School of Engineering Faculty

Dr. Elleithy is the Dean of the College of Engineering, Business, and Education, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, mobile communications, network security, quantum computing, and formal approaches for design and verification. He has published more than three hundred fifty research papers in national / international journals and conferences in his areas of expertise. Dr. Elleithy is the editor or co-editor for 12 books published by Springer.

Dr. Elleithy received the B.Sc. degree in computer science and automatic control from Alexandria University in 1983, the MS Degree in computer networks from the same university in 1986, and the MS and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from The Center for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Louisiana – Lafayette in 1988 and 1990, respectively.

Prof. Elleithy has more than 30 years of teaching experience. He is the recipient of the “Distinguished Professor of the Year”, University of Bridgeport, academic year 2006-2007. He supervised hundreds of senior projects, MS theses and Ph.D. dissertations. He developed and introduced many new undergraduate/graduate courses. He also developed new teaching / research laboratories in his area of expertise. His students have won more than twenty prestigious national / international awards from IEEE, ACM, and ASEE.

Dr. Elleithy is a member of the technical program committees of many international conferences as recognition of his research qualifications. He served as a guest editor for several international journals. He was the chairperson of the International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation. Furthermore, he is the co-Chair and co-founder of the Annual International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering virtual conferences 2005 – 2014.

Dr. Elleithy is a member of several technical and honorary societies. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE computer society. He is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) since 1990, member of ACM SIGARCH (Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture) since 1990, member of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi University of South Western Louisiana Chapter since April 1989, member of IEEE Circuits & Systems society since 1988, member of the IEEE Computer Society since 1988, and a lifetime member of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate since June 1983.

Education:
Ph.D., Computer Science, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1990
M.S., Computer Science, The Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS), University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1988
M.S., Computer Science and Automatic Control, Computer Science and Automatic Control Dept., University of Alexandria, Egypt, 1986
B.S., Computer Science and Automatic Control, Computer Science and Automatic Control Dept., University of Alexandria, Egypt, 1983

Courses Taught:
CPEG 481: Mobile Communications
CPEG 387/587: Embedded Systems Design
CPEG 572: Data Communications
CPEG 561: Network Security
CPEG 606: Quantum Computing
CPEG 691: Advanced Wireless Sensor Networks

Publications:
Abdulbast Abushgra and Khaled M. Elleithy, “ A Shared Secret Key Initiated by EPR Authentication and Qubit Transmission Channels,” IEEE Access Journal, Vol. 5, September 2017, pp. 17753 – 17763.

Ramadhan Mstafa, Khaled Elleithy and Eman Abdelfattah, “A Robust and Secure Video Steganography Method in DWT-DCT Domains Based on Multiple Object Tracking and ECC,” IEEE Access Journal, Vol. 5, April 2017, pp. 5354 – 5365.

Reem Mahjoub and Khaled Elleithy, “Efficient Actor Recovery Paradigm for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks,” Sensors, Vol. 17, No. 4, April 2017, pp. 1-30.
Sumaya Abusaleh, Ausif Mahmood, Khaled Elleithy and Sarosh Patel, “A Novel Vision-Based Classification System for Explosion Phenomena,” Journal of Imaging, 3, No. 2, April 2017, pp. 2-18.

Samir Hamada, Ibrahim Alkore, Khaled Elleithy, Ioana Badara, and Saeid Moslehpour, “Updating Student Profiles in Adaptive Mobile Learning using ASP.net MVC, dotNetRDF, Turtle, and the Semantic Web.” International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), Vol. 11, Number 1, April 2017, pp. 16-38.

Abrar Alajlan, Khaled Elleithy, Marwah Almasri and Tarek Sobh, “An Optimal and Energy Efficient Multi-Sensor Collision-Free Path Planning Algorithm for a Mobile Robot in Dynamic Environments,” Robotics,” Vol. 6, No. 2, March 2017, pp. 1-18.

Wafa Elmannai and Khaled Elleithy, “Sensor-Based Assistive Devices for Visually-Impaired People: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions,” Sensors, Vol. 17, No. 3, March 2017, pp. 1-42.

Remah Alshinina and Khaled Elleithy, “Performance and Challenges of Service-Oriented Architecture for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sensors, Vol. 17, No. 3, March 2017, pp. 1-39.

Ramadhan Mstafa and Khaled M. Elleithy, “Compressed and raw video steganography techniques: a comprehensive survey and analysis,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, November 2016, pp. 1-38.

Bandar Alotaibi and Khaled Elleithy, “Rogue Access Point Detection: Taxonomy, Challenges, and Future Directions,” Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, October 2016, pp. 5021- 5028.

Adwan Alanazi and Khaled Elleithy, “An Optimized Hidden Node Detection Paradigm for Improving the Coverage and Network Efficiency in Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks,” Sensors,” Vol. 16, No. 9, September 2016, pp. 1-19.

Abdulbast Abushgra and Khaled Elleithy, “Simultaneous Initiating EPR and Quantum Channel by Quantum Key Distribution Protocol,” Global Journals Inc., Vol.16, Issue 5, July2016, pp. 1-5.

Marwah Almasri, Abrar Alajlan, and Khaled Elleithy, “Trajectory Planning and Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Mobile Robotics System,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 16, June 2016, pp. 5021- 5028.

Laiali Almazaydeh, Khaled Elleithy, and Maid Faezipour, “A highly Reliable and Fully Automated Classification System for Sleep Apnea Detection”, International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2016, pp. 66-70.

Laiali Almazaydeh, Khaled Elleithy, Maid Faezipour, and H. Ocbagabir, “SVM-Based Sleep Apnea Identification Using Optimal RR-Interval Features of the ECG Signal”, International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2016, pp. 1-4.

Bandar Alotaibi and Khaled Elleithy, “A New MAC Address Spoofing Detection Technique Based on Random Forests,” Sensors, vol. 16, February 2016, pp. 1-14.

