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Kasey M. Faust
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, Univ. of Texas Austin, ECJ 5.438, Austin, TX 78712. ORCID:

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Journal article
Published: 01 July 2021 in Journal of Management in Engineering
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In 2016, Germany received approximately 50% of the 1.2 million asylum applications in the European Union. The applicants represented a population influx of displaced people that were accommodated primarily in urban settings, creating challenges for engineers and managers who needed to meet the new water and wastewater demands of the displaced persons without disrupting services to preexisting residents. To achieve this, local authorities and engineers had to consider temporary or permanent alterations to existing water and wastewater infrastructure—changes that could provoke opposition from a hosting community, depending on their perception of the changes. In this study, a modeling framework is proposed that allows decision makers to account for hosting communities’ perceptions of alternatives for providing water and wastewater infrastructure services to displaced persons. The framework uses an agent-based model that is enabled by publicly available information, a survey deployed to German communities, and interviews with stakeholders involved in the accommodation of displaced persons in Germany. Our results indicate that alternatives used by local authorities did not always align with community-supported alternatives. To minimize such misalignments, we recommend that local authorities, early on in developing infrastructure alternatives, take into account the perceptions of hosting communities. Ultimately, the proposed framework promotes the sustainable provision of water and wastewater infrastructure to displaced persons.

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Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis. Journal of Management in Engineering 2021, 37, 04021035 .

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Felipe Araya, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica A. Kaminsky. Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis. Journal of Management in Engineering. 2021; 37 (4):04021035.

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Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. 2021. "Agent-Based Model of Hosting Communities’ Perceptions of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure during the German Refugee Crisis." Journal of Management in Engineering 37, no. 4: 04021035.

Journal article
Published: 01 June 2021 in Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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In Germany in 2016, over 722,000 people applied for asylum. That is, in a single year close to three-quarters of a million people were displaced. The struggles displaced people face are numerous. For host communities trying to provide them water and wastewater services, the challenges are also numerous. To account for increased users, utility managers may need to expand the capacity of their systems temporarily, if not permanently. The financial burden of these expansions is largely shouldered by the hosting community. If a community is opposed to such expansion, it can adversely impact a project’s schedule, resources, and budget. Hence, it is critical for utility managers to understand the hosting community’s public support for proposed expansion plans. As such, there is a need to evaluate what factors influence public support in displacement situations. To address this need, this study uses place attachment theory to assess what personal beliefs, demographic factors, and geographic parameters are associated with public support. Enabling this study is data gathered through a survey distributed to all 16 German States in 2016 (n=416). Multinomial logistic analysis revealed three key drivers of public support: trust in the utility provider, willingness to participate in utility decisions, and willingness to provide utilities to those who cannot pay. The findings suggest that utility managers should build trust with the host community and foster participation to increase public support. In addition, this work shows how, in displacement scenarios, public support can be explained with place attachment theory.

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Michael Ward; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Joseph Svec. Modeling Public Support for Utility Expansions in Displacement Situations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 2021, 147, 04021039 .

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Michael Ward, Cristina Poleacovschi, Kasey Faust, Joseph Svec. Modeling Public Support for Utility Expansions in Displacement Situations. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 2021; 147 (6):04021039.

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Michael Ward; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Joseph Svec. 2021. "Modeling Public Support for Utility Expansions in Displacement Situations." Journal of Construction Engineering and Management 147, no. 6: 04021039.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2021 in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
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Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.

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Emily Zechman Berglund; Nathalie Thelemaque; Lauryn Spearing; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky; Lina Sela; Erfan Goharian; Ahmed Abokifa; Juneseok Lee; Jonathan Keck; Marcio Giacomoni; Jakobus E. van Zyl; Brendon Harkness; Y. C. Ethan Yang; Maria Cunha; Avi Ostfeld; Leonid Kadinski. Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2021, 147, 02521001 .

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Emily Zechman Berglund, Nathalie Thelemaque, Lauryn Spearing, Kasey M. Faust, Jessica Kaminsky, Lina Sela, Erfan Goharian, Ahmed Abokifa, Juneseok Lee, Jonathan Keck, Marcio Giacomoni, Jakobus E. van Zyl, Brendon Harkness, Y. C. Ethan Yang, Maria Cunha, Avi Ostfeld, Leonid Kadinski. Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 2021; 147 (5):02521001.

