Appendix - College of Engineering - University of Rhode Island

ANNUAL REPORTAPPENDIX FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

MISSIONThe College of Engineering is a diverse community of

scholars, learners, and professional staff dedicated to the development and application of advanced technologies, and

working together to enhance the quality of life for all.

We are creative problem solvers, innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs, applying our skills for the advancement of knowledge, service to our community, and the economic

development of the state of Rhode Island and beyond.

We prepare our graduates to be global leaders in a wide range of engineering disciplines and to create new

knowledge, products, and services.

VISIONTo be a global leader in

engineering education and research.

Cover: Plaques featuring the cover pages of patents held by engineering faculty. Photo by Chris Barrett

annual report appendix

CONTENTSAdministration & Faculty..........................................4

Published Articles......................................................6

Published Books, Book Chapters & Textbooks.........10

Keynote Speeches......................................................10

Conference Presentations .........................................11

Professional Awards..................................................19

Professional Leadership Positions............................19

Faculty Patents..........................................................21

Capstone Projects......................................................21

Research Awards.......................................................23

The University of Rhode IslandCollege of Engineering

102 Bliss Hall1 Lippitt Road

Kingston, R.I. 02881 USA+1.401.874.5985

egr.uri.edu

Dean Dr. Raymond M. Wright, P.E.

Associate Dean of Students Dr. George E. Veyera

Associate Dean of Research Dr. Paul Bishop, P.E.

Editor Chris Barrett ’08

Copy Editor Margaret Keefe

Research Assistants Robert Thottam ’15

Jennifer McGunigal ’15

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ADMINISTRATIONWright, Raymond, Dean & Vincent & Estelle Murphy Chair in Engineering

Bishop, Paul, Associate Dean of Research

Clough, Robert, Associate Dean of Development

Veyera, George, Associate Dean of Student Affairs

Berka, Sigrid, Executive Director, International Engineering Program

FACULTY Baxter, Christopher, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Department Chair, Ocean Engineering

Besio, Walter G., Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Bose, Arijit, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Bothun, Geoffrey D., Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Boudreaux-Bartels, Gloria F., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Bradshaw, Aaron S., Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Brown, Richard, Professor/Department Chair, Chemical Engineering

Chelidze, David, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Dahl, Jason M., Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering

Datseris, Philip, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Faghri, Mohammad, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Fischer, Godi, Professor/Department Chair, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Ghonem, Hamouda, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Gindy, Mayrai, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Greenfield, Michael L., Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering & Victor J. Baxt Endowed Chair of Polymer Engineering

Gregory, Otto J., Professor, Chemical Engineering

Grilli, Annette R., Assistant Professor Research, Ocean Engineering

Grilli, Stephan T., Professor, Ocean Engineering

He, Haibo, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Hu, Sau-Lon, Professor, Ocean Engineering

Huang, He, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Hunter, Christopher D., Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jouaneh, Musa K., Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Kay, Steven M., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Kumaresan, Ramdas, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Lee, Kang-Won W., Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Licht, Stephen C., Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering

Lo, Jien-Chung, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Lucia, Angelo, Professor, Chemical Engineering, Chester H. Kirk Professor of Chemical Engineering

Maier-Speredelozzi, Valerie, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Mardix, Shmuel, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Meyer, Donna M., Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Miller, James H., Professor, Ocean Engineering

Nassersharif, Bahram, Distinguished University Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Ohley, William J., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Oyanedel-Craver, Vinka A., Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Palm, William J., Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Park, Eugene, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Park, Keunhan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Potty, Gopu R., Assistant Professor Research, Ocean Engineering

Rivero-Hudec, Mercedes A., Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Rousseau, Carl-Ernst, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Sadd, Martin H., Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Sendag, Resit, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Shukla, Arun, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering & Simon Ostrach Mechanical Engineering Professor

Sodhi, Manbir Singh, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Stepanishen, Peter R., Professor, Ocean Engineering

Sun, Yan, Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Sun, Ying, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Sunak, Harish R., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Swaszek, Peter F., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Taggart, David G., Professor/Department Chair, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Thiem, Leon T., Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Thomas, Natacha E., Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Tsiatas, George E., Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Tyce, Robert C., Professor, Ocean Engineering

Vaccaro, Richard J., Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Vetter, Frederick J., Associate Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Vincent, Harold T., Associate Professor Research, Ocean Engineering

Wang, Jyh-Hone, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Wei, Tao, Assistant Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Worthen, David R., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering & Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yang, Qing, Professor, Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

Zhang, Zongqin, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering


PUbLIShED ARTICLESAmani, M., Tougas, I. M., Gregory, O. J., & Fralick, G. C. (2013). High temperature thermoelectric properties of znxinyox+1.5y solid solutions. Journal of Electronic Material, 42, 114-120.

Berka, S., & Groll, E. A. (2013). Bridging the languages with engineering: Editors’ introduction. Online Journal for Global Engineering Education, 6.

Besio W., Makeyev, O., Medvedev, A., & Gale, K. (2013). Effects of transcranial focal electrical stimulation via tripolar concentric ring electrodes on pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats. Epilepsy Research, 105, 42-51.

Bradshaw, A.S., Morales-Velez, A.C. & Baxter, C. (2012). Evaluation of existing CPT correlations in silt. Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGS & AGSSEA, 43, 1-10.

Cao, Y., & He, H. (2012). SSC: A classifier combination method based on signal strength. IEEE Transactions Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 23, 1100-1117.

Cao, Y., He, H., & Hong, M. (2012). Somke: kernel density estimation over data streams by sequences of self-organizing maps. IEEE Transactions Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 23, 1254-1268.

Cardoso, S., Chalivendra, V., Yang, S., & Shukla, A. (2012). Damage detection of rubber toughened nanocomposites in the fracture process zone using carbon nanotubes. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 96, 380-391.

Carvell, J., Cheng, R., & Yang, Q. (2013). Induced magneto-electric coupling at ferroelectric/ferromagnetic interface. Journal of Applied Physics, 113.

Chen, H., Cogswell, J., Anagnostopoulous, C., & Faghri, M. (2012). A fluidic diode, valves, and a sequential-loading circuit fabricated on layered paper. Lab Chip, 12, 2909-2913.

Costa, R., & Kay, S. (2013). On the use of exponentially embedded families of probability density functions for model selection. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 61, 62-67.

Croote, D., Godfrin, M. P., Bose, A., Tripathi, A., & Lee J. (2013). A platform for retaining native morphology at sub-second time scales in cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 84.

Du, L., Zhang, F., Liu, M., & Huang, H. (2012). Toward design of an environment-aware adaptive locomotion-mode-recognition system. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 59

Feltane, A., Faye Boudreaux-Bartels, G., & Besio, W. (2013). Automatic seizure detection in rats using laplacian EEG and verification with human seizure signals. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 41, 645-654.

Gauch, E., LeBlanc, J., & Shukla, A. (2012). Response of preloaded thin composite panels subjected to underwater explosive loading. Computers and Structures, 112-113, 342-353.

Grilli, A. R., Lado, T., & Spaulding, M. (2013). A protocol to include ecosystem services in a wind farm cost model. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 139, 176-186.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Tajalibakhsh, T., Masterlark, T. L., Kyriakopoulos, C., Kirby, J. T., & Shi, F. (2013). Numerical simulation of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami based on a new transient fem co-seismic source: comparison to far- and near-field observations. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 170, 1333-1359.

Guerber, E., Benoit, M., Grilli, S. T., & Buvat C. (2012). A fully nonlinear implicit model for wave interactions with submerged structures in forced or free motion. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 36, 1151-1163.

