Preliminary Papers by Track 2017
Session assignments now posted here
SusTech 2017 Papers by Track with Authors (Preliminary)
Program Track | # Papers | Sessions | Invited |
Ecological Sustainability and Conservation | 10 | 2 (5+5) | |
Energy Efficiency | 8 | 2 (5+3) | 1 |
Internet of Things – IOT for sustainability | 3 | 1 | |
Intelligent Transportation Systems | 4 | 1 | |
Renewable / Alternate Energy | 10 | 2 (5+5) | 3 |
Smart Grid | 7 | 2 (3+3) | 2 |
Societal Implications / Quality of Life | 6 | 2 (4+3) | 1 |
Water Resources Management | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Ecological Sustainability and Conservation
Track(s) | # | Title | Authors with affiliation and country |
ECO | 1570357281 | Use of Time-varying Carbon Intensity Estimation to Evaluate GHG Emission Reduction Opportunities in Electricity Sector | Imran Khan, Michael Jack and Janet Stephenson (University of Otago, New Zealand) |
ECO | 1570356632 | A Study of the Monthly Insolation in Libya | Abdulmunim Guwaeder and Rama Ramakumar (Oklahoma State University, USA) |
ECO | 1570356870 | Assessment of the Technical Effectiveness of SIRES in a Rural Setting | Zeel Maheshwari and Rama Ramakumar (Oklahoma State University, USA) |
ECO | 1570359198 | Sustainable Development Through Climate Change Mitigation and Biomass Agriculture: India’s Perspective | Adil Usman (Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India) |
ECO/EWS | 1570366669 | A Novel Integration of Hyper-spectral Imaging and Neural Networks to Process Waste Electrical and Electronic Plastics | Alimohammad Tehrani and Hamid Karbasi (Conestoga College, Canada) |
ECO/IOT | 1570357179 | Support of Distributed Ecological Experiments via Closed-loop Environmental Control | Jonathan Knapp (Northern Arizona University & Real-Time Intelligent Systems Lab, USA); Michael Middleton, Paul G. Flikkema, Paul Heinrich and Amy Whipple (Northern Arizona University, USA) |
ECO/IOT | 1570382497 | Structural Health Monitoring of Existing Concrete Bridges with AASHTO Type IV Girder Using SmartBridge Sensor Nodes | Francis Aldrine Uy and Jan Aldrich R Gaviña (Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines); John Paul Carreon (Mapua University, Philippines) |
ECO/IOT | 1570382501 | Data Calibration of the Actual Versus the Theoretical Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Based Accelerometer Reading Through Remote Monitoring of Padre Jacinto Zamora Flyover | John Mark Payawal and Francis Aldrine Uy (Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines); John Paul Carreon (Mapua University, Philippines) |
ECO/SOC | 1570366793 | Strike-Alert: Towards Real-time, High Resolution Navigational Software for Whale Avoidance | Benedicte Madon (Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France); René Garello (IMT Atlantique & CNRS LabSTICC, France); Romain David (IMBE, France); Linwood Pendleton (UBO, France); Ronan Fablet (IMT Atlantique, France) |
ELEC | 1570355973 | Sustainability Models for 3D Printed Woodwinds | Charles Jackson (Northrop Grumman, USA) |
Energy Efficiency
EFF | 1570349974 | Progression of Energy Efficiency Requirements in the EU | Debbie Horn (IBM, USA) |
EFF | 1570352821 | A PID Inspired Feature Extraction Method for HVAC Terminal Units | Maitreyee Dey (London South Bank University); Manik Gupta, Soumya Prakash Rana, Mikdam Turkey and Sandra Dudley (London South Bank University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)) |
EFF | 1570356552 | Occupant Engagement Leads to Substantial Energy Savings for Plug Loads | Moira Hafer and Wes Howley (Stanford University, USA); Kristin Ho, Jennifer Tsau and Hedi Razavi (Keewi Inc., USA) |
EFF | 1570362460 | Applying Innovations in Circulator Pump Technology for Commercial Building Applications | Baskar Vairamohan and Marek Samotyj (EPRI, USA); Nick Pournaras (Southern Company Services, Inc., USA); Brian Harrison (Southern Company, USA) |
EFF | 1570363123 | Simulation of Retrofitting of Ligthing System of an Academic Building for Energy Savings | Daniel Fernando Espejel-Blanco, Jose Hoyo-Montano, Jesús Tarín-Fontes, Hilario Mayboca-Araujo, Diego Schurch-Sanchez and Diana González-Guerrero (Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, Mexico) |
EFF | 1570363460 | Reliability Analysis of Power System Using a Frequency Domain Analytical Method | Salman Kahrobaee (ETAP, USA); Bamdad Falahati (SEL, USA); Sohrab Asgarpoor (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Ali Halimi (ETAP, USA) |
