nyone who has spent time at the gym knows that working out improves one's

strength. That's not the case, however, with artificial tissue and cartilage, which break down over time. Until now, that is.

A team of researchers, including a professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering from the University of Bridgeport, has devel-oped a unique nanocomposite material that can, for the first time ever, self-stiffen under repeated use and loading. Their findings could pave the way for a new generation of biomimetic materials, and appear in the recently published scientific journal, ACS Nano.

Their material consists of a carbon nano-tube forest filled with polydimethyl siloxane rubber. The interface between these two materials, they say, evolves when repeat-edly stressed and improves the overall com-posite.

That's a big breakthrough for biomedical engineers, who have long desired to de-velop materials that are as adaptive as our body's natural tissues.

"This is fascinating in the sense that if we can precisely control the nanocomposite interface, we can engineer exciting materi-als that will adapt to the loads that they are subjected to," said Prabir K. Patra, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at UB. "We believe that this discovery will not only lead to inter-esting artificial biological structures, but its implications likely extend beyond such ap-plications."

Patra worked with Brent Carey, a graduate student at Rice University and first author of the paper, and Pulickel Ajayan, the Benja-min M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering, Mechanical Engi-neering and Materials Science and of Chemistry at Rice University, whose lab carried out the experiments.

Offering an analogy between their material and bones, Carey said, "As long as you're

regularly stressing a bone in the body, it will remain strong. For example, the bones in the racket arm of a tennis player are denser than those of limbs that aren't used as fre-quently. Essentially, this is an adaptive ef-fect our body uses to withstand the loads applied to it.

"Our material is similar in the sense that a static load on our composite doesn't cause a change. You have to dynamically stress it in order to improve it. We can envision this response being attractive for developing artificial cartilage that can respond to the forces being applied to it but remains pliable in areas that are not being stressed."

"People have been trying to address the question of how polymer layer around a nanoparticle behaves", says Professor Ajayan. "It's a very complicated problem. But fundamentally, it is important if you're an engineer of nanocomposites. From that perspective, I think this is a beautiful result. It tells us that it's feasible to engineer inter-faces that make the material do unconven-tional things."

Other coauthors of the paper are former Rice postdoctoral researcher Lijie Ci; and Glaura Goulart Silva, associate professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Bra-zil.

Message from the Dean …….. 2

UB's School of Engineering is the fastest-growing of the more than 300 accredited engineering schools in the U.S. and is one of the three largest in New England. We have the largest graduate engineering program in Connecticut, with over 1,100 students.

Faculty Notes ........………….. 11

UB's School of Engineering has some of the brightest and most accomplished faculty. This report summarizes the activities they perform in the professional com-munity.

Student Awards & Scholarships ....………....................….... 14

UB engineering student awards and scholarships.

Faculty Publications …...…… 18

More than 400 faculty and student scholarly publications have been

included in world-class academic conferences and journals over the past three years.

Alumni News ……….…………. 22

Check out the latest news about School of Engineering alumni and their achievements.

Laboratory Lineup ............... 23

Find out more about the cutting-edge research laboratories that have been established by SOE fac-ulty.

Colloquium Series ………….. 25

UB's School of Engineering Collo-quium Series brings outstanding scientists, engineers, explorers, and leaders of government and industry to SOE to present chal-lenging and stimulating ideas on scientific, technical and manage-ment topics of current interest.

Better artificial limbs thanks to a breakthrough self-stiffening

material from biomedical researchers at UB and Rice University

A small block of nanocomposite material proved its ability to stiffen under strain.

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he School of Engineering at the University of Bridgeport (UB) is

home to the largest graduate engineer-ing program in the State of Connecticut, with approximately 1000 graduate stu-dents enrolled in masters and Ph.D. engineering programs. The graduate program at UB is the second largest program in New England, in terms of both the number of enrolled students and graduates. Among doctoral re-search universities in the United States (national universities), the University of Bridgeport has consistently ranked among the top five international univer-sities as per the US News and World Report magazine annual rankings, in addition to ranking near the top within the areas of diversity and small class sizes. The School of Engineering (SOE) at UB is the most internationally diverse college at the university.

The School of Engineering at UB is home to the fastest growing graduate Biomedical Engineering program in New England, and over the last five years, the SOE has exhibited the high-est growth rate at the graduate level among all engineering schools in the nation.

Fields of engineering study at UB in-clude: Computer Engineering, Electri-cal Engineering, Mechanical Engineer-ing, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology Management. The School of Engineering at the Uni-versity of Bridgeport is internationally renowned for its interdisciplinary pro-gramming and also offers many re-search and graduate concentrations, certificates, and dual-degree opportuni-ties within several multi-disciplinary fields of study, including: Bio-

Technology Management; CAD/CAM; Computer and Information Security; Computer Communications and Net-working; Entrepreneurship; Environ-mental and Energy Management and Engineering; Intellectual Property Man-agement; Manufacturing Management; Microelectronics and Computer Archi-tecture; Robotics and Automation; Ser-vice Management and Engineering; Signal and Image Processing; Soft-ware Engineering; Supply Chain Man-agement; Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI); and Wireless and Mobile Com-munications.

Sponsored research funding at the School of Engineering has quadrupled in the last three years. The School houses several research centers and laboratories that are internationally renowned within the following areas:

Applied Computational Fluid Dynam-ics; Sustainable Energy and Environ-ment; Cloud Computing; CNC Milling; Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Con-trol; Multi-Media Information Systems; Nanomaterials & Nanobiomaterials Engineering; PLC Controls & IC; Re-newable Energy; Signal Processing and Wireless and Mobile Communica-tions.

The School of Engineering has led the efforts to establish, jointly with the State of Connecticut, a high-tech busi-ness incubator targeting new start-ups and early-stage high-tech companies, which supports and enables the growth and commercialization of UB's applied research and intellectual property ini-tiatives. The CTech IncUBator is a partnership between Connecticut Inno-vations, the State of Connecticut's

quasi-public authority for technology investing and innovation development, and the University of Bridgeport. Lo-cated at UB's main campus in Bridge-port, CT, the CTech IncUBator is Fair-field County's first and only university-based incubator for high-tech start-ups. The incubator's purpose is to assist in commercializing new technologies, create jobs and foster regional eco-nomic development. The CTech IncU-Bator currently houses three high-tech companies.

With a very strong Industry Advisory Board and significant collaborative relationships with more than 700 com-panies and industries in the New Eng-land and Mid-Atlantic regions, the School of Engineering has, and contin-ues to place, thousands of engineering undergraduate and graduate students in co-ops and internship positions while they are still in the academic programs, in addition to maintaining a stellar re-cord of full-time job placement upon student graduation.

Tarek M. Sobh, Ph.D.

Vice President for Graduate Stud-ies and Research, Dean, School of Engineering

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RIDGEPORT -- Digging a ditch is hard work, especially when the

ditch is 250,000 miles away.

That was the problem that engineering students at the University of Bridgeport faced when they entered a design competition sponsored by NASA. The purpose of the contest was to come up with ideas for a lunar excavator that NASA engineers could use for an un-manned robotic device that the space agency hopes to send to the lunar sur-face in the future.

Twenty-one other colleges and univer-sities participated in the NASA Lu-nabotics Mining Competition, which took place in May. The challenge, NASA said, was to design and build "a remote-controlled or autonomous ex-cavator (lunabot) that can collect and deposit a minimum of 10 kilograms" of simulated lunar surface within 15 min-utes.

Even for a machine, conditions on the lunar surface are not conducive to dig-ging ditches, nor to anything else for that matter. Temperatures range from 250 degrees Fahrenheit at "noon" to minus 240 at night. The surface is shrouded in a thick layer of regolith -- superfine dust that seems to stick to just about every man-made surface. Then there's the airless environment that makes lubrication of parts difficult and the low gravity, which confounds earthbound testing efforts.

Plus, there's no place to fuel up, and even if there was, a gasoline engine wouldn't work there anyway because there's no air.

"We were limited to 80 kilograms and we had to keep power consumption to 30 watts," said Nicolae Gari, a student from Romania who was the team leader. It took only a few months to put together the prototype, Gari said, add-ing, "My laptop uses more electricity

than this thing."

He said that photovoltaic solar cells could not be used because they'd have to be too large to be practical, so lith-ium-ion batteries were used instead.

"The density of the lunar regolith is a lot less than, say, sand on Earth -- 1.9 (grams per cubic centimeter) as op-posed to 2.6 on Earth," Gari said. This is why the "buckets" are shaped the way that they are, much wider than they are deep.

Plywood was used as the framework because it's cheap, strong and easy to modify when last-minute changes are needed.

"A lot of teams from other universities got in trouble because they used steel, and they found it difficult to make last-minute changes," said Matthew Bre-land of Bridgeport, an undergraduate engineering student who worked on the project.

A $4,500 NASA grant awarded by the Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, had to cover materials and travel ex-penses, too. The competition took place last spring at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

"We had to pitch in," said professor Tarek Sobh, Dean of UB's Department of Engineering.

"There's is an ongoing debate on whether this should be completely autonomous, semi-autonomous or completely manual," said Sobh.

All three have their advantages and drawbacks.

To control a lunar device from Earth, you'd have to deal with a 2.6-second delay time -- the time it takes for the radio signal to get to the device and for the device to signal back to Earth again. NASA scientists ruefully note that light might seem instantaneous on

Earth, but it's agonizingly slow when dealing with astronomical distances.

"Then, you're dealing with human reac-tion times," Sobh said. "If you're con-trolling the thing from Earth, and you don't react in time, it goes off a cliff and that's the end of that."

He said that the fully autonomous ap-proach, in which the rover is pro-grammed to react to every conceivable situation, has a drawback, too, in that a situation might arise that the unit is not programmed to handle.

"That's why we like the semi-autonomous approach, in which you have all these sensors -- stereo cam-eras, infrared sensors, laser range finders and so forth -- to allow the unit to reaction to foreseeable situations, and then when there is a danger to the rover excavator, you'll be able to take over," he said. "And, with this approach, we might be able to find something interesting, pick it up and look at it."

The competition was won by the "MULE" entry from Montana State Uni-versity, NASA said.

Acknowledgements

Courtesy of CT Post, article by John Burgeson and photos by Brian A. Pounds, CT Post

UB students design lunar ditch-digger in NASA competition

University of Bridgeport graduate student and team leader Nicolae Gari demonstrates the lunar excavator that a group of students designed and constructed for the inaugural NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition.

University of Bridgeport graduate student and team leader Nicolae Gari, right, demonstrates the lunar excavator that a group of students designed and constructed for the inaugu-ral NASA Lunabotics Mining Competition. Undergradu-ate team member Matthew Breland looks on.

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B Faculty Research Day, held on February 11, was an overwhelm-

ing success! Topics included numer-ous research projects with clinical and industry applications, such as wireless capsule imaging, nutritional interven-tions, global bank transparency, secu-rity and wireless networks, automated technologies for social networks, valuation methods for real options, solar panel and fuel cell applications, reverse logistics of pharmaceutical products, and wireless distance-verifying security systems. Best prac-tices and educational innovations were also presented for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-matics) subjects, new assessment

instruments for teacher attitudes to-ward inclusion, instructor evaluations, and high poverty student needs for academic success.

The event drew 170 registered faculty, students, administration, and members of UB's industry advisory boards. A total of 73 posters were displayed throughout the University Gallery in the Arnold Bernhard Arts and Humanities Center. Among the 88 posters, 44 were from the School of Engineering. Mohammad A. Karim, Ph.D., Vice President for Research at Old Domin-ion University, delivered a fast-paced keynote presentation over lunch, high-lighting Old Dominion's rapid expan-sion and growth in sponsored research

A Brief Report on UB’s 2011 Faculty Research Day

hrinivas Bhosale pointed to the black-and-white image of a human

liver. On the left side of the picture was a large milky blot of white. "There's the tumor," Bhosale said. "That's what we're looking at."

In fact, Bhosale, a PhD candidate in computer science, and a team of re-searchers are looking at the tumor in a radically new light; they're using com-puter algorithms to produce state-of-the-art 3D images that reveal not just tumors' volumetric size, but also their density.

This startling new view-the result of research Bhosale is conducting with computer and engineering professor Prabir Patra and researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas-should help doctors create more effective treatments for patients with cancer.

The work was just among 120 projects on display during the University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Day on Friday, February 11.

A celebration of ideas, the event fea-tured cutting-edge work in fields as far ranging as global banking and busi-ness to education, music, biology, en-gineering, computer science, politics-even martial arts.

"This is a showcase of how much re-search there is at UB," said Dr. Tarek Sobh, vice president of graduate stud-ies and research. "We're very excited that most of the colleges and schools

at the University are participating. It's a great way for faculty and students to learn more about research in other departments and find pathways to col-laborate."

