BU-Mechanical Engineering Dept Annual Report 2009-2010

An Report 2008-2009D

DepartmentAdministrationandCommittees3

Highlights6

FacultyAwards13

Faculty16

Adjunct,Re-search,VisitingandAssociatedFaculty19

Staff20

NewFacultyandStaff20

Enrollment22

DegreesAward-ed23

CoursesOf-fered24

ObjectivesandOutcomes26

StudentAwards27

StudentOrganizations28

SeniorDesignProjects31

Recruitment36

EnrollmentbyProgram37

TeachingFellowsandResearchAssistants38

College of Engineering

Annual Report 2009-2010

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C O N T E N T S

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

OVERVIEW2 Highlights6 Faculty Awards

FACULTY AND STAFF9 Faculty12 New Faculty 13 Secondary Faculty13 Staff

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS15 Objectives and Outcomes16 Enrollment16 Degrees Awarded17 Undergraduate Courses Offered19 Student Awards20 Student Organizations23 Senior Design Projects

GRADUATE PROGRAMS28 Enrollment by Degree Program29 Graduate Student Awards30 Degrees Awarded31 Graduate Courses Offered32 MS Theses and PhD Dissertations33 Distance Learning

RESEARCH37 Research Funding45 Faculty Publications65 Research Laboratories70 Affiliated Research Centers72 Seminars74 Merril L. Ebner Fund

Iampleasedtosharewithyouthe2009-2010editionoftheBostonUniversityDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringAnnualReport.Ithasbeenanotheryearofgrowthandchangeaswecontinuewiththephasedrestructuringofourundergraduateprograms,aprocessthatbeganwhenthe formerManufacturingEngineeringandAerospaceandMechanicalEngineeringdepartmentsmergedin2008toformasingle,unifieddepartment.Boastingover40fulltimefacultydedi-catedtoqualityundergraduateandgraduateinstructionandactiveinamultiplicityofresearchtopics,MEfacultyhavejointappointmentsin otherDepartments andparticipateheavily in theCollege’sDivi-sionsofMaterialScienceandEngineeringandSystemsEngineering.Addtothemixalmost$10Minnewextramuralresearchfundingandyouhavearichtapestryofappliedandbasicresearchactivitythatcutsacrossdisciplinesandoffersenhancedbreadthanddepthofop-portunitytoourstudents.Currentareasofstrengthincludeacousticsandvibrations,automatedmanufacturing,biomaterialsandbiomedi-cal applications of mechanical engineering, thermo-fluid sciences,materialsengineeringandmechanics,energy,MEMS&NEMS,nano-biotechnology,robotics&controls,photonics,andsystemsengineer-ing.

ForstudentswhomatriculatedasofSeptember2008,weofferac-creditedBSdegreesinmechanical(ME),aerospace(AE),andmanu-facturingengineering(MFG).However,theDepartmentisengagedina4-yearprocessbywhichwewilldiscontinueourBSdegreepro-gramsinAEandMFGandreplacethemwithanaccreditedMEdegreecoupledwithoptionalconcentrationsinaerospaceandmanufactur-ing,togoalongwithnewCollege-wideconcentrationsinnanotech-nologyand inenergy technologiesandenvironmentalengineering.Thisprovidesstudentswiththebestofbothworlds:asolidfounda-tionaldegreeinthehighlymarketableandintellectuallymobiledis-cipline ofmechanical engineering, coupled to optional, specializededucationinselectedsub-disciplines.

Atthegraduatelevel,thedepartmentoffersthePhDinMEaswellasMSdegreesinbothMEandMFG.Boththesisandnon-thesisop-tionsareavailable,andinterestedstudentscanchoosetopursuetheMSinmanufacturingviadistancelearning,aspartofaninternationalpartnershipwithaconsortiumofGermaninstitutions,orevenasadualMS/MBAdegreeofferedjointlywiththeSchoolofManagement.Thisprogrammaticdiversity isadirectconsequenceof themerger,andpositionstheMEdepartmenttorespondtonewchallengesandopportunitiesinbotheducationandresearch.

Duringthe2009-2010academicyearwemadenewadditionstotheranksofME faculty atboth thenon-tenured teaching and tenure-tracklevels.MatthiasSchneiderjoinedusfromAugsburg,Germany,andHaroldParkjoinedusfromtheUniversityofColorado,Boulder.NewadditionstotheranksofteachingfacultyincludeDr.CalebFarnyandDr.WilliamHauser.

A number ofME facultymembers receivedwell-deserved awards.GregMcDanielreceivedBostonUniversity’sprincipalteachingaward,theMetcalfCupandPrize.RonaldRoywasawardedtheHelmholtz-RayleighSilverMedalof theAcousticalSocietyofAmerica. HaroldPark received the 2009 Richard H. Gallagher Young InvestigatorAward from the United States Association for ComputationalMe-chanics. Several faculty received College of Engineering teaching,researchandserviceawards,andthedepartmentbenefittedfromanumberofyoungfacultyandfoundationawards.

In 2009-2010, theME department featured a total undergraduateenrollmentof456andconferred99bachelorofsciencedegreesinME,AE,andMFG.TheMEfacultysupportedapproximately158MS/PhDstudents,towhom33degreeswereconferredinME,MFG,andothergraduateprogramswithintheCollege.ItisimportanttostressthattheMEfacultyresearchportfolioisextremelydiverseandcross-cutting.MEprofessorsserveasprincipalinvestigatorongrantsad-ministeredbynumerousCollegedepartmentsandresearchcenters,aswellas theBUMedicalCenter. Indeed,almost40%of thePhDstudentssupportedbyMEfacultyareearningdegrees inprogramsoutsideofmechanicalengineering,suchasBME,ECE,oroneoftheDivisions.

ItisbothanhonorandachallengetoleadthenewBUDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringintothefuture.Thenextfewyearswillwit-nessexcitingchangesinourresearchportfolio,facultydemographics,anddegreeprograms. I inviteyou toperuse theReportand learnmoreaboutthedepthandbreadthofourprograms,thespectrumofstudentactivities,profilesofaward-winning faculty, research inter-ests,andfacilities.

RonaldA.RoyProfessorandChairDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

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O V E R V I E WHighl ightsFiscalYear2010wasaveryactiveyearthatsawmanyaccomplishmentsonallfronts.Inonlythesecondyearforthe“new”DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering–theresultofamergeroftheDepartmentsofAerospaceandMechanicalEngineering(AME)andManufacturingEngineering(MFG)–wecontinuedtostrengthenallaspectsoftheDepartment.Thetwo-yearprocessofupdatingtheundergraduateMEcurriculumculminatedinanewdesignsequence,andthefocusoftheDepartmentshiftedtothegraduateprograms.Thelistofspecificactivitiesandaccomplishmentsistoolongtoaddresshere.Ratherthanlaunchintoalengthynarrative,weinsteadprovideanitemizedsummaryoftheactivitiesinanumberofareas,someofwhichareexpandeduponinothersectionsofthisReport.

•Wecreateda10YearPlanfortheDepartment.

•WestrengthenedourdesignsequenceforMEundergradu-ateswiththeadoptionofnewcoursesandanenhancedseniorcapstoneexperience.

•WevotedtocreatetwonewprofessionalMastersdegrees:anMEnginMechanicalEngineering,andanMEnginManu-facturingEngineering.

•WecontinuedtheDistanceLearningPrograminMFG,andbegantheprocessofexpandingthattotheproposedprofes-sionalMEngdegrees,andtonewcertificateprogramsintopicalareassuchasengineeringmanagement.

•WebegantheprocessofcreatingaVisitingCommitteefortheDepartment.

•Wehadanextremelysuccessfulfacultyrecruitingseason,andforthefirsttimeindecadeshiredteachingfaculty,seepage12.

•WecreatedanexcitingnewwebsitefortheDepartment.

•WecompletelyrenovatedthepreviousMFGcomputerlabhousedin730CommonwealthAvenueandturneditintoasuiteofgraduatestudentsofficesandanadjoiningloungeforfacultyandgradstudents.

•Weupdatedthefoyerandmainhallwayspacesinthepri-maryMEdepartmentalbuilding–110CummingtonStreet.

•WehadaverysuccessfulABETreview.

MechanicalEngineeringOpenHouseinNovember2009.

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Senior Project Days

SeniorProjectDaysareaforumforMechanical,Aerospace,andManufacturingEngineeringseniorstopresenttheirCapstoneprojects.Withthreeactiveprogramspresentingontwoseparatedays,weweretreatedtoafullslateofpresen-tationscoveringabroadrangeoftopics.30April2010and3May2010.

Department Social / Awards Ceremony

TheannualMEDepartmentSocialandAwardsCeremonywasheldasaluncheventduringtheMESeniorProjectDay,tocelebratetheseniorsandpresenttheannualawardsforPro-fessoroftheYear,GTFoftheYear,andtheDesignPortfolioContestwinners.3May2010.

Student-Alumni Dinners

Twodinnerswereheldinwhichstudents,alumni,facultyandstaffcouldinteractininformalsettings.Inthefall,wehadaBBQdinnertowhichalldepartmentseniorswereinvitedtominglewithalumniandfaculty.TheCollegeCareerDevelop-mentOfficeco-sponsoredamoreformalnetworkingalumnidinner“Networking@ME”inMarchinwhichjuniorsandseniorswereinvitedtoamorestructurednetworkingevent.10November2009and29March2010.

Mechanical Engineering Open House

OurannualOpenHousefeaturedablendofinformationaltables,technicaldemonstrations,posterpresentationsofundergraduateandgraduateresearch,andexceptionalbakedgoodsfromthekitchensofseveralfacultyandstaff.20No-vember2009.

Design Portfolio WorkshopsThisyearweheldtwoDesignPortfolioWorkshops:oneaspartoftheOpenHouseinNovember,andanotheroneinMarch.November2009andMarch2010.

Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Class Meetings

TheMEChair,theundergraduateAssociateChairs,interestedfaculty,andtheUndergraduateCoordinatormeetannuallyinthespringwiththeundergraduatesinallthreeprogramstodiscussissuesandtopicsoftheirchoosing.Thisyear,theCollegeintroduceda“TownMeeting”forthefreshmenforthesamepurpose,sotheMEDepartmentmetonlywiththesophomoresandjuniors.Wealsoaddeda“FeedbackForum”inthefallforallundergraduatesintheMEdepartment.

Senior Exit Interviews

TheMEChairandtheUndergraduateCoordinatormeetan-nuallywiththeseniorsofallthreeprogramstogetfeedbackontheprogramsanddiscussissuesandtopicsoftheirchoos-ing.ThreedifferentdatesinMay2010.

ABET Visit Pub Quiz

TopreparethefacultyfortheFall2009ABETSiteVisit,an“ABETPubQuiz”washeldtheweekbeforethevisit.Novem-ber2009.

New Faculty Orientation

Beforethestartofthespringsemester,theundergraduateAssociateChairsheldanorientationtotheundergraduateprogramforthenewfacultymembers.Thiswasdeemedtobeveryusefulandwillberepeatedandperhapsexpandedinthefuture.January2010.

Research Symposium

Aresearchsymposiumwasheldinthefallforgraduatestudents.Facultypresentedtheirareasofresearch,anddescribedpotentialprojectsandthesistopics.13November2009.

Graduate Open House

Anopenhousewasheldinthespringforstudentsacceptedintothegraduateprograms.19March2010.

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Undergraduate Program Highlights

Mechanical Engineering

TheundergraduateMechanicalEngineeringprogramhasbeenundertheprocessofundergoingsubstantialrevisions,particu-larlyinthedesignsequence.ThenotableactivitiesrelatedtotheMEprogramintheAcademicYear09-10areitemizedbelow.

•WereceivedverypositivefeedbackfromtheABETaccredita-tionvisitteam.

•Wecreateda“LatestCurriculumUpdates”pageonourwebsitetokeepstudentsinformedofallcurricularchanges.

•WeexpandedtheoptionsforAdvancedElectivecoursesbyallowingstudentstotakeany300leveloraboveEngineeringcourseandalsoSMGSI480.Thisgivesstudentsmoreflexibilitytochooseanyconcentrationwithouttakingadditionalcourses.

•TheDesignCommitteecompletedtheimprovementsinthedesignsequence.Aspartofthis,wecreatedtwonewcoursesME359IntroductiontoCADandMachineComponentsandME460Electro-MechanicalSystemsDesign.TheseniorcapstonecoursewasmodifiedtoME461MechanicalEngineeringCap-stoneExperience.WealsorenumberedtheMFGcourseME415ProductDesigntoME360ProductDesign.ThesefourcourseswillbecomerequiredcoursesintheMEcurriculumforgraduatesin2013andbeyond.

•Wecreatedanew2-creditcourseME366ProbabilityandStatisticsforMechanicalEngineerstocomplementtheexisting2-creditEK102IntroductiontoLinearAlgebraasthereplace-mentforME400EngineeringMathematics.

•AsubsetoftheMEundergraduatecommitteewasawardeda“RedesigningtheUndergraduateLearningExperience(RULE)”grantfromtheUniversitytorevampEK301IntroductiontoEn-gineeringMechanics.Thepre-proposalistoincorporateamoreactivelearningenvironmentusingtabletcomputerstofacilitateinteractionbetweentheinstructorandstudentteams.

•WeimprovedthecontinuousimprovementprocessitselfthroughthecreationofCourseReviewPanelswhichwillbeginmeetingintheFallof2010.

•WephasedoutcoursesME311,ME312,andME400.

•Prof.WroblewskibeganincorporatingCoherentApplicationThreads(CATs)throughoutthecurriculum.ThefirstCATapplica-tion,windturbines,wasintroducedinEK127,EK301,andME303.

•WedevelopedaMEtrackintheEngineeringScienceminor,tobeofferedtonon-engineeringBUstudents.

Manufacturing Engineering

TheundergraduateManufacturingEngineering(MFG)programaccepteditslastfreshmanclassinthefallof2008.Wearenowinaprocessinwhichthedegreepro-gramwillbephasedoutby2012.Studentswithaninter-estinmanufacturingengineeringwillinsteadbeofferedtheoptionoftakingaconcentrationinthediscipline,inwhichthefourMEadvancedelectivesaresatisfiedbyfourcoursesfromtheMFGcurriculum,alongwitharequiredexperientialcomponentthatcouldbesatisfiedbytheCapstoneproject,undergraduateresearch,oranindustryexperience.CurrentlyweareinatransitionalperiodinwhichupperclassmencanchoosetheMFGma-jororconcentration.OthernotableAY09-10activitiesrelatedtotheMFGprogramareitemizedbelow.

•WeexpandedtheoptionsforAdvancedElectivecoursesbyallowingstudentstotakeany300leveloraboveEngineeringcourseandalsoSMGSI480.Thisgivesstudentsmoreflexibilitytochooseanyconcentra-tionwithouttakingadditionalcourses.


•WephasedoutcourseME266,whichwaspartoftheMFGcurriculumbutwillnotberetainedfortheconcen-tration.

•WereceivedverypositivefeedbackfromtheABETac-creditationvisitteamonourterminationplan.

•TheDesignCommitteecompletedtheimprovementsintheMechanicalEngineeringdesignsequence.Aspartofthis,theProductDesigncoursethathadbeenarequiredManufacturingEngineeringcoursewasaddedtotheMErequireddesignsequence.ThecoursewasrenumberedfromME415ProductDesigntoME360ProductDesign.•TheannualManufacturingSeniorLunchwasheldatthehomeofProfessorsAttawayanddeWinterinApril2010.


Professor Wroblewski’s Herding CATS: Weaving Coherent Application Threads through the ME Curric-ulum to Facilitate Course-to-Course Connectivity and Improve Material RetentionCoherentApplicationThreads (CATs) are specific engineeringapplicationexamplesthatwillbewoventhroughthefabricofthe Mechanical Engineering (ME) curriculum, exposing stu-dentstothevariedaspectsofoneapplicationinthecontextoftheirtechnicalcourses.Theideaistoimproveconnectivitynotonlyamongcoursesalongacommonpre-requisitepath(e.g.,thermal-fluids)butamongdissimilaronesaswell. CATswillbetopicsofcurrentinterest,mostlyconnectedtodepartmentresearchthrustareasandconcentrations.Ideally,theywillfol-low cohorts through their 4 year curriculum. The concept ofpre-requisiteisbackwardlooking,requiringstudentstosearchamongtheoceanofconceptslearnedinprevioussemesterstofindthoseneededtomoveahead.

The idea of Coherent Application Threads is more forwardlooking, providing waypoints that not only remind studentswherethey’vebeen,butmoreimportantlywherethey’rego-ing. Though themainmotivation for CATs ismaterial reten-tion, theyalsoaddressotherkeypedagogicalandcurriculumissues, including: framingengineering topics in the larger so-cietalcontext;couplingofdisparatetopicstoexposestudentstothesystemsaspectofengineering;exposingstudentstotheimportanceoflifelonglearning;andengagingstudentsthroughtopicsofcurrentinterest.SpecificimplementationofCATswillinclude: lecture modules, projects, homework problems, ex-ampleproblems,andlaboratoryexperiences.ThesewillallbeintegratedthroughaWebsite,thatwillprovideaframeworkforthecoursework,aswellasaportalforindependentinquiryintorelatedtopics.ThisprojectisoneoftwoinauguralInnovativeEngineeringEducationFacultyFellowship,fundedthroughtheCollegeofEngineering.

Aerospace Engineering

TheundergraduateAerospaceEngineering(AE)programaccepteditslastfreshmanclassinthefallof2008.Wearenowinaprocessinwhichthedegreeprogramwillbephasedoutby2012.Studentswithaninterestinaerospaceengineeringwillinsteadbeofferedtheoptionoftakingaconcentrationinthediscipline,inwhichthefourMEadvancedelectivesaresatisfiedbyfourcoursesfromtheAEcurriculum,alongwitharequiredexperien-tialcomponentthatcouldbesatisfiedbytheCapstoneproject,undergraduateresearch,oranindustryexperi-ence.CurrentlyweareinatransitionalperiodinwhichupperclassmencanchoosetheAEmajororconcentra-tion.OthernotableAY09-10activitiesrelatedtotheAEprogramareitemizedbelow.


•WeexpandedtheoptionsforTechnicalElectivecoursesbyallowingstudentstotakeany300leveloraboveEngi-neeringcourseandalsoSMGSI480.Thisgivesstudentsmoreflexibilitytochooseanyconcentrationwithouttakingadditionalcourses.

•TheAIAAstudentchaptersuccessfullyhostedthe2010AIAARegion1-NortheastStudentConferenceinApril.

•WecreatedanewcourseME321IntroductiontoAero-spaceEngineering,a4creditcoursetoreplacethetwo2-creditcoursesME201andME202fortheconcentra-tion.

•WephasedoutcoursesME201andME202.

•WechangedthejuniormathanddesigncomponentstomapontothenewMErequirementsforgraduatesin2012.

•WereceivedverypositivefeedbackfromtheABETac-creditationvisitteamonourterminationplan.

•WehadourfirstgraduateswithBSdegreesinMEwiththeAerospaceEngineeringconcentration.

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Graduate Program Highlights

TheMEDepartmentcurrentlyhasthefollowinggraduatedegreeprograms: •MSinMechanicalEngineering •PhDinMechanicalEngineering •MSinManufacturingEngineering •MSinGlobalManufacturing •MSinManufacturingwithanMBA(dualdegree programwiththeSchoolofManagement)

ItisimportanttonotethatseveralMEfacultyhavesecond-aryappointmentsinotherDepartmentsandaremembersofboththeDivisionofSystemsEngineeringandtheDivi-sionofMaterialScienceandEngineering.ThesefacultyadviseandfinanciallysupportstudentsinbothDivisionsaswellasstudentsinthePhDprogramsinbothECEandBME.Detailsregardingenrollments,completeddegrees,andawardsrelatedtotheGraduateProgramsaregivenelsewhereinthisReport.BelowisashortlistofgraduateprogramactivitiesforFY2010.

•WecreatedanewQualifyingExamthatreflectstheneedsandscopeofthenewlymergedDepartment.

•WebegantheprocessofproposingnewprofessionalMastersdegrees:MEnginMechanicalEngineering,andMEnginManufacturingEngineering.

•WecontinuedtheDistanceLearningPrograminMFG,andbegantheprocessofexpandingthattotheproposedprofessionalMEngdegrees.

•Webegantheprocessofcreatingnewcertificatepro-gramsaspartoftheDistanceLearningProgram,intopicalareasrelatedtotheresearchstrengthsoftheDepartment.

•WecreatedaResearchSymposiumtobetteracquaintourgraduatestudentswiththeresearchactivitieswithintheMEDepartment.

Faculty AwardsKAMIL EKINCIwasnamedthe2010Distinguished Faculty FellowbytheCollegeofEngineering,BU.

J. GREGORY McDANIELwasawardedthe2010 Metcalf Cup and Prize,BostonUniversity’shighesthonorforteachingexcellence.ProfessorMcDanielwasalsotherecipientofthe2010 Award for Teaching ExcellenceintheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,conferredMay3,2010.

ELISE MORGANreceivedtheNIH National Research Service Award for Senior Fellows.

HAROLD PARK receivedthe2009 Richard H. Gallagher Young Investigator AwardfromtheUnitedStatesAssocia-tionforComputationalMechanics.Itisawardedonceevery2yearstoasinglerecipient,and“recognizesoutstandingaccomplishmentsbyresearchersof40yearsoryounger.”HewasgiventheGallagherawardfor“groundbreakingworkoncomputationalnanomechanicsandmaterials.”

TYRONE PORTER wastherecipientofthe2010EducatorAwardbestowedbytheBostonChapteroftheNationalAs-sociationofNegroBusinessandProfessionalWomen’sClub.

