Edward Rubin
Professor Emeritus, Environmental Engineering and Science, Engineering and Public Policy, Mechanical Engineering
Edward Rubin is a professor emeritus of the Departments of Engineering and Public Policy and Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Rubin was a founding member of the Engineering and Public Policy Department and founding director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Environmental Institute.
Rubin is a Fellow Member of ASME, recipient of the Carnegie Mellon University Distinguished Professor of Engineering Award for outstanding achievements in engineering research, education, and public service, and recipient of the AWMA Lyman A. Ripperton Award for distinguished achievements as an educator. He has served on advisory committees to various state and federal government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of California Energy Commission, Air Resources Board, and Public Utility Commission. He is a National Associate member of the National Academies and serves regularly on its boards and study committees. Among his international activities, he was a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize), an advisor to the Alberta Energy Ministry of Canada, and a board member of the UK CCS Research Centre.
Energy Technology Modeling for Climate Change Solutions
Education
1969 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
1965 MS, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
1964 Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York
Research Interests
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
Decarbonization: Climate change is personal now
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says carbon capture deployment is lagging if we want to meet global mitigation targets. With the stakes so high, why is this the case?
Engineering and Public Policy
Rubin retires after 53 years of service
Professor Ed Rubin has transitioned to emeritus professor after 53 years as faculty in engineering and public policy and mechanical engineering.
Mechanical Engineering
Rubin retiring after 53 years
Ed Rubin helped to establish a program to create a new breed of engineer who could work at the interface between the social and engineering sciences through the use of a genuinely interdisciplinary curriculum.
2021 Engineering faculty award winners selected
Congratulations to the 2021 CMU Engineering Faculty Awards winners.
National Energy Technology Laboratory
Rubin co-authors paper on low-carbon tech
EPP/MechE’s Ed Rubin and NETL researchers have co-authored a paper providing comprehensive guidelines for low-carbon technologies that are crucial to combating climate change.
Engineering and Public Policy
Improving cost estimates for low-carbon technologies
Professor Ed Rubin (EPP/MechE), together with a team of 13 other university, industrial, and governmental collaborators, has co-authored a newly released white paper providing comprehensive guidelines for the cost estimation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and other low-carbon technologies that are crucial to combating climate change.
Mechanical Engineering
Rubin wins ASME’s Dixy Lee Ray Award
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has chosen Ed Rubin to receive the Dixy Lee Ray Award for achievements and contributions in environmental engineering.
Next Pittsburgh
Rubin quoted on Pittsburgh emissions
EPP/MechE’s Ed Rubin was quoted in Next Pittsburgh on Pittsburgh emissions.
U.S. News & World Report
Rubin comments on Carbon Engineering's carbon capture project
EPP/MechE’s Edward Rubin was quoted by U.S. News about Carbon Engineering’s planned project in Texas. Carbon Engineering is a Canadian startup planning to build a new type of facility that could remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air.
Science and the Total Environment
Ed Rubin, CMU identified as world leader in carbon capture and storage research
In the field of carbon capture and storage (CCS), MechE/EPP’s Ed Rubin is the most productive researcher in the world by a variety of metrics, finds a new study. Rubin has published the most CCS papers, has the most citations, and is the author of the single most-cited CCS study. Also making the Top-10 list of CCS researchers worldwide is EPP’s Haibo Zhai (8th). The work of Rubin, Zhai, and others has made CMU the most productive academic institution doing CCS research in the world. CMU is second only to the U.S. Department of Energy in total CCS research output.
NBCNews.com
Rubin on NBC News
EPP/MechE’s Ed Rubin was interviewed by NBC News about fossil fuels, which are constantly in the news, but rarely discussed in their totality. “They are critically important for everything we do and value as individuals and as a society—all of which need a source of energy,” said Rubin.
Radio Valencia
Rubin speaks at children’s school in Valencia
EPP/MechE’s Ed Rubin recently spoke with children at a school in Valencia about climate change.