Hensel, J., Sharma, M. S., Baxter, C., & Hu, J. (2012). Development of a technology type factor for jacket structures for offshore wind turbines in Rhode Island. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 4.

Jang, A., & Bishop, P. L. (2012). Remediation potential of mulch for removing lead. Environmental Technology, 33, 623-630.

Janssen, C. F., Grilli, S. T., & Krafczyk, M. (2013). On enhanced non-linear free surface flow simulations with a hybrid LBM-VOF approach. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 652, 211-229.

Jouaneh, M., Boulmetis, J., & Palm, W. (2013). Take-home experiments in engineering courses: evaluation methods and lessons learned. International Journal of Engineering Education, 29, 139-153.

Kasaraneni, V., Kohm, S., Ebere, D., Boving, T., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. (2013). Enhanced containment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons through organic modification of soils. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy.

Katepalli, H., John, V. T., & Bose, A. (2013). The response of carbon black stabilized oil-in-water emulsions to the addition of surfactant solutions. Langmuir, 29, 6790-6797.

Kay, S. (2012). A new proof of the Neyman-Pearson theorem using the EEF and the vindication of Sir R. Fisher. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 19, 451-454.

Kay, S., & Ding, Q. (2013). Model estimation and classification via model structure determination. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 61, 2588-2597.

Kay, S., & Ding, Q. (2013). On the performance of independent processing of independent data sets for distributed detection. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 20, 619-622.

Kay, S., & Vankayalapati, N. (2013). Improvement of TDOA position fixing using the likelihood curvature. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 61, 1910-1914.

Kay, S., Ding, Q., & Rangaswamy,M. (2013). Sensor integration for distributed detection and classification. IEEE Transactions Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 49, 580-593.

Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Tehranirad, B., Harris, J. C., & Grilli, S. T. (2013). Dispersive tsunami waves in the ocean: model equations and sensitivity to dispersion and Coriolis effects. Ocean Modeling, 62, 39-55.

Kumar, P., LeBlanc, J., & Shukla, A. (2012). Effect of plate curvature on blast response of aluminum panels. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 46, 74-85.

Kumar, P., Stargel, D., & Shukla, A. (2013). Effect of plate curvature on blast response of carbon composite panels. Composite Structures, 99, 19-30.

Kumaresan, R., Peddinti, V. K., & Cariani, P. (2013). Synchrony capture filterbank: auditory-inspired signal processing for tracking individual frequency components in speech. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133, 4290-4310.

Kurniawan, Y., Piernavienja, M., Venkataramanan, K. P., Scholz, C., Bothun, G. D. (2012). Role of ionic strength in modulating n-Butanol partitioning into anionic phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylglycerol vesicles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117, 8484-8489.

Lee, W. H., Choi, W. H., Guo, X., Heineman, W. R., & Bishop, P. L. (2012). Carbon-fiber nitrite microsensor for in situ biofilm monitoring. Key Engineering Materials, 521, 113-139.


Li, H., Sun, H., Wen, J., Cheng, S., & He, H. (2012). A fully decentralized multi-agent system for intelligent restoration of power distribution network incorporating distributed generations. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 7, 66-76.

Liu, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, S., & Kot, A. (2013). Securing online reputation systems through trust modeling and temporal analysis. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 8, 936-948.

Lucia, A., & Henley, H. (2013). Thermodynamic consistency of the multi-scale Gibbs-Helmholtz constrained equation of state. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 91, 1748-1759.

Maciejewski, K. & Ghonem, H. (2013). Influence of continuum precipitates on intergranular fatigue crack growth of a P/M nickel-based superalloy. Materials Science & Engineering, 560, 439-449.

Makeyev, O., Liu, X., Luna-Munguía, H., Rogel-Salazar, G., Mucio-Ramirez, S., Liu, Y., Sun, Y., Kay, S., & Besio, W. (2012). Toward a noninvasive automatic seizure control system in rats with transcranial focal stimulations via tripolar concentric ring electrodes. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 20, 422-431.

Morra, G., Geller, R., Grilli, S. T., Karato, S.-I., King, S., Lee, S., Tackley, P., & Yuen, D. (2013). Growing understanding of subduction dynamics indicates need to rethink seismic hazards. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94, 125-126.

Ni, Z., He, H., & Wen, J. (2013). Adaptive learning in tracking control based on the dual critic network design. IEEE Transactions Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 24, 913-928.

Nie, M., Abraham, D. P., Chen, Y., Bose, A., & Lucht, B. L. (2013). Silicon solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) of lithium ion battery characterized by microscopy and spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 117, 13403–13412.

Nie, M., Chalasani, D., Abraham, D., Chen, Y., Bose, A., & Lucht, B. L. (2013). Lithium ion battery graphite solid electrolyte interphase revealed by microscopy and spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 117, 1257-1267.

Nimmala, S. B., Yim, S. C., & Grilli, S. T. (2013). An efficient parallelized 3-D FNPF numerical wave tank for large-scale wave basin experiment simulation. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 135.

Nouguier, F., Grilli, S. T., & Guérin, C. (2013). Nonlinear ocean wave reconstruction algorithms based on spatiotemporal data acquired by a flash lidar camera. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

Raman, V., Bose, A., Hatton T. A., & Olsen B.D. (2012). Long range ordering of symmetric block-copolymer domains by chaining of superparamagnetic nanoparticles in external magnetic fields. Macromolecules, 54, 9373–9382.

Rayner, J., Zhang, H., Schubert, J., Lennon, P., Lantagne, & Oyanedel-Craver, V. (2013). Laboratory investigation into the effect of silver application on the bacterial removal efficacy of filter material for use on locally produced ceramic water filters for household drinking water treatment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 1, 737-745.

Rogel-Salazar, G., Luna-Munguia H., Stevens, K. E., & Besio, W. (2013). Transcranial focal electrical stimulation via tripolar concentric ring electrodes does not modify the short- and long-term memory formation in rats evaluated in the novel object recognition test. Epilepsy & Behavior, 27, 154-158.

Saha, A., Lee, J., Pancera, S. M., Bräeu, M. F., Kempter, A., Tripathi, A., & Bose, A. (2012). New insights into the transformation of calcium sulfate hemihydrate to gypsum using time-resolved cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. Langmuir, 28, 11182–11187.

Saha, M., Nikova, A., Venkataraman, P., John, V. T., & Bose, A. (2013). Oil emulsification by surface-tunable carbon black particles. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5, 3094-3100.

Sarode, A., Wang, P., Cote, C., & Worthen, D. R. (2013). Low-viscosity hydroxypropylcellulose (hpc) grades SL and SSL: versatile pharmaceutical polymers for dissolution enhancement, controlled release, and pharmaceutical processing. AAPS PharmSciTech, 14, 151-159.

Tang, Y., He, H., Ni, Z., Wen, J., & Sui, X. (2013). Reactive power control of grid-connected wind farm based on adaptive dynamic programming. Neurocomputing.

Tang, Y., Ju, P., He, H., C. Qin, & Feng, W. (2013). Optimized control of DFIG-based wind generation using sensitivity analysis and particle swarm optimization. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 4, 509-520.

Vadlamani, V., Chalivendra, V., Yang, S., & Shukla, A. (2012). Sensing of damage in carbon nanotubes and carbon black reinforced epoxy composites under tensile loading. Polymer Composites, 33, 1809-1815.

Venkataraman, P., Tang, J., Frenkel, E., McPherson, G. L., He, J., Raghavan, S. R., Kolesnichenko, V., Bose, A., & John, V. T (2013). Attachment of a hydrophobically modified biopolymer at the oil–water interface in the treatment of oil spills. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 5, 3572-3580.

