Engineering Electro-organic Reactions for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu40ySlOHfM Abstract The chemical industry produces more than 70,000 products (1.2 billion tons in total) via thermal processes powered by fossil fuel combustion, accounting for ~5% of the US energy utilization and >30% of the US energy-derived industrial CO2 emissions.… Continue Reading Engineering Electro-organic Reactions for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing

New Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Monthly U.S. Gun Homicides, Overcoming Limitations of Official Government Data

April 5, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  The United States experiences a staggeringly high rate of gun homicides, but accurately predicting these incidents – especially on a monthly basis – has been a significant challenge, due to the lag… Continue Reading New Statistical Model Accurately Predicts Monthly U.S. Gun Homicides, Overcoming Limitations of Official Government Data

Framing Active School Travel in Ontario: A Content Analysis

https://youtu.be/LSoWA4cSap8 Presentaiton Slides Abstract Active school travel (AST) has been increasingly encouraged by various stakeholders in Ontario, Canada through efforts such as school travel planning. Education strategies like workshops or resources that promote AST are commonly implemented. The framing of… Continue Reading Framing Active School Travel in Ontario: A Content Analysis

Scaling properties of urban health and urban infrastructure in Brazil and Latin America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHD48y3Ej6k Abstract The scaling analysis of urban indicators helps to understand important features and consequences of city growth, which impact infrastructural and socioeconomic aspects as well as health outcomes. Several arguments have been posed on the universal character of the… Continue Reading Scaling properties of urban health and urban infrastructure in Brazil and Latin America

Honeybee hives may reveal the microbial signatures of urban aerobiomes, researchers at NYU Tandon find

March 29, 2023Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Honeybees foraging in urban environments could provide valuable information about the communities of fungi and bacteria that exist there, some of which impact people’s health and well-being, a study published in Environmental Microbiome… Continue Reading Honeybee hives may reveal the microbial signatures of urban aerobiomes, researchers at NYU Tandon find

Who leaves, who stays? Gender, Mobility and Climate Changes in India and Romania

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW-LGZz9y8g Abstract How are women from vulnerable communities, impacted by the axis of environmental disasters and patterns of mobility? Addressing this question, the talk presents the findings from ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Ro?ia Montan? (Transylvania), Romania and West Bengal (Sunderban… Continue Reading Who leaves, who stays? Gender, Mobility and Climate Changes in India and Romania

NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosts inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop, a UNESCO initiative

March  20, 2023Originally published by NYU Tandon. Image source: unesco.orgUnder the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), NYU Tandon School of Engineering is co-organizing and hosting the inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop (WRI), an… Continue Reading NYU Tandon School of Engineering hosts inaugural Metropolitan Water Research & Innovation Workshop, a UNESCO initiative

NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER Award for boosting the perception and navigation capabilities of construction-site robots

March  1, 2023 Originally published by NYU Tandon.  Robotics expert Chen Feng aims to alleviate long-standing problems in occupational safety, productivity, costs, and labor shortages in the construction industry. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected an NYU Tandon School… Continue Reading NYU Tandon professor wins NSF CAREER Award for boosting the perception and navigation capabilities of construction-site robots