Research

Climate TRACE: Estimating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings

Climate TRACE: Estimating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings

Supervisor: Dr. Kyle Bradbury, Duke University, 09/2024 - 05/2025

Created a scalable machine learning model predicting buildings’ Energy Use Intensity (EUI) using limited satellite, climatic, and socioeconomic data. Improved model performance by 54% over baseline, providing a valuable tool for data-driven emissions estimation and supporting more effective emission reduction strategies.

InSPIRe Lab: Privacy and Security of AI-enabled Social Chatbots

Duke University, 05/2024 - 12/2024

Conducted comprehensive literature review, obtained IRB approval, and developed a qualitative codebook for analyzing privacy and security in AI-enabled social chatbots. Performed quantitative power analysis and Cumulative Link Mixed Models (CLMM) to analyze data collected via Qualtrics.

Educational Technology Enabling Non-native English Teachers to Succeed in ESL Contexts

University of Rochester, 01/2016 - 06/2016

Synthesized the existing literatures to investigate the potential effects of educational technology on non-native English teachers and their teaching in ESL contexts. Found that educational technology provides realistic pathways to support non-native English teachers in this context.

What is the Role of the University of Meeting International Students’ Need: A Mixed Method Research Study of the University of Rochester

University of Rochester, 01/2015 - 03/2015

Critiqued quantitative and qualitative research to acquire the appropriate rationale to conduct my research. Conducted semi-structured interviews within Warner Education Graduate School, analyzed interview transcripts, and authored an essay on findings related to international students’ needs.

Analysis of Transcendentalism in Walden

Inner Mongolia Agricultural University (China), 03/2013 - 06/2013

Analyzed the book, Walden, through the lens of transcendentalism and illustrated the author’s call for returning to nature and simplicity.