SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING RESEARCH
Graduate students conduct multidisciplinary research through Villanova’s Sustainable Engineering program, applying a STEEP (social, technological, environmental, economic and political) life cycle analysis perspective to sustainable engineering problems.
Concentrations
The Master's in Sustainable Engineering offers five concentration options:
Primary Research Areas
“Material Recovery as a Waste Management Strategy in Trinidad and Tobago” – Janique Cheesman ’14
“Holistic Modeling for the Hydrothermal Carbonization of Anaerobic Digestate from Multiple Waste Streams” – Andrew Jester ’16
“Conversion of algal biomass cultivated in digested wastewater into biofuels” - Nazareno Roggero Luque ‘16
“Optimizing Anaerobic digestion and Hydrothermal Conversion to transform organic waste for maximum holistic benefits” – Madelyn Spinner ’17
“Capture of Methane from Dairy” – Nicole Meyer ’18
“More Sustainable Reading Terminal” - Kaleigh Schott ‘18
“Vertical Gardening whole systems analysis for a viable system” - Adam Butler ‘19
“Integrated closed loop vertical gardening HTC waste conversion LCA” - Philip Armstrong ‘19
“The fundamental science and engineering of hydrothermal carbonization and analyzing commercialization potential through a full systems analysis.” – Jeremy Taylor ‘19
Enabling Resilience through Transformative Technologies – Perry Hartswick
“Improving Food Security in Kenya: The Development and Application of the Qubed Resilience Methodology to the Kenyan Tomato Value Chain” – Stephen Suffian ‘13
“A Resilience Study of the Urban Agribusiness in Philadelphia: A Systems Improvement Through the STEEP Model” – Min Pack ’14
“Analysis of Multi‐Attribute Indicator Aggregation for Public and Private Procurement” – Natalie Walker ‘15
“Environmental Life Cycle & STEEP Assessment of the Golden West Explosive Harvesting Program” – Austin Dickerson ‘16
“Putting Resilience on the Map: Toward the Development of a GIS-based Resilience Scorecard for Critical Urban Infrastructure Systems” – Ava Calvano ’17
“A Total Systems Life Cycle Analysis of the Use of Drones for Inspection in the Built Environment” – Mike Leighton ’17
“Villanova University's Sustainability Plan: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Applied to Higher Education” - Liesel Schwarz ’18
“Diloreto Initiative to apply UN Sustainability goals to academic institutions” – Matthew Ashcroft ’18
“Performance Monitoring of Rural Community Water Systems” – Daniel Cain ’14
“Holistic Wastewater treatment assessment of Cajamarca, Peru and a proposed design to achieve energy efficiency via biogas capture from anaerobic digestion” – Hector Rojas ’15
“Supply, Demand, and Performance for Gravity-Driven Water Supply Systems in Rural Nicaragua” – Iain Hunt ’15
“Functionality and Sustainability of Water Systems Under Public-Private Partnership Management in Madagascar” - Benjamin Bogardus ’16
“Sustainability Impacts of Pre-Paid Water Kiosks on Rural and Small-Town Water Systems in Tanzania” - Joel Nightingale ’18
“Community managed water supply systems in Nicaragua” – Julia Musso ’18
“A whole systems life cycle comparison of U.S. commuter cars by energy type” – Anthony Klodd ‘14
“Using a STEEP model to optimize Solar Home Systems in Bangladesh” – Nathan Charles ‘15
“Standardized Energy Efficient Retrofit Measure Packages for Single-Family, Detached Housing Units in New York State” – Rebecca Backer ‘16
“Current energy storage technologies, developments and the future” – Marcos Ambrosi ’16
“Viridity Battery Storage and Management for Renewable Energy and Optimized Grid Performance” - Tyler Casteel ‘18
“Water consumption for steam methane reforming hydrogen plants in Edmonton, Canada” – Jignesh Shah ’13
“A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment of Foamed Polyhydroxyalkanoate and Foamed Expanded Polystyrene” –Margaret Amao ‘16
“Comparison of holistic impacts of a biomimetic battery with current battery technologies” – Jarrod Bridge ‘16
“Assessment of a trombe wall embedded with phase change material for household heating” – Eduardo Krunfli ’16