Wang, E., Gardner, N., Gupta, S., & Shukla, A. (2012). Fluid-structure interaction and its effect on the performance of composite structures under air-blast loading. International Journal of Multi-physics, 6, 219-240.

Xu, X., Hou, Z., Lian, C., & He, H. (2013). Online learning control using adaptive critic designs with sparse kernel machines. IEEE Transactions Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 24, 762-775.

Yamada, H., Hamian, S., Sunden, B., Park, K., & Faghri, M. (2013). Diffusive ballistic heat transport in thin films using energy conserving dissipative particle dynamics. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 61, 287-292.

Yan, J., Zhu, Y., He, H., & Sun, Y. (2013). Multi-contingency cascading analysis of smart grid based on self-organizing map. IEEE Transactions Information Forensics and Security, 8, 646-656.

Zhang, F. & Huang, H. (2013). Source selection for real-time user intent recognition toward volitional control of artificial legs. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 17, 907-914.

Zhang, H., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. (2013). Comparison of the bacterial removal performance of silver nanoparticles and a polymer based quaternary amine functionalized silsesquioxane coated point-of-use ceramic water filters. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 260, 272-277.


bOOkS, bOOk ChAPTERS & TEXTbOOkSBesio, W. (2013). Chapter 19: Effects of Transcranial Focal Electrical Stimulation via Concentric Ring Electrodes on Seizure Activity. In Rocha, L., & Cavalheiro, E. (Eds.), Pharmacoresistance in Epilepsy: From Genes and Molecules to Promising Therapies Springer Science & Business. Springer.

He, H., & Ma, Y. (Eds.) (2013). Imbalanced Learning: Foundations, Algorithms, and Applications. Wiley.

He ,H., Ni, Z., Zhao, D. (2012). Chapter 4: Learning and Optimization in Hierarchical Adaptive Critic Design. In Lewis F., & Liu, D. (Eds.), Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control. Wiley.

Palm, W. (2013). System Dynamics, Third Edition. McGraw-Hill.

Preiss, M.R., Gupta, A., Bothun, G.D. (2013). Liposome-Nanoparticle Assemblies. In Biological Self-Assembly and its Applications. Norwich, UK: Horizon Scientific Press.

Kay, S. (2013). Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing, Vol. III: Practical Algorithm Development. Prentice-Hall.

Shukla, A., Rajapakse, Y., & Hynes, M. (2013). Blast Mitigation: Experimental and Numerical Studies. New York, NY: Springer New York.

kEYNOTE SPEEChESHaibo, H. “Adaptive Learning and Control for Machine Intelligence.” 19th International Conference on Neural Information Processing. Doha, Qatar. Nov., 2012.

Lee, K. “Solar Energy Harvesting from Asphalt Pavement.” Joint Workshop on Energy Harvesting, Integrated Research Institute of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Seoul, South Korea. Aug., 2012.

Lee, K. “Engineering College Prospective.” Scientists and Engineers Early Career Development (SEECD) Workshop. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Feb., 2013.

Bishop, P. “Water Sustainability: Impacts of the water: energy nexus on water supplies in the near future.” 3rd Annual European Postgraduate Symposium on Sustainable Development. Naples, Italy. Feb., 2013.

Berka, S. “Engineering Education with an International Dimension: Preparing Students for the Global Workplace.” Louisiana State University. Baton Rouge, LA, USA. Mar., 2013.

Greenfield, M. “Towards Molecular Simulations of ‘Real World’ Systems.” Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation. Welches, OR. July, 2012.

Grilli, S. “Modeling of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 Tsunami Coastal Hazard: Effects of a Mixed Co-seismic and Seabed Failure Source.” American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA, USA. Dec., 2012.

Grilli, S. “Modeling of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 Tsunami Generation and Coastal Impact: A Mixed Co-seismic and SMF Source.” Geophysics of Slab Dynamics Conference. Jeju Island, South Korea. Aug., 2012.

Grilli, S. “Recent Progress in the Nonlinear and Dispersive Modeling of Tsunami Generation and Coastal Impact: Application to Tohoku 2011.” 13th Journees Hydrodynamiques. Paris, France. Nov., 2012.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONSAbbate, K., Franklin, T., Rosenberger, M., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Determining strength of muscle contraction using electromyogram. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Alphonse, B., Spiewak, A., Walder, E., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Development of a pressure-sensing handle for a stethoscope. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Banari, A., Grilli, S. T. & Janssen, C. An improved two-phase Lattice Boltzmann model for high density ratios: application to wave breaking. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2013). Nantes, France. 2013.

Berka, S., Papa, E., & von Reinhart, W. Is the International Engineering Program producing graduates for the Rhode Island workforce? Do the skill-sets they perceive to have gained match business needs?. American Society Engineering Education International Forum. Atlanta, Georgia. 2013.

Bobba, C., & Bothun, G. D. Exploring the toxicity of nanoparticles: the effect of nanoparticles on lipid monolayer stabilization. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2012.

Bobba, C., & Bothun, G. D. Characterization of lipid coated magnetic nanoparticles for sirna delivery. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2012.

Bothun, G. D., Xi, A., Roder-Hanna, J., Bobba, C., & Kitchens, C. Analogies between protein and nanoparticle interactions with lipid bilayers and monolayers. American Chemical Society Spring 2013 National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2013.

Bothun, G. D., Zhang, H., Fields, S., Gupta, A., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Nutrient-doped silica nanoparticle pickering emulsions for enhanced oil biodegradation. American Chemical Society Spring 2013 National Meeting & Exposition. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2013.

Bothun, G., Gupta, A., Zhang, H., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Silica nanoparticle oil-in-water pickering emulsions in deionized water and artificial seawater. 2013 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. 2013.

Britton, D., Makeyev, O., Luna-Munguía, H., Besio, W. Simulation based verification of in vivo electric fields in hippocampus due to transcranial focal stimulation via tripolar concentric ring electrodes. Neuroscience 2012 Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisana. 2012.

Chae, Y., DiPippo, L. C., & Sun, Y. Predictability trust for wireless sensor networks to provide a defense against on/off attack. 8th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing. Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. 2012.

Duarte, R., Sendag, R., & Vetter, F. Accelerating and characterizing seam carving using a heterogeneous CPU-GPU system. 12th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies. Gwangju, South Korea. 2012.


Ebin, D., Edgers, L., & Bradshaw, A. A simplified approach to modeling long-term monopile serviceability with finite element analysis. Offshore Technology Conference, OTC. Houston, Texas. 2013.

Elliott, C., Tashian, G., Crispo, J., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Motion-based visual to auditory substitution. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Fang, X., He, H., Ni, Z., & Tang, Y. Learning and control in virtual reality for machine intelligence. 2012 Third International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing (ICICIP). Dalian, China. 2012.

Fu, J., He, H., Li, H., & Liu, Q. A hybrid evolving and gradient strategy for approximating policy evaluation on online critic-actor learning. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) 2012. Shenyang, China. 2012.