Nilima Shroff was among the partici-pants who submitted research.

Shroff, a graduate student earning a master's in technology management, and professor Dr. Elif Kongar, have developed a system that uses barcode technology to route unused, expired, or damaged pharmaceuticals back to industry clearinghouses for safe han-dling.

The technology is sorely needed.

According to the Healthcare Distribu-tion Management Association, just 4 percent of all products from pharma-ceutical warehouses are properly recy-cled, disposed of, or redistributed. That

creates huge hazards to the environ-ment and to patients when unused drugs are tossed away, illegally resold, or mishandled, says Shroff.

"It is illegal, but it happens a lot," says Shroff.

Across the Gallery at the Arnold Bern-hard Center, where the Research Day took place, education professor Marga-ret Queenan presented research that examines methods teachers can use to help students of poverty better read and understand scientific texts. Queenan's research poster included a letter from a young student to her teacher.

"It is helpful to wonder," she wrote, "because sometimes when you wonder, you find the right answer."

Ideas took center stage at the University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Day on February 11

Shrinivas Bhosale, a PhD Candidate, explains his re-search project during the poster session on the Faculty Research day.

Dr. Mohammad A. Karim is listening to a poster presentation.

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awards since his arrival in 2004.

The afternoon included faculty facili-tated breakout sessions, eight featured poster talks that were selected from among 23 applications, and concluded with a wine and cheese reception.

Awards were presented for first, sec-ond and third place for the graduate student poster competition, and first place for the undergraduate student poster competition. Honorable men-tions were also awarded for both cate-gories.

Graduate Student Poster Awards:

1st Place: Eugene Gerety (Engineering), "Wireless Distance-verifying Security System for ID Card/Document Enrollment Stations"

2nd Place: Ying-ju Chen (Engineering), "Computer Aided Diagnosis System for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Video"

3rd Place: Nilima Shroff (Engineering), "Reverse Logistics of Pharmaceutical Products"

Graduate Student Honorable Mention:

1. Ashish Aphale (Engineering), "Fabrication of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) Nanofibers by Electrospin-ning"

2. Richard Greenwood (Engineering), "Using Quality Mechanisms to Solve a Practice Service Business Problem of Reducing Delinquent Payments"

3. Ismail Ozenc (Engineering), "Establishing an Environmental

Sustainability Program at UB"

4. Yuan Zhang (International Col-lege), "Chinese Perspectives of India and Indian People"

Undergraduate 1st Place: Dugho Jin (Biology), "Interaction of Chromium with Nickel in the Induction of Sister Chromatid Exchanges in CHO Cells"

Undergraduate Honorable Mentions:

1. Janneth Alvarez, Sandra Granath, Lincoln LaGrotteria, Weihua Wang and Rebecca Ward (International College), "Bridging Future US-China Relations through the Study of Mao Zedong"

2. Grethel Burch and Andre McBean (Biology), "Water and Saline Stress Effect on Shoots and Root

Dr. Christine Hempowicz gives the welcoming speech during the poster session.

Tech IncUBator , Fai rf ie ld County's newest incubator for

high-tech start-ups, is now open for business and has started accepting applications from technology ventures.

The incubator is located at 250 Myrtle Street, Bridgeport, on the UB campus. Its 2,400 square-foot space will house up to six technology start-ups in the information technology, digital media, advanced materials, clean technology and other technology industry sectors.

For application information, contact gadselig@bridgeport.edu or Char-lie.moret@ctinnovations.com.

CTech IncUBator is a partnership be-tween the University of Bridgeport, and Connecticut Innovations (CI), the State of Connecticut's leading investor in emerging-technology ventures. CI opened its first technology business incubator in New Haven at Science

Park at Yale in 2008.

Ventures selected for the incubator will be able to tap into the strong business relationships and expertise of the incu-bator's partners while being provided with offices and conference facilities and access to university research and other state-of-the-art resources, staff, and faculty.

"The University of Bridgeport has a long tradition of supporting the state's entrepreneurs," said Dr. Gad Selig, associate dean, business development and outreach at the University of Bridgeport. "The CTech IncUBator provides entrepreneurs unaffiliated with UB an excellent opportunity to benefit from the expertise on campus."

About Connecticut Innovations Inc.

Connecticut Innovations (CI) is a quasi-public organization dedicated to driv-ing a vibrant, entrepreneurial, technol-

ogy-based economy in Connecticut. CI stimulates high-tech growth by invest-ing in: early-stage Connecticut technol-ogy companies; university/industry research collaborations; technology transfer; and, clean energy initiatives through the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. CI also fosters collaboration among government, business, non-profit and academic organizations to advance technology growth and pro-motes public policies consistent with CI's mission. For more information on CI, please visit www.ctinnovations.com.

New business incubator opens at UB: Offices, research facilities, other support available to technology

ventures

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ovember 16 -- Calling it "the per-fect blend of public, private and

academic support [with] the potential to boost economic development and cre-ate jobs on so many levels," Connecti-cut Governor M. Jodi Rell officially opened CTech IncUBator at the Uni-versity of Bridgeport today.

Developed by Connecticut Innovations (CI), the State of Connecticut's leading investor in emerging technology ven-tures, and the University of Bridgeport (UB), the newly opened CTech IncU-Bator is Fairfield County's first and only university-based incubator to help high-tech start-ups prosper.

Small businesses account for eight out of ten new jobs created in Connecticut.

Companies participating in the incuba-tor, located on the UB campus at 250 Myrtle Avenue, are provided with an array of resources to ensure success

in their earliest stages of development, from access to pro bono investment expertise to business and technology acumen, university research facilities, faculty and student interns, and advice from partner sponsors.

The incubator will initially focus on at-tracting participants from the following industry sectors: information technol-ogy, digital media, advanced materials, clean tech, biotechnology/biomedical technology and related technologies.

M. Mark Abreu, founder, co-director and chief science officer of Brain Tun-nelgenix Technologies Corp., the first business tenant at CTechIncUBator, said, "We see this as the perfect envi-ronment to grow our business. Con-necticut Innovations and the University of Bridgeport can take us to the next level. Their interdisciplinary approach is essential to technology companies like ours. Our products are based on

research from one of the finest medical institutions in the world."

Governor Rell opens CTech IncUBator @ University of Bridgeport: New venture is the first of its kind for

generating jobs in Fairfield County

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell offi-cially opened CTech IncUBator at the

University of Bridgeport

ISSE 2010 is the sixth conference of the CISSE series of E-

conferences. According to Dr. Khaled Elleithy and Dr. Tarek Sobh, confer-ence co-chairs, "CISSE is the world's first Engineering/Computing and Sys-tems Research E-Conference. CISSE 2005 was the first high-caliber re-search conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the Internet."

According to Dr. Elleithy, "The final program of CISSE 2010 included 99 papers that will be published in one book by Springer”. A complete list of papers can be accessed at confer-ence.cisse2010.org/proceedings.aspx

“The faculty and the students of the School of Engineering have contrib-uted significantly to the conference. A number of School of Engineering fac-ulty are members of the technical com-mittees and have reviewed many of the conference papers. Furthermore, the final program of the conference con-tained papers authored by faculty and students from the School of Engineer-ing," Elleithy said.

The concept and format of CISSE is very exciting and ground-breaking. The

PowerPoint presentations, final paper manuscripts and time schedule for live presentations over the web had been available for weeks prior to the start of the conference for all registrants, so that the participants could choose the presentations they wanted to attend

and think about questions that they might want to ask. The live audio pres-entations were also recorded and are part of the permanent CISSE archive, which also includes all the papers, PowerPoint and audio presentations.

The CISEE series provides a virtual forum for presentations and discussion of state-of-the-art research on com-puters, information and systems sci-ences and engineering. The virtual

conference is conducted through the Internet using web-conferencing tools made available by the conference. Authors present their PowerPoint, au-dio or video presentations using web-conferencing tools without the need for travel. Conference sessions are broad-cast to all the conference participants, where session participants can interact with the presenter during the presenta-tion and (or) during the Q&A slot that follows the presentation. This interna-tional conference is held entirely on-line.

The CISSE conference audio room provides superb audio and video, even over low speed Internet connections, the ability to display PowerPoint pres-entations, and cross-platform compati-bility (the conferencing software runs on Windows, Mac, and any other oper-ating system that supports Java). In addition, the conferencing system al-lows for an unlimited number of partici-pants, which in turn grants the opportu-nity to allow all CISSE participants to attend all presentations, as opposed to limiting the number of available seats for each session.

School of Engineering organized the fourth international joint conferences - CISSE 10

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arek Sobh, dean of the University of Bridgeport School of Engineer-

ing and vice president of graduate stud-ies and research, has been invited to join the Connecticut Academy of Sci-ence and Engineering (CASE).

Membership to the Academy is honor-ific and limited to 400 persons. Individu-als must be nominated by an Academy member, and then elected into the group by its membership board.

Dr. Sobh was nominated by Alan Eck-breth, past president of CASE.

Dr. Eckbreth said he put Dr. Sobh's name forward because the UB dean "is very well equipped to help CASE pro-mote a science- and technology-based economy in Connecticut as we continue the state's transition into high technol-ogy, highly automated, and precisely controlled manufacturing."

Dr. Sobh is a "world-class leader within

his areas of knowledge. His research activities and projects within the area of robotic and electro-mechanical systems prototyping provided a framework for research scientists and engineers to address and solve various problems related to electro-mechanical and robot design and manufacturing," Eckbreth added.

Established in 1976 by the Connecticut General Assembly, the Academy's main objectives are to provide informa-tion and advice on science and technol-ogy to government, industry and people of Connecticut and to encourage youth's interest in science, engineering, and technology.

"I'm extremely honored by my nomina-tion to this highly respected group," said Dr. Sobh. "The Academy has done much to advance science and technol-ogy in the public arena."

School of Engineering Dean Tarek Sobh to join Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Dr. Tarek Sobh, Dean of School of Engineering.

Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies becomes the first tenant at CTech IncUBator @ University of Bridgeport

Tech IncUBator@University of Bridgeport announced that Brain

Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. (btt Corp.) has been accepted as the first tenant at its technology business incu-bator on the University of Bridgeport (UB) campus as of October 1 2010.

Based on the groundbreaking discov-ery by Yale researcher Dr. Marc Abreu of the Brain Temperature Tunnel (BTT), a new thermal organ in the body, btt Corp. has developed revolutionary technology that promises to transform human temperature measurement.

For the first time in history, btt Corp. makes it possible for brain and core temperature to be noninvasively and continuously monitored, the same as other vital signs -- heart rate, blood pressure and respiratory rate.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administra-tion recently approved the company's first product, the Abreu BTT 700 Sys-tem for continuous temperature moni-toring. The Abreu BTT 700 System sensor is approved for placement on the skin and to be used during surgical procedures, recovery room, intensive care and general patient monitoring.

"We are honored and very excited to become the first tenant at the new

CTech IncUBator@ University of Bridgeport," said Rick Foreman, Chief Executive Officer of btt Corp. "We look forward to drawing upon their unique resources, particularly their top notch engineering students and faculty from the university with the largest number of graduate engineering students in Connecticut. This partnership can have a powerful effect on the future success of btt Corp. as we continue to harness the best of biology to create the best of technology."

"We are delighted to welcome btt Corp. t o t he new C Tech IncUBa-tor@University of Bridgeport and look forward to supporting and furthering their revolutionary work and cutting-edge medical technology," said Dr. Gad Selig, Associate Dean, Business Development and Outreach at UB and also a member of the CTech IncUBator Advisory Council. "Our facility can be-

come a focal point for the many early-stage technology businesses and en-trepreneurs based in Fairfield County, providing them with an excellent oppor-tunity to benefit from the expertise we have available on campus and through our external subject matter expert sponsor network."

The 2,400 square-foot space on the UB campus will house technology ven-tures interested in commercializing technology in the information technol-ogy, medical technology, digital media, advanced materials, clean technology and other technology industry sectors. Tenants will be able to tap into the strong business relationships and ex-pertise of the incubator's partners and will have access to a host of resources and services, such as state-of-the art conference facilities, exceptional stu-dent interns and world-class faculty.

The UB campus is an ideal location because of its proximity to transporta-tion hubs, capital resources and more well-established businesses upon whom the incubator will rely on to pro-vide experts and mentors to its tenants.

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merica's teenagers are logging into social network websites at a

record pace, and while this digital craze is gaining steam, many parents are worried about the dangers of cy-berspace. According to Pew Internet Projects, nearly three-quarters of teens use sites like Facebook and MySpace regularly. The nature of cyberspace is access, and kids sometimes make bad decisions.