RONALD A. ROYreceivedtheHelmholtz-RayleighInterdisci-plinarySilverMedaloftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica.ProfessorRoyalsogavethePlenaryLectureatthe2010meetingonAdvancedMetrologyforUltrasoundinMedicine,London,UK.

DON WROBLEWSKIwasawardedthe Innovative Engineer-ing Education Faculty Fellowship 2009-2011.

KATHERINE ZHANGwasthewinnerofthe NSF CAREER Award.


President Robert Brown’s address:

ProfessorJ.GregoryMcDanielunitesstimulatingteachingwithgroundbreakingresearch.Hispassionistocommunicatetostudentstheexcitementofmechanicalengineering,inparticularthewondersofmechanicalvibrationsandacous-tics.Evertheteacher,heconfesses:“VibrationisthelastthingIthinkaboutbeforeIgotosleepandthefirstthingthatIthinkaboutwhenIwakeup.IbelievethatithasthepowertochangetheworldandIbelievethatithasthepowertochangeeverysinglestudentwholearnsit.”

ProfessorMcDanielstrivestobea“studentofthestudent,”todeterminethestudents’needs,toengagethem,andthentoteach,guidedbythegroupdynamic.Heweavesintohislecturesstoriesabouthisresearch,whichrangesfromautomotivebrakesquealremediationtooceanwaveenergyharvestingtofundamentalstudiesofvibration-basedriskassessmentbyred-eyedtreefrogs.Astudentnotesthattheseanecdotesarefrequentlyfollowedbya“cheerfulboutofbaritonelaughter!”

J. Gregory McDaniel Awarded the 2010 Metcalf Cup and Prize

Hisstudentspraisehimas“adynamicandpowerfulcom-municator,abletomakecomplexsubjectsunderstandable,”andtheynotewithgratitude“hisselflesscommitmenttostudents.”“Itisgreattohaveaprofessorwhoissoexcitedaboutasubject!”“ProfessorMcDanielistheman.There’snoquestion,”oneseniorconcluded.

ProfessorMcDanielhascontributedtooutreachandcom-munityservice,attractingunder-representedstudentstoengineering,foundingtheBostonUniversitychapterofEn-gineersWithoutBorders,andhelpingthatgrouptolaunchasuccessfulprojectinChirimoto,Peru.Mostnotably,hetaughtandmentoredPeterWal,aSudaneserefugeewhosurvivedunspeakableatrocitiesandwentontostudyengineeringincollege.

Inspiredteacher,dedicatedmentor,andchampionofdiver-sity,ProfessorMcDanielhasenrichedandchangedthelivesofcountlessstudentsandmadethefieldofengineeringmoreaccessible.

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F A C U L T Y A N D S T A F FFaculty

Sean AnderssonAssistant ProfessorRobotics,ControlTheory,Scanningprobemicroscopy,Symbolic-basedcontrol*PhDUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark2003*AssociateEditor,ConferenceEditorialBoard,IEEECont-rolSystemsSocietyandRoboticsandAutomationSo-ciety*2009NSFCAREERAward

Stormy AttawayAssistant Professor &Associate Chair (MFG Undergraduate Program)Educationalmethods,Computerprogrammingforengineers*PhDBostonUniversity1988*1995BUCollegeofEngineeringFacultyServiceAward*2001BUCollegeofEngineeringFacultyServiceAward

John BaillieulProfessorRobotics,Controlofmechanicalsystems,Mathematicalsystemtheory,Information-basedcontroltheory*PhDHarvardUniversity1975*1992FellowoftheIEEE,2009InauguralFellowofSIAM*2000IEEEThirdMillenniumMedal*2008InauguralDistinguishedLecturerSeriesAwardCollegeofEngineering,BostonUniversity

Lorena A. BarbaAssistant ProfessorFluiddynamics,Novelcomputerarchitectures,Particlemethodsusedforfluidsimulation*PhDCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology2004*2008RisingStarTeachingAwardfortheFacultyofSci-ence,UniversityofBristol,UK

Soumendra BasuProfessor&Associate Division Head, Division of Materials Science and Engineering Thinfilmsforenergy,photonic,electronic,andsupercon-ductingapplications;thermalbarrierandenvironmentalbarriercoatingsforgasturbineandfuelcellapplications;environmentaldegradationofmaterialsatelevatedtem-peratures;structureandstabilityofinterfaces*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1989

Paul BarboneAssociate ProfessorTheoretical&computational(bio)mechanicsand(bio)acoustics,Medical(ultrasound)imaging,Inverseproblems,Finiteelementmethods*PhDStanfordUniversity1991*1995YoungInvestigatorAwardONR*2000FulbrightDistiguishedScholarAward*2007FellowofAcousticalSocietyofAmerica

Eytan BarouchProfessorSimulationofindustrialprocesses,Numericalanalysis,Algorithmdevelopment*PhDUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook1969

Calin BeltaAssistant ProfessorVerificationandcontrolofdynamicalsystems,Hybridsys-tems,Symboliccontrol,Robotmotionplanningandcontrol,Geneandmetabolicnetworks*PhDUniversityofPennsylvania2003*1997FulbrightStudyAward*2005NSFCAREERAward*2008AFOSRYoungInvestigatorAward

James BethuneAssociate ProfessorComputer-aidedDesign*EdDBostonUniversity1991*1981CollegeofEngineeringProfessoroftheYear*1994AlumnioftheYear

Thomas BifanoProfessor and Director, Photonics CenterDeformableMirrors,MicroelectromechanicalSystems(MEMS)AdaptiveOptics,BiphotonicMicroscopy,Astronom-icalTelescope,Instrumentation,LaserWavefrontControl*PhDNorthCarolinaStateUniversity1988*AssociateEditor,JournalofMicro/Nanolithography,MEMSandMOEMS * 2009BepiColomboPrize

Michael CaramanisProfessorMathematicalprogramming,controlandstochasticsystems*PhDHarvardUniversity1976*2004BUCollegeofEngineeringServiceAward*PastEditor,IIETransactionsinDesignandManufacturing*Memberofeditorialboard,IIETransactionsinDesignandManufacturing

William CareyProfessorUnderwaterAutonomousSystems,Multiphasemedia,Acousticarrays,VibrationandAcousticSignalProcessing,SoundRadiationandScattering*PhDTheCatholicUniversityofAmerica1974*FellowofAcousticalSocietyofAmericaandIEEE*PastChiefEditor,IEEEJournalofOceanicEngineering *2007SilverMedalofAcousticalSocietyofAmerica

Robin ClevelandAssociate ProfessorShockWaveLithotripsy,AcousticImaging,MedicalUltrasonics,SonicBoomPropagation*PhDUniversityofTexasatAustin1995*1995F.V.HuntFellowofASA*2000R.BruceLindsayAwardoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica*2009MEDepartmentAwardofTeachingExcellence

Daniel ColeAssociate ProfessorManufacturingofsemiconductordevices,Electro-dynamicsystems,Microlithographysimulationmodelsandmethods*PhDCityUniversityofNewYork1985*Reviewerforseveraljournals*2005,2007,2008MFGDepartmentAwardofTeachingExcellence

Ontheleft,facultymembersoftheMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentinMay2010.

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Theo de WinterAssociate ProfessorSuperconductivity,Cryogenics,Heattransfer,Productdesign,Magneticsystemsapplication*MechEMIT1961*1985,1988,2000,2007CollegeofEngineeringProfessoroftheYear*1997CollegeofEngineeringFacultyServiceAward*2002BUMetcalfAwardforExcellenceinTeaching

Kamil EkinciAssociate ProfessorNanomechanics,Nanofluidics,Nanophotonics,ApplicationsofMEMSandNEMS*PhDBrownUniversity1999*2007NSFCAREERAward*2007BUCollegeofEngineeringDean’sCatalystAward

Caleb FarnyLecturerPhysicalacoustics,Medicaltherapeuticanddiagnosticultrasoundapplications,Cavitationdetection,Transcranialultrasoundimaging*PhDBostonUniversity 2007

Michael GevelberAssociate ProfessorElectrospinningofnanofibers,Plasmaspray,Ebeamdeposition,Crystalgrowth,CVD*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1988

Srikanth GopalanAssociate ProfessorFuelcells,Chemicalthermodynamics,Kineticsandtransportphe-nomenatomodelthebehaviorofelectrochemicalsystems*PhDUniversityofUtah1997

Sheryl GraceAssociate ProfessorAerodynamics,Fluiddynamics,Acoustics*PhDUniversityofNotreDame1995*2001AIAANationalFacultyAdvisorAward*2002BUCollegeofEngineeringFacultyServiceAward*2005AIAAAssociateFellow

William HauserAssociate Professor of the Practice*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1973

R. Glynn HoltAssociate ProfessorPhysicalAcoustics,Sonoluminescence,RheologyofFoam,Biomedi-calAcousticsandHigh-IntensityFocusedUltrasound*PhDUniversityofMississippi1988*2008Fellow,AcousticalSocietyofAmerica

Michael HoweProfessorFluidmechanics,Acoustics,Structuralvibrations*PhDImperialCollege,England1969*Fellow,AcousticalSocietyofAmerica*Fellow,InstituteofAcoustics,UK*2000PerBruelGoldMedaloftheASME*2007RayleighMedaloftheInstituteofAcoustics

Mort IsaacsonAssociate ProfessorEngineeringeducation,Engineeringethics,Interdisciplinaryinteractionsbetweentechnologyandsociety*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1974*1993and1998BUCollegeofEngineering,FacultyServiceAward

Catherine KlapperichAssistant ProfessorNanomechanicsofhydratedbiomaterialsimplants,Tissueengi-neeringscaffoldmaterials,Drugdelivery,Bio-microelectrome-chanicalsystems(BioMEMs)*PhDUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley2000*1994-1997NSFGraduateResearchFellowship

Xi LinAssistant ProfessorMaterialstheory,Predictivesimulationofmaterialselectronic,optical,magnetic,andmechanicalproperties*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology2003

J. Gregory McDanielAssociate Professor &Associate Chair (ME Undergraduate Program)Structuralacoustics,Automotivebrakesqueal,Biologicalvibrations,Oceanwaveenergy*PhDTheGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology1992*2000NSFCAREERAward*2006Fellow,AcousticalSocietyofAmerica*2010MetcalfCupandPrizeforTeachingExcellence

Elise MorganAssociate ProfessorMechanicalbehaviorofbiologicalmaterials,Mechanicalstimula-tionoftissuedifferentiation,Micromechanicsofmultiscalemedia,Damagemechanics*PhDUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley2002*2005InternationalOsteoporosisFoundation–ServierYoungInvestigatorResearchAward*2009EarlyCareerResearchExcellenceAward,BUCOE

Ray NagemAssociate ProfessorStructuraldynamics,Randomvibration,Wavepropagation,Inverseproblems*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1988*1999BUMetcalfAwardforExcellenceinTeaching*2002,2003,2009BUCOEProfessoroftheYear*2008BUDepartmentofAerospaceandMechanicalEngineeringAwardforTeachingExcellence

Yehonathan HazonyProfessorComputermethodsforindustrialautomation,Roboticsandeducation*PhDHebrewUniversity,Israel1965*1979AmericanChemicalSociety’sArthurK.DoolittleAward


Uday PalProfessor &Division Head, Division of Materials Science and EngineeringFuelcells,Chemicalthermodynamics,Kineticsandtransportphe-nomenatomodelthebehaviorofelectro-chemicalsystems*PhDPennsylvaniaStateUniversity1984*PrincipalEditor,JournalofMaterialsResearch*2010BUCOEDean’sCatalystAward

Harold ParkAssistant ProfessorComputationalnanomechanics,Surfaceeffectsonthebehaviorandpropertiesofnanomaterials*PhDNorthwesternUniversity2004*2007NSFCAREERaward*2008DARPAYoungFacultyAward*2009GallagherYoungInvestigatorAwardfromtheUSAssociationforComputationalMechanics(USACM).

James R. PerkinsAssociate ProfessorReal-timeschedulingandcontrolofmanufacturingsystems’sup-plychainmanagement,Resourcepricingandcongestioncontrolincommunicationsnetworks*PhDUniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign1993*2002-2004DepartmentofManufacturingEngineeringAwardforTeachingExcellence

Allan PierceProfessorWavepropagationandscatteringinheterogeneousmaterials,Acousticaloceanography,underwatersound,Windturbines,Structuralacousticsandvibrations*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1962*1992RayleighLecturer,ASME*1995PerBruelGoldMedal,ASME*Editor-in-Chief,JournaloftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica

Tyrone PorterAssistant ProfessorIntegrationofultrasoundtechnologieswithchemicalandbiomolecularengineeredvesiclesfordiagnosticandtherapeuticapplications*PhDUniversityofWashington2003*2003AcousticalSocietyofAmerica(ASA)FrederickV.HuntPostdoctoralFellowship*2008ASAR.BruceLindsayYoungInvestigatorAward

Ronald A. RoyProfessor & ChairmanPhysicalacoustics,Medicalultrasonicsforimagingandtherapy,Bubbledynamics,Nonlinearacoustics,Acoustooptics*PhDYaleUniversity1987*1993FellowoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica*2006-200765thGeorgeEastmanDistinguishedVisitingProfessor,UniversityofOxford,UK*2010Helmholtz-RayleighInterdisciplinarySilverMedalofASA

Vinod K. SarinProfessorMaterialsScience,SurfaceModification,PhysicalandChemicalVa-porDeposition,ConsolidationofCeramics/Composites,Structure/PropertyCorrelations,TransparentOpticalCeramics,ScintallatorMaterials*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1971*1984GTE’sLeslieH.WarnerAchievementAward*Over80USandInternationalPatents

Matthias SchneiderAssistant ProfessorBiologicalphysics:thermodynamicsofinterfaces;physicsofnervesandsenses;celladaptation;Nanotechnologyforlifesci-ence;Surfaceacousticwaves;microfluidics;bloodclotting*PhDUniversityofMunich2003

Andre SharonProfessor & Director, Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing InnovationElectromechanicalmachinedesign,controls,automation,biotech/biomedicalinstrumentation,devices,rapidmicro-diag-nosticsplatforms*PhDMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology1988*Editor-in-ChiefInternationalJournalofRoboticsandComputerIntegratedManufacturing

Pirooz VakiliAssociate Professor &Associate Division Head, Division of Systems EngineeringMonteCarlosimulationandoptimization,Controlandmanage-mentofmanufacturingandcommunicationsystems,Productdevelopmentmanagement,Computationalfinance,Computa-tionalbiology*PhDHarvardUniversity1989

Hua WangAssociate ProfessorControlofnonlineardynamics,intelligentsystemsandcontrol,complexnetworks,cooperativecontrol,robotics,applicationsinbiological,energyandaerospacesystems*PhDUniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,1993*2000CheungKongScholar,MinistryofEducation,China andLiKaShingFoundation,HongKong,China*2001SeniorMemberIEEE

Donald WroblewskiAssociate Professor &Associate Chair (AERO Undergraduate Program)Experimentalfluidmechanicsandheattransfer,Atmosphericturbulence,Plasmadeposition*PhDUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley1990*2006NRC/AirForceSeniorAssociateshipAward*1999and2006AerospaceandMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentAwardforTeachingExcellence

Victor Yakhot ProfessorTurbulencetheory,Modelingandlarge-scaleengineeringsimula-tions,IndustrialCFD,Heattransfer,Mixingandcombustion,Lat-ticeBoltzmannmethodsforflowcomputations,Non-Newtonianfluids,Nanotechnologyandnanofluidics*PhDMoscowStateUniversity,Russia1971*2007AerospaceandMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentAwardforExcellenceinTeaching

Katherine Yanhang ZhangClare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor Mechanicalbehaviorofsoftbiologicaltissue,Cardiovascularmechanics,Multi-scalemodelingofbiologicalcomposites,Micro-andnano-mechanicsofthinfilmdevices*PhDUniversityofColoradoatBoulder2003*2006ClareBootheLuceAssistantProfessorship*2007YoungFacultyAwardDARPA/MTO*2010NSFCAREERAward

Xin Zhang Associate Professor &Associate Chair (Graduate Program)MicroelectromechanicalSystems(MEMS)/NEMS;Specificissuesrelatedtomaterialsscience,micro/nanomechanicsandmicro/nanofabricationtechnologiesmotivatedbypracticalapplicationsinmicroandnanoscaleengineering*PhDHongKongUniversityofScienceandTechnology1998*2003NSFFacultyCAREERAward*2008COEDistinguishedFacultyFellow

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New Faculty

MATTHIAS SCHNEIDERInSeptember,2009MatthiasSchneiderjoinedusfromAugsburg,Germany,wherehewasservingasanAssistantProfessorofPhysics.HereceivedhisPhDinPhysicsfromtheMaxPlanckInstituteforBiophysicalChemistryandboastsaresearchportfolioaimedatachievinganenhancedphysicalunder-standingofbiologicalprocesses.Physicalconcepts(thermodynamics)aswellasnewnanotechnolo-gies(surfaceacousticwaves)areusedtounravelthefundamentalprinciplesofnervecommunicationandbloodclotting.Thegoalistountanglethecomplexityofbiologicalprocessesandfindaunifiedexplanationorlawofseeminglyindependentphenomenainnature.

HAROLD PARKInJanuary2010,theDepartmentwelcomedthearrivalofAssistantProfessorHaroldPark,whojoinedusfromtheUniversityofColorado,Boulder,wherehehadservedasanAssistantProfessorofMe-chanicalEngineering.ProfessorParkreceivedhisPhDfromNorthwesternUniversity.Hisresearchisfocusedondevelopingandutilizingbothatomisticandmultiscalemodelingapproachestounderstandsurfaceeffectsonthebehaviorandpropertiesoflow-dimensionalnanostructuressuchasnanowiresandgraphene.ProfessorPark’seffortshaveresultedin40refereedjournalpublications.Heisalsotherecipientofa2007NSFCAREERaward,a2008DARPAYoungFacultyAward,andthe2009Gal-lagherYoungInvestigatorAwardfromtheUSAssociationforComputationalMechanics(USACM).

CALEB FARNYDr.CalebFarnyjoinedtheDepartmentasanInstructorinJanuary,2010.Dr.FarnyreceivedhisPhDfromBostonUniversityandhasbeenservingontheresearchstaffoftheFocusedUltrasoundSurgeryLaboratoryofBrighamandWomen’sHospital,HarvardMedicalSchool.Hisresearchinterestscenteronphysicalacoustics,withafocusonmedicalapplicationsofultrasound.Hispastresearchhasexam-inedeffectsofbubblecavitationonultrasound-inducedheatingintissue,anddiagnosticmethodsfordetectingthepresenceandlocationofcavitationduringsonication.Mostrecentlyhehasfocusedondevelopingnovelmethodsforimagingbrainstructurethroughtheskullwithultrasound.Dr.FarnywillcoordinatethecoreEngineeringMechanicscoursefortheCollegeofEngineering.

WILLIAM HAUSERFinallywearepleasetoannouncethatProf.WilliamHauserhasbeenappointedthefirstAssociateProfessorofthePracticeintheCollegeofEngineering.FormerlyontheMFGDepartment’sadjunctteachingstaff,ProfessorHauserbringssubstantial industrialexperience intotheclassroom,havingservedasdesignerofmanufacturingmachinery,adesignerofspecializedconstructionequipment,asupervisorofengineersperformingmechanicaldesignoftelecomsequipment,aleaderofdesigndepartmentsthatspannedmultipleengineeringdisciplines,andaleaderofNewProductIntroduc-tionprocess improvement teams thatbridged the interfacebetweenproductdesignandproductmanufacture.ProfessorHauserreceivedhisPhDfromMIT.He’llbeteachingcoursesthatresideattheintersectionofengineeringpracticeandbusinessandtakingaleadroleinsupervisingseniorcapstoneandindependentstudyprojects.


A D J U N C T T E A C H I N G F A C U L T Y

Frank DiBella SeniorLecturer

Jason Holmes Lecturer

Peter Kerney SeniorLecturer

Michael Koplow SeniorLecturer

William J. Palm Lecturer

A F F I L I A T E D A N D A D J U N C T F A C U L T Y

Mary Bouxsein AdjunctAssistantProfessor

Robert Brown Professor,UniversityPresident

Hudong Chen AdjunctProfessor

Robert C. Dean Jr. AdjunctProfessor

Pierre Dupont AdjunctProfessor

Theodore Fritz Professor

James F. Lynch AdjunctProfessor

Todd Murray AdjunctAssociateProfessor

Guido Sandri AdjunctProfessor

Xiaowen Shan AdjunctProfessor

R E S E A R C H F A C U L T Y

Yunze Cai PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

Anirban Chatterjee PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

Xu Chu Ding PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

Richard B. Evans ResearchAssociate

Helen Fawcett ResearchAssistantProfessorGonzalo R. Feijoo ResearchAssistantProfessor

Minghai (Timothy) Li ResearchAssistant

Robert Lund AdjunctProfessor

Nicholas Manzi ResearchAssistant

James McLaughlan ResearchAssistantProfessor

Ashwin Sampathkumar PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

Jana Tumova VisitingScholar

Ginu U. Unnikrishnan PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

Yanli Zou PostdoctoralResearchAssociate

StaffA D M I N I S T R A T I V E S T A F F

James Langell Director

Andrew Abrahamson ResearchAssistant,DLProgram

Megan Cunniff AcademicProgramsManager

Caity Fair UndergraduateCoordinator

Ryan Flament AdministrativeAssistant

Magda Hanna GrantsAdministrator

Saana McDaniel CommunicationsCoordinator

Steve Wolk FinanceManager

T E C H N I C A L S T A F F

David Campbell LaboratoryEngineer

Joseph Estano LaboratorySupervisor

Kara Mogensen LaboratorySupervisor

Gerry Sheppard LaboratorySupervisor

Bob Sjostrom SeniorCIMLABSpecialist

Secondary Faculty

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U N D E R G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M STheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringoffersamultidis-ciplinaryeducationalexperienceinwhichaccrediteddegreesare currently offered in three programs: Mechanical Engi-neering(ME),AerospaceEngineering(AE,through2012),andManufacturingEngineering(MFG,through2012).Ourunder-graduateprogramsemphasizeprocessaswellasproduct,sothatourgraduatesnotonlydevelopthenecessarytechnicalskills required for immediate entry into industry or gradu-ate school, but also continue to educate themselves and toprosperinasocietywhoseproblemswillrequireincreasinglymulti-disciplinarysolutions.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers studentsthe option of getting an accredited foundational degree inMEwith optional Concentrations in Aerospace Engineering,ManufacturingEngineering,EnergyTechnologiesandEnviron-mentalEngineering,orNanotechnology.Thesestudentswillreceivethebestofbothworlds:afoundationaldegreeinar-guablythebroadestandmostmarketabledegreeprograminengineering(ME)withspecializedtraininginthealternatedis-cipline,withouthavingtotakeanyextracourses.Additionally,studentshavetheoptionofobtainingminors inBiomedical,Computer,Electrical,MaterialScience,orSystemsEngineeringaswellasmanyotherfieldswithintheUniversity.

