Current Research Awards Funded
- Crossing Paths: Scoping A Mining Route of the Keweenaw, Mark Rhodes and Erika Vye
- Improving Community Sustainability by Reclaiming and Recycling Common Everyday Household Plastics, Scott Wagner
- Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Atomically Engineered Ultrathin Lithium Films, Wei Wei
- Census-Informed Aggregated Load Allocation for Transmission-Level Power Flow Studies, Chee-Wooi Ten and Kuilin Zhang
- Solar Energy as a Sustainable Source for Charging Electric Vehicles in Houghton and Keweenaw Counties to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Electricity Costs, Sid Gopujkar
- Geometry-Controlled Biodegradation of Additively Manufactured Ghost Gear Components, Bhisham Sharma
Past Research Awards Funded
- Characterization of Changing Legacy and Emerging Chemical Air Pollution Resulting from Energy Transitioning, Judith Perlinger and Jiehong Guo
- Evaluating Community Exposure to Industrial Air Pollutants Amid Energy Transition and Comparison to Urban Impacts, Jiehong Guo
- Geographies of Protected Wine Regions: Developing Collaborative Frameworks for Identity, Heritage, and Climate Resilience, Kathryn Hannum
- Wildlife Values: Ethics and Science, John Vucetich
- Designing use fees for EV charging stations in rural and Tribal communities, Ana Dyreson
- Machine-Learning–Enabled Phase-Change and Plasmonic Diagnostics for Sustainable Thermal Systems, C.K. Choi
- New Directions in Planetary Limits, Chelsea Schelly
- Suriname Project, Dan Shtob
- An updated Eco-Audit for Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village, Rob Handler and Chelsea Schelly
- Improving Coastal Resilience: Leveraging Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation to aid in soil stabilization for plant establishment, Ishi Keenum, Mohammad Sadeghi, Michelle Jarvi-Eggart, and Rod Chimner
- Attendance at the International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Dan Shtob
- The Politics of Emotion-Laden Policy Conflict:The Case of Large Carnivore Management and Conservation, Kayla Gabehart
- Photoelectrochemical H2 Production Powered by Commercial Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells, Wei Wei
- A digital twinning platform for building wildfire resilience retrofits, Bo Xiao
- The Political Ecologies of Memory, Gender, and Representation in Food: Farmer’s Market Applications of the Living Memory Lab, Mark Rhodes
- Art as a Planetary Sustenance, Anne Beffel
- Evaluating Vitrimers as Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional Thermosets, Trisha Sain
- Early Career Research Grant, Abdolmajid Erfani
- Mechanisms of Direct CO2 Capture at Air/solution/metal Interfaces, Kathryn Perrine
- Towards self-powered Thermal Management Systems (TMSs) that harness ambient vibrations to pump liquid coolant in heat-sinks, Sriram Malladi
CISR funds competitive internal awards to support innovative research.
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Past Awardees
Learn about our past research and curriculum awardees.
Past Faculty Fellowships Funded, 2022-2025
- Jungyun Bae, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Spring 2025
- Chee-Wooi Ten, Electrical Engineering, Fall 2024
- Hassan Masoud, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Spring 2024
- Yousef Darestani, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering, Fall 2023
- Judith Perlinger, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering, Spring 2022
- Ana Dyreson, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Fall 2022
- Soonkwan Han, Business, Fall 2022
Past Curriculum Awards Funded, 2022-2024
- Solar Energy Engineering Course, Ana Dyreson
- SPEAK Resilience Sweden Study Abroad Program, Dr. Lisa Gordillo (Visual and Performing Arts), Dr. Tara Bal (Forest Resources and Environmental Science), and Dr. Sam Smith (Psychology and Human Factors)
- Sustainability and Resilience Communication Course, Dr. Rich Canevez (Humanities), Dr. Sue Collins (Humanities), and Dr. Jonathan Robins (Social Sciences)
- Urban Sustainability and Resilience Detroit Study Away Program, Dr. Laura Rouleau (Social Sciences)
- Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Sustainability and Resilience Module Development, Dr. Radheshyam Tewari (Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics)
- Civil Engineering Materials Course Redevelopment, Dr. Zhanping You (Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering)
- Sustainability in America's Built Environment Module Development, Dr. Sarah Scarlet (Social Sciences)
- Amtrak Study Away Program Student Scholarships, Dr. Mark Rhodes and Dr. Kathryn Hannum (Social Sciences)
- "A Wasted Past": The World of Goods, Trash, and Sustainability Course, Dr. Laura Rouleau and Dr. LouAnn Wurst (Social Sciences)
- Sustainable Communities Yucatan, Mexico Study Abroad, Dr. Kathryn Hannum (Social Sciences)
- Sustainable Development and Communities Course, Dr. Kari Henquinet (Social Sciences)