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Emily Zechman Berglund; Nathalie Thelemaque; Lauryn Spearing; Kasey M. Faust; Jessica Kaminsky; Lina Sela; Erfan Goharian; Ahmed Abokifa; Juneseok Lee; Jonathan Keck; Marcio Giacomoni; Jakobus E. van Zyl; Brendon Harkness; Y. C. Ethan Yang; Maria Cunha; Avi Ostfeld; Leonid Kadinski. 2021. "Water and Wastewater Systems and Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 147, no. 5: 02521001.

Research article
Published: 12 March 2021 in Environmental Science & Technology
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When populations are displaced, say after a hurricane or a man-made crisis, water and wastewater utilities can face a real challenge in providing services to those displaced. The challenge is especially difficult when the local infrastructure was already strained in trying to meet the host community’s pre-displacement demand. What most communities need are resilient water and wastewater infrastructure systems, and what we develop in this paper is an integrated approach that can achieve such systems. Our approach takes into account the operating environment of bridging what some call the humanitarian-development (HD) nexus. The HD nexus is the phase in which a community transitions toward a response paradigm that combines humanitarian response with long-term services. The HD nexus poses inherent contextual challenges, and we identify them, through interviews with municipalities in Lebanon, in their physical, social, financial, and institutional dimensions. Furthermore, we explore interactions that can inform how best to address these challenges. Our results introduce policy areas (i.e., utility pricing and establishing shared development priorities) that support this transition across the HD nexus and achieve resilient systems. Our discussions give rise to an empirical understanding of the infrastructures’ operating environments and thus contribute to global conversations on sustainable development.

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Amal Bakchan; Miriam E. Hacker; Kasey M. Faust. Resilient Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Systems through Integrated Humanitarian-Development Processes: The Case of Lebanon’s Protracted Refugee Crisis. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55, 6407 -6420.

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Amal Bakchan, Miriam E. Hacker, Kasey M. Faust. Resilient Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Systems through Integrated Humanitarian-Development Processes: The Case of Lebanon’s Protracted Refugee Crisis. Environmental Science & Technology. 2021; 55 (9):6407-6420.

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Amal Bakchan; Miriam E. Hacker; Kasey M. Faust. 2021. "Resilient Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Systems through Integrated Humanitarian-Development Processes: The Case of Lebanon’s Protracted Refugee Crisis." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 9: 6407-6420.

Journal article
Published: 11 March 2021 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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Since 2009, disasters have displaced each year at least 15 million people worldwide. Immediately post-disaster, emergency shelters serve those displaced. The sheltering system often consists of formal (managed by the government) and spontaneous shelters (managed by volunteers). These two types of shelters may offer different resources with atmospheres that can vary widely. Displaced persons often select between shelters based on their personal preferences, engaging in what some refer to as “shelter shopping.” We seek to understand the intersection between social systems and sheltering systems; we examine reports on shelter counts, news, and social media about 14 emergency shelters that served those displaced by a 2018 California wildfire. Our aim is threefold: 1) to study demand at shelters, 2) to understand why people chose to stay at spontaneous shelters, and 3) to investigate what sheltering needs precipitated a tent city that occurred in a Walmart parking lot. Results show that at one time up to 40% of displaced persons staying inside were hosted in spontaneous shelters and as such, formal shelter managers faced uncertain demand. According to our research, people chose to stay at spontaneous shelters because of the social bonds afforded there and a dislike for rules at formal shelters.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Keri K. Stephens; Kasey M. Faust. Shelter shopping: Where the built environment and social systems meet. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2021, 58, 102161 .

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Lauryn A. Spearing, Keri K. Stephens, Kasey M. Faust. Shelter shopping: Where the built environment and social systems meet. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021; 58 ():102161.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Keri K. Stephens; Kasey M. Faust. 2021. "Shelter shopping: Where the built environment and social systems meet." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 58, no. : 102161.

Public health
Published: 02 March 2021 in Journal AWWA
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Kasey M. Faust; Lynn E. Katz; Mary Jo Kirisits; Kerry A. Kinney; Lina Sela; Marina Kopytkovskiy; Caroline Russell; Jessica Kaminsky. Consider How Social Distancing Policies Can Affect Drinking Water Infrastructure Performance. Journal AWWA 2021, 113, 74 -77.