TheeclecticportfoliooftheMEDepartmentiswellsuitedtoproviding students with both classroom and laboratory ex-posure to a broad range of engineering activities. Technicalcompetenceandfocusisestablishedthroughelectivesand–for thosewho choose to pursue it – researchopportunitiesthroughfacultyintheDepartmentandtheCollege.TheDe-partmentcontinues tomaintainstate-of-the-art laboratoriesfordemonstrationandprojectsinthevariousundergraduatecourses.

Duringtheyear,wecontinuedto improveallundergraduateprograms, utilizing a continuous improvement process thathasbeenstrengthenedby theadditionof studentgroup in-terviews.Thecurriculaculminateinsenior“capstone”designprojectsinwhichteamsofstudentstackledifficultmulti-facet-eddesignprojects,oftenstemmingfromtheneedsoffacultyresearchorindustrypartners.Thedesignthreadthatcarriesseamlesslyfromthesophomorethroughsenioryearswasen-hancedthisyearthroughtheadditionofrequiredcoursesinProductDesignandElectro-MechanicalSystemDesignaswellasarevisedseniorcapstonesequencethatwillofferstudentsmore flexibility (these will be implemented for the class of2013).

KaylaBinggeli(AE2010)


Mechanical Engineering Program Objectives (Ratified by the ME Faculty March 2009)

Graduatesoftheprogramwillbepreparedto:

• Joinatechnicallysophisticatedworkforceassuccessful,practicingengineersinawiderangeofmechanicalengineeringfields.

• Continuouslyimproveandexpandtheirtechnicalandprofessionalskillsthroughformalmeansaswellasthroughin-formalself-study.

• Pursueadvanceddegreesinengineering,business,orotherprofessionalfields.

• Advancethemselvesprofessionallyandpersonallybyacceptingresponsibilitiesandpursuingleadershiproles.

Mechanical Engineering Program Outcomes (Ratified by the ME Faculty November 2008)

(a)anabilitytoapplyknowledgeofmathematics,science,andengineering

(b)anabilitytodesignandconductexperiments,aswellastoanalyzeandinterpretdata

(c)anabilitytodesignasystem,component,orprocesstomeetdesiredneedswithinrealisticconstraintssuchaseconomic,environmental,social,political,ethical,healthandsafety,manufacturability,andsustainability

(d)anabilitytofunctiononmultidisciplinaryteams

(e)anabilitytoidentify,formulate,andsolveengineeringproblems

(f)anunderstandingofprofessionalandethicalresponsibility

(g)anabilitytocommunicateeffectively

(h)thebroadeducationnecessarytounderstandtheimpactofengineeringsolutionsinaglobal,economic,environ-mental,andsocietalcontext

(i)arecognitionoftheneedfor,andanabilitytoengageinlife-longlearning

(j)aknowledgeofcontemporaryissues

(k)anabilitytousethetechniques,skills,andmodernengineeringtoolsnecessaryforengineeringpractice

(l)anabilitytointerpretresultsofanalysisofphysicalsystems,components,orprocesses,andutilizephysicalinsighttocheckforrealisticoutcomes

(m)anabilitytomodelanddesigninthethermalsystemsarea

(n)anabilitytomodelanddesigninthemechanicalsystemsarea

Object ives and outcomes

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Enrol lment

History of Undergraduate Degree Enrollment

Undergraduate Degrees Awarded

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Mechanical Aerospace Manufacturing Total

Freshmen* 104 n/a** n/a** 104

Sophomores* 75 24 6 105

Juniors 98 34 17 149

Seniors 65 21 12 98

Total 342 79 35 456

Note: * ENG Students are not required to declare their major until their Junior year. ** Starting in the Fall of 2009, Aerospace and Manufacturing Engineering will no longer be available for the incoming Freshmen.

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Undergraduate Courses Offered

CourseNumber CourseTitle Fall2009 Spring2010 Summer2010

EK102 IntroductiontoLinearAlgebraforEngineers BarouchPerkins

Hauser Attaway

EK127 EngineeringComputation Attaway Attaway Attaway

EK130/1/2 IntroductiontoEngineering BethunedeWinterSarin

BarouchBethunedeWinterGopalanGrace

EK156 DesignandManufacture deWinter deWinter

EK301 EngineeringMechanicsI BarboneKerneyWang

Farny Nagem

EK335 IntroductiontoEnvironmentalEngineering Pal

EK408 IntroductiontoCleanEnergyGenerationandStorageTechnologies Basu

EK409 EngineeringEconomy deWinter deWinter deWinter

EK546 AssessmentofSustainableEnergyTechnologies Gevelber

ME201 IntroductiontoAircraftPerformance Grace

ME202 IntroductiontoSpacecraftPerformance Nagem

ME266 ManufacturingOperationsManagement Hauser Hauser

ME302 EngineeringMechanicsII BeltaCarey

BeltaNagem

Nagem

ME303 FluidMechanics BarbaPorter

Schneider

ME304 EnergyandThermodynamics LinPalm

Palm Kerney

ME305 MechanicsofMaterials KlapperichNagem

PierceX.Zhang

ME306 IntroductiontoMaterialsScience Sarin Park

ME307 FlightStructures Barbone

ME308 StatisticsandQualityEngineering Caramanis Barouch

ME309 StructuralMechanics Nagem

ME310 InstrumentationandTheoryofExperiments Holt Holt

ME311 EngineeringDesignusingCAD Bethune Bethune

ME312 FundamentalsofEngineeringDesign Bethune Bethune

ME345 AutomationandManufacturingMethods Gevelber

ME400 EngineeringMathematics Howe HoweMcDaniel

ME403 AtmosphericFlightMechanicsandControl Wang

ME406 DynamicsofSpaceVehicles Nagem

ME407 Computer-AidedDesignandManufacture Cole deWinter

ME409 FlightVehiclesDesignI Wroblewski

ME410 FlightVehiclesDesignII Wroblewski

ME413 MachineDesignI IsaacsonDiBellaKoplow

ME414 MachineDesignII IsaacsonDiBellaKoplow

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CourseNumber CourseTitle Fall2009 Spring2010 Summer2010

ME415 ProductDesign Cole

ME419 HeatTransfer KerneyK.Zhang

ME420 SupplyChainEngineering Perkins

ME421 Aerodynamics Yakhot

ME422 FluidMechanicsII Yakhot

ME425 CompressibleFlowandPropulsion Grace

ME430 EnergyConversion Carey

ME441 MechanicalVibrations McDaniel

ME465 MaterialsProcessing Gopalan

ME495 SeniorDesignCapstoneinManufacturingEngineering deWinter

ME501 DynamicSystemTheory Li

ME502 IntellectualAssets:Creation,Protection,andCommercialization Cole

ME503 KineticProcessesinMaterials Basu

ME505 ThermodynamicsandStatisticalMechanics Gopalan

ME507 ProcessModelingandControl Gevelber

ME510 ProductionSystemsAnalysis Perkins

ME514 SimulationforManufacturing Vakili

ME515 VibrationofComplexMechanicalSystems Pierce

ME516 StatisticalMechanicalConceptsinEngineering Ekinci

ME520 AcousticsI Cleveland

ME521 ContinuumMechanicsforBiomedicalEngineers Stamenovic

ME523 MechanicsofBiomaterials Klapperich

ME525 TechnologyVentures Cole


ME541 ClassicThermodynamics Lin

ME542 AdvancedFluidMechanics Howe

ME543 SustainablePowerSystems Caramanis

ME560 PrecisionMachineDesignandInstrumentation Sharon

ME579 MicroelectronicDeviceManufacturing Cole

ME582 MechanicalBehaviorofMaterials Ekinci

ME583 ProductManagement Hauser


Student AwardsNICK CHILDS ASEESMARTScholarship

JORDAN CUMPER StudentLeaderAlumniAward CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

MEGHAN DAIGLE CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

SEAN DeLEO LutchenFellowship

SAMANTHA FISHMAN CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

WARREN HUFFMAN WinneroftheSeniorAwardinthe 5thAnnualUndergraduateDesignPort folioContest,sponsoredbyTheMerrill EbnerFund

MATTHEW KNOLL TheCenterforSpacePhysicsunder graduateResearchAward

TRACEY LANTZ CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

ANDREW MENARD CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

BRETT MEYER SigmaGammaTauStudentAward

PETER MORIARTY UROPSummerResearchAward2010

ERICA SQUILLACIOTI CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

PATRICK STEIGER CollegeofEngineeringStudentAdvisor ServiceAward

LIN YIN WinneroftheJuniorAward,andthe winneroftheoverallcontestinthe 5thAnnualUndergraduateDesignPort folioContest,sponsoredbyTheMerrill EbnerFund

OutstandingCapstoneDesignProjectinAerospaceEngineering:“WayfarerI:MartianUnmannedReusableISRUAircraftforResearchandExploration”

OutstandingCapstoneDesignProjectinMechanicalEngineering:“SpinalFractureLoadingDeviceTeam”

WarrenHuffman(l.)withProfessorWroblewski(r.)

MatthewKnoll(l.)withProfessorSemeter(r.)

JEFF HANDSETH A. MCKEEN TAHFIQ SALAMRIMAL PATELJAKE WOLOSCHIN

ANDREW LEGENDREANDREW BANGERTRAVI HEUGLE

MATTHEW GALICAMARTIN GOMEZVICTOR LINCHRISTIAN RIVERA

OutstandingCapstoneDesignProjectinManufacturingEngineering:“MKSInstruments”

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Student Organizat ionsAIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

AIAA is the principalsociety for the aero-space profession,providing for the ad-vancement and dis-semination of knowl-edge of the theoryand practice of theaeronautical and as-tronautical sciences.BU’s chapter of the

AmericanInstituteofAeronauticsandAstronauticsisasmall,collegiate levelbranchof thenational chapterofAIAA.Thisyear,theyhostedtheAIAANortheastRegionalStudentCon-ferenceattheBUPhotonicsCenter.Anumberofprominentspeakers where brought in from the aerospace communityandover60peopleattendedtheconference.Throughouttheyeartheyalsohostedanumberofevents including industryand academic speakers, NASAmission discussion, and a GEFactoryTour.Theirprimarygoalistoraiseawarenessamongundergraduatesabouttheopportunitiesandadvancesintheaerospacecommunity.

ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers

This national society,withmorethan100,000regular members and250 student sections,is dedicated to advanc-ing the profession ofmechanical engineer-ing.Membersareactiveat all levels of almostevery segment of busi-

ness, industry, education, and government. Membership inthestudentsectionbringsstudentsintocontactwithpractic-ing engineers through technicalmeetingswith guest speak-ersandregionalandnationalsocietyfunctions,includingtheregularmeetingsoftheBostonsectionofASME.Thisyear,theexecutiveboardattended the2009ASME InternationalMe-chanicalEngineeringCongress&Exposition inFloridawherethestudentswereable tonetworkandexpandtheirknowl-edgethroughforums,workshops,industrytours,andacareerexposition.

BU Rocket Team

TheBURocketTeamisabranchoftheAIAA.Theteam’sgoalis to conduct research intohybrid rocketmotordesign, andisthereforemoredirectedattheoptimizationofhybridmo-

tors rather than the launchingof a rocket. The teamallowsstudents to use innovation and ingenuity outside of a classenvironment. The team’smembers set theirowndeadlines,tracktheirprogress,reportfindingsandencourageeachotheralmost daily. The design process goes from chalkboard andCADdrawingstomachiningandassemblingbytestingtheun-tappedengineeringskillsofeachmember.

BU SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of

Space

Students for theExplorationandDe-velopmentofSpacearededicatedtoex-panding the roleofhuman explorationand developmentof space. Student

members participate in national conferences and host aca-demicandindustryspeakersthroughouttheyear.Specificallytheyattended the International SpaceDevelopmentConfer-enceinFloridaandNewSpaceConferenceinCalifornia.

IIE – Institute of Industrial Engineers

ThestudentchapteroftheIIEaimstopromoteabetterenvi-ronmentforsuccessfulengineersbybridgingthegapbetweenschoolandindustry.Membersfamiliarizethemselveswiththeintricaciesofindustrythoughplanttours,speakers,andhands-onexperiences.Thehandsonexperiencestheyparticipatedinthis year included a trebuchet competitionandapinewoodderby race. Theorganizationhelps toprovide studentswithinsightintocareersinindustrialengineering.

Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society

Pi Tau Sigma is the national mechanical engineering honorsociety. The objectives of this society are to encourage andrecognizetheachievementsofundergraduatestudentsinme-chanicalengineering,tofosterhighidealsintheengineeringprofession,todevelopleadershipandcitizenship,tostimulateandsupportdepartmentalactivities,andtohonorpracticingengineers fordistinguishedtechnicalattainments.Theyholdan initiation ceremony each semester to honor their newmembersandawardtheirnewofficers.

SAE – Society of Automotive Engineers

The SAE comprises 50,000 engineers and scientistsworkingtogether toadvancethefieldofmobility.With theirdiverseeducationalbackgrounds,membersarededicatedtofurther-ingtheresearch,development,design,manufacture,anduti-lizationofland,sea,air,andspacevehicles.


Sigma Gamma Tau Honor Society

SigmaGamma Tau is the honor society for aerospace engi-neering.Theobjectiveofthesocietyistorecognizeandhonorthoseindividuals inthefieldofaeronauticsandastronauticswho have, through scholarship, integrity, and outstandingachievement, been a credit to their profession. The societyseekstofosterahighstandardofethicsandprofessionalprac-ticeandtocreateaspiritofloyaltyandfellowship,particularlyamong students of aerospace engineering. Each year theyhaveaninductionceremonytowelcomenewmembers.

SME – Society of Manufacturing Engineers

This professional society stimulates research and dissemi-natesknowledgeinallphasesofmanufacturingengineering.Studentmembersparticipateinfieldtrips,technicalseminars,andlectureseries,andareupgradedautomaticallytoregularsocietymembershiponeyearaftergraduation.Theypartici-patedinthetrebuchetcompetitionwithmembersofIIEandalsoracedcardboardboatsagainstoneanother.

UAV Club – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Club

The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Club is new student organi-zationatBostonUniversity.ThisgroupispartneredwithAu-

rora Flight Sciencesand is devoted toresearching andbuilding unmannedaerial vehicles.Members of theirexecutive board at-tended the AUVSIPrograms Review

AirConference inWashington,DC.Eventuallytheywillcom-peteintheAUVSIAnnual InternationalAerialRoboticsCom-petition.

MembersoftheBURocketTeamfromlefttoright:RyanLacy,KendraToole,LucasBannister,JeffreyGereige,NicolaRicci,BrianSerra,MonalAmin,DaneSarcone,JoeShifrin,andBrettMeyer.

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2010AerospaceEngineeringSeniors(top),ManufacturingEngineeringSeniors(bottom)andMechanicalEngineeringSeniorsonpage26.


Senior Design Projects

Project Title Team MembersWayfarerI:MartianUnmannedReusableISRUAircraftforResearchandExplorationWinningTeam

Hand,McKeen,Patel,Salam,Woloschin

H.A.L.E.R.T.:HighAltitudeLongEnduranceforReliefTelecommunications Cumper,Kiyingi,Lyons,Miller,Valverde

Skyraider2:Carrier-basedCounterInsurgencyAircraft Hall,Jalali,Lau,McGrath,Voorhees

NTS:Wing-in-GroundEffectNavalTransportAircraft Ko,Maier,Meyer,Miller,Steiger,Yen

Aerospace Engineering

TheAerospaceEngineeringprogramculminateswithasenior“capstone”designproject inwhich teamsofstudents tackledifficultmulti-faceteddesignprojects.Thestudentsenroll inatwo-semesterFlightVehicleDesigncourse(ME409&410).Duringthesecourseseachteamconceives,plans,andcarriesout a significant aerospace vehicle design project in whicheachteammemberconcentratesonaseparatetechnicalarea.AttheSeniorProjectConferencealltheteamsgiveanoralpre-sentationoftheirprojects.ThisyearthewinnerwastheWay-farer I team,JeffHand,SethA.McKeen,TashfiqSalam,RimalPatal,andJakeWoloschin.

Wayfarer I is a small, rocket-propelledUAVweighing 53 lbs(MartianWeight)thatcanachievea48.5nauticalmileflightin thethinMartianatmospheretosurveytheMartian land-scape.TheaircraftisintendedforusefromamannedMartianbaseinthenearfutureandisthefirstknownplaneofitskinddesignedtobereusable.Theaircrafttakesoffandclimbsver-tically,firingitsliquidoxygenliquidmethanerocketenginetoachieveanaltitudeof12,280ft(atmosphericdensitycompa-rable to125,000ftonEarth!)beforegoing intoaglide seg-ment for theremainderof themission.Uponcompletionofthemission, theaircraftperformsaparachute-assisted,net-arrestedlanding.WayfarerI implementsin-situresourceuti-lization(ISRU)technology,usingpropellantsthatcanbehar-vestedfromMarswithsimplechemicalprocesses.ThismeansthatthepropellantsdonothavetobetransportedfromEarth,savingtimeandmoney,andmaking theaircraftmuchmorepragmatic.

WayfarerImodelscharacteristicsofarocketincludingaThrustVector Control (TVC) system and a drag-minimizing, ultra-streamlined fuselage,whilealso including traitsprevalent inhighaltitudegliderplanessuchasahighliftairfoil,largewing-span,andlowweightcarbonfiberstructuralcomponents.

WinningteaminAerospaceEngineering,WayfarerIteam:JeffHand(l.),RimalPatel,SethA.McKeen,TahfiqSalam,andJakeWoloschin(r.)

Winning Team

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Manufacturing Engineering

Project Title Team Members

ProductDevelopment Huffman,Minkoff,Jatia

MKSInstruments,Inc.WinningTeam

Bangert,Heugle,LeGendre

Safecor Kelly,Martin,Tworek

GreatPointEnergy Jahn,Lee,Spergel

Winning Team

TheManufacturingEngineeringprogramculminateswithaseniorcapstonedesignprojectinwhichteamsofstudentstackledifficultmulti-faceteddesignprojects.Thestudentsenroll in theProductDesign courseofME415 in the fallandthenintheSeniorDesignCapstoneinManufacturingEngineeringinthespringofthesenioryear.Eachteamhasanindustrialcustomerforwhomtheyworkonedayaweekonatypicalmanufacturingproject.Theteamsarerespon-sible forgivingweeklyprogressreportstotheir industrialcustomersandtothesupervisingfaculty.

ThewinningteaminManufacturingEngineeringwasMKS Instruments: Value Stream Mapping and Cell Capacity Analysis, Andrew LeGendre, Andrew Bangert, and Ravi Heugle. MKS Instruments, Inc. creates devices that areused in themanufacturing of a variety of semiconductorproducts. Recently, MKS Instruments has experienced alargerampupinthedemandfortheirgasflowcontrollers,whichistestingthecapacitylimitsoftheirassemblyopera-tions.

ThemanufacturingseniorcapstonegroupforMKSInstru-mentswasasked toanalyze the capacityof their currentoperationsforthreemajorproductlinesandtocreateval-ue streammapsof theassemblyand testprocesses.Theinformationinthesemapswasthenusedtoidentifylimita-tionsofthemanufacturinglineandprovidesuggestionsforimprovement.

WinningteaminManufacturingEngineering,MKSInstruments:AndrewLeGendre(l.),AndrewBangert,andRaviHeugle(r.)


