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Dissemination

Below is a list of PIRE dissemination efforts, including journal publications and conference presentation to share results with the cultural heritage and scientific communities, as well as lectures to the academic community, workshops for K-12 students, and online magazine for the general public.

Journal Publications

2022

  • Chopp, H., McGeachy, A., Alfeld, M., Cossairt, O., Walton, M. and Katsaggelos, A. “Image Processing Perspectives of X-Ray Fluorescence Data in Cultural Heritage Sciences,” IEEE BITS the Information Theory Magazine, 2022.
  • Chopp, H., McGeachy, A., Alfeld, M., Cossairt, O., Walton, M. and Katsaggelos, A. “Denoising fast x-ray fluorescence raster scans of paintings,” arXiv preprint, 2022
  • Schmitt, T., Rosi, F., Shull, K., Fantacci, S., Miliani, C., Gray, K. Titanium White Paints Cause Linseed Oil Deterioration Under Visible Light: an experimental and computational study. Heritage Science, in Prep
  • Coile, M. W., Harmon, R. E., Wang, G., SriBala, G., Broadbelt, L. J.  Kinetic Monte Carlo Tool for Kinetic Modeling of Linear Step-Growth Polymerization: Insight into Recycling of Polyurethanes. Macromol. Theory Simulations 2022, 31 (2), 2100058.

2021

  • Harmon, R. E., SriBala, G., Broadbelt, L. J. & Burnham, A. K. “Insight into polyethylene and polypropylene pyrolysis: global and mechanistic models.” Energy & Fuels 2021, 35 (8), 6765–6775.
  • dePolo, G., Walton, M., Keune, K., Shull, K. “After the paint has dried: a review of testing techniques for studying the mechanical properties of artists’ paint.” Herit Sci 9, 68 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-021-00529-w
  • Almasian, M., Tiennot, M., Fiske, L. & Hermens, E. “The use of ground glass in red glazes: structural 3D imaging and mechanical behavior using optical coherence tomography and nanoindentation.” Herit Sci 9, 66 (2021).
  • Fiske, L.D., Aalders, M.C.G., Almasian, M., van Leeuwen, T. G., Katsaggelos, A. K., Cossairt, O. & Faber, D. J. “Bayesian analysis of depth resolved OCT attenuation coefficients.” Sci Rep 11, 2263 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81713-7.
  • Orlova, Y., Harmon, R.E., Broadbelt, L.J., Iedema, P.D. “Review of the kinetics and simulations of linseed oil oxidation.” Prog. Org. Coatings. 2021, 151, 106041.
  • Orlova, Y., Gambardella, A. A., Harmon, R. E., Kryven, I. & Iedema, P. D. Finite representation of reaction kinetics in unbounded biopolymer structures. Chemical Engineering Journal 405,126485 (2021).
  • Y. Li, C. Yeh, B. Xu, F. Schiffers, M. Walton, J. Tumblin, A. Katsaggelos, F. Willomitzer, O. Cossairt. “A Low-Cost Solution for 3D Reconstruction of Large-Scale Specular Objects.” OSA Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, 2021
  • Wang, T., Schiffers, F., Willomitzer, F., Cossairt. O. “A Mitsuba-based Study on Trade-offs Between Projection and Reflection Based Systems in Structured-Light 3D Imaging.” OSA Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, 2021
  • Pouyet, E., Barbi, N., Chopp, H., Healy, O., Katsaggelos, A., Moak, S., Mott, R., Vermeulen, M. & Walton, M. “Development of a highly mobile and versatile large MA-XRF scanner for in situ analyses of painted work of arts.” X-Ray Spectrometry 50, 263–271 (2021).
  • Casadio, F., Fry, E., Molina, S & Ysasi-Tavano, G. “Execute, Evaluate, Repeat: implementing an integrated Art + Science interpretation strategy at the Art Institute of Chicago.” In Transcending Boundaries: Integrated Approaches to Conservation. ICOM-CC 19th, Triennial Conference Preprints, Beijing, 17–21, May 2021, ed. J. Bridgland. Paris: International Council of Museums. (publication + virtual presentation at international conference on 5/17/2021).
  • Casadio, F. “Sharing Power: Leadership Lessons from Interdisciplinary Practices in an Art Museum.” Curator, the Museum Journal 64 (3), 2021. (Made the Journal COVER)
  • Faber, K., Casadio, F., Masic, A., Robbiola, L. & Walton, M. (accepted). “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Materials Science in Art, Archaeology, and Art Conservation.” Annu. Rev. Mater. Res. 51:6.1–6.26, 2021.
  • Casadio, F., Walton, M. & Verri, G. “An ecosystem for diagnosis: creating synergies in academic and museum research.” Conservation360.
  • Nau, M. A., Schiffers, F., Li, Y., Xu, B., Maier, A., Tumblin, J., Walton, M., Katsaggelos, A., Willomitzer F. & Cossairt, O. 2021. “SkinScan: low-cost 3d-scanning for dermatologic diagnosis and documentation.” arXiv preprint arXiv: 2102.00508.
  • Vermeulen, M., Smith, K., Eremin, K., Rayner, G. and Walton, M. 2021. “Application of Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) in spectral imaging of artworks.” Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 252:119547.

