Electrical Engineering Department

Dr. Navarun Gupta is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of Bridgeport. He served as the Department Chair from 2013-2018. Dr. Gupta received his Ph.D. from Florida International University in Miami. He has two master’s degrees – one in Physics from Georgia State University and another in Electrical Engineering from Mercer University. Dr. Gupta’s research interests lie in signal processing, and its applications in audio and bio signals. 

Education:
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Florida International University, 2003
M.S. Physics, Georgia State University, 1992
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Mercer University, 1998

Courses Taught:
Biosignal Processing
Communication Lab
Pattern Recognition
Satellite Communication
Introduction to Engineering
Fiber Optics Lab
Digital Signal Processing (both lab and lecture)
Senior Project
Signals and systems
Controls Lab

Dr. Hmurcik came to the University of Bridgeport in 1983 from Diamond Shamrock Corporation. He was Chairman for the Department of Electrical Engineering from 2001 to 2013, and he remains active as a teacher and researcher and committee member. He has 96 publications. He has almost 350 consulting cases to his credit, including 20 court appearances in which he is an expert witness. Dr. Hmurcik has obtained 5 major grants while at UB, and he continues to publish in many fields — Solar Energy, Accident Reconstruction, Medical Machines, radiation shielding plastics, electronic circuit simulation, programmable logic controls (PLC’s), and carbon nano-tubes. Hmurcik is licensed as a professional engineer (LLC and PE) in Connecticut.

Education:
Ph.D., Solid-State Electronics, Clarkson University, 1980
M.S., Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Clarkson University, 1976
B.S., Integrated Circuits Design, Fairfield University, 1974

Courses Taught:
ELEG 233, 234, 235, 236 – Network Analysis I and II, lecture and lab

Other courses taught: 
ELEG 337 Electronics Lab
ELEG 348/417 Modern Electronics 
ELEG 447 Semiconductors
ELEG/BMEG 510 Medical Machines
ELEG 315/415 Fiber Optics
ELEG 316/416 Fiber Optics Lab
ELEG 482 Analog Integrated Circuits Design
ELEG 483 Digital Integrated Circuits Design
ELEG 443 DSP - Digital Signal Processing
ELEG 317/460 Controls 
ELEG 333 Signals and Systems
ELEG 444 Power Electronics 
ELEG 247 Electronics Materials
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves 
Advanced DSP
Digital Filters
Pulse Circuits

Publications:
Borui Li, Xiaowei Yu, Bo Zhang, Xingguo Xiong, and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Implementation of an 8-bit low-power multiplier based on reversible gate technology”, Transactions on Techniques in STEM Education, vol. 1, no. 3, page 84 (April-June 2016).

Sarosh Patel and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “The case of the computer room fire”, EC&M p10 (June 2016).

Sarosh Patel and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Preventable ground wire accidents and fires”, Proc. of the IEEE EEEIC2016, Florence, Italy (June 7-10, 2016).

Sarosh Patel and Lawrence Hmurcik, “The case of the malfunctioning sandblaster”, Proc. of the IEEE EEEIC2016, Florence, Italy (June 7-10, 2016).

Gupta, S. Patel, and L. Hmurcik, “Common Engineering mistakes in the analysis of aquarium fires”, Proc. Of 2016 ASEE NE Conf., Kingston, RI, OT-64 (April 30).

Sarosh H. Patel and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “The case of the machine mutilation”, EC&M p12 (Mar 2016).

Hmurcik, B.D. Barkana, N. Gupta, “Two case studies: real-life fatal burn case including smoke inhalation and fatal high-voltage burn”, International Journal of Advanced Research volume 3, issue 11, p 318 (November 2015).

Sarosh H. Patel and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “The case of the non-electric sign electrocution”, EC&M p10 (June 2015).

Sarosh H. Patel and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “The case of the VFD clock culprit”, EC&M p 10 (April 2015).

Lawrence V. Hmurcik and Sarosh H. Patel, “The case of the multimeter meltdown”, EC&M p 10 (August 2014).

Borui Li, Xiaowei Yu, Bo Zhang, Xingguo Xiong, Lawrence Hmurcik, “Implementation of an 8-bit low power multiplier, based on reversible gate technology”, 2014 ASEE Zone I Conf., University of Bridgeport, CT (April 3-5, 2014).

