Melissa M. Bilec
PhD, LEED AP
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Roberta A. Luxbacher Fellow
Associate Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Deputy Director
Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
Dr. Bilec's sustainable engineering research group at the University of Pittsburgh represents the next generation of interdisciplinary education and research in environmental science, engineering, and sustainability. Her group focuses on the built environment, life cycle assessment, sustainable healthcare, and indoor air impacts. She is interested in improving system-level environmental performance of buildings, while developing a deeper understanding of indoor environmental quality, occupant impacts, and energy use.
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Post Docs
Fernanda Cruz Rios
PhD
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Circular Economy and the Built Environment
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Design for Disassembly and Deconstruction
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Building Life Cycle Assessment
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Equity and Diversity in Higher Education
PhD and M.S. Students
Rezvan Mohammadiziazi
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Urban Building Energy Modeling
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Building Life Cycle Assessment
Jessica Vaden
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Residential IAQ Assessments and Environmental Justice Communities
Jessica Moriah Vaden
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Residential IAQ Assessments and Environmental Justice Communities
Undergraduate Researchers
Sam Copeland
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Circular Economy and the Built Environment
Former Students & Post Docs
Haley Gardner
former
MS Student
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now
ILFI
Harold Rickenbacker
former
PhD Student
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now
Environmental Defense Fund
Cassandra Thiel
former
PhD, Post Doc
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now
Assistant Professor
Langone School of Medicine​
New York University
Kevin Ketchman
former
PhD Student
now
Managing Consultant
Opinion Dynamics
Nicole Campion
former
PhD Student
now
Associate Engineer
Delaware River Port Authority
Bill Collinge
former
PhD, Post Doc
now
Research
Bayer/Covestro
Alexander Dale
former
PhD Student
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now
Community Relations Sr. Officer
MIT Solve
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sami Al-Ghamdi
former
PhD Student
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now
Assistant Professor
College of Science and Engineering
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Scott Shrake
former
PhD Student
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now
Director at EPICS
Arizona State University
Abdul-Aziz Banawi
former
PhD Student
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now
Department Chair
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Neethi Rajagopalan
former
PhD Student
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now
Researcher
Department of Forest Biomaterials​
North Carolina State University
Christi Saunders
former
Masters Student
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now
Virtual Construction Engineer
Mascaro Construction Company
Can Aktas
former
PhD Student
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now
Assistant Professor
Tagliatela College of Engineering
University of New Haven
Briana Niblick
former
PhD Student
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now
Environmental Engineer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Shen Tian
former
PhD Student
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now
Covestro
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