To combat this troubling trend, CEN-TRAL Computer and Cell Phone Fo-rensics Lab of Stamford, CT, is proud to announce the opening of new head-quarters at the CTech IncUBator at the University of Bridgeport. CENTRAL Computer and Cell Phone Forensics Lab is a full-service computer forensics lab that specializes in computer foren-sics, cell phone forensics, cyber crime, and background checks for social net-works and complete investigative ser-vices.

"The IncUBator is a perfect location for our business," said Alan Dressler, gen-eral manager of CENTRAL Computer and Cell Phone Forensics Lab. "This partnership allows us a unique oppor-tunity to work with the resources pro-

vided by the university as well as the ability to help many more people in the field and online. We hope to use this facility to provide a service which will help many people become proactive and secure their place in cyberspace."

From its website, www.FaceChecks. com, the lab offers Face Checks, a background check for social networks. This service is geared toward parents interested in finding out information about their children's "friends" online. The online name search locates sexual and violent offenders and criminal re-cords nationwide.

"Facechecks.com is the perfect tool for parents who want to ensure their chil-dren are safe when using social net-works," said Dressler. "This venture came about as a direct response to the dramatic rise in criminal and civil cases that have a need for computer and cell phone forensic research, let alone the amount of cases that involve cyber bullies and computer crimes. Today, there is a two-year waiting list at most state and federal computer forensic labs across the country, we hope to help people avoid those delays. Bad guys, beware!"

CENTRAL Computer and Cell Phone Forensics Lab becomes tenant at CTech IncUBator

National Society of Black Engineers held its regional meeting at UB in August, 2010

he conference was held between August 12-15, 2010 for NSBE

members at Dana and Mandeville Halls. More than 110 NSBE members from NSBE's northeast region attended.

The theme of this year's event was "Executing PASSION from Within." PASSION is the acronym for profes-sion, action-oriented, strategic, integrity, out-of-the box, and never-ending.

"We are proud to host this important gathering of NSBE, where information

will be presented to chapter represen-tatives to help them enhance their qualities, enthusiasm, and determina-tion as NSBE leaders," said UB com-puter engineering student Roger Her-cules, a member of the UB Chapter of NSBE. "It's also a great opportunity to showcase engineering talent at UB."

NSBE was founded to increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively

impact the community. With more than 30,000 members and 233 chapters on college and university campuses, it is one of the largest student-managed organizations in the United States.

UB formed its NSBE chapter in 2006. University of Bridgeport Computer Sci-ence and Engineering Chairman Stephen Grodzinsky advises the stu-dent organization on campus.

National Society of Black Engineers attended the NSBE 2011 national conference

embers of NSBE at UB attended the NSBE national conference

held on March 23-27. During the con-ference they attended various work-shops that taught leadership skills, presentation skills, communication skills, and also provided them with useful information that would help members in future careers. Also at the conference, there was a career fair with over 200 companies looking to hire either interns for the summer or full-time. Some of the members had interviews with General Electric, Cum-mins, Lockheed Martin, USAA, John-son and Johnson, Owen-Illinois, HP, Goldman Sachs, General Mills, and Walmart Corporation. So far 3 mem-bers received offers for paid intern-

ships this summer.

Group photo of members of the NSBE

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UB engineering professor and student use gaming consoles to build a new breed of affordable super

computers to help schools train students. Breakthrough wins ASEE award.

omputers may be the future, but educating the next generation of

high-tech professionals can be finan-cially prohibitive for schools and other institutions that can't afford technology costing tens of thousands of dollars.

Now a significant cost barrier has been broken by a University of Bridgeport engineering professor and his student who, by using PlayStation 3 gaming devices, have created a supercom-puter that costs no more than $2,000.

That low price tag, say computer sci-ence and engineering professor Jeong-kyu Lee and graduate student Omar Abuzaghleh, can greatly help colleges and universities provide enhanced computer science programs to their students.

"In the market, supercomputers are very expensive - at least $20,000 to several million dollars," said Lee. "That makes it almost impossible for small- or medium-sized schools, or non-research-intensive institutions, to equip their computing facilities."

The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) agrees.

This week it awarded Lee and Abuzaghleh its prestigious Best Paper Award for their work.

Lee and Abuzaghleh's computer, ASEE judges wrote, "enables low-budget programs to offer courses with a hands-on experience. This is a huge

plus to the CS [computer science] cur-riculum... It's an excellent way to in-volve students at all levels."

"The research is very timely, given the budget constraints of schools across the country, and the ASEE award is testament to the timely value of this research," said UB School of Engineer-ing dean and vice president for gradu-ate studies and research, Dr. Tarek Sobh.

Lee formally presented a research paper, which describes the computer and its uses, at the annual ASEE con-ference and awards ceremony on June

27-28.

Lee and Azubzahleh created their de-vice by using six PlayStation 3 gaming consoles to do parallel processing and high-performance computing.

The system, which the two nicknamed "UB PS3 Cluster," can be used for physics, medical imaging, or for educa-tional purposes. In fact, UB PS3 was put to the test in the University's School of Engineering classrooms this spring, when it was used by under-graduate and graduate students.

In addition to the ASEE award, Lee and Abuzaghleh's supporting research, entitled "Implementing an Affordable High Performance Computing Platform for Teaching-Oriented Computer Sci-ence Curriculum," will appear in the upcoming ASEE Proceeding of the 2011 National ASEE Conference.

"The research is very timely, given budget constraints of schools across the country and the testament to the timely value of this research is the ASEE award for the best paper of the year," said School of Engineering dean and vice president for graduate studies and research, Dr. Tarek Sobh.

Professor Jeongkyu Lee accepts the Best Paper Award from The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

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School of engineering students "out perform" at UB's 35th international festival

tudents from the School of Engi-neering displayed their true

"ingenuity" through dance and song at UB's 35th International Festival held in April.

Richard Greenwood (dual degree - Technology Management and MBA) served as one of the evening's Masters of Ceremonies. Richard engaged the filled auditorium with his mellifluous voice and good humor.

The Nepali dance group's elegant per-formance took first place. School of Engineering students and recent alumni included their choreographer and principal dancer, Shraddha Joshi (Technology Management), Priyanka Upadhyay (dual degree-Technology Management and MBA), Indira Sharma (Technology Management alumna), Sujani Pradhan (Technology Manage-

ment alumna) and Rashmi Bajracharya (Computer Science alumna). Second place was awarded to the Chinese dance group, which included SOE students Wei Pan (Mechanical Engi-neering) and Mufu "Dave" Weng (Technology Management). In the individual and small group competition, International Student Services advisor Nadine Boudissa, and Technology Management student Sahas Sakare took second place for their high energy choreography of a popular Indian song.

Dr. Jani Macari Pallis, chair of Me-chanical Engineering, served as one of the evening's judges. "It was an amaz-ing display of talent! I had no idea we had so much grace and artistry among our engineering students. What a beautiful event. The costumes were gorgeous!"

Shraddha Joshi

Chinese dancers Nadine and Sahas

Chair of TCMG and MEEG hosted a reception for TCMG and MEEG graduates and their families

r. Jani Pallis, Chair of Technology Management and Mechanical

Engineering, hosted a reception in the

Social Room of the Student Center for TCMG and MEEG graduates and their families after the UB Commencement

on May 7.

As M.C., Richard Greenwood got the audience involved with greetings from around the world.

The Faculty Guest Speaker was Dr. Neal Lewis. The Alumni Guest Speaker was Mr. Dennis Brotherton, Sikorsky Aircraft.

Dr. Tarek Sobh, Dean of the School of Engineering and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and UB President Neil Salonen also spoke to the graduates and their families.

In the picture - Dr. Jani Pallis, Dr. Tarek Sobh, Mr. Dennis Brotherton, Dr. Neal Lewis

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r. Hmurcik, Professor of Electrical Engineering, works extensively in

the field of medical machines. Recently, he was quoted by the Connecticut Post newspaper (6/6/10, pages B-1,2) for his work with LEDs (light emitting di-odes). LED's are used to provide light in hospital operating rooms, since they are cold to the touch and virtually never wear out.

Dr. Tarek Sobh was invited to join the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE). He is also a member of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, senior editor of the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic System, an editorial board member of Journal of Electrical Engineering (JEAJEE), an Jordan Engineers Asso-ciation, and the editorial board member of the Journal of Advanced Research, Elsevier.

Dr. Neal Lewis presented his paper in the 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Man-agement held in Rogers, AR between October 13-16, 2010.

Congratulations to Dr. Stephen Grodzinsky on his appointment as Pro-fessor Emeritus at UB. Based on his colleagues and the School’s recom-mendation, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to confer the title of Professor Emeritus on Dr. Grodzinsky on May 20, 2011.

Dr. Neal Lewis (Tech Management) served as session chair and presented two papers at the 2011 Industrial Engi-neering Research Conference in Reno from May 21-25, 2011.

Prof. Lawrence Hmurcik recently re-viewed the manuscript " CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface formation in high-efficiency thin-film solar cells" for the journal, Applied Physics Letters.

Dr. Neal Lewis presented his paper at the 2011 American Society for Engi-neering Education Annual Conference held at Vancouver, BC, Canada on June 26-30, 2011.

Dr. Elif Kongar authored a paper for the Northeast Decisions Sciences Insti-tute 2011 Annual Conference in Mont-real from April 14-15 and advised four poster presentations for the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section Conference in Hart-ford, from April 29-30, 2011.

Dr. Tarek Sobh was invited as to serve on the Program Committee of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cyberne t i cs (SMC 2010,2011), a member of the Interna-tional Advisory Committee of Interna-tional Conference on Industrial Appli-cation of Soft Computing Techniques (IIASCT 2011), member of Interna-tional Advisory Committee, 5th Interna-tional Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer Aided Learning (IMCL 2010), and a member of the Interna-tional Program Committee of Interna-tional Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) conferences on Robotics and Control (AsiaRC 2010), Robotics and Applica-tions (RA 2010,2011), Computer Vision

(CV 2011), and Control and Applica-tions (CA 2010,2011).

At the 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Edu-cation held between June 20-23, Dr. Neal Lewis was elected as Program Chair for the Engineering Management Division and the Newsletter Editor for the Engineering Economy Division.

Manan Joshi and Bhushan Dharmadhi-kari, PhD candidates in Computer En-gineering, and Navarun Gupta and Lawrence Hmurcik, professors in Elec-trical Engineering recently published the article "On the analysis of the lami-nar to turbulent flow patterns in the treatment of a patient receiving oxy-gen". Using medical data collected on 13 patients in a hospital settings, they verified the concept that instead of having patients with lung problems breath air (nitrogen-oxygen), they would recuperate more quickly if they breathed helium/oxygen instead. The authors were given professional advice by many medical persons, including

Dr. Tarek M. Sobh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and School of Engineering Dean, left, accepts his membership certificate from Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering President Gale Hoffnagle of TRC Environmental, Inc., at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Academy, May 25, 2011, at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk. (Photo: CASE/Al Malpa)

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Catherine Hmurcik, a graduate of UB and senior nurse at the VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven CT.

Dr. Khaled Elleithy will chair the Inter-national Joint Conferences on Com-puter, Information, and Systems Sci-ences, and Engineering in 2011.

Dr. Tarek Sobh was invited to be the Organizer/Host of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) regional conference, Bridgeport, Connecticut in 2010. He was also invited as the North American Liaison of the Seventh Inter-national Conference on Remote Engi-neering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2010). He was interviewed by the Connecticut Business News Jour-nal, Connecticut Post Newspaper, and the University of Bridgeport on various topics during 2010 and 2011.

Prof. Hmurcik recently reviewed the manuscript "Transport Properties in p-type ZnGeAs2 films grown by pulsed laser deposition" for the journal, Ap-plied Physics Letters.

Dr. Neal Lewis will present two of his papers at Financial Education Associa-tion Annual Meeting to be held in Or-lando, FL on September 22-24, 2011

Three faculty members from the School of Engineering recently re-ceived tenure status. Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu (Mechanical Engineering), Dr. Xingguo (Michael) Xiong (Electrical Engineering) and Dr. Navarun Gupta (Electrical Engineering) hosted a din-ner with fellow faculty and staff to cele-brate this achievement.

Dr. Tarek Sobh was invited to give the Keynote Speech at King Saud Univer-

sity in 2011. He was also invited for presentations at, KCG College of Technology, Dhaanish Ahmed College of Engineering, DMI College of Engi-neering, New L J College of Com-merce, Sabar Institute of Management, Indus Institute of Technology & Engi-neering, G H Patel College of Engi-neering and Technology, ARIBAS Col-lege, SEMCOM- Management College, Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidhyala Col-lege, Annamacharya Institute of Tech-nology and Science, Nalla Malla Reddy Engineering College, Krishna Murthy Institute of Technology and Engineer-ing, and Osmania University, Jorda-nian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research between 2010-2011.

