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The following are a sampling of recent publications by faculty and students in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Apt, J., L.B. Lave, S. Talukdar, G.M. Morgan and M. Ilic, “Electrical Blackouts: A Systemic Problem,” Issues in Science & Technology , 20(4), 55-61, 2004.

Brown M.T. and M. Granger Morgan, “Expert Assessment of the Performance of the US System for Environmental Regulation,” Journal of Risk Research , 7(5), 507-521, July 2004.

Byers, S., L. Cranor, D. Kormann and P. McDaniel, “Searching for Privacy: Design and Implementation of a P3P-Enabled Search Engine,” in Proceedings of the Workshop on Privacy Enhancing T echnologies (PET2004) , 26-28 May, Toronto, Canada, 2004.

Cabada, J.C., S.L. Rees, S. Takahama, A.Y. Khlystov, S.N. Pandis, C.I. Davidson and A.L. Robinson, “Mass Size Distributions and Size Resolved Chemical Composition of Fine Particulate Matter at the Pittsburgh Supersite,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3127-3141, 2004.

Casman, E., “The Potential of Next-Generation Microbiological Diagnostics to Improve Bioterrorism Detection Speed,” Risk Analysis , 24(3), 521-536, 2004.

Ferriera, P. and M. Sirbu, “The Inefficiency of Markets for Provisioning Interconnected Communication Networks,” Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA, 2004.

Fischhoff, B., R. Gonzalez, D. Small, and J. Lerner, “Evaluating the Success of Terror Risk Communication,” Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy , Practice, and Science , 1(4), 255-258, 2003.

Gurian, P.L., J.J. Small, J.R. Lockwood and M.J. Schervish, “Benefit-cost Implications of Multicontaminant Drinking Water Standards,” Journal American Water Works Association , 96(3), 70-83, 2004.

Hills, A., J. Schlegel, and B. Jenkins, “Estimating Signal Strengths in the Design of an Indoor Wireless Network,” IEEE Transactions on W ireless Communications , 3(1), 17-19, January 2004.

Ilic, M., J. Apt, P. Khosla, L. Lave, M.G. Morgan and S. Talukdar, “Designing an Interdisciplinary Curriculum for the Changing Electric Power Industry,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems , 19(1), 9-16, 2004.

Kieler, M. and M. West, “Digital Orphans: Technology’s Wayward Children,” in Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Info Technology , L.L. Brennan and V.E. Johnson (eds.), Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 234-250, 2004.

Lal, R., M. Griffin, J. Apt, L. Lave, and M.G. Morgan, “Managing Soil Carbon,” Science , 303-393, 2004.

Lithgow, G.A., A.L. Robinson, and S.G. Buckley, “Ambient Measurements of Inorganic Species in an Urban Environment Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3319-3328, 2004.
Lockwood, J.R., M.J. Schervish, P. Gurian and M.J. Small, “Analysis of Contaminant Co-occurrence in Community Water Systems,” Journal of the American Statistical Association , 99(465), 45-56, 2004.

MacDonald, J.A., D. Knopman, J.R. Lockwood, G. Cecchine, and H. Willis, Unexploded Ordnance: A Critical Review of Risk Assessment Methods , MR-1674-A, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2004.

Modey, W.K., D.J. Eatough, R.R. Anderson, D.V. Martello, S. Takahama, L.J. Lucas, and C.I. Davidson, “Meteorological Influence on and Patterns in Ambient Fine Particulate Chemical Composition at Two Sampling Sites in Metropolitan Pittsburgh: A 2001 Intensive Summer Study,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3165-3178, 2004.

Morgan, M.G. and Jon Peha (eds.), Science and T echnology Advice for Congress , RFF Press, Washington, DC, 236pp., 2003.

Morgan, M.G., “The U.S. Congress Needs Advice About Science and Technology,” Environmental Science & T echnology , 306A- 312A, August 15, 2004.

Parker, A. and B. Fischhoff, “Decision Making Competence: External validity through an individual-differences approach,” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making , 17, 1-27, 2004.

Peha, J.M. and S. Panichpapiboon, “Real-Time Secondary Markets for Spectrum,” Telecommunications Policy , 28(7-8), 603-618, August 2004.

Pinder, R. W., R. Strader, CI. Davidson and P.J. Adams, “A Temporally and Spatially Resolved Ammonia Emission Inventory for Dairy Cows in the United States,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3747-3756, 2004.

Rees, S.L., A.L. Robinson, A.Y. Khlystov, C.O. Stainier and S.N. Pandis, “Mass Balance Closure and the Federal Reference Method for PM2.5 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3305-3318, 2004.

Rose, M. and J. A. Tarr (eds.), “The City, Politics and Technology,” Journal of Urban History , 30, July 2004.

Schultz, M.T., M.J. Small, R.S. Farrow and P.S. Fischbeck, “State Water Pollution Control Policy Insights from a Reduced-Form Model,” Journal of W ater Resources Planning and Management , 130(2), 150-159, 2004.

Subramanian, R., A.Y. Khlystov, J.C. Cabada and A.L. Robinson, “Positive and Negative Artifacts in Particulate Organic Carbon Measurements With Denuded and Undenuded Sampler Configurations,” Aerosol Science and T echnology , 38(S1), 27-48, 2004.

Tarr, J.A. (ed.), Devastation and Renewal: An Environmental History of Pittsburgh and its Region , Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003.

Veloso, F. and E. Fuchs, “The Future of the Automobile Industry in Asia: Regional Integration, Alternative Designs & Chinese Leadership, International Journal of V ehicle Design , 35, 1-2, 2004.

Willis, H.H., M.L. DeKay, M.G.Morgan, H.K. Florig and P.S. Fischbeck, “Ecological Risk Ranking: Development and evaluation of a method for improving public participation in environmental decision making, Risk Analysis , 24, 363-378, 2004.

Wittig, B., N. Anderson, A.Y. Khlystov, S.N. Pandis, C.I. Davidson and A.L. Robinson, “Pittsburgh Air Quality Study Overview and Preliminary Scientific Findings,” Atmospheric Environment , 38, 3107-3125, 2004.

Wu, F., D. Miller and E. Casman “The Economic Impact of Bt Corn Resulting from Mycotoxin Reduction” Journal of T oxicology - Toxin Reviews, Aflatoxin and Food Safety Part II , 23(2/3), 2004.