Research Newsletter – March 12, 2024
News
CBE Professor Faces an Electrifying Challenge
King County Metro turns to Hyun Woo “Chris” Lee Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Management to assist them in reaching their zero-carbon emissions target by 2035. Lee specializes in building and infrastructure sustainability, and construction worker health and safety and was intrigued by Metro’s need to completely overhaul their transportation infrastructure.
Assistant Professor Karen Chen awarded NASA early career investigator award
Assistant Professor Karen Chen in the Department of Urban Design and Planning is awarded the NASA early career investigator award for the program in earth science. Chen’s project will explore heat impacts on health in urban settings in the Mediterranean. Chen is also affiliated with the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, and CSDE at UW
Events
Dr. Yvette E. Pearson, Vice President, for Campus Resources and Support, University of Texas at Dallas, will join UW Faculty & Staff to have a 1 hour discussion about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. This is an open forum session with coffee offered for all UW Faculty & Staff. Please register in advance
Dr. Yvette E. Pearson, Vice President, for Campus Resources and Support, University of Texas at Dallas, will join CBE and College of Engineering students to have a 1 hour open forum session. Dr. Pearson Is Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Pearson is recognized globally for nearly 30 years in higher education, particularly for her work to advance sustainability, access and opportunity in engineering education and practice Please register in advance.
Join writer/producer Noelani Auguston for a screening of the pilot episode of The Sound. Created by Children of the Setting Sun Productions, The Sound is a coming-of-age TV drama that follows a group of Indigenous Coast Salish teens as they travel through their ancestral waterways in a traditional canoe. Please register in advance.
View more events on the CBE Events Calendar.
Recent Publications
- “An Ontological Analysis for Comparison of the Concepts of Sustainable Building and Intelligent Building” co-authored by Alireza Borhani and Carrie Sturts Dossick
- “Legacies of redlining lead to unequal cooling effects of urban tree canopy” co-authored by Andy Dannenberg and Marina Alberti
- “Unraveling energy justice in NYC urban buildings through social media sentiment analysis and transformer deep learning” co-authored by Narjes Abbasabadi
- “Artificial Intelligence in Performance-Driven Design: Theories, Methods, and Tools” co-authored by Narjes Abbasabadi
Find all publications on the Research Portal
Resources
- Research in CBE training series ongoing throughout February and March. To be added to the calendar invites, email be-research@uw.edu
“Overcoming neutrality as an organizational learning impediment” – an article that addresses the negative implications of neutrality in bureaucratic systems and public service and proposes a framework to raise the consciousness of public practitioners.
Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices – Series of virtual speakers and workshops that explore how students, community members, staff, and faculty put anti-racist principles into practice at college and university campuses and in communities. Next workshop is coming up on March 26th and must be registered for in advance.
Centering Indigenous Knowledge: Indigenous People and Place – A series of virtual speakers that will focus on the theme of indigenous people and place and explore people’s millennia-spanning relationships with and the significance, history, and power of place. Next event is coming up on March 21 and must be registered for in advance.
There will be a week-long gathering in Finland focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how Finnish universities integrate the SDGs into their education and research.
Check out the ITHS calendar for REDCap training opportunities.
- Add your active research projects to the Research Portal – Please enter your project information here!
- Schedule office hours to meet with Carrie Sturts Dossick, Associate Dean for Research. Please email be-research@uw.edu or use this link to schedule an appointment.
Research Opportunities
Featured Funding Opportunities:
Halo Cures, Inc. – Cost efficient removal of alkalis from recycling refractories raw materials Grant
Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant Program
See the Research Funding Opportunities webpage for all upcoming opportunities.
Reminder: When you receive a Notice of Award email, forward it to be-grants@uw.edu!
Nothing coming up this month!
March 31- 2024 – Community Energy Fellowship Program Applications Due
The Community Energy Fellowship Program (CEFP) sponsors candidates from diverse backgrounds to spend 18 months embedded in state, local, and tribal governments (Hosts) learning about and assisting in the implementation of clean energy projects and programs. Applications for the CEFP are due on March 31, 2024 by 11:59 PM.
May 1, 2024 – Clean Energy Institute Fellowship Applications Due
The Clean Energy Institute Graduate Fellowship provides UW students the opportunity to help shape the clean energy future of the Pacific Northwest and the global energy economy. Applications due May 1, 2024 by 11:59 PM
None this week! If you have something we should feature, send it to be-research@uw.edu!
We strive to curate opportunities that are relevant across the CBE research community. Please email your resources to be-research@uw.edu and we’ll add them to the list!
The Office of Research works to connect, coordinate, elevate, and accelerate research throughout the College of Built Environments. Learn more about CBE’s research on the Research Portal and on the Research Intranet Pages.
