Environmental Health and Safety meets individually with each new principal investigator in the natural sciences and engineering upon arrival

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Principal Investigator Briefing

• Environmental Health and Safety meets
  individually with each new principal investigator
  in the natural sciences and engineering upon
  arrival
• Notification through the Dean of Faculty
• Sets the tone and introduces the safety and
  environmental culture of the University
• Includes a walk-through of the laboratory space
  or review of the plans for renovation
• Focuses on role as a supervisor and lab manager

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Briefing Includes

• Policies and procedures related to health and
  safety
• Training requirements for those working in the
  laboratory
• Emergency preparedness and procedures
• The Risk Culture in research and academia
• Requirements for special materials
• Radioactive, Homeland Security, pathogenic, etc.

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Briefing Includes

• Engineering controls
• Personal protective equipment
• Providing, procuring, writing into grant
  proposals
• Waste disposal
• Hazardous materials shipping
• Inspections
• Continuity of operations planning
• Minors in the lab policies
• Laboratory security

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Briefing Includes

• Profile of research practices
• Determination of which EHS and safety programs
  apply (e.g., laser safety, high hazard gas
  safety, high voltage safety,)
• Summary of each program and contact info provided

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Program History

• Adopted by University Research Board in 2000
• Briefing provided to gt 130 new faculty and gt 120
  lab managers (professional staff, post-docs,
  graduate students)

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Results

• Better compliance with University and regulatory
  agency rules
• Open communication between health and safety
  groups and the laboratory
• Accountability
• Setting the tone at the earliest stage
• Identification of safety and environmental issues
  at the outset

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Engineering and a Sustainable Society

• Energy and Environment
• Health
• Security
• Innovation in Engineering Education

Aspire 1.75B campaign, 11/07 Engineering a
Sustainable Society, Exploration in the Arts, New
Frontiers in Neuroscience, Citizenship the
World, The Princeton Experience
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Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Established through 100M gift from Gerhard
Andlinger 52
Support expanding program of research and
teaching Energy conservation Sustainable energy
development Environmental protection and
remediation
Translate fundamental knowledge into practical
solutions Enable sustainable energy
production Protect the environment from
irreversible change
Located in state-of-the-art facility and in
existing space
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Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Architects
February, 2009
Associate Architect Ballinger
Lab Planners Jacobs Consultancy
Sustainability Consultant Transsolar
MEP Engineer Arup
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Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, CA
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Skirkanich Hall University of Pennsylvania
East Asian Library University of California -
Berkeley
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SEAS Faculty in Energy and the Environment

• Atmospheric chemistry and dynamics Elie Bou-Zeid
  (CEE), Claire Gmachl (EE), Denise Mauzerall
  (CEE), Gerard Wysocki (EE), Mark Zondlo (CEE)
• Batteries Craig Arnold (MAE)
• Genetic engineering for biofuels James Link
  (CHE)
• Built environment Sigrid Adriaenssens (CEE),
  Maria Garlock (CEE), Branko Glisic (CEE), George
  Scherer (CEE), James Smith (CEE)
• Carbon capture storage Michael Celia (CEE),
  Catherine Peters (CEE), George Scherer (CEE),
  Robert Socolow (MAE)
• Combustion Frederick Dryer (MAE), Chung K. Law
  (MAE), Yiguang Ju (MAE), Sankaran Sundaresan
  (CHE)
• Ecohydrology Kelly Caylor (CEE), Peter Jaffe
  (CEE), Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (CEE), Eric Wood
  (CEE)
• Fuel cells Jay Benziger (CHE)
• Green IT Mung Chiang (EE), Margaret Martonosi
  (EE), Jennifer Rexford (COS)
• Molecular design of materials Emily Carter (MAE)
• Solar cells Lynn Loo (CHE), Antione Kahn (EE),
  Jim Sturm (EE), Sigurd Wagner (EE)
• Sustainable materials Wole Soboyejo (MAE)
• Systems modeling Rene Carmona (ORF), Chris
  Floudas (CHE), Warren Powell (ORF)

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Goal Raised Remaining Energy and
Environment 75M 36M 39M Energy and
Environment Research Facilities 70M 70M
-- Conference Center 10M
-- 10M ______ _____ _____ 155M 106M
49M
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