Paul M Nissenson

As a graduate student and post-doctoral researcher, most of my research involved conducting computer simulations of atmospherically relevant systems, especially of small (micrometer-sized) aerosols. Since coming to Cal Poly Pomona, my research focus has shifted to examining role of technology in engineering education.

Publications in peer-reviewed journals, conferences, and books:

• F. Wachs, J. Fuqua, P. Nissenson, D. Miranda Barrios, B. Jones, H. Nguyen, & C. Nguyen (2024). Community Matters: FLCs as a way to Create Sustained Relationships and Shared in Expanding the Vision of FLCs in Higher Education: Emerging Opportunities for Faculty to Support and Engage with Each Other. Eds.: Rainville, Title, & Desrochers. Publishers: Information Age Publishers. The book is a volume in the Transforming Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Series. https://www.infoagepub.com/products/Expanding-the-Vision-of-Faculty-Learning-Communities-in-Higher-Education
  
• J. Perez, J. Fuqua, F. Wachs, P. Nissenson, B. Jones, J. Phillips, H. Nguyen (2023). A Comparison of Students’ Academic Achievement and Perceptions in Hyflex and Non-Hyflex Engineering Courses. Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Baltimore, MD (June 25-28, 2023). Available at https://peer.asee.org/42376
• P. Nissenson, F. Wachs, J. Fuqua, C. Nguyen, D. Barrios, N. Perez (2022). A Faculty Learning Community for Building Sustainable Open Educational Resources: Creating a Departmental Video Tutorial Library. Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Minneapolis, MN (June 26-30, 2022). Available at https://peer.asee.org/a-faculty-learning-community-for-building-sustainable-open-educational-resources-creating-a-departmental-video-tutorial-library
  
• J. Fuqua, F. Wachs, P. Nissenson, D. Barrios, C. Nguyen (2021). Assessing the influence of an online video tutorial library on undergraduate mechanical engineering students. Proceedings of the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education Virtual Annual Conference & Exposition (July 26-29, 2021). Available at https://peer.asee.org/assessing-the-influence-of-an-online-video-tutorial-library-on-undergraduate-mechanical-engineering-students
  