2020

  • dePolo, G. E., Schafer, E., Sadman, K., Rivnay, J. & Shull, K. R. Sample Preparation in Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements of Protein Adsorption and Polymer Mechanics. JoVE 60584 (2020).
  • Oakley, L., Zaleski, S., Males, B., Cossairt, O. & Walton, M. Improved spectral imaging microscopy for cultural heritage through oblique illumination. Herit Sci 8, 27 (2020).
  • Shull, K. R., Taghon, M. & Wang, Q. Investigations of the high-frequency dynamic properties of polymeric systems with quartz crystal resonators. Biointerphases QCM2020, 021012 (2020).
  • Willomitzer, F., Yeh, C-K., Gupta, V., Spies, W., Schiffers, F., Katsaggelos, A., Walton, M., Cossairt, O. “Hand-Guided Qualitative Deflectometry with a Mobile Device.” Optics Express 28(7), 9027-9038, 2020
  • Cooper, L, S. Costello, K. Eremin, M. Moy, K. King, M. Walton, E. Pouyet, A. Shortland, L. Dussubieux. 2020. “Numbered Jun Ware – a technical study.” Journal of the American Institute for Conservation.
  •  Miranda, A.S.O., Kronkright, D., Walton, M. 2020. “The influence of commercial primed canvases in the manifestation of metal soaps protrusions in Georgia O’Keeffe’s oil paintings.” Heritage Science 8:107.
  • Pouyet, E., K. Brummel, S. Webster-Cook, J. Delaney, C. Dejoie, G. Pastorelli, M. Walton.2020. “New insights in Pablo Picasso’s La Miséreuse accroupie (Barcelona, 1902) using X-ray fluorescence imaging and reflectance spectroscopies combined with micro-analyses of samples.” SN Applied Sciences 2(8): 1-6.
  • Thistlewood, J., Dill, O., Walton, M., Shortland, A. 2020. “A Study of the Relative Locations of Facial Features within Mummy Portraits.” Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project. J. Paul Getty Museum.
  • Williams, J., Cartwright, C., Walton, M. 2020. “Defining a Romano-Egyptian Painting Workshop at Tebtunis.” Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project. J. Paul Getty Museum.

