Printer FriendlyME Seminar Schedule, Fall 2008
Dates, speakers and topics for Fall 2008 are available here: ME Seminar Schedule.
Research 2007-2008
Prof. James Sherwood has been awarded a $6000 contract from the National Science Foundation. The project is titles "Linking Process-Induced Properties to Thermoplastic-Matrix Woven-Fabric Composites Performance".
Prof. Chris Niezrecki has been awarded an $18,000 contract from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). The project is titled Flashback Lighting System. Prof. Robert Malloy (Plastics Engineering) is Co-PI.
Prof. Peter Avitabile has been awarded a $5500 contract from the Bobcat Company for a project titled Technical Support for the Modal Analysis activities at Bobcat Company.
Profs. Niezrecki, Avitabile, Chen, Sherwood, and Kurup (CEE) have been awarded a $490,000 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase a 3D Scanning Laser Vibrometer. Only one other university in the country currently possesses this equipment.
Profs. Niezrecki , Chen, and Niemi have been awarded a 4 month research contract extension from the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center RDECOM (Airdrop/Aerial Delivery Directorate). The project is titled Deformation Measurement and Modeling of Parachute Fabric Using Imaging and Smart Material Sensors. The award amount is $75,000.
Profs. Kurup (CEE), Kumar (Physics), Sun (ME), Gu(CE), and Nagarajan (PE) were recently awarded a $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The project is titled EXP-LA: High
Precision Detection and Prediction of Explosives Based on Multiple Sensing Systems and Data Fusion. This project will involve
The development of explosive detection systems based on multiple types of sensors and the use of data fusion to improve the precision of detection and prediction.
Prof. Peter Avitabile has been awarded a $99,809 contract from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command for research on “System Modeling Approaches of Helicopter/Wing/Missile configurations”.
Prof. James Sherwood has been awarded a $10,000 contract from the All Japan Baseball Bat Industry Association for research on “Collaborative International Research to Explore a Global Bat Performance Standard”.
Prof. Hongwei Sun received a renewal and increase of his award from Northeastern University for research on “Droplet-based Processing of Quasicrystalline Magnesium Alloys for the Production of High-Performance Particulate, Bulk, and Coating Materials”. The award was increased from $37,702 to $89,713.
Prof. Julie Chen received a $589,776 contract from the National Science Foundation for research on “Industrial Safety of Nanoheaters”. Prof. Chen is Co-PI with Prof. Gu of Chemical Engineering.
Prof. John Duffy received a renewal and increase of his award from the National Science Foundation for research on “Service Learning Integrated throughout a college of engineering”. The award was increased from $999,695 to $1,036, 177.
Prof. John Duffy received a $17,500 contract from the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) for research on “Microenterprise of Solar Water Purification Bottles with Dye Indicator”.
Prof. Sammy Shina received a $25,000 contract from the US Environmental Protection Agency for research on “New England Halogen Free Research Consortium Testing Project Long Term Reliability Study”
Research 2006-2007
Prof Hongwei Sun has been awarded a $33,000 grant from Physical Sciences Inc for research on "Commercial Methods for Production of Orientation Patterned GaAs".
Prof. Julie Chen has been awarded a grant from Applied Physical Sciences Corp. for research on "Development of Lightweight and Low Cost Advanced Structural Materials for Off-board Surface Vessels."
Prof. Hongwei Sun was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from Northeastern University to study “Droplet-based Processing of Quasicrystalline Magnesium Alloys for the Production of High Performance Particulate, Bulk and Coating Materials.”
Profs. Chris Niezrecki, Eugene Niemi and Julie Chen of the ME department were recently awarded a $100,000 grant from the Natick Soldier Center (NSC) to study "Deformation Measurement and Modeling of Parachute Fabric Using Imaging and Smart Material Sensors."
Ted Kennedy joined, Marty Meehan, Steven Panagiotakos delivered a $2 million federal grant to Julie Chen. Director of the nanomanufacturing center of excellence. This will fund research into the mass production of nanotechnology devices that will benefit the Army.
Prof. Niezrecki has been awarded an $18,000 contract from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). The project is titled Flashback Lighting System. Prof. Robert Malloy (PE) is Co-PI.
Prof. Avitabile has been awarded a $5500 contract from the Bobcat Company for a project titled Technical Support for the Modal Analysis activities at Bobcat Company.
Profs. Niezrecki, Avitabile, Chen, Sherwood, and Kurup (CEE) have been awarded a $490,000 equipment grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase a 3D Scanning Laser Vibrometer. Only one other university in the country currently possesses this equipment.
Profs. Niezrecki , Chen, and Niemi have been awarded a 4 month research contract extension from the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center RDECOM (Airdrop/Aerial Delivery Directorate). The project is titled Deformation Measurement and Modeling of Parachute Fabric Using Imaging and Smart Material Sensors. The award amount is $75,000.
Prof. Avitabile has been awarded a $99,809 contract from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command for research on “System Modeling Approaches of Helicopter/Wing/Missile configurations”.
Prof. Sherwood has been awarded a $10,000 contract from the All Japan Baseball Bat Industry Association for research on “Collaborative International Research to Explore a Global Bat Performance Standard”.
Prof. Chen received a $589,776 contract from the National Science Foundation for research on “Industrial Safety of Nanoheaters”. Prof. Chen is Co-PI with Prof. Gu of Chemical Engineering.
Prof. Duffy received a renewal and increase of his award from the National Science Foundation for research on “Service Learning Integrated throughout a college of engineering”. The award was increased from $999,695 to $1,036, 177.
Prof. Duffy received a $17,500 contract from the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) for research on “Microenterprise of Solar Water Purification Bottles with Dye Indicator”.
Prof. Shina received a $25,000 contract from the US Environmental Protection Agency for research on “New England Halogen Free Research Consortium Testing Project Long Term Reliability Study”
Profs. Kurup (CEE), Kumar (Physics), Sun (ME), Gu (CE), and Nagarajan (PE) - $800,000 , National Science Foundation. High Precision Detection and Prediction of Explosives Based on Multiple Sensing Systems and Data Fusion.
Patents
A patent was recently awarded to mechanical engineering professor John Duffy for an electrolyzer pressure equalization system.
On September 28, 2007 Rockwell International engineers and UML ME sophomore COOP student Shaun Hentchel filed a patent entitled "Polarimetric Based Color Sensor".