Dr. Elif Kongar attended the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section Conference 2011 to present one of her papers. In addition, she was the advisor of 4 student post-ers.

Dr. Lawrence Hmurcik attended the American Society for Engineering Edu-cation Northeast Section Conference 2011 to present three of his papers.

Dr. Khaled Elleithy was invited to be the Chair of the International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineer-ing held at UB in 2010.

Sarosh Patel, Ph.D. candidate in com-puter engineering, and Lawrence Hmurcik, professor of electrical engi-neering, investigated the death of a New York doctor on his estate. Power was delivered to the buildings on the doctor's property via a 4,000-volt line

carried on telephone poles. A dead tree fell and broke the power line, which landed on the doctor and elec-trocuted him while he was out walking. He was identified by dental records since his body was burned beyond recognition. Based on the Patel-Hmurcik investigation, the power com-pany was found liable, since its charter made it responsible to monitor all trees near their power lines. To access the charter, the Patel-Hmurcik team was required to run decryption techniques for several weeks because, to reduce its liability, the power company had posted the document to a website with-out an address.

A paper co-published by Omar Abuzaghleh and Dr. Jeongkyu Lee won the best paper award of ASEE Information System Division. There was an award plaque for the authors and the paper was presented in the Business Meeting of the Information Systems Division during the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition at Vancouver, Canada on June 28, 2011.

Dr. Lawrence Hmurcik attended the American Society of Engineering Edu-cation Annual Conference 2011 to pre-sent his paper.

Dr. Neal Lewis was recognized as a reviewer in the new, 10th edition of Engineering Economic Analysis, by Donald Newnan, Jerome Lavelle, and Ted Eschenbach, and published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Lewis is included in the Real Options section of the book. This is the best selling text for undergraduate engineering eco-nomics courses.

Recently, Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu, Dr. Xingguo (Michael) Xiong and Dr. Navarun Gupta received tenure status

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r. Khaled Elleithy, Professor of Computer Science and Engineer-

ing and Electrical Engineering and As-sociate Dean for Graduate Programs, was awarded a research grant of $30,000 through a sub-award from the University of Hartford for work on the Advanced Proto Gun-Launched Exter-nal Munitions Utilizing Manned/Unmanned Projectile. Dr. Tarek Sobh, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Sciences, and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, serves as a Co-PI. This sub-award is part of a multi-organizational research project for the Armament Re-search, Development and Engineering System (ARDEC), located in Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

Dr. Linfeng Zhang, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, was awarded $25,000 as part of a consortium award made by the U.S. Department of En-ergy to the University of Minnesota for the project, "A Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories" in July 2010.

Dr. Jani Macari Pallis, Chair and Asso-ciate Professor, School of Engineering, was awarded $20,000 for the "Bridge Project" by the Manufacturer's Associa-tion of Southern Connecticut, Inc., in September 2010.

Dr. Xingguo Xiong, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, was granted MEMS class-on-a-chip equipment from Texas Tech University in early Novem-ber 2010. The original value of the kit is $7,900.

Xingguo Xiong, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded an equipment grant that consists of a logic analyzer, with an original acquisition cost of $20,016.77.

Dr. Jani Macari Pallis, Assistant Profes-sor, School of Engineering, was awarded $6,000 by the Connecticut Space Grant Consortium for the project, "Multiphysics Modeling of Gas Tung-sten Arc Welding". Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu, Assistant Professor, School of En-gineering, will serve as a Co-PI.

Dr. Tarek Sobh, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research and Dean of the School of Engineering an-nounced that a $2.4 million federal grant has been awarded to a consor-

tium, of which UB is a primary member, to develop drones for the U.S. Army. The application was developed primar-ily by Dr. Sobh and Dr. Lou Manzione, Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture at the University of Hartford, along with the University of Connecticut and the Con-necticut Center for Advanced Technol-ogy. The following UB faculty are in-volved in the project: Dr. Sobh (PI), Dr. Khaled Elleithy, Dr. Jeongkyu Lee, Dr. Prabir Patra, Dr. Xingguo Xiong, and Dr. Hassan Bajwa. Several UB engineering students will work with the project as well. Funding for the 18-month project was available starting July 2010.

Dr. Hassan Bajwa, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, has just been notified of his award of a Radio Com-munication Test Set, original acquisi-tion value of $7,186, by the U.S. De-partment of Energy's ERLE grant pro-gram.

Neal Lewis, along with collaborators from the Missouri University of Science & Technology applied for a National

Science Foundation (NSF) grant, titled "Collaborative Research: Multi-Stage Analysis for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Projects," for $153,000. The proposal is under review.

Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu, Assistant Pro-fessor, School of Engineering, was awarded $20,000 by Pegasus Vertex, Inc., in July 2010 for specialized soft-ware development.

Neal Lewis, Jani Pallis, and Navarun Gupta received a planning grant for $8,000 from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), titled "Develop a Center for Student Entrepreneurship and Innova-t i on a t t he C Te ch In c U Ba -tor@University of Bridgeport".

Dr. Tarek Sobh was awarded $25,000 for the "Graduate Visiting Scholar Re-search Program - Online Robotics" by U.S.A. - Austria Marshall Plan program for 1 year.

School of Engineering professors with Brookhaven National Laboratory

1. Christian Bach, Assistant Profes-sor of Technology Management and Biomedical Engineering, has been approved to use equipment in BNL's Center for Functional Nanomaterials, for his project, "DNA Affinity Patterns of Zinc Fin-ger Proteins".

2. Prabir Patra, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, has been approved to use equipment in BNL's Center for Functional Nano-mater ia ls , for h is project , "Graphene Nanoribbon (GNR)-DNA Self Assembly".

3. Xingguo Xiong, Assistant Profes-sor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been approved to use equipment in BNL's Center for Functional Nanomaterials, for his project, "Bulk-micromachined MEMS Comb Gyroscope".

A transmission electron micros-copy (TEM) is installed in Dana-15 and ready for our faculty and stu-dents to use . TEM is a microscopy technique whereby a beam of elec-trons is transmitted through an ul-tra thin specimen, interacting with the specimen as it passes through.

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t was a championship weekend for University of Bridgeport stu-

dents. On April 29, 2011, UB engi-neering students swept the Ameri-can Society for Engineering Educa-tion (ASEE) Northeast Conference by capturing all top prizes with their research in the fields of robotics, computers, and engineering.

The ASEE is organized by regions. As they have in the past, UB students competed against the University of New Haven, Olin College, Fairfield University, the University of Hartford, Yale, and other college and university teams that are located in the US north-east region.

In 2008, UB students swept the awards when the conference was held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In 2009, University students again cap-tured the top prize when the ASEE event was held at the University of Bridgeport; and last year UB also won the competition at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

This is the fourth year in a row that UB teams have won the ASEE

competition, which is held each spring and organized by regional divisions across the United States.

All three top graduate poster prizes went to UB students:

1. 1st prize went to Greenwood (Advisor: Prof. Kongar)

2. 2nd prize went to Gerety (Advisor: Prof. Elleithy)

3. 3rd prize went to Bhosale, Aphale, Macwan and Rane (Advisor: Prof. Patra)

In addition, out of 5 honorable men-tions, 4 went to UB students:

1. Velusamy (Advisor: Prof. Xiong)

2. Abdelfattah (Advisor: Prof. Mah-mood)

3. Ozenc (Advisor: Prof. Kongar)

4. Xia (Advisor: Prof. Xiong)

The second and final competition at the ASEE 2011 Conference was the best graduate research paper awards. There was a total of 34 research pa-pers accepted for presentation at the conference from the northeast region; and UB students authored 19 of these

papers.

Unprecedentedly, UB students won *all* three awards. The awardees and their advisors are:

1. First Prize: Akash Sheth, Madhav Patil (Advisor: Yakov Toporovsky). Paper: Implementation of a Ro-botic Conveyor Assembly Line with a Vision. Camera Using Two Different Coding Techniques and Comparison of Their Performance Parameters.

2. Second Prize (shared by two stu-dent papers): (1) Kireeti Gudipati (Advisor: Navarun Gupta) Paper: Target State Estimation using Ex-tended Kalman Filtering Tech-niques; (2) Madhumitha Iyer (Advisors: Navarun Gupta and Lawrence Hmurcik). Paper: Col-laboration Between Universities and Schools to Enhance Com-puter Literacy in Middle Schools.

In this category, there were no honor-able mentions.

This makes it six for six; all three graduate research poster awards and all three graduate research paper awards. In addition to 4 out of 5 honor-able mentions in the graduate research poster category!

Another set of numbers that is interest-ing: there were 40 professional re-search papers [Faculty work] accepted in the conference, and presented today from the NE region. Out of these, 11 were from UB Faculty, accounting for more than 25% of all accepted Faculty research papers from the whole north-eastern US region.

And finally, the icing on the cake: Prof. Navarun Gupta was re-elected to be the Chair of Northeast Section of the ASEE for the upcoming year (2011-2012).

UB engineering students win first place at the 2011 American Society of Engineering Education

Competition for the fourth year in a row

Group of UB students heading to University of Hartford for ASEE ‘11

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he School of Engineering Award Ceremony for Academic Achieve-

ment in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technol-ogy Management for 2011 was held at the Bernhard Center.

Below is a short biography for each awardees written by the faculty who recommended them.

Academic Achievement Award in Computer Engineering at Masters level went to Motaz Mohamed. Motaz Mo-hamed received the Outstanding Achievement Award in computer engi-neering. His GPA of 3.7 attested to the fine work he had done in a very difficult curriculum. He has done well enough, in fact, that he became the graduate assistant for all of the digital design courses offered by the department. In addition to guiding students through the intense laboratory work that they did, he conducted tutorials. Students gave him very high regards for the work that he did for them.

Academic Achievement in Computer Science at Masters level went to Peng Su. Peng Su came to UB as a Dean's Assistantship recipient in 2009. He was a system administrator and engineer in one of the largest telecommunication companies in China for eight years prior to UB. Peng Su was an enthusi-astic student in all areas of computer science. His hard work reflected in his 3.9 GPA. Besides his course work, Peng showed his curiosity in perform-ing pioneering research on system accounting capability of cloud comput-ing systems. This is because not only is it a new research area in computer science and engineering, but cloud computing also has great potential in the future. His innovative research is noticed by the research community. As a result, he has been invited as a re-viewer in two consecutive years (2010 and 2011) for the top level IEEE ser-vice computing annual conference.

Academic Achievement Award in Electrical Engineering went to Burak Uzkent. Burak Uzkent completed his B.S. degree with the 3rd highest GPA of the undergraduate class at the Elec-trical-Electronics Engineering Depart-ment of the Eskisehir Osmangazi Uni-versity, Turkey. He has been awarded with the Dean's Assistantship scholar-ship by the University of Bridgeport for the first year of his graduate studies at Electrical Engineering Department. He

is currently working with Dr. Barkana as a graduate assistant on a research project titled Audio Surveillance Sys-tems. Burak Uzkent's research studies at UB have been published or are un-der review by prestigious journals and international conferences. During his time at UB, he has also assisted many graduate courses such as Audio Proc-essing and DSP Laboratories.

Academic Achievement Award in Mechanical Engineering went to Hatem Oun. Dr. Pallis writes that she has known Hatem Oun since May, 2009. She was his instructor, faculty advisor and master's project research advisor. She remembers his first class with her in Summer 2009. He took New Prod-uct Development with 4 other MBA/TM students. After the first week he came to her office during office hours - he had read the entire textbook and had the whole textbook tagged with colored Post-It sticky note flags with all the questions he had. (He'd even read chapters that they were not going to cover!) But that is Hatem - he has a love of learning and is always eager to learn. Hatem's GPA is a 3.959. His accomplishments, study habits, ability to solve problems, creativity, diligence, work ethics, and integrity place him at the top of our Mechanical Engineering students this year. Hatem is also pro-fessional, a gentleman, and well liked by his peers. He has continued his studies in spite of the tremendous chal-lenges and difficulties he has faced this semester. Once Hatem graduates from UB he plans on obtaining his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. We regret that we do not have a doctoral program in ME at our own institution so that he could continue here. However, we know that whichever university accepts him will be extremely pleased with his performance and abilities. He is a wonderful student and engineer.

Academic Achievement Award in Bio-Medical Engineering went to Vi-noth Venugopal. Vinoth is a student of high potential and promising talent in biomedical engineering program. He demonstrated a great deal of innova-tion in nanotechnology research going onat UB. His knowledge of the funda-mentals, analytical ability and effortless assimilation of concepts accompanied by assiduous efforts are commendable. Besides being diligent in his academic standing which is reflected by his GPA of 3.97 he has shown active participa-tion in biomedical research confer-

ences as listed. He has successfully defended his thesis on polymer nano scaffold fabrication for vascular grafts that has the potential to treat abdomi-nal aortic aneurism. His contribution and dedication to research has made him a notable candidate for the Bio-medical Research group at UB. Vinoth is co-author of four conference papers.