2019

  • Dai, Q., Chopp, H., Pouyet, E., Cossairt, O., Walton, M. & Katsaggelos, A. Adaptive Image Sampling using Deep Learning and its Application on X-Ray Fluorescence Image Reconstruction. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia 1–1 (2019).
  • Rohani, N., Pouyet, E., Walton, M., Cossairt, O. & Katsaggelos, A. K. Pigment Unmixing of Hyperspectral Images of Paintings Using Deep Neural Networks. in ICASSP 2019 – 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) 3217–3221 (2019).
  • Ruiz, P., Dill, O., Raju, G., Cossairt, O., Walton, M. & Katsaggelos, A. K. Visible transmission imaging of watermarks by suppression of occluding text or drawings. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 15, e00121 (2019).
  • Salvant, J., Walton, M., Kronkright, D., Yeh, C-K, Li, F., Cossairt, O., Katsaggelos, A. K. “Photometric Stereo by UV-Induced Fluorescence to Detect Protrusions on Georgia O’Keeffe’s Paintings,” Metal Soaps in Art: Conservation and Research, pp. 375- 391, Springer International Publishing, 2019.
  • Xu, B., He, K., Hao, P., Gao, J., Willomitzer, F., Katsaggelos, A. K., Tumblin, J. E., Cossairt, O., Walton, M. S. “Time-domain optical coherence tomography can measure artworks with high penetration and high resolution,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 11058, 2019.
  • Dai, Q., H. Chopp, E. Pouyet, O. Cossairt, M. Walton, A. Katsaggelos. 2019. “Adaptive Image Sampling Using Deep Learning and its Applications on X-Ray Fluorescence Image Reconstruction.” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.
  • Fiske, L., O. Cossairt, A.K. Katsagellos, M. Walton. 2019. “Investigation of reflectance-based pigment classification in layered media.” Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology VII: 11058, 110580E.
  • Granzotto, C., K. Sutherland, J. Arslanoglu, and G.A. Ferguson. 2019. “Discrimination of Acacia gums by MALDI-TOF MS: applications to micro-samples from works of art.” Microchemical Journal 144:229–241.
  • Males, B., L. Oakley, O. Cossairt, M. Walton. 2019. “Maximizing the microscope: instrument design and data processing strategies for hyperspectral imaging of cross-sectional cultural heritage samples.” Optics for Arts, Architecture, and Archaeology VII: 11058, 110580C.
  • Pastorelli, G., M. Walton, S. Nixon. 2019. “Gold Processing at the Early Islamic Market Town of Tadmekka, Mali: Preliminary Results from Experimental Replication.” Exhibition Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL , January 26-July 21, 2019.
  • Pouyet, E., M. Ganio, A. Motlani, A. Saboo, F. Casadio, M. Walton. 2019. “Casting Light on 20th-Century Parisian Artistic Bronze: Insights from Compositional Studies of Sculptures Using Hand-Held X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy.” Heritage 2 (1): 732-748.
  • Ronkko, E., T. Terpstra, M. Walton. 2019. “Portrait of a Child: Historical and Scientific Studies of a Roman Egyptian Mummy.” Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Northwestern University Press.

2018

  • Duggins, D., Li, F., Aalders, M., Cossairt, O., Katsaggelos, A., Walton, M. (2018). A Novel OCT Design for Cultural Heritage Applications. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 24(S1), 2142-2143. doi:10.1017/S1431927618011194
  • Pouyet, E., Rohani, N., Katsaggelos, A. K., Cossairt, O. and Walton, M. Innovative data reduction and visualization strategy for hyperspectral imaging datasets using t-SNE approach. Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 90, no. 3, 2018, pp. 493-506.
  • Broadway, M., H. Stratis, and M. Walton. 2018 “Cast in a New Light: Surface Topographies of Paul Gauguin’s Transfer Drawings.” Journal of the Institute of Conservation 41 (3): 206-217.
  • Daher, C., K. Sutherland, H. Stratis, and F. Casadio. 2018. “Paul Gauguin’s Noa Prints: Multi-analytical Characterization of the Printmaking Techniques and Materials.” Microchemical Journal 138:348–359.
  • Knipe, P., K. Eremin, M. Walton, A. Babini, and G. Rayner. 2018. “Materials and Techniques of Islamic Manuscripts.” Heritage Science 6 (1): 55
  • Oakley, L., F. Casadio, K. Shull, and L. Broadbelt. 2018. “Examination of Mechanisms for Formation of Volatile Aldehydes from Oxidation of Oil-Based Systems.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 (1): 139–149.
  • Oakley, L. H., F. Casadio, K. Shull, and L. Broadbelt. 2018. “Modeling the evolution of crosslinked and extractable material in an oil‐based paint model system.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (25): 7413–7417.
  • Pouyet, E., N. Rohani, A. Katsaggelos, O. Cossairt, and M. Walton. 2018. “Innovative data reduction and visualization strategy for hyperspectral imaging datasets using t-SNE approach” Pure and Applied Chemistry.
  • Rohani, N., E. Pouyet, M. Walton, O. Cossairt, and A. K. Katsaggelos. 2018. “Nonlinear unmixing of hyperspectral datasets for the study of painted works of art.” Angewandte Chemie 57 (34): 10910–10914.
  • Salvant, J., M. Walton, D. Kronkright, C.-K. Yeh, F. Li, O. Cossairt, and A. Katsaggelos. 2018. “Photometric Stereo by UV-Induced Fluorescence to Detect Metal Soap Protrusions on Georgia O’Keeffe’s Paintings.” In Metal Soaps in Art – Conservation & Research, edited by F. Casadio, K. Keune, A. van Loon, P. Noble, E. Hendriks, S. Centeno, and G. Osmond. Springer Nature.
  • Shortland, A., S. Kirk, K. Eremin, P. Degryse, and M. Walton. 2018. “The Analysis of Late Bronze Age Glass from Nuzi and the Question of the Origin of Glass-Making.” Archaeometry 60 (4): 764-783.
  • Walton, M., L. Oakley, V. Cooley, D. Duggins. 2018. “The Design of a Dark Field Backscatter Hyperspectral Microscope for Materials Characterization.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 24 (S1): 2140-2141.