Grilli, A. R., Spaulding, M. L., O’Reilly, C., & Potty, G. Offshore wind farm siting optimization: methodology and application to Rhode Island coastal waters. 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering: ICCE 2012. Santander, Spain. 2012.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Ma, G., Masterlark, T., Tappin, D., & Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S. On the dispersive modeling of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami generation by coseismic/SMF processes, and near- and far-field impact. International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies. Marseille, France. 2013.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Ma, G., Masterlark, T., Tappin, D., & Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S. Modeling of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 tsunami generation, far-field and coastal impact: a mixed co-seismic and SMF source. 7th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics. Arcachon, France. 2013.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Shi, F., Kirby, J. T., Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S., Estibals, E., & Tehranirad, B. Numerical modeling of coastal tsunami dissipation and impact. 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering: ICCE 2012. Santander, Spain. 2012.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S., Tappin, D. R., Masterlark, T., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Ma, G. Recent progress in the nonlinear and dispersive modeling of tsunami generation and coastal impact: application to Tohoku 2011. 13th Journées Hydrodynamiques. Chatou, France. 2012.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Tappin, D., Masterlark, T., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Ma, G. Did submarine mass failures significantly contribute to the extreme runup of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 tsunami in Sanriku. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.

Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Tappin, D., Masterlark, T., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Ma, G. Modeling of the Tohoku-Oki 2011 tsunami coastal hazard: effects of a mixed co-seismic and seabed failure source. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.

Gupta, S., LeBlanc, J., & Shukla, A. Implosion of a tube within a closed tube: experiments and computational simulations. Society for Experimental Mechanics. Lombard, Illinois. 2013.

Harris, J. C., Grilli, S. T., & Abadie, S. Numerical simulation of the tsunami generated by the cumbre vieja flank collapse (La Palma, Canary Islands) by a coupled Navier-Stokes / Boussinesq approach. 13th Journées Hydrodynamiques. Chatou, France. 2012.

He, H., Ni, Z., & Zhao, D. Data-driven learning and control with multiple critic networks. 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA 2012). Beijing, China. 2012.

Hernandez, F. & Lee, K. W. Sustainable warm-mix asphalt. US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2012. Los Angeles, California. 2012.

Hernandez, R., Zhang, F., Zhang, X., Huang, H., & Yang, Q. Promise of a low-power mobile CPU based embedded system in artificial leg control. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. San Diego, California. 2012.

Kane, J., & Yang, Q. Compression speed enhancements to lepel-ziv-oberhumer for multi-core systems. 24th International Symposium on Computer Architecture and High Performance Computing. New York, New York. 2012.

Kar, S., & Greenfield, M. Molecular modeling of elastomer conformations and functionalized rubber-filler interactions towards reducing tire rolling resistance. Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation. Welches, Oregon. 2012.

Kar, S., & Greenfield, M. Molecular calculations towards simulating effects of elastomer/filler interactions on rolling resistance in rubber tires. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2012.

Kasaraneni, V. K., Schifman, L. A., Boving, T. B., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Enhancement of surface runoff quality using tree filters and modified sorbents. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2013.

Kumaresan, R., Peddinti, V. K., & Cariani, P. Synchrony capture filterbank (SCFB): an auditory periphery-inspired method for tracking sinusoids. 37th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP). Kyoto, Japan. 2012.

Kurniawan, Y., Venkataramanan, K. P., Scholz, C., & Bothun, G. D. Molecular packing and phase behavior of heterogeneous lipid monolayers in the presence of n-butanol. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. 2012.

Lee, K.W., & Mueller, M. Cold in-place recycling as a sustainable pavement pracices. US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2012. Los Angeles, California. 2012.

Lee, W. H., Wahman, D. G., Bishop, P. L., & Pressman, J. G. Using microelectrodes and live/dead baclight to compare penetration, activity and viability within nitrifying biofilm subjected to free chlorine, monochloramine and free ammonia. 244th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Special Symposium in Honor of Professor Paul L. Bishop. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2012.

Lee, W. H., Wahman, D. G., Bishop, P. L., & Pressman, J. G. Carbon-fiber nitrite microsensor for in situ biofilm monitoring. International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress & Exhibition. Busan, South Korea. 2012.

Liu X., Makeyev, O., & Besio, W. A spatial resolution study comparing the half sensitivity volume between the tripolar concentrate ring electrode and the conventional disc electrode. Neuroscience 2012 Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisana. 2012.

Liu, Y., Sun, Y., Liu, S., & Kot A. Securing online reputation systems through Dempster-Shafer theory based trust model. 2012 Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC). Orlando, Florida. 2012.

Ma, G., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Grilli, S. T. Tsunami wave generation by solid and deformable landslides. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.


Maier-Speredelozzi, V., Grinham, C., & Sodhi, M. Systems engineering educators workshop. American Society Engineering Education International Forum. Atlanta, Georgia. 2013.

Makeyev, O., Ding, Q., Kay, S., & Besio, W. Sensor integration of multiple tripolar concentric ring electrodes improves pentylenetetrazole-induced seizure onset detection in rats. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. San Diego, California. 2012.

Makeyev, O., Liu, X., Wang, L., Zhu, Z., Taveras, A., Troiano, D., Medvedev, A., & Besio, W. Feasibility of recording high frequency oscillations with tripolar concentric ring electrodes during pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures in rats. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. San Diego, California. 2013.

Malekar, S., Sarode, A., & Worthen, D. Comparative formulation, optimization and characterization of multi-functional, theranostic polymersomes and liposomes. AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, Illinois. 2012.

Masoori, M., & Greenfield, M. Storage and loss modulus of model asphalts. Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation. Welches, Oregon. 2012.

Masoori, M., & Greenfield, M. Effects of asphalt compositions on nanoscale properties by molecular simulation. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2012.

Masterlark, T., Grilli, S. T., Tappin, D., Harris, J. C., & Kirby, J. T. Seafloor deformation and localized source mechanisms of the 2011 M9 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.

McKellick, S., Belanger, K., Ryder, D., Martin, L., King, R., & Greenfield, M. Molecular simulations of peptide shape and peptide-substrate interactions. International Pharmacy Conference: Frontiers in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Global Perspectives. Kingston, Rhode Island. 2012.

Medvedev, A. V., Martínez-Juárez, I. E., Makeyev, O., Fernández-González-Aragón, M., Moreno-Avellan, Á. J., Besio, W. G. Gamma-band pre-seizure activity detected with tripolar concentric ring electrode laplacian electroencephalography from scalp. American Epilepsy Society Annual Conference 2012. San Diego, California. 2012.

Medvedev, A. V., Martínez-Juárez, I. E., Makeyev, O., Fernández-González-Aragón, M., Moreno-Avellan, Á. J., Besio, W. G. Possible effect of low current transcranial focal stimulation via tripolar concentric ring electrodes on behavioral seizure activity induced by pentylenetetrazole in rats. American Epilepsy Society Annual Conference 2012. San Diego, California. 2012.

Mueller, M., Singh, A., & Lee, K. W. Development of mix-design with superpave gyratory compactor and performance prediction for cold in-place recycling asphalt mixtures. ISAP International Symposium on Asphalt Pavements and Environment. Fortaleza, Brazil. 2012.

Mulhern, N., McCaffrey, N., Beretta, N., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Designing android applications using voice controlled commands. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Ni, Z., Fang, X., He, H., Zhao, D., & Xu, X. Real-time tracking on adaptive critic design with uniformly ultimately bounded condition. 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence. Singapore. 2013.

Ni, Z., He, H., Zhao, D., & Prokhorov, D. V. Reinforcement learning control based on multi-goal representation using hierarchical heuristic dynamic programming. 2012 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI). Brisbane, Australia. 2012.

Nimmala, S. B., Yim, S.C. & Grilli, S. T. An efficient 3D-FNPF numerical wave tank for virtual large-scale wave basin experiments. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2012). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2012.

Nougquier, F., Grilli, S. T., & Guérin C. A. Reconstruction and prediction of sea surface state with spatio-temporal observations of the sea surface by a lidar camera. 13th Journées Hydrodynamiques. Chatou, France. 2012.

