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Sustainable Urban Engineering (SUE) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is a trans-disciplinary education and research Center. The Center at UC:

studies how urban infrastructure and environmental policies affect the long-term health and wealth of cities and
develops and disseminates information regarding the scientific metrics, policies and technologies that promote the evolution of economically and environmentally sustainable urban regions.

By the time today’s college graduates reach retirement age, the urban population of the world will have doubled in size. Quality of life will increasingly be impacted by public policies that invest in critical urban infrastructure systems – systems that enable urban economic development and affect population mobility, economic choice, and environmental quality.

Issues related to metropolitan development, urban infrastructure, and environmental health have long been studied within segregated University departments, saddling graduates with their disciplinary world views.

The Center for Sustainable Urban Engineering breaks down these disciplinary silos, producing individuals that (1) can synthesize information from Engineering, Planning, and Health and Environmental Sciences, and (2) have the knowledge to weigh urban infrastructure decisions and policies and promote those that lead to sustainable metropolitan development.

Quarterly newsletters from SUE

May 5, 2008: SUE newsletter v2 n2 Spring 2008
February 18, 2008: SUE newsletter v2 n1 Winter 2008
November 30, 2007: SUE newsletter v1 n1 Autumn 2007

General News News Archive

June, 2008: SUE forms a new Minor in Sustainable Urban Engineering to be housed administratively in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This Minor is open to all students at UC - no prerequisites are required - so if you have an interest in learning about sustainability, please look at the Minor in SUE at UC
June 26, 2008: UC E-currents describes, "Getting Off the Grid and Unpacking the Jargon about Sustainable Urban Engineering"
May 28, 2008: Members of the SUE Team are one of a half dozen groups invited to participate in the UC Mini-Showcase event at the Statehouse in Columbus, OH
May 9, 2008: SUE announces the winners of the 2008/9 Seed Grant Competition
April 28, 2008: City of Cincinnati's Climate Protection Steering Committee endorses Cincinnati's Climate Protection Action Plan
April 24, 2008: Ryan Rosenweig and Sean Lee win office as the President and Vice-President of the University of Cincinnati student government. Their platform, "Slate 61", included a plank to being the base for a student-led sustainability initiative at UC.

Questions? Contact Center for Sustainable Urban Engineering.
Room 765 Baldwin Hall; P.O. Box 210071
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0071, USA
(513) 556-3685; (513) 556-2599 (fax)