Conference Presentations

  • Harmon, R.E., Iedema, P.D., Broadbelt, L.J. “Monomer-based Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) Simulation to Study the Initial Curing Phase of Modern Paint Films.” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-10, 2022.
  • dePolo, G.*, Hermans, J., Shull, K., Iedema, P. “An exploration of early-stage cure kinetics of drying oils through time-based ATR-FTIR” Presentation and discussion section at Molecular Transformations in Oil Paint Symposium, Paris, June 16-17, 2022.
  • Xu, B., Wang, J.*, Wang, T., Lee, W. J., Walton, M., Matsuda, N., Willomitzer, F. (2021, July). VR Eye-Tracking using Deflectometry. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (pp. CF2E-3). Optical Society of America.
  • Li, Y., Yeh, C. K., Xu, B., Schiffers, F., Walton, M., Tumblin, J., Cossairt, O. (2021, July). A Low-Cost Solution for 3D Reconstruction of Large-Scale Specular Objects. In Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging (pp. CW4H-3). Optical Society of America.
  • Nau, M. A., Schiffers, F., Li, Y., Xu, B., Maier, A., Tumblin, J., Walton, M., Katsaggelos, A.K., Cossairt, O. (2021, September). Skinscan: Low-cost 3d-scanning for dermatologic diagnosis and documentation. In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP) (pp. 2918-2922). IEEE.
  • M. A. Nau, F. Schiffers, Y. Li, B. Xu, A. Maier, J. Tumblin, M. Walton, A. K. Katsaggelos, F. Willomitzer, O. Cossairt. “SkinScan: 3D Dermatologic Diagnosis and Documentation with Commodity Devices.” 55th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 2021
  • Harmon, R.E., Iedema, P.D., Broadbelt, L.J. Examining the Initial Curing Mechanism of Ethyl Linoleate Using Monomer-based Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation. AIChE 2021 National Meeting; November 8, 2021.
  • Fiske, L.D., Katsaggelos, A. K., Aalders, M. C. G., Alfeld, M., Walton, M. & Cossairt, O. “A data fusion method for the delayering of painted works of art.” International Conference on Image Processing (Sept. 2021).
  • Orlova, Y., Harmon, R. E., Broadbelt, L. J., Iedema, P. D. Review of the Kinetics and Simulations of Linseed Oil Autoxidation. Prog. Org. Coatings 2021, 151, 106041.
  • Harmon, R.E., Iedema, P.D. & Broadbelt, L.J. “Computer simulation to study the initial curing of model paint films.” AIChE 2020 National Meeting; November 15-20, 2020, virtual.
  • O. Cossairt, F. Willomitzer, C.-K. Yeh, M. Walton. “Low-budget 3D scanning and material estimation using PyTorch3D.” 54th IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2020
  • Chopp, H., McGeachy, A., Alfeld, M., Walton, M., Cossairt, O. & Katsaggelos, A.K. “Optimizing X-ray fluorescent dwell times of artwork using a novel activation function.” 32nd British Machine Vision Conference.
  • dePolo, G.E.; Walton, M.; Shull, K.R. “Watching Paint Dry: A review of the essential literature for the mechanical properties of artists’ paint.” Heritage Science, submitted, 2020.
  • Orlova, Y.; Gambardella, A. A.; Harmon, R. E.; Kryven, I.; Iedema, P. D. Finite Representation of Reaction Kinetics in Unbounded Biopolymer Structures. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 126485.
