Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
2023
Hennessy, E. M, and Syal, S. M., 2023, "Assessing Justice in California's Transition to Electric Vehicles", iScience, 26(7), pp. 106856. [link]
2020
Syal, S. M., and MacDonald, E. F., 2020, “Quantifying the Importance of Solar Soft Costs: A New Method to Apply Sensitivity Analysis to a Value Function,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(12), pp. 121405. [link]
Syal, S. M., Ding, Y., and MacDonald, E. F., 2020, “Agent-Based Modeling of Decisions and Developer Actions in Wind Farm Landowner Contract Acceptance,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(9), pp. 091403. [link]
2013
Zekkos, D., Kablan, M., Syal, S. M., Hambright, M., and Sahadewa, A., 2013, “Geotechnical Characterization of a Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Ash from A Michigan Monofill,” Waste Management, 33(6), pp. 1442-1450. [link]
Refereed Conference Publications
2023
Syal, S. M., and Kramer, J. 2023, “Design and Justice: A Scoping Review in Engineering Design,” Proceedings of the ASME 2023 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE2023, Boston, MA.
2020
Syal, S. M., and MacDonald, E. F., 2020, “Quantifying the Uncertainty of Solar Photovoltaic Soft Costs in the ‘Cost of Renewable Energy Spreadsheet Tool’ (CREST) Model,” Proceedings of the Design Society: DESIGN Conference, pp. 2157-2166. [link]
*Awarded Reviewer’s Favourite Award (rated in top 10% of papers in the conference)
2019
Syal, S. M., Ding, Y., and MacDonald, E. F., 2020, “Agent-Based Modeling of Decisions and Developer Actions in Wind Farm Landowner Contract Acceptance,” Proceedings of the ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE2020, Anaheim, CA, V02BT03A049. [link]
Position Papers
2021
Syal, S. M., Eggerman, K. & Gerritsen, M, 2021, “True Decommissioning: Removing Internal Combustion Engine Light-duty Vehicles Permanently, Quickly, and Equitably,” engrXiv, August 23, doi:10.31224/osf.io/n2rjs. [link]