Lawrence V. Hmurcik and Sarosh H Patel, “The case of the hurried electrician”, Electrical Construction and Maintenance page 10 (March 2014).

V. Umamaheswari, K. Venkatasubramanian, Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “Different structures for micro-nano-electrode arrays for measurement of surface potential from any localized part of the brain”, American Patent and International Patent pending (February 2014).

Linfeng Zhang, Nicolae Gari, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “Energy measurement in a micro-grid with distributed energy resources”, Energy Conversion and Management, volume 78, 297-305 (January 2014).

(4) Manan Joshi, Navarun Gupta, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “Modeling of Pina-Related Transfer Functions using a finite-element-method”, COMSOL conference Boston (October 10, 2013).

Lawrence V. Hmurcik and Sarosh H. Patel, “The case of the mis-identified pump switches”, Electrical Construction and Maintenance p 8, (May 2013).

Bhushan Dharmadhikari, Navarun Gupta, Manan Joshi, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “Surge Suppressors–hidden dangers”, 2013 ASEE NE Conference, Norwich, VT April 16.

B. V. Dharmadhikari, L. V. Hmurcik, P. K. Patra, N. A. Mohammed, and D. Gondi, “In silico simulation of carbon nanotube and pulmonary surfactant protein binding”, Biomedical Engineering Society 2012 Conference, Atlanta p 131 (October 26).

Madhav Patil, Jack Toporovsky, L. Hmurcik, Tarek Sobh, “Integration of a vision system, an intelligent robot actuator, HMI (human-machine-interface), and PLC (programable logic control) to design a universal quality inspection or control machine”, i-managers Journal on Mechanical Engineering, v 2, no. 3, (May-June 2012).

Navarun Gupta, Sarosh Patel, Manan Joshi, Bhushan Dharmadhikari, and Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “Real-life high voltage accident cases — teaching electrical safety”, 2012 ASEE NE Conference, Lowell, MA (April 28, 2012)

Lawrence V. Hmurcik, M. Joshi, B. Dharmadhikari, and N. Gupta, “Aquarium fires — why water and electricity do not mix”, 2012 ASEE St. Lawrence Conference, Potsdam, NY (March 23-24).

Honors and Awards:
Service award for 30 years of service as a Faculty member of the University of Bridgeport (April 2014)
Keynote speaker at Bridgeport Hospital/Southern Connecticut State University’s graduation ceremony for Nurse Anesthetists, held at Bridgeport Hospital (May 2004)

Grants:
Lawrence V. Hmurcik, “High temperature superconductor characterization”, UI-EnerTech Grant, 1998-1999. $5,000
Abe Bidarian, Lee Mathews, Rocky Trembly, and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Characterization of polycrystalline high-temperature superconductors,” Charles Goodyear Cooperative Research and Development Grant sponsored by the state of Connecticut, 1994-1996. $120,000.
Steve Grodzinsky and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Mixed analog-digital signals laboratory”, NSF ILI Grant, 1995. $56,000.
Steve Grodzinsky and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Design and fabrication of micro-electronic/opto-electronic circuits,” consortium Grant with the University of Connecticut, Yale, and Trinity, sponsored by the state of Connecticut (1989-1991). $100,000.
Dhan Sethi and Lawrence Hmurcik, “Photo-conductive polymer composites analysis,” Charles Goodyear grant sponsored by the state of Connecticut, 1986-1988. $60,000.

Xingguo Xiong is an associate professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Bridgeport, CT. He obtained his B.S. in Physics in 1994 from Wuhan University, China. He obtained his first Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in July 1999 from Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He obtained his second Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering in July 2005 from University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. His research areas include MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems), nanotechnology, as well as low power VLSI design and VLSI testing. He is the recipient of the 2009 Northeast ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Outstanding Teacher Award.

Education:
Ph.D., Computer Engineering, University of Cincinnati, August 2005
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, July 1999
B.S., Physics, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, July 1994

Courses Taught:
BME/EE 547: BioMEMS (BioMicroelectromechanical Systems)
BME/EE-451: Introduction to Nanotechnology
EE-548: Low Power VLSI Circuit Design
EE-404: Digital VLSI
EE-458: Analog VLSI Circuit Design
EE-549: VLSI Testing
EE-550: Digital VLSI System Design
EE-448: Microelectronic Fabrication
EE-447: Semiconductors
EE-460: Control Theory
CPE/EE-286: Introduction to Microprocessors
EE348: Electronics

Publications:
BOOK CHAPTERS
Nicolae Gari, Xingguo Xiong, “Prototyping of UB Excavator for NASA Lunabotic Competition”, a chapter in the book, “Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation”. (ISBN10: 1466601760), Feb. 29, 2012, IGI Global publishing company.

