Assistant Research Professor, Engineering and Public Policy and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Executive Director, Green Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
Industrial Microbiology, Microbiology, Environmental Biotechnology, Environmental Sampling.
Ph.D. Microbiology, 1980: University of Rhode Island
M.S. Biology, 1977: University of Dayton
Dayton
B.S. Biology, 1975: University of Dayton
Carnegie
Mellon, 2008 -.
Mike is the Executive Director of the Green Design Institute and a research faculty member in the Tepper School of Business and Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. The Green Design Institute is an interdisciplinary research consortium at Carnegie Mellon focused on identifying and assessing the environmental impacts of environmental systems and helping businesses manage their use of resources and toxic materials. His current research interests center on the environmental impacts of production of chemicals and fuels via fermentation from renewable resources and the biodegradation of materials. Recently with collaboration of colleagues at CMU he has extended his work to address the impacts of adopting renewable alternative fuels focusing on infrastructure requirements and “best use” of non-renewable resources.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
- Assistant Research Professor, (2008 – Present), Engineering and Public Policy and Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
- Executive Director (2000-Present), Green Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
- Adjunct Professor, (2007-Present), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890.
- Part-time Faculty (1995 - 2002), Environment Science and Management Program, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282-1502.
- Adjunct Professor (1997 - 2001), Department of Biological Sciences, Mellon Hall Duquesne University, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.
- President (1994-2001), GMS Technologies, Inc., PO Box 2353, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.
- Vice President, Research & Development (1996-1999), Applied CarboChemicals, Inc., 810 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.
- Director, Research and Development Services, CHMR and Director, Bioremediation Product Evaluation Center (BPEC) NETAC (1992-1994), Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Continued part-time until November 1995 as Senior Scientist.
- Manager, Research and Development (1990-1992), Sybron Chemicals Inc. Salem VA 24153.
- Research Scientist, Biotechnology (and other positions) (1980-1990), BP America Research and Development (previously Standard Oil of Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio 44128.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Costello, Christine, W. Michael Griffin, Amy E. Landis, and H. Scott Matthews. 2009. Impact of Biofuel Crop Production on the Formation of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Sci. and Technol. In Press.
Rogério Cezar de Cerqueira Leite, Manoel Regis Lima Verde Leal, Luis Augusto Barbosa Cortez, W. Michael Griffin, Mirna Ivonne Gaya Scandiffio. 2009. Can Brazil Replace 5% of the 2025 Gasoline World Demand with Ethanol? Energy 34:655-661.
Wakeley, Heather L., Chris T. Hendrickson, W. Michael Griffin and H. Scott Matthews. 2009. Economic and Environmental Transportation Effects of Large-Scale Ethanol Production and Distribution in the United States. Environmental Sci. and Technol. 43 (7), 2228-2233.
Jaramillo, P., W. Michael Griffin, and H. Scott Matthews. 2008. Comparative Analysis of the Production Costs and Life-Cycle GHG Emissions of FT-Liquid Fuels from Coal and Natural Gas. Environmental Sci. and Technol. 42:7559-7565.
Wakeley, Heather, Michael Griffin, Chris Hendrickson, and H. Scott Matthews. 2008. Alternative Transportation Fuels: Distribution Infrastructure for Hydrogen and Ethanol in Iowa. ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 14:262-271.
Morrow, W.R., W. Michael Griffin, and H. Scott Matthews. 2008. National-level Infrastructure and Economic Effects of Switchgrass Co-firing with Coal in Existing Power-plants for Carbon Mitigation Environmental Sci. and Technol. 42:3501-3507.
Morrow, W.R., W. Michael Griffin, and H. Scott Matthews. 2007. State-level Infrastructure and Economic Effects of Switchgrass Co-firing with Coal in Existing Power-plants for Carbon Mitigation. Environmental Sci. and Technol. 41:6657-6662.
Jaramillo, P., W. Michael Griffin, and H. Scott Matthews. 2007. Comparative Life Cycle Air Emissions of Coal, Domestic Natural Gas, LNG, and SNG for Electricity Generation. Environmental Sci. and Technol. 41(17):6290 - 6296.
Lave, Lester B. and W. Michael Griffin. 2006. Importing Ethanol Solves Many Problems. Issues Sci. Technol. Spring:40-42.
Morrow, William R., W. Michael Griffin, and H. Scott Matthews. 2006. Modeling Cellulosic Ethanol Production and Distribution in the US. Environ. Sci. and Technol. 40 (9): 2877 -2886.
Lal, Rattan, Michael Griffin, Jay Apt, Lester Lave, and M. Granger Morgan. 2004. Restoring Soils to Protect Climate, Food, and Water. Science. 304:393-393.
MacLean, Heather L., Lester B. Lave, W. Michael Griffin. 2003. Alternative Transport Fuels for the Future. International Journal of Vehicle Design. 35(1/2):27-49.
Cortez, L.A.B., Griffin, M.W., Scaramuchi, J.A., Scandiffio, M.I.G., Braunbeck, O.A., 2003. Considerations on the World Use of Bioethanol as Contribution for Sustainability. Management of Environmental Quality 14 (4), 508–519.
Lave, Lester B., W. Michael Griffin and Heather L. MacLean. 2001. Lowering Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Cars and Light trucks. Issues in Science and Technology Winter 2001-02: 73-78.
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