Mechanical Engineering

Project Title Team Members

SnowRemovalSystemforLongHaulTrucks Adams,Lantz,Magis-Agosta,Ozsivri,Pyun,Xiao

SnowandIceRemoverforTrucks Anderson,Chen,Nivorozhkin,Pereira,Ramroopsingh

TestChamberforSelf-CleaningSolarCells Babaniyi,Chin,Goldenbroit,Sadder,Srinivasan

Mudskipper-HumanPoweredAmphibiousVehicle Dzumaga,Fu,Harris,James,Miklos

Hydro-Rover-HumanPoweredAmphibiousVehicle Burriola,Foley,Friedensohn,Jimenez,Menard

RemoteCoastalCameraEnclosure Gerrior,McDowell,Miller,Worth

DeployableElectricFieldBoomforNano-Satellites Bailey,deSouza,Knoll,Salzberg,Vizzio,Zipfel

SpinalFractureLoadingDeviceWinningTeam

Galica,Gomez,Liu,Rivera

MitralValveDynamicsSimulator Flaten,Hsu,LeValley,Martel,Ryan

ThermalBarrierCoatingTestRig Hernandez,Jung,Marat,Martelly,Nirankari,Wong

DeBreezeGutterCleaner Contois,Fleming,Nesvold,Shivers,Squillacioti

GutterGuardCleaner Daigle,Fishman,Hanslon,Wang

PersonalDirtandRockSeparator Belmonte,Bogoian,Carter,Driscoll,Vanguilder

Winning Team

TheMechanicalEngineeringprogramalsoculminateswithasenior“capstone”designprojectinwhichteamsofstudentstackledifficultmulti-faceteddesignprojects,oftenstemmingfromfacultyresearch.Thestudentsenrollinatwo-semesterMachineDesigncourse(ME413&414).Duringthesecoursestheteamsconceive,plan,andcarryoutamajormechanicalengineeringdesignofamulticomponentsystem.EachteamgivesanoralpresentationofitsprojectattheSeniorProjectConference,whereoneteamisdeclaredawinner.

ThisyearthewinnerwastheSpinal Fracture Loading Device Team,MatthewGalica,MartinGomez,VictorLin,andChris-tianRivera.

Theteamdesignedandconstructedaloadingdevicetoapplyacompressiveloadincombinationwithaflexionloadwhichwill simulate thebendingof an individual and the resultantstrain that is induceduponhis orher vertebrae inorder toaccrueempiricaldataregardingspinalfracture.Theloadsareapplied through the use of amounted and removable gearboxwhichallowsuserstosimultaneouslyapplyapurecom-pressiveorflexionloadtothespinesamplebeingtested.Thecylindricalshellsurroundingthespinesampleismadeofara-diolucentmaterial,which allows x-rays to penetrate. Usingdigitalvolumecorrelationtheusersareabletocorrelatethestrainfieldinthedisktothespinesample.

WinningteaminMechanicalEngineering,SpinalFractureLoadingDeviceTeam:MartinGomez(l.),MatthewGalica,VictorLin,Chris-tianRivera(r.)

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G R A D U A T E P R O G R A M STheGraduatePrograminMechanicalEngineeringoffersava-rietyofadvancedandprofessionaldegrees.Studentspursu-ingtraditionalMSandPhDdegreesinMechanicalEngineeringworkcloselywithourfacultytoproducefoundationalresearchhavingbroadandprofoundimpactsonemergingtechnologiesinthebiomedical,energy,environment,anddefensespaces.Thisresearchisconductedininteractive,interdisciplinary,andwell-fundedresearchgroupsinacousticsandvibrations;bio-mechanics;computationalscienceandengineering;dynamics,robotics,systems,andcontrols;thermofluidsciences,energy,andsustainability;andMEMSandnanotechnology.Studentsconductingresearchintheseareasreceivesignificantfundingfrom internalandexternal sources, suchas research fellow-ships,teachingfellowships,andscholarships.

InadditiontotraditionalMSandPhDdegrees,thedepartmentalsooffersadvanceddegreeswithemphasesonmanufactur-ingandbusinessadministration.TheMSinGlobalEngineering

degree isaimedatcreatinganewtypeof“globalengineer”bothansweringtheindustrydemandandgivinganupcomingengineeracompetitiveadvantageintoday’smarketplace.InpartnershipwithBostonUniversity’sSchoolofManagement,acoordinatedMasterofScience/MasterofBusinessAdministra-tionprogrampreparesrecentgraduatesorpracticingprofes-sionalswhoarecommittedtocareersinindustryforpositionsasmanufacturingmanagers.TheMSdegreeinManufacturingisofferedwithanattractivedistancelearningoption,inwhichclassesareavailableasasynchronousandasynchronousex-tension of the on-campus classes. Distance learning classesallow forabroadparticipationof studentsatvariouscareerstagesandallowstudents toparticipatewhilecontinuing towork outside of academia. The Late Entry Accelerated Pro-gram (LEAP)allows talented individualsandworkingprofes-sionalswhohavebachelor’sdegreesinnon-engineeringfieldstoearngraduatedegreesinengineering.

Male Female FT PT GTF RA Fellow DF

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Intl. 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

PHD US 6 0 6 0 4 0 0 2

Intl. 3 3 6 0 3 0 1 2

Total 27 8 23 12 11 3 2 4

New Matriculants 2009-2010

Fall 2009 Mean GRE Scores

Spring 2010 Mean GRE Scores

Ontheleft,2010MechanicalEngineeringSeniors.

Verbal % Quantitative % An. Writing %

MS US 523 66 738 78 4.14 31

Intl. 447 44 751 81 3.42 14

PHD US 552 73 765 84 4.33 47

Intl. 476 53 774 86 3.72 21

Total 500 59 757 82 3.9 26

Verbal % Quantitative % An. Writing %

MS US 568 77 729 75 3.31 12

Intl. 368 22 725 76 4.18 31

PHD US 550 73 760 83 5.0 70

Intl. 434 40 784 88 3.71 21

Total 480 54 750 81 4.0 27

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Enrol lment by Degree Program

History of MS Enrollment

History of PhD Enrollment

*MechanicalEngineeringProfessorsadviseandfinanciallysupportstudentsenrolledinalmosteverygraduatedegreeprogramofferedbytheCollegeofEngineering,withparticularemphasisonprogramsofferedbytheDivisionsofSystemsEngineeringandMaterialScienceandEngineering.

**TheformerdepartmentsofAerospaceandMechanicalEngineering,andManufacturingEngineeringmergedtoformtheMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentinFall2008.

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KYLE BRIDGEO Outstanding Graduate Teaching FellowAward,intheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,BostonUniversity.

MICHAEL CANNAMELA GLACIER Fellowship 2010-2011,TheNSFGLALCIER(GlobalChangeInitiative:Education&Re-search) program at Boston University supports fellowshipsandtrainingforgraduatestudentsinscience,technology,en-gineering,andmathematics.GLACIERfellowsreceiveastronginterdisciplinary perspectiveon global change research, andhavetheopportunitytoenhancetheirteachingskillsbylearn-inghowtotranslatetheirresearchintoexcitinganddynamicclassroomlessonsforchildreningrades5-8.

QINGQING CAO CIMITAppliedHealthcareEngineering Fel-low.

ANDY DRAUDT“Real-TimeMonitoringofHighIntensityFo-cusedUltrasoundLesionFormationwithCombinedAcousticForceElastographyandAcousto-OpticImaging,”BestStudentPaperAward,39thAnnualSymposiumoftheUltrasonicIndus-tryAssociation,Cambridge,MA,April2010.

KEBIN FANPhotonicsCenterGraduateStudentTravelAward;PhotonicsCenterSeniorResearchFellowship;andPhotonicsCenterBermanFutureofLightPrizeAward.

ELSE FROHLICHDraperFellowshipinFall2009.

AMIRA HUSSEIN BU/CIMITAppliedHealthcareFellowship,awardedtosecond-orthird-yeargraduatestudentsresearch-ingtopicsthathelpsolvehealthcarechallengessuchasmedi-caldevicedevelopment,creatingalgorithmsandsoftwareforuse in clinical practice, and engineering inmedical environ-ments.

BRADLEY KAANTANanoscience&NanotechnologyAward.

CHARLES LISSANDRELLO NSFGraduateFellowshipAward.

PUI LEONGBU/CIMITAppliedHealthcareFellowship,award-ed to second- or third-year graduate students researchingtopicsthathelpsolvehealthcarechallengessuchasmedicaldevicedevelopment,creatingalgorithmsandsoftwareforuseinclinicalpractice,andengineeringinmedicalenvironments.JIM MCLAUGHLAN “Nanoparticle-Targeted Photoacous-ticCavitationforDeepTissueOptical Imaging,”BestStudentPaperaward, theSanAntonioAcousticalSocietyofAmericameeting.

HU “TIGER” TAO “MEMSEnhancedMetamaterials:To-wardsFillingtheTerahertzGap,”wontheBestDissertationAwardatBUCollegeofEngineering,May2010.

YILING QIUPhotonicsCenterGraduateStudentTravelAward.

HU “TIGER” TAO received the most prestigious studentawardissuedbytheChinesegovernment,theNationalAwardforOutstandingOverseasChineseStudents;OSAFoundationGraduateStudentTravelAward;andIEEEMaimanOutstand-ingStudentPaper(semifinalist).

KyleBridgeo(l.)receivestheOutstandingGraduateTeachingFellowAwardfromProfessorDonWroblewski(r.)

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History of MS Degrees Awarded

History of PhD Degrees Awarded

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G r a d u a t e C o u r s e s O f f e r e d

COURSENUMBER

COURSETITLE FALL2009 SPRING2010 SUMMER2010

EK546 AssessmentofSustainableEnergyTechnologies Gevelber

EK720 BiophotonicSystemDesignandPrototyping Bifano

ME501 DynamicSystemTheory Li


ME503 KineticProcessesinMaterials Basu

ME505 ThermodynamicsandStatisticalMechanics Gopalan

ME507 ProcessModelingandControl Gevelber


ME514 SimulationforManufacturing Vakili

ME515 VibrationofComplexMechanicalSystems Pierce

ME516 StatisticalMechanicalConceptsinEngineering Ekinci


ME521 ContinuumMechanicsforBiomedicalEngineers Stamenovic

ME523 MechanicsofBiomaterials Klapperich



ME541 ClassicThermodynamics Lin

ME542 AdvancedFluidMechanics Howe




ME582 MechanicalBehaviorofMaterials Ekinci


ME700 AdvancedTopicsinMechanicalEngineering Porter

ME701 OptimalandRobustControl Andersson

ME702 ComputationalFluidDynamics Barba

ME707 FiniteElementAnalysis K.Zhang

ME709 TurbulentFlows Yakhot

ME710 DynamicProgrammingandStochasticControl Caramanis

ME714 AdvancedStochasticModelingandSimulation Vakili

ME720 AcousticsII Pierce

ME721 AcousticBubbleDynamics Holt

ME723 WavesinRandomMedia Carey

ME725 QueueingSystems Perkins

ME726 FundamentalsofBiomaterials Grinstaff

ME727 PrinciplesandApplicationsofTissues Wong

ME733 DiscreteEventandHybridSystems Cassandras

ME740 Vision,Robotics,andPlanning Baillieul

ME762 NonlinearSystemsandControl Wang

ME778 MicromachinedTranducers X.Zhang

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MS Theses and PhD Dissertat ions

PhD Dissertations

MS Theses

STUDENT NAME DISSERTATION ADVISOR DISSERTATION TITLE

Baggett,Keithe Grace,Sheryl CFDSimulationofanAcousticIgniter

Butler,Evan Wang,Hua

Modeling,Control,andFailureStabilizationofaModifiedF-15:ATakagi-SugenoFuzzyModelBasedApproach

Coombs,Joseph Fritz,Theodore

DesignofaPreliminaryThermalModelforAnalysisoftheBostonUniversityStudent-satel-liteforApplicationandTraining(BUSAT)

Ho,Sharon Howe,MichaelLowFrequencySoundProducedbyaVentilatedSupercavitatingVehicle

McLean,Erin Sharon,AndreDevelopmentandControlofanArticulatedJointEndoscope

Speyerer,Emerson Gevelber,MichaelOptimizingSweepPatternDesignsforImprovedElectronBeamDepositionofOpticalCoatings

Wasniewski,Joseph Cole,DanielAnExperimentalPlatformforProbabilisticRo-botMotionPlanningandControl

STUDENT NAME DISSERTATION ADVISOR DISSERTATION TITLE

Diouf,Aloune Bifano,Thomas

FabricationProcessesforMEMSDeformableMirrorsintheNextGenerationTelescopeInstru-ments

Lai,Puxiang Roy,RonaldPhotorefractiveCrystal-BasedAcousto-OpticIm-agingintheNear-InfraredanditsApplications

Qiu,Yiling Zhang,XinImpedanceSensingforCellularResponseStud-ies

Tao,Hu“Tiger” Zhang,XinMEMSEnhancedMetamaterials:TowardsFillingtheTerahertzGap

Zagadou,Franck Mountain,David&Barbone,PaulAnAnalysisoftheMicromechanicsoftheOrganofCorti:SignificanceofMicrofluidFlow


Distance Learning

TheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringoffersMSdegreesthroughadistance-learningprogram(DLP).TheDLPhasbeeninoperationsince1992,originallyintheDepartmentofManu-facturingEngineering.Thisprogramdiffersfromthemajorityofdistancelearningprogramsofferedatotheruniversitiesinthatclassesareofferedlive,sothatdistancestudentscanhearandseetheon-campusclassandspeakwiththeprofessorinrealtime.Thissynchronousapproachisparticularlyhelpfulifclassdiscussionorteamworkisimportantasdistancestudentsareintegratedintothenormalon-campusgroupofgraduatestudentsthroughweb-basedvideoconferencing.Thismutualparticipationbenefitsbothgroups:on-campusstudentsgainperspectiveontherealworldworkingenvironment throughtheexperienceofDLPstudents,andDLPstudentsbenefitbyengagingwiththeiron-campuspeersandbyseeingtheben-efits of graduate-level education. In contrast, most otherdistancelearningprogramsinengineeringareasynchronous,relyingonrecordedlecturesandotherweb-basedmaterialstodeliverclasscontent.

OurDLprogramprovidesMaster’s level classesprimarily toindustrialemployeeswishingtoaddtotheireducationback-ground,butisopentoothersiftheformatsuitstheirneeds.TheDLPcurrentlyoffers20M.S.levelcoursesinthefollowingareas:material science,systemsengineering,productdevel-opment, advanced manufacturing strategies, and high-techareassuchasmicro/nanoelectronicsandMEMS/NEMS.

OurDLPaddressesaneedidentifiedbythedepartment’sin-dustrialpartners–manyhigh-techemployees,includinglead-ersintheirindustries,arelackinginskillsneededtomass-pro-ducehigh-techproductswithhighyieldandlowcost.TheDLPisanexcellentvehicleforprovidingtheseskills,andforservingasaconvenientvehicleforlife-longlearninginarapidlychang-ingindustry.

Toparticipate in theDLP, studentsonly requirea computer,aninexpensivecameraandmicrophone,andaccesstoahigh-speedInternetconnection.Thiseaseofentryallowsstudentsfromanywheretoparticipate;indeed,wehavehadstudentsfromasfarawayasTaiwan,Hawaii,andMexico(mostlycom-pany-sponsored).Sincemostoftheinteractionismeanttobeinrealtime,arobusthigh-resolutionvideoconferencingsolu-tionisessentialtotheoperationoftheprogram.Whencom-binedwithveryhighqualitycamerasthatcapturemoreoftheclassroomactivityandpresentationmaterial,thistechnologyenablesustoconnectwiththestudentsatindividualPCs.Wehavealsousedthistechnologytoenableaguest lecturertoprovidehislecturefromadistance,openingachannelforhighprofileguestspeakerswhomightbeunavailableduetotravel

timesandbusyschedules.

Althoughwe still feel our synchronous approach is best forlearning,wealsoofferrecordedlecturestoaidstudentswhocannotattendlive lecturesbecauseofemploymentcommit-mentsortime-zonedifferences thatmake itdifficult topar-ticipate“live.”Specifically,allclasssessionsarerecordedandcan be viewed on-line by registered students, within a fewhours of the end of class. These are beneficial to studentswhotravel,ormayneedtomissclassduetoillnessorotheremergencies,andmanystudentsalsofindthemhelpfulwhenreviewingfortests.Wehavecontinuallyimprovedthequality,flexibilityandreliabilityofthesevideosoverthepastseveralyearsandwillcontinuetoexplorewaystoenhancetheuseful-nessandsimplifytheuseoftheserecordings.(Notethatvideoavailabilitytonon-DLstudentsisattheinstructor’sdiscretion).

Tofacilitateweb-baseddistributionofclassmaterial,theDLPmakesanelectronicwhiteboardavailableinoneoftheregularDLclassrooms.Anythingwrittenontheboardcanbesavedby instructors tomultipage PDF files, and easily distributedelectronicallyormadeavailableon-lineafterclass,atthepro-fessor’sdiscretion.

TheDLPcommitteeduringthefirsthalfofthepastacademicyearconsistedof:

DAN COLE(chairFall09)

ANDREW ABRAHAMSON

WILLIAM HAUSER

DON WROBLEWSKI (chairSpring10)

During the second semester, the group was joined by DonWroblewski who took over the role of chair for the DLP.

WeareintheprocessofexpandingtheDLPintwoways.First,weareaddingnewDLgraduatecoursesinsolarenergy,sus-tainablepowersystems,andacoustics,andplan toaddoneto two DL courses each semester over the next few years.WealsoplantooffercertificateprogramsinareaswithhighDLenrollmentandinareaswithstrongresearchexpertiseinthe department. Each certificatewill require three, 4-cred-it courses,which canalsobeusedaspartof anMSdegreeprogram (thoughenrollment in theMSprogramwill notbearequirementforreceivingacertificate). Currently,approv-als arepending for certificates in engineeringmanagement,sustainable energy, and MEMS and Nanotechnology. Wehopetobeginofferingthesewithininthenextacademicyear.

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Since technology is at the heart of theDLP and technologyisrapidlyevolving,weevaluateandadoptnewtechnologiesonanongoingbasis. Specifically,weareexploringaNiagrastreamingmediadevice that canoutputaudioandvideo toalargenumberofclients/studentsatveryhighquality.Chat/blogmediaarealsobeingexplored toaidstudentswhoarenot takingacourse live, inorder tocapturetheirdiscussionpoints.

TheDLPcontinuestoplayanimportantroleinpromotingthedepartment, as it provides important industrial connections

andhelps to develop key future industrial leaders.Distancelearningbyvideoconferencingorstreamingvideoenablesthedepartment toconductMastersdegreeclassesconcurrentlyon-campusandanywhere in theworldaccessiblebyahigh-speedinternetconnection.Thisallowsstudentstoparticipatein class froma varietyof locations, including at homeor ata hotel when traveling. Students can access videos on-lineandreplaypastclassesifitisnecessarytomissanoccasionallecture. This asynchronous option is becoming increasinglypopularwithsomeDLstudentsandmaybecomeanimportantaspectofourDLPinthefuture.

ProfessorDanielColeconductingadistancelearningclass.


COURSE NUMBER COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTOR


ME/MS507 ProcessModelingandControl Gevelber


ME517 ProductDevelopment Hauser

ME518 ProductQuality n/a



ME/MS526 SimulationofPhysicalProcesses Cole

ME/MS534 MaterialsTechnologyforMicroelectronics Basu

ME/MS535 GreenManufacturing Pal


ME550 ProductSupplyChainDesign n/a

ME/MS555 MEMS:FabricationandMaterials Zhang


MS/EC573 SolarEnergySystems Mazumder



ME584 ManufacturingStrategy Hauser

ME/SE765 ProductionSystemDesign Caramanis

ME778 Micro-machinedTransducers Zhang

Distance Learning Courses Offered

Intotal,theDLPoffered10differentcoursesduringthepastacademicyear.Atotalof42individualDLPcourseenrollmentswere takenduring thisperiod.Theseenrollmentspermittedtalentedengineerstoremainonthejobwhileearninganad-vancedtechnicaldegree.TwoM.S.DLPdegreeswereaward-

ed. Most of those receiving M.S. degrees completed theirstudiesinaboutthreeyearsorless.Inaddition,severalotheron-campusstudentsusedonlyafewDLcoursestocompletetheirdegrees,toallowthemtotakeBUcourseswhilepartici-patinginsummerinternshipsinindustry.

