As we build re-Engineered, our goal is to ensure that we engage with the audiences and stakeholders we need to through the most appropriate medium. Here are writings for academic audiences.
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Energy, combustion chemistry and pyrolysis
Visualizing Energy Participation: A Method for Practitioners and Researchers, 2020
by Jorge Guerrero Morales and Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Energy Research and Social Science
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​A numerical study of the effects of primary reference fuel chemical kinetics on ignition and heat release under homogeneous reciprocating engine conditions, 2016
by Mohammad Fatouraie, Darshan M.A. Karwat, and Margaret S. Wooldridge
in Combustion and Flame
Topic: computational combustion chemistry
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Effects of new ab initio rate coefficients on predictions of species formed during n-butanol ignition and pyrolysis, 2015
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Margaret S. Wooldridge, Stephen J. Klippenstein, and Michael J. Davis
in Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Topic: computational combustion chemistry
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An experimental and modeling study of methyl trans-3-hexenoate autoignition, 2014
by Scott W. Wagnon, Darshan M.A. Karwat, Margaret S. Wooldridge, and Charles K. Westbrook
in Energy & Fuels
Topic: experimental and computational combustion chemistry
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Low temperature chemical kinetic and speciation studies of n-heptane, 2013
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Scott W. Wagnon, Margaret S. Wooldridge, and Charles K. Westbrook
in Combustion and Flame
Topic: experimental and computational combustion chemistry
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On the combustion chemistry of n-butanol and n-heptane blends, 2012
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Scott W. Wagnon, Margaret S. Wooldridge, and Charles K. Westbrook
in Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Topic: experimental and computational combustion chemistry
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The effect of CO2/H2O on the formation of soot particles in the homogenous environment of a rapid compression facility, 2011
by Paul D. Teini, Darshan M.A. Karwat, and Arvind Atreya
in Combustion and Flame
Topic: experimental pyrolysis
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On the chemical kinetics of n-butanol—ignition and speciation studies, 2011
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Scott W. Wagnon, Paul D. Teini, and Margaret S. Wooldridge
in Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Topic: experimental and computational combustion chemistry
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Observations of nascent soot: Molecular deposition and particle morphology, 2011
by Paul D. Teini, Darshan M.A. Karwat, and Arvind Atreya
in Combustion and Flame
Topic: experimental pyrolysis
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Speciation studies of methyl butanoate ignition, 2011
by Steven M. Walton, Darshan M.A. Karwat, Paul D. Teini, and Margaret S. Wooldridge
in Fuel
Topic: experimental and computational combustion chemistry
Science and technology studies + engineering ethics
When Mental Walls Lead to Physical Walls: The US-Mexico Border Wall, Art, and Public Conversations about the Social Responsibility of Engineering: 2020
Madison Macias, Peter Pohorily, Jorge Morales Guerrero, Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Engaging Science, Technology, and Society
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Self-reflection for activist engineering, 2019
by Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Science and Engineering Ethics
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Are there ecological problems that technology cannot solve? Water scarcity and dams, climate change and biofuels, 2014
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Walter E. Eagle, and Margaret S. Wooldridge
in International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace
Topics: science and technology studies, engineering ethics
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Activist Engineering: Changing Current Engineering Practice By Deploying Praxis, 2014
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Walter E. Eagle, Margaret S. Wooldridge, and Thomas E. Princen
in Science and Engineering Ethics
Topic: engineering ethics
Community-based engineering and science, service learning and community engagement
(under review) Engineers and Scientists Addressing Environmental Injustice: Incentives, Barriers, and Potential
by Jean Léon Boucher, Anthony M. Levenda, Jorge M. Guerrero, Madison Macias, Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Earth's Future
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(under review) Identifying Areas that could Benefit from Community-Focused Engineering: A Neighbourhood Deficit and Asset Score for Phoenix, Arizona
by Jean Léon Boucher, Anthony M. Levenda, Caleb Carpenter, Jorge Morales Guerrero, and Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Local Environment
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Social Justice and Sustainability in Poor Neighborhoods: Service Learning in Southwest Detroit, 2014
by Larissa S. Larsen, Laura S. Sherman, Laura B. Smith, Darshan M.A. Karwat, Krista C. Badiane, and Paul J. Coseo
in Journal of Planning Education and Research
Topics: service learning, community engagement
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A Lesson in Service Learning and Community Engagement, 2013
by Darshan M.A. Karwat, Laura S. Sherman, Laura B. Smith, Darshan M.A. Karwat, Krista C. Badiane, Paul J. Coseo, and Larissa S. Larsen
in Michigan Journal of Sustainability
Topics: service learning, community engagement
Climate change policy and governance
Perspectives on Governance for Climate Change Resilience: Status Quo and Reforms, 2017
by James Nachbaur, Elise Lipkowitz, Irina Feygina, and Darshan M.A. Karwat
a report based on Climate Change Resilience: Governance and Reforms sponsored by AAAS
Topic: climate change resilience, governance
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Sequential Climate Change Policy, 2011
by Edward A. Parson and Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Wiley Interdisciplinary Review WIREs Climate Change
Topic: climate change policy
Trash and philosophy
Trash, waste, and time
by Darshan M.A. Karwat
in Kinesis
Public writing in the US federal government​
Methodology to Calculate the ACE and HPQ Metrics Used in the Wave Energy Prize (2018), available here.
Co-authored with Frederick Driscoll (NREL), Jochem Weber (NREL), Scott Jenne (NREL), Robert Thresher (NREL), and Lee Jay Fingersh (NREL), Diana Bull (Sandia), Ann Dallman (Sandia), Budi Gunawan (Sandia), and Kelley Ruehl (Sandia), David Newborn (NSWC Carderock Division) and Miguel Quintero (NSWC Carderock Division), Alison LaBonte (U.S. Department of Energy), and Scott Beatty (Cascadia Coast Research Ltd.)
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Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and General Services Administration Prizes and Challenges Toolkit, 2016
Media
All my trash for a year fit into two plastic bags. Here’s how I did it. Washington Post, 29 October, 2015
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Lead story in the Outlook section of the Washington Post, 1 November, 2015
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Why Trash? The Michigan Daily, 10 November, 2010
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University of Michigan student halfway through ‘year without waste’ annarbor.com, 10 October, 2010