O’Reilly, C., Grilli, A., & Potty, G. Micrositing optimization of the Block Island wind farm, RI. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2013). Nantes, France. 2013.

O’Reilly, C., Grilli, A., & Potty, G. Offshore wind farm siting using a genetic algorithm. 2012 International Conference on Green Technologies (ICGT). Kerala, India. 2012.

Phadnis, V., Kumar, P., Shukla, A., Roy, A., & Silberschmidt, V. Blast performance of curved composite panels of carbon fiber/epoxy: experiments and FEA. A Joint Sheffield-Cambridge-Manchester Conference. Cambridge, United Kingdom. 2013.

Potty, G. R., Greene, J., Miller, J. H., and Baxter, C. From geoacoustics to geotechnics: extracting soil parameters using acoustic methods. Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2012). New Delhi, India. 2012.

Preiss, M. R., Bose, A., & Bothun, G. D. Liposome-nanoparticle assembly controlled release, aiche annual meeting. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. 2012.

Ramsay, D., Kennedy, B., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Economical design process for integrated single input environmental control systems as a commercial alternative for in-home assistive technologies. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Roder-Hanna, J., Von White II, G., Chen, Y., & Bothun, G. D. Manipulation of lipid bilayer structure and phase behavior through embedded hydrophobic nanoparticles. 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. 2012.

Sarode, A., Wang, P., Cote, C. & Worthen, D. Low viscosity hydroxypropylcellulose (hpc) SL and SSL polymers for both dissolution enhancement and controlled release using various pharmaceutical processing techniques. AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, Illinois. 2012.

Sarode, A., Wang, P., Worthen, D., & Obara, S. In vitro simulation of dissolution, precipitation and absorption phenomena of BCS class II API’s from amorphous solid dispersions in order to predict their solubility enhancement. AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, Illinois. 2012.

Schifman, L. A., Kasaraneni, V. K., Boving, T. B., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Enhanced stormwater contaminant removal using tree filters and modified sorbents. American Geophysical Union’s 45th Annual Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.


Scully, K. R., Schrader, J., Shurko, J., King, R., Kovoor, A., Celver, J., Chen, T., & Worthen D. R. A spatial resolution study comparing the half sensitivity volume between the tripolar concentrate ring electrode and the conventional disc electrode. Neuroscience 2012 Society for Neuroscience 42nd Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisana. 2012.

Scully, K., Shurko, J., Celver, J., Kovoor, A., King, R., & Worthen, D. Diaminodiphenyl interactions with the n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor: in-silico modeling and electro-physiologically based rational drug design. AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, Illinois. 2012.

Shanker, T., Downey, G., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. A silicone human head model for testing acoustic properties of the upper airway. Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Shukla, A. & Abotula, S. Dynamic response of hastalloy and high temperatures. American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Houston, Texas. 2012.

Shukla, A. & Abotula, S. High-speed imaging and 3-D digital image correlation (DIC) analysis on the blast response of nano-scaled core-shell rubber (CSR) toughened sandwich composites. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Houston, Texas. 2012.

Shukla, A., Gardner, N., & Nolet, S. Blast mitigation using sandwich composites: experiments leading to novel designs. 57th Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM). Pune, India. 2012.

Sladen, S., Phongsavan, A., Wu, J., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Development of an electrophysiological instrument for universal clamp testing. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Solomon, F., Anaya, N. M., Eaves, J. & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Toxicity of dysprosium nanoparticles. EWRI Congress – ASCE (Environment Water Resources Institute – American Society of Engineers). Cincinnati, Ohio. 2013.

Solomon, F., Anaya, N. M., Eaves, J. & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Evaluation of dysprosium nanoparticles (NDY) toxicity on bacterial communities. NERM 2012 American Chemical Society 38th Northeast Regional Meeting. Rochchester, New York. 2012.

Spiewak, A., Alphonse, B., Walder, E., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. The effect of recording methods on the frequency response of breathing sounds measured with an electronic stethoscope. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Swaszek, P., Barr, S. P., Hartnett, R. J., & Johnson, G. W. Performance of multi-beacon DPGS. Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting. San Diego, California. 2013.

Swaszek, P., Hartnett, R. J., & Johnson, G. W. Ranging/timing using the NDGPS signal. 25th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2012 (ION GNSS 2012). Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.

Swaszek, P., Hartnett, R. J., Kempe, M. V., & Johnson, G. W. Analysis of a simple, multiple receiver GPS spoof detector. Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting. San Diego, California. 2013.

Swaszek, P., Johnson, G., Oates, C., Wiggins, M., Page, A., Hartnett, R., & Cleveland, A. USCG NDGPS accuracy and spatial decorrelation assessment. 25th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2012 (ION GNSS 2012). Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.

Swaszek, P., Seals, K. C., Michalson, W. R., & Hartnett, R. J. Analysis of L1C acquisition by combining pilot and data components over multiple code periods. Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting. San Diego, California. 2013.

Swaszek, P., Seals, K. C., Michalson, W. R., & Hartnett, R. J. Analysis of coherent combining for L1C acquisition. 25th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation 2012 (ION GNSS 2012). Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.

Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S., Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Tehranirad, B. Tsunami hazard assessment along the US East Coast. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.

Tang, Y., Fu, S., Tang, B., & He, H. Robust multiple objects tracking: particle filter with ePSO. 17th International Conference on Cognitive and Nueral Systems (ICCNS) 2013. Boston, Massachusetts. 2013.

Tang, Y., Fu, S., Tang, B., & He, H. A modified PSO-based particle filter algorithm for object tracking. SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2013. Baltimore, Maryland. 2013.

Tang, Y., He, H., & Wen, J. Comparative study between HDP and PSS on DFIG damping control. 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence. Singapore. 2013.

Tang, Y., He, H., & Wen, J. Adaptive control for an HVDC transmission link with facts and a wind farm. 2013 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies. Washington D.C. 2013.

Tappin, D., Grilli, S. T., Harris, J. C., Masterlark, T., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., & Ma, G. Differentiating earthquake tsunamis from other sources: How do we tell the difference?. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013. Vienna, Austria. 2013.

Tehranirad, B., Kirby, J. T., Shi, F., Callahan, J. A., Harris, J. C., Grilli, S. T., & Tajali-Bakhsh, T. S. Tsunami hazards on the US East Coast : inundation mapping and tsunami process over a wide shelf. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Fransico, California. 2012.

Vezele, Y., Sam, A., & Worthen, D. The isolation and identification of potential anti-viral compounds from garcinia kola nuts. AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition. Chicago, Illinois. 2012.

Vezele, Y., Worthen, D., Jones, M. D., Isaac, G., & Smith, N. Solvent-solvent extraction vs. supercritical fluid extraction of garcinia kola nuts. Yale Scientific Symposium. Orange, Connecticut. 2013.

Voskov, D., & Lucia, A. Using the Gibbs-Helmholtz constrained EOS in reservoir simulation. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Geosciences Conference. Padua, Italy. 2013.

Wang, C., Xing, L., Vokkarane, V. M., & Sun, Y. Manycase and anycast-based infrastructure communication reliability for wireless sensor networks. 18th International Society of Science and Applied Technologies International Conference on Reliability and Quality. Boston, Massachusetts. 2012.

Wang, D., Du, L., & Huang H. Terrain recognition improves the performance of neural-machine interface for locomotion mode recognition. International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications. San Diego, California. 2013.


Wang, J., He, H., & Prokhorov, D. V. A folded neural network autoencoder for dimensionality reduction. International Neural Network Society (INNS) Winter Conference 2012. Bangkok, Thailand. 2012.