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Kasey M. Faust, Lynn E. Katz, Mary Jo Kirisits, Kerry A. Kinney, Lina Sela, Marina Kopytkovskiy, Caroline Russell, Jessica Kaminsky. Consider How Social Distancing Policies Can Affect Drinking Water Infrastructure Performance. Journal AWWA. 2021; 113 (2):74-77.

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Kasey M. Faust; Lynn E. Katz; Mary Jo Kirisits; Kerry A. Kinney; Lina Sela; Marina Kopytkovskiy; Caroline Russell; Jessica Kaminsky. 2021. "Consider How Social Distancing Policies Can Affect Drinking Water Infrastructure Performance." Journal AWWA 113, no. 2: 74-77.

Journal article
Published: 01 March 2021 in Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
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Aesthetic considerations of tap water do not necessarily indicate public health threats. If consumers notice the taste or odor of their tap water, however, they are likely to think differently of the water provider. The source of the problem is often nuisance chemicals, and although these chemicals can be measured, their detection is relative and may vary based on a person’s sociodemographics. This study aims to identify the sociodemographic and geographic parameters that influence users’ recognition of select tap water aesthetic issues. To do so, a bivariate binary probit model is used. Enabling this study is a household survey conducted in 2016 in Austin, Texas. Results indicate that the drivers of noticing odor and taste occur at the individual, household, and regional levels. By identifying factors that influence people’s perceptions of aesthetic considerations, water providers may develop outreach campaigns and make decisions that address the groups revealed in this analysis (e.g., users who pay their water bill). Additionally, this study demonstrates how joint modeling can be used to more accurately capture relationships in the water sector.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Felipe F. Dias; Kasey M. Faust; Chandra R. Bhat. Determining Multilevel Drivers of Perceiving Undesirable Taste and Odor in Tap Water: Joint Modeling Approach. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2021, 147, 04020114 .

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Lauryn A. Spearing, Felipe F. Dias, Kasey M. Faust, Chandra R. Bhat. Determining Multilevel Drivers of Perceiving Undesirable Taste and Odor in Tap Water: Joint Modeling Approach. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 2021; 147 (3):04020114.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Felipe F. Dias; Kasey M. Faust; Chandra R. Bhat. 2021. "Determining Multilevel Drivers of Perceiving Undesirable Taste and Odor in Tap Water: Joint Modeling Approach." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 147, no. 3: 04020114.

Journal article
Published: 18 February 2021 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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In 2019, the number of displaced persons worldwide reached a historic peak. When those displaced arrive in hosting cities, local utilities, often with no additional money, are tasked with meeting unexpected demands. One way to recoup these costs is to raise rates. However, publics are not always willing to share their own financial resources and utilities. In this empirical study, we quantitatively assess the residents’ perceived individual responsibility—or willingness to pay—for these expanded services. Here we seek to not only identify if an individual is willing to financially support the provision of services for those displaced via an increase in their own rates, but also, to quantify how long they are willing to support these services. Further, we explore factors that influence this perceived individual responsibility. Enabling this study is survey data from the German public in 2016, a time when the asylum seekers, who were displaced by instability in the Middle East, encountered increased public opposition. We find respondents who are male, wealthier, more highly educated, and more urban are more willing to pay for services for displaced populations. These results can inform awareness campaigns or changes in rates and rate structures.

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K.M. Faust; A. Roy; S. Feinstein; C. Poleacovschi; J. Kaminsky. Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay? Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 68, 102785 .

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K.M. Faust, A. Roy, S. Feinstein, C. Poleacovschi, J. Kaminsky. Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay? Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 68 ():102785.

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K.M. Faust; A. Roy; S. Feinstein; C. Poleacovschi; J. Kaminsky. 2021. "Individual responsibility towards providing water and wastewater public goods for displaced persons: How much and how long is the public willing to pay?" Sustainable Cities and Society 68, no. : 102785.