Ramesh Ramadoss, Robert Dean, Xingguo Xiong, Chapter 13: “MEMS Testing”, in book: Laung-Terng Wang, Charles Stroud, and Nur A. Touba (Editors), “System-on-Chip Test Architectures (Systems on Silicon)”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2008, ISBN: 0123-73973-X, ISBN 13: 978-0123-73973-5, pp. 591-651.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTIVE)
Nicolae Gari, Xingguo Xiong, “Prototyping of UB Excavator for NASA Lunabotic Competition”, a chapter in the book, “Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation”. (ISBN10: 1466601760), Feb. 29, 2012, IGI Global publishing company.

Xingguo Xiong, Hanyu Xie, “MEMS Dual-mode Electrostatically Actuated Micromirror”, Professional Paper in 2014 ASEE (The American Society for Engineering Education) Zone 1 Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT.

Xingguo Xiong, Lidong Qiang, Linfeng Zhang, Junling Hu, “MEMS Dual Axis Accelerometer with H-T Shape Structure”, Proc. of IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE’13), Dec. 12-14, 2013.

Umatri Pradhananga, Xingguo Xiong, Linfeng Zhang, “PSPICE Implementation of Block-wise Shut-down Technique for 8×8 bit Low Power Pipelined Booth Multiplier”, Proc. of IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE’13), Dec. 12-14, 2013.

Xingguo Xiong, Huanyu Li, “High-Linearity MEMS Accelerometer with Lateral Comb Finger Groups”, Proc. of IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering (CISSE’13), Dec. 12-14, 2013.

Xingguo Xiong, Haifeng Dong, “Design of a MEMS Gyroscope with Glass-Silicon-Glass Sandwich Structure”, Journal of Micro and Nanosystems, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2011.

X. Xiong, Y. Wu, and W. Jone, “Material Fatigue and Reliability of MEMS Accelerometers”, Proc. of 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFT’08), Cambridge (MA), USA, Oct. 1-3, 2008.

Honors and Awards:
Wei Zhan, Xingguo Xiong, Prabir Patra, Junling Hu, Chengsi Li, “COMSOL Simulation of MEMS Piezoelectrically Actuated Micropump”, 1st prize of Graduate Student Poster in 2014 University of Bridgeport Faculty Research Day, March 28, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT.
Ruoxu Jia, Junling Hu, Xingguo Xiong, Linfeng Zhang, “Shape optimization design and material selection for a fitness equipment”, Honorable Mention award of Student Poster in 2014 ASEE (The American Society for Engineering Education) Zone 1 Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT.
Vinothini Velusamy, Xingguo Xiong, “Design of 8-bit Carry-Skip Adder Using Reversible Gates”, “Design and Simulation of an 8-bit Memory-less Pipelined Full Adder”, honorable mention award in 2011 ASEE (The American Society for Engineering Education) Northeast Section Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Hartford, CT.
Ming Xia, Xingguo Xiong, “Theoretical Analysis of a Nanosensor based on WO3-coated Carbon Nanotube for Ultra-high Sensitive Breath Acetone Sensing”, honorable mention award in 2011 ASEE (The American Society for Engineering Education) Northeast Section Conference, April 29-30, 2011, Hartford, CT.
Recipient of 2009 Northeast ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Outstanding Teacher Award, Apr. 3, 2009.
Recipient of honorable mentions award for research paper in ASEE’09 conference: Hassan Bajwa, Prabir Patra, Xingguo Xiong, “Nanotechnology Curriculum Initiative in Connecticut”, 2009 Northeast ASEE Conference, Bridgeport, CT, Apr. 3-4, 2009.
2nd place prize winner in ASEE’09 student best poster competition: Yang Yang, Xingguo Xiong, “Gated clock technique for low power VLSI design”, 2009 Northeast ASEE Conference, Bridgeport, CT, Apr. 3-4, 2009.
8. Honorable mention award winner in ASEE’09 student best poster competition: Vignesh Veerapandian, Xingguo Xiong, “Design of Efficient SOC-Based Multi-Core System Using NOC”, 2009 Northeast ASEE Conference, Bridgeport, CT, Apr. 3-4, 2009.
2nd place prize winner in ASEE’08 student best poster competition: Bhushan V. Dharmadhikari, Xingguo Xiong, “Stiction Fault Simulation of MEMS Comb Accelerometer”, ASEE Zone 1 Conference 2008, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Mar. 28-29, 2008.
3rd place prize winner in ASEE’08 student best poster competition: Haifeng Dong, Xingguo Xiong, “Design and Fabrication of a Bulk-micromachined MEMS Accelerometer”, ASEE Zone 1 Conference 2008, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Mar. 28-29, 2008.
Honorable mentions award in ASEE’08 student best poster competition: Xiaoping Li, Xingguo Xiong, “Power Comparison of CMOS and Domino Full-adders”, ASEE Zone 1 Conference 2008, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, Mar. 28-29, 2008.

