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Institute for Environmental Science and Policy University of Illinois at Chicago External Advisory Board Meeting October 1, 2014

1 October 2014 524 SPHW 2121 West Taylor Street Chicago, IL 60612

Agenda

8:30am Breakfast and introductions 9:00 “State of the Institute” (T. Theis) 9:30 Discussion and comments 10:00 New IESP predoctoral fellows

• N. Ahmad (CME)
• S. Husseini (CME)

10:45 Break 11:00 Response to EAB report and recommendations (T. Theis) and discussion (all) 12:30pm Lunch 1:00 Further discussion, comments from the Board 2:00 Adjourn

IESP Highlights FY 2013-2014

• Emily Minor: promotion to associate professor with indefinite tenure
• Research expenditures: $1,592,937 (total $4,996,081)
• 40 projects with 75 PIs + co-PIs across 28 units
• ICR return $117,912
• 14 active projects (as of 8/31/14)—some examples:

– CyberSEES (NSF): “Feasibility of a data integration framework for urban metabolism” (Cruz, Ai, Derrible, Dorevitch, Klein-Banai, Theis) – NCEH: “Building resilience against climate effects in Illinois” (Dorevitch, Forst, Ibrahim, Turnock) – USEPA (ASU): “Material life cycle of nanomaterials” (Theis) – U of Glasgow: “An agent-based model for simulating the process of social exclusion” (Tilahun, Zellner) – Chicago Wilderness Congress 2014 (Wise)

• New large scale collaborative initiatives:

– NSF Science and Technology Center: “Sustainability Science and Urban Food Systems” (UIC, UIUC, CSU, PSU, OSU, ASU, VSU) – NSF SRN: “Urban Food System” UIC, UIUC, CSU – NSF PIRE: “Building Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Infrastructures: Aligning Physical Designs with Financial Models” (Theis, Ashton, Minor, Pagano, Schlickman, Weber, Zellner) – EPA ACE: “Air, Climate and Energy: Center for Urban and Regional Vulnerability Evaluation (ACE:CURVE)” (w/ ANL, U of C, UND, Cornell, USC, CUNY, UIUC) – NSF RIPS “Supporting the resilience of urban food systems through integrated water, food, and institutional infrastructure” (Zellner, Ai, Ashton, Cruz, O’Connor, Powell, Theis, Weber, Winkle, Zenk) – NSF: "Natives in the Neighborhood:Â Ecological Impacts of Voluntary Conservation Efforts for Urban Biodiversity and STEM Learning“ (Minor, Wise, Portland State, Chicago Wilderness, Field Museum, Conserve Lake County, Morton Arboretum, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Openlands) – Proposal to host the 2017 biennial conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) (UIC, Northwestern, IIT, Argonne, CNT, City of Chicago)

• Ph.D. Predoctoral fellowships (2):

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• N. Ahmad (CME), “Network analysis of resource consumption patterns”

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• S. Husseini (CME), “Controls on the accumulation and transformation of semi-volatile halogenated persistent bioaccumulative toxic compounds in the

upper great lakes”

IESP Grant Connections 2010-2014

Joint IESP Faculty

Name Depart/Col Expertise Rank Percent Appointed

Kathryn Nagy EaES/LAS

• Env. Geochemistry

Professor 40 2002 Nurtan Esmen EOHS/SPH Risk Assess/ Env. Decision Professor Emeritus N/A 2003 Jane Lin CME/COE Transportation Systems/Air Quality Associate Professor 43 2003 Moira Zellner UPP/CUPPA Public Policy/ Sustainability of Natural Resources Associate Professor 50 2006 David Wise Biological Sci/LAS Ecosystem Processes Professor 50 2006 Emily Minor Biological Sci/LAS Landscape Ecology Associate Professor 50 2008 Samuel Dorevitch EOHS/SPH Urban Health Associate Professor 50 2010 Ning Ai UPP/CUPPA Urban Sustainability Assistant Professor 50 2011 Sybil Derrible CME/COE Urban Infrastructure Systems Assistant Professor 50 2012

Cumulative IESP Allocations by Department (2002-2014)

Art & Arch Biological Sci Economics Earth & ES Chemical Engr Civil & Mat Engr Mech & Ind Engr EOHS Epi Bio Public Adm Urban Planning Art & Arch 5,000 Biological Sci 580,404 Economics 30,500 Earth & ES 514,000 Chemical Engr 166,606 Civil & Mat Engr 367,834 Mech & Ind Engr 27,008 EOHS 464,465 Epi Bio 32,722 Public Adm 5,000 Urban Planning 283,975

“Environmental” Faculty by Department

Arch Art Biol Sci Chem ChemE CME Comp Sci Ea & ES ECE Econ EOHS Epi Bio ERC Finance Health Adm History IDS Math Medicine MIE Phil Physics Public Adm Urban Planning Urban Trans Arch 3 Art 1 Biol Sci 13 Chem 2 ChemE 6 CME 8 Comp Sci 3 Ea & ES 14 ECE 4 Econ 2 EOHS 18 Epi Bio 2 ERC 4 Finance 2 Health Adm 2 History 2 IDS 1 Math 1 Medicine 2 MIE 6 Phil 1 Physics 1 Public Adm 2 Urban Planning 9 Urban Trans 5 114