Journal article
Published: 13 February 2021 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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It is well established that low-income and communities of color often receive delayed disaster recovery while disproportionately impacted from disasters. Governments have more recently employed equity principles into their policies and frameworks to improve resiliency of such communities to disasters. However, although many city agencies have an overlying goal to advance racial equity, the reality of coordination efforts may reveal shortcomings that perpetuate inequitable outcomes in the decision-making process of city stakeholders. This study assessed internal stakeholder interviews from city agencies, social services, and a nonprofit in summer of 2018 to identify obstacles and opportunities for building community resilience in Southeast Austin. An inductive qualitative analysis was then performed to extract emergent themes from the interviews. Key recommendations for improving equitable community resilience planning were developed such as, increased internal coordination and collaboration, and improved external communication and engagement. This study contributes to understanding the relationship of equity in community resiliency planning and represents an important contribution to understanding the influential factors that shape a decision-makers role in planning efforts. Improving such understandings can support more collaborative and participatory decision-making processes between affected community members and city agencies.

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Celine Rendon; Khalid K. Osman; Kasey M. Faust. Path towards community resilience: Examining stakeholders’ coordination at the intersection of the built, natural, and social systems. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 68, 102774 .

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Celine Rendon, Khalid K. Osman, Kasey M. Faust. Path towards community resilience: Examining stakeholders’ coordination at the intersection of the built, natural, and social systems. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 68 ():102774.

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Celine Rendon; Khalid K. Osman; Kasey M. Faust. 2021. "Path towards community resilience: Examining stakeholders’ coordination at the intersection of the built, natural, and social systems." Sustainable Cities and Society 68, no. : 102774.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2021 in Journal of Civil Engineering Education
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Experts bring necessary comprehensive and authoritative knowledge to address issues as they arise throughout a project. This expertise is critical for construction and engineering organizations because the characteristics of each project are dynamic and unique. Practitioners often perceive expertise as objective across demographics; however, this study demonstrates that it is subjective, and that gender-implicit biases emerge when organization personnel rate the expertise of others. This study used survey data spanning 279 employees from one construction and engineering company. The results revealed that men were more likely than women to receive higher expertise ratings. Further, this study found that men were likely to rate women’s expertise lower than men’s expertise, while women’s ratings on expertise show only marginal differences based on gender. The gender-implicit biases found within one large construction and engineering company in this study may be typical in the industry more widely. Finally, this research contributes to role congruity theory by showing the alignment and misalignment between expertise roles and gender roles.

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Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Arkajyoti Roy; Scott Feinstein. Identity of Engineering Expertise: Implicitly Biased and Sustaining the Gender Gap. Journal of Civil Engineering Education 2021, 147, 04020011 .

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Cristina Poleacovschi, Kasey Faust, Arkajyoti Roy, Scott Feinstein. Identity of Engineering Expertise: Implicitly Biased and Sustaining the Gender Gap. Journal of Civil Engineering Education. 2021; 147 (1):04020011.

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Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Arkajyoti Roy; Scott Feinstein. 2021. "Identity of Engineering Expertise: Implicitly Biased and Sustaining the Gender Gap." Journal of Civil Engineering Education 147, no. 1: 04020011.

Research article
Published: 30 December 2020 in ACS ES&T Water
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Social distancing policies (SDPs) implemented throughout the United States in response to COVID-19 have led to spatial and temporal shifts in drinking water demand and, for water utilities, created sociotechnical challenges. During this unique period, many water utilities have been forced to operate outside of design conditions with reduced workforce and financial capacities. Few studies have examined how water utilities respond to a pandemic; such methods are even absent from many emergency response plans. Here, we documented how utilities have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a qualitative analysis of 30 interviews with 53 practitioners spanning 28 U.S. water utilities. Our aim was to, first, understand the challenges experienced by utilities and changes to operations (e.g., demand and deficit accounts) and, second, to document utilities’ responses. Results showed that to maintain service continuity and implement SDPs, utilities had to overcome various challenges. These include supply chain issues, spatiotemporal changes in demand, and financial losses, and these challenges were largely dependent on the type of customers served (e.g., commercial or residential). Examples of utilities’ responses include proactively ordering extra supplies and postponing capital projects. Although utilities’ adaptations ensured the immediate provision of water services, their responses might have negative repercussions in the future (e.g., delayed projects contributing to aging infrastructure).

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Nathalie Thelemaque; Jessica A. Kaminsky; Lynn E. Katz; Kerry A. Kinney; Mary Jo Kirisits; Lina Sela; Kasey M. Faust. Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACS ES&T Water 2020, 1, 888 -899.

