Engineering Research - 2020

Summers, S., Kraft, C., Alamdari, S., Pfaendtner, J., & Kaar, J. L. (2020). Enhanced Activity and Stability of Acidothermus cellulolyticus Endoglucanase 1 in Ionic Liquids via Engineering Active Site Residues and Non-Native Disulfide Bridges. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(30), 11299–11307. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c03242

Narode, A., Pour-Ghaz, M., Ducoste, J., & Barlaz, M. (2020, February 23). Development of methods to measure heat released from ash hydration and carbonation in landfills. Presented at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, CA.

Hao, Z., Ducoste, J., & Barlaz, M. (2020, February 23). Experimental Measurement of Heat Production from Al Corrosion under Landfill-Relevant Conditions. Presented at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, CA.

Lai, Y.-C., Ducoste, J. J., & de los Reyes, F. L. (2020, June 15). Does the inoculum source improve anaerobic digestion of marine microalgae Dunaliella viridis? Presented at the 10th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts, Pittsburgh, PA (Conference postponed).

Wang, D., Lai, Y. C., Karam, A., de los Reyes, F. L., III, & Ducoste, J. J. (2020). Dynamic and functional modeling of carbon metabolism in photosynthetic microalgae. Presented at the 10th Algal Biomass Biofuels and Bioproducts Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (Conference postponed).

Kusum, S., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Ducoste, J. (2020, March 18). Evaluation of Fly Ash as a cement replacement to reduce sewer collection system infrastructure maintenance and enhance sustainability. Presented at the Water Resource Research Institute (WRRI) Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC (Conference Cancelled).

Ducoste, J. J. (2020, February). Explaining the Formation of Elevated Temperatures in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Presented at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

Ducoste, J. J. (2020, May). Successfully Obtaining Tenure and Promotion at an R1 University. Presented at the Preparing Future Minority Faculty (PFMF) 2020 Symposium, NC A&T University.

Ducoste, J. J. (2020, June). Changing the Tide of Post Tenure Review. Presented at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Virtual Annual Conference, (Virtual).

Ducoste, J. J. (2020, August). Improving Diversity in Environmental Engineering and Science. Presented at the CentrEau Webinar, Laval University, (Virtual).

Ducoste, J. J. (2020, August 27). Clearing the Haze from Grease Interceptor Design. Presented at the Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT) Capacity, Management, Operation & Maintenance (CMOM)  Virtual Conference, (Virtual).

Latif, H., Shao, G., & Starty, B. (2020). A CASE STUDY OF DIGITAL TWIN FOR A MANUFACTURING PROCESS INVOLVING HUMAN INTERACTIONS. 2020 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC), pp. 2659–2670. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9383897

Swan, B., Nambiar, S., Koutouan, P., Mayorga, M. E., Ivy, J., & Fransen, S. (2020). EVALUATING DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENING INTERVENTIONS IN A MICROSIMULATION MODEL. 2020 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC), pp. 944–955. https://doi.org/10.1109/WSC48552.2020.9384074

Diaz-Garelli, F., Strowd, R., Lawson, V. L., Mayorga, M. E., Wells, B. J., Lycan, T. W., Jr., & Topaloglu, U. (2020). Workflow Differences Affect Data Accuracy in Oncologic EHRs: A First Step Toward Detangling the Diagnosis Data Babel. JCO CLINICAL CANCER INFORMATICS, 4, 529–538. https://doi.org/10.1200/CCI.19.00114

Jeong, J., Adams, J. M., & Kim, Y. R. (2020). Chip Seal Construction Variability and Its Impact on Performance. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART B-PAVEMENTS, 146(4). https://doi.org/10.1061/JPEODX.0000218

Madison, I., Melvin, C., Buckner, E., Williams, C., Sozzani, R., & Long, T. (2020). MAGIC: Live imaging of cellular division in plant seedlings using lightsheet microscopy. PLANT CELL BIOLOGY, Vol. 160, pp. 405–418. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.004

Buckner, E., Madison, I., Melvin, C., Long, T., Sozzani, R., & Williams, C. (2020). BioVision Tracker: A semi-automated image analysis software for spatiotemporal gene expression tracking in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT CELL BIOLOGY, Vol. 160, pp. 419–436. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2020.04.017

Materano, M., Mittmann, T., Lomenzo, P. D., Zhou, C., Jones, J. L., Falkowski, M., … Schroeder, U. (2020). Influence of Oxygen Content on the Structure and Reliability of Ferroelectric HfxZr1-xO2 Layers. ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 2(11), 3618–3626. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00680

Soliman, E., Elhassanny, A. E. M., Malur, A., McPeek, M., Bell, A., Leffler, N., … Thomassen, M. J. (2020). Impaired mitochondrial function of alveolar macrophages in carbon nanotube-induced chronic pulmonary granulomatous disease. TOXICOLOGY, 445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tox.2020.152598

Nalamati, S., Devkota, S., Li, J., Lavelle, R., Huet, B., Snyder, D., … Iyer, S. (2020). Hybrid GaAsSb/GaAs Heterostructure Core-Shell Nanowire/Graphene and Photodetector Applications. ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 2(10), 3109–3120. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00433

Jia, Y., Ajayi, T. D., Roberts, M. A., Jr., Chung, C.-C., & Xu, C. (2020). Ultrahigh-Temperature Ceramic-Polymer-Derived SiOC Ceramic Composites for High-Performance Electromagnetic Interference Shielding. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 12(41), 46254–46266. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c08479

Stevie, F. A., & Donley, C. L. (2020). Introduction to x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000412