EFF | 1570363465 | Valuation Diagramming and Accounting of Transactive Energy Systems | Atefe Makhmalbaf and Donald Hammerstrom (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) |
EFF | 1570364124 | The Occupant Comfort Challenge of Building Energy Savings Through HVAC Control | Alexander Brissette (ABB Inc., USA); Joseph Carr (ABB, USA); Philip Juneau (ABB Inc., USA) |
EFF/RNW | 1570366824 | Power Management Strategy for Residential Housing Connected to the Rooftop Solar PV | Youngil Kim (Ajou University, Korea), Junda Zhao (The George Washington University, USA); Sungjin Kim (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea); Robert Harrington (The George Washington University, USA) |
Internet of Things – IOT for sustainability
IOT | 1570363479 | Wireless Power Transfer Integrated Board for Low Power IoT Applications | Colin Pardue, Anto Davis and Mohamed Bellaredj (Georgia Tech, USA); Madhavan Swaminathan (, USA) |
IOT | 1570357529 | Evaluating the Differences Between Direct and Indirect Interdependencies and Their Impact on Reliability in Cyber-Power Networks | Bamdad Falahati (SEL, USA); Salman Kahrobaee (ETAP, USA); Omid Ziaee (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA); Pedram Gharghabi (Mississippi State University, USA) |
IOT/ECO | 1570355517 | Cloud-based Smart Device for Environment Monitoring | Biao Jiang (The City University of New York, USA); Christian Huacón (CUNY Hostos Community College, USA) |
Intelligent Transportation Systems
IV | 1570357516 | Examining the Impact of PHEVs on GHG Emissions Based on Various Objectives | Bamdad Falahati (SEL, USA); Masood Shahverdi (California State University, USA); Saeed Mohajeryami (University of North Carolina, USA); Poria Fajri (University of Nevada, Reno, USA) |
IV | 1570362692 | Design and Implementation of a Bootloader in the Context of Intelligent Vehicle Systems | Daniel Bogdan (Continental Automotive Romania, Romania); Razvan Bogdan (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania); Mircea Popa ("Politehnica" University from Timisoara, Romania) |
IV | 1570363139 | MPC-Based Power Management Strategy to Reduce Power Loss in Energy Storage System of a HEV | Morgan Cook and Justin Bower (California State University Los Angeles, USA); Masood Shahverdi (California State University, USA); Bamdad Falahati (SEL, USA); David Blekhman (California State University Los Angeles, USA) |
IV | 1570363150 | Automation of Ultra-light Vehicles | Tyler Folsom (University of Washington, USA); Rob Cotter (Organic Transit, USA) |
Renewable / Alternate Energy
RNW | 1570356386 | Assessing Social Sustainability for Biofuel Supply Chains: The Case of Jet Biofuel in Brazil | Zhizhen Wang (Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands) |
RNW | 1570358122 | Investigating Time Varying Drivers of Grid Project Emissions Impacts | Emily L Barrett, Brandon Thayer, Seemita Pal and Karen Studarus (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) |
RNW | 1570358131 | The Emissions Impacts of Varied Energy Storage Operational Objectives Across Regions | Emily L Barrett, Brandon Thayer, Karen Studarus and Seemita Pal (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) |
RNW | 1570360818 | Adequacy Assessment Considerations in Concentrated Solar Thermal Integrated Electric Power System | Ahmad Alferidi and Rajesh Karki (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) |
RNW | 1570362944 | Increasing Economic Viability and Safety Through Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines | Daniel Schwahlen (University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Germany); Jens Fey and Christoph Nieß (Hochschule Ruhr West, Germany); Martin Reimann and Uwe Handmann (University of Applied Sciences Ruhr West, Germany) |
RNW | 1570363400 | Load-match-driven Design Improvement of Solar PV Systems and Its Impact on the Grid with a Case Study | Hadia Awad and Mustafa Gul (University of Alberta, Canada); Haitao Yu (Landmark Group of Companies, Canada) |
RNW | 1570363453 | Cost Analysis of an Improved Z-Source-Based Power Processing System for Photo-Voltaic Applications | Arash Torkan (Megger Company, USA); Mehrdad Ehsani (Texas A&M University, USA) |
RNW | 1570363461 | Using Earth’s Magnetic Field as a Power Source | Dennis McCrady (Dynaspot, USA) |
RNW | 1570363542 | Solar Playgrounds: A Design Feasibility Study | Jordan Ellsworth, Ivyann Oveson and John Salmon (Brigham Young University, USA) |