• P. Nissenson, J. Perez, C. Moreno (2020). Creation of “The Engineering Student Experience” podcast to enhance engineering student readiness for school and the workforce. Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Virtual Annual Conference & Exposition (June 21-24, 2020). Available at https://peer.asee.org/creation-of-the-engineering-student-experience-podcast-to-enhance-engineering-student-readiness-for-school-and-the-workforce
• P. Muljana, P. Nissenson, T. Luo (2020). Factors Influencing Buy-In and Involvement of Engineering Faculty in Departmental Accreditation Process: A Cause Analysis Guided by the Updated Behavior Engineering Model. TechTrends 44(2), 730-739. Available at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-020-00526-z
• Fuqua, F. Wachs, P. Nissenson, Y. Zhao, S. Pedroza, A. Shih, S. Robinson (2019). Successful implementation of an online learning environment: Reducing the failure rate in a fluid mechanics course. ASEE Computers in Education Journal 10(3). Available at http://asee-coed.org/index.php/coed/article/view/431
• P. Nissenson, N. Tsuchiya, M. Jawaharlal, A. Shih (2019). Creation of an Online Video Tutorial Library at a State University. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in Tampa, FL (June 15-19, 2019). Available at https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/140/papers/24599/view
• P. Nissenson (2019). Impact of varying in-class time on student performance and attitudes in a flipped introductory computer programming course. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Section Conference in Los Angeles, CA (April 4-6, 2019).  Available at https://peer.asee.org/31830
• F. Wachs, J. Fuqua, P. Nissenson, A. Shih, M. Ramirez, L. DaSilva, N. Nguyen, C. Romero (2018). Successfully Flipping a Fluid Mechanics Course Using Video Tutorials and Active Learning Strategies: Implementation and Assessment. Proceedings of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in Salt Lake City, UT (June 24-27, 2018). Available at https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/106/papers/23046/view
• M. Howard, P. Nissenson, L. Meeks, E. Rosario (2018). Use of Textured Thin Liquids in Patients with Dysphagia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 27, 827-835. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJSLP-16-0140.
• P. Nissenson, F. Wachs, J. Fuqua, Y. Zhao, S. Pedroza, A. Shih (2017). Impact of an Online Learning Environment on Student Performance and Perceptions in a Fluid Mechanics Course. Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in Columbus, OH (June 25-28, 2017). Available at https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/78/papers/17766/view.
• N. Tsuchiya, P. Nissenson, M. Jawaharlal (2017). A Student Assessment of the Value of a Redesigned First Year Mechanical Engineering Orientation Course. Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Section Conference in Tempe, AZ (April 20-22, 2017). Available at https://peer.asee.org/a-student-assessment-of-the-value-of-a-redesigned-first-year-mechanical-engineering-orientation-course
• M. Jawaharlal, P. Nissenson, A. Shih (2016). A Hands-on, First Year Mechanical Engineering Course. Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, LA (June 26-29, 2016). Available at https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/64/papers/15923/view
• P. Nissenson and T. Coburn (2016). Scaling-up a MOOC at a state university in a cost-effective manner. Proceedings of the 2016 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in New Orleans, LA (June 26-29, 2016). Available at https://www.asee.org/public/conferences/64/papers/14485/view 
• P. Nissenson and A. Shih (2016). MOOC on a budget: Development and implementation of a low-cost MOOC at a state university. ASEE Computers in Education Journal 7(1), 8-23. Available at https://www.asee.org/documents/papers-and-publications/papers/CoEd_Journal-2016/January-March-2016/Nissenson&Shih%20_16-1.pdf
• P. Nissenson and A. Shih (2015). MOOC on a budget: Development and implementation of a low-cost MOOC at a state university. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in Seattle, WA (June 14-17, 2015). Available at https://peer.asee.org/mooc-on-a-budget-development-and-implementation-of-a-low-cost-mooc-at-a-state-university.pdf
• P. Nissenson (2015). Impact of a hybrid format on student performance and perceptions in an introductory computer programming course. Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Section Conference in San Diego, CA (April 10-11, 2015). Available at https://sites.asee.org/psw/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2019/02/asee-psw2015ConfProceedings.pdf (pg 77 of 624)
• P. Nissenson, J. Seong, C. Chen, P. Dashner, and A. Shih (2014). Developing Web-Assisted Learning Modules in Vector Dynamics. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition in Indianapolis, Indiana (June 15-18, 2014). Available at: http://www.asee.org/public/conferences/32/papers/9243/download
•  P. Nissenson, L. M. Wingen, S. W. Hunt, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, and D. Dabdub (2014). Rapid Formation of Molecular bromine from deliquesced NaBr aerosol in the presence of ozone and UV light. Atmospheric Environment 89, 491–506. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.02.056
• N. K. Richards-Henderson, K. M. Callahan, P. Nissenson, N. Nishino, D. J. Tobias, and B. J. Finlayson-Pitts (2013). Production of gas phase NO₂ and halogens from the photolysis of thin water films containing nitrate, chloride and bromide ions at room temperature. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, 17636-17646. doi: 10.1039/C3CP52956H
• B. Barletta, M. Carreras-Sospedra, A. Cohan, P. Nissenson, D. Dabdub, S. Meinardi, E. Atlas, R. Lueb, J. S. Holloway, T. B. Ryerson, J. Pederson, R. A. VanCuren, D. R. Blake (2013). Emission estimates of HCFCs and HFCs in California from the 2010 CalNex study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118, 2019-2030. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50209
• B. Barletta, P. Nissenson, S. Meinardi, D. Dabdub, F. S. Rowland, R. A. VanCuren, J. Pederson, G. S. Diskin, D. R. Blake (2011). HFC-152a and HFC-134a emission estimates and characterization of CFCs, CFC replacements, and other halogenated solvents measured during the 2008 ARCTAS campaign (CARB phase) over the South Coast Air Basin of California. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, 2655-2669. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-2655-2011
• P. Nissenson, D. Dabdub, R. Das, V. Maurino, C. Minero, D. Vione (2010). Evidence of the water-cage effect on the photolysis of NO₃^- and FeOH₂⁺. Implications of this effect and of H₂O₂ surface accumulation on photochemistry at the air-water interface of atmospheric droplets. Atmospheric Environment 44, 4859-4866. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.08.035
• P. Pokkunuri, P. Nissenson, D. Dabdub (2010). Impact of the Knudsen number and mass transfer expression on multi-phase kinetic modeling. Atmospheric Environment 44, 153-163. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.10.014
• P. Nissenson, D. M. Packwood, S. H. Hunt, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, D. Dabdub (2009). Probing the sensitivity of gaseous Br₂ production from the oxidation of aqueous bromide-containing aerosols and atmospheric implications. Atmospheric Environment 43, 3951-3962. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.006
• S. Meinardi, P. Nissenson, B. Barletta, D. Dabdub, F. S. Rowland, and D. R. Blake (2008). Influence of the public transportation system on the air quality of a major urban center. A case study: Milan, Italy. Atmospheric Environment 42, 7915-7923. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.07.046
• P. Nissenson, J. L. Thomas, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, and D. Dabdub (2008). Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the mechanism of gas-phase chlorine production from NaCl aerosols in the MAGIC model. Atmospheric Environment 42, 6934-6941. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.04.041
• P. Nissenson, C. J. H. Knox, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, L. F. Phillips, and D. Dabdub (2006). Enhanced photolysis in aerosols: evidence for important surface effects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 8, 4700-4710. doi: 10.1039/b609219e
• G. Benford and P. Nissenson (2006). Reducing solar sail escape times from Earth orbit using beamed energy. Acta Astronautica 58, 175-184. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.09.009