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R E S E A R C H

Extramural Funding in 2009-2010

RECIPIENT TITLE OF AWARD FUNDING AGENCY GRANT PERIOD NEW FUNDS IN 2009-2010

AnderssonBelta

DynSystSpecialTopics:AFormalApproachtotheControlofStochasticDynamicSystems(REUSupple-ment)

NSF 9.1.09-8.31.12 $240,000

Andersson IDBR-SimultaneousTrackingofMultipleParticlesinConfocalMicroscopy

NSF 9.1.09-2.28.11 $1,875

Andersson DynSystSpecialTopics:AFormalApproachtotheControlofStochasticDynamicSystems

NSF 4.12.10-8.31.12 $5,000

BaillieulCastanon

BehavioralDynamicsintheCooperativeControlofMixedHuman/RoboticTeams(MURI-07)

DOD/AFSOR 12.1.09-6.30.10 $727,744

Baillieul StudentTravelSupportforthe2009IEEEConferenceonDecisionandControl

NSF 11.20.09-1.31.11 $15,000

BaillieulCastanon


DOD/AFSOR 7.1.10-11.30.10 $814,562

Barbone Feasibilityofin-vivoDeterminationofAbsoluteElas-ticTissuePropertiesin3D

HHS/NIH/NCI 3.1.09-2.28.10 $13,619

Barbone QuantitativeMechanicalImagingforImprovingBreastUltrasoundDiagnostics

HHS/NIH/NCI 7.1.09-5.31.10 $59,313

Barbone ExactModelingofTargetsinLittoralEnvironments(STTR)

DOD/Navy 7.15.09-6.30.10 $3,250

BeltaCassandras

MURI-SmartAdaptiveReliableTeamsforPersistentSurveillance

DOD/Navy 6.1.09-8.31.012 $290,000

Belta SpecificationLanguagesandDistributedControlSchemesforTeamsofUnmannedVehicles

DOD/Army 3.17.10-3.16.11 $75,847

Belta FormalVerificationandSynthesisofControlandCommunicationStrategiesforTeamsofUnmannedVehicles

DOD/AFSOR 12.1.09-11.30.10 $99,999

BeltaCassandras

MURI-SmartAdaptiveReliableTeamsforPersistentSurveillance

DOD/Navy 6.1.09-12.31.09 $96,000

Belta CSR-EHCS(EHS),SM:AFormalApproachtoControlofHybridSystemswithApplicationstoMobileRobotics

NSF 9.1.09-8.31.10 $99,951

Belta CAREER:HierarchicalAbstractionsforPlanningandControlofRoboticSwarms

NSF 5.10.10-1.31.11 $16,500

Research Funding

OntheleftProfessorMatthiasSchneider

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Carey SoundSpeedandAttenuationinMultiphaseMedia DOD/Navy 1.1.04-3.31.11 $50,000



Cleveland DisposableLinearArraysforShockwaveLithotripterPressureMeasurements

HHS/NIH/NIDDK

2.1.10-1.31.11 $49,000

Cleveland TrackingKidneyStonesDuringShockWaveLitho-tripsy

HHS/NIH/NIDDK

4.1.10-3.31.11 $406,681

Cleveland StrategiesforImprovedShockWaveLithotripsy HHS/NIH/NIDDK

7.1.09-6.30.10 $201,651

Cleveland TheStructuralBasisofKidneyStoneFragility HHS/NIH/NIDDK

9.1.08-8.31.10 $75,969

Cleveland SteerableMEMSInstrumentsforPreciseIntracardiacSurgery

HHS/NIH/NHLBI

1.1.10-6.30.10 $58,750

EkinciYakhot

Tailor-MadeSuperhydrophobicSurfacesforMEMSandNEMS

NSF 5.1.10-4.30.13 $280,143

Ekinci CAREER:PhotonicIntegrationofSiliconNanoelectro-mechanicalSystems(REUSupplement)

NSF 5.1.08-2.28.11 $6,000

Ekinci CAREER:PhotonicIntegrationofSiliconNanoelectro-mechanicalSystems

NSF 3.1.10-2.28.11 $82,717

Gevelber RealTimeControlforEngineeringElectrospunNano-fiberDiameterDistributionsforAdvancedApplica-tions(REUSupplement)

NSF 6.1.09-8.31.11 $6,000

GopalanLin

StablePotentiometricSensorforCe(III),CeI(IV)andGd(III)IonsinAcidicMedia

DOE 7.24.09-9.15.09 $30,677

GopalanLin

StablePotentiometricSensorsforCe(III),Ce(IV)andGd(III)IonsinAcidicMedia

DOE 3.29.2010-9.30.10 $70,000

GopalanPal,BasuLudwig,Smith

SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes:UnravelingtheRela-tionshipBetweenOxygenReduction,Structure,andSurfaceChemistry

DOE 9.1.10-3.31.10 $28,824


SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes:UnravelingtheRela-tionshipBetweenStructure,SurfaceChemistryandOxygenReduction

DOE 4.1.10-9.30.11 $196,177

Grace UsingCFDtoGuideRotorWakeFormulationforFanBroadbandNoiseSimulations

AeroAcousticsRe-searchConsortium

6.1.09-8.31.10 $96,933

Holt LaserNucleationandCollapseStabilityforAdvancedCavitationPowerTechnology

DOD/Army 2.18.08-6.28.10 $50,000

Howe SoundSourcesofPhonation HHS/NIH/NIDCD

12.1.09-11.30.10 $33,538



McDaniel EstimatingtheEffectsofDampingTreatmentsontheVibrationofComplexStructures

DOD/Navy 2.7.08-4.30.11 $178,536

Morgan 3-DVisualizationandPredictionofSpineFractures HHS/NIH/NIAMS

5.1.10-4.30.11 $313,737

MorganKlapperich

InducingSkeletalRepairbyMechanicalStimulation HHS/NIH/NIAMS

9.18.09-9.17.10 $64,152

Pal Low-Cost,Low-ImpactMagnesiumProductionbySolidOxygenMembraneElectrolysis

NSF 8.1.09-12.31.09 $32,009

Park MechanicalLossMechanismsinC-AxisGalliumNitrideNanowires

NSF 7.1.09-6.30.12 $147,321

Porter MRI-GuidedLocalizedDeliveryofChemotherapyUsingTemperature-SensitiveLipsomesandFocusedUltrasound

FocusedUltra-soundSurgeryFoundation

1.1.10-12.31.10 $50,000

Porter BRIGE-TheRoleofVaporizedPerfluorocarbonNa-noemulsionsinEnhancedUltrasound-InducedLesionFormationforCancerTherapy

NSF 9.1.09-8.31.11 $174,783

Roy TheUtilizationoftheAnalogicUltrasoundImagingEngineandtheTerasonSystem2000inAPI,HIFU,andMedBED(CenSSISIndustrialPartnerProgram)

NSF 5.1.03-8.31.10 $35,000

Sarin HighPerformance,LowCostScintillatorsforPET DOE 7.20.09-4.19.10 $15,000

Sarin HighPerformanceOpticalCeramicScintillatorThroughNanotechnology

HHS/NIH/NIBIB 9.1.09-8.31.10 $44,634

Sarin NovelCeramicScintillatorsforPET DOE 8.15.09-8.14.10 $50,000

Zhang,K. CAREER:IntegratingMulti-ScaleMechanicsandBiomaterialstoStudytheTranslationofMechanicalForcesfromTissuetoCell

NSF 2.1.10-1.31.15 $400,000

Zhang,K. GOALI:HighSensitivityThermalConductivitySensorforMicroGasChromatographyandHarshEnviron-mentChemicalDetection

NSF 7.1.09-6.30.12 $239,537

Zhang,X.Averitt

MaterialsandMechanicsofMetamaterialEnhancedMEMSforTerahertzTechnology

DOE/AirForce 9.30.09-3.31.10 $65,000

Zhang,X. MechanicalBehaviorofAmorphousPlasma-En-hancedChemicalVaporDepositedSiliconOxideFilmsforMEMSApplications(REUSupplement)

NSF 6.1.09-5.31.11 $6,000

Zhang,X. AnImpedance-BasedAssayMicrosystemforReal-TimeHighThroughputStudyofSingleCells

NSF 10.1.09-9.30.10 $86,435

Zhang,X.Averitt

CoupledEvanescentFieldMicro-ResonatorsforDownholeDataRelay

AdvancedEnergyConsortium

1.1.10-12.31.10 $200,000

Zhang,X. CollaborativeResearch:ElasticandViscoelasticCharacterizationandModelingofPolymerBasedStructuresforBiologicalApplications(REUSupple-ment)

NSF 6.1.10-8.31.11 $6,000

Zhang,X.Averitt


DOD/AirForce 4.1.10-3.31.11 $130,000

Total New Funds: $6,982,471

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Funding Administered Outside Mechanical Engineering Department for Which an ME Professor Serves as Principal Investigator of the Grant or Subcontract

Total Funding Administered Outside ME: $2,136,955

Funding Administered Outside Mechanical Engineering Department for Which an ME Professor Serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the Grant or Subcontract

Total: $2,412,513

RECIPIENT TITLE OF AWARD FUNDING AGENCY GRANT PERIOD NEW FUNDS IN2009-2010

Bifano PhotonicsResearchandTechnologyInsertion DOD/Army 7.1.09-6.30.10 $34,000



Klapperich DisposableMicrofluidicDevicesforPointCareDiag-nostics

HHS/NIH/NIAID 7.1.09-6.30.10 $262,625

Klapperich MicrochiptoDetectInfluenzaInfectionandTypeisNasopharyngealSwabs

HHS/NIH/NIBIB 9.1.09-8.31.11 $173,711

Klapperich PortableLowPowerNucleicAcidExtractionModule HHS/NIH/NIBIB 9.1.09-8.31.10 $140,343

Klapperich AMicrofluidicSystemforMonitoringSepsisatthePointofCare

DOD/Army/MRAA 12.16.09-9.30.10 $140,000

Klapperich MicroSolidPhaseExtractionModuleDevelopmentforEO-NAT-HIVRapidPoint-of-CareDiagnosticDeviceforResource-LimitedSwabs

HHS/NIH/NIAID 9.30.09-9.29.14 $627,485

RECIPIENT TITLE OF AWARD FUNDING AGENCY NEW FUNDING

AnderssonPorter

NUE:UndergraduateLaboratoryExperiencesinnanotechnologyDevicesandSystems(U-LENS)

NSF $200,000

Barba EAGER:ExperimentalClusterforFundamentalPhysicsCenterforComputa-tionalScience

NSF $297,971

Barbone ActiveFilteringintheCochlea HHS/NIH/NIDCD $717,322

Grace WIN:WomeninNetworks,BuildingCommunityandGainingVoice(AD-VANCEPartnershipsforAdaptation,Implementation,andDisseminationAward)

NSF $742,702

Porter CombinationofCatonicNanoemulsionandUltrasoundforsiRNADelivery CenterforNanosci-enceandNanobio-technology,BU

$20,000

Porter ANanoparticleEncapsulatedPhoto-sensitizerSystemforTargeting,Local-izing,Imaging,andTreatingLocalandMetastaticTumorinOnePlatform

CenterforNanosci-enceandNanobio-technology,BU

$20,000

RoyBarboneCleveland

CenSSISProgram-Year10 NSF $314,518

Zhang,X.Averitt

ActiveMetamaterialBasedTerahertzforSpectroscopicDetectionofChemi-calHazards

DOD/Army $100,000


INVESTIGATOR TITLE OF AWARD FUNDING AGENCY

GRANT PERIOD

Andersson IDBR:SimultaneousTrackingofMultipleParticlesinConfocalMicroscopy NSF 7.3.08-2.28.11

Andersson CAREER:NonlinearControlforSingleMoleculeTracking NSF 7.1.09-6.30.14

AnderssonBelta

DynSyst_Special_Topics:AFormalApproachtotheControlofStochasticDynamicSystems

NSF 9.1.09-8.31.12

BaillieulCastanon


DOD/AirForce 12.1.08-11.30.10

Baillieul StudentTravelSupportforthe2009IEEEConferenceonDecisionandControl

NSF 1.31.11-11.20.09

Barbone ExactModelingofTargetsinLittoralEnvironments(STTR) DOD/Navy 7.15.09-6.30.10

Barbone Feasibilityofin-vivoDeterminationofAbsoluteElasticTissuePropertiesin3D

HHS/NIH/NCI 3.1.09-2.28.10

Barbone QuantitativeMechanicalImagingforImprovingBreastUltrasoundDiagnos-tics

HHS/NIH/NCI 7.1.09-5.31.10

Basu EBC/TBCCoatingSystemforSi-BasedCeramicComponentsforImprovedGasTurbinePerformanceandLifetimes

NSF 7.1.09-12.31.10

Belta CSR-EHCS(EHS),SM:AFormalApproachtoControlofHybridSystemswithApplicationstoMobileRobotics

NSF 9.15.08-8.31.09

Belta CAREER:HierarchicalAbstractionsforPlanningandControlofRoboticSwarms

NSF 2.1.09-1.31.11

Belta FormalVerificationandSynthesisofControlandCommunicationStrategiesforTeamsofUnmannedVehicles

DOD/AirForce 3.1.09-11.30.09

Belta SpecificationLanguagesandDistributedControlSchemesforTeamsofUnmannedVehicles

DOD/Army 3.17.09-3.16.10

BeltaCassandras

MURI-SmartAdaptiveReliableTeamsforPersistentSurveillance DOD/Navy 6.1.09-5.31.12

Carey AcousticSensorsandArrayProcessing DOD/Navy 3.1.05-2.28.10

Carey ONRPostdoctoralFellowshipResearchProposalforInvestigationofCom-plexRange-DependentShallowWaterSoundTransmission

DOD/Navy 1.1.07-12.31.09

Carey AcousticSensorsandArrayProcessing:TheAutonomousWideApertureClusterforSurveillance(AWACS)Project

DOD/Navy 3.1.05-2.28.10

Carey SoundSpeedandAttenuationinMultiphaseMedia DOD/Navy 1.1.04-3.31.11

Carey SoundSpeedandAttenuationinMuddySediments DOD/Navy 12.1.08-4.30.10

Cleveland UltrasonicImageGuidanceforHIFUCancerTreatment HHS/NIH/NCI 8.1.07-7.31.09

Cleveland CDI-TypeII:CollaborativeResearch-SimulationofUltrasonic-WavePropa-gationwithApplicationtoCancerTherapy

NSF 10.1.08-9.30.12

Cleveland TheStructuralBasisofKidneyStoneFragility HHS/NIH/NI-DDK

9.1.08-8.31.09

Cleveland DisposableLinearArraysforShockwaveLithotripterPressureMeasure-ments

HHS/NIH/NI-DDK

4.29.09-1.31.10

Cleveland StrategiesforImprovedShockWaveLithotripsy HHS/NIH/NI-DDK

7.1.09-6.30.10

Cleveland TrackingKidneyStonesDuringShockWaveLithotripsy HHS/NIH/NI-DDK

4.1.10-3.31.11

Cleveland SteerableMEMSInstrumentsforPreciseIntracardiacSurgery HHS/NIH/NI-DDK

1.1.10-6.30.10

Current Active Awards

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GRANT PERIOD

Ekinci CAREER:PhotonicIntegrationofSiliconNanoelectromechanicalSystems NSF 5.1.08-2.28.11

EkinciYakhot

High-FrequencyNanofluidicsofBio-NEMS:TheoryandExperiments NSF 6.15.08-5.31.11

Ekinci NationalInstituteofStandardsandTechnology NIST 9.1.08-8.31.09

EkinciYakhot

Tailor-MadeSuperhydrophobicSurfacesforMEMSandNEMS NSF 5.1.10-4.30.13

Gevelber Real-TimeControlforEngineeringElectrospunNanofiberDiameterDistri-butionsforAdvancedApplications

NSF 9.1.08-8.31.11


SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes:UnravelingtheRelationshipBetweenOxy-genReduction,Structure,andSurfaceChemistry

DOE 9.1.08-3.31.10

GopalanLin

StablePotentiometricSensorforCe(III),CeI(IV)andGd(III)IonsinAcidicMedia

DOE 7.24.09-9.15.09


SolidOxideFuelCellCathodes:UnravelingtheRelationshipBetweenStruc-ture,SurfaceChemistryandOxygenReduction

DOE 9.1.08-3.31.10

Grace UsingCFDtoGuideRotorWakeFormulationforFanBroadbandNoiseSimulations

AeroAcousticsResearchCon-sortium

6.1.09--8.31.10

Holt LaserNucleationandCollapseStabilityforAdvancedCavitationPowerTech-nology

DOD/Army 2.18.08-6.28.10

Howe SoundSourcesofPhonation HHS/NIH/NI-DCD

12.1.07-11.30.09

Lin ConjugatedPolymerSolventAffinityandIon-SolventChannelDesign HondaR&DCompanyLimited

1.1.09-3.19.10

McDaniel EstimatingtheEffectsofDampingTreatmentsontheVibrationofComplexStructures

DOD/Navy 2.7.08-4.30.11

Morgan CollaborativeResearch:Micro-andNano-scaleCharacterizationandMod-elingofBoneTissue

NSF 9.1.08-8.31.11

Morgan InducingSkeletalRepairbyMechanicalStimulation HHS/NIH/NIAMS

9.1.08-8.31.10

Morgan 3-DVisualizationandPredictionofSpineFractures HHS/NIH/NIAMS

4.1.09-4.30.10

Pal SolidOxideMembraneElectrolyzerfortheProductionofPureHydrogenandSyn-GasfromaSourceofWasteandSteam

Comm.ofMass./Mas-sachusettsTech-nologyTransferCenter

9.1.08-8.31.09

Pal Low-Cost,Low-ImpactMagnesiumProductionbySolidOxygenMembraneElectrolysis

DOE 8.1.09-12.31.09

Pal SOMElectrolysisofMagnesium:Scale-UpResearchandEngineeringforLight-WeightVehicles

NSF 4.20.10-4.19.11

Park MechanicalLossMechanismsinC-AxisGalliumNitrideNanowires NSF 7.1.09-6.30.12

Porter BRIGE-TheRoleofVaporizedPerfluorocarbonNanoemulsionsinEnhancedUltrasound-InducedLesionFormationforCancerTherapy

NSF 9.1.09-8.31.11

Porter MRI-GuidedLocalizedDeliveryofChemotherapyUsingTemperature-Sensi-tiveLipsomesandFocusedUltrasound

FocusedUltra-soundSurgeryFoundation

1.1.10-12.31.10

Porter MRI-GuidedHIFU-MediatedHeatingandLesionFormationEnhancedwithPhase-ShiftNanoemulsions

HHS/NIH/NIBIB 7.1.10-6.30.11



GRANT PERIOD

Roy DetectionandIdentificationofBuriedTargetsUsingTimeReversalAcous-tics

DOD/Navy 1.1.06-8.31.09

Roy CenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems(CenSSIS)--ResearchThrust1-Acoustics

NSF 9.1.08-8.31.09

RoyClevelandHolt

R&DMitigationofCavitationDamage DOE 10.5.06-9.30.09

RoyClevelandHolt

TheUtilizationoftheAnalogicUltrasoundImagingEngineandtheTera-sonSystem2000inAPI,HIFU,andMedBED(CenSSISIndustrialPartnerProgram)

NSF 5.1.03-8.31.10

Sarin NovelCeramicScintillatorsforPET(SBIR) DOE 8.15.08-8.14.09

Sarin HighPerformance,LowCostScintillatorsforPET DOE 7.20.09-4.19.10

Sarin HighPerformanceOpticalCeramicScintillatorThroughNanotechnology HHS/NIH/NIBIB 9.1.09-8.31.10

Wang AdaptiveFuzzyControlforModifiedF-15 NASA 7.17.08-12.31.09

Wroblewski STTRPhaseII:PlasmaSprayExperimentsinSupportofDevelopmentofSensorandAdvancedControlforPlasmaSpray

8.1.07-7.31.09

Zhang,K. CAREER:IntegratingMulti-ScaleMechanicsandBiomaterialstoStudytheTranslationofMechanicalForcesfromTissuetoCell

NSF 2.1.10-1.31.15

Zhang,X. UncooledCantileverMicrobolometerFocalPlaneArrayswithMKTempera-tureResolution:EngineeringMechanicsfortheNextGeneration

DOE/AirForce 12.1.08-9.30.09

Zhang,X. Design,Fabrication,andCharacterizationofanHTMicroTCD SchlumbergerDollResearch

7.1.09-12.31.10

Zhang,X. CAREER:CreatingNanostructuredGratingsonMicrostructuresforResidualStrain/StressMeasurementinNEMS/MEMSandTractionForceMeasure-mentinCells

NSF 2.13.04-8.31.09

Zhang,X. GOALI:HighSensitivityThermalConductivitySensorforMicroGasChro-matographyandHarshEnvironmentChemicalDetection

NSF 7.1.09-6.30.12

Zhang,X. AnImpedance-BasedAssayMicrosystemforReal-TimeHighThroughputStudyofSingleCells

NSF 10.1.09-9.30.10

Zhang,X. MechanicalBehaviorofAmorphousPlasma-EnhancedChemicalVaporDepositedSiliconOxideFilmsforMEMSApplications

NSF 6.1.09-5.31.11

Zhang,X.Averitt


DOE/AirForce 9.30.09-3.31.10

Zhang,X.Averitt

CoupledEvanescentFieldMicro-ResonatorsforDownholeDataRelay AdvancedEnergyConsor-tium

1.1.10-12.31.10

Zhang,X. CollaborativeResearch:ElasticandViscoelasticCharacterizationandMod-elingofPolymerBasedStructuresforBiologicalApplications

NSF 6.1.10-8.31.11

Zhang,X. Developmentofanoveloptomechanicaluncooledmetamaterial-enhancedactiveTerahertzdetectionimager

NSF 7.1.08-6.6.11

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B O O K S

B O O K C H A P T E R S

S.O.Newburg,A.Zosuls, P.E. BARBONE,andD.C.Mountain, “Me-chanicalresponseofthebasilarmembranetolateralmicromanipula-tion,”inConcepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing,editedbyN.P.CooperandD.T.Kemp,pp.240-46,WorldScientific,London,2009.

C. BELTA,“AbstractionsforPlanningandControlofRoboticSwarms,”inBio-inspired Computing and Communication Networks,editedbyYangXiaoandFeiHu,AuerbachPublications,CRCPress,2009.

C. BELTA,“RobotMotionPlanning,” inWiley Encyclopedia of Com-puter Science and Engineering,editedbyBenjaminWah,vol.4,pp.2439-2446,JohnWiley&Sons,Inc,Hoboken,2009.

A.Draudt,P.Lai,R.A. ROY,T.W.Murray,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“De-tectionofHIFU lesions inexcisedtissueusingAcousto-Optic Imag-ing,”in8th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound,AIP,Melville,NY,pp.270-274,2009.

H.O. WANG,“RecentAdvancesinBifurcationControl,”inAdvances in Control Systems Theory and Applications,editedbyJ.SunandG.Tao,UniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChinaPress,2009.

X. ZHANG, “Micro/Nanostructures for Measuring Cellular Forcesin CardiacMyocytes,” inNanomanufacturing, edited by ShaochenChen,pp.213-233,AmericanScientificPublishers,2009.

S. ATTAWAY,MATLAB, A Practical Intro-duction To Programming And Problem Solving, pp.452+x, Burlington,MA, Else-vierInc,2009.