Abdul Razaque, Khaled M Elleithy, “Mobility-Aware Pheromone Termite (PT) Analytical Model to Support Robust Routing over Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs),” Engineering Structures, accepted for publication.

Abdul Razaque, Khaled M Elleithy, “Energy-efficient boarder node medium access control protocol for wireless sensor networks,” Sensors, Vol 14, No. 3, pp. 5074-5117, January 2014.

Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Khaled Elleithy, “Robust Heterogeneous Network to Support Multitasking,” International Journal of Computers and Technology, Vol 6, No 4, 2014.

Abdul Razaque and Khaled Elleithy, “Automatic Energy Saving (AES) Model to Boost Ubiquitous Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Computers and Technology, Vol. 10 , No. 5, pp. 1569-1579, 2013.

Abrar Alajlan, Khaled Elleithy, and Varun Pande, “A New Programming Model to Simulate Wireless Sensor Networks : Finding The Best Routing Path,” International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC, Vol. 5., No. 4, pp. 1 – 14, July 2013.

Ibrahim Alkore Alshalabi, Samir Hamada, Khaled Elleithy, “Research Learning Theories that Entail M-Learning Education Related to Computer Science and Engineering Courses,” International Journal of Engineering Sciences, Vol 2. No. 3., pp. 88-95, March 2013.

Wafa Elmannai, Abdul Razaque, Khaled Elleithy, “Deployment of TCP University of Bridgeport (UB) to Control Law Enforcement Department over Wireless Mesh Network,” Journal of Communications and Computer Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 40-47, 2013.

Zyad Nossire, Khaled Elleithy, and Boraq Ammourah, “A New Improved Storage Model of Wireless Devices using the Cloud,” International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications(IJCNC), Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 69 – 80, January 2013.

Abdul Razaque and Khaled Elleithy, “Controlling Attacks of Rogue Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to Improve Pedagogical Activities in Mobile Collaborative Learning (MCL) Environment, “International Journal of Communication and Computer Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 15-29, 2013.

Abrar Alajlan, Benjamin Dasari, Zyad Nossire, Khaled Elleithy and Varun Pande, “Topology Management in Wireless Sensor Networks: Multi-State Algorithms,” International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN) Vol. 4, No. 6, pp. 17-25, December 2012.

Honors and Awards:

Honors
Recipient of the 2015 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Gold Innovation Prize.
Distinguished Professor of the Year, University of Bridgeport, academic year 2006-2007.

Awards
Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, Best Student Poster Award, ASEE American Society Engineering Education North East Conference, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, May 2017.
Wafa Elmannai and Khaled Elleithy, Best Graduate Student Poster Award, Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, University of Connecticut, CT, April 2017.
Reem Mahjoob and Khaled Elleithy, Best Graduate Student Poster Award, Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, University of Connecticut, CT, April 2017.
Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, Best Graduate Student Poster Award, Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, University of Connecticut, CT, April 2017.
Razan Abdulhammed and Khaled Elleithy, First Place Best Doctoral Student Poster Award, Faculty Research Day, Bridgeport, CT, March 2017.
Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, Second Place Best Doctoral Student Poster Award, Faculty Research Day, Bridgeport, CT, March 2017.
Naser M. Alajmi and Khaled Elleithy, Best Paper in the Technology Track, Best paper in Technology track, IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, May 2016.
Zakareya Lasefr and Khaled Elleithy, First Place, Student Poster Award for Doctoral Category, Faculty Research Day, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2016.
Marwah Almasri and Khaled Elleithy, Student Poster Award for Doctoral Category, Faculty Research Day, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2016.
Abrar Alajlan, Marwah Almasri and Khaled Elleithy, Fourth place Poster award, ASEE Conference, Rhode Island, 2016.
Zakareya Lasefr and Khaled Elleithy, Honorable mention, ASEE Conference, Rhode Island, 2016.
Abrar Alajlan, Marwah Almasri and Khaled Elleithy, Best paper in Applications track, IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, 2015.
Abdulbast Abushgra and Khaled Elleithy, Best Student Poster Award for Doctoral Category, Faculty Research Day, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2015.
Wafa Elmannai: Advisor – Khaled Elleithy, $20,000 award, Association of University Women International Fellowship for 2015-16, 2015.
Mostafa Ramadhan and Khaled Elleithy, Fourth place honorable mention Poster award, ASEE Conference, Boston, 2015.
Wafa Elmannai and Khaled Elleithy, Third Place, Student Poster Award for Doctoral Category, Faculty Research Day, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2015.
Muneer Alshowkan and Khaled Elleithy, Second Place, Student Poster Award for Doctoral Category, Faculty Research Day, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2014.
Wafa Elmannai and Khaled Elleithy, Best Professional Paper Award, ASEE Conference, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2014.
Tamer Youssef and Khaled Elleithy, Second Place Student Poster Award, ASEE Conference, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2014.
Laiali Almazaydeh and Khaled Elleithy, Best Graduate Paper Award, ASEE Conference, Norwich University Northfield, VT, 2013.
Sumaya Abusaleh and Khaled Elleithy, Fourth place honorable mention Poster award, Faculty Research Day, Bridgeport, CT, 2012.
Laiali Almazaydeh and Khaled Elleithy, Fourth place honorable mention Poster award, ASEE Conference, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, 2012.
Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, Second Place, Student Poster Award, ASEE Conference, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2011.
Eugene Gerety and Khaled Elleithy, Best Student Poster Award, Faculty Research Day, Bridgeport, CT, 2011.
Syed Rizvi and Khaled Elleithy, Best Poster Award, ASEE Conference, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT, 2009.
Syed Rizvi and Khaled Elleithy, Best Paper Award, 13th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC’08), Marrakech, Morocco, 2008.