  • B. Xu, F. Willomitzer, C.-K. Yeh, F. Li, V. Gupta, J.E. Tumblin, M. Walton, O. Cossairt. “3D Surface Measurement and Analysis of Works of Art.” 53rd IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, 2019
  • Lionel Fiske, Oliver Cossairt, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Marc S. Walton (2019). Investigation of Reflectance-Based Pigment Classification in Layered Media, SPIE O3A: Optics for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Conference. Munich, Germany.
  • Fiske, L. D.; Alfeld, M., Walton; M., Aalders, M. C. G.; Katsaggelos, A.K.; Cossairt, O. Multimodal Source Separation in Layered Media, IEEE International Conference on Image Processing.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E.; Broadbelt, Linda J. Enhancing the Kinetic Modeling of the Curing of Ethyl Linoleate as a Model Monomer: Reaction Pathways for Epoxidation. 50th ACS Central Regional Meeting. Midland, MI, USA (2019).
  • Schmitt, Tom; Gray, Kimberly. Analysis and Attempted Identification of White Pigments in Jackson Pollock’s Painting. 50th ACS Central Regional Meeting. Midland, MI, USA (2019).
  • Shull, Ken. Use of the Rheometric Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Characterize Cure and Aging of Oil-Based Paints. 50th ACS Central Regional Meeting. Midland, MI, USA (2019).
  • Miranda, Annette S. Ortiz; Willomitzer, Florian; Spies, William; Yeh, Chia-Kai;  Gupta, Vikas; Li, Fengqiang; Salvant, Johanna; Kronkright, Dale; Walton, Marc; Katsaggelos, Aggelos; Cossairt, Oliver. Diagnosing a Paint Disease with Computer Science: The Case of Georgia O’Keeffe. AAAS Annual Meeting. Washington DC (2019).
  • Xu, Bingjie; He, Kuan; Gao, Jian; Willomitzer, Florian; Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.; Tumblin, John E.; Cossairt, Oliver; Walton, Marc S. High-Penetration High-Resolution Time Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Cultural Heritage Applications. SPIE O3A: Optics for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Conference. Munich, Germany (2019).
  • Fiske, Lionel; Cossairt, Oliver; Katsaggelos, Aggelos K.; Walton, Marc S. Investigation of Reflectance-Based Pigment Classification in Layered Media. SPIE O3A: Optics for Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Conference. Munich, Germany (2019).
  • Broadbelt, Linda. Leading with Passion through Collaboration, 2ND ANNUAL SKILLS BEYOND THE BENCH: LEADING WITH PASSION. Midland and Detroit Sections of the American Chemical Society’s Women Chemical Society. Detroit, Michigan (2019).
  • Males, Billie; Oakley, Lindsay; Cossairt, Oliver; Walton, Marc S. Maximizing the Microscope: Instrument Design and Data Processing Strategies for Hyperspectral Imaging of Cross-sectional Cultural Heritage Samples. SPIE Optical Metrology. Munich, Germany (2019).
  • Rohani, N.; Pouyet, E.; Walton, M.; Cossairt, O.; Katsaggelos, A. K. Pigment Unmixing of Hyperspectral Images of Paintings Using Deep Neural Networks. ICASSP 2019 – 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Brighton, United Kingdom (2019).
  • Broadbelt, Linda J. Understanding the Autoxidative Curing and Degradation of Oil-Based Paints Through Quantum Chemical Calculations and Microkinetic Modeling. 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research. Castelldefels, Spain (2018).

