User:EmilyBP
Background
[edit | edit source]Emily Bow Pearce is a first year at Saint Mary's, University of Notre Dame, double majoring in chemistry and studio art. She completed high school at Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School.
| Name | Emily Bow Pearce |
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| Affiliations | Saint Mary's, University of Western Ontario |
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| Skills | Adobe Fresco, Procreate, Python, OpenSCAD, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Libre Office, Fused filament-based 3-D printing, chemical synthesis and characterization |
| Groups | FAST Member |
| Registered | 2024 |
Work Experience
[edit | edit source]- She is a summer researcher at the FAST Lab at University of Western Ontario
- She works for the Moreau Art Gallery
- She interned at SterileState, a chemical startup company, working with polymer testing.
- She is a private swim instructor with National Lifeguard certification
- She held a Co-op placement at Western University of Ontario
- She has a Specialist High Skills Major Red Seal in Arts and Culture
- She has a photography portfolio that has reached over 2 million views.
- She runs an online logo business called E-Designs and an art portfolio.
Research Interests
[edit | edit source]- Polycarbonate Stained Glass
- Photovoltaic (PV) System designs
- Foundation and footing designs
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Bow Pearce, E., Pearce, J. M., & Romani, A. (2025). Design of Alternatives to Stained Glass with Open-Source Distributed Additive Manufacturing for Energy Efficiency and Economic Savings. Designs, 9(4), 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/designs9040080
- Rana, S., Pearce, E. B., Romani, A., & Pearce*, J. M. (2025, November). Potential of Polycarbonate-based Stained Glass Window Retrofits for Cooling Load Reduction in Hot Climates. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5771945 (Under Review)
- Romani*, A., Nansubuga, R. K., Mottaghi, M., Munang, D., Pearce, E. B., Viswanathan, P., … Pearce, J. M. (2026, February). Design for replicability in open-source distributed assistive technology for low-resource settings: a case study of two-piece 3D-printed forearm crutches. MedRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.13.26345756 (Under Review)
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Western Engineering Summer Dean's Award
- Sorin Fellows Program
- Western Engineering Summer Deans Award
- Saint Mary's Dean's List 2025 and 2026
- Commendation for her portfolio exhibition in 2025 and 2026
- Father Fogarty Catholic Student Award in 2025
- Mother Teresa Spirit Award
- Student of Distinction in 2024 and 2025
- Subject awards in Digital Art, Visual Art, Chemistry, Careers, and Civics
- Certificate of Distinction in the University of Waterloo Canadian Coding Contest
- Topical Winner of American High School Poets Scholarship Contest
- Principal's Honour Roll in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
- First in Remembrance Essay Contest in Ontario
- First in Remembrance Poetry Contest in Ontario
- University of Michigan photography contest winner
Gallery
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