Archived COE News

• Marine Corp Award Joint Grant between NUWC and CIS faculty (5/21/2008)
  CIS faculty member Dr. Ramprasad Balasubramanian and Frederick Berkeley (NUWC) have been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Marine Corp.
  
  
• CIS Professors Awarded Research Grant by Marine Corps (5/5/2008)
  CIS Professors have been awarded a $50,000 research grant by the US Marine Corps.  The grant is funded through the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Newport and Northrop Grumman Corporation.
  
  
• ECE Faculty Awarded $550k DARPA Grant (4/16/2008)
  ECE faculty member, Dr. Yifei Li, was awarded a $550,000 research grant by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA).
  
  
• Mass Technology Collaborative awards $250,000 to Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (4/11/2008)
  Proposal to establish a Marine Renewable Energy Center (MREC) in collaboration with officials in Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket
  
  
• CIS Chairperson, Dr. Boleslaw Mikolajczak awarded subcontract $90,000 NSF Grant (3/27/2008)
  CIS Chairperson, Dr. Boleslaw Mikolajczak awarded subcontract $90,000 NSF Grant
  
  
• Pavement Research Institute enters into $399,000 research agreement with Commonwealth (3/27/2008)
  Goal is longer lasting and environment-friendly roadways
  
  
• Howard Michel takes over as Director of Region I of the IEEE (3/11/2008)
  Dr. Howard E. Michel, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth takes over as Director of Region I of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for 2008 and 2009.
  
  
• MS/CS graduate student  Derek Beaton awarded NSF Grant for the East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program (3/6/2008)
  Program helps students initiate scientific relationships that will enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts
  
  
• ECE and IEEE Host Starcraft Tournament (3/3/2008)
  On February 29th, the student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) held the First Starcraft Tournament on campus.
  
  
• Suku Sengupta and Collaborators Awarded $600,000 NSF Grant on Developing Ion Exchange Fibers (2/7/2008)
  $600,000 grant awarded to College of Engineering personnel by NSF.  UMass Dartmouth's share is $306,153.
  
  
• Dr. Vijay Chalivendra of Mechanical Engineering Department awarded $140,000 Office of Naval Research grant (2/6/2008)
  To investigate the percolation threshold of Boron nitride nano-particles in a polyurethane matrix for optimum thermal and mechanical properties
  
  
• Observatory Open House (2/5/2008)
  On Saturday, February 2, the Physics Department held its most successful Observatory Open House since the mid-1990s.
  
  
• Physics Undergraduate Students Present Their Research At American Met Society'S Annual Conference (1/31/2008)
  Physics Undergraduate Seniors David Beesley and Jason Olejarz presented their research at the American Meteorological Society's Seventh Annual Student Conference held on January 19th and 20th, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  
  
• Open House at UMass Dartmouth Observatory (1/30/2008)
  Free open house and night-sky viewing session at the newly renovated campus observatory, 7 p.m, Feb.
  
  
• Observatory at UMass Dartmouth Open on December 15 (12/11/2007)
  The Astronomical Society of Southern New England to observe Geminid meteors, Mars and two amazing comets
  
  
• Forum on Nov. 1 at ATMC features business opportunities in marine science and technology (10/24/2007)
  Forum to highlight business opportunities in ocean observation, offshore energy and port security
  
  
• Golden Key International Honour Society (10/19/2007)
  The Physics Department's Professional Technician, Danielle LeMeur, also the UMass Dartmouth Chapter Advisor of the Golden Key International Honour Society held the annual induction ceremony.
  
  
• Physics professor uses Sony PlayStations for black hole research (10/18/2007)
  PS3 has unique features that make it suitable for scientific computations
  
  
• Sony PlayStations used in Astrophysics Research (9/17/2007)
  Dr. Gaurav Khanna and Mr. Glenn Volkema of the Physics department have built a small supercomputer using eight (8) Sony PlayStations 3 gaming consoles.
  
  
• Grand Reopening of Campus Observatory to be held Sept. 15 (9/10/2007)
  Celebration to feature non-technical astronomy programs and viewing through the Observatory's 16-inch telescope
  
  
• Dr. Liudong Xing Presented IEEE Outstanding Technical Innovation Award (9/10/2007)
  Dr. Liudong Xing, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recognized by Region 1 of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), for her outstanding technical innovations in the field of Reliability Engineering.
  