Wang, J., He, H., Cao, Y., Xu, J., & Zhao, D. A hierarchical neural network architecture for classification. International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. Shenyang, China. 2012.

Wang, T., Harvey, J., Burbank, P., Chabot, E., & Sun, Y. Activity analyzer for guided independent living environments: A preliminary study on healthy young adults. 2013 Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Syracuse, New York. 2013.

Wang, W., Sun, Y., & He, H. Topological analysis of cascading failures in Bay Area power grid. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power & Energy Society General Meeting. San Diego, California. 2012.

Worthen, D. Extraction and isolation study of proposed anti-viral compound(s) from garcinia kola. 2013 Annual Meeting of the AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) Northeast Regional Discussion Group (NERDG). Rocky Hill, Connecticut. 2013.

Xu, J., Yin, Y., Man, H., & He, H. Feature selection based on sparse imputation. 2012 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Congress on Computational Intelligence. Brisbane, Australia. 2012.

Yamada, T., Asako, Y., Faghri, M., & Sunden, B. Effect of the surface tension of liquid-solid interface on liquid flow in parallel-plate sub-micron channels using multi-body dissipative particle dynamics. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 11th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels, and Minichannels. Sapporo, Japan. 2013.

Yan, J., Yang, Y., Wang, W., He, H., & Sun, Y. An integrated visualization approach for smart grid attacks. 2012 Third International Conference on Intelligent Control and Information Processing. Dalian, China. 2012.

Yan, J., Zhu, Y., He, H., & Sun, Y. Revealing temporal features of attacks against smart grid. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies. Washington D.C. 2013.

Zhang, H., & Oyanedel-Craver, V. Effect of manufacturing variables and influent water conditions on bacterial reduction effectiveness of point-of-use ceramic water filters. 1st Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference. Arlington, Virginia. 2012.

Zhang, X., Wang, D., & Yang, Q. An automatic and user-driven training method for locomotion mode recognition for artificial leg control. 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. San Diego, California. 2012.

Zhao, D., Zhu, Y., & He, H. Adaptive dynamic programming combined with fuzzy controller and applications. 10th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation. Beijing, China. 2012.

Zhao, D., Zhu, Y., & He, H. Neural and fuzzy dynamic programming for under-actuated systems. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers World Congress on Computational Intelligence. Brisbane, Australia. 2012.

Zheng, H., Modarres-Sadeghi, Y., Dahl, J. M., & Triantafyllou, M. S. Inline-crossflow coupled vortex induced vibrations of long flexible cylinders. American Society of Mechanical Engineers 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2012). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2012.

Zhu, Y., Sun, Y., & He, H. Load distribution vector-based attack strategies against power grid systems. GLOBECOM 2012 - IEEE Global Communications Conference. Anaheim, California. 2012.

Zhu, Y., Yan, J., Sun, Y., & He, H. Risk-aware vulnerability analysis of electric grids from attacker’s perspective. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies. Washington D.C. 2013.

Zonouz, A. E., Xing, L., Vokkarane, V. M., & Sun, Y. Reliability modeling of wireless sensors. Reliability and Maintainability Symposium. 2013. Orlando, Florida. 2013.

Zonouz, A. E., Xing, L., Vokkarane, V. M., & Sun, Y. K-coverage reliability evaluation for wireless sensor networks. 18th International Society of Science and Applied Technologies International Conference on Reliability and Quality. Boston, Massachusetts. 2012.

PROFESSIONAL AwARDSBishop, Paul. Simon Freese Prize and Lecture, Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013.

He, Haibo. Outstanding Early Career Award, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2013.

Lo, Jien-Chung. James Monzel Service Award, IEEE North Atlantic Test Workshop, 2013.

Wang, Jyh-Hone. Visiting Professor Fellowship, Tunghai University, 2012.

Yang, Qing. Faculty Excellence Award for Research and Intellectual Properties, University of Rhode Island, 2013.

PROFESSIONAL LEADERShIP POSITIONSBaxter, Christopher. Awards Committee Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Soil Properties and Modeling Committee.

Baxter, Christopher. Board Member, R.I. Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Berka, Sigrid. Board Member, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Alumni Association.

Besio, Walter. Chair, IEEE Wearable Biomedical Sensors and Systems Technical Committee.

Besio, Walter. Member, American Epilepsy Society Technical Committee.

Besio, Walter. Representative, IEEE North American Administrative Committee.

Besio, Walter. Representative, IEEE Sensors Council Administrative Committee.

Bishop, Paul. Board of Directors Member, Water Environment Research Foundation.

Bishop, Paul. Engineering Accreditation Commissioner, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

Bose, Arijit. Steering Committee Member, CMEDS Consortium, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.

Bothun, Geoffrey. Editorial Board Member, Current Bionanotechnology.

Craver, Vinka. Control Member, ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute: Groundwater Committee.

Craver, Vinka. Editorial Board Member, Electronic Journal of Energy and Environment.


Craver, Vinka. Secretary, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization.

Craver, Vinka. Vice Chair, ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute: International Council, Women-Water Nexus Task Force.

Faghri, Mohammad. Editorial Board Member, Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer.

Faghri, Mohammad. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids.

Faghri, Mohammad. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Heat Exchangers.

Faghri, Mohammad. Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science & Technology.

Faghri, Mohammad. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Heat Transfer Research.

Grilli, Annette. Member, National Research Council Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Assessment Committee.

Haibo, He. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.

Haibo, He. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

Haibo, He. Chair, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Neural Network Technical Committee.

Haibo, He. Editorial Board Member, Cognitive Computation.

Haibo, He. Editorial Board Member, Evolving Systems.

Haibo, He. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Intelligent Learning Systems and Applications.

Haibo, He. Guest Editor, Cognitive Computation.

Haibo, He. Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

Haibo, He. Guest Editor, Neural Computation and Applications.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE CIS Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning Technical Committee.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE CIS Data Mining Technical Committee.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE CIS Educational Repository Committee.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE CIS Intelligent Systems Applications Technical Committee.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE Smart Grid Initiative Committee.

Haibo, He. Member, IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee.

Haibo, He. Vice Chair, IEEE CIS Smart Grid Task Force.

Lee, Kang-Won. Paper Reviewer, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Transportation Research Board.

Lee, Kang-Won. President-Elect, Korean-American University Professor Association.

Lee, Kang-Won. Vice President, Korean-American Society of Civil and Environmental Engineers.

Lucia, Angelo. Associate Editor, Journal of Global Optimization.

Lucia, Angelo. Associate Editor, Journal of Thermodynamics.

Shukla, Arun. Board of Visitors Member, Army Research Office.

Shukla, Arun. Chair, Society for Experimental Mechanics Fellows Committee.

Shukla, Arun. Editorial Advisory Board Member, Key Engineering Materials.

Shukla, Arun. Editorial Board Member, Strain.

Shukla, Arun. Member, ASME Applied Mechanics Honors Committee.

Shukla, Arun. Member, ASME-AMD Executive Committee.

Shukla, Arun. Member, Society for Experimental Mechanics Education Committee.

Shukla, Arun. Member, Society for Experimental Mechanics Finance Committee.

Sun, Yan. Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Letters.

Sun, Yan. Associate Editor, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine.

Sun, Yan. Member, IEEE Signal Processing Society Information and Forensics and Security Technical Committee.

Worthen, David. Delegate, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention.

FACULTY PATENTSYang, Qing. (2012). Data retrieval system and method that provides retrieval of data to any point in time. U.S. Patent No. 8,239,706.

