Division of Graduate Studies and Research

Report for Academic Year 2009-2010

May 14, 2010

GOAL

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

Strategy 1: Strengthen resources and infrastructure to support and facilitate research

NEW Graduate Scholarship Program• Students applying to the MBA Program, Global Development

and Peace Program, or any program in our School of Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering) are eligible for this award.

• All applicants will automatically be considered for a scholarship when they send in the University of Bridgeport application and all admissions materials.  No additional form is needed.

• Students who wish to be considered for a scholarship must submit a GRE or GMAT score.

• There are three award amounts: $3,000, $4,000 and $5,000 per year.  This award is based on the student’s academic achievement and test scores.

• The scholarship will be for the international student’s first year of study.

• All graduate students with a scholarship must take 9 credits per semester.

Memoranda of Agreement• Centro Universitário

Senac, Brazil Centro

• 4 Chinese institutions

• University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy

• In discussion with universities in India, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, China, and Brazil

Graduate AssistantshipsGeneral Statistics What They Do

• 2009-2010▫ 161 GA’s for Fall 2009▫ 154 GA’s for Spring

2010

• Fiscal Year Budgets▫ $1,377,070 for 2009-

2010▫ $1,042,530 for 2008-

2009

• Faculty assistants• Teaching assistants• Research assistants• Specialized office support• Vital contributors to UB

departments, academic and other

Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement

• The rates have been successfully negotiated with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

• This is the first time UB has established this agreement with the federal government since the late 1980s.

Colleges and Universities Rate Agreement

• 7/1/2009 – 6/30/2013

• Indirect rate of 49.4% for on-campus location

• Fringe benefits rate of 25.5% for full-time employees

GSR Faculty Councils

VP for GraduateStudies & Research

Graduate CouncilFaculty Research

CouncilIntellectual Property

BoardInstitutional Review

Board

Business Development and Outreach Sponsored Research

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Engineering Alumni Solicitation

Strategy 2: Strengthen collaborations with industry within the areas of sponsored projects

EE students tour UI Singer Substation with Professors Hmurcik, Zhang, and Toporovsky

Governor Rell’s April 27, 2010 Press Release

“New businesses will benefit from a full range of resources provided by the University and CI,” the Governor said. “That includes access to mentors, UB research facilities and faculty, student interns and pro bono or discounted business advice from partner sponsors. The IncUBator will be a one-stop answer shop for entrepreneurs.

M. Jodi Rell Governor

CTech IncUBator Objectives• Nurture and facilitate growth of new businesses and

jobs in high technology and technology ventures• Foster and stimulate economic development and job

creation in Greater Bridgeport, Fairfield County, and the State of Connecticut

• Support and enable the growth and commercialization of UB’s applied research and intellectual property initiatives

• Build synergy and collaboration among industry, education, and government sectors

• Leverage educational, faculty, student interns and faculty resources for career and economic development

UB Industry Advisory Boards (IABs)

Some IAB Members

UB Student Internships & Co-ops

UB has a long history of collaboration with industry through sponsored research, as advisors to academic programs, and through UB's student co-ops, internships and work study experiences.

Industry Cooperative Education and Internships Program Guidelines UPDATED•Upon graduation, all International

Students are eligible to obtain work experience in the U.S. for 12 to 29 months

•STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) designated degree program graduates can obtain work experience for up to 29 months in the U.S.

Strategy 3: Strengthen faculty training programs to increase the participation of faculty in sponsored research projects

U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Related Laboratory Equipment (ERLE) Used Equipment Program

Some of the ERLE Equipment at UB

Nanomaterials & Nanobiomaterials

Engineering Laboratory

Renewable Energy Research Laboratory

Transmission Electron Microscope

Zeiss MicroscopeElectrophoresis & PumpMicroplate DispenserGas ChromatographMicrowave Muffle

Combined original acquisition cost of $143,198

Gas SpectrometerMicroanalyzer SystemMicroscope

Combined original acquisition cost of $700,000

$2.4 million Hybrid Projectile Project String Dummy projectile with

wireless camera

Results of the dummy projectile with wireless camera in part led to the award of $2.4 to a consortium led by UB and the University of Hartford for the next phase of research.

Current Sponsored Research GrantsPI Project Funder AwardBach IBM X3550 M2

Performance Servers (3) Loan

IBM $40,000 value

Patra NMR Detection of Graphene Nanoribbons

Yale Magnetic Resonance Research Center

NMR scans, reagents, scientific, technical, engineering support

Patra Development of Fiber-based Technology for Creating New Opportunities in Economically-depressed Northeastern US

NSF/UMass Dartmouth

$20,280/ $600,000

Current Sponsored Research GrantsPI Project Funder AwardSobh Design and

Implementation of the Hybrid Projectile (Phase 3)

ARDEC/Imperial Machine Co.

$30,000

Sobh Design and Implementation of the Hybrid Projectile (Phase 4)

ARDEC/Imperial Machine Co.

Part of $2.4 million

Zhang A Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art Laboratories

U.S. Dept. of Energy/U of Minnesota

$25,000/$2.5 million

UB Student Grants

•The Connecticut Space Grant Consortium has awarded the following grants to UB students:▫$5,000 UTC Summer Internship Grant to

work at a ten week summer internship with Otis Elevator Company in the electrical and software standards group

▫$4,500 to build a lunar excavator that will be entered into the NASA Lunabiotics Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at the end of May 2010

A model of a lunar excavator designedby a team of UB engineering students.It will be built with funding from aConnecticut Space Grant College Consortium grant, and entered in NASA’s Lunabotics Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at the end of May.

$8.1 million in License and Software ContributionsMax + plus II 10.2 Baseline

ANSYS II FlowLab Pspice student (ORCAD 15.7)

OrCAD 15.7

Star-CCM+ Star-design Start-CD-Adapco

Delmia Lingo

MatLab 2007a

Flotherm Mentor Graphics

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

MSC.Software

Labview ETAP OPNET IT Guru/ Modulator

Oracle Palisade StatTools

Palisade @ RISK

PTC (PRO Engineer)

Redhat Rockwell Software (Arena 10.0)

Synopsys

Other Sponsored Research Development

•Nine research grant applications are pending, for a total of $1,426,440

•Seven research grant applications are under development, to be submitted by the end of the summer

Faculty Scholarly Works

•More than 400 articles will be available to

UB students through the new UB portal

•Eight journal articles published to date for

2010

•42 journal articles published in 2009

•87 conference papers published by UB

faculty in 2009

Academic Program Development• The new M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

program already has an enrollment of more than 40 students

• Newly developed courses: ▫ Introduction to Nanotechnology▫ Fundamental Analysis of Nanomaterials▫ Nanofabrication with Soft Materials▫ Polymer Nanocomposites▫ Biomedical Materials and Engineering▫ Tissue Engineering▫ Fuel Cells▫ Sustainable Energy▫ Sustainable Energy Laboratory