Academic Achievement Award in Technology Management went to Li-song Fan. Lisong Fan is a December 2010 graduate of UB, receiving her Master of Science degree in Technol-ogy Management. Originally from China, Lisong is now living in New Jer-sey where she works for Kitara Media, an online advertising company, as an Ad Operations Specialist. Lisong is a co-author of a paper that will be pre-sented at the national Industrial Engi-neering Research Conference in Reno, Nevada in May. She has the distinc-tion of having a recent book dedicated to her by the book's author, Ted Es-chenbach, who lives in Anchorage, Alaska. She is getting national atten-tion due to her excellent work at UB.

The Dean's Award went to Edwin Gravand. Edwin Gravrand came to UB in the fall of 2009 after receiving a General Baccalaureate from France. He has apparently had no trouble in adjusting to the American educational system. In fact he has thrived, earning a 4.0 in the three semesters that he has completed at UB. He is not content in just receiving high grades, but works extremely hard. He was known to prac-tically "live" in the digital design lab when his group was working on its final project for the digital design II course. This project far exceeded what others had done for the course. In addition to his excellence in computer engineering, Edwin also writes extremely well al-though English is not his first language. We congratulate Edwin for his fine work to date and expect great things from him in the future.

Bachelor of Science - Cum Laude - Pulkit Nabar (Computer Science)

We are proud to honor Pulkit for his academic work over his years as an undergraduate at UB. He achieved a GPA of 3.4 and took courses among the most difficult in the department. This signifies a cum laude declaration.

2011 School of Engineering Award Ceremony

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he ASEE groups the U.S. and Canada's 370 or so Schools of

Engineering into four geographical zones, each with approximately 100 Schools of Engineering. Zone One represents all the Schools of Engineer-ing in the following states/regions: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Ver-mont and Canada, New York, Dela-ware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsyl-vania and Washington, D.C.

The conference annually conducts three tracks, two of them are student competition tracks. The third track, is the regular faculty research paper presentation track.

Each poster/paper in the competition was judged and scored by three judges from Zone 1.

University of Bridgeport School of En-gineering students have the formula: for the third year running, they have captured first place and other top awards at the annual American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Competition, which was held May 7-8 at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.

"We are very proud of this unprece-dented achievement, having won the first prize for three consecutive years," said Engineering School Dean Tarek Sobh.

In 2008, UB students swept the ASEE’s so-called Student Poster Com-petition, featuring graduate research

projects, when the competition was held at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Last year, University stu-dents again captured the top prize when the ASEE event was held at the University of Bridgeport.

The ASEE is organized by regions. As they have in the past, UB students competed against Northeastern Uni-versity, UMass, University of New Ha-ven, Boston University, and other col-lege and university teams that are lo-cated in the ASEE northeast region.

UB graduate students Ajith Kumar and Ying-Ju Chen were the 2010 first-place winners in the ASEE Student Poster Competition. Their project, "Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endo-scopy Videos Using Temporal Charac-teristics," captures pictures of the in-sides of the intestines using miniature cameras that are ingested in a pill. Kumar and Chen were advised by pro-fessor Dr. Jeongku Lee.

"They take a video of the intestines to see if there is bleeding or other prob-lems," said Sobh.

In addition, UB students Manan Joshi and Madhumitha Iyer won third place in the Student Poster Competition for their research project, "Effects of Gen-der, Accent and Localization on Speech Intelligibility in Multiple Speaker Environment." Their research focuses on audio-signaling processing. They were advised by engineering professor Dr. Navarun Gupta.

UB engineering student Ajith Kumar and his partner Ying-ju Chen (not in photo) won first prize at the annual American Society for Engineering Edu-cation competition of graduate school research work. Their project features microscopic cameras that can photo-graph the insides of intestines after being ingested in a pill.

In the student graduate research paper competition, the University of Bridge-port School of Engineering took the second Place prize and the authors are Ibrahim Alkore Alshalabi and Eman Abdelfattah Paper. The paper title is "Management of Multimedia in E-Learning Environments".

UB engineering students win first place at the American Society of Engineering Education Competition

in 2010

UB engineering student Ajith Kumar and his partner Ying-ju Chen (not in photo) won first prize at ASEE 2010.

umaya Abusaleh received $1,000 travel grant to attend the 12th IEEE

International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Net-works Conference (WoWMoM 2011) which will be take place at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy. The grant is sponsored through National Science Foundation (NSF).

IEEE WoWMoM 2011 aims to provide researchers and students a friendly and interactive forum for exchanging results and visions that shape the future of wireless, mobile and multimedia sys-tems. It will feature a rich and diverse technical program, keynote speeches and panels involving high profile re-searchers from both academia and

industry. The technical program is ac-companied by an industrial track, a demonstration session, a PhD/Work-in-Progress forum, and a number of the-matic pre-conference workshops.

Sumaya Abusaleh is a Jordanian stu-dent. She came to the United States in the year 2009 and joined as a full-time Ph.D student of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Bridge-port. She has been pursuing her disser-tation in the field of Multimedia over Wireless Sensor Networks, under the guidance of Professor Khaled Elleithy and Professor Ausif Mahmood. She is also a member of the Wireless and Mobile Communications Laboratory (WMC).

WoWMoM 2011 student travel grant goes to UB engineering student

Sumaya Abusaleh received $1,000 USD travel grant to attend the 12th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multi-media Networks Conference

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he School of Engineering Award Ceremony for Academic Achieve-

ment in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technol-ogy Management for 2010 was held at the Bernhard Center.

Below is a short biography for each awardees written by the faculty who recommended them.

For Academic Achievement in Com-puter Science at the undergraduate level, the award went to Vasser Elleithy. Vasser came to UB from Shelton High School. He did very well there and received 23 Advanced Placement col-lege credits before he ever set foot on campus. This has afforded Vasser to graduate, in arguably the most difficult discipline at UB outside of computer engineering, in only 3 years. He im-pressed the faculty from the very be-ginning in terms of the quality of work as well as his academic performance which has resulted in a 3.99 GPA. All of the faculty have commented on his outstanding work ethic, his attention to detail and his class participation. He has brought excellent ideas to the pro-jects he has undertaken and was the team leader in his senior project group, which developed an on-line electronic voting system that was implemented in this year's student government elec-tions. In addition to his excellent aca-demic work, Vasser won first place in the Connecticut Business Plan compe-tition for undergraduate students as a freshman, was selected to participate in summer NSF programs at NJIT for two consecutive summers and recently received a $5000 grant from CT NASA Space Consortium.

The Academic Achievement Award

for Computer Engineering at the under-graduate level went to Nishita Parekh. Nishita has not only done spectacularly in computer engineering, but has used her technical electives to master many areas of computer science also. She is a rarity in being able to be comfortable in both areas of computing. Nishita was also a member of the senior pro-ject team that designed the on-line voting system. Nishita is also graduat-ing in three years, having brought in credits from her previous college in India. She has never shied away from a challenge. She has taken the most difficult courses that the department offers and has slain them to the tune of a 3.91 GPA.

The Academic Achievement Award in Computer Science at the graduate level went to Hao Wu. Hao is one of those individuals who is quiet and very bright. He may not say a lot in class, but takes the material presented by the faculty home and distills the important parts from it. In a short time he has distinguished himself in the areas of fuzzy logic as applied to electronic commerce and has achieved a GPA of 3.86. We are confident that this is only the starting point for Hao's emergence into computer science.

The Academic Achievement Award in Computer Engineering at the gradu-ate level went to Yuan Yao. Yuan is a very bright individual who is dedicated to his discipline. This is evidenced by his 3.77 GPA achieved in a very diffi-cult discipline. He not only completed all of the assignments put before him, but also extended those assignments by delving into related subject areas. He has taken most all of our courses in the area of computer networks and will

make an excellent engineer. Yuan has been a delight to have in the classroom.

Academic Achievement Award - Electrical Engineering went to Nicolai Gari. Nicolai Gari has distinguished himself not only by having a high GPA (3.9), but he also led a student compe-tition sponsored by NASA and as a result received $ 4500. Mr. Gari wrote the syllabus for a brand new course in Electrical Engineering called Renew-able Energy. This course was taught this semester with his assistance. Nicolai's other contributions include work to be published in the IEEE Power Systems Transactions and other scientific journals and confer-ences. Topics include local Power Dis-tribution and smart grid applications.

Academic Achievement Award - Mechanical Engineering went to Peng Lu. Peng Lu graduated from South China Agriculture University with a B.S. in the Mechanical Engineering and was rank 2nd out of 120 students in the Mechanical Engineering department. He came to UB as a graduate student in the department of Mechanical Engi-neering and currently he is in his sec-ond year of Mechanical Engineering program with a concentration in the Design/Manufacturing field. He is a graduate assistant in the department and one of the top students with a GPA of 3.97. Peng is actively involved in academic research and is a UB team member for the 2010 NASA Lunar Min-ing Nationwide Competition. He has also written technical papers for the ASEE conferences, including a paper and poster of "Automated Manufactur-ing of Quick Coupling with Steel Coil Mover in Automobile Industry" for the 2009 ASEE Regional Conference, and a poster on "Application of Digital In-spection on Automated Labeling Sys-tems in Telecommunication Industry" for the 2010 ASEE Regional Confer-ence.

Academic Achievement Award - Technology Management goes to Olumide Marc Adebayo. Olumide Marc Adebayo began his studies in Technol-ogy Management III 2002. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Bridgeport, where we was on the Dean's list three times. Marc is employed full time as a software engi-neer with Linkshare Corporation, and attends UB part-time. He has a 3.953 GPA and is originally from Nigeria.

May 2010 — School of Engineering Award Ceremony

Engineering Graduates of Class of 2011

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haled Elleithy, Tarek Sobh, Magued Iskander, V. Kapila,

Mohammed Karim, and Ausif Mah-mood (Eds.). Technological Develop-ments in Networking, Education, and Automation, July 2010, ISBN 978-90-481-9150-5.

Tarek Sobh and Khaled Elleithy (Eds.). Innovations in Computing Sci-ences and Software Engineering, July 2010, ISBN 978-90-481-9111-6.

Tarek Sobh, Khaled Elleithy, and Ausif Mahmood (Eds.). Novel Algo-rithms and Techniques in Telecommu-nications and Networking, March 2010, ISBN 978-90-481-3661-2.

A popular book, “Implementing IT Gov-ernance - A Practical Guide to Global Best Practices” written by Dr. Gad Selig was translated into Chinese in 2011. Publisher: Van Haren Publish-ing, ISBN: 978-90-8753-119-5

Dr. Gad Selig , Christine Bullen, Rich-ard Lefave. Implementing Strategic Sourcing: A Manager’s Guide to World Class Best Practices, Van Haren Pub-lishing, Holland, 2011, ISBN 978-90-8753-611-4

Dr. Neal Lewis wrote “A Prescription for Success,” a vignette in Engineering Economic Analysis, 11th edition, by Donald G. Newnan, Ted G. Eschen-

bach, and Jerome P. Lavelle, Oxford University Press, 2012. Also, Neal co-authored “Time Value of Money (TVM) Calculators” in this textbook. The Uni-versity of Bridgeport is named 5 times in this best-selling text.

Lisong Fan (M.S. Technology Manage-ment, Dec. 2010) and Dr. Neal Lewis assisted in the writing of the Instruc-tor’s Manual for the 3rd edition of Ted Eschenbach’s Engineering Economy (2011), along with the book’s author.

oporovsky, J., Hempowicz, C., and Sobh, T., "Interdisciplinary

Automation and Control in a Program-mable Logic Controller (PLC) Labora-tory", in the International Journal of Engineering (IJE), Volume 4, Issue 1, pp 79-85, March 2010.

E. Kongar, J. Pallis and T. Sobh, "Non-Parametric Approach for Evaluating the Performance of Engineering Schools", in the International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE), Volume 26, Number 5, pp 1210-1219, Septem-ber 2010.

Ayssam Elkady, Vipul Babariya, Jovin Joy and Tarek M. Sobh, "Modular De-sign and Implementation for a Sensory-Driven Mobile Manipulation Frame-work", in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, September

2010.

M. Iyer, N. Gupta, "Automated Estima-tion of Neck Movement Angles using Image Processing Techniques", Inter-national Journal of Advanced Re-search in Computer Science, Vol. 1, No.1, May-June 2010

B. Uzkent, B.D. Barkana, H. Cevikalp "Non-speech environmental sound classification using SVMs with a new set of feature parameters to improve recognition rates", Pattern Recognition Letters, 2011, (under review).

