Sensing and Feedback of Home Resource Consumption Behaviors
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I am interested in designing, building, and evaluating technology to address high-impact social problems such as environmental sustainability, personal health and well-being, and computer accessibility. My dissertation is motivated by evidence that there is often a profound disconnect between our everyday behaviors and the effects those behaviors have on our health and the environment around us. Specifically, I explore how technology can be used to effectively sense and report information about environmental behaviors to promote awareness and enable positive behavior change.
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