ABOUT
In 2021, the City College of New York launched an internal grant competition, the College-wide Research Vision. The competition challenged researchers to “harness paradigm-shifting fundamental research to address challenging real-world problems by connecting diverse disciplines, techniques, and ways of thinking.”
A team called “Climate Solidarity”, led by 10 faculty members across four disciplines - architecture, sociology, engineering and computer science - was eventually selected as the winning team. The goal of this team is to create solidarity around climate actions and address issues around housing justice, climate adaptation, and energy production in New York City.
EXPERTISE
SOCIOLOGY
Katherine K. Chen
Participatory and qualitative research methods
Yana Kucheva
Team Lead
Housing policy, urban inequality
DESIGN
Shawn Rickenbacker
Urban justice and community engagement
Zihao Zhang
Co-Lead
Urban ecology, landscape systems
ENGINEERING
Ahmed Mohamed
Co-Lead
Power systems, microgrids
Prathap Ramamurthy
Urban climate models
Huy T. Vo
Urban computing
Zhigang ZhuData science, AI & machine learning
Michael Bobker
Energy engineering
RESEARCHERS
Giovani GraziosiPost Doctoral Fellow
Xueqi HuangPhD, Computer Science
Abrar AbdelbaryPhD, Electrical Engineering
Courtney BehrensMaster of Landscape Architecture
Mary Daly
Master of Landscape Architecture
Christopher Martinovic
Master of Landscape Architecture
Lea ManglicmotBachelor of Arts, Electrical Engineering
Ninad Kashyap
Masters in Sustainability
PARTNERS
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