Sanders' Sustainable Systems Group – Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Welcome to Dr. Kelly Sanders’ Sustainable Systems Research Group within the University of Southern California’s Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Our group analyzes large-scale resource management systems to address the technical, political and societal issues that challenge the sustainability of our local, regional, and global communities.

If you are a current USC student or prospective PhD student that is interested in joining the group, please fill out the form here.

For description of our group’s current research thrusts, please visit our Research Page.

Images by Katherine Duffy, BA in the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts, Class of 2016, University of Southern California

A. Zohrabian, S. Mayes and K.T. Sanders (2023). A data-driven framework for quantifying consumption-based monthly and hourly marginal emissions factors. Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 396, 136296.

S. Mayes and K.T. Sanders (2022). Quantifying the electricity, CO2 emissions, and economic tradeoffs of precooling strategies for a single-family home in Southern California. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2 (2), 025001.

A.S. Jin and K.T. Sanders (2022). Analyzing Changes to U.S Municipal Heat Response Plans During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Environmental Science & Policy,128, 347-358.

See all peer-reviewed publications by theme here.