  
• University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-- ITS) (8/31/2007)
  The President's Office of the University of Massachusetts Science and Technology Program has awarded $160,000 to establish a Multi-campus University Collaborative for Intelligent Transportation Systems (UC-ITS).
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth Pavement Research Institute receives $365,000 grant (7/30/2007)
  Researchers will design and evaluate hot mix asphalt pavement mixes to identify the best materials to preserve roadways
  
  
• Physics students prototype fluids experiments at MIT (7/24/2007)
  Physics students accompanied Prof. Amit Tandon to Prof. John Marshall's laboratory
  
  
• Professors create technology to prevent lead shot pollution at shooting ranges (7/16/2007)
  Special fabric and barrier curtain system will protect the environment
  
  
• Student engineers to benefit from software donation (6/29/2007)
  CAD software package valued at $100,000, the gift of Thompson Consultants Inc. of Marion
  
  
• Dr. Haiping Xu awarded NSF grant (6/26/2007)
  Dr. Haiping Xu awarded NSF grant
  
  
• Student Chapter of National Society for Black Engineers is formed at UMass Dartmouth (6/8/2007)
  Junior electrical and computer engineering major Emmanuel Lyte led the effort to establish a student chapter on campus
  
  
• Dr. Khanna published in Europhysics Letters (6/8/2007)
  Dr. Khanna's recent research was published in Europhysics Letters which is one of the leading European journals for Physics.
  
  
• ECE Professors Awarded Research Grant by Office of Naval Research for Acoustics Research (4/25/2007)
  Drs. David Brown and Boris Aronov of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) were awarded a research grant by the Office of Naval Research to develop electro-mechanical modeling of piezoelectric cylindrical shells.
  
  
• Summer Internship (4/25/2007)
  An undergraduate summer internship is available for qualified undergraduate Physics,Engineering and Mathematics majors to work on problems relating Ocean Dynamics.
  
  
• Dr. John Buck Awarded Research Grant by Office of Naval Research (4/13/2007)
  Dr. John Buck, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was recently awarded a research grant totally $234,000 by the Office of Naval Research.
  
  
• Software Engineering option expands Computer and Information Science offerings (4/12/2007)
  Responding to industry needs within the region, UMass Dartmouth's College of Engineering will add a software engineering option this fall to the programs offered in the Computer and Information Science Department.
  
  
• Civil engineering major Mark Costa wins regional contest (4/6/2007)
  Mark Costa, a UMass Dartmouth senior civil engineering major from Reading, is the first place winner of the regional Daniel W.
  
  
• Beautiful Patterns from the Atmosphere - Ocean Experiments (3/28/2007)
  Dr. Tandon's Physics 300 class, Undergraduate Seminar, work on a fluids experiment with the goal of creating fascinating Taylor columns, and ultimately to understand the consequences of the Taylor-Proudman Theorem.
  
  
• The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology" asks Dr. Amit Tandon to continue. (3/20/2007)
  The Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Limnology asked Dr. Amit Tandon, Associate Professor of Physics Department to continue his involvement as the foreign member of the editorial board.
  
  
• Three New Companies Open at Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center (3/13/2007)
  Firms specialize in marine science, renewable energy, bio-technology, and medical software
  
  
• A grant to Materials & Textiles Department (3/12/2007)
  Grant is for working on photovoltaic fabrics with Konarka
  
  
• Computer and Information Science to offer new Software Engineering Option beginning Fall 2007 (3/7/2007)
  Computer Science majors will be able to select either the mainstream Computer Science Program or the Software Engineering Option at the beginning of their sophomore year
  
  
• New Technology Courses Developed by Computer and Information Science (3/1/2007)
  "Exploring Computer Programming with Animation" and "Advanced Web Site Development" to be offered
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth  lab receives $300,000 from New England Transportation Consortium to address deteriorating roads (2/13/2007)
  Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center-based materials facility focused on multi-billion dollar national problem.
  
