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Faculty Scholarship 2025

Engineering Studies

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James Fugate

Assistant Professor
Engineering Studies
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

2025 Submissions

Journal Paper

Rothenberg, Sandra, et al. "Hearing Diversity and Inequality of Emergency Services: Perspectives on Greater Societal Inclusion for Deaf Populations." Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal ahead-of-print. ahead-of-print (2025): ahead-of-print. Print. *

Mambetkadyrov, Iskender, et al. "Disability Inclusion in Local Emergency Management: Evidence from a National Survey of Emergency Managers." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 130. 105808 (2025): web based. Web. *

Miao, Qing, et al. "Examining Gaps in Emergency Services for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community: A Case Study of Monroe County, New York." Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management R&R. R&R (2026): R&R. Web. *

Rotoli, Jason, et al. "A Novel Online Training and Visual Communication Book to Improve Communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals During Disasters." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Rejected. Rejected (2025): Rejected. Web. *

Published Conference Proceedings

Shakib, Amin Hosseini, et al. "SafeSigns: Enabling Community Resilience Communication for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing." Proceedings of the 22nd ISCRAM Conference, Halifax, Canada, May 2025. Ed. ISCRAM Proceedings. Halifax, Canada: ISCRAM, 2025. Web.

Grants

Tomaszewski, Brian, et al (2023-2026). "CIVIC-FA Track B: Bridging the Gap between Essential Emergency Resources and Services and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community in Monroe County NY: A Geospatial-Visual Approach." Grant received/funded by CIVIC-FA, NSF.

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Marriner Merrill

Associate Professor
Engineering Studies
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

2025 Submissions

Journal Paper

Chavez-Padilla, Moni, et al. "Choline Amino Acid Protic Ionic Liquids as Potential Sustainable Additives for Water-based Cutting Fluids." Journal of Molecular Liquids 453. (2026): 1-13. Web. *

Published Conference Proceedings

Merrill, Marriner H., et al. "Foggy Windows: Predicting and Avoiding the Fleet’s Most Frustrating Failure (Open Session BEST PAPER)." Proceedings of the 2025 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium. Ed. NDIA Michigan Chapter. Novi, MI: n.p., 2025. Web. *

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Gard-Thompson, Trisha, et al. "Why Some High-Hard Steels Fail: Linking Grain Structure to Environmental Toughness in 500HB-600HB Alloys." 14 Nov. 2025. TS - typescript (typed). *

Uninvited Presentations

Merrill, Marriner H. "Foggy Windows: Predicting and Avoiding the Fleet’s Most Frustrating Failure." 2025 NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium. NDIA Michigan Chapter. Novi, MI. 12 Aug. 2025. Conference Presentation.

Monahan, D. J. "Quantifying Ballistic Glass Delamination with the Boeing Wedge Test." International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition 2025 (IMECE 2025). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Memphis, TN. 18 Nov. 2025. Conference Presentation.

Mussallem, Michael J. "Stick With It: Testing the Limits of Adhesive Bonds." RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium. RIT. Rochester, NY. 31 Jul. 2025. Conference Presentation.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Merrill, Marriner H. "Affiliated Faculty Evaluation: Marriner H. Merrill." Department Meeting. KGCOE Mechanical Engineering Department. Rochester, NY. 1 May 2025. Address.

Dissertation/Thesis

Chavez-Padilla, Moni I. "An Investigation of Water-Based Cutting Fluids: Choline Amino Acid Protic Ionic Liquids as a Potential Sustainable Additive." Diss. RIT, 2025. Print.

Judd, Kayley. "Evaluating Environmentally Assisted Cracking in High Hardness Steel Using the Tuning Fork Test." Diss. RIT, 2025. Print.

Grants

Merrill, Marriner H. and DJ Monahan (2025-2026). Transition of Improved Transparent Armor to the USMC Fleet. Grant proposal submitted to PEO Land Systems, US Marine Corps. ≠

Merrill, Marriner H. and DJ Monahan (2025-2027). DLA Best Value Transparent Armor: Next Steps. Grant proposal submitted to J68 R&D, Defense Logistics Agency. ≠

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