Lt Col Steven J. Schuldt
Education
2017 Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2012 Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Science, Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
2006 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Awards
Academic
2021 AFIT Graduate School nominee, General Bernard A. Schriever Award 2020 Junior Chamber International USA Ten Outstanding Young Americans 2019 AFIT Leslie M. Norton Teaching Excellence Award
2017 Air Force winner, Arthur S. Flemming Award, Basic Science Category
2013 Director, Defense Education and Training Network’s Course of the Year
2012 Winner, “Best Poster,” CBRNe Convergence 2012, Norfolk, VA
2008 Top Academic Performer, Air Force Civil Engineer Basic Course
2008 Distinguished Graduate, Air Force Civil Engineer Basic Course
Military
2018 Air Force winner, Major General L. Dean Fox Award
2018 Field Grade Officer of the Year, Air Education and Training Command
2017 Air Force winner, National Society of Professional Engineers Federal Engineer of the Year
2017 National winner, Sverdrup Medal, Society of American Military Engineers
2017 Field Grade Officer of the Year, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, ROK
2017 Senior Military Manager of the Year, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, ROK
2017 Field Grade Officer of the 3rd Quarter, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, ROK
2014 Team of the Year, Air Force Institute of Technology
2013 Company Grade Officer (CGO) of the 1st Quarter, Air Force Institute of Technology
2009 Junior Company Grade Officer of the Year, 437th Air Wing, JB Charleston, SC
2009 Junior Military Manager of the Year, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Charleston, SC
2009 Officer of the Month, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan
2008 Junior CGO of the 4th Quarter, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Charleston, SC
2008 Junior CGO of the 2nd Quarter, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Charleston, SC
2007 Junior CGO of the 4th Quarter, 437th Civil Engineer Squadron, JB Charleston, SC
Publications
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Schuldt, S., Jagoda, J., Hoisington, A., and Delorit, J. (2021). “A systematic review of the viability of 3D-printed construction in remote environments.” Automation in Construction. (accepted).
Taylor, W., Schuldt, S., Delorit, J., Chini, C., Postolache, T., Lowry, C., Brenner, L., and Hoisington, A. (2021). “A framework for estimating the United States depression burden attributable to indoor fine particulate matter exposure.” Science of The Total Environment, 756, 143858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143858
Pearson, J., Wagner, T., Delorit, J., and Schuldt, S. (2020). “Cost Analysis of Optimized Islanded Energy Systems in a Dispersed Air Base Conflict.” Energies, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 13(18), 4677. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13184677
Delorit, J., Schuldt, S., and Chini, C. (2020). “Evaluating an adaptive management strategy for organizational energy use under climate uncertainty.” Energy Policy, 142, 111547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111547
Stout, T., Teston, A., Langhals, B., Delorit, J., Hendrix, C., and Schuldt, S. (2020). “United States department of defense (DoD) real property repair, alterations, maintenance, and construction project contract data: 2009–2020.” Data in Brief, 32, 106128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106128
Filer, J., Delorit, J., Hoisington, A., and Schuldt, S. (2020). “Optimizing the environmental and economic sustainability of remote community infrastructure.” Sustainability, 12(6), 2208. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062208
Pearson, J., Wagner, T., Delorit, J., and Schuldt, S. (2020). “Meeting temporary facility energy demand with climate-optimized off-grid energy systems.” IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, 7, 203-211. https://doi.org/10.1109/OAJPE.2020.2998982
Jagoda, J., Diggs-McGee, B., Kreiger, M., and Schuldt, S. (2020). “The viability and simplicity of 3D-printed construction: A military case study.” Infrastructures, 5(4), 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures5040035
Thomsen, N., Hoisington, A. and Schuldt, S. (2020). “Sustaining contingency bases through solar power.” The Military Engineer. 112(726). 66-67. https://samenews.org/tme-march-april-2020/.
Schuldt, S., El-Rayes, K., Soylemezoglu, A., and Garfinkle, N. (2020). “Minimizing Consequences of Explosive Attacks on Remote Construction Sites.” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)CF.1943-5509.0001354
Beemer, C. J., Stearns-Yoder, K. A., Schuldt, S. J., Kinney, K. A., Lowry, C. A., Postolache, T. T., Brenner, L. A., and Hoisington, A. J. (2019). “A brief review on the mental health for select elements of the built environment.” Indoor and Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326X19889653.
Hoisington, A., Stearns-Yoder, K., Schuldt, S., *Beemer, C., Maestre, J., Kinney, K., Postolache, T., Lowry, C., and Brenner, L. (2019). “Ten questions concerning the built environment and mental health.” Building and Environment, 155, 58–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.036
Schuldt, S., and El-Rayes, K. (2018). “Optimizing the Planning of Remote Construction Sites to Minimize Facility Destruction from Explosive Attacks.” Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 144(5), 4018020.
Schuldt, S., and El-Rayes, K. (2018). “Optimal tradeoffs between the security and cost of critical buildings and infrastructure systems.” International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 8(2), 299–306.
Schuldt, S., and El-Rayes, K. (2017). “Quantifying Blast Effects on Constructed Facilities behind Blast Walls.” Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 31(4), 4017027.
Janeczko, A., Walters, E. B., Schuldt, S., Magnuson, M, Willison, S., Brown, L., Ruiz, O., Felker, D., and Racz, L. (2014). “Fate of malathion and a phosphonic acid in activated sludge with varying solids retention times.” Water Research, 57, 127–139.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Racz, L., Willison, S., Magnuson, M., Schuldt, S., Walters, E., Janeczko, A. (2013). “Fate of organophosphorous chemical warfare agents in municipal wastewater treatment.” CBRN Symposium, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Racz, L., Walters, E., Schuldt, S., Janeczko, A., Magnuson, M., Willison, S. (2012). Fate of chemical warfare agents in wastewater treatment biomass (Poster), CBRNe Convergence, Norfolk, VA, October 2012. Won “Best Poster” Award.
Willison, S., Racz, L., Schuldt, S., Walters, E. (2012). “Fate of organophosphate chemical warfare agents (CWAs) in a municipal wastewater treatment system.” American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition, Dallas, TX.
Schuldt, S., Racz, L., Willison, S. (2012). “Biodegradation of organophosphate chemical warfare agents by activated sludge.” Third Annual AFIT Department of Systems and Engineering Management Occupational and Environmental Health Student Thesis Symposium, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Schuldt, S. (2015). “Measuring Building Performance” in Handbook of Measurements: Benchmarks for System Accuracy and Precision. CRC Press. 133-149. Print.