Emily Grubert

@gruberte.bsky.social

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civil engineer / environmental sociologist. energy, water, climate, buildings, justice. fossil phaseout / universal programs. she / her. bunnies.

My air quality monitor showing raw pm 2.5 over 300 micrograms per cubic meter and pm 10 over 500
a giant haul truck in the powder river basin, wyoming
A picture of my inverter output, which shows intermittent spikes of ~2 kilowatts of load
Screenshot of my inverter output showing that the panels are keeping up with my window units
a (my) white and gray rabbit sleeping on a fuzzy carpet in full relaxation mode
a t-shirt that shows a line worker and says NATIONALIZE in maroon text
Coyle Hall’s St Olaf Ice Chapel, a snow construction peoject
My solar panels (and basically only my solar panels) covered in snow
Screenshot, job description: The “Ethical Technology Transitions to Mitigate Climate Change” program seeks one PhD student to be advised by Dr. Emily Grubert either in Notre Dame’s Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) program (School of Engineering) or the Sustainable Development (SD) program (Keough School of Global Affairs). This position is fully funded for four years (anticipated stipend: $36,000/year) and will be supported by the resources associated with the Ethics and the Common Good program chair for three years, with remaining funding to come from other sources that might carry additional deliverable requirements (e.g., a secondary project) that will be clearly communicated to the candidate. The primary research area for this position will focus on ethical considerations related to technology deployment for reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, with a particular focus either on modeling distributional effects of particular deployment patterns associated with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions pathways (CEEES PhD) or on designing governance systems for emerging technology systems, including Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR); hydrogen; renewable electricity; or end use electrification technologies (SD PhD). Teaching requirements are aligned with the requirements of the specific degree program. Funding is available for conference attendance, and students will have the opportunity to work with and/or mentor undergraduate research assistants.
Out-of-plane photo over Williston, North Dakota -ish showing a lot of fire spots
chart using EIA data showing 1995-2024 "US Product Supplied of Petrochemical Feedstocks (Mbbl)" with a steady decline starting around 2006; current use is 27% of peak
Emily's "my own creation" LEGO rendering of the Crescent Dunes solar thermal power plant
A really ridiculous number of boxes in my office
Dr. Manhattan "I am tired of Earth, these people" meme image. Dr. Manhattan is sitting alone on a crater.
JH Campbell power plant, stacks and probably the electrostatic precipitator and part of the generator hall
2 bald eagles flying around a tree
A sign reading “2005” showing where an Alaskan glacier was in 2005, and the glacier now in the far distance
A light blue flame at the Gary works
Screenshot: “Girl Scouts of the USA uses cookies on our website to provide you with the best possible experience. By continuing to use this site you are providing your consent to our use of cookies. For more information, please see our cookie notice.”
A sign suggesting each apatosaurus generated 520 million tons of methane each year while eating 400 kg of ferns each day
A picture of a solar inverter installed in my basement
White rabbit wearing a Santa hat
an image showing a very cold area with a sort of cup-shaped heat source reading around 20-25 degrees F
thermal image of the outside of my house in 7 degree Fahrenheit weather showing several yellow to red rectangles indicating temperatures of 20-30 degrees(these are my windows with large amounts of escaping heat) and then, circled and with an arrow pointing to them, a green-yellow rectangle indicating temperatures of 10-15 degrees centered on my new replacement windows
thermal image of 3 windows in my house, showing the window surface temperature at 58.5 degrees F with some leakage at the bottom left corners of each window
Picture of 7 foot tall animatronic gravedigger in my window for halloween
Reddit ad that reads, in part, “what is the truth about global warming? Right or wrong, you’ll earn 4.08% APY on your investment.” The ad includes smokestacks against a dirty sky and what appears to be a cracked drought surface on the ground
A figure (me) in a respirator and a full body tyvek suit, framed by the window I’m scraping paint off
Screenshot of LinkedIn post by Julio friedmann: “I loves doing this discussion with Chris Wright. Believe he would be a good Secretary of Energy. His dedication to reducing and ending energy poverty is inspiring.” (Additional less relevant text)
Floor to ceiling plastic tented on a hardwood floor covered in yet more plastic around 4 windows
Screenshot of the US drought monitor showing the state of Indiana, with a patch of “D2: severe drought” through a lot of the northern part of the state where I’m located
A white rabbit and a gray rabbit pressed up against each other lengthwise under a chair
A 1911 electric studebaker car that had a 70 mile range with lead acid batteries (in a museum)
wind farm in michigan
Grumpy old man white rabbit fully filling up the space under an ikea bedside table
My weather readout showing it is 5:45 pm, 92.8 F outside, and 87.6 F inside
A wind turbine against what looks like a cloudy night sky but is ACTUALLY totality from the 2024 total solar eclipse
Part of a room sealed off with thick floor to ceiling plastic for a DIY lead remediation
Elevator buttons at UT where the up/down arrow is a longhorn and it’s lit in orange
3 chairs casually in a hallway with burnt orange leather seats and a cutout of the UT logo in the wood backs
Shadowed road signs showing the corner of “prairie” and “renewable”
Me at stanford looking crotchety (normal face)
Train tracks embedded in a road with plenty of room
Screenshot from “traitors” showing two women, captioned “while you’re standing around, you’re not helping to nationalize coal”
So many trains (metra yard in Chicago)
“Whiting: refining the heart of community” cheerful sign at the beach near BP’s Whiting Refinery
DTE’s Monroe Power Plant
meme of bernie sanders from a time he was quoted saying "I am once again asking for your support" modified to read "I am once again asking for myself to remember to tag EnergySky"
Fisk Generating Station
a genuinely enormous piece of heavy duty machinery, a dragline, at a coal mine in wyoming. the electric power cord (because the equipment is electric, and corded) is visible in the picture.
My white rabbit laying at the top of the stairs in a manner that requires one pet him when one walks by
meme format using a two panel comic from theycantalk.com showing a goose saying "where're you getting the hydrogen from?" then the goose chasing a person labeled "oil and gas" saying "where's the hydrogen from motherfucker?!"
chart portraying "probability of critter sighting" on y axis and "temperature in the house" on x axis. Probability of "mouse" is 100% at temperatures below 62 degrees then falls rapidly to 0%. Probability of "roach" is 100% at temperatures above 85 degrees, rising rapidly from 0%.
400 gallon cistern with an overflow gutter installed
product page screenshot for Quikrete 0.5-cu ft 50-lb All-purpose sand encouraging me to "shop the collection"
White rabbit sitting on the stairs landing
screen grab of a report entitled "energy research at DOE: was it worth it?"
400 gallon water cistern, gutter tied, including overflow and outlet
A white rabbit and a gray rabbit snuggled together on a rug, leaning against a wall and resting heads on a table leg