Grants:
Xingguo Xiong, Gould K450B Logic Analyzer (ERLE Item Control Number: 89514103420083), Energy-Related Laboratory Equipment (ERLE) grant by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 01/16/2011. Status: approved, original acquisition cost of the received equipment: $20,016.77.
Class-on-a-chip MEMS education kit received from Texas Tech University (Dr. Tim Dallas) as part of a research collaboration. Received on 09/01/2010.
Funding from US Department of Energy (DoE) under program of Strategic Training and Education in Power Systems (STEPS – Topic A), Funding Opportunity Number: DE-FOA-0000152 entitled Workforce Training for the Electric Power Sector. The proposal was submitted by a Nationwide Consortium of Universities, led by the University of Minnesota, to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories, of which Prof. Linfeng Zhang and Prof. Xingguo Xiong are joint representatives of University of Bridgeport as a member of the consortium. Status: funded on 04/08/2010 for 3 years, Recovery Act Funding received: $2,500,000. Total project value including cost share: $4,175,423, funds received from University of Bridgeport (Prof. Xingguo Xiong and Professor Zhang): $37,500 ($25,000 from the consortium and $12,500 matching fund from University of Bridgeport).
ESMD (Exploration Systems Mission Directorate) National Design Challenge Project Grant from NASA Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium. The grant was awarded to UB excavator team for NASA 1st lunabotics mining competition in Kennedy Space Center, FL on May 27-28, 2010. Status: funded, Funding amount: $8776.42 (Among it, $4500 was from NASA CT Space consortium, and $4276.42 from UB School of Engineering).
Xingguo Xiong (PI), Linfeng Zhang (co-PI), Hassan Bajwa (co-PI), “A Bulk-micromachined MEMS Comb Vibratory Gyroscope”, UB seed money grant proposal, funding agency: University of Bridgeport, Period: 05/2009 – 05/2010, funding: $6930.00.
Hassan Bajwa (PI), Xingguo Xiong (co-PI), “Dynamically Configured, Low Power SRAM Design”, UB seed money grant proposal, funding agency: University of Bridgeport, Period: 05/2009 – 05/2010, funding: $6650.00.
Linfeng Zhang (PI), Angela Santiago (co-PI), Xingguo Xiong (co-PI), “Integration of the platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes in silicon-based micro fuel cell and silicon-based chemical/biological sensor”, UB seed money grant proposal, funding agency: University of Bridgeport, Period: 05/2009 – 05/2010, funding: $6864.00
Xingguo Xiong, HP/Agilent 3457A Digital Multimeter (ERLE Item Control Number: 89480891310015), Energy-Related Laboratory Equipment (ERLE) grant by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 08/04/2009. Status: approved, original acquisition cost of the received equipment: $10,000.00.

Buket D. Barkana is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. She is also the Director of the Signal Processing Research Group (SPRG) Laboratory in the School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. A member of IEEE, Dr. Barkana received her B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anatolia University, Eskisehir, Turkey in 1994, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the ESOGU, Eskisehir, Turkey in 1997 and 2005, respectively. She worked as a full-time faculty member at Anatolia University from 1995-1999, and as a Research Assistant at the ESOGU from 1999-2001 in Turkey. Dr. Barkana joined the University of Bridgeport in January 2007.

