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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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