I’m happy to announce I will be co-chairing a session at the 2025 Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) in Milwaukee in May! With Tammy Lin of Idaho National Lab, I will convene the System analysis and integration of bioenergy production session in the engineering and deconstruction of biomass topic area. We welcome abstractContinue reading “SBFC 2025 call for abstracts!”
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SIMB 2024
The Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) Annual Meeting was in Boston this year! That made it an easy choice for me and my summer undergraduate research fellows – Luke, Avery, and Mel – to attend! They had a poster in the Sunday night poster session (S61 in the conference program) sharing the workContinue reading “SIMB 2024”
SBFC 2024
The Brace Lab was well-represented at the 46th Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals (SBFC) hosted by the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIMB) in Alexandria, VA. Boston College Engineering students Isabella Doyle, Bennett Lewis, Gillian Mohr (freshmen), Will Rice, and Claire Richter (sophomores) were all able to go thanks to partial support from the EngineeringContinue reading “SBFC 2024”
KEEN National Conference 2024
I am really happy that our engineering department at Boston College was able to support faculty travel and attendance at the KEEN National Conference in Austin, TX, last week! This was my first KEEN conference and introduction to the entrepreneurial mindset (EM) it promotes. I had a great time meeting so many welcoming and enthusiasticContinue reading “KEEN National Conference 2024”
Reflection as part of the Engineering Curriculum
This year at Boston College I have been teaching Third-Year Reflection (fall and spring) for our junior students. Our curriculum requires students take eight semesters of Human-Centered Engineering (HCE) Reflection, a 0-credit hour class that meets once a week for 50 minutes. As we continue to build and grow the HCE program at BC, weContinue reading “Reflection as part of the Engineering Curriculum”
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Sustainability of Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees
Reporter Kristina Rex from WBZ (CBS Boston) stopped by my office yesterday so I could weigh in on which are more eco-friendly: real or fake Christmas trees? Here’s the link to the story: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/which-is-better-a-real-or-a-fake-christmas-tree/ It takes about 10 years to grow a real tree, and during that time they are taking carbon dioxide out of theContinue reading “Sustainability of Real vs. Fake Christmas Trees”
What does engineering mean to you?
I asked my third-year reflection students to draw a picture of what engineering means to them. I loved seeing all their responses. This is an activity I remember doing in a class and I even found mine from my junior year of college. As you can see, collaboration, serving society, using your heart and yourContinue reading “What does engineering mean to you?”
Getting Started at Boston College
I am so excited for my first-semester as an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Boston College! This fall I will be teaching our Third-Year Reflection course, which is a required seminar for all third-year students where they will explore the relationships among engineering, design, and society. In particular, they will explore ideas of engineering identity,Continue reading “Getting Started at Boston College”
Going to Boston College!
I am really excited to share that after a busy tenure-track job interview season, I have enthusiastically accepted an offer to join Boston College as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Engineering! Engineering is a relatively new department at BC, with a single major: Human-Centered Engineering. From the website: “In the face ofContinue reading “Going to Boston College!”
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