Selected Publications
Using UTAUT2 model to explain public acceptance of biophilic design interventions in the built environment
Altaf, B., Billington, S.L. (2024), submitted
Nature exposure associated with lower stress and mediated by personality traits in representative longitudinal study in United States 2020-2023
Bloomfield, L.S.P., Howarth, M.A., Altaf, B., Billington, S.L. (2024), submitted.
“Not Until It’s Absolutely Necessary”: Black Older Adults’ Perception of Supporting Medical Recovery with Voice Assistants.
Green, A., Polite, G., Hung, I., Fessele, K., Billington, S.L., Landay, J.A., Cuadra, A. (2024), submitted.
Impact of Workplace Design on Perceived Work Performance and Well-Being: Home versus Office
Srivastava, C., Murnane, E.L., Billington, S.L., Samuelson, H.W. (2024), Journal of Environmental Psychology, V 95, 102274 (Link)
Understanding How Racism and Affect Impact Public Opinions Toward Affordable Housing in the United States
Douglas, I.P., Chan, D., Bencharit, L.Z., Billington, S.L., (2024), Journal of Planning Education and Research, Feb. (Link)
Effects of Architectural Interventions on Psychological, Cognitive, Social, and Pro-environmental Aspects of Occupant Well-being: Results from an Immersive Online Survey
Bianchi, E., Bencharit, L.Z., Murnane, E.L., Altaf, B., Douglas, I.P., Landay, J.A., Billington, S.L. (2024), Building and Environment, 253, 111293 (Link).
2024
2023
Exploring the Impact of Nature Exposure on Stress Reduction during COVID-19 using Latent Profile Analysis
Bianchi, E., Bloomfield, L.S.P., Altaf, B., Sawe, N., Murnane, E.L., Billington, S.L.(2023), submitted
Psycho-behavioral Responses to Urban Scenes: An Exploration through Eye-tracking
Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I.P., Noh, H.Y., Hwang, J., Billington, S.L., (2023), submitted
A Study of the Role of Indoor Nature on Solidarity and Group Identity during Remote Work
Bianchi, E.L.S., Bloomfield, L.S.P, Bencharit, L.Z., Sawe, N.A., Murnane, E.L., Landay, J.A., Billington, S.L., (2023), Building and Environment, 245, 110909 (Link)
Time Perception During the Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study Examining the Role of Indoor and Outdoor Nature Exposure for Remote Workers
Altaf, B., Bloomfield, L.S.P., Karzai D.N., Sawe, N.A., Murnane, E.L., Bencharit, L.Z., Landay, J.A., Billington, S.L., (2023) Building and Environment, 243, 110644 (Link)
Using Computer Vision and Parametric Design Software to Quantify Nature Dose in Indoor Built Environments
Bianchi, E., Tavakoli, A., Billington, S.L., (2023) Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, June (Link)
Leveraging Immersive Virtual Environments for Occupant Wellbeing Analysis
Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Bianchi, E., Landay, J.A, Billington, S.L., (2023) Computing in Civil Engineering 2023, June (Link)
2022
Physical workplaces and human well-being: A mixed-methods study to quantify the effects of materials, windows, and representation on biobehavioral outcomes
Douglas, I. P., Murnane, E. L., Bencharit, L., Altaf, B., Costa, J., Yang, J., Ackerson, M., Srivastava, C., Cooper, M., Douglas, K., King, J., Paredes, P. E., Camp, N. P., Mauriello, M., Ardoin, N. M., Markus, H., Landay, J. A., Billington, S. L. (2022), Building and Environment, 224, 109516. (Link)
Use of Crowdsourced Online Surveys to Study the Impact of Architectural and Design Choices on Wellbeing
Altaf, B., Bianchi, E., Douglas, I. P., Douglas, K., Byers, B., Paredes, P. E., Ardoin, N. M., Markus, H. R., Murnane, E. L., Bencharit, L.Z., Landay, J. A., Billington, S. L. (2022), Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 4. (Link)
Ten questions concerning human-building interaction research for improving the quality of life
Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G., Aryal, A., Awada, M., Bergés, M., Billington, S. L., Boric-Lubecke, O., Ghahramani, A., Heydarian, A., Jazizadeh, F., Liu, R., Zhu, R., Marks, F., Roll, S., Seyedrezaei, M., Taylor, J. E., Hölscher, C., Khan, A., Langevin, J., Mauriello, M., Murnane, E., Noh, H., Pritoni, M., Schaumann, D., Zhao, J. (2022) Building and Environment, 226, 109681. (Link)
The field of human building interaction for convergent research and innovation for intelligent built environments
Becerik-Gerber, B., Lucas, G., Aryal, A., Awada, M., Bergés, M., Billington, S. L., Boric-Lubecke, O., Ghahramani, A., Heydarian, A., Hölscher, C., Jazizadeh, F., Khan, A., Langevin, J., Liu, R., Marks, F., Mauriello, M.L.,, Murnane, E., Noh, H., Pritoni, M., Roll, S., Schaumann, D., Seyedrezaei, M., Taylor, J.E., Zhao, J., Zhu, R. (2022) Scientific Reports, 12, 22092. (Link)
Seismic Performance of High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cement-Based Composite Structural Members: A Review
Shao, Y., Nguyen, W., Bandelt, M. J., Ostertag, C. P., Billington, S. L. (2022) ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 148 (10). (Link)
Human wellbeing responses to real and simulated workplaces: A comparison of in-person, online, and virtual environments
Bianchi, E., Altaf, B., Tavakoli, A., Douglas, I.P., Landay, J.A., Billington, S.L. (2022) Proceedings of the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, November (Abstract).
2021
Impact of cyclic loading on longitudinally-reinforced UHPC flexural members with different fiber volumes and reinforcing ratios
Shao, Y., Billington, S. L. (2021) Engineering Structures, 241. (Link)
Gradual Crushing of Steel Reinforced HPFRCC Beams: Experiments and Simulations
Shao, Y., Hung, C., Billington, S. L. (2021) ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, 147 (8). (Link)
Effect of bubble nucleating agents derived from biochar on the foaming mechanism of poly lactic acid foams
Haham, H., Riscoe, A., Frank, C. W., Billington, S. L. (2021) Applied Surface Science Advances, 3. (Link)
Bond Performance of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC) under Flexural States
Shao, Y., Billington, S.L., (2021) fib Symposium 2021, Lisbon, Portugal.
2020
Flexural performance of steel-reinforced engineered cementitious composites with different reinforcing ratios and steel types
Shao, Y., Billington, S. L. (2020) Construction and Building Materials, 231. (Link)
Comparison of nanocrystalline cellulose dispersion versus surface nucleation in poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) crystallization
Haham, H., Shen, M. Y., Billington, S. L., Frank, C. W. (2020) SPE Polymers, 1 (1). (Link)
High performance Fiber-reinforced Cementitious Composites for Seismic Design: A Review of Columns
Nguyen, W., Shao, Y., Billington, S.L., Bandelt, M.J., and Ostertag, C.P. (2020) Proceedings of 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (17WCEE), Sendai, Japan.
Effect of Fiber Content Variation in Plastic Hinge Region of Reinforced UHPC Flexural Members
Mandeep, P., Shao, Y., Billington, S.L., Bandelt, M.J. (2020) Proceedings of RILEM-fib X International Symposium on Fibre Reinforced Concrete, Valencia, Spain.
2019
Predicting the two predominant flexural failure paths of longitudinally reinforced high-performance fiber-reinforced cementitious composite structural members
Shao, Y., Billington, S. L. (2019) Engineering Structures, 199. (Link)
Mechanics and failure characteristics of hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete (HyFRC) composites with longitudinal steel reinforcement
Nguyen, W., Bandelt, M. J., Trono, W., Billington, S. L., Ostertag, C. P. (2019) Engineering Structures, 183: 243–54. (Link)
Utilizing Full UHPC Compressive Strength in Steel Reinforced UHPC Beams
Shao, Y., Billington, S. L., (2019) Proceedings of 2nd International Interactive Symposium on UHPC, Albany, NY, Paper ID: 116. *First Place Paper Award*