Grants:
Principal Investigator, Cisco Networking Academy, Equipment Grant, $16,000, Funded, November 2014.
Co-Investigator, Advanced Technology in Support of Hybrid Projectiles, FY 2010 Defense Appropriation Request, $2.4 million; 1/1/2010 – 7/1/2012.
Co-Investigator, Hybrid Projectile Vision System, Imperial Machine and Tool Company, $30,000; April 2010 – July 2010.
Co-Investigator, Development of a travel grant, U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development & Engineering Center (ARDEC), $5,000, Funded. [1/2010]
Co-Investigator, Hybrid Projectile Design, U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development & Engineering Center (ARDEC), $57,688, Funded. [8/1/2008 – 5/31/2009]
Principal Investigator, Mobile Content Manager, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals (TOTKEN) Fund, $3,500, June 2001, Funded.
Co-Investigator, Security Implementation and Evaluation of Aramco Enterprise Network, Saudi Armco, SR 200,000, May 1999- May 2000, Funded.
Principle Investigator, A Formal Methodology for Parallel VLSI Algorithm Design, Jan. 1993- Dec. 1995. King Abdul Aziz City of Science and Technology (KACST), SR 293,000, Funded.

Education:
Ph.D. Information Science, University at Albany SUNY, 2004
eMBA, University at Albany SUNY, 2002
M.S. Biochemistry, Albert-Ludwig University, Germany 1993

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.

Education:
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
M.S., University of New Haven
B.S., University of New Haven

Dr. Navarun Gupta is a 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

Journal Publications:
S. H. Ahammad, M. Z. U. Rahman, L. K. Rao, A. Sulthana, N. Gupta and A. Lay-Ekuakille, "A Multi-Level Sensor based Spinal Cord disorder Classification Model for Patient Wellness and Remote Monitoring," in IEEE Sensors Journal, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3012578.

M.B.H. Frej, J. Dichter, N. Gupta, “Lightweight Accountable Privacy-Preserving Protocol Allowing the Cloud Client to Audit the Third-Party Auditor for Malicious Activities”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 15, 3034, July 2019

Z. Nossire, N. Gupta, L. Almazaydeh, X. Xiong, “New Empirical Path Loss Model for 28 GHz and 38 GHz Millimeter Wave in Indoor Urban under Various Conditions”, Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11, 2122, Nov. 2018

Hussain Alhassan, Navarun Gupta, “The Changes of Brain Signals by use of Meditation during Problem Solving”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 2, February-2016

Hussain Alhassan, Navarun Gupta, “Brain Signal Analysis of Meditation and its Impact on Concentration and Diluted Modes”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 7, Issue 2, February-2016

L. 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

N. Gupta, L.V. Hmurcik, M. Joshi, B. Dharmadhikari, “On the Analysis of the Laminar to Turbulent Flow Patterns in the Treatment of a Patient Receiving Oxygen”, International Journal of Applied Sciences (IJAS), Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 23-29, Dec 2010

M. Iyer, N. Gupta, T. Perrault “Automated Estimation of Neck Movement Angles using Image Processing Techniques”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, Vol. 1, May-June 2010, pp. 15-18

B. D. Barkana, N. Gupta, L.V. Hmurcik, “Two Case Reports: Electrothermal (aka contact) burns and the effects of current density, application time, and skin resistance”, Burns Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 2009 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2009.09.006)

Navarun Gupta, Carlos Ordóñez and Armando Barreto, "The Effect of Pinna Protrusion Angle in the Localization of Virtual Sound in the Horizontal Plane" (Abstract), Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 110, No. 5, Part 2, November 2001, p. 2679

Omar Grafals, Navarun Gupta, Gualberto Cremades, Barreto, A. B., and Malek Adjouadi, "Decreased 3D-Sound Spatialization Accuracy Caused by Speech Bandwidth Limitation Over Commodity Audio Components", Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, Vol.36, April 2000, pp. 245 – 250

P.J. Wiita, H.R. Miller, N. Gupta, S.K. Chakrabarti, “Accretion Disk Models for Microvariablity”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 311-319, 1992.

Books/ Chapters:
Book Title: Adaptive Filtering – Principles, Concepts and Applications.
Chapter: Speech Signal Conditioning for Mobile Applications Using Adaptive Filters.
Publisher: Nova. Published: 2019.

Book Title: Speech, Image and Language Processing for Human Computer Interaction.
Chapter: Improving Audio Spatialization Using Customizable Pinna Based Anthropometric Model of Head-Related Transfer Functions.
Publisher: IGI Global. Published: 2012

Book Title: Online Engineering, Publisher: Springer. Published Jan 2009.
Editors: Saikat Ray, Navarun Gupta, Tarek Sobh

Grants:
United Illuminating Company: Research on Energy Loss from a Failed Steam Trap. PI: M. Omidiora, N. Gupta and J. Hu. Amount: $11,020.05, Feb. 2018

Department of Education (Federal Award): Fairchild Wheeler Magnet Schools Project 2014. Co-PI: Developed course outlines for applied aerospace/ hydrospace mechanics and applied fluid mechanics courses.

NSF: Planning for a Teacher Fellowship/Master Teacher Fellowship Program to Serve High-Need Schools in Urban Southwestern Connecticut, PI: Ioana Badara, Co PI: Nelson Ngoh, Buket Barkana, Navarun Gupta, Jan-Dec 2014, Amount: $192,347

ENGAGE Everyday Examples in Engineering (E3) mini-grant program: PI’s: J. Hu, N. Gupta, M. Faezipour, March 2013, Amount: $2000

Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu came to the University of Bridgeport in 2005 from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Her research has been focused on solving problems that involve transport of heat, mass and momentum and thermal stresses in a wide range of applications, including manufacturing and materials processing, fuel cell design, thermal management of electronics, wellbore circulation in drilling operation, and vehicle aerodynamics. Her work on multiphysics modeling and simulation of gas metal arc welding process and laser welding process has been published in prestigious journals and conferences. She is the Director of the Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Laboratory at UB. She has also established a Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Rapid Prototyping Laboratory which enables research on reverse engineering and engineering analysis using commercial CAE tools, including CFD, finite element analysis (FEA), multibody dynamics (BMD), and optimization.

