{"id":549,"date":"2019-11-25T13:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=549"},"modified":"2025-05-22T05:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:57:36","slug":"paul-trunfio","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/profile\/paul-trunfio\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Trunfio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H3>Research<\/H3><\/p>\n<p><B>Computational and visual modeling of complex systems<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Network science provides a perspective to learn about complex systems and a richer understanding of real-world problems.  In social, political and defense systems, among others, network infrastructures show a large number of interdependencies: physical interdependency when energy, material or people flow from one infrastructure to another; cyber interdependency when information is transmitted or exchanged; geographic interdependency signaling the co-location of infrastructure elements; logical interdependency that signals financial, political coordination, and other interactions. <\/p>\n<p><B>Computational and visual modeling for enhancing K-12 and undergraduate education<\/B><\/p>\n<p>Building bridges between science research and education consist of multiple efforts to adapt research-driven computational models and tools to science education, develop curricula, host workshops and internships, and build mentorships between undergraduate and graduate university students and K-12 students and teachers.  These projects include:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/networks\">Data &amp; Network Science in K-20 Education<\/a>, an initiative (a collaboration between Physics, Wheelock College of Education, Government and Community Affairs and external partners) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/elegantatoms\/\">Elegant Atoms<\/A>.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on research activities\/interests\/collaborations: <a href=\"http:\/\/polymer.bu.edu\">Complex Systems Collaborative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><H3>Teaching<\/H3><\/p>\n<p><UL><LI>PY105 &#8211; Physics 1<br \/>\n<LI>PY106 &#8211; Physics 2<br \/>\n<LI>CC212 &#8211; Science, Reality and the Modern World<br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>Further details on perspectives on teaching as well as course-specific sites: <a href=\"http:\/\/polymer.bu.edu\/paul\/teaching\">Paul&#8217;s Teaching Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><H3>Selected Publications<\/H3><\/p>\n<p><UL><LI>C. Park, K. Howard, P. Trunfio, H.  Kim, S. Solberg, J. Flete, A. Rodriguez, A, (2023). Developing STEM Career Identity Among Latinx Youth: Impact of an Intervention that Integrates STEM Learning with Individualized Learning Plans.  Career Development Quarterly, accepted for publication. https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/handle\/2144\/42302 <\/p>\n<p><LI>C. Park, A. Rodriguez, J. Flete, I.  Erilus, H. Kim, Y. Dai, A. Oliver-Davila, P. Trunfio, K.  Howard, and S. Solberg (2021). Embedding Life Design in Future Readiness Efforts to Promote Collective Impact and Economically Sustainable Communities: Conceptual Frameworks and Case Example. Sustainability, 2021, 13(23), 13189. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/su132313189 <\/p>\n<p><LI>L. D. Valdez, L. Shekhtman, C. E. La Rocca, X. Zhang, S. V. Buldyrev, P. Trunfio, L. A. Braunstein, S. Havlin, \u201cCascading Failure in Complex Networks,\u201d Journal of Complex Networks,  Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2020, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/comnet\/cnaa013<\/p>\n<p><LI>I. Perez, P. Trunfio, C. E. La Rocca, L. Braunstein, \u201cControlling distant contacts to reduce disease spreading on disordered complex networks,\u201d Physica A 545 (2020) 123709. <\/p>\n<p><LI>K. B\u00f6rner, W. Rouse, P. Trunfio &#038; H. E. Stanley, \u201cForecasting innovations in science, technology and education,\u201d Introduction to special issue on Modeling and Visualizing Science and Technology Developments, Proceedings of National Academies of Sciences, December 2018<br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>For further information about my history at BU and contributions to science and education: <a href=\"http:\/\/polymer.bu.edu\/paul\/trunfio-BU-bio-update-02-2025.pdf\">Narrative Biosketch<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/polymer.bu.edu\/paul\/\">Personal Homepage<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17099,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17099"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4285,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/549\/revisions\/4285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}