  
• START program helps prepare students for university studies (1/27/2007)
  Students considering a technical major who need a stronger background in math and science are encouraged to enroll in START (Steps Toward Abstract Reasoning and Thinking) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
  
  
• Dr. Hsu publishes book on the theory of Relativity (1/25/2007)
  Chancellor Professor of Physics, Dr. J.P. Hsu recently published a new edition of his book titled "A Broader View of Relativity".
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth observatory to re-open (1/17/2007)
  Will be the basis for new cooperative outreach program with the Astronomical Society of Southern New England
  
  
• Dr. Khanna selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org. (1/12/2007)
  Dr. Gaurav Khanna was recently selected to be on the executive committee of MacResearch.org, which is an open and independent community for scientists using Apple computers in their research.
  
  
• The Materials & Textiles department is pleased to welcome a new postdoctoral fellow (12/28/2006)
  The Materials & Textiles department is pleased to welcome a new postdoctoral fellow, Dapeng Li.
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth observatory to re-open in January (12/26/2006)
  Following a two-year closure for renovations, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's observatory is re-opening in time for the second semester beginning Jan.
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth, Bristol Community College accelerate transition for engineering students (12/6/2006)
  Goal is to increase supply of engineers for regional innovation economy
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center graduates two Massachusetts start-up innovation companies (12/4/2006)
  Companies to create jobs in Fall River and Easton.
  
  
• Westport man gives SHARE Foundation $15,000 memorial donation (12/1/2006)
  Santa came early to the SHARE foundation in the person of Westport resident Gilbert Goulet who honored the memories of the two women he loved with a memorial donation to the SHARE Foundation in their names.
  
  
• Book Review: The Electric Life of Michael Faraday (11/9/2006)
  Alan Hirshfeld's book is reviewed in The American Journal of Physics
  
  
• Gaurav Khanna Awarded 30,000 Hours of Supercomputing Time (10/19/2006)
  Prof. Gaurav Khanna has been awarded 30,000 hours of supercomputing time on the National Science Foundation's TeraGrid computing infrastructure.
  
  
• ECE Ph.D. Student Wins Award in IEEE Graduate Student Technical Paper Contest (10/13/2006)
  Akhilesh Shrestha, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering came second in the IEEE Region 1 Graduate Student Technical Paper Contest.
  
  
• Co-operative research contract with Engineered Yarns (10/13/2006)
  SBIR Contract won by Engineered Yarns
  
  
• Rotating fluids in the curriculum - where UMass Dartmouth joins MIT, Penn State, Johns Hopkins University, U. of Wisconsin-Madison and Millersville University (10/2/2006)
  Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics has been awarded a subcontract for $28,475 by MIT along with four other universities to implement a series of atmospheric/ocean dynamics experiments into the undergraduate and graduate curriculum at UMass Dartmouth.
  
  
• Graduate Research Opportunity in Physical Oceanography: Collaborative Research -- UMass Dartmouth and Boston University. (9/29/2006)
  A Ph.D. research assistantship is available to study submesoscale dynamics and its effects on the vertical transport, mixing and distribution of properties in the upper ocean.
  
  
• Discussion and Book Signing by Alan Hirshfeld (9/27/2006)
  On Thursday, September 28, 2006, Dr. Alan Hirshfeld will be giving a talk at Baker Books, 69 State Road (Route 6), North Dartmouth, MA at 7:00 pm on the history of science and of Michael Faraday's special place in that history.
  
  
• Vijay Chalivendra awarded National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant (9/26/2006)
  Dr. Vijay Chalivendra of the Mechanical Engineering Department and his collaborators, Dr. Paul Calvert (Materials and Textile Sciences) and Dr.
  
  
• Katja Holtta-Otto and Collaborator Received "Best Paper Award" (9/25/2006)
  Pia Helminen, a doctoral student at Helsinki University of Technology, and Katja Holtta-Otto, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UMass Dartmouth, received "Best Paper Award"
  
  
• Suku Sengupta and Collaborator Awarded CICEET Grant on Denitrifying Bioretention Systems (9/25/2006)
  Professor Suku Sengupta of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and his collaborator -- Prof.
  