Education:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2005
M.E. in Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 1999
B.E. in Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 1996

Courses Taught:
MEEG 453 Finite Element Methods
MEEG 452 Advanced Vibrations
MEEG 429 Electronics Cooling
MEEG 512 Computational Fluid Dynamics
MEEG 505 Welding Engineering
MEEG 426 Materials Selection for Mechanical Engineers
MEEG 410 Advanced Fluid Dynamics
MEEG 463 Advanced Heat Transfer
MEEG 223 Material Science for Engineers
ENGR 111 Introduction to Engineering
ELEG 317 Control Systems

Publications:
 X. Zhang, Y. Chen and J. Hu, “Recent Advances in the Development of Aerospace Materials”, Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 97 (2018) 22-34. 

J. Hu, Z. Rao and H.L. Tsai, “A Comprehensive Model of the Transport Phenomena in Gas Metal Arc Welding”, Joining Technologies, Mahadzir Ishak, ed. Intech, ISBN 978‐953‐51‐4777‐0, 2016, Chapter 5. 

G. Xu, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Modeling 3D Plasma Arc in Gas Tungsten Arc Welding”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 134 (2012) 031001 (13 pages) (Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in May 2012).

H. Guo, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Three-Dimensional Modeling of Gas Metal Arc Welding of Aluminum Alloys”, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 132 (2010) 021011 (10 pages). (Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in May 2010).

G. Xu, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Three-dimensional modeling of arc plasma and metal transfer in gas metal arc welding”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 52 (2009) 1709-1724.

G. Xu, J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Plasma Arc in Arc Welding”, Journal of Applied Physics, 104, 103301 (2008) (9 pages).

J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Modeling of Transport Phenomena in 3D GMAW of Thick Metal with V-Groove”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (2008) 065202 (10pp).

J. Hu, H. Guo and H. L. Tsai, “Weld Pool Dynamics and the Formation of Ripples in 3D Gas Metal Arc Welding”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 51 (2008), 2537-2552.

J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Metal Transfer and Arc Plasma in Gas Metal Arc Welding”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 129 (2007) 1025-1035.

J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Heat and Mass Transfer in Gas Metal Arc Welding, Part I: the Arc”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (2007), 833-846.

J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Heat and Mass Transfer in Gas Metal Arc Welding, Part II: the Metal”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (2007), 808-820.

J. Hu and H. L. Tsai, “Effects of Welding Current on Droplet Generation and Arc Plasma in Gas Metal Arc Welding”, Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 053304 (2006).

Honors and Awards:
Dr. Hu is a member of ASME, ASEE, and AWS.
Excellent Reviewer for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2012
Advanced Communicator Bronze, Toastmasters International, 2006

Grants:
M. Omidora, N. Guputa, and J. Hu, “Energy Losses from Failed Steam Traps”, United Illuminating Company, $11,020, February 2018 to August 2018, funded.
L. Zhang, J. Hu, and D. Cote, “Feasibility Study of the District Heating System at the University of Bridgeport”, Ramboll Foundation, $14,316, and $3,919 UB matching fund, January 2017 to March 2018, funded.
J. Hu and X. Xiong, “Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow of Non-Newtonian Drilling Fluids”, Pegasus Vertex, Inc., $10,000, January 2016 to December 2017, funded.
X. Xiong, P. Patra, and J.Hu, “Biochip with Graphene-based Nanosensor for Non-invasive Glucose Sensing”, University of Bridgeport Seed Grant, Office of Sponsored Research at UB, $10,000, January 2016 to December 2016, funded.
J.Hu, M. Faezipour and N. Gupta, “Engaging Students: Everyday Examples in Engineering (E3s)” Mini-Grant Application, NSF ENGAGE, $2,000, March 2013 to March 2014, funded.
J. Hu, “Numerical Modeling of Temperature Profiles in Drilling Wells – Phase II”, Pegasus Vertex, Inc., $5,741, December 2011 to May 2012, funded.
J. Pallis and J. Hu, “Multiphysics Modeling of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding”, CT Space Grant College Consortium, $6,000 and $9,707 UB Matching Fund, June 2011 to May 2012, funded.
J. Hu, “Numerical Modeling of Temperature Profiles in Drilling Wells”, Pegasus Vertex, Inc., $20,001, July 2010 to December 2010, funded.
J. Hu and H.L. Tsai, “Modeling Transport Phenomena and Shielding Gas Effects in Gas Metal Arc Welding”, University of Bridgeport Seed Grant, Office of Sponsored Research at UB, $7,000, January 2009 to December 2009, funded.
J. Hu, “CFD Validation and Simulation of Airfoil Characteristics”, CT Space Grant College Consortium, $6,000 and $12,000 in UB Matching Funds, January 2008 to December 2008, funded.
J. Hu, NSF-TRUST Women’s Institute in Summer Enrichment (WISE) fellowship, $2,500, 2006, funded.
J. Hu, travel grant to NSF TRUST WISE summer program, $1,000, 2006, funded.
J. Hu, travel grant to Integration of Simulation Technology into the Engineering Curriculum (ISTEC) 2008 Conference, Cornell University, $1,393, July 2008, funded.
J. Hu, Travel grant, invited seminar, Pegasus Vertex, Inc., $696, December 2010, funded

Dr. Zheng (Jeremy) Li is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering in University of Bridgeport. Before joining UB as a full time associate professor in 2007, Dr. Li worked about 14 years as full time scientist and senior research and design engineer in several different U.S. industries. He was also involved in U.S. Air force/Military research contracts and taught UB as adjunct faculty from 1999 to 2007. Dr. Li has published 2 books, 6 book chapters, 34 journal papers, and 44 conference papers since joining UB in 2007. He also got one grant award directly from NASA and one grant from NASA-funded Connecticut Space grant.