Dr. Barkana’s research interests include digital signal and image processing, innovations in engineering education, and STEM education in K-12 schools. Besides teaching, she supervises Master and Ph.D. students. Along with Dr. Ngoh and Dr. Cook, Dr. Barkana developed a project-based STEM course titled “STEM for Teacher Educators” for the School of Education students at UB in 2010.

Dr. Barkana works with local K-12 schools to advertise and improve their science and pre-engineering education. She has internal and external funded grants.

Education:
Ph.D., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ESOGU, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2005
M.Sc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ESOGU, Eskisehir, Turkey, 1997
B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anatolia University, Eskisehir, Turkey, 1994

Courses Taught:
ELEG 443/ BME443: Digital Signal Processing
ELEG 459/BMEG459: Audio Signal Processing Lab
ELEG 442: Digital Communications
ELEG 543/BMEG543: Digital Signal Processing Lab
ELEG 513/BMEG513: Biomedical Image Processing
ELEG: Communications Lab
EDMM-600D-BR1 STEM for Teacher Educators

Publications:
Mohammad Daneshzand, Miad Faezipour, Buket D. Barkana, Hyperbolic Modeling of Subthalamic Nucleus cells to investigate the effect of Dopamine Depletion, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 5472752, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5472752.

Mohammad Daneshzand, Miad Faezipour, Buket D. Barkana, Computational stimulation of the basal ganglia neurons with cost effective delayed Gaussian waveforms, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, August 2017 https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2017.00073

Arafat Abu Mallouh, Zakariya Qawaqneh, B.D. Barkana, Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Age Estimation based on VGG-Face Model, arXiv:1709.01664 [cs.CV], 2017

Zakariya Qawaqneh, Arafat Abu Mallouh, B.D. Barkana, Age and gender classification from speech and face images by jointly fine-tuned deep neural networks, Expert Systems with Applications, vol.85, pp: 76-86, November 2017.

Buket D. Barkana, Inci Saricicek, Evaluation of SVM, ANN, and classifier-fusion based CAD systems in benign and malignant breast lesion classification using digital mammography images. Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, vol.7, no.7, pp.1566-1571, November 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1166/jmihi.2017.2167

Arafat Abu Mallouh, Zakariya Qawaqneh, B.D. Barkana, New Transformed Features Generated by Deep Bottleneck Extractor and a GMM-UBM Classifier for Speaker Age and Gender Classification. Neural Computing & Applications, 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s00521-017-2848-4.

D. Barkana, Inci Sariciek, Burak Yildirim, Performance analysis of descriptive statistical features in retinal segmentation via fuzzy, ANN, SVM, and classifier fusion. Knowledge Based Systems, Volume 118, 15 February 2017, Pages 165–176.

Zakariya Qawaqneh, Arafat Abu Mallouh, B.D. Barkana, Deep Neural Network Framework for Speaker′s Age and Gender Classification using I-Vector. Knowledge Based Systems, Volume 115, 1 January 2017, Pages 5–14. 10.1016/j.knosys.2016.10.008.

D. Barkana, Jingcheng Zhou, A new pitch-range based feature set for speakers age and gender classification. Applied Acoustics, Volume 98, Pages 52-61, November 2015.

Hmurcik, B.D. Barkana, N. Gupta, Two Case Studies: Real-life fatal burn case including smoke inhalation and fatal high-voltage electrical burn. International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(11):318-321, 2015.

Abuzaghleh, Omar, Buket D. Barkana, and Miad Faezipour, Noninvasive Real-Time Automated Skin Lesion Analysis System for Melanoma Early Detection and Prevention. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM), 10.1109/JTEHM.2015.2419612, 2015.

Buket D. Barkana, Isam Hameed, Helen Ocbagabir, Burak Yildirim, Unsupervised blood vessel segmentation in retinal images by a novel vessel strengthening method and by a pixel tracking algorithm. Journal of Innovative Computing Information and Control (IJICIC), Vol.11 (1), pp.189-201, February 2015.

Abuzaghleh, Omar, Miad Faezipour, and Buket D. Barkana, Skincure: An Innovative Smart Phone-Based Application to Assist In Melanoma Early Detection and Prevention. Signal and Image Processing: An International Journal (SIPIJ), Vol.5, No.6, December 2014.

