Media Report

July 2, 2019: Preparing for a Sustainable Future MCSI Undergraduate Summer Research Program Lets Students Contribute to Innovative Sustainability Research Before Graduation(news release)  Facebook: 1,000 people reached, 56 engagements (Reactions, Comments, Shares, and Clicks)

August 2, 2019: NSF Grant Funds Research at the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University That Could Revolutionize Water Sanitation (John Keith; news release)  507 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,326 people reached, 70 engagements

August 14, 2019: Making a Sustainable Mark in Pittsburgh Three from Swanson School of Engineering Selected for the Incline’s Who’s Next: Environment and Energy Class (Sharrard, Rabbat, Snyder; news release)  Facebook: 1,196 people reached, 69 engagements

August 19, 2019: MCSI Summer Research Symposium Showcases Undergrad Sustainability Research (news release)  Facebook: 866 people reached, 20 engagements  Twitter 1,370 impressions (times people saw tweet), 46 engagements (interactions)

August 27, 2019: Using Nature to Protect Cities from Extreme Weather Pitt and Northwestern Awarded $2 Million by NSF to Study Nature-Based Strategies to Prevent Urban Flooding (Akcakaya, Bain, Ng; news release)  1,220 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,269 people reached, 82 engagements  Twitter: 251 impressions, 5 engagements  Additional media hits include NextPittsburgh

September 4, 2019: Compost Bins Introduced in Bid for Eco-Friendly Campus  Published by The Pitt News

September 4, 2019: Driving Down Emissions (Electric Trucks on Campus)  Published by Pittwire  Facebook: 668 people reached, 44 engagements

September 25, 2019: Pittsburgh-Based Optimus Tech, Founded by MEMS Alumnus Colin Huwyler, Wins $1 Million 76West Clean Energy Competition (Huwyler; news release)  Published by Office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo  Additional media hits include Pittsburgh Business Times, WBNG-TV  Twitter: 1,112 impressions, 10 engagements

September 25, 2019: Converging on a Global Waste Solution University of Pittsburgh leads multidisciplinary $1.3 million NSF award to address global waste through circular economy design (Bilec et al; news release)  1,148 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 843 people reached, 50 engagements.  Cover story of Swanson School Research eNewsletter (David Vorp)

September 25, 2019: Modeling the Complexity of the World’s Water Research Team Led by Pitt Receives More Than $1.3 Million to Develop “CyberWater” Modeling Framework (Liang; news release)  Facebook: 604 people reached, 22 engagements  Twitter: 1,058 impressions, 13 engagements

October 2, 2019: Battling BPA with Biofilms (Sanchez; news release) Pitt Researcher Awarded $420,000 NSF Grant to Study Growing Biofilms on Electrodes to Degrade Bisphenol A  683 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,127 people reached, 78 engagements  Twitter: 1,899 impressions, 43 engagements

October 16, 2019: Pitt paper shows parking spaces near East Liberty busway station are underutilized by 30 percent  Published by Pittsburgh City Paper  Twitter: 1,868 impressions, 29 engagements

October 21, 2019: Rallying the Algae Warriors on an International Stage CEE and MCSI Student Kareem Rabbat and Team Reach Top 10 at Global Grand Challenges Summit in London (news release)  Facebook: 929 people reached, 36 engagements  Twitter: 2,510 impressions, 63 engagements

November 21, 2019: Eight Receive Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability Awards (news release)  Facebook: 1,171 people reached, 73 engagements  Reprinted December 4, 2019 by University Times

November 27, 2019: Hydroponics Club Grows Food for Those in Need, Teaches Methods to Local Kids  Published in Pittwire

December 5, 2019: CEE Professor Kent Harries Published Second Edition of NOCMAT Book (news release)  Facebook: 1,141 people reached, 51 engagements  Twitter: 1,305 impressions, 15 engagements

December 12, 2019: Pitt Research Featured on December Cover of Environmental Science: Nano(news release)  Twitter: 1,099 impressions, 9 engagements

January 13, 2020: Neighbors’ solar panels can shift climate change beliefs (La Nauze)  Published by Futurityand Pittwire  Facebook: 493 people reached, 9 engagements  Twitter: 1,286 impressions, 18 engagements

January 16, 2020: Le Problème des Plastiques French Government Invites Pitt Professor Melissa Bilec to Deliver Testimony on Plastic Pollution (news release)  1,904 page views on Eurekalert  Facebook: 1,168 people reached, 85 engagements  Twitter: 1,466 impressions, 40 engagements

February 19, 2020: Solar Glass Project Selected in Top 20 for Dept of Energy American-Made Solar Prize (news release)  Facebook: 943 people reached, 83 engagements

February 20, 2020: Hydroponics in Homewood Pitt students at the farm next door  Published by The Pitt News

February 28, 2020: Pitt Commits to Carbon Neutrality  Published by Pittwire

March 12, 2020: Four Members of the Swanson School Recognized by the Carnegie Science Awards (news release)

March 18, 2020: Coronavirus & cleaning: Which green products are effective against viruses?  Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer  Facebook: 696 people reached, 36 engagements

April 6, 2020: Two Swanson School Projects Win University of Pittsburgh Scaling Grants (Bilec et al; news release)  Facebook: 1,322 people reached, 177 engagements

April 21, 2020: In the Lead - Meet a few of the University’s many influential change-makers (Kirsten Lipsky, Kareem Rabbat)  Published by Pitt Magazine