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1994
M.S. Automation and Control Engineering, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, 1987
B.S. Power Engineering, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, 1984

Courses Taught:
MEEG425 Machine and Mechanical System
MEEG508/BMEG508 Biomechanics
MEEG 572/TCMG572 Production Technology and Technique
MEEG424 Advanced CAM and Automation
MEEG421 Computer Aided Engineering Design
Computer Aided Manufacturing and CNC Machining
Machinery and Mechanical System Design
Advanced Computer Aided Project Design
Advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing and Automation
Manufacturing Strategy and Lean Manufacturing
Production Technology and Technique
Mechanism Design

Publications:

Selected Books/Book Chapters:
J. Z. Li, “CAD, 3D Modeling, Engineering Analysis, and Prototype Experimentation: Industrial and Research Applications”, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-319-05920-4 (Print) 978-3-319-05921-1 (Online), Aug, 2014.

J. Z. Li, “Biomedical Instrument and Robotic Surgery System: Design and Development for Biomedical Applications”, Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-659-41085-7, June, 2013.

J, Z, Li, “Prototyping of Robotic Systems in Surgical Procedures and Automated Manufacturing Processes” (Chapter 12 for book titled “Prototyping of Robotic Systems: Applications of Design and Implementation”), IGI Global Publisher, ISBN: 978-1-4666-0176-5, pp. 356-378, May, 2012.

J. Z. Li, “The Principles, Development and Applications of Surgical Instruments in Biomedical Engineering” (Chapter 4 for book titled “Principles and Applications of Biomedical Engineering”), Academic Publisher, ISBN: 978-0-9835850-4-6, pp. 118-133, March, 2012.

J. Z. Li, “Applications of Computer-aided Design Technology in Research, Engineering and Industry” (Chapter 4 for book titled “Computer Aided Design: Technology, Types and Practical Applications”), Nova Science Publishing, ISBN: 978-1-62257-355-4, pp. 87-102, Jan, 2012.

Selected Journal Papers:
J. Z. Li, “Study and Analysis of a New Automated and High Speed Mechanical System for Computer Mouse Assembly”, in Journal of Mechatronics. Vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 109-112, June, 2014.

J. Z. Li, “Computational Simulation and Experimental Study of A Biogas Reactor”, in Journal of Mechanical Engineering (i-manager’s research Network), Vol. 4, pp. 17-20, March, 2014.

J. Z. Li, “Computer Aided Design and Development of a New Solar Panel Tracking System”, in Journal of Mechatronics, Vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-5, Feb, 2014.

J. Z. Li, “Computational Simulation and Prototype Testing of Nanocoated Materials for Jet Engine Blades in Aerospace Industry”, in Journal of Applied and Industrial Science, Vol. 1, pp.36-38, Nov, 2013.

J. Z. Li, “Numerical simulation and prototype testing of gas turbine with hot spinning process”, in Scientific Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 204-211, Sep, 2013.
 

Grants:
Jeremy (Zheng) Li, Principal Investigator (PI), 2012-2013, “Computer-aided Analysis and Experimental Study of Nano-Coating Technology Applied to NASA and US Aerospace Industry,” $20,000.00 has been awarded by NASA funded Connecticut Space Grant Consortium,
Jeremy (Zheng) Li, Principal Investigator (PI), 2011-2012, “NASA Geo-Lab reduced gravity sample holders/manipulator,” $28,500.00 has been awarded by NASA funded National Space Grant Foundation.
Jeremy (Zheng) Li, Principle Investigator (PI), 2011-2012, “Computer Aided Modeling and Analysis of Nanocoating to prevent Aerospace Product from Corrosion,” $6,776.00 (Seeds Grant) has been awarded by UB.

Education:
Ph.D., Washington State University
M.S., Washington State University
B.S., University of Lahore, Pakistan

An aerodynamicist specializing in Computational Fluid Dynamics with a background in biomedical industrial, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, Dr. Pallis specializes in fluid dynamics, with an emphasis on air, space and marine vehicles, sports equipment, the relationship between athletic injuries and equipment, and engineering outreach education.

Most recently, she and her students are involved in small satellite development, in particular the launching of DiscoSat-1 with the Discovery Museum and Planetarium.

Education:
Ph.D., 1996, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis
M.S., 1991, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
M.S., 1997, Health Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., 1975, Health Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., 1977, Health Systems, Georgia Institute of Technology

Courses Taught:
BMEG/MEEG 567X Physiological Fluid Mechanics (Fall 2014)
CPEG/CPSC 300 Economics and Management of Engineering Projects (Spring 2014)
MEEG 410 Advanced Fluid Dynamics (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
MEEG 454 Advanced Dynamics (Fall 2013, Fall 2014)
MEEG 463 Advanced Heat Transfer (Spring 2014)
MEEG 510X Aircraft and Spacecraft Design (Summer 2013, Spring 2014)
TCMG 410 Survey of Technology (Fall 2013)

Publications:
Bach, C., Sherman, W., Pallis, J. M., Patra, P., & Bajwa, H. (2014). Evaluation of Novel Design Strategies for Developing Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs) Tools for Treating Human Diseases. Biotechnology Research International.

Pallis, J. M., “A Tale of Three Engineers”, in Chapter 17 – Accounting and Engineering Economy, in Engineering Economic Analysis 12th Edition, Newman, D., Lavelle, J. P., and Eschenbach, T. G., Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-19-933927-3.

Bach C, Patra P, Pallis J, Sherman W, and 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.

Sobh, T.M., Pallis, J., Gupta, N., “Recent Directions in Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation”, International Journal of Online Engineering, August 2009, 5(S1):4-7. DOI:10.3991/ijoe.v5s1.1032.

Pallis, J.M. “Synopsis of Current Developments: Water Sports”, in E. Moritz and S. Haake The Engineering of Sport 6, New York: Springer, 2006.

Safran, M., Pallis, J., Workman, K., “Validation of Questionnaire for the Epidemiology of Sports Injuries in Wheelchair Athletes”, Medicine and Science in Tennis, April, 2005.

Hubbard, M., Mehta, R., Pallis, J.M. (editors), 5th Engineering of Sports, International Sports Engineering Association, 2004.