Barkana B.D., Uzkent B., "Environ-mental noise classifier using a new set of feature parameters based on pitch range", Applied Acoustics, February, 2010, (under review).

Barkana B.D., "Curriculum Develop-

ment of an Audio Signal Processing Laboratory Course", Signal & Image Processing: An International Journal (SIPIJ) Vol.2, No.1, March 2011.

B. Uzkent, Barkana B.D., Yang J., "Automatic Environmental Noise Source Classification Model using Fuzzy Logic", Expert Systems with Applications, November 24, 2009, Vol-ume 38, Issue 7, July 2011, pp. 8751-8755

Stark B., Barkana B.D., "Acoustic Echo Cancellation: Dual Architecture Implementation", Journal of Computer Science, 6(2): 101-106, 2010.

Barkana B.D., N. Gupta, L.V. Hmurcik, "Two Case Reports: Electro-thermal (aka contact) burns and the effects of current density, application time, and

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skin resistance", Burns, Volume 36, Issue 6, Pp. 91-95, 2010.

M. Iyer, M. Joshi and N. Gupta, "A Study of the Relationship between Head Related Transfer Functions and Elevations", in the proceedings of WORLDCOMP'10, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 12-15, 2010.

M. Iyer, N. Gupta and T. Perrault, "Application of Image Processing Techniques to Estimate Neck Flexion Angle" in the proceedings of WORLD-COMP'10, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 12-15, 2010.

M. Joshi, M. Iyer and N. Gupta, "Effect of Accent on Speech Intelligibility in Multiple Speaker Environment with Sound Spatialization", in the proceed-ings of the in the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Infor-mation Technology: New Generation, April 8-10, 2010, Las Vegas, CA, USA

M. Joshi, M. Iyer, N. Gupta, A. Barreto "Effect of Gender and Sound Spatiali-zation on Speech Intelligibility in Multi-ple Speaker Environment", IEEE Inter-national Joint Conferences on Com-puter, Information, and Systems Sci-ences, and Engineering (CISSE'10).

B. Uzkent, B.D. Barkana, "Pitch-Range Based Feature Extraction for Audio Surveillance Systems", in the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Technol-ogy: New Generation, April 11-13, 2011

B.D. Barkana, B. Uzkent, I. Saricicek, "Normal and Abnormal Non-Speech Audio Event Detection Using MFCC and PR-Based Feature Sets", in the proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Management Science& Information Engineering, December 17-19, 2010 in Zhengzhou, China. (invited paper)

J. Toporovsky, B. Barkana, N. Gupta, B. Dharmadhikari, and L. Hmurcik, "Friendly sabotage in machine safe guards and the role of engineering and PLC's to stop this", 2010 ASEE New England Conference, Boston, MA May 7-8 (2010).

B.D. Barkana, I. Saricicek, B. Uzkent, "Performances of the ANN, SVM, and K-means clustering methods recogniz-ing different environmental sounds", in the Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Operational Research, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2010

B.D. Barkana, "A Graduate Level Course: Audio Processing Laboratory", in the Proceedings of 2010 ASEE An-nual Conference & Exposition, Louis-

ville, Kentucky, June 20 - 23, 2010

Y. Olagbaju, B.D. Barkana, N. Gupta, "English vowel production by native Mandarin and Hindi speakers", in the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technol-ogy: New Generation, April 8-10, 2010

Saricicek I., B.D. Barkana, "Environ-mental Noise Source Classification Using Neural Networks", in the pro-ceedings of the 7th International Con-ference on Information Technology: New Generation, April 8-10, 2010

H. Guo, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, Three-Dimensional Modeling of Gas Metal Arc Welding of Aluminum Alloys , Jour-nal of Manufacturing Science and En-gineering, in print

H. Guo, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, Numeri-cal Modeling of Cold Weld Formation and Improvement in GMAW of Alumi-num Alloys , Numerical Heat Transfer,

Part A: Applications, 57 (2010) 392-414

Hassan Bajwa, Akshat C. Patel, Miral P. Vaghela, and Mohamed Hassan Seddik, Conformable Patch Antenna Design for Remote Health monitoring Accepted in 2010 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, Long Island, NY, USA.

H. Bajwa, I. Macwan, V.Veerapandian and X. Chen, VHDL Implementation of High-Performance and Dynamically Configured Multi-Port Cache Memory. To be presented at the 7th Interna-tional Conference on Information Tech-nology: New Generations (ITNG 2010), Las Vegas, NV, USA

Observation of Dynamic Strain Hard-ening in Polymer Nanocomposites, Brent J. Carey, Prabir K. Patra, Lijie Ci, Glaura G. Silva, Pulickel M. Ajayan, ACS Nano, Article ASAP, Mar 16, 2011.

Calcium carbonate and ammonium polyphosphate-based flame retardant composition for polypropylene, Deod-har, S., Shanmuganathan, K., Fan, Q., Wilkie, C. A., Costache, M. C., Demb-sey, N. A. and Patra, P. K., Journal of

Applied Polymer Science, 120(3), 1866-1873, 2011.

Nanostructured Surfaces for Enhanced Protein Detection towards Clinical Di-agnostics, Vindhya Kunduru, Manish Bothara, Jason Grosch, Sukalyan Sen-gupta, Prabir K. Patra, and Shalini P rasad , Nanomed i c i ne : NB M (Nanotechnology, Biology and Medi-cine), 6(5) 642-650, 2010

Linfeng Zhang, Xingguo Xiong, Junling Hu, Developing a new gradu-ate program in sustainable energy en-gineering, 2010 ASEE Annual Confer-ence and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010

Khaled Elleithy and Varun Rao, "Femto Cells: Current Status and Fu-ture Directions," International Journal of Next-Generation Networks (IJNGN), Vol. 3, No. 1, March 2011, pp. 1-9.

Thabet Mismar, Khaled Elleithy, and Saikat Ray, "Energy Efficient Military Mobile Base Station," International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN), Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2010.

Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat and Khaled M. Elleithy, "An Efficient Opti-mistic Time Management Algorithm for Discrete-Event Simulation System", International Journal of Simulation Modeling, Vol. 9, No. 3: September 2010 pp 117-130.

Syed S. Rizvi, Khaled M. Elleithy, Aasia Riasat and Min Song, "A Low-Complexity Optimum Multiuser Re-ceiver for DS-CDMA Wireless Sys-tems," Journal of Communications, Vol 5., No. 6, June 2010, pp. 455 - 466.

Anil Mathew, Nithin Chandrababu, Khaled Elleithy, and Syed Rizvi, "Interference of 802.11B WLAN and Bluetooth: Analysis and Performance Evaluation," International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN), Vol. 2, No. 3, May 2010.

Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Khaled M. Elleithy "Quantification of Capacity and Transmission Delay for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)" International Journal of Communica-tions, Network and System Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010. (to be appeared)

Syed S. Rizvi and Khaled M. Elleithy, "A Generic Optimized Time Manage-ment Algorithms (OTMA) Framework for Simulating Large-Scale Overlay Networks," Proceedings of the 14th Communications and Networking Simulation Symposium (CNS'11) at the 2011 Spring Simulation Multiconfer-ence, Boston, MA, April 4 - 7, 2011.

Most of the School of Engineering faculty are editors and/or on the editorial boards of world class academic and scholarly journals.

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Neal Lewis, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman, "Funding Decisions for Multi-Stage Projects," 2010 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, June 20-23, 2010, Louisville, KY.

Neal Lewis, Ted Eschenbach, and Joseph Hartman, "Real Options: Di-vergent Views on Implementation," 2010 Annual Conference of the Ameri-can Society for Engineering Manage-ment, October 13-16, 2010, Rogers, Arkansas

Neal Lewis, Ted Eschenbach, Lisong Fan, and Joseph Hartman, "EVPI and Real Option Valuation," 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, May 21-25, 2011, Reno, Nevada

Manal Al- Al-bzoor and Khaled Elleithy, "WIMAX Basics from PHY Layer to Scheduling and Multicasting Approaches," International Journal of Computer science and engineering Survey (IJCSES), Vol. 2, No. 1, Febru-ary 2011, pp. 1-17.

Mohammed A. Abuhelaleh and Khaled M. Elleithy, "Security in Wire-less Sensor Networks: Key Manage-ment Module in SOOAWSN," Interna-tional Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA), Vol. 2, No. 4, October 2010.

Abdul Razaque and Khaled Elelithy, "Design and Development of Hilologi-cal prototypes for Mobile Collaborative Learning (MCL)," 2011 ASEE North-east Section Conference, University of Hartford, Connecticut, April 29-30, 2011.

Abdul Razaque, Khaled Elelithy, Fadel Hussen, Omar Etach, and Wafa Elmammai, "Novel Proactive Patch Peer Protocol to Support faster Deliv-ery of Video-on-Demand," 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, Univer-

sity of Hartford, Connecticut, April 29-30, 2011.

Wafa Elmammai, Abdul Razaque, and Khaled Elelithy "Simulation based Study of TCP Variants in Hybrid New-tork," 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, University of Hartford, Connecticut, April 29-30, 2011.

Ali M Elrashidi, Khaled Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, "Conformal Microstrip Printed Antenna," 2011 ASEE North-east Section Conference, University of Hartford, Connecticut, April 29-30, 2011.

Mohammed Abuhelaleh and Khaled Elleithy, "SOOAWSN: A complete framework for Wireless Sensor Net-works," 2011 ASEE Northeast Section Conference, University of Hartford, Connecticut, April 29-30, 2011.

Mohammed Abuhelaleh and Khaled Elleithy, "Security in Wireless Sensor Networks: Key Intrusion Detection Module in SOOAWSN," 14th Commu-nications and Networking Simulation (CNS'11) Symposium, Boston, April 4 - 7, 2011.

Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, "Location-Based Security for ID Docu-ment and ID Card Enrollment Sta-tions," 14th Communications and Net-working Simulation (CNS'11) Sympo-sium, Boston, April 4 - 7, 2011.

Khaled Elleithy, Jeongkyu Lee, Tarek Sobh, Ali El-Rashedy, Jovin Joy, and Leon Manole, "Design and Implemen-tation of Wireless Camera, Communi-cation and Control Modules for a Transformable Unmanned Aerial Vehi-cle," the Journal of Intelligent and Ro-botic Systems, Springer, July 2011

Jeongkyu Lee, and Omar Abuzaghleh. Implementing an Affordable High Per-formance Computing Platform for

Teaching-oriented Computer Science Curriculum. Proc. of the 2011 National ASEE conference, Vancouver, BC, June 2011.

Yingju Chen, Ahmad Abushakra and Jeongkyu Lee, Vision-based Horizon Detection and Target Tracking for UAVs. In the 7th International Sympo-sium on Visual Computing (ISVC), Las Vegas, Nevada, September 26-28, 2011.

Yingju Chen, Ajith Kumar Laksh-manan, and Jeongkyu Lee, Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endo-scopy Videos using Temporal Features, In the 15th IASTED International Con-ference on Robotics and Applications (RA 2010), Cambridge, MA, November 2010

Hau-Wen Chang, Hung-sik Kim, Shuy-ang, Li, Jeongkyu Lee, and Dongwon Lee, Comparative Study on Subject Classification of Academic Videos us-ing Noisy Transcripts, In IEEE Int'l Conf. on Semantic Computing (ICSC), Pittsburgh, PA, September 2010.

JungHwan Oh, Xiaohui Yuan, Jeong-kyu Lee, and Shou Jiang Tang. Abnor-mal Image Detection Using Texton Method in Wireless Capsule Endo-scopy Videos, In the Int'l Conf. on Medical Biometrics (ICMB 2010), Hong Kong, China, June 28-30, 2010.

Alan Gilbert Seelan, and Jeongkyu Lee. Developing Integrated Engine for Database Administrator and Developer, Proceeding of 2008 New England American Society for Engineering Edu-cation Conference, Boston, MA, May 7-8, 2010.

The poster session of UB Faculty research day held on February 11, 2011

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yed S. Rizvi, Khaled Elleithy, and Aasia Riasat, The Use of

Orthogonal Frequency Code Division (OFCD) Multiplexing in Wireless Mesh Network (WMN), Fourth-Generation (4G) Wireless Networks: Applications and Innovations, pp. 565-581, 2010.

Abdelrahman Elleithy, Syed S. Rizvi, and Khaled M. Elleithy, "Optimization and Job Scheduling in Heterogeneous Networks," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 257 - 262, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Abdelrahman Elleithy, Syed S. Rizvi, and Khaled M. Elleithy, "Investigating the Effects of Trees and Butterfly Barriers on the Performance of Optimistic GVT Algorithm," Advanced Techniques in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, pp. 449 - 453, Springer, 2010, ISBN:978-90-481-3659-9.

