Hanna Shapira, MED Yale University, B.Arch RISD (Rhode Island School of Design

CONTRIBUTIONS

Patent

"Reflective Insulating Blinds for Windows and the Like," Patent No. 4,292,763 (issued 10/06/81) assigned to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Publications

  1. "Computer Aided Design," H. B. Shapira and R. S. Frew, Invited paper, 11th Design Automation Workshop, Denver, CO, June 1974. Sponsored by ACM and IEEE, published.
  2. "An Earth Covered Residential Concept for the Humid Continental Region," C. V. Chester, H. B. Shapira, P. R. Barnes, and G. A. Cristy, Earth Covered Settlements Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, May 1978, published.
  3. "RIB - Reflective Insulating Blinds," H. B. Shapira and P. R. Barnes, Proceedings of the 4th National Passive Solar Conference, American Section of ISES, Killen, TX, 1979, pp. 393-394.
  4. "An Earth Integrated Design: Office Dormitory Facility," H. B. Shapira and P. R. Barnes, Proceedings of Earth Sheltered Housing Conference Exhibition-land, Minneapolis, MN, April 1980, pp. 5-17.
  5. "Passive Solar Heating and Natural Cooling of an Earth Integrated Design," P. R. Barnes and H. B. Shapira, Proceedings, Earth Sheltered Building Design Innovations, Oklahoma City, OK, April 1980, pp. VII 29-31.
  6. "Reflective Insulating Blinds," H. B. Shapira and P. R. Barnes, Sunworld, Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 58, Pergamon Press Ltd.
  7. "Assessing the Performance of an Energy-Saving Design," H. B. Shapira and P. R. Barnes, Underground Space Vol. 5, No. 3, 1980 (Nov./Dec.) Pergamon Press.
  8. "Reflective Insulating Blinds for Window Applications," H. B. Shapira, Invited paper and presentation at DOE Passive and Hybrid Solar Energy Program Update Meeting, September 21- 24, 1980, Proceedings CONF- 800972.
  9. "Up and Down, Energy and Cost Comparison," H. B. Shapira, S. E. Brite, and M. B. Yost, Proceedings of the 1981 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, Inc., Vol. 4.2, pp. 931-935, 5/26/81.
  10. "Passive Cooling and Heating Program at ORNL for FY-1981," H. B. Shapira, S. I. Kaplan, C. V. Chester, Proceedings of the Passive and Hybrid Solar Energy Program Update Meeting, August 9-12, 1981, Washington, DC.
  11. "RIB - Energy-Saving Window Application," H. B. Shapira, Abstract, Proceedings of Solar World Forum, International Solar Conference, Brighton, UK, August 23- 28, 1981.
  12. "Final Progress Report Commercial and Multifamily Buildings Energy and Risk Analysis," K. R. Corum, G. A. Cristy, D. M. Hamblin, G. H. Llewellyn, H. B. Shapira, and R. L. Shelton, ORNL/CF-81/308, 1981.
  13. "Cost and Comparison Study of Above- and Below-ground Dwellings," ORNL/CON-91, H. B. Shapira, G. A. Cristy, S. E. Brite, and M. B. Yost, 1983.
  14. "Cost and Comparison Study of Above- and Below-ground Dwellings," H. B. Shapira, G. A. Cristy, S. E. Brite, and M. B. Yost, Underground Space Journal, Vol. 7, No. 6, 1983.
  15. "Hazard Mitigation Potential of Earth Sheltered Residences," C. V. Chester, H. B. Shapira, G. A. Cristy, M. Schweitzer, S. A. Carnes, and D. T. Safdi, ORNL-5957, 1983.
  16. "THE HOME AS A HAVEN -Drawings for a Blast Upgradable Hazard-Resistant Earth Sheltered Residence," C. V. Chester, D. T. Safdi, G. A. Cristy, and H. B. Shapira, Taylor, Journal of Civil Defense, Vol. XVII, No. 2, April 1984.
  17. "Specification and Cost Manual for Energy Retrofits on Small Commercial and Multifamily Buildings," C. Bircher, N. Carlisle, K. Hunter (SERI), and M. MacDonald, H. B. Shapira, T. A. Vineyard, and J. Kolb (ORNL), July 1984,SERI/SP-253-2372, DE84012753.
  18. "Designed as a User Facility" H.B. Shapira, ANS News Source Number 3 March 1993. Published by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  19. "Maintenance, Operation, Research, and Radiation Zones (MORRZ) - A Design/Operation Tool for Intelligent Buildings with Application to the Advanced Neutron Source (ANS)," H.B. Shapira and R.A. Brown, New Methods and Technologies in Planning and Construction of INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS, Proceedings of IB/IC Intelligent Buildings Congress '95, ISRAEL. Editor A. Lustig February 6-8, 1995
  20. "The Advanced Neutron Source: Designing for Science," R.A. Brown, R.M. Harrington, J.B. Hayter, T.J. McManamy, D.L. Moses, F.J. Peretz, C.C. Queen, H.B. Shapira, P.B. Thompson, and C.D. West. Progress in Nuclear Engineering Journal. (1995).

Ms. Shapira's work was also covered and/or mentioned (among others) in:

  1. Progressive Architecture, November 1981, p. 141, in the article "Interior Techniques: Daylight Control;"
  2. Popular Science, Sept. 1980, p.24, "Reflective Insulating Blind Traps Solar Heat," by Edward Moslander;
  3. Wall Street Journal - Tuesday, February 2, 1984, Page 1, BRIEFS by J.A. Tannenbaum
  4. Popular Science - Underground debate, May 1984, Sept. 1984, and January 1985.

There are many ANS publications that also cover my work. Oral Presentations and others

  1. Annual Hospital Design Institute Workshop of the American Hospital Association, November 1973, New Orleans, LA, Invited by the AHA to be a team leader assistant.
  2. 11th Design Automation Workshop, June 1974, Denver, CO, invited talk - "Computer Aided Design," sponsored by ACM and IEEE.
  3. Earth Covered Settlements Conference, May 1978, Ft, Worth, TX, "An Earth Covered Residential Concepts for the Humid Continental Region."
  4. U'Bahn International Earth Sheltered Conference, March 18, 1979, Kansas City, MO, invited talk on Earth Sheltering and Passive Heating and Cooling.
  5. Energy Division Information Meeting, technical highlights presentation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 24, 1979, "Underground Structures for Energy Conservation."
  6. U'Bahn Earth Homes, Canada, Ltd. Earth Sheltered Conference, October 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Invited talk on Passive Solar Heating and Earth Sheltering.
  7. A presentation on Solar Energy and Conservation to the Finnish Solar Energy Specialists, U.S. Tour, headed by Osmo Ville Kettuneu, Finnish Embassy, Washington, DC, at ORNL, January 15, 1980.
  8. Earth Sheltered Housing Conference and Exhibition-I, April 9, 1980, Minneapolis, MN, "An Earth Integrated Design Office/Dormitory Facility."
  9. Scientists and Engineers for Appalachian, Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Workshop, UT- Knoxville, April 25, 1980, "RIB and Earth-Integrated Design."
  10. U.S. Department of Energy Passive and Hybrid Program Update Meeting, Sep. 21-24, 1980, Washington, DC, Invited talk on "Reflective Insulating Blinds for Window Applications."
  11. Solar Rising Conference, American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, Inc., May 26-30, 1981, Philadelphia, PA, "Up and Down, Energy and Cost Comparison."
  12. Underground Space Conference and Exposition, American Underground Space Association, June 8- 10,1981, Kansas City, KS, "Up and Down, Energy and Cost Comparison."
  13. Underground Space Conference and Exposition, American Underground Space Association, June 8- 10,1981, Kansas City, KS, Chairperson of "Commercial Case Studies and Design Issues" session.
  14. "Solar Architecture," Israeli Society of Engineers and Architects, guest lecturer at "Engineer's Center" Tel- Aviv, Israel, June 25, 1981.
  15. "Solar Architecture," Israeli Society of Engineers and Architects of the Greater Haifa Region, Haifa, Israel, July 16, 1981.
  16. "Earth Sheltered Design, Significance, and Experience," East Tennessee Community Design Center, February 12, 1982, Knoxville, TN.
  17. "Earth Sheltered Design, Significance, and Experience," 1982 World's Fair, ACT 82 Pavilion, Knoxville, TN, June 11, 1982 and August 6, 1982.
