Professor Stephen Mayfield ( left ) leads Food & Fuel for the 21st Century , a research unit engaging students in groundbreaking work on biofuel production .
A sampling of student courses across disciplines aligned with the Deep Decarbonization Initiative :
ENG : Nanoscale Energy Technology Examines the role of nanotechnology in addressing the scientific and engineering challenges for new energy production .
GPS : International Politics of Energy Policy Major theoretical perspectives show how societies design and implement policies related to energy .
Nanoengineer Ying Shirley Meng and physicist Oleg Shpyrko work together in the Sustainable Power and Energy Center to solve key technical challenges in creating novel means of generating and storing energy . Their energy-storage research has implications for many areas , including electric vehicles , wind turbines and wearable power devices .
Nanoengineer Ying Shirley Meng ( center ) and physics professor Oleg Shpyrko ( second from left ) lead a team including ( from left ) Hyung Man Cho , Andrew Ulvestad and Andrej Singer in order to solve key energy challenges .
Six incoming Scripps faculty hold joint appointments across UC San Diego departments , making for serious interdisciplinary waves :
Kate Ricke uses economic and behavioral models to understand the relation between climate change and human decision-making .
Andrew Barton investigates how climate changes — natural and man-made — alter plankton distribution and composition .
Tarik Benmarhnia studies the impact of extreme weather events on human health and evaluates the health impact of environmental policies .
Isabel Rivera-Collazo specializes in geoarchaeology , studying the effect of humans on island ecosystems and past responses to environmental change .
Andrew Lucas studies how physical dynamics in the sea influence the character and productivity at the base of the oceanic food web .
Jennifer Vanos connects weather and climate to human health — particularly the effects of air pollution and ultraviolet radiation on children and other vulnerable populations .
ECON : Energy Economics A comparison of energy use across sectors and countries with emphasis on efficiency and control of pollution .
BIO : Our Energy Future — Sustainable Energy Solutions Provides an overview of energy production and utilization and the subsequent economic and environmental consequences .
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