DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Dr. Tarek Sobh March 2009

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DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIPSCHOLARSHIP

Dr. Tarek SobhMarch 2009

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OUTLINEGoalStrategiesInfrastructure ElementsSeed Money Grant ProgramExternally Funded/Pending Research Funding OpportunitiesIndustry CollaborationsDevelopment of Inter-Disciplinary ProgramsGraduate Student Support and Opportunities

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GOALDevelop into a regional research center of excellence in the development of emerging technologies, applied industry-oriented R&D, and inter-disciplinary research.

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STRATEGIESStrengthen resources and infrastructure to

support and facilitate research.Strengthen collaborations with industry

within the areas of sponsored projects.Strengthen faculty training programs to

increase the participation of faculty in sponsored research projects.


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INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTSThe following infrastructure elements have been created or are in process within the past 12 months.

The Faculty Research Council (FRC)The Graduate Council (GC)The Intellectual Property Board (IPB)The Institutional Review Board (IRB)The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR)The Assistantships and Scholarships Office (ASO)The GSR Website at www.bridgeport.edu/gsr


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THE FACULTY RESEARCH COUNCILThe Faculty Research Council (FRC) has been

created. Nine members represent Arts & Sciences,

Business, Education and Human Resources, Engineering, Health Sciences and International College.

Kathleen Engelmann, Ph.D. (Chair) Chris Good, D.C.Amy Papaelias, M.F.A. Barry Kendler, Ph.D.Congsheng Wu, Ph.D. Mark Mattie, Ph.D.Nan Kurz, Ph.D. Chunjuan Wei, Ph.D.Jeongkyu Lee, Ph.D.

First Seed Money Grant competition conducted.


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THE GRADUATE COUNCILThe Graduate Council (GC) has been created.Eight faculty members represent the schools,

institutes and colleges that offer graduate programs.

Wendy Garcia, M.S. Ed. Joseph Morley, D.C.Barry Kendler, Ph.D. Lori Noto, Ph.D.Mark Mattie, Ph.D. Neal Lewis, Ph.D.Arthur C. McAdams, III, Ph.D. Chunjuan Wei, Ph.D.

Supports the development of inter-disciplinary graduate programs.

Advises regarding the development of Graduate Assistantship policy.

Recommended the creation of a Graduate Academic Resource Center.


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THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BOARDThe Intellectual Property Board (IPB) has

been created.Five faculty member representatives.

William Greenspan, J.D., L.L.M. (Chair)Jennifer Brett, N.D.Stephen Healey, Ph.D.Spiros Katsifis, Ph.D.Richard Saporito, D.C.

Intellectual Property Policy has been established.

Policy and forms available on IPB website.


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THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDThe Institutional Review Board (IRB) must

approve all proposed research involving Human Subjects.

Fully constituted.Website with forms and instructions at

www.bridgeport.edu/irb Registration is in process with the

appropriate federal agencies.


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INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB)Stephen M. Perle, D.C., M.S., (Co-Chair)Beth Skott, Ph.D., (Co-Chair)William Greenspan, J.D.Spiros Katsifis, Ph.D.Nan Kurz, Ph.D.Samuel London, Ph.D.Meg Zayan, Ed.D.Erell N. Skyers, D.D. (Community representative)Mr. Craig Kelly, President, Greater Bridgeport

NAACP (Community representative)


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FACULTY EXPERTISE & SPEAKERS BUREAUSearchable Database

A project is underway to compile UB faculty expertise, research interests, publications, and other pertinent information onto a searchable database, to be housed at the Graduate Studies and Research website.

Speakers Bureau


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THE OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCHThe Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has

been established.One full-time administrator. One graduate assistant.Website with information, forms,

instructions, links at www.bridgeport.edu/gsr. Central coordination for submission of

research applications to external funders.


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UB now has a provisional negotiated Facilities and Administrative Cost Rate (“Indirect Rate”) with the federal government. 55.9% On-campus23.3% Off-campus

UB also now has a provisional negotiated Fringe Benefits Rate with the federal government.22.9%

The application for final rates will be submitted at the end of 2009.


