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Cassandra Thiel

Home Country

United States

Environmental Life Cycle Impacts of Cataract Surgery in India

Program

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Program Country

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Specialization

Civil Engineering, Other

Academic Year

Dates

November 2014 - March 2015

Flex

No

Scholar type

U.S. Scholar

Award Title

4431 | Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Awards (All Disciplines)

Project Title

Environmental Life Cycle Impacts of Cataract Surgery in India

Scholar Information

Grantee

Cassandra Thiel

Title

Postdoctoral Researcher

Institution

University of Pittsburgh

Department

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

School

Swanson School of Engineering

Host Institutions

Institution

Aravind Eye Hospitals and Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology