Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment
The University of Tennessee's Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) seeks to promote the development of policies, technologies, and educational programs that cut across multiple disciplines, engage the university’s research faculty and staff, and grow in response to pressing environmental and security issues facing the state, the nation, and the globe.
News & Events:
Ruth Anne Hanahan, with ISSE's TN Water Resources Research Center, received one of four 2012 Environmental Leadership Awards from the University of Tennessee. Read the story.
Rachel Chen's Center for Sustainable Business and Tourism co-hosted the 2012 Leadership Summit on Sustainability on April 10 and April 12.
Catherine Wilt, Director of ISSE's Center for Clean Products, gave a presentation at the 5th annual Sustainable Business Summit held at Lipscomb University. On March 27, 2012, she participated in a session titled "Sustainability Goals 2.0: Envisioning the Next Horizon," along with sustainability executives from Nissan North America, Exel/DHL, Bridgestone-Firestone Retail Operations, and Gaylord Entertainment.
ISSE's East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition would like to invite you to participate in the 9th annual Run For Clean Air: The Run for Clean Air is a 5k run/walk with alternative fuel education. It will take place on Saturday May 12, 2012. Registration begins at 8 am and the race begins at 9 am. The race is located at Sequoyah Park (at the SW end of Cherokee Blvd). Register online or print a form on our website.
Reports & Publications:
Peter S. Knappett, Larry D. McKay, Alice Layton, Daniel E. Williams, Md. J. Alam, Md. R. Huq, Jacob Mey, John E. Feighery, Patricia J. Culligan, Brain J. Mailloux, Jie Zhuang, Veronica Escamilla, Michael Emch, Edmund Perfect, Gary S. Sayler, Kazi M. Ahmed, and Alexander van Geen. 2012. Implications of fecal bacteria input from latrine-polluted ponds for wells in sandy aquifers. Environmental Science and Technology 46(3): 1361-1370 (doi:10.1021/es202773w).
E. Tipping, P.Chamberlain, M. Fröberg, P.J. Hanson, P.M. Jardine. 2012. Simulation of carbon cycling, including dissolved organic carbon transport, in a forest soil locally enriched with 14C. Biogeochemistry 108:91-107.
Yuan-Shun Dai, Seung Hyun Baek, Alberto Garcia-Diaz, Bai Yang, Kwok-Leung Tsui, Jie Zhuang. 2011. An enhanced engineering perspective of global climate systems and statistical formulation of terrestrial CO2 exchanges. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 107(3-4): 347-359 (doi:10.1007/s00704-011-0471-3).
J. Yoo, U. Kim, and T.W. Kim. 2012. Bivariate Drought Frequency Curves and Confidence Intervals: A Case Study Using Monthly Rainfall Generation. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (in press).
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A message from the Director...
Chris Cox,
Director
I am excited about my appointment as Director of the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment. While serving as the Director of ISSE, I am maintaining my active faculty role in UT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering where I will continue my role as Associate Department Head.
I want to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Randy Gentry for his contributions to ISSE during his time as director. I wish him much success for the future and look forward to continuing working with him in support of the University of Tennessee.