J. BETHUNE, Engineering Design and Graphics with AutoCAD 2009, pp.737+x,UpperSaddleRiver,NewJersey,PearsonEducationInc,2009.

J. BETHUNE, Engineering Design and Graphics with Autodesk Inventor 2009,pp.704+x, Upper Saddle River, New Jer-sey,PearsonEducationInc,2009.

J. BETHUNE,Engineering Design and Graph-ics with SolidWorks, pp.532+x, Columbus,Ohio, Prentice Hall, Pearson Education Inc,2009.

Science of Hard Materials9,Editors:D.Mari,L.M.Llanes,andV.K. SARIN,Elsevier,Oxford,2009.

F a c u l t y P u b l i c a t i o n s *

* Faculty Publications include all the published work by the Mechanical Engineering faculty during 1 January - 31 December 2009.

OntheleftProfessorKamilEkinci

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S.B. ANDERSSON,D.Hristu-Varsakelis,andM.Lahijanian,“Observ-ers in language-basedcontrol,”Communications in Information and Systems inaSpecial IssueDedicated to the70thBirthdayofRogerBrockett,vol.8.no.2,pp.85-106,2009.

S.B. ANDERSSONandT.Sun,“Linearoptimalcontrolfortrackingasinglefluorescentparticleinaconfocalmicroscope,”Applied Physics B:LasersandOptics,vol.94,no.3,pp.403-409,2009.

W.S.WongandJ. BAILLIEUL,“ControlCommunicationComplexityofNonlinearSystems,“inCommunications in Information and Systems,Special IssueontheLegacyofRogerW.Brockett,Vol.9,No.1,pp.103-140,2009.

F.A.CruzandL.A. BARBA,“Characterizationoftheaccuracyofthefastmultipolemethodinparticlesimulations,”Int. J. Num. Meth. En-grg.,Vol.79(13):1577–1604,2009.

C.E.TorresandL.A. BARBA,“FastradialbasisfunctioninterpolationwithGaussiansby localizationand iteration,” J. Comput. Phys.,Vol.228:4976–4999,2009.

L.A. BARBA and L.F. Rossi, “Global field interpolation for particlemethods,”J. Comput. Phys.,Vol.229(4):1292–1310,2009.

P.E. BARBONE,C.E.Rivas, I.Harari,U.Albocher,A.A.Oberai,andY.Zhang,“Adjoint-weightedvariationalformulationforthedirectsolu-tionofinverseproblemsofgenerallinearelasticitywithfullinteriordata,”Int. J. Numer. Meth. Engng,Vol.81Issue13,pp.1713–1736,2009.

D.Orsogna,P.Lamarre,E.Bellotti, P.E. BARBONE,F.Smith,C.Fulk,P. Lovecchio,M.B.Reine, S.P. Tobin andMarkunas, “ANovel StressCharacterizationTechniquefortheDevelopmentofLow-StressOhmicContactstoHgCdTe,”J. Journal of Electronic Materials,38(8),2009.

U.Albocher,A.A.Oberai,P.E. BARBONE,I.Harari,“Adjoint-weightedequationforinverseproblemsofincompressibleplane-stresselastic-ity,”Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., Volume198, Issues30-32,pp.2412-2420,2009.

M.S.Richards,P.E. BARBONE,andA.A.Oberai,“Quantitativethreedimensionalelasticityimagingfromquasi-staticdeformation:aphan-tomstudy,”Phys. Med. Biol.,vol.54pp.757-779,2009.

A.A.Oberai,N.H.G.S.Goenezen,P.E. BARBONE,T.J.Hall,A.M.Som-mer,andJ.Jiang,“LinearandNonlinearelasticityimagingofsofttis-suein-vivo:Demonstrationoffeasibility,”Phys. Med. Biol.,vol.54,pp.1191-1207,2009.

A.A.Oberai,G.R.Feijoo,P.E. BARBONE, “Lanczos iteratedtime-re-versal,”J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Express Letters,125(2),February2009.

S.N. BASU,G.Ye,R.Khare,B.McCandless,M. GEVELBER,andD. WROBLEWSKI,“DependenceofSubstrateRemeltandStressEvolu-tiononSurfaceRoughnessLengthScalesinPlasmaSprayedThermalBarrier Coatings,” International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials,27[2],479-484,2009.

T. Kulkarni,H.Z.Wang, S.N. BASU andV.K. SARIN, “Composition-allygradedmullitebasedCVDcoatings,”J. Materials Research,24[2],470-474,2009.

T.Kulkarni,H.Z.Wang,S.N. BASUandV.K. SARIN,“PhaseTransfor-mationsinMulliteBasedNanocomposites,”International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials,27[2],465-471,2009.

J.Warga,R.Li,S.N. BASU,andL.DalNegro,“Erbium-DopedSiliconNanocrystals in Silicon/SiliconNitride Superlattice Structures: LightEmissionandEnergyTransfer,”Physica E,41[6],1040-1043,2009.

S.Yerci,R. Li, S.O.Kucheyev,T. vanBuuren,S.N. BASU, andL.DalNegro,“EnergyTransferand1.54µmEmissioninAmorphousSiliconNitrideFilms,”Applied Physics Letters,95[3],031107,2009.

S.A.Cornelissen,P.A.Bierden,T.G. BIFANO,andC.V.Lam,“4096-ele-mentcontinuousface-sheetMEMSdeformablemirrorforhigh-con-trast imaging,” Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MO-EMS,[8],031308-031308,2009.

E.Guven,E.L.MillerandR.O. CLEVELAND,“Fastcomputationofthespatialtransferfunctionofacurvedrectangularultrasoundelement,”IEEE Trans. on UFFC56:1903-1912,2009.

A.G.SternandD.C. COLE,“Highsensitivity,widedynamicrangeava-lanchephotodiodepixeldesignforlargescaleimagingarrays,”Jour-nalofElectronicImaging,Vol.19,021102-1to021102-14,2009.

C.H. FARNY,R.G. HOLT,andR.A. ROY,“Temporalandspatialdetec-tionofHIFU-inducedinertialandhot-vaporcavitationwithadiagnos-ticultrasound system,” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 35 (4),603-615,2009.

J.W.Fergus,S. GOPALAN,T.Gür,R.Mukundan,andW.J.F.Weppner,“ImpactoftheKiukkola-WagnerPaperontheDevelopmentofElec-trochemicalProbesandToolsforFundamentalStudiesandIndustrialApplication,”Electrochemical Society Interface,vol.18,no1,pp.51-55,Spring2009.

K.J.Yoon,P.Zink, S. GOPALAN,U.B. PAL,andL.R.Pederson,“DefectChemistryandElectricalPropertiesof(La0.8Ca0.2)(0.95)FeO3-delta”,J.Electrochem.Soc.,156(7)B795-B800,2009.

W.He, K.J. Yoon, R.S. Eriksen, S. GOPALAN, S.N. BASU, andU.B. PAL,“Out-of-CellMeasurementsofH2-H2OEffectiveBinaryDiffusiv-ity in thePorousAnodeofSolidOxideFuelCells (SOFCs),”Electro-chem. Soc.,Volume25,Issue2pp.1879-1886,2009.

P.Zink,K.J.Yoon,U.B. PAL,andS. GOPALAN,“AnalysisoftheElec-tronicandIonicConductivityofCalcium-DopedLanthanumFerrite,”Electrochem. Solid.State.Lett,12(10)B141-B143,2009.

K.J.Yoon,G.S.Ye,S. GOPALAN,andU.B.PAL,“Cost-effectiveSingleStep Co-firing Technique for Manufacturing Solid Oxide Fuel Cells(SOFCs)usingHighShearCompaction(HSC)Anode,”Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology,Volume7,Issue2,2010.

J O U R N A L A R T I C L E S


K.J.Yoon,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“AnalysisofElectrochemicalPerformanceofSOFCsUsingPolarizationModelingand ImpedanceMeasurements,”J.Electrochem.Soc.,156,B311-B317,2009.

S. Pati, K.J. Yoon, S. GOPALAN, andU.B. PAL, “Hydrogen Produc-tionUsingSolidOxideMembraneElectrolyzerwithSolidCarbonRe-ductant inLiquidMetalAnode,” J.Electrochem.Soc.,156 (9)B1067-B1077,2009.

S.Pati,K.J.Yoon,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“ElectrochemicalChar-acterizationofaSolidOxideMembraneElectrolyzerforProductionofHigh-PurityHydrogen,”Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B,40,1041-1053,2009.

Z.Waters,B.Dzikowicz,R.G. HOLT,andR.A. ROY,”Sensingaburiedresonantobjectbysingle-channeltimereversal”, IEEE Trans. Ultra-son., Ferroelectr. and Freq. Control 56(7),1429-1441,2009.

E.G.KotsariandM.S. HOWE,“Soundgeneratedbyvortexring im-pingementonaheatedwall,”Journal of Sound and Vibration,Volume328,85-91,2009.

M.S. HOWE,M.IidaandT.Miyachi,“Soundproducedbyforcedflowthrough a baffled aperture, with application to compressionwavegenerationinatunnel,”Journal of Fluids and Structures,Volume25,205-227,2009.

A.ManelaandM.S. HOWE, “Onthestabilityandsoundofanun-forcedflag,”Journal of Sound and Vibration,Volume321,994-1006,2009.

M.S. HOWEandR.S.McGowan,“Analysisofflow-structurecouplinginamechanicalmodelofthevocalfoldsandthesubglottalsystem,”Journal of Fluids and Structures,Volume25,1299-1317,2009.

M.S. HOWE, A.M.Colgan andT.A. Brungart, “On self noise at thenoseof a supercavitatingvehicle,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Volume322,772-784,2009.

A.ManelaandM.S. HOWE,“Theforcedmotionofaflag.”JournalofFluid Mechanics,Volume635,439-454,2009.

M.S.R. Jardeleza,M.K.Daly, J.D.Kaufman,C.M. KLAPPERICH, andP.A.Legutko,“Effectoftrypanbluestainingontheelasticmodulusofanteriorlenscapsulesofdiabeticandnondiabeticpatients,”Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery,35(2),pp.318-323,2009.

M.D.Kulinski,M.Mahalanabis,S.Gillers,J.Y.Zhang,S.SinghandC.M. KLAPPERICH, “Sample PreparationModule for Bacterial Lysis andIsolationofDNAfromHumanUrine,”Biomedical Microdevices, 11(3),pp.671-678,2009.

S.Gillers,C.D.Atkinson,A.C.Bartoo,M.Mahalanabis,M.O.Boylan,J.H.Schwartz,C.M. KLAPPERICH,andS.K.Singh,“MicroscalesamplepreparationforPCRofC.difficileinfectedstool,” Journal of Microbio-logical Methods,DOI:10.1016/j.mimet.2009.05.020,2009.

A.Sauer-Budge,P.Mirer,A.Chatterjee,C.M. KLAPPERICH,D.Char-gin,A.Sharon,“LowcostandmanufacturablecompletemicroTASfordetectingbacteria,”Lab on a Chip,DOI:10.1039/B904854E,2009.

M.Mahalanabis,H.Al-Muayad,M.D.Kulinski,D.AltmanandC.M. KLAPPERICH, “Cell lysis andDNA extraction ofGram-positive and

Gram-negativeBacteriafromWholeBloodinaDisposableMicroflu-idicChip,”Lab on a Chip,DOI:10.1039/B905065P,2009.

A.KushimaA,X. LIN,andS.Yip,“Commentaryonthetemperature-dependentviscosityofsupercooledliquids:aunifiedactivationsce-nario,”Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,21:504104,2009.

A.Kushima,X. LIN,J.Li,X.F.Qian,J.Eapen,J.C.Mauro,P.DiepandS.Yip,“Computingtheviscosityofsupercooledliquids.II.Silicaandstrong-fragilecrossoverbehavior,”Journal of Chemical Physics,131:164505,2009.

A.Kushima,X. LIN,J.Li,J.Eapen,J.C.Mauro,X.F.Qian,P.Diep,andS. Yip, “Computing theviscosityof supercooled liquids,” Journal of Chemical Physics,130:224504,2009.

T.T.Lau,X. LIN,S.Yip,andK.J.VanVliet,“Atomisticexaminationoftheunitprocessesandvacancy-dislocationinteractionindislocationclimb,”Scripta Materialia,60,399-402,2009.

M.S. Caldwell, J.G. MCDANIEL, and K.M. Warkentin, “Frequencyinformationinthevibration-cuedescapehatchingofred-eyedtree-frogs,”The Journal of Experimental Biology,Vol.212,Pt.4,pp.566-575,2009.

P.L. Leong and E.F. MORGAN, “Correlations between indentationmodulusandmineraldensity inbone-fracturecalluses,” Integrative and Comparative Biology,49:59-68,2009.

A.V.Cuomo,M.Virk,F.Petrigliano, E.F. MORGAN,and J.R. Lieber-man,“Mesenchymalstemcellconcentrationandbonerepair:poten-tialpitfallsfrombenchtobedside,”Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery,91A(5):1073-83,2009.

M.V.Bais,N.Wigner,M.Young,R.Toholka,D.T.Graves,E.F. MOR-GAN,L.C.Gerstenfeld,andT.A.Einhorn,“BMP2isessentialforpostnatalosteogenesisbutnotforrecruitmentofosteogenicstemcells,”Bone,45(2):254-66,2009.

H.K.Kim,H.Bian,J.Aya-ay,A.Garces,E.F. MORGAN,andS.R.Gil-bert, “Hypoxia and HIF-1alpha expression in the epiphyseal carti-lagefollowingischemicinjurytotheimmaturefemoralhead,”Bone, 45(2):280-8,2009.

T.Gaur,J.J.Wixted,S.Hussain,S.O’Connel, E.F. MORGAN,D.Ayers,B.S.Komm,P.V.Bodine,G.S. Stein, and J.B. Lian, “Secreted frizzledrelatedprotein1isatargettoimprovefracturehealing,” Journal of Cellular Physiology,220(1):174-181,2009.

D.J.Hunter,L.C.Gerstenfeld,G.Bishop,Z.D.Mason,T.A.Einhorn,R.A.Maciewicz,P.Newham,andE.F. MORGAN, “Bonemarrow lesionsfromosteoarthritickneesarecharacterizedbyscleroticbonethatislesswellmineralized,” Arthritis Research,11(1):R11,2009.

K.T.S.Palomares,R.E.Gleason,Z.D.Mason,D.M.Cullinane,T.A.Ein-horn,L.C.Gerstenfeld,andE.F. MORGAN,“Mechanicalstimulationalters tissue differentiation andmolecular expression during bonehealing,” Journal of Orthopaedic Research,27(9):1123-32,2009.

L.N.M.HaywardandE.F. MORGAN,“Assessmentofamechano-reg-ulationtheoryofskeletaltissuedifferentiationinaninvivomodelofmechanicallyinducedcartilageformation,”Biomechanics and Model-ing in Mechanobiology,Volume8,Number6447-455,2009.

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L.C.Gerstenfeld,D.J.Sacks,M.Pelis,Z.D.Mason,D.T.Graves,M.Bar-rero,M.Ominsky, P.J. Kostenuik, E.F. MORGAN, and T.A. Einhorn,”Comparison of bisphosphonate alendronate versus the RANKL in-hibitordenosumabonmurinefracturehealing,”Journal of Bone and Mineral Research,24(2):196-208,2009.

E.F. MORGAN,K.B.Chien,Z.D.Mason,A.J.Pfeiffer,G.L.Barnes,T.A.Einhorn,andL.C.Gerstenfeld,“Micro-computedtomographyassess-mentoffracturehealing:relationshipsamongcallusstructure,com-position,andmechanicalfunction,”Bone,44(2):225-44,2009.

R.J. NAGEM,G. SANDRI,D.UminskyandC.E.Wayne,“GeneralizedHelmholtz-KirchhoffModel forTwo-DimensionalDistributedVortexMotion,”SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems,Vol.8,Issue1,pp.160-179,2009.

A.D. PIERCE andW.M. CAREY,Erratum: “Low-frequencyattenua-tionof acousticwaves in sandy/siltymarine sediments,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,Volume125,Issue2,pp.1246-1246,2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Relationofsoundabsorptionandshallowwatermod-alattenuationtoplanewaveattenuation,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,Vol.126,Issue5,pp.EL153-EL159,2009.

G.YunandH.S. PARK,“SurfaceStressEffectsontheBendingProper-tiesofFCCMetalNanowires,” Physical Review B,79:195421,2009.

S.Y.KimandH.S. PARK. “Multilayer LayerFrictionandAttachmentEffectsonEnergyDissipationinGrapheneNanoresonators,” Applied Physics Letters,94:101918,2009.

S.Y.KimandH.S. PARK,“TheImportanceofEdgeEffectsontheIn-trinsicLossMechanismsofGrapheneNanoresonators,”Nano Letters, 9(3):969-974,2009.

H.S. PARK, “Quantifying theSize-DependentEffectof theResidualSurfaceStressontheResonantFrequenciesofSiliconNanowires ifFinite Deformation Kinematics are Considered,” Nanotechnology, 20:115701,2009.

S.Jun,S.Pendurti,I.-H.Lee,S.Y.Kim,H.S. PARKandY.-H.Kim,“Ac-tion-DerivedAbInitioMolecularDynamics,”International Journal of Applied Mechanics,1(3):469-482,2009.

H.S. PARK,W.Cai,H.D.EspinosaandH.Huang,“MechanicsofCrys-tallineNanowires,”MRS Bulletin,34(3):178-183,2009.

P.Lai,R.A. ROY,T.W.Murray,“Quantitativecharacterizationofturbidmedia using pressure contrast acousto-optic imaging,” Optics Lett.34(18),2850-2852,2009.

S.G.ToppingandV.K. SARIN,“CVDLu2O3:Eucoatingsforadvancedscintillators,” International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials,27(2),498-501,2009.

J.Griesbauer,A.Wixforth,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“Soundpropagationinlipidmonolayers,” Biophys J, 97,2710,2009.

3. M.Hennig, J.Neumann, A.Wixforth, J.O. Rädler and M.F. SCH-NEIDER, “Dynamic patterns in a supported lipid bilayer driven bysurfaceacousticwaves,” Lab Chip,DOI:10.1039/B907157A,2009.

T.Franke,C.T.Leirer,A.Wixforth,N.Dan,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“PhasetransitionandDissipation-DrivenBuddinginLipidVesicles,” ChemP-hysChem, 10(16),P2852-2857,2009.

C.Fillafer,G.Ratzinger,J.Neumann,Z.Guttenberg,S.Dissauer,I.K.Lichtscheidl,M.Wirth,F.Gabor,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“Anacoustically-drivenbiochip– Impactofflowon the cell-associationof targeteddrugcarriers,”Lab ChipCoverArticle&HighlightedinChemBiology9(19),2009.

B.Wunderlich,C.T.Leirer,T.Heimburg,A.Wixforth,U.Keyser,U.L.Id-zko,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“Phasestatedependentcurrentfluctuationsinpurelipidmembranes,“Biophys J,96,4592,2009.

T.Franke,C.L.Leirer,A.Wixforth,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“PhaseTransi-tion Induced Adhesion of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles,” ChemPhy-sChem,10(16),2858-61,2009.

8.C.L.Leirer,B.Wunderlich,V.M.Myles,M.F. SCHNEIDER,“PhaseTransition induced Fission in lipid vesicles,” BiophysChem 143, 1062009.

J.Q.Hu,C.Zhao,andP. VAKILI,“RevenueMaximizationinNetworkswith Capacity Constraints,” International Journal of Revenue Man-agement,Vol3(4),pp.371-392,2009.

Y.-W.Wang,M.Yang,H.O. WANG,andZ.-H.Guan,“RobustStabili-zationofComplexSwitchedNetworkswithParametricUncertaintiesandDelaysviaImpulsiveControl,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems-I: Regular Papers,Vol.56,No.9,pp.2100-2108,September2009.

H. Aguesse,H.O. WANG and K. Tanaka, “Information Control in aUnifiedFrameworkofConsensusSeeking,” International Journal of Information and Systems Sciences,Vol.5,No.2,pp.199-209, June2009.

J.Yao,H.O. WANG,Z.-H.GuanandW.Xu,“PassiveStabilityandSyn-chronization of Complex Spatio-Temporal SwitchingNetworkswithTimeDelays,”Automatica,Vol.45,No.7,pp.1721-1728,July2009.

J.Yao,H.-N.Wang,Z.-H.GuanandH.O. WANG,“Synchronizationofleader-followersnetworkswithcouplingdelaysviavariablestructurecontrol,”Asian Journal of Control,Vol.11,No.4,pp.407-410, July2009.

K.Tanaka,H.OhtakeandH.O. WANG,“ASumofSquaresApproachtoModelingandControlofNonlinearDynamicalSystemswithPoly-nomialFuzzySystems,” IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems,Vol.17,No.4,pp.911-922,August2009.

K. Tanaka, H. Ohtake and H.O. WANG, “Guaranteed Cost ControlofPolynomialFuzzySystemsviaaSumofSquaresApproach,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part B,Vol.39,No.2,pp.561-567,April2009.

N.Hara,K.Tanaka,H.OhtakeandH.O. WANG,“DevelopmentofaFlyingRobotwithPantograph-basedVariableWingMechanism,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics,Vol.25,No.1,pp.79-87,February2009.

K.Tanaka,K.Yamauchi,H.OhtakeandH.O. WANG,“SensorReduc-tion for Backing-UP Control of a Vehicle with Triple Trailers,” IEEE


Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 497-509,February2009.

