Program Team

For general program inquiries please contact:

Katie Zimmerman

EmPOWERment Program Manager

zimmerman.865@osu.edu

Program Team

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Katie Zimmerman

Program Manager

Sustainability Institute

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Jeff Bielicki

Program Director

Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering & John Glenn College of Public Affairs
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Elena Irwin

Co-PI

Faculty Director of Sustainability Institute, Distinguished Professor Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics
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Matthew Mayhew

Co-PI

William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor, Educational Studies
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Rajiv Ramnath

Co-PI

Professor of Practice, Computer Science & Engineering

Chen Chen

Co-PI

Assistant Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering
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Mahesh Illindala

Core Faculty

Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Elizabeth Newton

Core Faculty

Director of OSU Battelle Center & Professor of Practice, Integrated Systems Engineering
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Steven Quiring

Core Faculty

Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Program & Geography
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Jay Sayre

Core Faculty

Director of Innovation, Institute for Materials Research, Research Associate Professor Materials Science & Engineering
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Christian Blanco

Team Member

Assistant Professor, Operations and Business Analytics
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Cinnamon Carlarne

Team Member

Associate Dean for Faculty and Intellectual Life, Alumni Society Professor, Moritz College of Law
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Jeffrey Jacquet

Team Member

Associate Professor, School of Environment & Natural Resources
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Ajay Shah

Team Member

Professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
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Nicole Sintov

Team Member

Assistant Professor, School of Environment & Natural Resources

Additional Contributors

Yun-Han Weng

Yun-Han Weng

Program Evaluator

Ph.D., Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Education and Human Ecology
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Ethan Rivera

Energy SCOPE

Student Programming Lead, OSU Battelle Center
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Kari Roth

External Engagement

Innovation Manager, Institute for Materials Research

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Jeff Froyd

Former Team Member

Professor, Engineering Education

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Ramteen Sioshansi

Former PI

Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering