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SSC Projects

Since 2008, the Student Sustainability Committee (SSC) has funded hundreds of sustainability projects across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Filter and search the SSC Project listing below to learn more about the initiatives the SSC has supported.

Title Semestersort descending Year Started Status Student Led? Category Associated Project(s)
Magnetically Driven Biodiesel Catalysis With Deep Eutectic Solvent-Functionalized Nanoparticles Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Automated Waste Sorting via Computer Vision & Robotics: A Feasibility Study Fall 2025 Closed No Food and Waste
WaggleNet Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Community-accessible Composting Fall 2025 Active No Food and Waste
Ecojustice Series Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Illini Lights Out 2025 Fall 2025 Active Yes Education and Justice
Census of Trelease Woods – Phase 2 Fall 2019 Closed No Land, Air, and Water Committee on Natural Areas
Bevier Café - Dishroom Sustainability Project Fall 2018 Closed No Energy
Towards Zero Waste: Classification via Spectroscopy Enabled Computer Vision at Campus Waste Transfer Station Fall 2023 Active No Food and Waste Increase Recycling through the WTS
The Safe Pyrotechnic Analyzer Reusable Kit (SPARK) Fall 2023 Active Yes Food and Waste
BEACON Home Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
Engineering Open House Environmental Education and Sustainability Initiative Fall 2025 Active Yes Education and Justice
Illini Solar Car Competition 2026 Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
InSpire Solar Powered Outdoor Table (SPOT) Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
Liquid Rocketry at Illinois, Fluid and Internal Structures Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
SAW Forestry Mower Rental for Invasive Species Control Fall 2025 Active Yes Land, Air, and Water
Preventing Window-Strike Bird Fatalities at Beckman Institute Fall 2025 Active No Transportation and Infrastructure
Biodiversity Improvements in the South Arboretum Woods Fall 2022 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water
Single-day Campus-wide Composting Events Fall 2024 Closed No Food and Waste Plan for Organic Waste
Evaluating the Educational Impact of the SSC-funded Reimagine Our Future Sustainability Competition for Undergraduate Students Fall 2025 Closed No Education and Justice
Illini Union Food Court Lighting Upgrade Fall 2025 Active No Energy
Faculty Insights Gateway (FIG) Fall 2025 Active No Education and Justice
Uni High Native Prairie Garden Fall 2025 Active No Land, Air, and Water
InSPIRE Solar Wireless Drone Charging Station Fall 2025 Active Yes Energy
Restoration of Florida Orchard Prairie and South Arboretum Woods Fall 2018 Closed Yes Land, Air, and Water Prairie Restoration at Florida & Orchard

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