M.Yang,Y.-W.Wang,J.-W.Xiao,andH.O. WANG,“RobustSynchroni-zationofImpulsively-CoupledComplexSwitchedNetworkswithPara-metricUncertaintiesandtime-varyingDelays,” Nonlinear Analysis B: Real World Applications,DOI:10.1016/j.nonrwa.2009.10.021,2009.

F.Liu,Z.-H.Guan,andH.O. WANG,“ImpulsiveControlofBifurcation,MathematicsandComputersinSimulation,”Transactions of IMACS,Vol.79,No.7,pp.2180-2191,March2009.

F. Liu, Z.-H. Guan, and H.O. WANG, “Controlling bifurcations andchaosinTCP-UDP-RED,” Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, doi:10.1016/j.nonrwa.2009.03.005,2009.

C.Colosqui,H.Chen,X.ShanandV. YAKHOT,“Propagatinghigh-fre-quencyshearwavesinsimplefluids,”Phys.Fluids,v21,013105,2009.

S.C.C.Bailey,M.Hultmark,J.Schumacher,V. YAKHOTandA.Smits,“Measurementofoflocaldissipationscalesinturbulentpipeflow,”Phys. Rev. Lett,v103,0145002,2009.

D.Wei andY. ZHANG, “FrictionbetweenƒÑ-Al2O3 (0001 ) sur-faces and the effects of surface hydroxylation,” Surface Science,doi:10.1016/j.susc.2009.06.022,2009.

Y.Zou,andY. ZHANG,“Anexperimentalandtheoreticalstudyontheanisotropy of elastin network,” Annals of Biomedical Engineering,Vol.37,pp.1572-1583,2009.

Y. ZHANG andM.L.Dunn,“DeformationofPatternedBilayerPlateMicrostructuresSubjectedtoThermalLoading,” International Journal of Solids and Structures,Vol.46,pp.125-134,2009.

Y.Wang,X.Zheng,N.Riddick,M.Bryden,W.Baur,X. ZHANG,andH.K. Surks, “ROCK Isoform Regulation ofMyosin Phosphatase andContractilityinVascularSmoothMuscleCells,” Circulation Research,104(4),pp.531−540,2009.

Y. Qiu, R. Liao, and X. ZHANG, “Impedance-Based Monitoring ofOngoing Cardiomyocyte Death Induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha,”Biophysical Journal,96(5),pp.1985−1991,2009.

I-KLin,X. ZHANG,andY.Zhang,“ThermomechanicalBehaviorandMicrostructural Evolution of SiNx/Al Bimaterial Microcantilevers,”Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 19 (8), 085010,2009.

Y.Qiu,R.Liao,andX. ZHANG,“InterventionofCardiomyocyteDeathBasedonReal-TimeMonitoringofCellAdhesionthroughImpedanceSensing,”Biosensors and Bioelectronics,25(1),pp.147−153,2009.

I-KLin,K-SOu,Y-MLiao,Y.Liu,K-SChen,andX. ZHANG,“ViscoelasticCharacterizationandModelingofPolymerTransducersforBiologicalApplications,” Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,18(5),pp.1087−1099,2009.

H. Tao, A.C. Strikwerda, K. Fan, W.J. Padilla, X. ZHANG, and R.D.Averitt, “Reconfigurable TerahertzMetamaterials,” Physical Review Letters,103(14),147401,2009.

B.J.Hansen,N.Kouklin,G.Lu,I-KLin,J.Chen,andX. ZHANG,“Trans-port,AnalyteDetection,andOpto-ElectronicResponseofp-TypeCuONanowires,”Journal of Physical Chemistry C,114(6),pp.2440−2447,2009.

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C O N F E R E N C E P R O C E E D I N G S

M. Lahijanian, S.B. ANDERSSON and C. BELTA, “A probabilistic ap-proachforcontrolofastochasticsystemfromLTLspecifications,”Pro-ceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,pp.2236-2241,2009.

Z. Shen and S.B. ANDERSSON, “Trackingmultiple fluorescentmol-ecules intwodimensions inaconfocalmicroscope,”Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,pp.6052-6057,2009.

P.I. Chang and S.B. ANDERSSON, “Amaximum-likelihood detectionschemefor rapid imagingof string-likesamples inatomic forcemi-croscopy,” Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,pp.8290-8295,2009.

P.I.ChangandS.B. ANDERSSON,“Theoreticalboundsonanon-rasterscanmethodfortrackingstring-likesamples,” Proceedings of Ameri-can Control Conference,pp.1682-1687,2009.

Z.ShenandS.B. ANDERSSON,“LQG-basedtrackingofmultiplefluo-rescentparticles in two-dimensions inaconfocalmicroscope,”Pro-ceedings of American Control Conference,pp.2266-2271,2009.

J. BAILLIEUL andD. Raghunathan, “Exploiting information contentinrelativemotion,” Proceedings of American Control Conference,St.Louis,MO,ThA606.4,pp.2166-2171,June10-12,2009.

J. BAILLIEUL andD. Raghunathan, “Motion Based CommunicationChannelsbetweenMobileRobots–ANovelParadigmforLowBand-widthInformationExchange,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ Inter-national Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems,St.Louis,MO,October11-15,2009.

J. BAILLIEUL, “The Standard Parts Problem and the Complexity ofControl Communication,” Proceedings of the Combined 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Con-ference, Shanghai, China, pp. 2723-2728. Digital Object Identifier:10.1109/CDC.2009.5400413,December16-18,2009.

C.CooperandL.A. BARBA,“Panel-freeboundaryconditionsforvis-cousvortexmethods,”19th AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Con-ference,SanAntonio,TX,Paper#AIAA2009-3549,June22–25,2009.F.A.Cruz,C.Cooper,R.YokotaandL.A. BARBA,“Parallelimplementa-tionofpanel-freeboundaryconditionsforthevortexparticlemeth-od,” 21st International Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics,MoffettField,CA,May18–22,2009.

L.A. BARBA,“Parallelandmeshfree:newfrontiersofCFD,”21st Inter-national Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics,Mof-fettField,CA,May18–22,2009.

B.Yordanovand C. BELTA,“TemporalLogicControlofDiscrete-TimePiecewiseAffineSystems,”Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Deci-sion and Control (CDC),Shanghai,China,2009.

M.Lahijanian,M.Kloetzer,S. Itani,C. BELTAandS.B. ANDERSSON,“Automaticdeploymentofautonomouscars ina roboticurban-likeenvironment(RULE),” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation,pp.2055-2060,2009.

M.Lahijanian,C. BELTA,andS.B. ANDERSSON, “AProbabilisticAp-proach forControl of a Stochastic System fromLTL Specifications,”Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC),Shanghai,China,2009.

T.G. BIFANO, L. Schatzberg, J. Stewart and S. Cornelissen, “MEMSModulated retroreflectors for secure optical communication,”Pro-ceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,Vol13,PtsAandB,NewYork,AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers,395-399,2009.

K.K.Chu,A.Leray,T.G. BIFANOandJ.Mertz,“Two-photonfluores-cencemicroscopywithdifferentialaberrationimaging,”SPIE MEMS Adaptive Optics III,SanJose,CA,SPIE,[7209],720903-720905,2009.

L. Ziph-Schatzberg, T.G. BIFANO, S. Cornelissen, J. Stewart and Z.Bleier, “Secure optical communication system utilizing deformableMEMSmirrors,”SPIE MEMS Adaptive Optics III,San Jose,CA,SPIE,[7209],72090C-72015,2009.

L. Ziph-Schatzberg, T.G. BIFANO, S. Cornelissen, J. Stewart and Z.Bleier,“DeformableMEMSmirrorsinsecureopticalcommunicationsystem,”Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applica-tions,Orlando,FL,SPIE,[7318],73180T-73112,2009.

K.Chu,T.G. BIFANOandJ.Mertz,“Two-PhotonDifferentialAberra-tionImagingUsingaModulatingRetroreflectorMirror,”Novel Tech-niques in Microscopy,OpticalSocietyofAmerica,NMD3,2009.

K. Chu, T.G. BIFANO and J. Mertz, “Improvements in Two-PhotonFluorescence Microscopy,” Frontiers in Optics, Optical Society ofAmerica,FWA2,2009.

T.G. BIFANO,“MEMSWavefrontCorrectors,”Adaptive Optics: Meth-ods, Analysis and Applications,OpticalSocietyofAmerica,AOThD1,2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS and J. Foster, “Management of Electric VehicleCharging toMitigateRenewableGeneration IntermittencyandDis-tributionNetworkCongestion,”48th IEEE CDC, pp.4717-4722,De-cember,2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS ,C.Wu,I.C.Paschalidis,“ProductionPlanningandQualityofServiceAllocationacross theSupplyChain inaDynamicLeadTimeModel,”48th IEEE CDC,pp.7137-7144,December,2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS ,C.Cassandras,T.LittleandI.C.Paschalidis,“TheCyber-Physical(CP)ElectricPowerGeneration-Delivery-ConsumptionPlatform:ResearchChallengesforOptimalInvestmentTradeoffsbe-tween thePlatform’sCyberandPhysicalComponents,”PublicationandpresentationattheNSF-NIST-DOEworkshopontheSmart Grid, a Cyber Physical Energy System,Baltimore,MDJune3-4,2009.

W.M. CAREY,J.D.HolmesandJ.F.Lynch,“Theapplicabilityofasmallautonomousvehicletowedarraysystemtooceanacousticmeasure-mentsandsignalprocessing,”Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume4,pp.070007,2009.


W.M. CAREY,“Ontheexponentialpowerlawforlowfrequencyat-tenuation inshallowwater,” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume5,Issue1,pp.005002-005002-14,2009.

W.M. CAREYandA.D. PIERCE,“Acousticalcharacteristicsofmuddysediments,”Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume5,Issue1,pp.070002-070002-10,July22,2009.

W.M. CAREY,“Transversecoherencelengths,processinglimitsandimplications,”Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume6,Issue1,pp.005001-005001-15,2009.

W.M. CAREY,“Transversecoherencelengths,processinglimitsandimplications,”InvitedPaper157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,J.AcousticalSocietyofAmerica1252492,2009.

W.M. CAREYandJ.F.Lynch,“Theapplicabilityofasmalltowedarraysystemtotheoceanbottomsedimentclassificationproblem,”Invitedpaper158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America,J.Acousti-calSocietyofAmerica126(4)2167,2009.

W.M. CAREY andA.D. PIERCE , ”Measurement of sound transmis-sionthroughmudatDodgePond,Connecticut,”158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, J.Acoustical SocietyofAmerica1262167,2009.

E.Johnsen,T.ColoniusandR.O. CLEVELAND,“Damagepotentialoftheshock-inducedcollapseofagasbubble,” Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Cavitation (CAV2009), Ann Arbor,MI,August17-22,2009.

A.G.SternandD.C. COLE,“Highquantumefficiency,back-illuminat-ed,crystallographicallyetched,silicon-on-sapphireavalanchephoto-diodewithverywidedynamicrange,formanufacturablehighreso-lution imaging arrays,”Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering,v7249,72490R(12pp.),2009.

X.YanandM. GEVELBER,“InvestigationofElectrospunfiberDiam-eterDistributionandProcessDynamics,” Proceedings 2009 Electro-statics Joint Conference,2009.M. GEVELBER,“Real-TimeControlforEngineeringElectrospunNano-fiberDiameterDistributionforAdvancedApplications,” NSF Grantee Conference.

M. GEVELBER,D. WROBLEWSKI,M.Cannamela,O.Ghosh,M.Van-Hout, A. Lum, K.HogstromandS.N. BASU, “Plasma Spray ProcessModelingforControl:EffectofTorchInputsonParticleStateDistribu-tion,”2009 International Thermal Spray Conference, LasVegas,NV,May,2009.

M. GEVELBER,D. WROBLEWSKI,M.VanHout,O.Ghosh,D.Willough-byandS.N. BASU,“SensorandControlDesignIssuesforImplementa-tionofReal-TimeDepositionRateControlforPlasmaSpray,” IMECE 2008: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows, and Thermal Systems,Vol.10,pp461-470,2009.

W.He,K.J.Yoon,R.Eriksen,S. GOPALAN,S.N. BASU,andU.B. PAL,“H2-H2OBinaryDiffusivityMeasurementinSolidOxideFuelCellUs-inganElectrochemicalCell,” 11th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,Vienna,Austria,ECSTransactions,Vol.25[2]1879-1886,October,2009.

W.Huang,S. GOPALAN,U.B. PALandS.N. BASU,“TransportThroughElectrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel Coatings on Cro-fer Interconnects,” Proceedings of MRS Symposium, Volume 1126,Warrendale,PA,1126-S11-05,2009.

A.VardyandM.S. HOWE,“Rapidpredictionoftrainnoseentrypres-sure gradients,” Proceedings of 13th International Symposium on Aerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels,NewBrunswick,NJ,May13-15,2009.

A.BhattacharyyaandC.M. KLAPPERICH,“DifferentialGeneExpres-sionUsingmRNAIsolatedonPlasticMircofluidicChips,” Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual EMBS Conference,Minneapolis,MN,2009.

J.Do,J.ZhangandC.M. KLAPPERICH,“Masklesswritingmicrofluid-ics:Rapidprototypingof3Dmicrofluidicsusingscratchonapolymersubstrate,”mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

M.C.Kim,B.C.Isenberg,J.Sutin,A.Meller,J.Y.WongandC.M. KLAP-PERICH,“Singlebacteriatrappingusingmicroscalesieveswithsubmi-cronfeatures:Simulationandexperiments,” mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

J.Do,M.Mahalanabis,J.Zhang,H.AlMuayadandC.M. KLAPPERICH,“Anintegrateddisposablemicrofluidicdeviceforbacterialdetectionusingsolid-phaseDNAextractionandisothermalhelicase-dependentamplification,” mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

J.Do,J.ZhangandC.M. KLAPPERICH“Rapidconcentrationofbacte-ria in adisposablemicrofluidicdeviceusingenhancedevaporationforpoint-of-caresamplepreparation,”mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Realitiesofpublishinginajournal:whyshouldyousub-mit,whatshouldyousubmit,andwhatproblemsmightyouencoun-ter,”Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, Volume6, Issue 1, pp.032004-032004-14,July13,2009.

A.D. PIERCEandA.Akay,“Intrinsicdampingmodelsandtheirroleinpredictingstructural response,” Proceedings of Meetings on Acous-tics,Volume6,Issue1,pp.065003-065003-14,July6,2009.

A.D. PIERCE andW.M. CAREY, “Card-house theory ofmud sedi-mentscontainingkaoliniteanditsacousticalimplications,”Proceed-ings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume5,Issue1,pp.070001-070001-14,February10,2009.

A.D. PIERCE andW.M. CAREY, “Shearwave speed increaseswithdepthtotheone-sixthpowerinsandy-siltymarinesediments,”Pro-ceedings of Meetings on Acoustics,Volume4, Issue1,pp.070006-070006-15,February8,2009.

Y. Gong,M. Cabodi, T.M. PORTER, “Measurement of the attenua-tioncoefficientformonodispersepopulationsofultrasoundcontrastagents,”Proceedings IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc.,1964-1966,2009.

P.ZhangandT.M. PORTER,“Therelationshipbetweenacousticback-scattering and heating during bubble-mediated high intensity fo-cusedultrasound,”Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,Vol.126,2176,2009.

Y.Gong,M.CabodiandT.M. PORTER,“Aninvitrostudyoftherela-tionshipbetweensizeof lipid-coatedmicrobubblesand frequency-dependentattenuationcoefficient,” Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,Vol.126,2175,2009.

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J.A. Kopechek, T.M. PORTER,, C-C Coussios, S.R. Perrin, S. Huang,D.D.McPhersonandC.K.Holland,“Acousticcharacterizaionofecho-genic liposomes:attenuationandquantitativebackscatter,”Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,Vol.125,2712,2009.

P. Lai., R.A. ROY and T.W. Murray, “Sensing the optical proper-ties of diffusive media by acousto-optic pressure contrast imag-ing,” Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2009, A.A.OraevskyandL.V.Wangeds.,ProceedingsofSPIEVol.7177,71771G;DOI:10.1117/12.808531,2009.

P.V. Chitnis, J.Mamou, J.McLaughlan, T.W.Murray andR.A. ROY,“Photoacoustic Thermometry for Therapeutic Hyperthermia,” Pro-ceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium,10.1109/ULTSYM.2009.0430,pp.1757-1760,2009.

V.V.Nagarkar,S.G.Topping,S.R.Miller,B.Singh,C.H.Park,V.K. SARIN and C. Brecher, “Characterization of vapor deposited Lu2O3:Eu3+scintillatorforx-rayimagingapplications,” SPIE,2009.

M.Yang,Y.-W.Wang,Z.-H.Guan,andH.O. WANG,“RobustStabiliza-tionofUncertainComplexSingularDynamicalNetworksvia Impul-siveControl,” Proceedings of the combined 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai,China,pp.3891-3896,December16-18,2009.

K.Tanaka,H.Ohtake,M.Wada,H.O. WANGandY.-J.Chen,“Polyno-mialFuzzyObserverDesign:ASumofSquaresApproach,”Proceed-ings of the combined 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, China, pp. 7771-7776,December16-18,2009.

Y.-J.Chen,H.Ohtake,K.Tanaka,W.-J.WangandH.O. WANG,“Infin-ityControlofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapunovFunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,” Proceedings of the combined 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference,Shanghai,China,pp.3087-3092,December16-18,2009.

M.Yang,Y.-W.Wang,H.O. WANGandY.-H.Huang,“RobustSynchro-nizationof Impulsively-CoupledComplexDynamicalNetworkswithParametricUncertaintiesandDelays,” Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,St.Petersburg,Rus-sia,pp.165-170,July8-10,2009.

L.-L.Guo,Y.-W.Wang,H.O. WANGandY.-H.Huang,“Delay-DependentStabilityofDiscrete-TimeComplexNetworkswithMode-DependentUncertainParametersandTimeDelays,”Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,St.Petersburg,Rus-sia,pp.177-182,July8-10,2009.

J.Yao,H.O. WANGandX.Jin,“PassiveSynchronizationofComplexSpatio-TemporalSwitchingNetworkswithCouplingDelays,”Proceed-ings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,St.Petersburg,Russia,pp.1605-1609,July8-10,2009.

H. Ohtake, K. Tanaka andH.O. WANG, “FuzzyModel-Based ServoControl forNonlinear Systemswith Input Constraint,”Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,St.Petersburg,Russia,pp.452-255,July8-10,2009.

Y.-J.Chen,H.Ohtake,W.-J.Wang,K.TanakaandH.O. WANG,“Guar-anteedCostControlofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapunov

FunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,” Proceedings of the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control,St.Petersburg,Russia,pp.440-445,July8-10,2009.

M.Yang,Y.-W.Wang,H.O. WANG,H.OhtakeandK.Tanaka,“Stabi-lizationofComplexSwitchedNetworkswithtwotypesofDelaysviaImpulsiveControl,”Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Con-ference,St.Louis,MO,pp.5783-5788,June10-12,2009.

H.Ohtake,K.TanakaandH.O. WANG,“ImprovedControllerDesignforSwitchingFuzzyModel-BasedControl,”Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference,St.Louis,MO,pp.4284-4289,June10-12,2009.

H.Ohtake,K.TanakaandH.O. WANG,“SwitchingFuzzyModelCon-structionbasedonOptimalDividingPlanes,”Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems,JejuIsland,Korea,August20-24,2009.

Y.-J.Chen,H.Ohtake,K.Tanaka,W.-J.WangandH.O. WANG,“RelaxedStabilizationConditionsofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapu-novFunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,”Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Fuzzy Systems,JejuIsland,Korea,August20-24,2009.

Y.Higashi,K.Tanaka,H.OhtakeandH.O. WANG,“ImprovementofSimulationModelandDevelopmentofControlMechanismofForceDirectionforaFlyingRobotwithCyclogyroWing,”Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Sys-tems,St.Louis,MO,October11-15,2009.

H. Jung,S.-H.Lee,D.H.KimandH.O. WANG, “Developmentof theCar-likeRobotwithVariableWheelPositionMechanismforFullMo-bility,” Proceedings of the 2009 CACS International Automatic Control Conference,Taipei,Taiwan,Nov.27-29,2009.

H.Jung,D.H.Kim,G.YeandH.O. WANG,“Self-organizationforSwarmSystemsBasedon Systematic SingularAssociation,”Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology,Cebu,Philippines,October20-23,2009.

O.Cote,D. WROBLEWSKIandJ.Hacker,“RefractiveTurbulence,Tran-sientElectronicDisconnectivity,andPropagationSituationalAware-ness (PSA) ,” 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL,January,2009.

D. WROBLEWSKI,O.Ghosh,A.Lum,D.Willoughby,M.VanHoutM,K.Hogstrom,S.N. BASUandM. GEVELBER,“ModelingandParamet-ricAnalysisofPlasmaSprayParticleStateDistributionforDepositionRateControl,”IMECE 2008: Heat Transfer, Fluid Flows, and Thermal Systems,Vol.10,pp453-460,2009.

Y. Zou andY. ZHANG, “Time-DependentMechanics of ElastinNet-work,”Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Con-ference,LakeTahoe,CA,2009.

I-KLin,X. ZHANGandY. ZHANG,“SuppressionofInelasticDeforma-tioninMultilayerMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”Materi-als Research Society Symposia Proceedings,MRSFallmeeting,Bos-ton,MA,2009.


B.C.KaantaandX. ZHANG,“HighSensitivityuThermalConductivityDetectorforGasChromatography,” Proceeding of the 22nd IEEE In-ternational Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘09),Sorrento,Italy,pp.264−267,January25-29,2009.

