Jared L. Cohon
University Professor | Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES
Jared L. Cohon has worked on large-scale water problems and on energy facility issues, especially nuclear waste.
Biography
Professor Cohon served as the President of Carnegie Mellon from 1997 until 2013. Before that he was Dean of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale (1992-1997) and on the faculty and in the administration at Johns Hopkins (1973-1992). He serves on the board of five foundations and non-profit organizations and one corporation. Among his extensive service for the U.S. government and the National Academies, he chaired the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (1997-2002), co-chaired the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Laboratories (2015-2016), and currently chairs the Academies’ Board on Energy and Environmental Systems.
Professor Cohon is interested in environmental systems analysis, especially the development and application of optimization tools for large-scale natural resource and environmental problems. Most of his theoretical work has focused on algorithms for multi-objective programming problems and systems methods for integrating engineering, economics and policy in public environmental decision making. He has worked most on water resource, energy and waste problems.
Areas of Expertise (5)
Nuclear Waste Management
Natural Resources
Energy
Environmental Systems Analysis
Environmental Problems
Media Appearances (5)
Swimming pool closing as CUC construction ramps up
The Tartan online
2015-03-01
Later this month, Carnegie Mellon community members will start to feel the impact of work on the Jared L. Cohon University Center (CUC) addition beyond the sights and sounds of construction on Forbes Avenue.
Carnegie Mellon professors question university president over planned campus in Kagame’s Rwanda
San Francisco Bay View National Black Newspaper online
2011-09-29
Faculty members at Carnegie Mellon University’s Marianna Brown Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences have signed a petition questioning the university’s partnership with Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, as they plan to open a branch campus in Kigali in 2012. The petition cites charges that his government has committed gross human rights violations in Rwanda and in the Congo. It also cites increased repression of the press and political freedoms.
Despite economy, private university presidents’ salaries rise to over $1 million
The Tartan online
2009-11-09
Jared L. Cohon, president of Carnegie Mellon University is the 51st highest-paid university exectutive, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. Cohon received an estimated $733,000 in salary and benefits last year, which is about $100,000 higher than the average compensation for his position. This was a 24 percent increase over his previous year’s wages.
NTU, Carnegie Mellon University establish dual Ph.D. degree program in engineering
EurekAlert! online
2010-03-04
The partnership was sealed at a ceremony at NTU today where NTU President Dr Su Guaning and CMU President Dr Jared L. Cohon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish the programme, witnessed by senior officials from both universities' Colleges of Engineering.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Jeannette Wing Chosen to Head Computer & Information Science & Engineering Directorate at NSF
National Science Foundation online
2007-01-31
"Jeannette Wing is one of the most original and creative scientists in computing today," said Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon. "She has made superb contributions here as a researcher, teacher and administrator. NSF could not have made a better choice for this pivotal leadership role."
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Accomplishments (3)
Lifetime Acheivement Award (professional)
2018 Pennsylvania Environmental Council
National Engineering Award (professional)
2011 American Association of Engineering Societies
Distinguished Member (professional)
2009 American Society of Civil Engineering
Education (3)
University of Pennsylvania: B.S., Civil Engineering 1969
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ph.D., Civil Engineering 1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: M.S., Civil Engineering 1972
Affiliations (1)
- Academies’ Board on Energy and Environmental Systems : Chair
Links (5)
Articles (5)
Optimizing an equitable micro-hydropower deployment: Application of a multi-objective method for rural Indonesia
Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis2021 Much of the developing world is still struggling to provide electricity to rural populations. Extending the grid is frequently not feasible or too expensive in rural and remote areas. In such situations, micro-hydropower (MHP) can be a cost-effective source of renewable off-grid electricity and can be easier to implement and more reliable than a number of other generation technologies.
Integrated Multiobjective Optimization and Simulation Model Applied to Drinking Water Treatment Placement in the Context of Existing Infrastructure
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management2019 Drinking water systems provide consistent and safe supplies of water across urban areas through the use of treatment and distribution infrastructure. Design of drinking water infrastructure requires incorporation of multiple conflicting stakeholder goals, such as cost and water quality. This work expands on a previously developed integrated modeling framework that uses simulation and optimization models for long-term planning of treatment infrastructure in the context of existing distribution systems.
Cumulative environmental and employment impacts of the shale gas boom
Nature Sustainability2019 Natural gas has become the largest fuel source for electricity generation in the United States and accounts for a third of energy production and consumption. However, the environmental and socioeconomic impacts across the supply chain and over the boom-and-bust cycle have not been comprehensively characterized.
Quantifying the social equity state of an energy system: environmental and labor market equity of the shale gas boom in Appalachia
Environmental Research Letters2019 A fundamental societal concern in energy system transitions is the distribution of benefits and costs across populations. A recent transition, the US shale gas boom, has dramatically altered the domestic energy outlook and global markets; however, the social equity implications have not been meaningfully assessed and accounted for in public and private decision making. In this study, we develop and demonstrate a systematic approach to quantify the multi-dimensional equity state of an energy system, with a focus on the shale gas boom in the Appalachian basin.
System-wide and Superemitter Policy Options for the Abatement of Methane Emissions from the U.S. Natural Gas System
Environmental Science and Technology2017 This work assesses trade-offs between system-wide and superemitter policy options for reducing methane emissions from compressor stations in the U.S. transmission and storage system. Leveraging recently collected national emissions and activity data sets, we developed a new process-based emissions model implemented in a Monte Carlo simulation framework to estimate emissions for each component and facility in the system.
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