  
• Alan Hirshfeld Receives Contract to Write His 3rd Book (9/25/2006)
  Alan Hirshfeld just received a contract to write his 3rd book, entitled "Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes," to be published in late 2008 by Walker Books in New York.
  
  
• Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant (9/21/2006)
  Amit Tandon and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant
  
  
• Second Annual Invention To Venture Workshop (9/21/2006)
  One-day, intensive workshop presents the basics of transforming technological ideas into business ventures, to be held October 20 at the ATMC
  
  
• Shelley Zhang and Other Researchers Awarded Contract to Develop the Generalized Integrated Learning Architecture(GILA). (9/15/2006)
  Assistant Professor Shelley Zhang of the Computer and Information Science Department and other researchers from 11 universities and institutes, united by Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, (ATL), won a $22 million, 48-month contract ($290K for UMass Dartmouth) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the Generalized Integrated Learning Architecture (GILA).
  
  
• Amit Tandon and Collaborators Awarded NSF-NOAA Grant (9/3/2006)
  Associate Professor Amit Tandon of the Department of Physics and his collaborators from MIT, UCLA, Princeton University, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Florida State University and two federal labs (National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Labarotary, Princeton NJ) have been awarded an NSF-NOAA grant to continue their work on mesoscale and mixed layer models as part of the Climate Modeling and Process teams.
  
  
• Freshman Summer Institute at UMass Dartmouth eases transition from high school to university (9/1/2006)
  The Freshman Summer Institute program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is a valuable tool to bridge the gap between high school and university life, according to participants, educators and parents. Now in its fifth year, the weeklong residential program in the College of Engineering attracted 65 students this past August.
  
  
• Vinod Vokkarane and Collaborator Awarded NSF Grant on Optical Networks (8/23/2006)
  Assistant Professor Vinod Vokkarane of the Computer and Information Science Department and his collaborator from the University of Texas at Dallas, Professor Jason Jue, have been awarded a $440,000.
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth College of Engineering announces appointments (8/4/2006)
  Dr. Renate Crawford was named Associate Dean and Thomas Lambalot has been appointed Assistant Dean for Development and External Relations.
  
  
• In Memory of Professor Emeritus Richard Walder (7/14/2006)
  Richard Walder, 83, died Thursday, July 6, 2006.  Rick was among the last of the pre-merger faculty.  He joined the Electrical Engineering Department at New Bedford Institute of Technology in 1956 and served continuously until his retirement in January of 1995.
  
  
• College of Engineering Researchers Receive UMass President's S&T Grant Award (6/14/2006)
  UMass President's Office Supports the College of Engineering's Bioengineering Initiative with Science and Technology Award.
  
  
• Karen Payton and Collaborators Awarded NIH Grant (5/24/2006)
  Dr. Karen Payton, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and several collaborators from MIT were awarded a $1.9 million grant by the National Institutes of Health
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth team places third in national aero-design competition (5/22/2006)
  A University of Massachusetts Dartmouth team of mechanical engineering students ranked first in one category and placed third overall at the 2006 SAE International Aero-Design® East Competition sponsored by Lockheed Martin
  
  
• Dr. Theophano Mitsa Honored by New York State (5/17/2006)
  Dr. Theophano Mitsa of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and her advisor Dean Kevin Parker from the University of Rochester were recognized by New York State's Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in their list of 50 years of achievements by universities in New York state.
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth engineering design team wins competition (5/17/2006)
  A team of UMass Dartmouth Seniors from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, won the top overall award at the 6th Annual IEEE Student Design Competition in Rochester, NY on Saturday, the 13th of  May.
  
  
• Concrete Canoe Competition hosted by UMass Dartmouth, April 29-30 (4/25/2006)
  Students and faculty from 11 universities compete in the event, which challenges design and problem-solving skills
  
  
• Collaboration with Procter & Gamble (4/21/2006)
  The Department of Materials & Textiles is collaborating with Procter & Gamble on a new dry-cleaning agent.
  
  
• Engineer to Entrepreneur discussion to be held at the ATMC (4/20/2006)
  A panel discussion by well-known entrepreneurs on how to become an entrepreneur.
  
  
• Engineering Seminar: The Seductive Equation -- and the Future of Technological Education (4/13/2006)
  A College of Engineering seminar on Engineering and Technological Education in the 21st century.
  