Pokharel, R., Ramaswamy, P., Devkota, S., Parakh, M., Dawkins, K., Penn, A., … Iyer, S. (2020). Epitaxial High-Yield Intrinsic and Te-Doped Dilute Nitride GaAsSbN Nanowire Heterostructure and Ensemble Photodetector Application. ACS APPLIED ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 2(9), 2730–2738. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00450

Otonicar, M., Bradesko, A., Fulanovic, L., Kos, T., Ursic, H., Bencan, A., … Rojac, T. (2020). Connecting the Multiscale Structure with Macroscopic Response of Relaxor Ferroelectrics. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 30(52). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202006823

Stevie, F. A., Garcia, R., Shallenberger, J., Newman, J. G., & Donley, C. L. (2020). Sample handling, preparation and mounting for XPS and other surface analytical techniques. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A, 38(6). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0000421

Zhou, C., Stevie, F., & Garcia, R. (2020). Analysis of permethrin treated fabric using ToF-SIMS. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5141467

Hao, Z., Barlaz, M. A., & Ducoste, J. J. (2020). Finite-Element Modeling of Landfills to Estimate Heat Generation, Transport, and Accumulation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 146(12), 04020134. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002403

Fancher, C. M., Choe, H., Gorfman, S., Simons, H., Chung, C. C., Ziolkowski, M., … Jones, J. L. (2020). Effect of alloying BaTiO3 with BiZn1/2Ti1/2O3 on polarization reversal. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 117(4). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0013410

Kusum, S. A., Pour-Ghaz, M., & Ducoste, J. J. (2020). Reducing fat, oil, and grease (FOG) deposits formation and adhesion on sewer collection system structures through the use of fly ash replaced cement-based materials. Water Research, 186, 116304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116304

McKenzie, K. E., Mayorga, M. E., Miller, K. E., Singh, N., Arnold, R. C., & Romero-Brufau, S. (2020). [Review of Notice to comply: A systematic review of clinician compliance with guidelines surrounding acute hospital-based infection management]. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 48(8), 940–947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.02.006

Qaqish, O., Grant, C. S., & Bowles, T. (2020). Success Factors that Shape Black Male Transfer and Academic Experiences in Engineering. COMMUNITY COLLEGE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 44(10-12), 885–898. https://doi.org/10.1080/10668926.2020.1771628

Hao, F., Gao, Y., Neal, L., Dudek, R. B., Li, W., Chung, C., … Li, F. (2020). Sodium tungstate-promoted CaMnO3 as an effective, phase-transition redox catalyst for redox oxidative cracking of cyclohexane. JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS, 385, 213–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.03.022

Powell, W., Frerichs, L., Townsley, R., Mayorga, M., Richmond, J., Corbie-Smith, G., … Lich, K. H. (2020). The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion on reducing colorectal cancer screening disparities in African American males. PLOS ONE, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226942

Hany, I., Yang, G., & Chung, C.-C. (2020). Fast X-ray detectors based on bulk beta-Ga2O3 (Fe). JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 55(22), 9461–9469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04665-9

Zhang, Z., Chung, C.-C., Huang, Z., Vetter, E., Seyitliyev, D., Sun, D., … Yang, G. (2020). Towards radiation detection using Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite single crystals. MATERIALS LETTERS, 269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2020.127667

Prah, U., Dragomir, M., Rojac, T., Bencan, A., Broughton, R., Chung, C.-C., … Ursic, H. (2020). Strengthened relaxor behavior in (1-x)Pb(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O-3-xBiFeO(3). JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY C, 8(10), 3452–3462. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc05883d

Shekhawat, A., Walters, G., Chung, C.-C., Garcia, R., Liu, Y., Jones, J., … Moghaddam, S. (2020). Effect of Forming Gas Furnace Annealing on the Ferroelectricity and Wake-Up Effect of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films. ECS JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.1149/2162-8777/ab6b13

Velasquez, G. A., Mayorga, M. E., & Ozaltin, O. Y. (2020). Prepositioning disaster relief supplies using robust optimization. IISE TRANSACTIONS, 52(10), 1122–1140. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725854.2020.1725692

Cho, S.-J., Uddin, M.-J., Chung, C.-C., Podowitz-Thomas, S., & Jones, J. L. (2020, February 15). Understanding the lithium deficient LixNiyMnzCo1-y-zO2 (x < 1) cathode materials structure (vol 228, pg 32, 2019). MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, Vol. 242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2019.122413

Teller, J., Boyd, M., LeCompte, M., Kennett, J., West, A., Telka, A., … Garcia, R. (2020). A multi-proxy study of changing environmental conditions in a Younger Dryas sequence in southwestern Manitoba, Canada, and evidence for an extraterrestrial event. QUATERNARY RESEARCH, 93(1), 60–87. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2019.46

Nozariasbmarz, A., Suarez, F., Dycus, J. H., Cabral, M. J., LeBeau, J. M., Ozturk, M. C., & Vashaee, D. (2020). Thermoelectric generators for wearable body heat harvesting: Material and device concurrent optimization. NANO ENERGY, 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104265

Eslamiamirabadi, M., Burton, J. D., de los Reyes, F. L., III, & Ducoste, J. J. (2020). Assessment of alternative herbicides for residential sewer root treatment and their effects on downstream treatment plant nitrification. Journal of Environmental Management, 258, 110058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.110058

Wu, J., Reyes, III, & Ducoste, J. J. (2020). Modeling cell aggregate morphology during aerobic granulation in activated sludge processes reveals the combined effect of substrate and shear. Water Research, 170, 115384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115384

Wang, L., Hossen, E. H., Aziz, T. N., Ducoste, J. J., & de los Reyes, F. L., III. (2020). Increased loading stress leads to convergence of microbial communities and high methane yields in adapted anaerobic co-digesters. Water Research, 169, 115155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115155