Selected News, Publications and Presentations
NEWS
August 2023 – Pittsburgh Post – Gazette Article on Happiness and Human Flourishing Class
July 2023 – Sanchez Paying it Forward
June 2023 – Inside Higher Ed; Happiness and Human Flourishing Course
April 2023 – Learning from Three Outstanding Engineering Educators
January 2023 – The Pitt News on Pitt Hydroponics
August 2022 – Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering & Science Award
March 2022 – Pitt Seed Award Funding; University-Wide Innovation Distinction
March 2021 – Material to be used in space for bioelectrochemical
2021 – Soska Wilds Outreach and Engagement Leadership Award
March 2020 – Pitt Chancellor Awards – David Sanchez receives Chancellor Distinguished Teaching Award
March 2020 – David Sanchez Honorable Mention for Carnegie Science Award
February 2020 – Pitt News Article about Homewood Hydroponics
January 2020 – Sustainable America feature on Pitt Hydroponics as Community Changemakers
December 2019 – Pittwire featuring our Pitt Hydroponics and Sustainability programs
September 2019 – Sustainability Capstone Project for Millie’s Ice Cream becomes a reality!
August 2019 – Makerspaces and Mindsets Bootcamp Directed by David Sanchez
August 2019 – Mason Unger is profiled for his work on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
July 2019 – Profile of Undergraduate Summer Research Program Directed by David Sanchez
May 2018 – Sanchez Awarded University of Pittsburgh Sustainability Faculty Award
February 2018 – Introducing Master’s Sustainable Engineering Program Directed by David Sanchez
January 2018 – Inspire Next Generation of Green Engineers
January 2018 – Emily Klonicki Helps NASA Thwart Microbial Hitchhikers on Future Mars Missions
January 2018 Constellation Energy Inventor Labs looks to inspire the next Generation of Engineers
June 6, 2016 Sanchez honored with Energy Leadership Award from the Pittsburgh Business TimesLink to Pittsburgh Business Times Article_
Pitt News – De Nora Pitch Competition
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WATER CHEMISTRY, DATA SCIENCE, AND SENSORS
Tobey, D., Kerzmann, T., Kerestes, R., Sanchez, D. – Agrivoltaics: A Team-Based Analysis of Solar Energy and Agricultural Modeling – American Society of Engineering Education Morgantown, WV March 2023 – Best Student Paper Award
Kotchey, G.P., Sanchez, D.V.P., Inducing Nanobubble Collapse Via Dynamic Stimuli to Generate OH for Contaminant Degradation AIChE November 2022. Phoenix, AZ
Nawaz H, Ibrahim M, Mahmood A, Kotchey GP, Sanchez DVP. An efficient synthesis and characterization of La@MOF-808: A promising strategy for effective arsenic ion removal from water. Heliyon. 2023:e21572. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21572.
Chouinard, C., Klonicki, E., Kotchey, G.P., Fang, K. Hong, S.K., Sanchez, D.V.P., Graphene Nanoplatelets in Bio-electrochemical Systems 2020 Borchardt Conference Ann Arbor MI February 2020
Johnson, C., Sanchez, D.V.P., Identifying the Capability of Real-time Water Quality Sensor Networks Borchardt Conference Ann Arbor MI February 2020
Sanchez, D.V.P., Life Cycle and Legacy in Our Water MIT Water Summit (invited), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA November , 2019
Sanchez, D.V.P., Zappitelli, J. Triangulating Historical, Real-time, and Environmental Grab Sample Data to Track River Water Quality in the Western PA Rivershed Computational Sustainability Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA October 2019
Sanchez, D.V.P., Sustainability and Sensors Illinois Institute of Technology Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate Seminar (invited) Chicago, IL January, 2018
Sanchez, D.V.P., Smarter Riversheds: sensing to identify water quality trends in real-time Carnegie Mellon University Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar (invited) Pittsburgh PA October, 2017
Zappitelli, J., Ference, C., Sanchez,D.V.P., Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Severe Water Stress through a County Level Analysis of U.S. Industrial Freshwater Withdrawals Engineering Sustainability: A Climate for Change Pittsburgh PA April 2019
Beaudoin, K., Ference, C., Chung, A., Zappitelli, J., Elliot, E., Sanchez,D.V.P., Smarter Riversheds: Identifying surrogates using sensors SCIENCE Pittsburgh PA October 2018
Chung, AH, Elliott, EM, Nim, C, Sanchez, D.V.P., River, M. Characterization of Reactive Nitrogen Transport in Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers During Dry and Wet Weather Conditions. Abstract #GC23H-1304. December 10-14, 2018. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Washington, D.C.