Sun, Ying; Vetter, Frederick; Dong, Rumei; Chiaramida, Salvatore. (2012). Integrated finite element and circulatory model for predicting hemodynamic effects of left ventricular impairment, resynchronization and remodeling. U.S. Patent No. 8,295,907.

Sendag, Resit. (2012). System and method for branch misprediction predicition using a mispredicted branch table having entry eviction protection. U.S. Patent No. 8,312,255.

Yang, Qing; Xiao, Weijun. (2012). Systems and methods for recovering information from NAND gates array memory systems. U.S. Patent No. 8,327,182.

Taggart, David; Dewhurst, Peter; Nair, Arun. (2012). System and method for finite element based on topology optimization. U.S. Patent No. 8,335,668.

Besio, Walter. (2013). Biomedical electrode for detecting localized electrical signals and providing electrical stimulation. U.S. Patent No. 8,352,012.

CAPSTONE PROJECTSDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Coordinator: Michael Greenfield

“Develop Sustainable Chemical Engineering Process”

“CO2 Sequestration Process Development”

“Design a Biochemical Process for Producing a Specific Live-organism Probiotic by a Fermentation Process” Industry Consultant: John Nystrom

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Coordinator: Leon Thiem; Advisor: Russ Morgan (GZA)

“Land Development in Tiverton, R.I.” (four groups)

Group 1 Sponsor: VHB Group 2 Sponsor: Gordon Archibald Group 3 Sponsor: DiPrete Engineering Associates, Inc. Group 4 Sponsor: Crossman Engineering

Department of Electrical, Biomedical & Computer Engineering

Coordinator: Harish Sunak

“Automated Test Facility for Nabsys Electronics” Technical Director: John Czajkowski; Sponsor: Nabsys

“Printer Signal Simulation and Analysis System” Technical Director: Jonathan Hunt; Sponsor: Zebra Technologies

“Magnetic Sensor Test Facility” Technical Directors: Ahmed Zaki & William Slater; Sponsor: NUWC

Researcher Project Sponsor Project Amt.

Portion Amt.

Barnett, Stanley Narragansett Bay Commission Supplement to Energy Management for Wastewater Treatment Facilities Project

STATE $4,900 $2,450

Baxter, Christopher University of Delaware Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the U.S. East Coast

DOC $117,498 $2,937

Baxter, Christopher University of Delaware Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the U.S. East Coast

DOC $117,498 $2,937

Baxter, Christopher USGS Submarine Landslides of the US Atlantic Continental Margin: Investigation of Geotechnical and Physical Properties

INT $19,248 $9,624

Besio, Walter NIH A US-Mexico Collaborative Effort to Improve Epilepsy Control and Diagnosis

HHS $50,347 $50,347

Besio, Walter NIH: A US-Mexico Collaborative Effort to Improve Epilepsy Control and Diagnosis

HHS $44,771 $44,771

Bose, Arijit Fundamental Investigations of Damage Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Battery Materials

ENERGY $658,674 $164,669

Bose, Arijit Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Multifunctional Colloidal Particles as Dispersants for Maximizing Biodegradation of Crude Oil

NONPRO $419,208 $251,525

Bothun, Geoffrey NSF Career: Nanoparticle-Bacterial Membrane Interactions and their Role In Nanotoxicology

NSF $10,000 $10,000

Bothun, Geoffrey NSF NUE: Interdisciplinary “Nano Tools” Course at URI

NSF $199,896 $67,965

Bothun, Geoffrey NSF Supplement: Collab. Research: The Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles: Mechanisms and Water Chemistry Effects Investigating and Improving the Production of Butanol by C. Pasteurianum for the Value-Added Conversion of Biodiesel-Derived Crde Glycerol

NSF $10,000 $10,000

Bothun, Geoffrey NSF Supplement: Multifunctional and Tunable Lipid-Nanoparticle Assemblies

NSF $10,000 $10,000

Bradshaw, Aaron Mar Helical Anchor Testing NAVY $49,603 $49,603 Bradshaw, Aaron NSF Collab. Research: Green Foundations For

Green EnergyNSF $269,921 $269,921

RESEARCh AwARDS For a list of sponsor acronyms, please turn to page 27.


“FMCW Radar Kit GUI App” Technical Director: Zachary White; Sponsor: Applied Radar

“Semi-Autonomous Monitor Fleet: Phase 2” Technical Directors: Peter Swaszek & Frederick Vetter; Sponsor: URI

“Bio-Neuro Device for Brain Modulation” Technical Director: Walter Besio; Sponsor: URI

“Bluetooth Embedded System Monitoring: SmartMon” Technical Directors: Michael Obara & Nathan Brown; Sponsor: NUWC

“iPhone Wireless Video Project” Technical Director: Lewis Collier; Sponsor: Capstone Visual

“Video Test Generator Project” Technical Director: Lewis Collier; Sponsor: Capstone Visual

“Graphics Software Project” Technical Director: Lewis Collier; Sponsor: Capstone Visual

“Iridium Satellite Antenna” Technical Director: Robert Vincent; Sponsor: URI

“Visual Navigation System for a Marine Robot” Technical Director: Stephen Licht; Sponsor: URI

Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

Coordinators and Advisors: Bahram Nassersharif, Carl-Ernst Rousseau & Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi

“Air Bow Positioning System” Sponsor: Toray Plastics

“Electroneumatic Nailer” Sponsor: Stanley Black and Decker

“Glyscreen” Sponsors: Federal Aviation Administration, R.I. Airport Corporation, URI College of Engineering

“Innovative Filter Tube Design” Sponsor: Neptune Benson

“Neutron Beam Pot Interface” Sponsor: R.I. Nuclear Science Center

“Potable Water Tank Liner” Sponsor: Amtrol

“Pre-pressurized Tank without an Air Stern” Sponsor: Amtrol

“SAE MiniBaja” Sponsors: Hasbro, Modine, URI Department of Mechanical Industrial & Systems Engineering, URI College of Engineering

“Scarp Metal Recycling Machine” Sponsor: Toray Plastics

“Slitter Arm Torque Indicator” Sponsor: Toray Plastics

“Test/Build Stand” Sponsor: Raytheon

“Tetragon” Sponsors: Hexagon Metrology

“Vibratory Asphalt Roller Redesign” Sponsor: VibCo

Department of Ocean Engineering

“Design of an Offshore Wind Turbine Founded on a jacked structure offshore Block Island, R.I.” Advisor: Stephan Grilli

“Micrositing of an Offshore Wind Farm in Rhode Island Waters” Advisor: Annette Grilli

“Redesign of a Large Wave and Tow Tank Facility” Advisor: Jason Dahl and Stephen Licht


Portion Amt.