Syed S. Rizvi, Dipali Shah, and Aasia Riasat, "Implementation of Tree and Butterfly Barriers with Optimist ic Time Management Algorithms for Discrete Event Simulation," Advanced Techniques in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, pp. 455 - 460, Springer, 2010, ISBN:978-90-481-3659-9.

Allon Rai, Sangita Ale, Syed S. Rizvi, and Aas ia Riasat, " A New Methodology for Self Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 263 - 268, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Syed S. Rizvi, Majid A. Jafri, and K h a le d E l l e i t h y , " A N o ve l Optimization of the Distance Source Routing (DSR) Protocol for the Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 269 - 274, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Mustafa A. Khan, "A New Analytical Model for Maximizing the Capacity and Minimizing the Transmission Delay for MANET," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunicat-ions and Networking, pp. 275 - 279, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Syed S. Rizvi, Adil Sheikh, and Aasia Riasat, "Faul ty Links Optimization for Hypercube Networks via Stored and Forward One-Bit Round Robin Routing Algorithm, Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 281 - 286, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Jaiminkumar Gorasia, Syed S. Rizvi, and Aasia Riasat, "Improving the Data Rate in Wireless Mesh Networks Us ing Or thogona l Frequency Code Division (OFCD)," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 287 - 292, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Mustafa A. Khan, "A Novel Encrypted Database Technique to Develop a Secure Application for an Academic Institution," Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 293 - 298, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Dr. Elif Kongar has been invited to submit a book chapter for the forthcoming The Handbook of Technology Management, three volume set, Hossein Bidgoli, Editor-in-Chief, to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, N.J, 07030.

Syed S. Rizvi, Aasia Riasat, and Mohammad Sheikh, "A Mathematical Model for Reducing Handover Time at MAC Layer for Wireless Networks, "Novel Algorithms and Techniques in Telecommunications and Networking, pp. 299 - 304, Springer, 2010, ISBN: 978-90-481-3662-9.

Eschenbach, Ted G. and Dr. Lewis, Neal A. “Time Value of Money (TVM) and Calculators” in Ted G. Eschenbach’s Engineering Economy, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2011.

Syed S. Rizvi, Shalini Poathan, and Khaled M. Elleithy, "A GVT Based Algorithm for Butterfly Barrier in Parallel and Distributed Systems, "Advanced Techniques in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, pp. 589 - 593, Springer, 2010, ISBN:978-90-481-3659-9.

UPE welcomes new members

psilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is the international honor society for

students in computer science, infor-mation technology, computer engi-neering, and management information systems programs. On May 6 2011, 4 new members were inducted into a life-long membership with UPE. The induction to the UPE also entitled them to a year-long membership with ACM. The name of the new members are Mr. Tamer Y. Abu-Khalil, Mr. Mathew Breland, Ms. Kathleen J. Goldschmidt, and Ms. Shuyang Li.

In addition to welcoming to the new members, Dr. Stephen Grodzinsky received a honorary certificate for his 21 years of services and support to the UPE Chapter at the University of Bridgeport on the same day.

Finally, Prasanthi Thunga was awarded the 2010 UPE Scholarship Award ($750.00 Cash Award). Con-gratulations, Prasanthi!

Four new members joined UPE are Mr. Tamer Y. Abu-Khalil, Mr. Mathew Bre-land, Ms. Kathleen J. Goldschmidt, and Ms. Shuyang Li (from left to right).

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iao Chen, M.S. candidate in bio-medical engineering, and Shuai

Wang, MBA candidate, have been selected by Barnum Museum Director Kathy Maher to provide the voices for Siamese twins Cheng and Eng in an upcoming documentary about P.T. Barnum.

Beena Chaudhari (MSEE 2010) has been hired by Aspira Pharmaceutical Systems in Danbury, CT. (Main office is in NJ.) Here job title is Bioelectronic Engineer.

Vignesh Veerpandian (MSEE 2010) was hired by Sublime Wireless Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. His work is as a wireless data trouble shooter on many projects, including a major project for ATT wireless.

Vijayalakshmi Raju Gurusamy (MSEE 2010) got an internship from Maxim Integration Inc. in Dallas, TX. Her job position is VLSI chip designer.

Jigar Pandya (MSEE 2009) has a job as a Controls Systems Engineer at BP Controls in New Jersey. His duties i n c l u d e p r o g r a m m i n g P L C s (programmable logic controls), pro-gramming Barcode scanners, develop-ing and modifying drawings for con-struction of these systems, and per-forming system installation for custom-ers.

Mahipatsinh Gohil (MSEE 2010) was recently hired by Welspun Pipes in Little Rock, Arkansas. His title is Elec-trical Engineer in charge of implement-ing and troubleshooting SCADA soft-ware. This software allows managers to continually monitor the industrial processes that go into making steel pipes, valves and fittings.

Vipulkumar Patel (MSEE 2010) was recently hired by Saturn Electronics Company of Livonia, Michigan as a PLC programmer. PLC stands for pro-grammable logic control, and it is the preferred method for automating ma-chines and processes in the workplace.

Vikas Singh (MSEE 2006) was re-cently promoted. He works for Boston Scientific in Marlboro, Massachusetts. He is now the Business Analyst in In-formation Systems for Clinical Applica-tions and Research.

Dhaval Vachhani (MSEE 2010) is working for ATT in Woodbridge, New Jersey. He is an RF (radio frequency)

Engineer in their cell phone division.

Xin Sun (MSEE 2009) was recently hired by Chipblaster Inc., Meadville, PA as an Electrical Engineering in charge of designing PLC (program-able logic control) boards to control cooler used throughout the world on such devices as CNC milling machines and oil drill rigs.

Ismail Khan (MSEE 2010) recently got a job as a Controls Engineer in Denver, Colorado at Leprino Foods Inc. His first project will be to design the new plant for the processing of cheese and dairy products. His focus will be in the auto-mation of the processes.

Eugene Gerety (BSEE 1981, MSEE 1984) is working for Phillips Respironix in Wallingford, CT. They are a medical equipment based company. He is the senior staff engineer overseeing a host of projects. Also, he recently enrolled in the Ph.D. program at UB in order to obtain his Ph.D. in Computer Engineer-ing and Science. If he completes this degree he will be the first UB student ever to obtain his bachelors, masters, and doctorate from UB.

Kavya Krishnappa (MSEE 2010) re-cently got a job with International Fund Services in New York City. Her job is that of a Business Intelligence Devel-oper. Also, six months earlier, Ms. Krishnappa gave birth to her first child, a son.

Hardikumar Vyas (MSEE 2010) was recently hired as a Project Engineer by Huff Technologies in Morganfield, Ken-tucky. Huff is the designer and manu-facturer of custom testing, inspection, and assembly equipment. Mr. Vyas was hired on the strength of his work in the programmable logic controls lab at UB, which was built and supervised by Lab Engineer Jack Toporovsky.

Narmin Hirani (MSEE 2009) got a job as a software program developer for Sage Software in Atlanta, Georgia.

Hemen Chhatbar (MSEE 2005) re-cently took the position of Case Man-ager for Premier Source of San Mateo, California. Premier is a health care company. Mr. Chhatbar's job is to re-view and authorize health care claims and to provide ongoing case manage-ment.

Jigar Pandya (MSEE 2009) is working as an instrumentation Electrical Engi-

neer for Dupont Inc., in Wilmington, Delaware. His training in PLC's (programmable logic controls) at UB got him the job in his work doing digital control system design and program-ming.

Punit Panjwani (MSEE 2011) has accepted a job as an Electrical Engi-neer in the Controls department at Interplex Automation Inc., Attleboro, MA. While at UB, Mr. Panjwani worked in the Programmable Logic Controls lab with Prof. Toporovsky on many projects dealing with the automation of an assembly line.

Narmin Hirani (MSEE 2010) is work-ing as a data base analyst for Sage Software in Atlanta, Georgia. She is developing code for SEQUEL and SAP.

Jaspreet Dhiman (MSEE 2011) was recently hired by ThysseKrupp Crank-shaft Company, Chicago, Illinois as a an Engineer in charge of automation design. Mr. Dhiman is yet another product of the large group of students f rom Prof . Toporovsky's PLC (programmable logic control) lab to find employment quickly for his skills in PLC automation control.

Aashish Shrestha (MSEE 2009) is working in Rochester, NY as a systems analyst for Conserve-Arm. They are a collection agency. They collect money on delinquent student loans.

Madhumitha Iyer (MSEE 2011) was recently hired by Digitron Inc. of Shel-ton, CT. She is a test engineer respon-sible for testing and interpreting test results of printed circuit boards used in the mircoprocessor controls of automo-biles and machinery.

Vinod Patel (MSME 2008) is working as a Mechanical Engineer at Cameron International, Houston, TX. His job entails the design and construction of the electrical controls needed to moni-tor the equipment for drilling for oil and gas. He attributes his strength in this area to his work at UB in the PLC (programmable logic control) lab under Jack Toporovsky.

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Applied Computational Fluid

Dynamics Laboratory

The applied Computational Fluid Dy-namics (CFD) lab at the Mechanical Engineering department was estab-lished to use CFD as an analysis tool to understand the transport phenom-ena (fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, chemical reactions and electromagnetic effects) in industrial processes and as a design tool to optimize engi-neering components and system design. Transport phenom-ena are present in various industrial processes and engi-neered systems, such as energy conversion, automobile aerodynamics, electronics cooling, HVAC (heating ventila-tion and air conditioning), welding, casting, etc.

Center for Sustainable Energy

and Environment

The Center for Sustainable Energy and Environment (CEE) is led by Dr. Elif Kongar and serves as an interdis-ciplinary research facility at the School of Engineering to conduct extensive research on energy and environment related issues. The mission of the Center is to contribute to the body of knowledge in related areas while increasing awareness on greening activities.

Research areas include: life cycle analysis, End-of-life (EOL) products, disassembly for environment, disassembly se-quencing, disassembly scheduling, greening curricula, and increasing participation of women in engineering.

The Center also serves as a bridge between researchers and the community, aiming to create enthusiasm for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Dr. Jani Pallis and Dr. Kongar, are respectively the current Society of Women Engineers (SWE) counselor and faculty advisor and aim at increasing the female participation in STEM related research.

Cloud Computing Cluster

The Cloud Computing Cluster (CCC) develops and implements open-source technologies to support reli-able, scalable, distributed computing in non-relational data environments for science and business.

CNC Mini Milling Machine Laboratory

A Haas CNC mini milling machine in the Mechanical Engi-neering Lab at the School of Engineering is currently being used to support academics and engineering education. Courses offered through the Lab include MEEG 479: CNC

Machine Control and Mill, MEEG 423: CAM & CNC Machin-ing, MEEG 424: Advanced CAM & Automation, and some electrical engineering courses. Students acquire knowledge and experience in CNC programming, understand basic machining processes, learn to set up and adjust the tools and fixtures and follow safety procedures. The hands-on machining experiences in this mechanical lab benefit our engineering students in their current academic course learn-ing as well as future career plan/employment.

Interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and

Control (RISC) Laboratory

The Interdisciplinary RISC Lab re-sides in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the Uni-versity of Bridgeport. It was formed in 1995 by its founder and coordina-tor, Professor Tarek Sobh, in order to conduct research in a variety of robotics-related fields, and as a step towards the development of com-mercially applicable projects. Research interests include: reverse engineering and industrial inspection, CAD/CAM and active sensing under uncertainty, robots and electrome-chanical systems prototyping, sensor-based distributed con-trol schemes, unifying tolerances across sensing, design, and manufacturing, hybrid and discrete event control, model-ing, and applications, mobile robotic manipulation, develop-ing theoretical and experimental tools to aid performing adaptive goal-directed robotic sensing for modeling, observ-ing and controlling interactive agents in unstructured envi-ronments.

Multimedia Information Group

The Multimedia Information Group (MIG) of the Department of Com-puter Science and Engineering was founded by Professor Jeongkyu Lee in August 2006. MIG's research explores the technology and applica-tion of multimedia and information including video surveillance system, graph-based video database management system, and medical videos.

Nanomaterials & Nanobioma-

terials Engineering Laboratory

Recent times have seen a significant amount of research focused on the understanding of various physical properties associated with nanoscale materials, either by themselves or in

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he Graduate Studies Division continues to offer several new initiatives, including interdisciplinary con-centrations that may be incorporated into graduate programs of the Schools of Business, Engineering,

and Education and Human Resources. Matriculated and non-matriculated students may earn professional graduate certificates in any of the concentration areas listed below by satisfying the area requirements.

Students do not need to be enrolled in a degree program. Each of the following requires three or four courses to complete. For more information, feel free to contact Prof. Gad Selig at gadselig@bridgeport.edu, or Prof. Khaled Elleithy at elleithy@bridgeport.edu.

