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Overview

Joshua M. Pearce is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Engineering, with particular expertise in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Their work also covers areas related to Pollution.

The main topics of their research include Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Energy and Environment Impacts, Solar Cell Performance Optimization, Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Joshua M. Pearce has published extensively, with some of their recent papers including:

  • Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy (2020, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • Integrating solar energy with agriculture: Industry perspectives on the market, community, and socio-political dimensions of agrivoltaics (2021, Energy Research & Social Science)
  • A review of open source ventilators for COVID-19 and future pandemics (2020, F1000Research)
  • Economic savings for scientific free and open source technology: A review (2020, HardwareX)
  • A First Investigation of Agriculture Sector Perspectives on the Opportunities and Barriers for Agrivoltaics (2020, Agronomy)

Their frequent collaborators include Uzair Jamil, Koami Soulemane Hayibo, David Denkenberger, Md Motakabbir Rahman, and Aliaksei Petsiuk. Joshua M. Pearce publishes regularly in venues such as Preprints.org, SSRN Electronic Journal, HardwareX, Sustainability, and Designs.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to books, including a publication by Michigan Technological University titled "Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects," released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • A review of solar photovoltaic levelized cost of electricity

    K. Branker;M. J. M. Pathak;J.M. Pearce

  • Mechanical properties of components fabricated with open-source 3-D printers under realistic environmental conditions

    B. M. Tymrak;M Kreiger;Joshua M. Pearce

  • The potential of agrivoltaic systems

    Harshavardhan Dinesh;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Building Research Equipment with Free, Open-Source Hardware

    Joshua M. Pearce

  • Analytical model for the optical functions of amorphous semiconductors from the near-infrared to ultraviolet: Applications in thin film photovoltaics

    A. S. Ferlauto;G. M. Ferreira;Joshua M. Pearce;C. R. Wronski

  • The effects of PLA color on material properties of 3-D printed components

    Ben T. Wittbrodt;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Quantifying rooftop solar photovoltaic potential for regional renewable energy policy

    L. K. Wiginton;Ha T. Nguyen;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Life-cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printers

    Ben T. Wittbrodt;A. G. Glover;J. Laureto;G. C. Anzalone

  • Evolution of microstructure and phase in amorphous, protocrystalline, and microcrystalline silicon studied by real time spectroscopic ellipsometry

    R.W. Collins;A.S. Ferlauto;G.M. Ferreira;Chi Chen

  • Photovoltaics — A Path to Sustainable Futures

    Joshua M Pearce

  • Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective

    André O Laplume;Bent Petersen;Joshua M Pearce

  • Plastic recycling in additive manufacturing: A systematic literature review and opportunities for the circular economy

    Fabio A. Cruz Sanchez;Hakim Boudaoud;Mauricio Camargo;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Life Cycle Analysis of Distributed Recycling of Post-consumer High Density Polyethylene for 3-D Printing Filament

    M. A. Kreiger;M. L. Mulder;A. G. Glover;Joshua M. Pearce

  • 3-D Printing of Open Source Appropriate Technologies for Self-Directed Sustainable Development

    J Pearce;C Blair;K Laciak;R Andrews

  • Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Distributed Three-Dimensional Printing and Conventional Manufacturing of Polymer Products

    Megan Kreiger;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Open-Source Lab: How to Build Your Own Hardware and Reduce Research Costs

    Joshua M. Pearce

  • Producer Responsibility and Recycling Solar Photovoltaic Modules

    N. C. McDonald;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Tensile strength of commercial polymer materials for fused filament fabrication 3D printing

    Nagendra Gautam Tanikella;Ben T. Wittbrodt;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Distributed recycling of waste polymer into RepRap feedstock

    Christopher Baechler;Matthew DeVuono;Joshua M. Pearce

  • Open-Source Syringe Pump Library

    Bas Wijnen;Emily J. Hunt;Gerald C. Anzalone;Joshua M. Pearce

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert W. Collins
Robert W. Collins University of Toledo
Kim M. Jones
Kim M. Jones National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mowafak Al-Jassim
Mowafak Al-Jassim National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jane Webster
Jane Webster Queen's University
Alan Robock
Alan Robock Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jukka Seppälä
Jukka Seppälä Aalto University
Gian Domenico Sorarù
Gian Domenico Sorarù University of Trento
Maarit Karppinen
Maarit Karppinen Aalto University
David R. Shonnard
David R. Shonnard Michigan Technological University
Kunal Karan
Kunal Karan University of Calgary

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