CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Best Paper Recognition

Inhee Lee,John C. Mascaro Faculty Scholar

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3447993.3483263 (paper #1) https://www.sigmobile.org/mobicom/2021/ (paper #1’s best paper notification) https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3539668.3539677 (paper #2)

Baumann, S. (2023, April). Considerations for Human centered design with preliterate and non-English speaking communities. Presentation: Linguistic Justice in Research Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Baumann, S., Rabin, M., Upadhaya, K., Joseph, B., Hawk, M., Devkota, B., Shrestha, G.R. & Burke, J. (2023, April). Human-centered Design (HCD) for Intervention Development in Global Public Health: A Menstrual Health Study in Nepal. Poster Presentation: Consortium for Universities of Global Health Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA.

Baumann, S., Rabin, M., Devkota, B., Upadhaya, K., Hawk, M., Burke, J. (July 2023, Forthcoming). Harnessing Human Centered Design Tools to Address Chhaupadi (Menstrual Seclusion) in Nepal

Presentation: Society of Menstrual Cycle Research Biannual Conference. Washington, D.C.

Baumann, S., Devkota, B., Upadhaya, K., Shrestha, G.R., Rabin, M. (2023, May, Forthcoming). Harnessing Human-centered Design (HCD) for Intervention Development to End Harmful Menstrual Practices in Far-West Nepal: Preliminary Findings from Dailekh. Presentation at the National Conference on Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Ending Gender-based Violence and Harmful Practices, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Chacón, D., Papadopoulos, C., Acosta, F., Harries, K.A. and Saffar, A. (2022) Development of a Method to Test Bamboo Culms in Direct Torsion, NOCMAT 2022, June 2022 (virtual)

González Rivas, Marcela Advancing Water Infrastructure Equities in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities." Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Toronto, Canada, November 2022.

Kotchey, G.P., Sanchez, D.V.P., Inducing Nanobubble Collapse Via Dynamic Stimuli to Generate OH for Contaminant Degradation AIChE November 2022. Phoenix, AZ

Harries, K.A., Mofidi, A., Naylor, J., Trujillo, D., Lopez, L. F., Gutierrez, M. and Sharma, B. (2022) Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs for Bamboo in Construction, NOCMAT 2022, June 2022 (virtual)

Harries, K.A., Rogers, C. and Silva, E. (2022) Experimental evaluation of bamboo reinforced concrete, NOCMAT 2022, June 2022 (virtual)

Kaminski, S., Harries, K.A., Lopez, L-F, Trujillo, D. and Archila, H. (2022) Durability of Whole Culm

Bamboo: Facts, Misconceptions and the New ISO 22156 Framework, NOCMAT 2022, June 2022 (virtual)

Kerzmann, T., Tobey D., 2023, “Agrivoltaics in Pittsburgh, PA: A Team-Based Analysis of Dual-Use Solar Through Modeling,” 2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Conference Presentation.

M. A. Zaghloul, A. M. Hassan, and A. Dallal, "Using Teamwork in an In-person Class in the Decline of the Pandemic," in 2023 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2023.

Plank, H., Chelednik, H., Quigley, C. (2023-Jan.) Environmental Justice, Activism, and STEM Pedagogies: A Freedom Seminar. Round table presentation. The Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE). Salt Lake City, UT. Accepted.

Rodriguez, J., Keith, J., and Dukes, A.A. A Diversity Index to Assess College Engineering Team Performance and Tracking Institutional Changes on Diversity. Paper presented as 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022. Education Division (188e) https://www.aiche.org/academy/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2022/proceeding/paper/188ediversity-index-assess-college-engineering-team-performance-and-tracking-insitutional-changes

Rodriguez, J. Outreach Projects: Towards a Structured Curricular Activity for Chemical Engineering Students. Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022 https://peer.asee.org/41367

Rodriguez, J., and Sanchez, D. Global Projects: An Initiative to Train Chemical Engineering Students in Global Awareness. Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022 https://peer.asee.org/41610

Vaden, J.M., Dukes, A.A., Parrish, K., Nave, A.H., Landis, A. & Bilec, M.M. (2023). “Inclusive Engineering Classrooms and Learning Communities: Reflections and Lessons Learned from Three Partner Universities in Year 2.” ASEE 2023 Annual Conference, June 25-28, 2023, Baltimore, MD, United States.

Vaden, J.M., Dukes, A.A., Parrish, K., Nave, A.H., Landis, A. & Bilec, M.M.* (2022) “Developing and Sustaining Inclusive Engineering Learning Communities and Classrooms.” ASEE 2022 Annual Conference: Excellence Through Diversity, June 26-29, 2022, Minneapolis, MN, United States.

Zhou, J., Kotchey, G.P., Sanchez, D.V.P., Hong, S.H. Improving electrode performance by engineering Shewanella oneidensis MR1 AIChE November 2022. Phoenix, AZ

Books And Reports

SSRN Report “Are Small-ScaleLngExportFacilitiesUnderregulatedintheU.S.?”

Jeremy Weber’s capstone course worked with the US Government Accountability Office on whether there is insufficient oversight of small-scale exports of liquified natural gas. It resulted in this report, which the students presented virtually to a group of 40 GAO staff.

Book Chapter (In peer review stage): Baumann, S., Devkota, B, Hawk, M, & Burke J. (2023). Putting People at the Center of Solutionmaking: Embracing Human-centered Design Thinking and Approaches for Developing Menstrual Health Interventions. Handbook of the Himalayas: Environments, Developments and Wellbeings Routledge.

Geremicca, F., Sharrard, A.L., Bilec, M.M. (2022). “Greenhouse Gas Inventory” of the University of Pittsburgh, FY2021.” Completed 2022