EAB Recommendations and Responses

Overarching recommendation: campus-wide planning and re- visioning of IESP

Response:

• Excellent idea
• Can sharpen the emerging focus on sustainability and sustainable systems, including urban

systems, and re-examine the value of IESP

• Must remember that the “environmental” community at UIC is much larger today that 15

years ago

• IBHE calls for review of units every 8 years (which for IESP would be 2015)

EAB specific recommendations

1. Expand reach of IESP using mechanisms/partnering from other centers

– IESP has co-sponsored activities with other centers and offices (seminars, earth day) and will continue to do so. – Our experience has been that the best motivator for topical working groups is the deadline of a RFP – Over the years IESP has provided “seed” funding for certain activities (proposal prep, retreats and meetings) in response to an identified topic and group. – We view multi-year commitments to faculty as multi-year investments, just as departments do. – We do not view single-faculty fellowships as part of IESP’s mission, although we have supported sabbatical leaves

• f our jointly appointed faculty.

– IESP continually looks for new faculty hiring opportunities – Ph.D. fellowships will continue and may be expanded (e.g. first-year fellows as recruiting tool)

2. UIC facilities as learning laboratories

– IESP has no laboratory facilities. – External partnerships are an excellent idea, provided they contribute to IESP’s mission.

3. Create a marketing strategy with outside organizations

– Another good idea, but a very different “business” model – New academic programs may be a possibility – Working with UIC Development Office has not yet yielded results – Might be time to rehire an outreach coordinator

4. Relocation of IESP to East campus

– Ongoing…

5. Indirect cost recovery

– Has been problematic – Original proposal called for a combination of State and ICR funding – Decisions by upper administration have made original plan untenable – OVCR has committed $200K/year in 5 year increments, ending FY2017 – Long term plan uncertain

• 6. Expand mission of IESP/Urban sustainability as a focus

– Yes, an increasingly important part of IESP’s identity – Much of IESP faculty research is urban-centric – BURST initiative – NSF CyberSEES/Urban metabolism – Urban Food SRN – PIRE (Urban financing)/parallel to UK iBUILD – Network concept

LCA-based Networks: Foundation for an Integrative Scientific Methodology

Why Networks?

• Networks are intentional constructs, linked together in a web of

common purposes

• Stress the idea of a community of science as the common element

and principle of connection among concepts and ideas

• Facilitates interdisciplinary knowledge exchanges
• Science-based, hence will grow and adapt in self-correcting ways as

knowledge is acquired, exchanged, and transformed

• Sustainability is complex with multiple interested parties (technology,

economics, public health, government and more); such complexity benefits from the self-integrated structure of a network

Funding Literature and Patents Firms End-of-life Disposition Environmental Impacts Economic & Social Impacts Value Chain Analysis R&D, Product Development Acquisition of Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Assembly Costs & Market Supply Consumer Use Patterns & Demand Forecasting Integration Anticipation Prospecting Exploration and Learning Databases Governance

LCA-based Manufacturing Networks: Basic Architecture

Knowledge creation nodes Feedback loops of varying complexity and scale Data and information transfers General traversal

• f the

network

Funding Literature and Patents Firms End-of-life Disposition Environmental Impacts Economic & Social Impacts Value Chain Analysis R&D, Product Development Acquisition of Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Assembly Costs & Market Supply Consumer Use Patterns & Demand Forecasting Integration Anticipation Prospecting Exploration and Learning Databases Governance

Life Cycle Embedded within the Network

Firms, agencies, and researchers establish basis for new products

Ideas and innovations are turned into real products Consumers develop their preferences and patterns of consumption Sustainability impacts emerge Governance and policy issues come into focus; recommend- ations for action.

Knowledge Network for the Urban Food System. Blue boxes represent knowledge creation/transformation/storage nodes, blue arrows are knowledge transfers. Together these constitute a series of single and nested feedback loops which define the Urban Food Network. Red connecting lines show intersection points among other interdependent systems: Economic, Energy, Environmental, Transportation, Health, and Cultural.

R&D Production & Processing Markets Acquisition & Distribution Preparation & Consumption

• Econ. & Social

Health Impacts Food Wastage Waste Management Ecosystem Services & Impacts Governance & Policy

EnvSys EnvSys EnerSys EconSys HealthSys, EconSys CulturalSys GovSys TransSys , EnSys TransSys, EnerSys, EnvSys

Adaptive to Different Types of Systems (e.g. food network)

Funding Literature and Patents Firms End-of-life Disposition Environmental Impacts Economic & Social Impacts Value Chain Analysis R&D, Product Development Acquisition of Materials Manufacturing, Fabrication, and Assembly Costs & Market Supply Consumer Use Patterns & Demand Forecasting Integration Anticipation Prospecting Exploration and Learning Databases Governance

Consumer Preferences: A Key Driver