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Lauryn A. Spearing, Nathalie Thelemaque, Jessica A. Kaminsky, Lynn E. Katz, Kerry A. Kinney, Mary Jo Kirisits, Lina Sela, Kasey M. Faust. Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic. ACS ES&T Water. 2020; 1 (4):888-899.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Nathalie Thelemaque; Jessica A. Kaminsky; Lynn E. Katz; Kerry A. Kinney; Mary Jo Kirisits; Lina Sela; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "Implications of Social Distancing Policies on Drinking Water Infrastructure: An Overview of the Challenges to and Responses of U.S. Utilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic." ACS ES&T Water 1, no. 4: 888-899.

Preprint content
Published: 08 December 2020
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Among many roles, conferences disseminate research, grow professional networks, and train employees. They also significantly contribute to climate change due to their sizable carbon footprint. More recently, additional negative aspects have surfaced. Namely, they present significant barriers to achieving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Here, we perform a meta-analysis of events that transitioned to virtual formats during the COVID-19 pandemic and show that this approach may provide a solution. Our analysis compared demographic and travel data of the same scientific conferences. When evaluating DEI, we considered factors including cost, gender, career stage, and geographic location. Costs associated with attending in-person conferences varied between 3% to 142% of attendees’ regional annual per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP). An increase in the fractional make-up of 2020 virtual conference delegations was observed for students (29% to 43%). Notable increases in attendance were observed for women (66% to 253% increase) and non-research-intensive countries (29% to 482% increase).

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Matthew Skiles; Euijin Yang; Orad Reshef; Diego Muñoz; Diana Cintron; Mary Laura Lind; Alexander Rush; Andrea Armani; Kasey Faust; Manish Kumar. Beyond the carbon footprint: Virtual conferences increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. 2020, 1 .

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Matthew Skiles, Euijin Yang, Orad Reshef, Diego Muñoz, Diana Cintron, Mary Laura Lind, Alexander Rush, Andrea Armani, Kasey Faust, Manish Kumar. Beyond the carbon footprint: Virtual conferences increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. . 2020; ():1.

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Matthew Skiles; Euijin Yang; Orad Reshef; Diego Muñoz; Diana Cintron; Mary Laura Lind; Alexander Rush; Andrea Armani; Kasey Faust; Manish Kumar. 2020. "Beyond the carbon footprint: Virtual conferences increase diversity, equity, and inclusion." , no. : 1.

Conference paper
Published: 08 September 2020 in 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings
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Traditional engineering courses typically approach teaching and problem solving by focusing on the physical dimensions of those problems without consideration of dynamic social and ethical dimensions. As such, projects can fail to consider community questions and concerns, broader impacts upon society, or otherwise result in inequitable outcomes. And, despite the fact that students in engineering receive training on the Professional Code of Ethics for Engineers, to which they are expected to adhere in practice, many students are unable to recognize and analyze real-life ethical challenges as they arise. Indeed, research has found that students are typically less engaged with ethics—defined as the awareness and judgment of microethics and macroethics, sensitivity to diversity, and interest in promoting organizational ethical culture—at the end of their engineering studies than they were at the beginning. As such, many studies have focused on developing and improving the curriculum surrounding ethics through, for instance, exposing students to ethics case studies. However, such ethics courses often present a narrow and simplified view of ethics that students may struggle to integrate with their broader experience as engineers. Thus, there is a critical need to unpack the complexity of ethical behavior amongst engineering students in order to determine how to better foster ethical judgment and behavior. Promoting ethical behavior among engineering students and developing a culture of ethical behavior within institutions have become goals of many engineering programs. Towards this goal, we present an overview of the current scholarship of engineering ethics and propose a theoretical framework of ethical behavior using a review of articles related to engineering ethics from 1990-2020. These articles were selected based upon their diversity of scope and methods until saturation was reached. A thematic analysis of articles was then performed using Nvivo. The review engages in theories across disciplines including philosophy, education and psychology. Preliminary results identify two major kinds of drivers of ethical behavior, namely individual level ethical behavior drivers (awareness of microethics, awareness of macroethics, implicit understanding, and explicit understanding) and institutional drivers (diversity and institutional ethical culture). In this paper, we present an overview and discussion of two drivers of ethical behavior at the individual level, namely awareness of microethics and awareness of macroethics, based on a review of 50 articles. Our results indicate that an awareness of both microethics and macroethics is essential in promoting ethical behavior amongst students. The review also points to a need to focus on increasing students’ awareness of macroethics. This research thus addresses the need, driven by existing scholarship, to identify a conceptual framework for explaining how ethical judgment and behavior in engineering can be further promoted.