Hung, G., Pallis, J.M. (editors), Biomedical Engineering Principles In Sports, Kluwer/Plenum Academic Publishers, 2004.

Mehta, R. D. and Pallis, J. M. The aerodynamics of a tennis ball, Sports Engineering, 4: 177-189, 2001.

Pallis, J.M., Banks, D.W. and Okamoto, K.K., “3D Computational Fluid Dynamics in Competitive Sail, Yacht and Windsurf Design, in A. Subic and S, Haake, Engineering of Sport 3, Sheffield: Blackwell, 2000.

Pallis, J.M., Editor, The Big Book of Air and Space Flight Activities, McGraw-Hill, January, 2000.

Pallis, J.M. and Burns, I., “Numerical Simulations For An America’s Cup Challenger”, Maui High Performance Computing Center 1999 Application Briefs, 1999.

Honors and Awards:
Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Campus Director of the Year 2013
Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, Gamma Phi Chapter, Georgia Institute of Technology, received Arc of Epsilon Pi for continued service, October, 2012.
Distinguished Citizen (first individual in the field of Engineering), Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity, July, 2010, (Notable Alumnae: Jani Macari Pallis, Alpha Gamma Delta, Wikipedia)
Connecticut Technology Council, Women in Innovation, Finalist, 2009.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Distinguished Alumni Department of Industrial Engineering
Franklin Institute and Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Plaque installed in Aviation Hall as a woman engineer involved in aerodynamics Connecticut Technology Council’s Women of Innovation Award for Academic Innovation and Leadership, 2016

Grants:
Development of a Satellite Design, Fabrication, Integration and Testing Course, Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium, PI: Jani M. Pallis, Ph.D., Co-PI: Hassan Bajwa, Ph.D., Christian Bach, Ph.D., awarded Feb., 25, 2014.
Servo-Flap Rotor Blade Design and Wind Tunnel Test, Connecticut Space Grant College Consortium,  PI: Alfred Gates, Ph.D., Co-PI: F-S Wei, Co-PI: J.M. Pallis, Ph.D., awarded Oct., 2013.
NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative (CLI): NNH12SOMD001L, “DISCOvery Museum Satellite: Measurement of small-scale debris flux from orbit”, David Mestre and Alan Winick (PIs), B. Hermalyn and J.M. Pallis, Technical Advisor.
University of Bridgeport, Seed Money Grant “DNA Scaffold Based Nanoscale Antenna”, Dr. Jani Pallis (PI) and Dr. Hassan Bajwa (Co-PI).
Principal Investigator with Dr. Joyce Hu (Co-PI), Connecticut Space Grant Consortium, “Multiphysics Modeling of Gas Tungsten Arc Welding”.
Principal Investigator, The Bridge Project, Manufacturers Association of Southern Connecticut, 2010.
Principal Investigator, Wright Again (www.wrightagain.com), K-12 web-based project commemorating the centennial of Flight, Grant with National Business Aviation Association. Collaboration with High Performance Computing, Education, and Research Center at the University of New Mexico for CFD.
Principal Investigator, Cooperative Agreement with NASA for K-8 Aeronautics Internet Activity Center, web-based lesson plans, curriculum bridges and online text in multiple reading levels in English and Spanish, animations of scientific American Sign Language terms.
Principal Investigator - UB , NASA Undergraduate Student Instrument Program, 2016 - 2019
Principal Investigator - High Altitude Student Platform, Louisiana State Grant, 2016 and 2017
Project Management - Total Solar Eclipse Project, 2016 - 2017
Co-Director, STEM on Wheels

Grants:
NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium
(Funded: $27,300)
Jun. 2017-May 2018

The focus of Dr. Patra’s research is to understand the fundamentals of biophysical science processes at a nano-scale and apply their underlying principles to develop hybrid material structure, properties, and arrangement through growth and modification for novel biomedical engineering applications. Keeping this as the central theme, his research is directed toward two major areas. The first area involves continued research efforts on polymer nanomaterials that emphasize creativity and collaboration in developing a new understanding on fundamentals and technology of multifunctional polymer nanocomposite materials and biologically inspired nanomaterials. The second area involves ranges of biomaterials and tissue engineered structures using extensive experience in synthesis-structure-property-function relationships. In essence, his group focuses on the application of evolving nanotechnologies in health and health-based devices, diagnostic tools, and sensing for improving the quality of human life.

Education:
B.S. in Chemistry, Burdwan University, India
M.S. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Ph.D. in Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, India

Courses Taught:
Biomedical Materials and Engineering
Tissue Engineering
Nanofabrication with Soft materials
Polymer Nanocomposites
Instrumental Analysis of Nanomaterials
Advanced Materials in Engineering

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Dr. Nasir Sheikh is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Management at University of Bridgeport. Dr. Sheikh was a founding tenure-track faculty in the Department of Technology and Society, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at State University of New York, Korea from 2013 to 2017. He is teaching courses such as data science, entrepreneurship, leadership, computer networking, strategic marketing, technology assessment, and quality management. He has taught over twenty-five graduate and undergraduate courses. His research interests include technological innovation and commercialization, technology assessment, decision modeling, and analytics and has over twenty publications. Dr. Sheikh has over thirty-five years of industry experience in building global information and communications technologies (ICT) businesses as an executive in technology management, sales, and marketing. He has served in business leadership roles at Atlas Telecom, UshaComm, CenterSpan Communications, and ACD Systems. Prior to that Dr. Sheikh had technology management and operational roles at AT&T Labs, NorTel, Philips Electronics, and Schlumberger. Prior to academia he was engaged in management consulting on next-generation renewal energy and healthcare technologies. Simultaneously, he was an adjunct professor for teaching courses in international business and marketing and a teaching assistant for courses such as new product development, total quality management, project management tools, science and technology policy, competitive strategies in technology management, strategic planning in engineering management, and intrapreneurship. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Technology Management from Portland State University, an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, and B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University. 

