Luminant Environmental Research Program
Luminant's Environmental Research Program provides research grants to students working on master or doctor degrees from Texas Institutions. Funding is provided by the Company, if the student and proposed research meets requirements. The program is directed by an independent steering committee.
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History of Research Program
Luminant's Environmental Research Program began in 1971, financed by Luminant and directed by an independent steering committee with the research conducted by the most qualified graduate students. Luminant has no review, editing or publishing rights to the program's findings and all of the work is published by the research fellows in open literature. To date, over 121 students have entered the program, studying various potential effects of surface lignite mining, electric power generation and electric power delivery (i.e., transmission and distribution lines) on the environment.
Research Steering Comittee
The Research Steering Committee selects the research proposals to be funded, and acts in an advisory role during performance of the research. The Committee is comprised of the following members:
Dr. David Allen - Univ. of Texas at Austin
Dr. Moses Attrep (Retired) - Los Alamos Lab
Dr. Scott Beasley - Stephen F. Austin State University
Dr. Charles Groat - Univ. of Texas at Austin
Dr. Tom Hellier (Retired) - Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Robert McMahon - Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Melanie Sattler - Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Dr. John "Jack" Sharp - Univ. of Texas at Austin
Dr. Nova Silvy - Texas A&M University
Dr. Fred Smeins - Texas A&M University
Dr. Dave Zuberer - Texas A&M University
Dr. Paul Zweiacker (Retired) - Luminant
Mr. Sid Stroud - Luminant
Proposal Package Requirements
Budget
Student Qualifications
Submittal and Contact Information