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Luan Nguyen; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey M. Faust; Kate Padgett Walsh; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford. Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in Engineering. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings 2020, 1 .

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Luan Nguyen, Cristina Poleacovschi, Kasey M. Faust, Kate Padgett Walsh, Scott Grant Feinstein, Cassandra Rutherford. Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in Engineering. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 2020; ():1.

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Luan Nguyen; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey M. Faust; Kate Padgett Walsh; Scott Grant Feinstein; Cassandra Rutherford. 2020. "Conceptualizing a Theory of Ethical Behavior in Engineering." 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 26 August 2020 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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An often overlooked, cascading impact of disasters is displaced populations suddenly arriving in neighboring communities. Due to a lack of front end planning, the infrastructure systems in hosting communities may consequently be challenged as the communities try to accommodate the sudden influx of people. Disaster-induced displacement is not a new trend, yet we know little about how hosting communities respond or how future responses might be improved. The current study aims to address this gap by utilizing the context of the 2018 California Camp Fire, which displaced over 50,000 people. We conducted 13 semi-structured interviews with stakeholders involved in the provision of infrastructure services and qualitatively analyzed the data. This was done to (1) examine the challenges hosting communities faced as they tried to provide infrastructure services—specifically housing, water sector, and transportation—to displaced and existing residents and (2) document the efforts to accommodate displaced persons, taking infrastructure interdependencies into account. Findings show that displacement compounded prior infrastructure issues (e.g., traffic, housing shortage), suggesting that communities can prepare for displacements by assessing their existing capabilities, and as such, anticipate vulnerabilities in their systems when responding to displacement. We also found that practitioners involved in all systems were challenged by communication and organizational issues (e.g., incorporating stakeholders from various institutions).

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Kasey M. Faust. Cascading system impacts of the 2018 Camp Fire in California: The interdependent provision of infrastructure services to displaced populations. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 2020, 50, 101822 .

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Lauryn A. Spearing, Kasey M. Faust. Cascading system impacts of the 2018 Camp Fire in California: The interdependent provision of infrastructure services to displaced populations. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2020; 50 ():101822.

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Lauryn A. Spearing; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "Cascading system impacts of the 2018 Camp Fire in California: The interdependent provision of infrastructure services to displaced populations." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 50, no. : 101822.

Journal article
Published: 10 August 2020 in Waste Management
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Despite pressing attention on construction waste management (CWM) issues, low rates of construction waste (CW) reuse and recycling (R&R) remain a limitation in construction projects. In recent years, Building Information Modeling (BIM) has gained momentum for CWM purposes; its data-richness, visualization, and simulation capabilities provide an opportunity to enhance CW R&R planning at the project level. In this context, this study proposes temporal-based algorithms integrated with 4D-BIM for the planning of concrete and drywall waste R&R throughout construction projects. Two case studies from Central Texas were used for the demonstration of the algorithms, and estimates were validated with ground truth data and literature values from different projects in North America. The overarching objective of the proposed algorithms is to streamline estimation and visual planning of CW for on-site reuse, and off-site recycling – therefore promoting a more proactive and schedule-based CWM plan. In addition, the approach improves team communication around CWM goals of the project. Moreover, through the use of 4D-BIM, on-site waste reuse opportunities are planned in advance, thus, improving resource recovery and minimizing waste disposal in landfills.

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Beatriz C. Guerra; Fernanda Leite; Kasey M. Faust. 4D-BIM to enhance construction waste reuse and recycle planning: Case studies on concrete and drywall waste streams. Waste Management 2020, 116, 79 -90.

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Beatriz C. Guerra, Fernanda Leite, Kasey M. Faust. 4D-BIM to enhance construction waste reuse and recycle planning: Case studies on concrete and drywall waste streams. Waste Management. 2020; 116 ():79-90.