D. Barkana, N. Ngoh, A. Cook, Case Study: Development and Assessment of a STEM-Based Course for Teacher Educators. Education, Vol.3, No.3, 2013

D. Barkana, B. Uzkent, I. Saricicek, Normal and Abnormal Non-Speech Audio Event Detection Using MFCC and PR-Based Feature Sets. Advanced Materials Research, Management, Manufacturing, and Materials Engineering II, Vol. 601, 2013

B.D. Barkana, B. Uzkent, H. Cevikalp, Non-speech environmental sound classification using SVMs with a new set of feature parameters to improve recognition rates. Int. Journal of Innovative Computing Information and Control (IJICIC), 2012, Volume 8, Number 5(B), May 2012

Honors and Awards:
Best Faculty Poster Award, 2017: Ioana A. Badara, Shobhitha Sarab, Abhilash Medisetty, Allen P. Cook, Joyce Cook, & Buket D. Barkana, “The Influence of Emotional States on Short-Term Memory Retention by Using Electroencephalography (EEG) Measurements: A Case Study”, University of Bridgeport, Faculty Research Day, March 24, 2017.
Best Faculty Poster Award, 2016: Omar Abuzaghleh, Miad Faezipour, and Buket D. Barkana, SKINcure: An innovative Smart phone-based application to assist in melanoma early detection and prevention, Faculty Research Day, April 2016, University of Bridgeport, CT, USA.
Best Paper Award, 2015: M.M. Almi’ani, B.D. Barkana, “A Modified Region Growing Based Algorithm to Vessel Segmentation in Magnetic Resonance Angiography,” the 11th IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (IEEE LISAT2015), May 1, 2015, NY, USA.
Best Student Poster Award: Second Place, 2013: Isam Hameed, Helen Ocbagabir Sama Abdulmalik, B.D. Barkana, “Blood Vessel Segmentation in Retinal Images with a Novel Network Tracking Algorithm”, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Northeast Section Conference, David Crawford School of Engineering, Norwich University, March 14-16, 2013.
Best Student Poster Award: Third Place, 2012: Tariq Abuzaghleh, B.D. Barkana, “A Computer-Aided Method for the Cobb Angle Measurement”, Poster Presentation, 2012 American Society of Engineering Education – Northeast Section Conference, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, April 28, 2012.
Best Student Paper Honorable Mention Award, 2009: Stark B., Advisor: BD Barkana, “Dual Architecture Implementation of Acoustic Echo Cancellation”, Advisor: Barkana B.D., Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE NE American Society for Engineering Education Conference, April 3-4, 2009.
Best Paper Nominee, 2009: B.D. Barkana, S. Patel, N. Gupta, and L. V. Hmurcik, “Using real-life cases to teach students about electric burns: Part 1 Secondary burns”, The Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE NE American Society for Engineering Education Conference, April 3-4, 2009.
Best Student Paper Nominee, 2009: Zheng M., Xeing W., Barkana B.D., An automatic text-dependent speaker verification system design using MATLAB”, The Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE NE American Society for Engineering Education Conference, April 3-4, 2009.
Best Student Paper Nominee, 2009: Yu L., Barkana B.D., “Speech Disorders: An analysis of hypernasal speech using signal processing techniques”, The Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE NE American Society for Engineering Education Conference, April 3-4, 2009.
Best Student Paper Award, Second Place, 2008: Bachu R., Adapa B.K., Kopparthi S., Barkana B.D., “Separation of Voiced and Unvoiced Speech Signals using Energy and Zero Crossing Rate”, ASEE Regional Conference, West Point, March 2008.
Honorable Mention Award, 2008: Bachu R., Deepawale D.S, “Emotional Speech Detection”, Advisor: Barkana B.D., ASEE Regional Conference, West Point, Poster Presentation, March 2008.
Best Student Poster Honorable Mention Award, 2009: Hirani N., Suhagiya V., “Speaker Identification System”, Advisor: Barkana B.D., ASEE NE Conference, Bridgeport, Poster Presentation, April 3-4, 2009.

