Member Publications

March 2025 

Nature’s role in residential development: Identifying leverage points for climate change planning in Ontario, Canada in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, co-authored by Michael Drescher 

A contactless method for recognition of daily living activities for older adults based on ambient assisted living technology in Internet of Things, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

February 2025 

Improving economic assessment and decision-making for managed retreat through CBA+: a targeted literature review in Frontiers in Climate, co-authored by Brent Doberstein 

Feasibility-guaranteed machine learning unit commitment: Fuzzy Optimization approaches in Applied Energy, co-authored by Jessie Ma 

Superhydrophobic Nanoenergetic Combustion for Underwater Cavity Generation in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, co-authored by John Wen 

Helping land trusts prepare for a new climate: experiences of challenges and facilitators for translating knowledge about climate change adaptation in Ontario, Canada in Facets, co-authored by Michael Drescher 

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through participatory research: long-term impacts of farmer participation on sustainable land use and livelihoods in Honduras in Agriculture & Food Security, co-authored by Warren Dodd 

January 2025 

Interrogating Healthy Community Discourse in Municipal Policies: Priorities of a Medium-Sized CMA in Ontario, Canada in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, co-authored by Jennifer Dean 

Adoption determinants and policy tools for residential green stormwater infrastructure: A review synthesizing differences and commonalities among lot-level practices in Journal of Environmental Management, co-authored by Michael Drescher 

Identifying Viable financing mechanisms for post-earthquake housing reconstruction in Canada: Case study of a M& earthquake in British Columbia in Earthquake Spectra, authored by Rodrigo Costa 

November 2024 

How do elected officials think about transportation equity? Co-authored by Jennifer Dean  

Microstructural Thermal Zones in Reaction of Nanoenergetics in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, co-authored by John Wen 

Ethical considerations of public health surveillance in the age of the internet of things technologies: A perspective in Digital Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Next-generation public health surveillance: extreme heat event prediction and monitoring system in European Journal of Public Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Data ecosystem using smart home technology to support healthy aging in European Journal of Public Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

How Built Environment Characteristics Influence Social Interactions During Neighbourhood Walks Among Urban Inhabitants in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, co-authored by Troy Glover 

Examining the role of community health workers amid extreme weather events in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review in Public Health, co-authored by Warren Dodd 

October 2024 

Mixed-Integer Optimal Control via Reinforcement Learning: A Case Study on Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energy Management in Optimal Control Applications and Methods, co-authored by Nasser Lashgarian Azad 

AAL for independent aging: Practical guidelines for smart living environment development in European Journal of Public Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

September 2024 

Spatiotemporal evolution and key driver analysis of ozone pollution from the perspectives of spatial spillover and path-dependence effects in China in Environmental Pollution, co-authored by Jeffrey Wilson 

Reshaping essential public spaces and services: towards socio-spatial justice in a post-pandemic era in Town Planning Review, co-authored Jennifer Dean 

Fostering mobility for people living with dementia in suburban neighborhoods through land use, urban design and wayfinding in Journal of Planning Education and Research, co-authored by Jennifer Dean 

Repeated and localized flooding is an underestimated challenge for urban disaster risk management in Nature Cities, co-authored by Rodrigo Costa 

August 2024 

Framework for Interdisciplinary Power Systems Education for Engineering and Environment Students in IEEE, authored by Jessie Ma 

AVAYAR: Autonomous Vehicle Assessment through Testing of Adversarial Patches in Real-time in IEEE, co-authored by Nasser Lashgarian Azad 

Sociodemographic Determinants of Extreme Heat and Ozone Risk Among Older Adults in 3 Sun Belt Cities in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, co-authored by Peter Crank 

Deep Learning Models for Health-Driven Forecasting of Indoor Temperatures in Heat Waves in Canada: An Exploratory Study Using Smart Thermostats in Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Artificial intelligence solutions for global health and disaster response: challenges and opportunities in Frontiers in Public Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Making room for everyone: Assessing housing needs and sustainability in Waterloo Region, Ontario via time, space, and equity lenses in Canadian Planning and Policy, co-authored by Sean Geobey 

Conspiracy Thinking About the 15-Minute City: Something from Nothing? In Leisure Sciences, authored by Troy Glover 

July 2024 

Component capacity optimization of a renewable energy system using data-driven two-stage algorithmic approach in Energy Conversion and Management, co-authored by John Wen 

Urban climate change adaptation planning using participatory scenarios: a systemic review of methods and approaches in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, co-authored by Michael Drescher 

Cityscapes, Climate, and Mental Health: Designing Cities for Thermal Wellbeing in Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health, co-authored by Peter Crank 

June 2024 

Nature-Based Solutions for Environmental and Health Risk Management in International Association of Buildings Physics, co-authored by Jeffrey Wilson 

Assessing impact of urban densification on outdoor microclimate and thermal comfort using ENVI-met simulations for Combined Spatial-Climatic Design (CSCD) approach in Sustainable Cities and Society, co-authored by Peter Crank 

Application of a mobile health data platform for public health surveillance: A case study in stress monitoring and prediction in Digital Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Estimating Visibility From Alternate Perspectives for Motion Planning With Occlusions in IEEE, co-authored by Stephen Smith 

When perception is reality: examining perceived accessibility of recreational public spaces through social space production in World Leisure Journal, co-authored by Troy Glover 

May 2024 

Knowledge mobilization, wildfire risk, and sustainable tourism in UNESCO biosphere reserves in Tourism Geographies, co-authored by Brent Doberstein  

Uncertainty-Aware DRL for Autonomous Vehicle Crowd Navigation in Shared Space in iEEE, co-authored by Nasser Lashgarian Azad 

April 2024 

Achieving China’s ‘double carbon goals’, an analysis of the potential and cost of carbon capture in the resource-based area: Northwestern China in Energy, co-authored by Jeffrey Wilson 

March 2024 

The challenges and opportunities of localizing the sustainable development goals in Canadian cities – a subsidiarity check in Environment, Development and Sustainability, co-authored by Cameron McCordic  

Defining a novel method to undertake sectoral risk management under climate change: a case study of intermodal transportation in the Peel Region, Ontario, Canada in Carbon Footprints, co-authored by Jeffrey Wilson 

A meta-analytical study of cultural conditions moderating the relationship between environmental performance and environmental disclosure in Accounting Research Journal, co-authored by Jeffrey Wilson 

Reimaging Neighbourhood Spaces for Physical Activity and Social Connectedness in Reimagining Public Spaces and Built Environments in the Post-Pandemic World, co-authored by Troy Glover 

Climate change, biodiversity loss, and Indigenous Peoples’ health and wellbeing: A systematic umbrella review in PLOS Global Public Health, co-authored by Warren Dodd 

January 2024 

The Distribution of Cyclone Idai’s water impacts in Beira, Mozambique in Disaster Prevention and Management, co-authored by Cameron McCordic 

Migration and wellbeing in and of place in Wellbeing, Space and Society, co-authored by Jennifer Dean 

Integrated Modeling of Electric Vehicle Energy Demand and Regional Electricity Generation, co-authored by Lisa Aultman-Hall 

Enhancing public health research: a viewpoint report on the transition to secure, cloud-based systems in Frontiers in Public Health, co-authored by Plinio Morita 

Modeling post-disaster recovery: Accounting for rental and multi-family housing in Earthquake Spectra, co-authored by Rodrigo Costa