RNW | 1570363556 | Sustainable Maximum Power Extraction from Urban Solid Waste Incineration | Matias Munoz (UFPR, Brazil); Jose Vargas (Federal University of Parana, Brazil); Wellington Balmant (UFPR, Brazil); Juan Ordonez (Florida State University, USA); Andre Mariano (Federal University of Parana, Brazil) |
Smart Grid
SG | 1570359473 | Estimating the Impacts of Direct Load Control Programs Using GridPIQ, a Web-Based Screening Tool | Seemita Pal, Brandon Thayer, Emily L Barrett and Karen Studarus (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) |
SG | 1570363470 | Hierarchical Droop Controlled Frequency Optimization and Energy Management of a Grid-Connected Microgrid | Poria Fajri, Sima Aznavi and Mohammed Ben-Idris (University of Nevada, Reno, USA); Bamdad Falahati (SEL, USA) |
SG | 1570363526 | Development of Smart Microgrid Research and Educational Testbed | Cris Sicat and Kourosh Sedghisigarchi (California State University, Northridge (CSUN), USA) |
SG | 1570363588 | A Highly-Efficient DC-DC Buck-Boost Converter with Cascode GaN FET and SiC Schottky Diode | Salah S. Alharbi, Saleh S. Alharbi, Ali M. S. Al-bayati and Mohammad Matin (University of Denver, USA) |
SG | 1570363591 | Performance Evaluation of a DC-DC Boost Converter with Wide Bandgap Power Devices | Saleh S. Alharbi, Ali M. S. Al-bayati, Salah S. Alharbi and Mohammad Matin (University of Denver, USA) |
SG | 1570366991 | A Novel Distributed Approach Based Reactive Power Support in Microgrids | Bharat Chetry (University of Porto & Tribhuwan University, Portugal); Adriano Carvalho (University of Porto, Portugal); Rui Brito (Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal) |
SG | 1570375271 | 3D Model of Dispatchable Renewable Energy for Smart Microgrid Power System | Fred Chiou and Richard Fry (Weber State University, USA); Jake P. Gentle (Idaho National Laboratory & DOE, USA); Timothy McJunkin (Idaho National Laboratory, USA) |
SG (INVITED) | 1570362715 | Draft IEEE Standard for DC Microgrids | Joseph Decuir (IEEE Seattle Section, USA) |
Societal Implications / Quality of Life
SOC | 1570362291 | Assessing Government’s Solutions for Urban Growth Within a Sustainable Development Approach, the Case of Portland, Oregon | M. Oussama Laraichi and Tugrul Daim (Portland State University, USA) |
SOC | 1570363439 | The TripleRM Global Health Model: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Models for Risk Management of Vector Borne Infectious Diseases in Building Sustainable, Adaptable and Resilient Communities | Suraj Sheth and Anuradha Krishnaswamy (Magnova Global, USA) |
SOC | 1570383735 | A System Dynamics Model of the Auto Industry: Case Study on Sustainability of Iran’s Car Market | Babak Barazandeh (Virginia Tech, USA); Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei (Texas A&M University, USA) |
SOC | 1570383738 | A Data Analytics Based Approach for Modeling the Effects of a Carbon Market on the Sustainable Control of CO2 Emissions in Latin America | Babak Barazandeh (Virginia Tech, USA); Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei (Texas A&M University, USA) |
SOC/IV | 1570363584 | Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Traffic Congestion Based on Sparse Mobile Crowd-sourced Data | Peng Hao (Center for Environmental Research & Technology, University of California, Riverside, USA); Chao Wang (University of California, Riverside & CE-CERT, USA); Guoyuan Wu, Kanok Boriboonsomsin and Matthew J Barth (University of California, Riverside, USA) |
SOC/UNK | 1570353394 | Interoperable Toolchains in Cyber-physical Systems with a Sustainability Perspective | Didem Gürdür and Katja Gradin (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) |
Water Resources Management
WTR | 1570363471 | Development of a Laser-Based Water Level Sensor for Fine-Scale Ecohydrological Measurements | Joshua Benjamin (University of Florida & University of South Florida, USA); David Kaplan (University of Florida, USA) |
WTR | 1570363532 | A Spatially Explicit Assessment of Water Use by the Global Semiconductor Industry | Kali Frost and Inez Hua (Purdue University, USA) |
WTR/IOT | 1570364412 | Automated Real-time Monitoring System (ARMS) of Hydrological Parameters for Ambuklao, Binga and San Roque Dams Cascade in Luzon Island, Philippines | Cris Edward Monjardin (Mapua University, Philippines); Francis Aldrine Uy and Fibor Tan (Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines); Febus Reidj G. Cruz (Mapua Institute of Technology, Philippines & Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan) |