PhD Dissertations
Madeline Miller
Topic: Energy Justice
Year: Current
Karl Hoesch
Topic: Energy Justice
Year: Current
Dominic Bednar
Topic: Energy Justice
Year: Current
Lixi Liu
Topic: Decarbonization Pathways for Buildings via Product Replacement, End of Life Management, and Energy Demand Response (Chair: Greg Keoleian)
Year: 2020
MS/BS Theses/Practicum
| Student | Title | Year |
 Jordan Larson | Topic: Urban Heat Islands | Current |
 Gabriel Gadsden | Exploring Generational Differences in Black Knowledge and Perceptions of Houseplants | MS, 2021 |
 Amanda Farthang | Beyond the Energy Bill: Integrating Climate, Health, and Resilience into Solar+Storage Valuation (Co-advisor: Michael Craig) | MS, 2021 |
 Kate Hutchens | Topic: Community-based Energy Justice | Current |
 Sacha Rose-Phillips | To Surveil or to Sustain: Perceptions of Smart Meters in Rural Jamaica | MS/MPA, 2020 |
 Ashley Mark | 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 (Co-advisor: Greg Keoleian) | MS, 2016 |
MS Projects & Dow Sustainability Fellows
| Team | Title | Client | Year |
| Building the Foundation for a Residential Utility Affordability Program in Detroit and Highland Park | Ecoworks | 2020 (Dow) |
| Building Energy Democracy into City Commitments for 100% Renewable Energy | Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR)& Sierra Club | 2020 |
| Water Security in Southeast Michigan | Ecoworks | 2019 |
| Souladarity | 2018 (Dow) | |
| An Analysis of Waste Management and Zero Waste in Detroit, Michigan | Michigan Environmental Justice Council | 2017 |
| Improving Institutional Access to Clean Energy Incentives through Research and Education | Ecology Center | 2016 |