Non-CPP Conferences - Abstract and presentation only: (Not a complete listing)

• P. Nissenson, N. Tsuchiya, M. Jawharlal, A. Shih. Development of a department-level online video tutorial library.  CSU Teaching and Learning Symposium, CSU Fresno, March 2019. Abstract available at https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/faculty-staff/Institute-for-teaching-and-learning/Documents/2019-ITL-Symposium-Program.pdf
• P. Nissenson, N. Tsuchiya. Creating an Online Engineering Video Library at a State University. American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Symposium, June 2018. Abstract available at http://associations.sou.edu/aaaspd/2018POMONA/SympAbstracts2018/04.pdf
• P. Nissenson, L. M. Wingen, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, D. Dabdub. Understanding the Formation of Bromine from Deliquesced Sodium Bromide Aerosol in the Presence of Ozone and UV Light. 8th Annual workshop of AirUCI (Atmospheric Integrated Research for Understanding Chemistry at Interfaces). Laguna Beach, CA, January 2012.
• P. Nissenson, L. M. Wingen., S. W. Hunt, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, D. Dabdub. Probing the Formation of  Molecular Bromine From Deliquesced NaBr Aerosol in the Presence of Ozone and UV Light. 30th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research. Orlando, Florida, October 2011.
• P. Nissenson, S. W. Hunt, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, D. Dabdub. Formation of molecular bromine from deliquesced NaBr aerosol in the presence of ozone and UV light. 28th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research. Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2009.
• P. Nissenson, D. M. Packwood, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, S. W. Hunt, D. Dabdub. Understanding the important mechanisms of Br_2(g) formation from NaBr aerosols. 27th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research. Orlando, Florida, October 2008.
• P. Nissenson, J. L. Thomas, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, D. Dabdub. Sensitivity Analysis of the MAGIC Aerosol Model Using Latin Hypercube Sampling. Atmospheric Integrated Research for Understanding Chemistry at Interfaces Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand, December 2006.
• P. Nissenson, C. J. H. Knox, B. J. Finlayson-Pitts, L. F. Phillips, D. Dabdub. Spatial distribution of intensity within droplets. 24th Annual Conference of the American Association for Aerosol Research. Austin, Texas, October 2005.