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Center Stakeholders

  1. UNO
  2. Sustainability
  3. Center For Urban Sustainability
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The success of the Center for Urban Sustainability requires the collaboration between multiple stakeholders. Below is a list of UNO staff and faculty along with community partners that work with the Center.

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Center for Urban Sustainability Staff/Faculty

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Center for Urban Sustainability Staff

Dr. Christine Reed
Director, Department of Public Administration, UNO
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Research Fellows

Fellows are faculty with project specific, temporary, or full-time paid appointments with the Center to aid in administration, research, scholarship, engagement, and education. Fellows are paid from Center funds or associated research salaries to serve as Principal Investigators leading projects aligned with urban sustainability.

Dr. Timothy Hemsath
Summer 2013 - Present
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Dr. Angela Eikenberry
Summer 2014 - Fall 2014
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Dr. Craig Maher
Summer 2014 - Fall 2014
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Dr. Robert Blair
Summer 2014 - Spring 2015
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Center Associates

Center Associates are faculty or staff within the University of Nebraska system who have agreed to contribute to the Center’s research, scholarship, and engagement programs.

Associate status provides formal recognition of an individual’s accomplishments and expertise, including the faculty member in a community of faculty with complementary interests. It is for faculty who do, will, and plan to collaborate with the Center for a sustained period of time. Appointments are non-salaried and made for one year, beginning January 1.

2014-2015

Dr. Moe Alahmad
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. Bradley Bereitschaft
Department of Geography/Geology, UNO
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Dr. Chris Decker
Department of Economics, UNO
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Dr. Alan Kolok
Department of Biology, UNO
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Dr. Josephine Lau
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. Zhenghong Tang
College of Architecture, UNL
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Dr. Christopher Tuan
College of Engineering, UNL
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Patrick Wheeler
Environmental Health & Safety, UNO
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Center Affiliates

Center affiliates are individuals who have expressed interest in contributing to the Center’s research, scholarship, and engagement programs.

Our affiliates have helped define the Center’s mission and goals through broad interdisciplinary conversations about the role of urban sustainability in Nebraska. Through their research, teaching, and service these individuals have been nominated by Center leadership, Deans, Directors, Chairs, and peers as contributors to urban sustainability.

Dr. Sanjukta Bhowmick
College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
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Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. George Engelmann
Department of Geography/Geology, UNO
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Dr. Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
Department of Geography/Geology, UNO
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Dr. Ann Fruhling
College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
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Dr. James Goedert
College of Engineering, UNL
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Farrah Grant - fgrant@unomaha.edu
Department of Geography/Geology

Dr. Paul Landow
Department of Political Science, UNO
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Haorong Li
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. Richard Lomneth
Department of Chemistry, UNO
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Dr. Rebecca Lutte
Aviation Institute, UNO
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Sarah Thomas Karle
College of Architecture, UNL
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Dr. Harmon Maher
Department of Geography/Geology, UNO
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Dr. John McCarty
Department of Biology, UNO
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Dr. Michael O'Hara
Department of Finance, Banking, and Real Estate, UNO
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Dr. Sajda Qureshi
College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
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Dr. Avery Schwer
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. Steven Shultz
Department of Economics, UNO
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Dr. Mahadevan Subramaniam
College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
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Richard Yoder
Nebraska Business Development Center, UNO
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Dr. Yuebin Yu
College of Engineering, UNL
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Dr. Peter Wolcott
College of Information Science and Technology, UNO
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Dr. Lillian LaReesa Wolfenbarger
Department of Biology, UNO
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Advisory Board

Steve Rodie - Chair
Department of Biology, UNO
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Fred Amis
Amis Family Foundation

Tessa Barney
NU Foundation
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Dr. John Bartle
College of Public Affairs and Community Service, UNO
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Mike Bird
NU Foundation

Dr. Angela Eikenberry
School of Public Administration, UNO
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Gary Gates
Retired CEO, OPPD

Dr. Timothy Hemsath
College of Architecture, UNL
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Elwin Larsen
Consultant

Daniel Lawse
Verdis Group

Emily Poeschl
University Communications, UNO
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Erin Owen
University Communications, UNO
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Mike McMeekin
President, Lamp Rynearson Inc

Chris Swanson
Program Coordinator, Metro Community College

James Taylor
Research Coordinator, Peter Kiewit Institute

Patrick Wheeler
Environmental Health & Safety, UNO
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Project Partners

Habitat for Humanity - Omaha
Collaborating to provide more energy-efficient and cost-effective affordable housing in the Omaha metro.

HDR Architecture
Industry partner funding work on passively cooled data centers.

Nebraska Energy Office
Industry partner supporting service-learning opportunities for students on commercial energy code compliance.

Nebraska Watershed Network
Collaborating on Omaha's water quality issues.

Omaha Public Power District
Collaborating to better understand policy conditions and challenges for increased PV solar energy development.

Verdis Group
Collaborating on transportation studies of UNO's campus.

City of Omaha Stormwater Management
Collaborating on green infrastructure projects assessing plant species success and underdrain design efficiencies.

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Center For Urban Sustainability

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Steve Rodie's Sustainability TEDxUNO Talk

Watch "What about our great-great-great-great grandchildren?" TEDxUNO talk presented by Professor Steve Rodie.

More Information

Additional Resources

  • Center for Urban Sustainability Brochure
  • Sustainability: Resources for Research

Contact the Center For Urban Sustainability

Christine Reed, Director
creed@unomaha.edu
402.554.3280

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