 32,722

Public Adm 5,000

Urban Planning 283,975

“Environmental” Faculty by Department

Arch

Art

Biol SciChem ChemE

CME

Comp Sci

Ea & ES

ECE

EconEOHS

Epi Bio

ERC

Finance

Health Adm

HistoryIDS

Math

Medicine MIE

Phil Physics

Public Adm

Urban Planning Urban Trans

Arch 3

Art 1

Biol Sci 13

Chem 2

ChemE 6

CME 8

Comp Sci 3

Ea & ES 14

ECE 4

Econ 2

EOHS 18

Epi Bio 2

ERC 4

Finance 2

Health Adm 2

History 2

IDS 1

Math 1

Medicine 2

MIE 6

Phil 1

Physics 1

Public Adm 2

Urban Planning 9

Urban Trans 5

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EAB Recommendations and Responses

Overarching recommendation: campus-wide planning and re-visioning of IESPResponse:

• Excellent idea

• Can sharpen the emerging focus on sustainability and sustainable systems, including urban systems, and re-examine the value of IESP

• Must remember that the “environmental” community at UIC is much larger today that 15 years ago

• IBHE calls for review of units every 8 years (which for IESP would be 2015)

EAB specific recommendations1. Expand reach of IESP using mechanisms/partnering from other centers

– IESP has co-sponsored activities with other centers and offices (seminars, earth day) and will continue to do so.

– Our experience has been that the best motivator for topical working groups is the deadline of a RFP

– Over the years IESP has provided “seed” funding for certain activities (proposal prep, retreats and meetings) in response to an identified topic and group.

– We view multi-year commitments to faculty as multi-year investments, just as departments do.

– We do not view single-faculty fellowships as part of IESP’s mission, although we have supported sabbatical leaves of our jointly appointed faculty.

– IESP continually looks for new faculty hiring opportunities

– Ph.D. fellowships will continue and may be expanded (e.g. first-year fellows as recruiting tool)

2. UIC facilities as learning laboratories– IESP has no laboratory facilities.

– External partnerships are an excellent idea, provided they contribute to IESP’s mission.

3. Create a marketing strategy with outside organizations– Another good idea, but a very different “business” model

– New academic programs may be a possibility

– Working with UIC Development Office has not yet yielded results

– Might be time to rehire an outreach coordinator

4. Relocation of IESP to East campus– Ongoing…

5. Indirect cost recovery– Has been problematic

– Original proposal called for a combination of State and ICR funding

– Decisions by upper administration have made original plan untenable

– OVCR has committed $200K/year in 5 year increments, ending FY2017

– Long term plan uncertain

6. Expand mission of IESP/Urban sustainability as a focus– Yes, an increasingly important part of IESP’s identity– Much of IESP faculty research is urban-centric– BURST initiative– NSF CyberSEES/Urban metabolism– Urban Food SRN– PIRE (Urban financing)/parallel to UK iBUILD– Network concept

LCA-based Networks: Foundation for an Integrative Scientific Methodology

Why Networks?

• Networks are intentional constructs, linked together in a web of common purposes

• Stress the idea of a community of science as the common element and principle of connection among concepts and ideas

• Facilitates interdisciplinary knowledge exchanges

• Science-based, hence will grow and adapt in self-correcting ways as knowledge is acquired, exchanged, and transformed

• Sustainability is complex with multiple interested parties (technology, economics, public health, government and more); such complexity benefits from the self-integrated structure of a network

Funding

Literature and Patents

Firms

End-of-life

Disposition

Environmental

Impacts

Economic &

Social Impacts

Value Chain

Analysis

R&D,

Product

Development

Acquisition of

Materials

Manufacturing,

Fabrication, and

Assembly

Costs & Market

Supply

Consumer Use

Patterns &

Demand

Forecasting Integration

Anticipation Prospecting

Exploration and

Learning

Databases

Governance

LCA-based Manufacturing Networks: Basic Architecture

Knowledge creation nodes

Feedback loops of varying

complexity and scale

Data and information transfers

General

traversal

of the

network

Funding

Literature and Patents

Firms

End-of-life

Disposition

Environmental

Impacts

Economic &

Social Impacts

Value Chain

Analysis

R&D,

Product

Development

Acquisition of

Materials

Manufacturing,

Fabrication, and

Assembly

Costs & Market

Supply

Consumer Use

Patterns &

Demand

Forecasting Integration

Anticipation Prospecting

Exploration and

Learning

Databases

Governance

Life Cycle Embedded within the Network

Firms,

agencies, and

researchers

establish basis

for new

products

Ideas and

innovations

are turned

into real

products

Consumers

develop their

preferences

and patterns of

consumption

Sustainability

impacts

emerge

Governance

and policy

issues come

into focus;

recommend-

ations for

action.

Knowledge Network for the Urban Food System. Blue boxes represent knowledge

creation/transformation/storage nodes, blue arrows are knowledge transfers. Together these constitute a

series of single and nested feedback loops which define the Urban Food Network. Red connecting lines

show intersection points among other interdependent systems: Economic, Energy, Environmental,

Transportation, Health, and Cultural.

R&DProduction &

ProcessingMarkets

Acquisition &

Distribution

Preparation &

Consumption

Econ. & Social

Health Impacts

Food WastageWaste

Management

Ecosystem

Services &

Impacts

Governance &

Policy

EnvSys

EnvSys

EnerSys

EconSys

HealthSys,

EconSys

CulturalSys

GovSys

TransSys

, EnSys

TransSys,

EnerSys,

EnvSys

Adaptive to Different Types of Systems (e.g. food network)

Funding

Literature and Patents

Firms

End-of-life

Disposition

Environmental

Impacts

Economic &

Social Impacts

Value Chain

Analysis

R&D,

Product

Development

Acquisition of

Materials

Manufacturing,

Fabrication, and

Assembly

Costs & Market

Supply

Consumer Use

Patterns &

Demand

Forecasting Integration

Anticipation Prospecting

Exploration and

Learning

Databases

Governance

Consumer Preferences: A Key Driver