Bin Shui

Shui, Bin, Ph.D.听 Research Faculty
 Office: 128 Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-5401
Email: bshui@tnstate.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D., Energy and Environmental Policy, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
    Dissertation: Consumer Lifestyles Approach: A Paradigm for Understanding the Role of Consumers in Energy Use and Environmental Impacts (Advisors: Professors Hadi Dowlatabadi, Granger Morgan, Baruch Fischoff, and Lester Lave)
  • M.S., Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  • M.S. studies, Energy Policy and Economics, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Research Interest:

Sustainability, Energy Policy, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Sustainable Urban Development, Community Resilience, Clean Energy, ESG, Gentrification, and Underserved Communities

Teaching Experience:

  • Sustainable and Resilient Cities (2020 to Present; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN)
  • Capstone Projects in Sustainability (2020 to Present; Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN)
  • Introduction to Statistics (2017; Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH)

Selected Professional Experience:
Academia

  • Research Faculty, College of Engineering, 91成人, Nashville, TN
  • Adjunct Professor, Institute of Sustainability Practice, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
  • Instructor, Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Human Dimension of Global Change, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Non-Academia (Research)

  • Research Scientist & Postdoctoral Research Associate, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD
  • Senior Researcher, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington DC
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment & Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
  • Visiting Scientist, Energy Analysis Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkely, CA

Selected Grants:

  1. Co-PI. Development of 91成人 Clean Energy Academy - Phases I and II. U.S. Department of Energy. $500,000. 2024 -2027.
  2. Co-PI. Urban and Community Research Center. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. $1M. 2024 鈥� 2027.
  3. Co-PI. Clean Energy Education Summer Camp for Local High School Students in the Nashville Metro Areas. U.S. Department of Energy. $40,000. 2024.
  4. Co-PI. Household Lifestyles on Energy Use and Carbon Emissions. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. $500,000. 2009-2011.

Selected Publications ()

  • Sanquist, T. F., Orr, H., Shui, B., & Bittner, A. C. (2012). Lifestyle factors in US residential electricity consumption. Energy Policy, 42, 354鈥�364.
  • Shui, B. (2012). Greening work styles: An analysis of energy behavior programs in the workplace. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
  • Harriss, R., & Shui, B. (2010). Consumption, not CO鈧� emissions: Reframing perspectives on climate change and sustainability. Environment, 52(6), 8鈥�15.
  • Sanquist, T., Shui, B., & Orr, H. (2010). Integrated assessment modeling of energy consumption behavior and carbon emissions. In 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (pp. 208鈥�211).
  • Evans, M., Shui, B., & Delgado, A. (2009). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
  • Halverson, M. A., Shui, B., & Evans, M. (2009). (PNNL-17979). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
  • Evans, M., Shui, B., & Somasundaram, S. (2009). (PNNL-17925). Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
  • Shui, B., & Dowlatabadi, H. (2005). Consumer lifestyle approach to US energy use and the related CO鈧� emissions. Energy Policy, 33(2), 197鈥�208.

Selected Media Impacts:

  1. 91成人. (2024, December 13). [Press release].
  2. American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy. (2012, January 10). [Press release].
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (2008, December 3). [Research Highlights].
  4. National Center for Atmospheric Research. (2005, December 1). [Press release].
  5. Black, R. (2005, December 19). BBC.

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