Grants:
“Investigation of the influence of emotional states on memory retention, concentration, and learning by using Electroencephalograpgy (EEG) measurements”, PI: B. D. Barkana, Co-PIs: Joanna Badara, Allen Cook, Funding agency: University of Bridgeport Seed Grant, 2016. Amount: $6400.
“Planning for a Teacher Fellowship/Master Teacher Fellowship Program to serve high-Need Schools in Urban Southwestern Connecticut”. PI: I. Badara, Co-PIs: B. D. Barkana, N. Gupta, N. Ngoh, M. Gherasimova, Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Robert Noyce Teacher Preparation Program, 2013. Amount: $192,347.
“SkinAid: A Real time image analysis system to aid in the malignant melanoma prevention and early detection”, PI: B. D. Barkana, Co-PI: Miad Faezipour, Funding agency: University of Bridgeport Seed Grant, 2013. Amount: $6000.
“K-12 STEM Teacher Program”, PI: B. D. Barkana; Co-PIs: Nelson Ngoh, Allen Cook, and Joanna A. Badara. Funding Agency: University of Bridgeport Seed Grant, 2012. Amount: $5,900.

Dr. Hassan Bajwa received his BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic University of New York in 1998. From 1998 to 2001 he worked for Software Spectrum and IT Factory Inc, NY. He received his MS from the City College of New York in 2003, and his Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from City University of New York in 2007. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Bridgeport. His research interests are low power VLSI, Nano-circuit fabrics and nano-technology. His research interests include modeling and simulation of nano-electronic architectures, flexible electronics, RF circuit design, bio-electronics, nanostructured and nanoscale antennas for biomedical applications.

Education:
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, City University of New York, 2007
M.S., Electrical Engineering, City College of New York, 2003
BSc, Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, 1998

Courses Taught:
RF Circuits
Electronics
VLSI

Publications:
Journal Publications
Sardaraz, Muhammad, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram, and Hassan Bajwa. “SeqCompress: An Algorithm for Biological Sequence Compression.” Genomics (2014).

Bach, C., Patra, P., Pallis, J., Sherman, W., & Bajwa, H. (2013). Strategy for Naturelike Designer Transcription Factors with Reduced Toxicity. IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TCBB.2013.107

Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram and Hassan Bajwa, “Review of Genome Sequence Short Read Error Correction Algorithms”, American Journal of Bioinformatics Research 2013,  3(1): Pages 1-9

Muhammad Sardaraz, Muhammad Tahir, Ataul Aziz Ikram and Hassan Bajwa, “Applications and Algorithms for Inference of Huge Phylogenetic Trees: a Review”, American Journal of Bioinformatics Research 2012, 2(1): Pages 21-26

Ali Elrashidi, Khaled Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, “Performance Analysis of a Microstrip Printed Antenna Conformed on Cylindrical Body at Resonance Frequency 4.6 GHz for TM01 Mode,” Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, Volume 10, 2012, Pages 775–784.

A. Elrashidi, K. Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, “Input Impedance, VSWR and Return Loss of a Conformal Microstrip Printed Antenna for TM01 mode Using Two Different Substrates,” International Journal of Networks and Communications, 2012, 2(2):  Pages 13-19

Ali Elrashedi, Khaled Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, “The Effect of Curvature on the Return Loss and Mutual Coupling Coefficient of a Microstrip Printed Antenna Array Conformed on a Cylindrical Body for TM10 Mode,” International Journal of Electromagnetics and Applications, May 2012, vol. 2: Pages. 25-32.

A. Elrashidi, K. Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, “The Fringing Field and Resonance Frequency of Cylindrical Microstrip Printed Antenna as a Function of Curvature,” International Journal of Wireless Communications and Networking (IJWCN), Dec. 2011, Vol.3 No.2: Pages 155-162

A. Elrashidi, K. Elleithy, and Hassan Bajwa, “Effect of Curvature on the Performance of a Microstrip Printed Antenna Conformed on Cylindrical Body Using Epsilam-10 Ceramic-Filled Teflon as a Substrate,” American Journal of Materials Science, Nov. 2011: Pages 8-17.

Elrashidi, A., K. Elleithy, and H. Bajwa, The Performance of a Microstrip Printed Antenna Conformed on Cylindrical Body as a Function of Curvature at 4.6 GHz for TM01 Using RT/duroid-5880 PTFE as a Substrate. International Journal of Electromagnetics and Applications: p. 58-67.