Education:
Ph.D./Technology Management, Portland State University, USA
M.Sc./Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
B.Sc./Electrical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Professor Tarek M. Sobh received the B.Sc. in Engineering degree with honors in Computer Science and Automatic Control from the Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt in 1988, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer and Information Science from the School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He is currently the Senior Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Dean of the School of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Bridgeport (UB), Connecticut; the Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Control (RISC) laboratory; the Founder of the High-Tech Business Incubator at UB (CTech IncUBator), and a Professor of Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

He was Vice President from 2008-2014, Vice Provost from 2006-2008, Interim Dean of the School of Business, Director of External Engineering Programs, Interim Chairman of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, and Chairman of the Department of Technology Management at the University of Bridgeport. He was an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at the University of Bridgeport from 1995-1999, a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science, University of Utah from 1992-1995, and a Research Fellow at the General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception (GRASP) Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania from 1989-1991. He was the Founding Chairman of the Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems Technical Committee of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society from 1992-1999, and the Founding Chairman of the Prototyping Technical Committee of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society from 1999-2001.

His background is in the fields of computer science and engineering, control theory, robotics, automation, manufacturing, AI, computer vision and signal processing.

Education:
Ph.D. Computer and Information Science, General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception (GRASP) Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
M.S., Engineering, Computer and Information Science, (GPA 4.0), School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
P.E. Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer, State of Utah, 1994
CMfgE, Certified Manufacturing Engineer, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1997.
C.R.E., Certified Reliability Engineer, American Society of Quality Control, 1996
C.M., Certified Professional Manager, Institute of Certified Professional Managers, James Madison University, 1996
B.Sc., Engineering (with Honors), Computer Science and Automatic Control, School of Engineering, Alexandria University, 1988
General Certificate of Education, 5 Advanced and 8 Ordinary Level Subjects, With Distinction, University of London, England, 1985

Courses Taught:
CpE/CS 460 Introduction to Robotics
CpE/CS 560 Advanced Robotics
CPSE 692/693 Advanced Topics / Ph.D. Seminar in Robotics and Automation

Publications:
Last 5 years Journal Publications only – full list available on tareksobh.org

Abrar Alajlan, Khaled Elleithy, Marwah Almasri and Tarek Sobh,"An Optimal and Energy Efficient Multi-Sensor Collision-Free Path Planning Algorithm for a Mobile Robot in Dynamic Environments", Robotics, Vol.6, No.2, pp1-18, 31 March 2017. doi:10.3390/robotics6020007

Almat Raskaliyev, Sarosh Patel and Tarek Sobh,"A dynamic model for GPS based attitude determination and testing using a serial robotic manipulator", Journal of Advanced Research, Vol.8, No.4, pp333-341, October, 27 March 2017. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2017.03.005

Madhav Patil, Tamer Abukhalil, Sarosh Patel, and Tarek Sobh,"Deployment Environment for a Swarm of Heterogeneous Robots", International Journal of robotics, Vol.5, No.4, pp1-21, October, 2016. DOI: 10.3390/robotics5040022

Alsahafi, Hesham, Majed Almaleky, and Tarek M. Sobh,"Design and Implementation of Metallic Waste Collection Robot", Journal of Transactions on Techniques in STEM Education, Vol.1 No.4, pp 86-95, September, 2016. ISSN: 2381-649X

Munoz, Carlos, Patel, Sarosh, and Sobh, Tarek M.,"Object Tracking Using Autonomous Quad Copter", Journal of Transactions on Techniques in STEM Education, Vol.1 No.4, pp 9-15, September, 2016. ISSN: 2381-649X

Madhav Patil, Tamer Abukhalil, Sarosh Patel, and Tarek Sobh,"UB Swarm: hardware implementation of heterogeneous swarm robot with fault detection and power management", International Journal of Computing, Vol.15, No.3, pp162-176, September 2016. ISSN 2312-5381

Peter J. Zeno, Sarosh Patel, and Tarek M. Sobh,"Review of Neurobiologically Based Mobile Robot Navigation System Research Performed Since 2000", Journal of Robotics, vol. 2016, Article ID 8637251, 17 pages, August, 2016. DOI:10.1155/2016/8637251

Alshibli, Mohammad, Ahmed El Sayed, Elif Kongar, Tarek M. Sobh, and Surendra M. Gupta," Disassembly Sequencing Using Tabu Search", Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, ISSN 1573-0409, Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. 69-79, April 2016

Patel, Sarosh, and Tarek Sobh, "Task based synthesis of serial manipulators", Journal of advanced research, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 479-492, May 2015.

Abuzneid, Abdel-Shakour, Tarek Sobh, Miad Faezipour, Ausif Mahmood, and John James, "Fortified anonymous communication protocol for location privacy in WSN: a modular approach", Journal of Sensors, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 5820-5864, March 2015.

Sarosh Patel and Tarek Sobh, " Manipulator Performance Measures; A Comprehensive Literature Survey", In Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Volume 77, Issue 3, pp 547-570, March 2015.

Abuzneid, Abdel-Shakour, Tarek Sobh, and Miad Faezipour, "An enhanced communication protocol for location privacy in WSN", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks vol. 2015, pp. 62, January 2015.

Ayssam Elkady, Jovin Joy, Tarek Sobh and Kimon Valavanis, "Modular Design: A Plug and Play Approach to Sensory Modules, Actuation Platfroms and Task Descriptions for Robotics and Automation Applications", in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, Volume 72, No.2, pp 271-289, August 2014

Ayssam Elkady, Jovin Joy, Tarek Sobh and Kimon Valavanis, “Modular Design: A Plug and Play Approach to Sensory Modules, Actuation Platforms and Task Descriptions for Robotics and Automation Applications”, in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, Volume 72, Number 1, pp 5-19, 7 October 2013.

Tamer Abukhalil, Tarek Sobh and Madhav Patil, “Survey on Decentralized Modular Swarm Robots and Control Interfaces”, International Journal of Engineering (IJE), Volume 7, Number 2, pp 44-73, 30 June 2013."