Leatherow, T, Sanchez, D.V.P., The Supply Chain: A Systems-Based Approach to Sustainability
Academy of Business Research Conference in San Antonio, Texas November 1-3, 2017 (BEST PAPER AWARD)
Gorman, C., Sanchez, D.V.P., Analysis of historical water quality data for determination of real-time sensor locations Society of Environmental Journalism Pittsburgh PA October, 2017
Zappitelli, J., Garcia, A., McEneaney, K.M., Sanchez, D.V.P.,Evaluation of Supervised Learning to Identify Trends in Pittsburgh River Water Quality International PIANC Smart Rivers Conference Pittsburgh PA September 2017
Liu, P, Huang, J., Sanchez,D.V.P., Schwartzmann, D., Lee, S.I., Yun, M.I., High Yield Two-dimensional (2-D) Polyaniline Layer and Its Application in Detection of B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Human Serum, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2016, 230, 184-190 doi:10.1016/j.snb.2016.02.051
AQUACULTURE
Unger, M. , Miller, Z.W., Sanchez,D.V.P., Measuring Off-flavors and Antioxidants to Improve Sustainability of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Engineering Sustainability: A Climate for Change Pittsburgh PA April 2019
Miller, Z.W., Levine, K.M., Sanchez,D.V.P., Off-flavor Degradation in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Through Electrochemical Production of Hydroxyl Radicals Engineering Sustainability: The Triple Bottom Line Pittsburgh PA April 2017
BIO-FUEL CELLS
Zhou, J., Kotchey, G.P., Sanchez, D.V.P., Hong, S.H. Improving electrode performance by engineering Shewanella oneidensis MR1 AIChE November 2022. Phoenix, AZ
Kotchey, G.P., Arnold-Paine, E.O., Zhou, J., Hong, S.H. Sanchez, D.V.P., Endogenous degradation of Bisphenol-A in Modified ARB Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 International Conference on Emerging Contaminants (ECOM)Sep 2021.
Zhou J, Kotchey GP, Sanchez DVP, Hong SH (2020). Integrating bisphenol A degradation function into Shewanella oneidensis. 2020 AIChE annual meeting: San Francisco, CA (changed to virtual). Accepted
Zhou, J., Fang, K., Kotchey, G.P., Sanchez, D.V.P., Hong, S.H. Characterizing biofilm formation of Escherichia Coli and Shewanella Oneidensis On Different Carbon-foam Electrodes American Society of Microbiology Conference Chicago IL March 2020.
Sanchez,D.V.P., et al., The Impact of Graphene-Nanoplatelet Morphology on Biofilm-Anode Performance (In review) Catalysts
Klonicki, E.F., Sanchez,D.V.P., Evaluation of low-cost carbon-felt based microbial fuel cells with undiluted manure for remote charging applications Engineering Sustainability: The Triple Bottom Line Pittsburgh PA April 2017
Sanchez,D.V.P., Harnessing Electricity from Biofilms to create Sustainable Technologies, Carnegie Science Center Café Scientifique March 13, 2017
Sanchez,D.V.P., Jacobs, D.L., Huang, J. Vidic, R.D., Yun, M.I., Changes in Carbon Electrode Morphology Affect Microbial Fuel Cell Performance with Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1, Energies 2016, 8, (3), 1817-1829
Dai, J., Guo, D., Zou, F., Sanchez,D.V.P., Fabricating a Sustainable Electrode for Microbial Fuel Cells using Bamboo Charcoal and Polyaniline Engineering Sustainability: The Triple Bottom Line Pittsburgh PA April 2015
Nguyen, X., Sanchez,D.V.P. et al Diffusion-Limited Reduction of Organometallic compound on Carbon Nanofiber Mat for Catalytic Applications, J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20, 5468 – 5473, DOI: 10.1039/c000654h
Sanchez,D.V.P., Huynh, P.,Kozlov, M., Baughman, R.H.,Vidic, R.D., Yun,M.I., Carbon Nanotube/Platinum (Pt) Sheet as an Improved Cathode for Microbial Fuel Cells, Energy and Fuels, 2010, 24 (11), 5897-5902 DOI: 10.1021/ef100825h
Park, H.I., Sanchez,D.P., Cho, S.K., Yun, M., Bacterial communities based on Pt-deposited electrodes using electron-beam deposition in mediator-less microbial fuel cell, Environmental Science and Technology (2008), 42(16), 6243-6249.
ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Rodriguez, J.A., Sanchez, D.V.P., Global Projects: An initiative to train chemical engineers in Global awareness, American Society of Engineering Education Minneapolis MN June 2022
Sanchez, D.V.P., Kerzmann, T.K, Chouinard, C.P., Kotchey, G.P., Assessing the Effectiveness of a Flex Model for a Sustainability Course in the COVID-19 Learning Environment, American Society of Engineering Education Los Angeles CA June 2021
Sanchez, D.V.P., Kerzmann, T.K, Chouinard, C.P., Understanding Key Student Perspectives in an Interdisciplinary Flex-Model Sustainability Course as Compared to a Traditional in Person Course, American Society of Engineering Education Los Angeles CA June 2021
Woodson Hobbs, Rogers Kaliisa, Kamila Misiejuk, Melanie Peffer, David V.P. Sanchez, Jennifer Scianna, Mamta Shah, Hamideh Talafian, Karl Vachuska, Yeyu Wang, Sukie Wang, and Monique Woodard, Challenges and Solutions to Examining Twitter Data: Reflections from QE-COVID19 Data Challenge ICQE February 2021
Hobbs, Woodson, Peffer,Melanie, Sanchez, D.V.P., Zorgo, Szilvia Network Analysis of COVID-19 Tweets between and Center for Disease Control ICQE February 2021
Mahboobin, A., Sanchez, D.V.P., Incorporating Sustainability into a Bioethics Course American Society of Engineering Education Montreal QC June 2020.
Sanchez, D.V.P., Environmentally Responsible Engineering – Creating a Roadmap for Change Desphande Symposium (invited) Lowell, MA June 2019
Greene, M., Nguyen, C., Sanchez, D.V.P., Identifying Phenomena and Developing Sustainable Engineering Educational Modules that Integrate STEM Education Best Practices and Next Generation Science Standards for Middle School Science Teachers American Society of Engineering Education Tampa FL June 2019
Appalachian Bridges to the Future: A Community-centered Approach to Reviving Left Behind Places Michael R. Glass, Kristen Kanthak, David Sanchez, & Bryan Schultz
Greene, M., Nguyen, C., Sanchez, D.V.P., Identifying Phenomena and Developing Sustainable Engineering Education Modules that Integrate STEM Education Best Practices and Next Generation Science Standards for Middle School Science Teachers American Society of Engineering Education Tampa, FLA June 2019
Sanchez, D.V.P., Expert Roundtable: Principles of Environmentally Responsible Engineering Lemelson Foundation (invited) Washington DC March 2019
Sanchez, D.V.P., International Graduate Education Experiences workshop National Science Foundation (invited) Washington, DC January 2019
Mena, I.B., Sanchez, D.V.P., Student Perceptions of Experiences with Academic Dishonesty at the Start and End of the First Year of Engineering Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics (submitted).
Mena, I.B., Sanchez, D.V.P., Perceptions of Academic Integrity of Students in a First-Year Engineering Program American Society of Engineering Education Columbus OH June 2017.
Schmidt, D.E., Sanchez, D.V.P., Dickerson, S.J., 2017, Increasing Student Engagement and Motivation by Replacing Homework with Assignment-Quizzes American Society of Engineering Education Columbus OH June 2017.
Arjmand, S., Sanchez,D.V.P., Budny, D. Comparison of Students’ Outcome to Different Types of International Project Based Service Learning Projects for CEE Senior Design, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2016
Kerzmann, T., Sanchez, D.V.P., Walker, J., 2016, Energy and Engineering Outreach for High School and Middle School Students and Teachers American Society of Engineering Education New Orleans LA June 2016.
Dickerson, S.J., Jacobs, S.P., Garcia A.M., Sanchez, David V.P., Joint Assessment and Evaluation of Senior Design Projects by Faculty and Industry, Frontiers In Education, 2016
Kerzmann, T., Sanchez, D., Bach, J., Walker, J., 2015, “Energy Week: Outreach Events Geared Toward High School and Middle School Students,” ASEE Middle Atlantic Conference 2015. Conference Presentation.
Arjmand, S., Sanchez,D.V.P., Budny, D. Adding an International Senior Design Component into the Civil Curriculum, ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015