EEE Faculty and Graduate Student Publications

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2025

Mathews, C. L., Proctor, C. R., Ra, K., Noh, Y., Angert, D. M., Isaacson, K.P., Wei, R., Day, R., Bryak, G., Zyaykina, N. N., Whelton, A. J. (2025). Protecting children and staff from waterborne disease when reopening a shutdown school: stagnation, flushing, and shock chlorination. ACS ES&T; Water.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c01218

2024

Almasri, A., & Hamrick, T. R., & Hulcher, C., & Oppong-Anane, A. B., & Zhang, X., & Santiago, L. (2024, June), Student Perspectives on Skills Required in Engineering and Computing Sciences Courses Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--48017

Chu, X., Li, L., Zhao, F., Sutherland, J. W., Yin, F., “Disassembly time estimation for used smartphones based on Maynard operation sequence technology,” Computers & Industrial Engineering, 193, 2024, 110291.

Diop, R. A., Zyaykina, N. N., Jafvert, C. T., & Whelton, A. J. (2024). Gaps in predicting water quality impacts of unbound air-cooled blast furnace slag utilized for roadway construction. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480, 135840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135840

Hensel, R. A., & Zhang, X. (2024, June), Institutionalization Challenges for an NSF S-STEM Program Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--47638

Hulcher, C., & Oppong-Anane, A. B., & Zhang, X., & Santiago, L., & Hamrick, T. R., & Almasri, A. (2024, July), Full Paper: Gender and First-Generation Status Impacts on the Perceived Importance of Technical and Non-Technical Skills for Upper-Level Undergraduate Engineering and Computer Science Courses Paper presented at 15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE), Boston, Massachusetts. 10.18260/1-2--48600

Ji, Yi, Chad T. Jafvert, Fu Zhao, “Degradation of cathode in air and its influences on direct recycling”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 436:140597, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140597. 

Li, H., L. Li, F. Yin, F. Zhao, and J.W. Sutherland, “An improved classification method of waste smartphone plastics based on near-infrared spectroscopy,” J. Matl. Cycles and Waste Mgmt., Vol. 25, 2024, 1841–1852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-023-01678-9.

Li, X., Tao, F., Ye, W., Nassehi, A., and Sutherland, J. W., “Generative Manufacturing Systems Using Diffusion Models and Chat GPT,” arXiv, 2024, https://arxiv.org/abs2405.00958.

Li, Yi, Cuicui Tao, Dafang Fu, Chad T. Jafvert, Tengui Zhu, “Integrating molecular descriptors for enhanced prediction: Shedding light on the potential of pH to model hydrated electron reaction rates for organic compounds”, Chemosphere, 349:140984, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140984

Nili, S., Nikfar, S., Fahimi, A., Gozun, M. J., Hua, I., & Vahidi, E. (2024). Exploring the environmental impact of metallic element usage in smartphone evolution. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 205, 107566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107566

Olson, Elizabeth J., Lisa R. Welp, Marty D. Frisbee, Sebastián Zuñiga Medina, Odiney Alvarez-Campos, Wendy R. Roque Quispe, Carol I. Salazar Mamani, Midhuar R. Arenas Carrión, José Díaz Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Jara, Alexander Ccanccapa-Cartagena, Chad T. Jafvert, “Spatially-heterogeneous discharge of glacial meltwater to drainages surrounding the ablating Coropuna ice cap, Peruvian Andes”, Hydrological Science Journal, 69(8):1113-1129, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2352522.

Pérez-Cardona, J.R., T. Maani, F. Zhao, and J.W. Sutherland, “Parametric Design, Life Cycle Assessment, and Optimization of a Discrete Product with Application to an Electric Traction Motor,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 201, 2024, 107344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107344

Pérez-Cardona, J.R., S. Deng, and J.W. Sutherland, “Optimization of a Parametric Product Design Using Techno-economic Assessment and Environmental Characteristics with Application to an Electric Traction Motor,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2024, Vol. 206, 107626.

Shakelly, N., Z. Li, S. Deng, and J.W. Sutherland, “Effect of key economic uncertainties on the techno-economic performance of the production of high energy-content jet fuel blending components derived from bio-ethanol,” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Vol. 65, 2024, 103747, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2024.103747.