PhD Dissertations
Student | Title | Year |
![]() Dominic Bednar |
Topic: Energy Justice | Current |
![]() Karl Hoesch |
Topic: Energy Justice | Current |
![]() Lixi Liu |
Decarbonization Pathways for Buildings via Product Replacement, End of Life Management, and Energy Demand Response (Chair: Greg Keoleian) | 2020 |
MS/BS Theses/Practicum
Student | Title | Year |
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Topic: Urban Heat Islands | Current |
![]() Gabriel Gadsden |
Topic: Indoor Environmental Quality | Current |
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Topic: Local Government Energy Resilience (Co-chair: Michael Craig) | Current |
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Topic: Community-based Energy Justice | Current |
Topic: Energy Efficiency Equity | Current | |
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To Surveil or to Sustain: Perceptions of Smart Meters in Rural Jamaica | MS/MPA, 2020 |
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Helping David Defeat Goliath: Coalition Building to Achieve Procedural Justice in Utility Integrated Resource Planning | BS, 2020 |
![]() Michael Zimmerman |
Overcoming Barriers to Wind Energy Development: A Case Study Analysis of Native American Projects | BS, 2020 |
![]() Nicholas Simon |
Policy Proposal for Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) Community Solar Programs in the American Sunbelt Region | BS, 2019 |
![]() Nalin Bhatia |
Design of a Cost-effective, Modular, and Energy-efficient Home | MS, 2018 |
![]() Eric Krostich |
Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment: Using Three Project-Based Strategies to Make Real-World Impact | MS/MBA, 2018 |
![]() Shiva RaissiCharmakani |
A Programmatic Assessment of the U.S. Department of Energy Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program | MS, 2018 |
![]() Lino Sanchez |
Cooling Detroit: A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Equity in Green Roofs as an Urban Heat Island Mitigation Strategy | MS, 2018 |
![]() Dominic Bednar |
The Intersection of Energy and Justice: Exploring the Spatial, Racial, and Socioeconomic Patterns of Residential Heating Affordability, Consumption and Efficiency in Wayne County, Michigan | MS, 2016 |
MS Projects & Dow Sustainability Fellows
Team | Title | Client | Year |
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Building the Foundation for a Residential Utility Affordability Program in Detroit and Highland Park | Ecoworks | 2020 (Dow) |
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Building Energy Democracy into City Commitments for 100% Renewable Energy | Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)& Sierra Club | 2020 |
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Water Security in Southeast Michigan | Ecoworks | 2019 |
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Souladarity | 2018 (Dow) | |
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An Analysis of Waste Management and Zero Waste in Detroit, Michigan | Michigan Environmental Justice Council | 2017 |
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Improving Institutional Access to Clean Energy Incentives through Research and Education | Ecology Center | 2016 |