  
• Materials and Textiles Department Receives Grant Award (4/5/2006)
  The Materials and Textiles Department has been awarded a Department of Defense $100,000 grant for purchasing equipment to develop robotic fabrication methods for biomedical textiles.
  
  
• Open House for Prospective Graduate Students (3/28/2006)
  The College of Engineering at UMass Dartmouth will hold an open house for prospective graduate students from 5 to 9 p.m.
  
  
• SMAST Researchers Funded to Study Effects of North Atlantic Oscillation (3/22/2006)
  Research to model the response of marine life to climate change
  
  
• Dr. Gaurav Khanna pursues black holes with $50,000 grant (11/30/2005)
  A UMass Dartmouth physics professor recently received $25,000 from the Florence M. Glaser Gift Giving Trust to study the interior structure of black holes
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth associate professor elected Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Region 1 (11/18/2005)
  Dr. Howard E. Michel, Associate Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has been elected Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 1 Director-elect for 2006 and 2007 and Director for 2008 and 2009.
  
  
• Big federal boost for textiles, materials science research (11/10/2005)
  Congressmen Frank, McGovern, Delahunt; Senators Kennedy and Kerry secure $1.2 million for National Textile Center work
  
  
• The 2005 Solar Decathlon is over! (11/8/2005)
  The 2005 Solar Decathlon is over! UMass Dartmouth's Contest Home finished last competing this year for the first time in the U.S.
  
  
• Jack Welch to speak at manufacturing conference at Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (10/27/2005)
  Jack Welch, the legendary former CEO of General Electric, will speak at the Manufacturing Competitiveness Conference (MCC) hosted by the UMass Dartmouth Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Center (ATMC) in Fall River on November 16.
  
  
• US News & World Report ranks UMass Dartmouth top New England public university of its kind (8/22/2005)
  U.S. News & World Report's 2006 America's Best Colleges issue has ranked UMass Dartmouth the best public institution of its kind in New England and cited the College of Engineering as having one of the best undergraduate programs among similar universities.
  
  
• UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor (10/6/2004)
  UMass Dartmouth physicist receives international honor Among the  top winners in the John Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' awards UMass Dartmouth physics professor Alan Hirshfelds essay about 19th century scientist Michael Faraday was among the top five winners of the prestigious John Templeton Foundation Power of Purpose awards announced recently.
  
  
• Umd Receives $600,000 Grant From Nsf To Develop Partnerships For Innovation With Industry (6/11/2004)
  DARTMOUTH, MA.  The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announced that it has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support new partnerships for innovation between the University and businesses in the region.
  
  

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. John Buck, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the School for Marine Science and Technology, is the recipient of the 2005 Mac Van Valkenburg Early Career Teaching Award. The award is presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society and recognizes educators who have made outstanding contributions to the field early in their professional careers. [story]

Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor Branislav Notaros and his former Ph.D. student Milan Ilic have won the prestigious 2005 Microwave Prize. [story]

Computer Science

Sheetal Naik and Emad Aboelela published "IDEM- Internet Delay Emulator Approach for Assessing VoIP Quality" in The 2005 Systems Communications Conference, Multimedia Communications Systems, Montreal, Canada, pp. 92-97, August 14-17, 2005.

Computer Science

Haiping Xu, Zhiguo Zhang, and Sol M. Shatz published "A Security Based Model for Mobile Agent Software Systems," in the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE), Auguest 2005, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 1-28.

College of Engineering

US News & World Report ranks UMass Dartmouth top New England public university of its kind. [story]

Computer Science

Dr. Boleslaw Mikolajczak presented a paper entitled "Workflow Mining Alpha Algorithm - A Complexity Study" during International Information Processing and Web Mining Conference, June 13-16, 2005 held in Gdansk, Poland and published in Advances in Soft Computing, Springer, 2005.