Madhav Patil, Tamer Abukhalil and Tarek Sobh, “Hardware Architecture Review of Swarm Robotics System: Self-Reconfigurability, Self-Reassembly, and Self-Replication”, in the ISRN Robotics, Volume 2013, 24 April 2013

Gad Selig, Elif Kongar, Neal Lewis, Christian Bach and Tarek Sobh, “The Proposed Ph.D. in Technology Management at the University of Bridgeport: A Case Study”, International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education (IJIOME), Volume 5, Number 2, February 2013.

Khaled Elleithy, Jeongkyu Lee, Tarek Sobh, Ali El-Rashedy, Jovin Joy, and Leon Manole, “Design and Implementation of Wireless Camera, Communication and Control Modules for a Transformable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, Volume 66, Number 3, Pages 401-414, 2012.

Ayssam Elkady and Tarek Sobh, “Robotics Middleware: A Comprehensive Literature Survey and Attribute-Based Bibliography”, in the Journal of Robotics, 2012.

Ahmed ElSayed, Elif Kongar, Surendra M. Gupta and Tarek Sobh, “A Robotic-Driven Disassembly Sequence Generator for End-Of-Life Electronic Products”, In the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 68, Number 1, Pages 43-52, 2012.

Madhav Patil, Jack Toporovsky, Lawrence Hmurcik and Tarek Sobh, “Integration of Vision System, Intelligent Robo-Actuator, HMI and PLC to Design a Universal Quality Inspection or Control Machine”,I-Manager” Journal on Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 3, pages 5-13, June 2012.

Ahmed ElSayed, Elif Kongar, Surendra Gupta and Tarek Sobh, “Robotized End-of-Life Product Disassembly”, Robotics News, June 2012.

Ayssam Elkady, Jovin Joy,Tarek Sobh and Kimon Valavanis, “Structured Approach for Modular Design in Robotics and Automation Environments”, in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Volume 72, Number 1, May 2012.

Honors and Awards:
Full list available on tareksobh.org
Gold CQIA Innovation Prize, 29th Annual Conference, The CQIA innovation prize, a division of the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Inc., for CISSE: First Online Research Engineering Conference in the World, June, 2015.
Entrepreneur Innovation Award, CTNext, Connecticut’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, 2015.
ASEE Northeast Section Engineering Professor of the year 2015 Award, February, 2015.
Member, IBM Partner World – Global Entrepreneur, October, 2014.
2013 Tech Company to Watch Award, 7th Annual Connecticut Innovation Summit Awarded to Facechecks, A Connecticut Startup Company [Founding Partner] November, 2013.
Silver Medal Award, The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award; Awarded to Facechecks, A Connecticut Startup Company [Founding Partner] June, 2013.
Commendation, University of Bridgeport Board of Trustees, May 2013.
Member, The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, elected in February 2011.
Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Computer Science. Unanimously named by the University of Bridgeport Board of Trustees, February 2010.
Fellow, African Academy of Sciences, elected in December 2009
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2008 – Professional Regional Award.
Named Director, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technologies (CCAT) Center for Robotic Simulation (2008)

Grants:
Sample of recent grants only – full list available on tareksobh.org
“Facial Recognition for Security Applications II”, State of CT SBIR Award with UB Incubator, $25,000, [10/2012 – present], Current.
Innovation Places Planning Grant, Developing strategic plans and applications for an Innovation Places Implementation, CTNext, $50,000, 2016, current.
Eigel Scholarship fund. $15,000, Current.
National Institute of Health Grant, "Enhancing Research Administration at an Emerging Research Institution in Urban, Southwest Connecticut" project, $447,252 grant, current.
Department of Education grants, improving retention and graduation for deserving students, $220,000 grant, 2015-2020
Student Travel grant for the ICDL-EPIROB 2016, $5,000 grant, July, 2016.
Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Fund, 2 scholarships, $40,000, May 2014.
AWS in Education Research, $10, 000 grant in AWS credits, 2014.
Delmia Software grant, $68,000, 2014.
Unitronics PLC equipment grant, $950, 2014.
Standard Oil Scholarship fund $10,000, 2014.
“Facial Recognition for Security Applications I”, State of CT SBIR Award with the UB Incubator, $25,000, [4/2012 – 9/2012], Funded.
“Graduate Visiting Scholar Research Program – Online Robotics”, U.S.A. – Austria Marshall Plan program, Graduate Scholar Support for 1 year, $25,000, Funded, [3/1/2010 – 2/28/2011].
“Advanced Technology in Support of Hybrid Projectiles”, FY 2010 Defense Appropriation Request, $2.4 million, Funded. [1/1/2010 – 1/7/2011]
Hybrid Projectile Vision System, Imperial Machine and Tool Company, $30,000; April 2010 – July 2010 – Funded.
Development of a travel grant, U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development & Engineering Center (ARDEC), $5,000, Funded. [1/2010]
“Hybrid Projectile Design,” U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development & Engineering Center (ARDEC), $57,688, Funded. [8/1/2008 – 5/31/2009]
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Grant for project entitled: “Center for Simulation, Modeling and Analysis for Robotic Applications”, 1/1/08-12/31/08, $40,000, Funded.

Abhilasha Tibrewal is a Senior Lecturer of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Bridgeport. She currently teaches courses in programming languages, algorithms and computer ethics. In addition, she serves as the ABET coordinator for the department; the faculty advisor to the UB chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon; and, the Co-Director of Grand Challenges Scholar Program. In the past, she has been the recipient of the "Distinguished Professor of the Year", University of Bridgeport, academic year 2008-2009. 

Education:
M.S. Computer Science University of Bridgeport
M.S. Education University of Bridgeport
M.S. Home Science (Textiles & Clothing) Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, India
B.S. Home Science (Textiles & Clothing) Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, India

Grants:
ASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium
(Funded: $5,000)
Dec. 2017-May 2018

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.