Bio-Tech Management

CAD/CAM

Computer and Information

Security

Technology Entrepreneurship

and New Venture Creation

Environmental and Energy

Management

Global Program and Project

Management

Health Care Management and

Systems

Information Technology

Intellectual Property Manage-

ment

Manufacturing Management

Modern Database System

New Product Development

and Management

Quality Control

Service Management and En-

gineering

Software Engineering

Robotics and Automation

Strategic Sourcing and Ven-

dor Management

Supply Chain Management

Wireless and Mobile Commu-

nications

Corporate and Government

Security and Continuity Man-agement

Computer Communications

and Networking

conjunction with polymers. Nevertheless, for nanotechnology advances to impact human life, designing these materials and hybrid materials with desired properties and integrating these properties in future technology development is needed. Thus, it is necessary to have complete control over their structure, properties, and arrangement through growth and modification processes.

Renewable Energy Research Laboratory

Sustainable energy is an increasingly important component of the new en-ergy mix. Lab experiments cover the technologies of energy conversion, utilization and storage in solar, wind, fuel cells, and hybrid systems. The smart micro-power grid is also de-signed and optimized through a simu-lation with consideration given to cost and environmental effects.

PLC & Controls Laboratory

The PLC Laboratory at the Electrical Engineering Department is led by Prof. Jack Toporovsky.

This lab introduces students with little or no background to PLC systems (programmable logic control systems). Students learn the theory of PLCs: they read, design and understand basic ladder logic; they are aware of potential problems and hazards; they learn to perform common procedures such as editing pro-grams, forcing, clearing faults, etc. Students also learn how to connect to PLC systems and how to effectively and logi-cally troubleshoot PLC system problems using RSLogix 500/5000, Factory Talk software, Mitsubishi PLC and HMI software. The Controls Lab, located in the Engineering

Building (Tech 210), is used for both instruction and re-search.

Signal Processing Research Group Laboratory

The Signal Processing Research Group (SPRG) resides in the Department of Electrical Engi-neering. It includes four major areas: Speech, Audio, Bio, and Astronomy. Speech and Audio research projects are led by Prof. Buket D. Barkana. Bio and Astronomy research projects are led by Prof. Navarun Gupta.

Wireless & Mobile Communi-

cations Laboratory

The Wireless & Mobile Communications (WMC) Laboratory at the Computer Science & Engineering Department is led by Dr. Khaled Elleithy. The mission of the WMC Laboratory is to advance the state-of-the-art in wireless and mobile communications.

The following projects are currently being conducted in the WMC Labo-ratory:

1) QoS of Multi-user communica-tions for Cellular Networks 2) Bit Error Rate Performance of Multi-user Wireless DS-CDMA receivers 3) Power-Efficient Wireless CDMA Systems 4) Fundamental Limits and Optimality of Wireless Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 5) Power-Efficient Wireless CDMA Systems 6) Performance Optimization of Multi-user Receivers.

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Genetic and Evolutionary Image

Processing Algorithms

Dr. Jörg Krone

South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences

Genetic and evolu-tionary algorithms apply models of biological evolution to problems in mathematics and comput-ing. It is the aim of evolutionary algo-rithms to find certain individuals with a fitness as high as possible. First an initial population of N individuals is generated.

This population is modified by selection, crossing-over and mutation operators. The process is repeated until it meets a certain convergence criteria or until a maximal number of iterations is reached.

Some ten years ago Jörg Krone started to develop, together with co-workers from RWTH Aachen, genetic and evolutionary image segmentation and edge detection algorithms. They applied them to several biomedical imaging problems e.g. to the detection of vascular networks.

Critical Success Factors for Suc-

cessful Entrepreneurs in a Tech-

nology Field: Do You Have What

It Takes to Become a Bill Gates?

Dr. Gad J. Selig

Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research Divi-sion, University of Bridgeport

Today's students have several career choices from starting their own busi-nesses to working in the corporate world or working for their government.

This presentation will focus on entre-preneurship, the issues and opportuni-ties that must be addresses and what it

takes to become a successful entre-preneur in launching a new technology business.

The new CTech IncUBator @ Univer-sity of Bridgeport will be discussed as a resource to assist in commercializing new technologies and create jobs. Ex-amples of successful global entrepre-neurs from a number of countries will be discussed

Staying Healthy in the United

States

Mrs. Melissa Lopez

Director, Student Health Services, University of Bridge-port

Health affects all aspects of college life. It is important college students lead a well balanced life and learn healthy behaviors so that they can succeed academically and later on in their career.

During this presentation, students will learn about illnesses that affect college students in the U.S. and the impor-tance of prevention and healthy behav-iors.

In addition, other topics such as health insurance in the U.S., prevention of the flu (including H1N1) and health re-sources on campus will be covered.

Research in the Experimental

AeroPhysics Branch, NASA

Ames Research Center

Mr. Kurt Long

Senior Research Engineer working at NASA Ames , Re-search Center's Fluid Mechanics Lab

The Experimental Aero-Physics Branch is resident in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory (FML), NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett field, CA.

The FML is home to a variety of experi-mental facilities, including six small-scale subsonic wind tunnels, a low-speed water channel, a laser optics lab, an anechoic chamber, and an instru-mentation development lab. Branch capabilities include fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, aero-acoustics, hybrid rockets, ad-vanced instrumentation, including Par-ticle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Pres-sure Sensitive Paint (PSP), Back-ground-Oriented Schlieren (BOS), and Fringe Imaging Skin Friction (FISF).

The Experimental Aero-Physics Branch supports a variety of projects for NASA and non NASA customers alike. Typical NASA projects include Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), Com-mon Research Model (CRM), planetary exploration vehicles; projects for non-NASA sponsors include truck drag reduction, railroad car drag reduction, and ship aerodynamics.

The branch is involved in extensive educational outreach activities, includ-ing hosting engineering interns, and appearing in several Mythbusters epi-sodes. This talk will overview many interesting branch research projects, and will include a variety of video clips.

Recent Research on Open and

Endo Biomedical Surgical In-

struments

Dr. Zheng Li

Associate professor in Mechanical Depart-ment, University of Bridgeport

Biomedical surgical instruments are the specially designed medical equipment or devices de-signed to perform specific actions of carry out desired effects during surgery, including modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it. Some surgical instruments are designed for general use in surgery, while others are designed for a specific procedure

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or surgery.

An important relative distinction, re-garding surgical instruments, is the amount of bodily disruption or tissue trauma that their use might cause the patient.

Terms relating to this issue are mini-mally invasive. Minimally invasive sys-tems are an important recent develop-ment in surgery. Some new develop-ments of open and endo biomedical surgical instruments will be introduced and discussed in this paper.

The feasibilities and function of these new biomedical surgical instruments have been tested and verified in some hospitals and medical clinic fields. The computational modeling and simulation of these new surgical instruments have been analyzed and discussed, and some future improvements are also proposed to benefit surgeons and pa-tients.

What can we do in sustainable

energy at UB?

Dr. Linfeng Zhang

Assistant Professor of Department of Electrical Engineer-ing, University of Bridgeport

The demand for en-ergy has increased sharply in recent years due to the rapidly rising stan-dards of living and expanding popula-tions. Traditional fossil fuel energy re-sources are non-renewable, and they cause air pollution and an increase in greenhouse gases in the upper atmos-phere.

Utilization of sustainable energy re-sources is the solution to the world's energy problems and it attracts more and more attention, as evidenced by the tremendous amount of investment from the Federal government, automo-tive industry, and fuel cell /photovoltaic cell manufacturers.

Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this field, engineers come from many different disciplines: Electrical Engi-neering, Electronics Engineers, Chemi-cal Engineering, Materials Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical En-gineering.

To understand the world's most press-ing energy problems and prepare our-selves adequately, a state-of-the-art review is provided with the emphasis on current challenges, a list of relevant courses at UB is discussed, and an introduction is given on current re-

search topics and facilities.

Design intellectual engineering

systems based on C-OPT tech-

nology for preventing obesity.

Dr. Yefim Kriger

Adjunct faculty in Computer Science Department at the University of Bridge-port.

A problem of design-ing effective, non-invasive engineering equipment for preventing obesity is very important because obesity is the main cause of such serious illnesses as diabetes, cardiovascular, and other disorders. Obesity is also very expen-sive and time-consuming to treat. Obe-sity's toll on children is especially dis-turbing.

The harsh and sad reality is that, for the first time in the nation's history, this country in danger of raising a genera-tion of children who will live sicker and die younger than the generation before them. And one of the main reasons is the rise in obesity.

An obesity preventing system based on Comprehensive Obesity Preventing Technology (C-OPT) is a non-invasive, multi-user system that predicts prob-lematic trends towards obesity in peo-ple's Body Mass Index (BMI), that is a measure of a fatness, by collecting weight and height measurements and electronically alerts a person's health care provider when there is a possibil-ity that obesity may develop in a short of time.

As a result, the health care provider has an opportunity to prevent obesity by lifestyle adjustment much before any serious mental and body changes of the person take place. Weight and height are the two only measures of a person's body that may be automati-cally measured by programmed engi-neering devices and easy electronically transmitted to a processing device. Some preliminary topics on research and development of above mentioned intellectual engineering devices for the senior, master, and Ph.D. projects will be introduced and discussed in this paper.

Job Searching and Interviewing

Skills

Ms. Antonia Colognesi

Coordinator of the Career Services Center at the University of Bridgeport

Job searching in any economy is diffi-

cult, but can be espe-cially daunting in a down economy. There are an over-whelming number of online resources to utilize. Where to start? Learn about the resources right here on the University of Bridgeport's campus, as well as how to structure your own targeted job search. Discover the power of networking and tools that can assist such as LinkedIn.

A crucial part of the job search process is the interview, and like many things in life, practice makes perfect. We will discuss tips and tricks to better under-stand and answer questions in an in-terview as well as what to expect from an interview. Learn how to use online resources such as Optimal Resume to practice your interviewing skills, as well as the services provided in the Career Services Center.

Is Technical Expertise enough in

the real world?

Mr. JIM RANDEL

Randel Media Corpo-ration

Technical expertise is not enough to maxi-mize one's potential in the real world. Certainly it is part of the equation, but much more is needed. Jim Randel is an aggregator - having studied successful people for 25 years in an effort to isolate the common threads that characterize those who achieve their goals. This presentation is an identification of those non-technical, practical, life skills.

Career paths at a software com-

pany

Mr. Rajesh Bhatia

Oracle

What are the career paths in a software company for an engi-nee r i ng / compu te r science graduate? During this presen-tation, Mr. Bhatia will briefly talk about his background and career progression, but more importantly, he will explain various career paths at a software company. What are the various roles within an engineering organization? What are the responsibilities associ-ated with these roles and the neces-sary qualifications? The goal of this presentation is to provide an overview of the variety of career options avail-able to graduates and thus ensure that

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students take the right steps toward achieving their goals.

Albert Einstein. Person of the

Century

Dr. David W. Kraft

Professor of Mathe-matics and Physics at University of Bridge-port

At the close of twenti-eth century, Time Magazine selected Albert Einstein as Person of the Cen-tury. In this talk we review Einstein's contributions to science and examine their continuing influence on contem-porary science and technology. We describe early influences and key events which shaped his life both as a scientist and as a world figure.

Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sen-

sor Networks

Dr. Bing Wang

Assistant professor in the Computer Sci-ence & Engineering Department at the University of Con-necticut

Wireless sensor networks have been deployed for a wide range of applica-tions. Due to environmental impact, hardware defects, and software bugs, a deployed sensor network may suffer from many network-related faults. These faults severely affect the normal operation of the network, and hence should be detected, localized and cor-rected. Fault diagnosis is, however, a challenging task for wireless sensor

networks because of the extremely stringent resources and dynamic na-ture of the network.

In this talk, we present two approaches for fault diagnosis in wireless sensor networks. The first approach formu-lates a problem of optimal sequential testing guided by end-to-end data. It carefully combines passive and active measurements, and determines an optimal testing sequence of network components to minimize the expected testing cost. The second approach proposes a distributed monitoring ar-chitecture through passive sniffers and formulates a k-monitoring problem for fault-tolerant monitoring. We demon-strate the performance of these two approaches through a combination of analysis and simulation.

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You already know that knowledge is the key to building bridges of understanding. Cutting-edge programs and technology are leading the way for today's engineering students at UB. The University was founded on the belief that education should be ac-cessible to all, and today we are keeping that promise. But we can't do it alone. Your support means we can strengthen our commitment to superb, functional, career-oriented degrees and world-class research and development endeavors. Please help the School of Engineering remain at the forefront of education, research and scholarship. Your gifts will help make that program a reality.

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If you have contributed in the past, we thank you and hope you will renew and consider increasing your support If you are mak-ing a first-time gift, please know that all contributions, at any giving level, are greatly appreciated.

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