May 13, 2020: Pitt Researchers Create Durable, Washable Textile Coating That Can Repel Viruses (news release)  Facebook: 1,053 people reached, 87 engagements  Additional media hits include: o Fast Company o Textile World o Futurity o WVTF (NPR Virginia) o Medical design and Outsourcing o ZME Science

May 14, 2020: Which Cleaning Products are Best to Fight COVID-19?  Broadcast by FOX 5 New York  Facebook: 819 people reached, 50 engagements

May 27, 2020: When Choosing Cleaners, It Helps to Know Your Chemistry

JOURNAL ARTICLES

****AR Mullins, DJ Bain, ****EK Pfeil-McCullough, ****KG Hopkins, ****SM Lavin, EM Copeland (2020) “Seasonal Drivers of Chemical Flux from Roadside Infiltration-Based Green Infrastructure.” Science of the Total Environment 714, 136503

AL Hillman, MB Abbott, R O’Quinn, DJ Bain (2020) “A Holocene History of the Indian Monsoon from Qilu Lake, Southwestern China” Quaternary Science Reviews 227, 106051

SE Gillooly, DR Michanowicz, M Jackson, LK Cambal, JLC Shmool, BJ Tunno, S Tripathy, DJ Bain, JE Clougherty (2019) “Evaluating Deciduous Tree Leaves as Biomonitors for Ambient Particulate Matter Pollution in Pittsburgh, PA, USA” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191, 711

DJ Bain and GL Buckley (2019) “Historical Perspectives: Mercantile, Industrial, Sanitary Transformations and Legacies” Science for the Sustainable City: Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology(Baltimore Ecosystem Study Synthesis Volume, pp. 47-60)

GS Brush and DJ Bain (2019) “Long Term Trends in Urban Forest Succession” Science for the Sustainable City: Insights from the Baltimore School of Urban Ecology(Baltimore Ecosystem Study Synthesis Volume, pp 236-250)

T Cantlay, DJ Bain, JF Stolz (2019) “Determining Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Well Brines in Natural Samples III: Mass Ratio Analyses Using Both Anions and Cations” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1666562

T Cantlay, DJ Bain, J Curet, RF Jack, BC Dickson, P Basu, JF Stolz (2019) “Determining Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Well Brines in Natural Samples II: Cation analyses with ICP-MS and ICP-OES” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1666561

T Cantlay, JL Eastham, J Rutter, DJ Bain, BC Dickson, P Basu, JF Stolz (2019) “Determining Conventional and Unconventional Oil and Gas Well Brines in Natural Samples I: Anion analysis with Ion Chromatography” Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part ADOI: 10.1080/10934529.2019.1666560

Rodriguez, G., & Beckman, E. J. (2019). Modelling phase behavior of biodiesel related systems with CO2 using a polar version of PC-SAFT. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 485, 32-43.

Rodriguez, G., & Beckman, E. J. (2019). Predicting initial reactant miscibility for CO2-enhanced transesterification of triglycerides with methanol using a polar version of PC-SAFT. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58(50), 22598- 22608.

Sherman, J., Thiel, C.L., MacNeill, A., Eckelman, M.J., Dubrow, R., Hopf, H., Lagasse, R., Biaolowitz, J., Costello, A., McGain, F., Stancliffe, R., Anastas, P., Anderko, L., Baratz, M., Barna, S., Bhatnagar, U., Cai, G., Cassels-Brown, A., Cimprich, A.F., Cole, H., Coronado-Garcia, L., Duane, B., Grisotto, G., Hartwell, A., Kumar, V., Kurth, A., Leapman, M., Morris, D., Overcash, M., Parvatker, A., Pecheon, D., Pollard, A., Robaire, B., Rockne, K., Sadler, B., Schenk, B., Sethi, B., Sethi, T., Sussman, S., Thompson, J., Twomey, J.M., Vermund, S., Vukelich, D., Washim, N., Wilson, D., Youngs, S., Zimmerman, J., Bilec, M.M. (2020). “The Green Print: Agenda for the Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare.” Resources, Conservation and Recovery.

Rickenbacker, H.J., Collinge, W.O., Hasik, V., Ciranni, A., Smith, I., Colao, P., Sharrard, A.L., Bilec, M.M.* (2020). “Development of a Standardized Protocol and Data-Driven Survey Instrument for Indoor Air Quality Assessments in Energy Conservation Districts.” Sustainable Cities and Society, 52(2020) 101831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101831

Hasik, V., Ororbia, M.E., Warn, G.P., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Whole Building Life Cycle Environmental Impacts and Costs: A Sensitivity Study of Design and Service Decisions.” Building and Environment, August 2019, 106316 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106316

Hasik, V., Escott, E., Bates, R., Carlisle, S., Faircloth, B., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Comparative Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of Renovation and New Construction.” Building and Environment,161, 15 August 2019, 106218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106218

Rickenbacker, H.J., Brown, F., Bilec, M.M.* (2019). “Creating Environmental Consciousness in Environmental Justice Communities: Implementation and Outcomes of Community-Based Environmental Justice and Air Pollution Research.” Sustainable Cities and Society, 47(2019), 101473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101473

*Coughlin JG, Elliott EM, *Rose LA, Pekney N, Reeder M. 2020. Quantifying atmospheric reactive nitrogen concentrations, deposition, and isotope dynamics surrounding a Marcellus Shale well pad. In press, Atmospheric Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117196