Computer Science

Dr. Boleslaw Mikolajczak presented a paper entitled "Distributed Actor-based Approach to the Optimal Polygon Triangulation Problem with Visualization Using Colored Petri Nets" during 17th Trieennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies IFORS 2005, July 11-15, 2005, Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, US. The paper will be published in Journal of Control and Cybernetics.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nathaniel Barcelos, a senior majoring in Electrical Engineering, is named "Student of the Semester" for spring 2005
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Physics: Two George Leung Scholarships Awarded

With the help of Dean Azadivar, Physics Alumni Council awarded two George Leung Scholarships ($2000) to two outstanding physics students (recommended by Prof. J. P. Hsu) during the COE Alumni Reunion (April 22, 2005):

1. Zhenhua Ning (graduate)
2. John Westgate (undergraduate)

Physics: Book to be Published

Prof. J. P. Hsu (Physics Dept.) and Prof. D. Fine (Math. Dept.) finished a book, "100 Years of Gravity and Accelerated Frames---The Deepest Insights of Einstein and Yang-Mills" (pp. xxxvii + 623, World Scientific, to be published in 2005).

Textiles: Steven Warner inducted into "Circle of Excellence"

At the recent NTC forum in Raleigh NC, Steven Warner of the Textile Department was one of 10 people inducted into the "Circle of Excellence" for his contining contributions to building textile research at UMass Dartmouth and nationally.

There is more about the NTC and forum at: http://www.ntcresearch.org

Physics: Assistant Professor Khanna to be published in Physical Review Letters

Work that was done with Dr. Daniel Cartin (NAPS, RI) has just been accepted for publication in the highly respected "letter" journal, Physical Review Letters. It is due to appear in volume 94, issue 11.

Title: Absence of preclassical solutions in Bianchi I loop quantum cosmology

Summary: Solutions to homogeneous and isotropic models of our Universe in the context of Loop Quantum Gravity have been known for a number of years. They have some intriguing features, such as the possible exploration of pre-big bang Physics. Our work attempts to find similar ("preclassical") solutions to an anisotropic model ("Bianchi I") and we discover that there are none. This indicates possible technical issues with the model, or something very appealing i.e. Loop Quantum Gravity suppresses anisotropy, thereby providing an explanation for why our Universe is so isotropic.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Branislav Notaros, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was named the recipient of the 2005 Microwave Prize. This is the best-paper award by the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) granted for a paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. The winning paper is entitled "Higher Order Hierarchical Curved Hexahedral Vector Finite Elements for Electromagnetic Modeling" (March 2003, Vol.51). The award will be presented on June 15, 2005 at the MTT-S Awards Banquet as a part of the 2005 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium in Long Beach, California. The Microwave Prize is considered the highest and most competitive scientific/technical award in the microwave area worldwide.

Physics

Prof. Amit Tandon will be serving as one of the Associate Editors for the International journal "Limnology" from April 2005 to March 2007, to serve from the perspective of mixing processes and physical limnology. Limnology is an international journal published by the Japanese Society of Limnology, started in 2000 published by Springer-Verlag. The new editor-in-chief from April 2005 to March 2007 will be Dr. Zen'ichiro KAWABATA, Center for Ecological Research Kyoto University, Japan.

New grants awarded to UMD for research on Textiles

The National Textile Center has awarded two new grants to UMD engineering for research on building a robotic spider and on melt electrospinning for low cost nanofibers. This is in addition to continuing projects on Bioactive bandages, on electrostatic web formation, on stents for treatment of arterial disease, on fibers with butterfly-like colors, on fabrics for biofiltration, on textiles for fuel cells and on sensors based on quantum tunneling.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Soluzochukwu Nwanze selected as ECE Student of the Semester.

Press Release

Study of Passive Sonar, Whale Songs

John Buck, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is a sound man. Much of his time between teaching courses is spent listening to noises and compiling data that is of use to researchers and the defense department alike.

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Published

Dr. Paul Fortier, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, is the author and editor of "Introduction to Networks & Networking," a textbook for high school students.

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Award Winner

Dr. Howard E. Michel, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is a 2004 recipient of the Regional Activities Board Achievement Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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Award Winner

Dr. Alan Hirshfeld of Newton, Massachusetts, Professor of Physics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and an Associate of the Harvard College Observatory- was announced as a winner in a worldwide essay competition sponsored by John Templeton Foundation.