Bradshaw, Aaron RIDOT Joint Research Project RIDOT/URITC: Guidelines on Site-Specific Seismic Analyses for Rhode Island Bridge Projects

STATE $57,790 $57,790

Bradshaw, Aaron Triton Systems Starfish Versatile Automated Shallow-Water Anchor

NAVY $40,412 $8,082

Bradshaw, Aaron URITC/RIDOT Supplement to Development of a Resilient Mdulus Testing Capability at URI

STATE $33,380 $33,380

Bradshaw, Aaron USGS 2013 Water Resources Center INT $55,525 $12,771 Craver, Vinka NSF International Collab. Research: Desalination

for Global Water Resources Using Biofouling-Resistant Nanocomposite Membranes

NSF $32,829 $32,829

Craver, Vinka NSF NUE: Interdisciplinary “Nano Tools” Course at URI

NSF $199,896 $65,966

Craver, Vinka NSF Supplement: Collab. Research: The Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles: Mechanisms and Water Chemistry Effects

NSF $1,989 $1,989

Dahl, Jason NSF MRI: Acquisition of a Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System for Studying Fluid Flow around Orgasmal, Robotic, and Marine Structures

NSF $207,028 $51,757

Faghri, Mohammad NSF Investigation of Nanoscale Thermal Transport across a Point Construction in Contact and within a Sub-10 Nm Gap

NSF $100,761 $5,038

Fischer, Godi Epitaxial Technologies, LLC Rapid Transition of High Geolocation Ultrasensitive Laser Warning Receiver

NAVY $60,000 $60,000

Greenfield, Michael Ford Motor Company Urp Molecular Modeling of Functionalized Rubber-Filler Interactions for Development of Low Rolling Resistance Tire Tread1

PRIPRO $80,000 $80,000

Gregory, Otto Rolls Royce Development of Thin Film Thermocouples for Ceramaic Matrix Composites

PRIPRO $17,740 $17,740

Grilli, Annette Phase 3: Fine Grid Coastal Modeling of Relevant Tsunami Sources affecting Northern Mozanbique Tsunami Hazard

MISC $60,203 $30,102

Grilli, Annette University of Delaware Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the US East Coast

DOC $117,498 $93,998

Grilli, Stephan Applied Sciences Associates Detailed Site-Specific Tsunami Hazard Assessment For Oyster Creek Nuclear Generation Station

PRIPRO $24,971 $24,971


Portion Amt.

Grilli, Stephan Phase 3: Fine Grid Coastal Modeling of Relevant Tsunami Sources affecting Northern Mozanbique Tsunami Hazard

MISC $60,203 $30,102

Grilli, Stephan University of Delaware Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the US East Coast

DOC $90,854 $90,854

Grilli, Stephan University of Delaware Modeling Tsunami Inundation and Assessing Tsunami Hazards for the US East Coast

DOC $117,498 $17,625

He, Haibo Adaptive Learning and Prediction for Large-Scale Dynamic Data Analysis for Optimal Decision Making

NASA $14,346 $14,346

He, Haibo Army Research Office Incremental Learning and Fusion on Multi-Modal Sensor Data Streams

ARMY $163,000 $81,500

He, Haibo NSF Supplement: Dfg Collab. Research: Adaptive Incremental Learning of Impalanced Data Stream for Machine Intelligence

NSF $326,000 $326,000

Hu, Sau-Lon Image Acoustics, Inc. Low Cost Acoustic Transmitter

NAVY $50,000 $25,000

Huang, He NSF Career: Understanding and Analyzing User-Prosthesis Interaction for Desgning a Volitional Controller for Powered Lower Limb Prostheses

NSF $102,928 $102,928

Huang, He NSF HCC: Medium: Collab. Research: Neural Control of Powered Artificial Legs

OFA $141,243 $141,243

Huang, He Ocean State Research Institute Response to Tripping in Transfemoral Amputees

OFA $38,151 $38,151

Huang, He US Dept. of Education Building The Foundation of Clinical Practice of Emg Pattern Recognition For Prosthetic Arm Control

EDUC $599,604 $599,604

Kay, Steven Army Research Office Incremental Learning and Fusion on Multi-Modal Sensor Data Streams

ARMY $163,000 $81,500

Kim, Thomas Naval Undersea Warfare Center Student Support Services2

NAVY $377,209 $377,209

Maier-Speredelozzi, Valerie

Veterans Administration Assessing Climate for Systems Improvement Initiatives in Healthcare

OFA $83,974 $83,974

Meyer, Donna NSF MRI: Acquisition of a Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System for Studying Fluid Flow around Orgasmal, Robotic, and Marine Structures

NSF $207,028 $51,757

1 Consolidated figures combine 2 individual awards.2 Consolidated figures combine 12 individual awards.



Portion Amt.

Miller, James ONR: The Effects of Sediment Properties on Low Frequency Acoustic Propagation

NAVY $100,000 $50,000

Park, Eugene Narragansett Bay Commission Supplement to Energy Management for Wastewater Treatment Facilities Project

STATE $4,900 $2,450

Park, Eugene RI Office of Energy Resources RI Pep - Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership

ENERGY $269,670 $13,484

Park, Keunhan NSF Collab. Research: Exploration of Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion

NSF $176,993 $176,993

Park, Keunhan NSF Investigation of Nanoscale Thermal Transport across a Point Construction in Contact and within a Sub-10 Nm Gap

NSF $100,761 $95,723

Park, Keunhan NSF NUE: Interdisciplinary “Nano Tools” Course at URI

NSF $199,896 $65,966

Potty, Gopu ONR: The Effects of Sediment Properties on Low Frequency Acoustic Propagation

NAVY $100,000 $50,000

Shukla, Arun Air Force Response of Air Force Materials to Extreme Environments

AIRFOR $108,705 $108,705

Shukla, Arun NSF Collab. Research: Deformation and Damage Mechanisms in Ternary Carbides and Nitrides under Dynamic Conditions

NSF $150,099 $150,099

Shukla, Arun NSF REU Supplement to Collab. Research: Deformation and Damage Mechanisms in Ternary Carbides and Nitrides under Dynamic Conditions

NSF $12,000 $12,000

Shukla, Arun Office of Naval Research: The Blast Performance of Marine Composite and Sandwich Structures under Extreme Environments

NAVY $12,980 $12,980

Shukla, Arun Office of Naval Research: The Blast Performance of Marine Composite and Sandwich Structures under Extreme Environments

NAVY $74,101 $74,101

Shukla, Arun ONR Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Fundamental Understanding of Implosion within a Tube3

NAVY $100,110 $100,110

Shukla, Arun ONR Experimental Investigation of Free Field and Shock-Initiated Implosion of Composite Structures

NAVY $5,000 $5,000

Shukla, Arun University of Connecticut Advanced Composite Materials for Blast and Fire Resistances

OFA $120,000 $120,000

Sun, Yan NSF Scholarship Program to Increase Numbers and Strengthen the Workforce In Technology and Mathematics (Spin+)

NSF $638,939 $210,850


Portion Amt.

Thiem, Leon USGS 2013 Water Resources Center INT $55,525 $42,754 Vincent, Harold Image Acoustics, Inc. Low Cost Acoustic

TransmitterNAVY $50,000 $25,000

Vincent, Harold RI Office of Energy Resources ARRA: OER State Energy Plan

STATE $422,377 $67,580

Vincent, Harold Triton Systems Diver Helmet Noise Quieting NAVY $24,809 $24,809 Vincent, Harold Triton Systems Starfish Versatile Automated

Shallow-Water AnchorNAVY $40,412 $32,330

Wang, Jyh-Hone RIDOT Portion of Joint RIDOT/URITC Research Project

STATE $37,499 $2,625

Wright, Raymond University of Massachusetts Northeast Alliance for LSAMP at URI4

NSF $131,999 $131,999

Totals: $8.5M $5.2M

Acronym DepartmentAIRFOR US Air ForceARMY US ArmyDOC US Department of CommerceEDUC US Department of EducationENERGY US Department of EnergyHHS US Department of Health & Human

ServicesINT US Department of the InteriorMISC Miscellaneous

Acronym DepartmentNASA National Aeronautic & Space Ad-

ministrationNAVY US NavyNONPRO Private Not-for-Profit Corporations

& Other EntitiesNSF National Science FoundationOFA Other Federal AgenciesPRIPRO Private for Profit Corporations &

Other EntitiesSTATE State of Rhode Island

Sponsor Acronyms

3 Consolidated figures combine 3 individual awards.4 Consolidated figures combine 2 individual awards.


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