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  1. α † A possible nocebo effect in children following the Flint Water Crisis: Evidence from schoolteacher perceptions and neuropsychological evaluations. PsyArXiv Preprint under peer-review. 10.31234/osf.io/c4sab↗

  2. α Competition for engineering tenure-track faculty positions in the United States. PNAS Nexus. Accepted.

  3. β A Citizen Science Approach to Evaluating Consumer Water Safety Concerns (2011–2022). ES&T Water. 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00090↗

  4. α Considering Some Negative Implications of an Ever-Decreasing U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Blood Lead Threshold and “No Safe Level” Health Messaging. Environmental Science and Technology. 10.1021/acs.est.3c04766↗

  5. β # Engineering ethics and the public: Impacts of a graduate-level course on students’ ethical perceptions and conduct in research and professional settings (2010-20). ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Jun 25-28 2023, Baltimore, MD. Read↗

  6. α Did a nocebo effect contribute to the rise in special education enrollment following the Flint, Michigan water crisis? Clinical Psychology in Europe. 10.32872/cpe.9577↗

  7. α NSF Fellows’ perceptions about incentives, research misconduct, and scientific integrity in STEM academia. Scientific Reports. 10.1038/s41598-023-32445-3↗

    → Top 100 ‘Sustainability’ papers of 2023; Featured in Physics Magazine.

  8. β Rapid pitting of copper tube from deposits of cathodic manganese in hot water systems: Mechanism and effects of water chemistry. Corrosion. 10.5006/4250↗

  9. α Addressing the Preprint Dilemma. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113896↗

  10. α Are there excess fetal deaths attributable to waterborne lead exposure during the Flint Water Crisis? Evidence from Bio-kinetic Model Predictions and Vital Records. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 10.1038/s41370-021-00363-z↗

  11. α Citizen science chlorine surveillance during the Flint, Michigan federal water emergency. Water Research. 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117304↗

  12. # β “Racing the Sun”: A Narrative Analysis of Engineering Graduate Students’ Journeys Navigating Public-Inspired Science Work. ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, Jul 26-29 2021. Read↗

  13. α Efficacy of Corrosion Control and Pipe Replacement in Reducing Citywide Lead Exposure during the Flint, Michigan Water System Recovery. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 10.1039/D0EW00583E↗

  14. α Lead Release to Potable Water during the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis as revealed by Routine Biosolids Monitoring Data. Water Research. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.091↗

  15. α Citizen Science During the Flint, Michigan Federal Water Emergency: Ethical Dilemmas and Lessons Learned. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 10.5334/cstp.154↗

  16. α Preventing another Lead (Pb) in Drinking Water Crisis: Lessons from Washington DC and Flint MI contamination events. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 10.1016/j.coesh.2018.10.002↗

  17. α ^ Cavitation and Erosion Corrosion Resistance of Nonleaded Alloys in Chlorinated Potable Water. CORROSION. 10.5006/2939↗

  18. α Interactive Effects of Water Chemistry, Hydrodynamics, and Precipitated Calcium Carbonate Causing Erosion Corrosion of Copper in Hot Water Recirculation Systems: Case Study and Experimental Work. CORROSION. 10.5006/2937↗

  19. α Flow-induced failure mechanisms of copper pipe in potable water systems. Corrosion Reviews. 10.1515/corrrev-2017-0120↗

  20. Evaluating Water Lead Levels during the Flint Water Crisis. Environmental Science & Technology. 10.1021/acs.est.8b00791↗

  21. α # Effects of Calcium Carbonate precipitation on erosion corrosion of non-leaded brass fittings in potable hot water systems. Proc. NACE CORROSION 2016, Mar 6-10, 2016, Vancouver, Canada. Read↗

  22. β Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity in a Climate of Perverse Incentives and Hyper-competition. Environmental Engineering Science. 10.1089/ees.2016.0223↗

    → Top 1% cited paper in Engineering academe; ‘Most Read’ paper in journal’s history: 250,000+ downloads; Trended #1 on Reddit Science; Featured in Science News & Chemistry World

  23. β Assessing clarity of message communication for mandated USEPA drinking water quality reports. Journal of Water and Health. 10.2166/wh.2015.134↗

  24. α An Evaluation of the Readability of Drinking Water Quality Reports: A National Assessment. Journal of Water and Health. 10.2166/wh.2015.194↗

  25. # Ethnography in Engineering Ethics Education: A Pedagogy for Transformative Listening. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Jun 15-18 2014, Indianapolis, IN. Read↗

PhD Dissertation: Interplay of Water Chemistry and Entrained Particulates in Erosion Corrosion of Copper and Nonleaded Alloys in Potable Water Systems Read↗

Last updated: April 2024