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UB Economic Impact StudyJust-completed study of the economic impact

UB has on Bridgeport and ConnecticutGood resource for additional information

when grant-seeking

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Other Accomplishments & PlansSupport for faculty to attend agency-sponsored grants

workshopsSix faculty members attended an NSF grants workshop

in October 2006Eight new faculty members will attend an upcoming

NSF grants workshop at the end of MarchSignificant faculty involvement in research

conferencesHostingConference publications

Visits to targeted Washington, D.C. federal funding agency offices

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THE ASSISTANTSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICEThe Assistantships and Scholarships Office (ASO)

is in the process of being established.Central coordination point for 250 GA’s a year at

UB.GA’s work as graduate assistants, teaching

assistants and research assistants.The Graduate Assistantship Program for 100

Engineering GA’s and 65 Business GA’s will be open to new graduate students starting Fall 2009.

Deans Assistantships and Society of Women in Engineering Assistantships are also being created.


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SEED MONEY GRANT PROGRAMThe Division of Graduate Studies and Research

initiated the first-ever Seed Money Grant Program this year, awarding $100,000 to 23 Principal Investigators as follows: 14 for Spring 2009 Nine for Fall 2009

Required outcomes of each funded project include:Application to external funderScholarly publications


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PI CO-PI DEPT AWARD PROJECT TITLE

Hassan Bajwa Xingguo Xiong Electrical Engineering $6,650 Dynamically configured, low power SRAM design

Kathleen Engelmann

Biology $6,993 The genetic basis for variation in thermal tolerance in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana

Christopher Good Paul Sherman Chiropractic $8,600 A reliability study of a multitest system (AIR S+M) for the identification of spinal join dysfunction and a feasibility analysis for future investigations

Junling (Joyce) Hu Hai-Lung Tsai Mechanical Engineering $7,000 Modeling transport phenomena and shielding gas effects in gas metal arc welding

Spiridon Katsifis Biology $6,930 Nickel antagonizes the genotoxicity of chromium

Elif Kongar Jani Pallis Mechanical Engineering& Technology Management

$7,000 Establishing an environmental sustainability program at the University of Bridgeport

Xingguo Xiong Linfeng ZhangHassan Bajwa

Electrical & Computer Engineering

$6,930 A bulk-micromachined MEMS comb vibratory gyroscope

Jeongkyu Lee Yongbom KimJaedon Lee

Computer Science and Engineering

$10,000 JusTDo: developing automatic judging system for Taedwondo Poomsae videos

Joseph Morley Matthew Funk Chiropractic $5,250 An investigation into potential differences in measurements of neck proprioception between matched asymptomatic subjects and patients

Mark Setton World Religions & Martial Arts Studies

$9,530 Philosophical and psychological perspectives on subjective well-being

Chunjuan Nancy Wei

IPED $6,930 Cross-Taiwan-Strait relationships in Washington

Congsheng Wu International Finance $4,550 An empirical evaluation of Chinese Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

Zhengping Wu Computer Science and Engineering

$6,409 A new policy-based management architecture for cross-domain federation


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PI CO-PI DEPT AWARD PROJECT TITLE

Linfeng Zhang Angela SantiagoXingguo Xiong

Electrical Engineering $6,864 Integration of the platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes in silicon-based micro fuel cell and silicon-based chemical/biological sensor

Khaled Elleithy Syed Rizvi Computer Science and Engineering

$6,860 Implementation and performance evaluation of overlay end system multicast (ESM) for stable and fast streaming of multimedia applications

Jongheon Kim Management Information Systems

$7,000 Exploring the role of perceived privacy and risk in the citizen’s adoption of governmental portal: toward an integrated approach with TAM

James Lehman Terence Perrault Chiropractic $5,688 Accuracy of leg length discrepancy evaluation: a study of diagnostic tests

Neal Lewis Technology Management $6,860 Modeling manufacturing performance for production efficiency improvement

Jeremy (Zhang) Li Mechanical Engineering $6,776 Computational modeling and analysis of nanomaterial coating using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) with focus on lean manufacturing