Conference Posters

  • dePolo, G.; Hermans, J.; Shull, K.; Iedema, P. “An exploration of early-stage cure kinetics of drying oils through time-based ATR-FTIR and the QCM.” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2022.
  • Harmon, R.E.; Iedema, P.D.; Broadbelt, L.J. “Examining the Initial Curing Mechanism of Ethyl Linoleate Using Monomer-Based Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation.” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2022.
  • Schmitt, T.; Rosi, F.; Shull, K.; Fantacci, S.; Miliani, C.; Gray, K. “Multi-modal Approach to Investigating TiO2 Paint Activity in Visible Light.” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2022.
  • Chopp, H.; McGeachy, A.; Alfeld, M.; Cossairt, O.; Walton, M.; Katsaggelos, A. “Denoising Fast X-Ray Fluorescence Scans of Historical Paintings.” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2022.
  • Xu, B.; Wu, Y.; Hao, P.; Vermeulen, M.; McGeach, A.; Smith, K.; Eremin, K.; Rayner, G.; Verri, G.; Willomitzer, F.; Alfeld, M.; Tumblin, J.; Katsaggelos, A.; Walton, M. “Can Deep Learning Assist Automatic Identification of Layered Pigments From XRF Data?” Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 9-15, 2022.
  • Harmon, R.E., Iedema, P.D., Broadbelt, L.J. Examining the Initial Curing Mechanism of Ethyl Linoleate Using Monomer-based Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation. AIChE 2021 National Meeting; November 8, 2021.
  • Fiske, Lionel. “A data fusion method for the delayering of x-ray fluorescence imagesof painted works of art.” International conference on image processing.” Poster presentation (2021)
  • Harmon, R.E., Iedema, P.D. & Broadbelt, L.J. “Monomer-based kinetic Monte Carlo simulation for multifunctional polymerization.” AIChE 2020 National Meeting; November 15-20, 2020; virtual.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. AIChE 2020 Annual Meeting, November 2020. Poster & Presentation: Computer Simulation to Study the Initial Curing of Model Paint Films.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E., Broadbelt, L.J. Enhancing the Kinetic Modeling of the Curing of Ethyl Linoleate as a Model Monomer: Reaction Pathways for Epoxidation. DECHEMA Polymer Reaction Engineering 2019; June 11-14, 2019; Hamburg, Germany.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E., Oakley, L.H., Broadbelt, L.J. Enhancing the Dynamic Modeling of the Curing of Ethyl Linoleate: Reaction Pathways for Epoxidation. Dynamics Days 2019; Jan 4-6, 2019; Evanston, IL, USA.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E., Orlova, Y., Broadbelt, L.J., Iedema, P.D. Enhancing the Kinetic Modeling of the Drying Process of Ethyl Linoleate: Reaction Pathways for Epoxidation. 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research; July 22-27, 2018; Castelldefels, Spain.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E., Orlova, Y., Broadbelt, L.J., Iedema, P.D. Enhancing the Kinetic Modeling of the Drying Process of Ethyl Linoleate: Reaction Pathways for Epoxidation. 2018 Gordon Research Seminar on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research; July 21-22, 2018; Castelldefels, Spain.

Lectures

  • Harmon, R.E., The Intersections of Chemical Engineering & Art: Industrialization, innovation, and creative problem-solving. West Chester University Technical Art History Seminar. September 30, 2020; Virtual.
  • Broadbelt, Linda J. McCormick: A Fertile Ground for Research in Teams. Midday at McCormick, Northwestern University, January 8, 2019.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. Communicating Science Beyond Academia, Winter 2019. Dr. Yarrow Axford, Northwestern University.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. Watching Paint Dry (on the Computer): Enhancing the Kinetic Modeling of the Drying Process of Oil Paint. Northwestern SIAM Student Chapter Bridging the Gap Seminar. Nov 30, 2018; Evanston, IL, USA.

Other Publications

  • dePolo, G.E. Don’t lick your hands: Arsenic pigments used in 16-17th c. bookbinding. HeritageBites.org, https://heritagebites.org/2020/07/20/dont-lick-your-hands-arsenic-pigments-used-in-16-17th-c-bookbinding/ (2020).
  • dePolo, Gwen E.; Schafer, Emily; Sadman, Kazi; Rivnay, Jonathan; Shull, Kenneth R. Sample Preparation in Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements of Protein in Adsorption and Polymer Mechanics. JoVE Video Journal (2019). (https://www.jove.com/video/60584/sample-preparation-quartz-crystal-microbalance-measurements-protein)
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. A Colorful Job: Chemical Engineer Rebecca Harmon on What It’s Like Working on Art Conservation. Helix Magazine, A Publication of Science in Society. April 25, 2019. Northwestern University. (https://helix.northwestern.edu/blog/2019/04/colorful-job).
  • Cooley, Victoria. Uncovering A Hidden Picasso: Exemplary Study Involves Curatorial, Conservation, and Conservation Science Researchers. Helix Magazine, A Publication of Science in Society. February 19, 2019. Northwestern University. (https://helix.northwestern.edu/blog/2019/02/uncovering-hidden-picasso).

