IIT Campus as a Sustainability Living Laboratory for Education and Research for Students
- Conference
- Location
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San Antonio, Texas
- Publication Date
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June 10, 2012
- Start Date
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June 10, 2012
- End Date
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June 13, 2012
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
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Energy Conversion and Conservation
- Page Count
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10
- Page Numbers
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25.714.1 - 25.714.10
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--21471
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/21471
- Download Count
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433
Paper Authors
Hamid Arastoopour Illinois Institute of Technology
Hamid Arastoopour is presently Henry R. Linden Chair professor of energy and Director of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He is also professor of chemical and mechanical engineering at IIT. His research expertise is in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of multiphase flow and particle technology, an area motivated by pharmaceutical and energy and environmentally related applications and documented in more than 100 publications and 13 U.S. patents. He has developed an international reputation for his research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics, fluid particle systems, and fluidization. His computational work has shortened the time lag from laboratory- to commercial-scale for fluid/particle and fluidized bed systems. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Powder Technology Journal. He has received several AIChE awards including the Donald Q. Kern Award in Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion, the Fluor Daniel Lectureship in Fluidization and Fluid/Particle Systems, the Ernest W. Thiele Award, and the Fluidization Process Recognition Award. He is also a Fellow of AIChE.
Mohamed Shahidehpour Illinois Institute of Technology
Joseph Clair P.E. Illinois Institute of Technology
Joseph Clair currently serves as the Director of Campus Energy and Sustainability for the Illinois Institute of Technology. In this position, Clair documents and coordinates programs for resource efficiency, environmental protection, and stewardship, while implementing an overall strategic sustainability vision and plan for the Institute. Working cooperatively with students, faculty, and staff, Clair supports the ingenious and tenacious push for true sustainability coming from all aspects of the university. In 16 years in the construction business, Clair has worked as a contractor, designer, construction manager, commissioning authority, and now owner, seeing all ends of the building business. In each of these capacities, Clair has attempted to bring practical, effective solutions to construction issues resulting in better building performance, more cost effective construction, and better cooperation among designers and contractors. His respect for the knowledge, skills, and contributions of all members of the construction and building operation team has allowed him to build bridges between traditionally adversarial groups, resulting in improved building performance. As part of his responsibilities at IIT, Clair serves as the implementation Project Manager for the Perfect Power/DOE smart-grid project.
Abstract
IIT campus as a Sustainability Living Laboratory for Education and Research for Students By Hamid Arastoopour, Mohammad shahidehpour and Joseph Clair Wanger Institute for sustainable Research (WISER) Illinois Institute of Technology, ChicagoAs one of its key initiative, WISER has developed a collaborative program withIIT academic colleges and the Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability toachieve its mission of making IIT the most sustainable campus in our nation andmaking the IIT campus a living laboratory for education and research for bothgraduate and undergraduate students. At IIT campus, we are committed tosignificantly reducing greenhouse emissions; focusing on creative strategies forimproving energy performance in buildings; reducing the need for carbon-basedfuels in the energy supply; and encouraging occupant behaviors that reduce the netenvironmental impact of the campus. Through our unique two required courses forall undergraduate students on Inter professional project ( IPRO) and graduate andundergraduate research projects vehicles students are getting involved in manyongoing energy and sustainability projects using campus energy and sustainabilityoperations as a real world and practical laboratory. These projects includes: Smartgrid, food composting, renewable energy production including solar and wind,sustainable built environment, electric cars and charging stations and formulahybrid cars. We plan to highlight several of these ongoing research and educationalprojects in our presentation.
Arastoopour, H., & Shahidehpour, M., & Clair, J. (2012, June), IIT Campus as a Sustainability Living Laboratory for Education and Research for Students Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21471
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