Sustainability Capstone | Sustainable Innovation

The Sustainability Capstone, the capstone course for the Mascaro Center's Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability and MS in Sustainable Engineering degree.

This project-based course provides interdisciplinary teams of students with the opportunity to partner with external stakeholders and synthesize solutions to complex, real-world sustainability challenges.

Project topics are developed in consultation with instructors and sustainability stakeholders. Innovative solutions require the application of critical thinking and collaboration to resolve. By the end of the course the students will have a deeper understanding of:

The multi-faceted nature of Sustainability solutions,
Approaches to problem solving across fields, and
How to communicate sustainable solutions and concepts in an interdisciplinary team environment.

Explore student projects from previous years below.

Recent Student Projects

Agrivoltaics for Western PA

Acknowledgments: Vignesh Arunkumar, Patrick Connor, Victoria Wengler, Dr. David Sanchez and, Dr. Tony Kerzmann

Sustainability PA Certification for McCandless

Credit: Kayla Bocianowski, Ammie Faunce, Anna Goetz, Anwen Kelly
Teaching Team: Dr. Tony Kerzmann, Dr. David Sanchez, Kate Zidar

Water Quality Monitoring Near the Beaver Cracker Plant

Credit to: Dr. Michael Blackhurst and collaborators (MWA and 3RWK), Brandon Brewster, Aaron Carr, Koa Reitz, Lucy Klug, Dr. Sanchez, and Dr. Kerzmann