Standards Education for 

Infrastructure Improvement & 

Resilience

Lisa Greenwood, PhD

Yewande Abraham, PhD

Sumita Mishra, PhD

Jennifer Schneider, ScD

Image source: https://www.oecd.org/finance/sustainable-infrastructure.htm
Our Core Team

Lisa Greenwood 

Ph.D. 

Environmental 

Sustainability, 

Health & Safety

Jennifer Schneider 

Sc.D., CIH

Environmental 

Sustainability, 

Health & 

Safety

Yewande Abraham 

Ph.D.

Civil Engineering 

Technology

Sumita Mishra

Ph.D.

Computing 

Security
Motivation:

• As evidenced by the passing of the Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act (IIJA), recognizing, understanding, and being able to apply 

relevant standards to improve infrastructure will be a useful, 

practical, and sought-after professional skill set as the U.S. seeks to 

enhance its competitiveness and its resilience to shocks and stresses.

• These modules will help students develop the knowledge and skills

needed for engineers and other professionals to utilize national 

documentary standards in the domains of

• resilient power infrastructure, 

• sustainable buildings and sites, and 

• infrastructure resilience to climate change and other disruptions

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Project Goals

Curricular Goal: Develop and embed a set of reusable, adaptable, and 

interchangeable course modules on the application of standards related 

to resilient and secure infrastructure design, construction, and 

operation, at different levels appropriate for undergraduate and 

graduate students.

Faculty Goal: Support cross-disciplinary faculty expertise development 

in infrastructure system standards application by sharing content both 

internally and externally.

Educational Effectiveness Goal: Ensure the effectiveness of the course 

modules via a cohesive and proven educational structure.

Dissemination Goal: Disseminate our results via published papers, 

conference presentations, and a website.

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Project Approach

Multi-Disciplinary, Standards-Based Learning Modules

1. Resilient Power Infrastructure: Smart 

energy grid security and privacy.

2. Sustainable Buildings and Sites: 

Efficient, healthy buildings and remediation 

of legacy pollution to minimize harm to the 

environment and to communities.

3. Infrastructure Resilience: Enhancing 

infrastructure resilience to climate change 

and other disruptions.

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Project Deliverables and Outcomes

• Curricular Modules – multidisciplinary, standards-based

• Modules include

• Curricular content organized in 6 themes

• Tools, guidance, and resources for faculty

• Sphere of influence

• Students in engineering technology

• Students in computing and information sciences

• Students and faculty in other programs and institutions

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Project Approach – Course Integration

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Dissemination

• Internal

• Targeted courses in Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety, Civil 

Engineering Technology, Construction Management, and Computing Security

• Shared with RIT programs in architecture, computing, engineering, 

engineering technology 

• External

• Validation institutions – George Washington, Penn State

• NIST final summary paper

• NIST workshops

• Academic or professional journals and conferences

• ANSI Standards Education Website

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Questions?

Contact: 

Lisa Greenwood

lisa.greenwood@rit.edu

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