Honors and Awards:
Selected Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of Bridgeport 2011-2012.
Nominated for 2011 ASEE-NE Region Outstanding Teacher Award.
Honorable Mention Award, 2009, “Nanotechnology Curriculum Initiative in Connecticut,” Hassan Bajwa, Prabir Patra, Xingguo Xiong, Northeast American Society of Engineering Education Conference (ASEE’09), Bridgeport, CT, Apr. 3-4, 2009.

Grants:
“Nanoscale Antennas for Power Harvesting Applications in Space” ” PI: Hassan Bajwa, Co-PI: Jani Pallis, Christian Bach. Status: Awarded $11000/1 year, Agency: NASA-CT Space Grant
“DNA Scaffold based Nanoscale Antenna, PI:Hassan Bajwa Status: Approved. There is no direct funding out of the project. UB team is granted free access to nanofabrication lab facilities at Brookhaven national Lab to conduct research
“IUAV,” Project funding approval received by TANC (the advanced nanotechnology consortium) via CCAT (The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology), Connecticut, of which PI is a team member. Status: Approved, Funding amount $2.4mil, Agency: US Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Center at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
“DNA Affinity Patterns of Zinc Finger Proteins, PI:  Christian Bach, Prabir Para and Hassan Bajwa Status: Approved. There is no direct funding out of the project. UB team is granted free access to nanofabrication lab facilities at Brookhaven national Lab to conduct research.
“Graphene Nanoribbon (GNR)-DNA Self Assembly” PI:  Prabir Patra, Saion Sinha, Hassan Bajwa, Christian Bach and Ashish Aphale. Status: Approved. There is no direct funding out of the project. UB team is granted free access to nanofabrication lab at BNL to conduct research on  GNR-DNA Self Assembly.”
ABulk-micromachined MEMS Comb Vibratory Gyroscope,” PI: Xingguo Xiong, Co-PI: Hassan Bajwa. Status: Awarded $6900/1 year, Agency: Seed money grant awarded by University of Bridgeport. 

Dr. Linfeng Zhang came to the University of Bridgeport in 2007.

Education:
Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2006

Courses Taught:
Power Electronics, Sustainable Energy Lab, Controls, Data Acquisition and Virtual Instrumentation, Fuel Cells

Publications:
“The performance of a grid-tied microgrid with hydrogen storage and a hydrogen fuel cell stack”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2014, 79, P. 421-427

“Energy management in a microgrid with renewable energy resources”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2014, 78, P. 297-305

“Sensing mechanism of the metal/insulator/semiconductor hydrogen sensor”, IEEE Sensors Journal, 2009, 9(10), P. 1196-1201

“Dual-Mode Operation of a Pd/AlN/SiC Device for Hydrogen Sensing” Sensors and Actuators B, 2008, 129(1), P. 35-39

“Characteristic jump in the electrical properties of a Pd/AlN/Si-based device on exposure to hydrogen” Phys. Rev. B 2007(75), 075308

“Reverse Response Transients in a Pd-Ni/AlN/n-Si Hydrogen Sensor” Sensors and Actuators B, 2007. 123(1), P. 277-282

“Response to Hydrogen of a metal/AlN/Si thin film structure: effects of composition and structure of a combination Pd-Cr gate” Sensors and Actuators B, 2006. 113(2): p. 843-851

Grants:
1. Americanizing European hot water technology, Ramboll fundation, Linfeng Zhang, Junling Hu, David Cote, funded$19,000, 2017
2. Solar instructor training network, Department of Energy, Subaward, Linfeng Zhang, $17,000, 2015
3. A Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories, U.S. Department of Energy and UB match fund, funded $37,000, 2010
4. Cameca Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS), Department of Energy, ERLE (Grant # 8982A3 9092 0055)
5. A Bulk-micromachined MEMS Comb Vibratory Gyroscope, UB seed money grant, Xingguo Xiong (PI), Linfeng Zhang (co-PI), Hassan Bajwa (co-PI), funded: $6,930, 2010
6. Integration of the platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes in silicon-based micro fuel cell and silicon-based chemical/biological sensor, Linfeng Zhang (PI), Angela Santiago (co-PI), Xingguo Xiong (co-PI), UB seed money grant, funded $6864.00, 2010
7. Software, ETAP power lab $300,000 from ETAP