Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and campuses in Texas and Arizona on Wednesday jointly announced creation of the Center for Sustainable Engineering.

The center will be staffed by 15 to 20 researchers from Carnegie Mellon, Arizona State University and the University of Texas at Austin. It is receiving $1.7 million from the National Science Foundation and $350,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The center is intended to help future engineers better manage increased stress on the world's limited resources, according to a statement from Carnegie Mellon announcing the center. Its leaders include Carnegie Mellon's Cliff Davidson, a professor in civil and environmental engineering; David Allen, chemical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Brad Allenby, civil and environmental engineering professor at Arizona State.