Atlanta, GA - September 27, 2004 - The Power of Purpose Awards: A Worldwide Essay Competition sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, announced its winners last week. The John Templeton Foundation is internationally renowned for its annual Templeton Prize. A total of $500,000 in prizes was awarded to the 19 winners at an event in New York City.

Dr. Alan Hirshfeld’s essay, “How Wonderfully We Stand Upon This World.” placed second among more than 7200 entries. This award also includes a $50,000 cash prize.

Press Release | HowWonderfully We Stand Upon This World

New Appointment

Dr. Finnie is appointed as a new Associate Dean, College of Engineering, starting from July 01, 2004. He could be reached at:

John Finnie, Ph.D
Associate Dean
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Dion 326
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
Tel: (508) 999-8490
Fax: (508) 999-9137
Email: jfinnie@umassd.edu

Grants

1. Dr. Sukalyan Sengupta, "Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology", Awarded amount: $212,762, 2003-2005.
2. Dr. Avijit Gangopadhyay, "Integrating Feature Oriented High-resolution Synoptic Observations for MODAS", Amount of Award: $72,219
3. Dr. Gaurav Khanna, "Computational and Theoretical Astrophysics", NSF's grant of $45,000.
4. Dr. Elliott P. Horch, "Unlocking the Potential of Speckle Binary Stars for Stellar and Galactic Astronomy", $234,341, 2003-2006.
5. Dr. Mikolajczak, B., NSF 01-52 Track- ATE Articulation Partnerships, $309,000, 2002-2005
6. Dr. Amit Tandon, "Coollaborative Project: Interaction of eddies with mixed layers", $47,000
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7. Dr. John Rice, a model propulsor vibration, $50,000, 2002-2004.

Recent publications

1. Dr. Iren Valova, Associate Professor with Computer and Information Sciences Department
2. Dr. B. Mikolajczak, chairperson of Computer and Information Science Department.
3. Dr. L. Xing, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Student activities

1. Energy's Solar Decathlon Contest held at the National Mall in 2005
2. Christopher Yafrate , one of ATMC Interns, picked by Mass High Tech as "Best in Class."

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Grants

Dr. Sukalyan Sengupta, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, recently received a grant from the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, a joint partnership between the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and the University of New Hampshire. Funding for this 2-year project is $212,762. The project will explore the autotrophic denitrification of decentralized wastewater systems using sulfur or hydrogen as an electron donor.

Dr. Gaurav Khanna, Assistant Professor in Physics Department, has recently received a grant of $45,000 supported by NSF's Gravity Program under the Division of Physical
Sciences. The research is regarding Computational and Theoretical Astrophysics.

Dr. Elliott P. Horch, Assistant Professor of Physics, recently received word that his NSF proposal entitled: "Unlocking the Potential of Speckle Binary Stars for Stellar and Galactic Astronomy" will be supported by NSF's Division of Astronomical Sciences. Funding for this 3-year project is $234,341. Dr. Horch is the Principal Investigator, with Zoran Ninkov and William F. van Altena, being Co-Principal Investigators.

Dr. Amit Tandon, Assistant Professor of Physics, is UMass Dartmouth PI for the "Coollaborative Project: Interaction of eddies with mixed layers" funded by The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration and the National Science Foundation. The fund has been awarded $1.5 million. The UMD portion of the award is $47,000, and the goal of this team project is to derive and test in climate models the parameterizations of the interaction of mesoscale eddies with turbulent mixing in the upper ocean. Other partners on this grant include scientists from MIT, Princeton, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Columbia University, Florida State University, University of California at Los Angeles and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD).

Dr. Mikolajczak, B., chairperson of Computer and Information Science Department, has recently received a grant from NSF 01-52 Track – ATE Articulation Partnerships, Establishing an Articulated Computer Science Program: From BCC through Univeristy of Massachusetts Dartmouth, co-principal investigator with P. Grocer, BCC, $309,000, 2002-2005, CIS faculty Emad Aboelela, Jan Bergandy, Paul Bergstein, and graduate students are involved.

Dr. John Rice of Mechanical Engineering Department has recently received a grant from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center for $50,000 over two years (2002-2004) to model propulsor vibration.