Jody Noe Naturopathic Medicine $7,000 The ethnobotanical and ethnomedical practices of the Western Cherokee Keetoowah

Stephen Perle Greg KawchukRobert Thiel

Chiropractic $5,417 Determination of mechanical characteristics of a high quality and comfortable spinal manipulative thrust

Natalia Romalis-Reytblatt

Mathematics $6,370 Mathematical modeling of microfracture in cortical bones

Hong Wei Zhang James Fitzpatrick Acupuncture $3,920 Statistical analysis of the University of Bridgeport acupuncture clinic: procedural trends


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EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONSRecently Concluded Research GrantsActive Research GrantsPending Research GrantsResearch Proposals Under DevelopmentIndustry In-Kind Contributions

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PI DEPT SPONSOR AWARD PROJECT TITLE

Junling Hu Mechanical Engineering

Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium

$6,000 CFD validation and simulation of airfoil characteristics

Elif Kongar Technology Management

Yale University/US Geological Survey

$16,459 Mineral resources external research program

Jeongkyu Lee CSE Intromedic Co., Ltd. $65,000 Developing smart view model in wireless capsule endoscopy videos

Saikat Ray Electrical Engineering

Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium

$6,000 Jet engine testing and monitoring with wireless sensor networks


A SAMPLE OF RECENTLY CONCLUDED, EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

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PI DEPT SPONSOR AWARD PROJECT TITLE

Hassan Bajwa Electrical Engineering

MOSIS Educational Program

$125,000 (GIK)

Area Efficient Low Power SRAM Design

Jeongkyu Lee CSE IntroMedic Co. Ltd., Korea

$65,000 Developing smart view model in wireless capsule endoscopy videos

Prabir Patra CSE NSF/UMass Dartmouth $20,786 Development of fiber-based technology for creating new opportunities in economically-depressed northeastern United States

Tarek Sobh Engineering Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

$40,000 Center for Simulation, Modeling and Analysis for Robotic Applications

Tarek Sobh Engineering ARDEC $57,688 Hybrid Projectile Design


A SAMPLE OF CURRENT EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS

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PI DEPT SPONSOR REQUEST PROJECT TITLE

James Fitzpatrick

Acupuncture CT Dept of Public Health

$92,632 A pilot study of the positive effect of acupuncture upon pre-hypertensive and hypertensive patients in an underserved urban population

Jeongkyu Lee CSE NSF $149,610 Smart browsing system for wireless capsule endoscopy

Jeonkyu Lee CSE NSF $168,516 Building large-scale educational video digital libraries by crawling the web

Zheng Li Mechanical Engineering

Sikorsky Aircraft

$20,000 Feasible testing and modeling analysis of rockhard coating on aluminum materials using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) with a focus on lean manufacturing


ARDEC $25,000 Nanotechnology and advanced material research


ARDEC $25,000 Rapid prototyping in manufacturing science technology


CCAT & NALI $30,000 Study and applications of molecular nanotechnology in aerospace industry


CCAT & NALI $30,000 Modeling, simulation and optimization for manufacturing process control and validation using the failure models and effects analysis (FMEA) with a focus on lean manufacturing


CCAT & NALI $25,000 Developing a plan and strategy to help business transition from aerospace to biomedical industry to meet FDA specification and biomedical standard operation procedures


A SAMPLE OF PENDING EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS


A SAMPLE OF PENDING EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH GRANTS


Jani Pallis Technology Management

NSF/UCONN Instrument User Major Research Instrument, MRI

Jani Pallis Technology Management

NSF/UCONN Instrument User Computing Research Infrastructure, CRI

Prabir Patra CSE NSF-CBS $224,040 Carbon nanotube-carbohydrate hybrid materials as selective ion exchange membrane

Chungjuan Wei IPED Overseas Young Chinese Forum

$5,000 A nested games approach to and policy implications for Cross-Taiwan-Strait relationships

