Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability 
Co-Director, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation 
George M. and Eva M. Bevier Professor 
mbilec@pitt.edu  

Dr. Bilec is the William Kepler Whiteford Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Co-director of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI). She recently served as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability. Her research focuses on the sustainable built environment and health care. She is working to solve the global waste challenge by advancing and developing circular economy principles. 

Dr. Bilec is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. She is working to advance the issues around and the solutions to environmental justice in the City of Pittsburgh. She was awarded the School of Engineering Diversity Award 2017-2018 and received the Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction Award in 2019.