  18. "Disaster Mitigation Potential of Earth-Sheltered Residences," U.S.C.D.C. FEMA Region IV Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 16, 1982.
  19. "An Earth-Integrated Design - Dormitory Office Facility," UT-Knoxville Industrial Energy Management Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 11, 1982.
  20. "An Earth-Integrated Design - Dormitory Office Facility," UT-Knoxville Passive Solar Conference, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, August 29, 1982.
  21. "Earth Sheltered Hazard Mitigation Potential," a briefing at FEMA headquarters, Washington, DC, March 11, 1983.
  22. "Reducing the Cost of Shelters and Energy Conservation in Design," UCLA School of Architecture, May 28, 1983.
  23. "Earth Sheltered Housing, Passive Solar Energy Techniques and Research Utilization Activities at ORNL for DOE/BERD," June 17, 1983, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Haifa, Israel.
  24. "Earth Sheltered Housing, Passive Solar Energy Techniques and Research Utilization Activities at ORNL for DOE/BERD," June 20, 1983, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Haifa, Israel.
  25. "Earth Sheltered Structures - Energy Conservation, Hazard Mitigation, and Optional Earth Utilization in Design and Construction," Department of Physics and Applied Mathematics, Nahal Soreq Research Institute, July 7, 1983.
  26. "Passive and Hybrid Solar Energy, Innovative Structures, and BTESIM Programs at ORNL," July 13, 1983, Beer Sheva University, Sdeh Boker Campus.
  27. "ORNL Guest Facility - Design and Data Results," WATTEC 11 - The Energy Annual Conference and Exposition, Knoxville, TN, February 21-24, 1984.
  28. "Conservation, Passive Solar Heating and Their Effect on Design," Linden School, Oak Ridge, TN, March 30, 1984.
  29. "Conservation, Passive Solar Heating and Their Effect on Design," Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Energy Education, Oak Ridge, TN, August 28, 1984.
  30. Organized and chaired: "ANS-Site and Facility Planning Workshop," Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FEDC, Oct. 18-19,1989.
  31. "Maintenance, Operation, Research, and Radiation Zones (MORRZ) - A Design/Operation Tool for Intelligent Buildings with Application to the Advanced Neutron Source (ANS)," An invited talk at the International Intelligent Building CONF. In Tel Aviv, Israel February 8, 1995.
  32. "MORRZ-ICL Systems Integration in the Design Process", Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Israel. Feb. 12 1995 Numerous

WORKSHOPS

Organized, planned, and chaired the ANS Site & Facility Planning workshop, Oct. 18-19, 1991.

OTHER EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCE

  • 02/94 Introduction to Oracle - Oracle Education Centers
  • 04/94 Administer the Oracle7 Database I -Oracle Education Centers
  • 05/92 "ProArch" application - Intergraph Corporation
  • 06/91 ALARA for Design and Operations Engineers - ORNL
  • 11/79 Design Tools for Passive Solar Systems-Programmable Calculators - University of Wisconsin Engineering Institute
  • 08/79 Design Analysis of Subterranean Structures."- Oklahoma State University Architectural Extension
  • 05/78 Solar Utilization Now - East Tennessee State University
  • 12/73 Hospital Design Institute Workshop - American Hospital Association, New Orleans, LA