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University of Southern California Awarded AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship |
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Apr. 12 -/E-Wire/-- AT&T selected researchers from six leading universities, including the University of Southern California, to receive an AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship. Researchers at University of Southern California received a $25,000 grant to support their project, "Global Environmental and Social Impacts of Wireless Internet Communications."
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Industrial Ecology is a multidisciplinary field that studies industrial and economic systems and their linkage with natural systems. It also intersects with disciplines such as law, economics, anthropology, business studies, engineering, and the social and physical sciences. Other recipients of this year's faculty fellowship include Carnegie Mellon University, Florida A&M-Florida State University College of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Michigan.
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"Recent rapid advances in information and communication technologies (ICT) are considered to be equivalent, and are referred to as 'the second Industrial Revolution,'" said Dr. Najmedin Meshkati, Associate Professor, Department of Civil/Environmental Engineering at USC. "I am very pleased to have the AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship to conduct research on the environmental and social impacts of the Wireless Internet Communications (WIC) technology. It not only represents the harbinger of the revolution in ICT, but also could bring about a permanent dramatic change in lifestyle for many people around the world."
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The project being funded at the University of Southern California includes a comprehensive literature study of the environmental and social Internet Communications (WIC) and e-commerce. In addition, the study will concentrate on applying the life cycle assessment approach to investigation of the environmental impacts of three location-specific services: traffic information, navigational aids (e.g., finding shops and restaurant locations), and yellow pages.
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"The excellence of the proposals that we are funding under the AT&T Industrial Ecology Fellowship program this year is truly remarkable," said Brad Allenby, AT&T Environment, Health and Safety Vice President. "We are proud to support research and teaching of this quality, and thus contribute to a better world for us and our children."
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The AT&T Foundation established the Industrial Ecology Grants Program in 1993 to encourage academic activity in this field. Since then, the program has awarded faculty research fellowships, supported the Colloquium on Industrial Ecology at the National Academy of Sciences, supported two conferences on research in the field, and helped launch the Journal of Industrial Ecology. This program is consistent with AT&T's environmental social responsibility and its support of environmental initiatives and organizations.
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The AT&T Foundation invests in projects that address a range of public concerns. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities where AT&T has a significant business presence; initiatives that use technology in innovative ways; and programs that AT&T employees are actively involved with as contributors and/or volunteers. For further information, please visit the AT&T Foundation web site at www.att.com/foundation.
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