Publications:

Dr. Iren Valova, Associate Professor with Computer and Information Sciences
Department has published the following refereed papers:

I.Valova, G.Milano, K.Bowen, Optimizing Genetic Algorithms to Train Fully Connected Feed - Forward Neural Networks, ASME Press Series on Inteligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks (ANNIE 2003), Smart Engineering System Design, eds C. Dagli et al, (2003) November, Missouri, USAI.

Valova, N.Gueorguieva, V.Zacharias, Incremental broadcasting as a strategy for multi agent communication, ASME Press Series on Inteligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks (ANNIE 2003), Smart Engineering System Design, eds C. Dagli et al, (2003) November, Missouri, USAI.

Valova, N.Gueorguieva, M.Kempka, Feed-forward neural networks with sigmoidal and radial basis hidden neurons, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USAN.

Gueorguieva, G.Georgiev, I.Valova, Facial expression recognition using feedforward neural networks, Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'2002), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, (June) 2003

N.Gueorguieva, I.Valova, Building RBF Neural Network Topology Through Potential Functions. Springer-Verlag Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol.. 27140. Artificial Neural Networks and Neural Information Processing (ICANN - ICONIP 2003), Kaynak, E. Alpaydin, E. Oja, L. Xu (Eds.), Istanbul, Turkey, (June) 2003

Dr. Mikolajczak, B., chairperson of Computer and Information Science Department, has recently been accepted for several publications:

B. Mikolajczak, A. Ottlik, Specification of Distributed Software Systems with Actors Using Object-Oriented Petri Nets, Intelligent Information Systems 2002, Advances in Soft Computing, Springer Verlag, Physica Series, 2002, pp.423-434.

B. Mikolajczak, Petri Net Approach to Inter-organizational Workflow: A Case Study of Printed Wiring Board Manufacturing with Renew and Woflan, Proc. of the IEEE International Conference Systems, Man, Cybernetics, SMC’02, Tunisia, October 6-9, 2002; IEEE Press.

Mikolajczak, B., Wang, Z., Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems using Vicinity Preserving Morphisms, International Symposium “Intelligent Information Systems”, IIS’03, Zakopane, Poland, June 2-6, 2003; Advances in Soft Computing, Springer Verlag, Physica Series, 2003.

Mikolajczak, B., Eranosian, G., Gallaghar, G., Performance Study of Parallel Algorithms of LU Decomposition for Dense Matrices, 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, June 23-26, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mikolajczak, B., Sefranek, Ch., Integrating Object Oriented Design with Petri Nets – Case Study with SYROCO, SCI’2003, Orlando, Florida, July 27-30, 2003.

Mikolajczak B., Sefranek, Ch. Integrating Object-Oriented Design with Petri Nets – A Case Study of ATM System, 2003 IEEE International Conference Systems, Man, Cybernetics SMC’2003, Track on “Petri Nets and Discrete Event Systems”, Washington, DC, Oct. 5-8, 2003, IEEE Computer Society Press.

Mikolajczak, B., Wang Z., Conceptual Modeling of Concurrent Systems through Stepwise Abstraction and Refinement using Petri Net Morphisms, 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER2003, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 13-16, 2003, Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Dr. Liudong Xing, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has recently published following papers.

L. Xing, "Phased-Mission Reliability and Safety in the Presence of Common-Cause Failures", Proceedings of The 21st International System Safety Conference, August 2003, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (ISSC'2003).

L. Meshkat, L. Xing, S. Donohue, Y. Ou, "An Overview of the Phase-Modular Fault Tree Approach To Phased-Mission System Analysis", Proceedings of The First International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), Pasadena, CA, July 2003, pp. 393-398; JPL Publication 03-13A, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calfornia Institute of Technology.

L. Xing, "Reliability Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Systems with Common-Cause Failures", Proceedings of The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, June 2003, San Francisco, CA (DSN'2003).

L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, "Analysis of Generalized Phased Mission System Reliability, Performance and Sensitivity", Vol. 51, No. 2, pp199-211, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, June 2002.

Student Activities

UMass Dartmouth is one of only 20 universities worldwide that have been invited to participate in the Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon contest held at the National Mall in 2005. UMass Dartmouth is the only representative from the state of Massachusetts. Gerald Lemay's interests and efforts played a role in making this a reality.

 

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