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Beatriz C. Guerra; Fernanda Leite; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "4D-BIM to enhance construction waste reuse and recycle planning: Case studies on concrete and drywall waste streams." Waste Management 116, no. : 79-90.

Journal article
Published: 02 July 2020 in Energy Policy
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Energy poverty is typically assessed using the energy expenditure-to-income ratio as a metric. This metric fails to account, though, for residents' demographics and regional variation in energy consumption. In the United States, policymakers dealing with energy poverty have faced challenges estimating the needs for energy-assistance programs. This study seeks to explore regional variations in energy poverty. Using Texas as the region of study, this work also explores differences in the populations captured via objective and subjective metrics (i.e., those who are unable to pay their bill and those who state they struggle to do so). Drawing on survey data, this work uses statistical analyses to (1) assess the regional variation of energy poverty defined as a ratio of household income spent on electricity bills, (2) determine if there is an association between objective and subjective metrics of energy poverty, and (3) identify statistical drivers of objective and subjective energy poverty metrics. Of respondents, 51% of objectively energy-burdened individuals indicated they struggled to pay electricity bills and 53% faced great stress due to the electricity bill. If policymakers can use metrics that are more accurate in capturing populations facing energy poverty, more effective energy poverty policies might be formulated.

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Chinelo Agbim; Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Dana Harmon. Subjective versus objective energy burden: A look at drivers of different metrics and regional variation of energy poor populations. Energy Policy 2020, 144, 111616 .

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Chinelo Agbim, Felipe Araya, Kasey M. Faust, Dana Harmon. Subjective versus objective energy burden: A look at drivers of different metrics and regional variation of energy poor populations. Energy Policy. 2020; 144 ():111616.

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Chinelo Agbim; Felipe Araya; Kasey M. Faust; Dana Harmon. 2020. "Subjective versus objective energy burden: A look at drivers of different metrics and regional variation of energy poor populations." Energy Policy 144, no. : 111616.

Journal article
Published: 30 June 2020 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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Given the scarcity of water resources, it is becoming of paramount importance that water utilities develop effective residential conservation programs. However, how residents conserve water, or perceive to do so, is not yet fully understood. This study explores whether public perceptions align with usage outcomes of water conservation at the residential scale. This study was enabled by a survey deployed in 2016 to residents from the Austin, Texas metropolitan area. The responses were then matched with the corresponding water-consumption records by the local utility. The analyses were both quantitative and qualitative. To assess whether residential conservation is present, the consumption records were grouped using seasons. Two values for a conservation metric were used—if a household used less than 472 lpcpd (set by the local utility) or less than 340 lpcpd (a commonly cited average water consumption in the U.S.). The results show that when it comes to conservation, public perceptions do not align with usage outcomes sought by utilities; further, this misalignment is influenced by seasonality and the metric's value that is applied to assess residential conservation. Additionally, considerable heterogeneity was found in the statistically significant socio-demographic and geographic parameters that influenced perceptions and usage outcomes. By understanding the misalignment between perceptions and usage outcome expectations of utilities regarding conservation, utilities can implement tailored programs to improve the public understanding of conservation and correct for misconceptions that may decrease the effectiveness of conservation programs.

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Felipe Araya; Khalid Osman; Kasey M. Faust. Perceptions versus reality: Assessing residential water conservation efforts in the household. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2020, 162, 105020 .

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Felipe Araya, Khalid Osman, Kasey M. Faust. Perceptions versus reality: Assessing residential water conservation efforts in the household. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2020; 162 ():105020.

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Felipe Araya; Khalid Osman; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "Perceptions versus reality: Assessing residential water conservation efforts in the household." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 162, no. : 105020.

Research article
Published: 21 May 2020 in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
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While population density can change the overall water demand of a neighborhood, socioeconomic shifts can change the temporal distribution of daily peak demands. This study seeks to determine the comparative criticality of the impacts of both types of population dynamics on the operations of a water system—as measured by pressure. This study specifically assesses scenarios of gentrification, associated with increases in higher-income populations and density changes. Researchers carried out hydraulic simulations of gentrification scenarios using an existing water system in a gentrifying U.S. city. The results indicate that in gentrifying cities such as Portland and Minneapolis, the impact of the socioeconomic shifts may be negligible when compared that of density changes. In gentrifying cities such as Washington D.C. and Atlanta, however, socioeconomic shifts cannot be overlooked. Given the complexity of population dynamics such as gentrification, we recommend decision-makers to carefully assess these dynamics to enhance urban resilience.