Xinnguo Xiong Electrical Engineering IBM IBM SRAM Library Access

Area Efficient Low Power SRAM Design

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Hassan Bajwa Electrical Engineering DARPA/DOD

500,000 Nanostructure electronic ink for flexible electronics

Elif Kongar Technology Management NSF $3 million SuSTEMability

Jeongkyu Lee CSE IntroMedic Co., Ltd., Korea

$81,250 Developing enhanced SmartView module for wireless capsule endoscopy video

Neal Lewis Technology Management NSF $50,000 Modeling manufacturing performance for production efficiency improvement

Neal Lewis Technology Management NCIAA $24,000 E-team formation for new product development

Jani Pallis Technology Management SWE $25,000 Mobile STEM

Jani Pallis Technology Management NSF $200,000 Get SSET (Sport Science, Engineering and Technology)

Prabir Patra CSE NSF $500,000 Nanostructure electronic ink for flexible electronics

Prabir Patra CSE DARPA/DOD

$350,000 Nanostructure flexible antenna

Chunjuan Wei IPED Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation

$30,000 Cross Taiwan relationship in Washington

Zhengping Wu CSE NSF CAREER $400,000 A new policy-based management architecture for cross-domain federation

Zhengping Wu CSE NSF CISE $150 - $300,000

Federated trust management

Xingguo Xiong Electrical Engineering NSF EPDT $150,000 MEMS reliability analysis


A SAMPLE OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

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Company Package In-kind Contribution

Altera Max+plus II 10.2 Baseline $180,000

Anadigm Inc. Anadigm (Anadigm Designer 2) N/A

ANSYS, Inc. ANSYS 11 $1,305,800

ANSYS, Inc. FlowLab $1,000

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Pspice student (ORCAD 15.7) $750

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. OrCAD 15.7 $98,000

CD-adapco Star-CCM$ $120,000

CD-adapco Star-Design $10,000

CD-adapco Start-CD-Adapco $162,500

Delmia Delmia $88,000

fabFORCE FabForce (DBDesigner 4) N/A

Lingo Lingo $6,125

Lingo Lingo $991

MathWorks Matlab 2007a $838,800

Mentor Graphics Flotherm $19,000

Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics $168,800


A SAMPLE OF RECENT INDUSTRY IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

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Company Package In-kind Contribution

Microsoft Microsoft Studio 2005 and other appl. $997,603

MSC Corporate MSC.Software (Nastran – Patran – Analysis Manager 2006

$56,500

National Instruments Corporation Labview $125,001

Operation Technology, Inc. ETAP $300,000

Opnet OPNET IT Guru / Modulator / ASE $348,000

Opnet Opnet Modeler 14.5 $78,750

Oracle Oracle $2,979,460

Palisade Palisade StatTools $225

Palisade Palisade @RISK $195

PTC Corporate PTC (PRO Engineer) $168,000

Redhat Redhat $500

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION Rockwell Software (Arena 10.0) $550

Sun Microsystems Net Beans 5.1 N/A

Synopsys Synopsys $177,000

Wireshark Ethereal N/A


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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESResearch funding opportunities through the

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

Web resources for research opportunities:Community of Science (COS)MyNetResearchLinks and instructions on Office of Sponsored

Research homepage at www.bridgeport.edu/gsr


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INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONSPotential areas of collaboration with industry:

Biomedical Engineering & BiotechnologySustainable DevelopmentNanotechnologiesRenewable & Alternative EnergyAlternative Health Sciences

On-going industry collaboration through UB student co-ops, internships and work study experiences


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DEVELOPMENT OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAMSContinuing development of inter-disciplinary programs that are in demand:

M.S. in Biomedical Engineering Recruiting for Fall 2009 class

M.S. program in Renewable Energy Engineering and Sustainable Development Under development

Ph.D. program in Technology Management Under development


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GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT AND OPPORTUNITIESAssistantships (graduate, teaching, research),

including 100 Engineering and 65 Business Graduate Assistantships for Fall 2009

Co-op/internshipsNew Graduate Academic Resource Center

beginning Fall 2009


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DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Dr. Tarek Sobh March 2009