K-12 Outreach / Workshops

  • dePolo, Gwen, volunteered as a STEM pen pal for the Letters to a Pre-Scientist program during 2021-2022 academic year. Gwen wrote letters to a fifth-grade student that focused on describing her research, facilitating discussions about STEM topics, and providing some guidance to help her pen pal navigate some of the challenges of learning and transitioning to middle school.
  • Harmon, R.E. NU ChBE Graduate Student Forum + Lumity STEM Chicago. Watching Paint Dry on the Computer. CPS Amundsen High School. May 24, 2021; virtual.
  • NU PIRE/Evanston Township High School Summer Internship Program (8 weeks, 7 rising HS seniors). June-August 2020; virtual.
  • Chopp, Henry. Presented a minicourse on “Introduction to Python” for high school summer interns. June-August 2020; virtual.
  • dePole, Gwen, Schmitt, Thomas & Hao, Pengxiao. Co-mentors for high school students in a virtual summer internship where they (tested the at-home science in art activities developed in the spring of 2020 and) performed pigment identification in a Jackson Pollock painting using Raman, XRF, and Reflectance spectroscopy data.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. & Chopp, Henry. Co-mentors for high school students in a virtual summer internship where they use computational reaction kinetics modeling to track reaction species. June-August 2020
  • Fiske, Lione & Xu, Bingjie. Co-mentors for high school students in a virtual summer internship where they use computational reaction kinetics modeling to track reaction species. June-August 2020
  • Harmon, Rebecca E., mentor for middle school student on science+art project for Evanston Climate Action Resilience Plan (CARP) initiative, 2 consultations, 15 min each. Spring 2020.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E.; dePolo, Gwen; Schmitt, Thomas. SciArts Lesson: “Polymer Curing: Elmer Glue Drying,” an educational at-home activity designed for middle/high school students sheltering in place during COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020.
  • Zaleski, Stephanie; Hao, Pengxiao, Fiske, Lionel. SciArts Lesson: “Light and Color,” an educational at-home activity designed for middle/high school students sheltering in place during COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020.
  • Chopp, Henry; Xu, Bingjie. SciArts Lesson: “AI for Oceans–An Introduction to Machine Learning,” an educational at-home activity designed for middle/high school students sheltering in place during COVID-19 pandemic, May 2020.
  • Chopp, Henry. SciArts Seminar-3: “Digital Imaging” at Harold Washington Library Center of the Chicago Public Library, 1.5 hours for teens through adults. January 16, 2020.
  • Zaleski, Stephani. SciArts Seminar-2: “Using the Right Tools for the Right Job” at Harold Washington Library Center of the Chicago Public Library, 1.5 hours for teens through adults. December 12, 2019.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. & dePolo, Gwen. SciArts Seminar-1: “Chemistry of Paint” at Harold Washington Library Center of the Chicago Public Library, 1.5 hours for teens through adults. November 5, 2019.
  • Cooley, Victoria. How to Spot a Fake: Become an Art Forgery Detective, Splash! at Northwestern. 2 sessions, 2 hours each for high school students. April 6, 2019.
  • Harmon, Rebecca E. Chemistry of Paint, Splash! at Northwestern. 2 sessions, 2 hours each for high school students. April 6, 2019.
  • Schmitt, Tom and dePolo, Gwen. Understanding Plastics and Temperature, Splash! at Northwestern. 2 sessions, 2 hours each for high school students. April 6, 2019.

Online Blogs

  • Zaleski, Stephanie. Highlight research in cultural heritage science through easily digestible ‘bites’ to inform and connect scientists, conservators, and society. (https://heritagebites.org/)
The CuBSIM program is supported by the National Science Foundation under NSF Award Number OISE-1743748