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Julie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust. Socioeconomic characteristics versus density changes: the operational effects of population dynamics on water systems. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure 2020, 1 -14.

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Julie C. Faure, Kasey M. Faust. Socioeconomic characteristics versus density changes: the operational effects of population dynamics on water systems. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. 2020; ():1-14.

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Julie C. Faure; Kasey M. Faust. 2020. "Socioeconomic characteristics versus density changes: the operational effects of population dynamics on water systems." Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure , no. : 1-14.

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Published: 01 May 2020 in Journal of Management in Engineering
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An important asset for displaced people residing in refugee camps is social capital. Social capital, which represents the social networks built among displaced people, the host community, and government actors, helps displaced people access services not adequately provided by camp managers. Despite the known importance of social capital for displaced people, researchers do not fully understand how it is fostered or inhibited by the design of a refugee camp. This research thus explores the following question: which salient infrastructure components and demographic characteristics in a refugee camp foster social capital? At a Greek refugee camp, researchers distributed 68 surveys to evaluate how salient infrastructure components in the camp environment affect bonding, bridging, and linking social capital. Salient infrastructure components represent, in this study, what the displaced persons identify as the most important infrastructure components in the camp environment. Linear regression is used to identify demographics (e.g., gender, nationality, age, asylum status, family status, and marital status) and salient infrastructure components (e.g., internal lighting and kitchen utensils) that influence bonding and bridging social capital. Interestingly, the research team found that demographics and salient infrastructure components had no relationship with linking social capital. This research proposes methods for policymakers and camp managers to identify the factors that drive the formation of social capital. Once these factors are identified, camp managers will be able to make targeted changes in the camp environment that could foster the formation of social capital.

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Michael Ward; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Carl F. Weems; Nell Gabiam. Evaluating the Role of Infrastructure Components and Demographics on Social Capital in Refugee Camps. Journal of Management in Engineering 2020, 36, 04020007 .

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Michael Ward, Cristina Poleacovschi, Kasey Faust, Carl F. Weems, Nell Gabiam. Evaluating the Role of Infrastructure Components and Demographics on Social Capital in Refugee Camps. Journal of Management in Engineering. 2020; 36 (3):04020007.

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Michael Ward; Cristina Poleacovschi; Kasey Faust; Carl F. Weems; Nell Gabiam. 2020. "Evaluating the Role of Infrastructure Components and Demographics on Social Capital in Refugee Camps." Journal of Management in Engineering 36, no. 3: 04020007.

Journal article
Published: 26 February 2020 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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In 2015, when German hosting communities had to accommodate more than 1.2 million displaced persons, they encountered multiple challenges with their built environment. The provision of infrastructure services to incoming displaced people may require changes to the existing infrastructure. As such, the provision of infrastructure services may elicit either support or opposition within hosting communities regarding the methods used to provide infrastructure services to displaced persons. This study assesses how hosting communities perceive various methods of providing water and wastewater infrastructure services to displaced persons; these methods are making (1) no changes, (2) temporary changes, or (3) permanent changes to the preexisting infrastructure. Statistical modeling and qualitative analysis were coupled to analyze data gathered from a survey deployed in 2016 to local German residents. The results suggest that the magnitude of displaced persons received by hosting communities, understood as a contextual factor, influenced hosting communities’ perceptions toward different categories of infrastructure alternatives. Qualitative analyses revealed that hosting communities do consider alternatives beyond physical changes, such as educating displaced people on using existing infrastructure. By understanding hosting communities’ perceptions of the provision of services to displaced people, decisionmakers and utility engineers may develop sustainable infrastructure alternatives with input from hosting communities.

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Felipe Araya; Kasey Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons. Sustainable Cities and Society 2020, 57, 102114 .

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Felipe Araya, Kasey Faust, Jessica A. Kaminsky. Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2020; 57 ():102114.

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Felipe Araya; Kasey Faust; Jessica A. Kaminsky. 2020. "Understanding hosting communities as a stakeholder in the provision of water and wastewater services to displaced persons." Sustainable Cities and Society 57, no. : 102114.