H.Tao,K.Fan,C.M.Bingham,A.C.Strikwerda,D.V.Pilon,W.J.Padilla,R.D.AverittandX. ZHANG,“AbsorberBasedonPerfectlyImpedanceMatchedMetamaterialswith SimultaneouslyNegative Electric andMagneticResonanceResponsesbasedonBimaterialPopupStruc-tures,” Proceeding of the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS ‘09), Sorrento, Italy, pp.108−111,January25-29,2009.

H.Tao,C.M.Bingham,A.C.Strikwerda,D.V.Pilon,D.Shrekenhamer,N.I.Landy,K.Fan,W.J.Padilla,X. ZHANGandR.D.Averitt,“FlexibleWideAngleTerahertzResonantAbsorberBasedonPerfectlyImped-anceMatchedMetamaterials,” Proceeding of the 29th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / International Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS ‘09),Baltimore,MD,CThFF2,May31-June5,2009.

A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,H.Tao,D.V.Pilon,X. ZHANGandR.D.Averitt,“ComparisonofBirefringentMetamaterialsandMeanderlineStruc-tureasQuarter-WavePlates at Terahertz Frequencies,”Proceeding of the 29th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / International Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO/QELS ‘09), Baltimore,MD,CThFF5,May31-June5,2009.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,C.M.Bingham,W.J.Padilla,X. ZHANGandR.D.Averitt,“FlexibleTerahertzMetamaterialsonPolyimideSub-strates,”Proceeding of the 29th Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / International Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Confer-ence (CLEO/QELS ‘09),Baltimore,MD,CThFF1,May31-June5,2009.

Y. Qiu, R. Liao and X. ZHANG, “Preventing Cardiomyocytes fromTNF-Alpha-InducedCellDeathBasedonReal-TimeMonitoringCellAdhesionthroughImpedanceSensors,”Proceeding of the 15th Inter-

national Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsys-tems,Denver,CO,pp.65−68,June21-25,2009.

Y.Qiu,R.LiaoandX. ZHANG,“InterventionofCardiomyocyteDeathBasedontheImpedance-SensingTechniqueofMonitoringCellAdhe-sion,” Proceeding of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ‘09),Min-neapolis,MN,pp.4457−4460,September2-6,2009.

X.ZhengandX. ZHANG,“DevelopmentofaVersatileCellForceTrans-ducerUsingMoireMechanism,”Proceeding of the 31st Annual Inter-national Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ‘09), Minneapolis, MN, pp. 1180−1183, September2-6,2009.

X. Zheng and X. ZHANG, “Quantifying Contractility in MigrationalVascularSmoothMuscleCellsRegulatedbyContractileProteinsUs-ingaNovelMicrofluidicForceMappingChip,”Proceeding of the 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS ‘09),Jeju,Korea,pp.475−477,November1-5,2009.

I-KLin,K-SOu,K-SChenandX. ZHANG,“CellularForceMeasurementinCardiacMyocytesUsingPolymerMicropillarArraywithViscoelas-tic Characterization,” Proceeding of the 13th International Confer-ence on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (micro-TAS ‘09),Jeju,Korea,pp.269−271,November1-5,2009.

Y.Qiu,R.LiaoandX. ZHANG,“MonitoringSpreadingofSomaticStemCellsUsingan ImpedanceSensor,”Proceeding of the 13th Interna-tional Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sci-ences (microTAS ‘09),Jeju,Korea,pp.311−313,November1-5,2009.

P.Du,X.LiandX. ZHANG, “Characterizationof theCorrelationbe-tween Current Input and Curvature Output of Polypyrrole TrilayerActuators,”Proceeding of the 9th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications,Washington,DC,pp.578−581,December1-4,2009.

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I N V I T E D P R E S E N T A T I O N S

S.A. ANDERSSON,“Imagingforin-cellsurgery:studyingsinglemol-eculesthroughtracking,”givenattheLCSR/CISSTSeminarSeriesatTheJohnsHopkinsUniversity,25February2009.

S.A. ANDERSSON,“Non-rastermethodsforhigh-speedAFM,”givenatTheWorkshoponDynamicsandControlofMicro/NanoSystems,IBMZurich,11December2009.

J. BAILLIEUL,“Decision-MakinginthePerformanceofSearchTasks,”OnehourColloquiumTalkintheUniversityofWashingtonRobotics,ControlsandMechatronicsColloquium,15May2009.

J. BAILLIEUL,“TheCenterforHumanandRobotDecisionDynamics,”BriefingtoD.D.R.&E.,Roslyn,VA,26June2009.

J. BAILLIEUL, “TheCenter forHumanandRobotDecisionDynam-ics,”at the2009AFOSRDynamicsandControlProgramReview,14July2009.

J. BAILLIEUL,“ExplorationBehaviorsandDecisionsRegardingRapidExploration,”atKTHStockholm,Sweden,9September2009.

J. BAILLIEUL,“ExplorationBehaviorsandDecisionsRegardingRapidExploration,” SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications inDenver(http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct09/),6-8July2009.

L.A. BARBA,“FastsummationalgorithmsmaximizingperformanceonGPUarchitectures,”attheNSF-NAISWorkshoponIntelligentSoft-ware:TheInterfaceBetweenAlgorithmsandMachines,Edinburgh,Scotland,http://kac.maths.ed.ac.uk/NSF-NAIS/,19-21October2009.

L.A. BARBA,“TowardGPU-acceleratedmeshfreefluidsimulation,”attheInitiativeinInnovativeComputing(IIC),SchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciences,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA,http://iic.har-vard.edu/events/year/2009,4November2009.

L.A. BARBA, “Parallelandmeshfree:new frontiersofCFD,”at theCenterforComputationalScience,BostonUniversity,17April2009.

P.E. BARBONE, “Linear and nonlinear elasticity imaging in thebreast”InvitedKeynoteLecture,AmericanInstituteforUltrasoundinMedicine,AnnualConvention,NewYork,NY,2-5April2009.

P.E. BARBONE,“LinkingTime-reversaltoKrylovMethodsinAcousticFocusingandImaging,”atNavalUnderseaWarfareCenter,NewportRI,8January2009.

P.E. BARBONE,“Linkingtime-reversaltoKrylovmethodsinacousticfocusingandimaging,”presentedinUUSeminarSeries,DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,BostonUniversity,3March2009.

S.N. BASU, “Energy Technologies of the Future,” at Dean’s WestCoast Advisory Committee meeting in San Francisco, CA, 10 June2009.

S.N. BASU, “What Can Technology Do for Us?” presented at thepanelon“TheFutureofCleanEnergy:OpportunitiesandChallenges

toWidespreadAdoptionof SustainableEnergyTechnology” in SanFrancisco,CA,10June2009.

C. BELTA,“Temporallogicmotionplanningandcontrol,”HarvardUni-versity,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering,6February2009.

C. BELTA,“SynthesisofProvably-CorrectControlandCommunicationStrategiesforDistributedSystems,”UniversityofDelaware,Depart-mentofMechanicalEngineering,30October2009.C. BELTA,“SynthesisofProvably-CorrectControlandCommunicationStrategiesforDistributedSystems,”UniversityofCalifornia,LosAnge-les,DepartmentofElectricalEngineering,22November2009.

C. BELTA, “Temporal LogicMotion Planning and Control,”MasarykUniversity,DepartmentofInformatics,27May2009.

C. BELTA,“Scalablealgorithmsforanalysisandcontrolofbiochemicalnetworks,”MasarykUniversity,Departmentof Informatics,28May2009.

C. BELTA,“Insightsintothefunctionalorganizationandrobustnessofgenomescalemetabolism,”NortheasternUniversity,CenterforCom-plexNetworksResearch,DepartmentofPhysics,2February2009.

C. BELTA,“RoboticsResearchatBostonUniversity,”MassTechnologyLeadershipCouncilSummitontheFutureofRobotics,Boston,MA,8December2009.

C.BELTA,“SynthesisofProvably-CorrectControlandCommunicationStrategies for Distributed Systems,” , Pasadena, CA, 23 September2009.

C. BELTA, “FormalApproaches toRobotMotionPlanningandCon-trol,”UnitedTechnologyResearchCenter,Hartford,CO,9September2009.

C. BELTA,“AutomaticDeploymentofRoboticTeamsfromTemporalLogicSpecifications,”AFOSRDynamicsandControlProgramReview,Washington,DC,16July2009.

C. BELTA,“Automaticdeploymentofroboticteamsfromrichspeci-fications,”ThirdWorkshoponSwarming inNaturalandEngineeredSystems,BlockIsland,RI,4June2009.

C. BELTA, “Automatic deployment of robotic teams from temporallogicspecifications,”WorkshoponFormalMethodsinRoboticsandAutomation,Kobe,Japan,2009.

T. BIFANO,“Micro-deformablemirrorsforastronomicaltelescopes,”BepiColomboinvitedpresentation,PaduaItaly,14February2009.

T. BIFANO,“MEMSAdaptiveOptics,”SPIESanJose,CA,USA,January2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS, “Geopolitics of Energy in Eurasia,” EuropeanStudiesCenter,HarvardUniversity,31March2009.


M.C. CARAMANIS, “The Smart Grid: Synergies of Demand SideManagementand IntermittentCleanEnergyGeneration,”TuftsEn-ergyForum’s4thAnnualTuftsEnergyConference,TuftsUniveristy,28March2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS, “Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle loadmanage-ment,”RenewableEnergyNationalLaboratory,Denver,Colorado,4May2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS, “Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle loadmanage-ment,”LosAlamosNationalLaboratory,NewMexico,5May2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS,“IstheFutureRenewable?”InvitedtoPardee’shouseseminartotalkandleadadiscussionalongwithprofessorWil-liamMoomawofTuftsUniversityFletcherSchool,BostonUniversity,17November2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS,“TheSmartGridBroadlyConstruedasaCyber-PhysicalElectricPowerSystemBusinessPlatform,”IEEEDemystifyingtheSmartGridSymposium,MIT,21November2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS,WNYC’sprogram“PleaseExplain”todiscusstheElectricalPowerSystemalongwithCornellUniversityProfessorRob-ertThomas,30October2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND,“MUSICtoTrackKidneyStonesinSWL,”atthe3rdSymposiumInternationalKidneyStoneInstitute,Indianapolis,IN,De-cember2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND, “Mechanisms of stone disintegration,” at theWorldCongressonEndourology,Munich,Germany,October2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND,“TutorialonBiomedicalUltrasound,”atthe2009International SymposiumonBiomedical Imaging, Boston,MA, July2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND, “Lithotripsy:Ashockingblowtokidneystones,”PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,March2009.

K. EKINCI,“FluidDynamicsofNEMS,”ArgonneNationalLaboratory,CNMUsersMeeting,6October2009.K. EKINCI,“FluidDynamicsofNEMS:Fundamental,ChallengesandProspects,” at theNinthAnnual Sukant TripathyMemorial Sympo-sium,U.MassLowell,4December2009.

D. COLE,“Somethermodynamicprocessconsiderationsatthesmallandlargeenergeticscales,”MEfacultyseminar,BostonUniversity,17March2009.

S. GRACE, “Using CFD to Guide Rotor Wake Formulation for FanBroadbandNoseSimulations,”atGEGlobalResearch,26May2009.

S. GRACE, “Using CFD to Guide Rotor Wake Formulation for FanBroadbandNoseSimulations,”OhioAerospaceInstitute,Aeroacous-ticsResearchConsortiumMeeting,3December2009.

M.S. HOWE, “Indirect Combustion Noise,” Department of Math-ematics,KeeleUniversity,England,28May2009.

C.M. KLAPPERICH,“MolecularDiagnosticsinPlasticMicrofluidics,”BrandeisUniversity,Waltham,MA,DepartmentofPhysicsSeminarSeries,16July2009.

C.M. KLAPPERICH,“TinyChipsonTargettomakeaBigDifferenceinGlobalHealth,”BUWomen’sCouncil,Boston,MA,18March2009.

C.M. KLAPPERICH,“MolecularDiagnosticsinPlasticMicrofluidics,”BectonDickinson/Biosense,Raleigh,NC,15June2009.

C.M. KLAPPERICH,“MolecularDiagnosticsinPlasticMicrofluidics,”CIMITForum,Boston,MA,24March2009.

X. LIN,“Conductivepolymertopologicalsolitontheory,”DepartmentofChemistry(Host:FengWang),BostonUniversity,Boston,MA,4February2009.

X. LIN,“Conductivepolymersolitontheoryrevisited,”DepartmentofPhysics,UniversityofMassachusetts-Amherst,Amherst,MA,12February2009.

X. LIN,“Molecularconductance:Electron-phononcouplingandfrac-tal dimension,” NSF-IGERT Nanotechnology Seminar, University ofMassachusetts-Amherst,Amherst,MA,9April2009.

X. LIN,“Multiscalematerialsmodeling:Algorithmsandapplications,”DepartmentofMechanicalEngineering,UniversityofTokyo,Univer-sityofTokyo,Tokyo,Japan,22July2009.

X. LIN,“History-Penalizedbasinfillingalgorithm:Transitionstateandglobalminimum search,” Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chi-neseAcademyofSciences,Dalian,China,31July2009.

X. LIN, “Conducting polymer soliton theory,” College of ChemistryandMolecularEngineering,PekingUniversity,Beijing,China,10August2009.

J.G. MCDANIEL,“EstimatingtheEffectsofDampingTreatmentsontheVibrationofComplex Structures,”ONRAnnualReview,Carder-ock,Bethesda,Maryland,20August2009.

J.G. MCDANIEL,“VibrationsandFrogs:BetweentheDevilandtheDeepBlueSea,”WavesandSigns,Low-FrequencyVibration,CenterforAdvancedVisualStudies,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology,Friday,24April2009.

J.G. MCDANIEL, “OceanEnergyandSensors,”UUSeminar toMe-chanical Engineering Department, Boston University, 12 February2009.

J.G. MCDANIEL, “Ocean Wave Energy,” COE Undergraduate Re-searchSeminarentitled“Let’sConcentrate,”17November2009.

E.F. MORGAN, “RegulatingSkeletalRepairbyMechanical Stimula-tion,”DepartmentSeminar,Mechanical,Aerospace,andNuclearEn-gineering,RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,November,2009.

E.F. MORGAN,“MeasurementoftheLocalMechanicalEnvironmentofSkeletalTissues,”DepartmentSeminar,Bioengineering,UniversityofUtah,February,2009.

E.F. MORGAN,“MechanicalRegulationofSkeletalHealing,”InvitedTalk, Symposiumon“Biomaterials:properties, variationandevolu-tion”,AnnualMeetingoftheSocietyforIntegrativeandComparativeBiology,Boston,January,2009.

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U.B. PAL,“PerformanceAnalysisofSingleStepCo-firedSolidOxideFuel Cells (SOFCs),” Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Eleventh InternationalSymposium(SOFC-XI),Vienna,Austria,October2009.

U.B. PAL,“GreenTechnologyResearchatBostonUniversity”,CleanEnergyWeek,Boston,MA,November2009.

U.B. PAL, “Clean Energy Research at Boston University-Fuel Cells,FuelProcessingandGreenManufacturing,”US-UKWorkshop,Bos-ton,MA,November2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Asustainedrecordofdistinguishedservicetothepro-fession,”atmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmericainSanAn-tonio,October2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Sedimentshearasaperturbationingeoacousticinver-sionsandanexplanationoftheanomalousfrequencydependenceoftheattenuation,”atmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmericainSanAntonio,October2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“MeasurementofsoundtransmissionthroughmudatDodgePond,Connecticut,”atmeetingof theAcoustical SocietyofAmericainSanAntonio,October2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Realitiesofpublishing ina journal:Whyshouldyousubmit,whatshouldyousubmit,andwhatproblemsmightyouen-counter?”PresentedatmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmericainPortland,Oregon,May2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Measurementmethodologiesfortheanalysisofinflu-enceofsurfacepanelsandtheirvibrationsoninteriorcabinnoise,”atmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmericainPortland,Oregon,May2009.

A.D. PIERCE,“Intrinsicdampingmodelsandtheirroleinpredictingstructuralresponse,”atmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmericainPortland,Oregon,May2009.

T.M. PORTER, “Measurement of the attenuation coefficient ofmonodispersepopulationsofultrasoundcontrastagent,”IEEEEngi-neeringinMedicineandBiologySociety,Minneapolis,MN,2-6Sep-tember2009.

T.M. PORTER,“Harnessingthepowerofbubblesinbiomedicalultra-sound,”DepartmentofPhysics,RyersonUniversity,Toronto,OntarioCanada,19March2009.

T.M. PORTER,“Engineeringnanoparticlesforlocalizednoninvasivecancertherapy,”DepartmentofHematologyandOncology,BostonUniversity,23April2009.

R.A. ROY,“Utilizinglightandsoundforbiomedicalimaging,”atthe34th International Symposium on Ultrasonic Imaging and TissueCharacterization,Arlington,VA,June2009.

R.A. ROY, “Optical propertymeasurement in diffusemedia usingacousto-opticpressurecontrast imaging,”atthe34th InternationalSymposiumonUltrasonic Imaging andTissueCharacterization,Ar-lington,VA,June2009.

R.A. ROY,“Introductionofagasbubblelayertomitigatecavitationerosiondamagetosolidsurfaces,”atOakRidgeNationalLaboratory,SNS,February2009.

R.A. ROY,“Averticalacousticwaveguidefortwo-phasemercury-he-liumflowvoidfractiondetermination,”atOakRidgeNationalLabora-tory,SNS,February2009.

V. SARIN, ”AdvanceMaterials andHighTemperatureCoatings,” IITMumbai,Mumbai,India,February2009.

V. SARIN,“LaminatedCVDMulliteCeramicComposites,”UPC,Barce-lona,Spain,June2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, “Life,quiteCritical:MemrbanesandProteinsneartransitions,”and“AcousticPumpsfromBloodClotting,”HarvardUni-versity,CambridgeMA,January2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, “AnewMicrofluidicDevice -SelforganizedBloodClotting” BostonUniversity,BostonMA,February2009.

M. SCHNEIDER,“HardandSOftInterfacesinBiophyiscs-BloodClot-ting,Microfluidics,Waves and Channels,” LMU,Munich, Germany,January2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, “BloodClottingonaChip,”Zurich,Switzerland,Feb-ruary2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, ”AcousticWaves -LabonaChipBloodandBloodClotting,”MIT,Cambridge,MA,March2009.

M. SCHNEIDER,“MembraneBiophysicsIntroduction,”MarieCuriesSchoolonMembranes,Graz,Austria,March2009.

M. SCHNEIDER,“BridgingtheGapbetweenMutationandFunctioninBlood,”EuropeanUnion:InvitationforStartingGrant,Brussel,Bel-gium,April2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, “Einsteins Entropy for Interfaces - Channels andPropagation,”MIT,Cambridge,MA,June2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, ”HardandSoftInterfacesinBiophyiscs-BloodClot-ting,Microfluidics,”Harvard,Cambridge,MA,June2009.

M. SCHNEIDER, “HardandSoftInterfacesinBiophysics-BloodClot-ting,Microfluidics,WavesandChannels,”CenterofNanoscienceandNaotechnology,BU,Boston,MA,September2009.

D. WROBLEWSKI, “Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) and Optical Turbu-lence(OpT) intheUpperTroposphere/LowerStratosphere(UTLS),”DepartmentSeminar,CaliforniaPolytechnicUniversity,4June2009.

V. YAKHOT,”Turbulentmixingandbeyond,”InternationalWorkshop,Trieste,Italy,July2009.

V. YAKHOT,”Nanofluidicsandnanoresonators,”Seminar,BrownUni-versity,Providence,RI,April2009.

X. ZHANG, “Development of opticalmoiré basedmicro and nanobiomechano sensor,” at Department of Physics, Boston University,Boston,MA,30October2009.

X. ZHANG, “Cellular BioMEMS: Miniaturized BiomechanosensorsforMeasuringCellularMechanical Forces inCardiacMyocytesandSmoothMuscleCells,”atDepartmentofChemistry,BostonUniver-sity,Boston,MA,4November2009.


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R.G. HOLT,T.R.Murray,andJ.R.Sukovich,“Amethodfornon-contactpressuresensingusing laser-induceddielectricbreakdownintrans-parentmedia,”filedMay15,2009.

C.C.Coussios,M.Arora,N.Hockhan,and R.A. ROY, “Adaptiveandspatialcontrolofacousticcavitationduringultrasoindexposure,”UKPatentApplicationNumber0916634.9,filedSeptember2009.

C.C. Coussios,M.Gyongy,M.Arora, andR.A. ROY, “Mapping andcharacterizationofcavitationactivity,”UKPatentApplicationNumber1100019454,filedNovember2009.

C.C.Coussios,M.Gyongy,M.Arora,andR.A. ROY,“Sensingchangesintemperatureandinthemechanicalandrheologiocalpropertiesoftissueandothermaterialsbyacousticcavitationnoisediagnostics,”UKPatentApplicationNumber0916635.6,filedSeptember2009.

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M.Lahijanian,S.B. ANDERSSON,andC. BELTA,“Aprobabilisticap-proach for control of a stochastic system from LTL specifications,”IEEEConferenceonDecisionandControl,pp.2236-2241,2009.

Z.ShenandS.B. ANDERSSON,“Trackingmultiplefluorescentmol-eculesintwodimensionsinaconfocalmicroscope,”IEEEConferenceonDecisionandControl,pp.6052-6057,2009.

P.I.ChangandS.B. ANDERSSON,“Amaximum-likelihooddetectionschemeforrapid imagingofstring-likesamples inatomicforcemi-croscopy,”IEEEConferenceonDecisionandControl,pp.8290-8295,2009.

P.I.ChangandS.B. ANDERSSON,“Theoreticalboundsonanon-ras-terscanmethodfortrackingstring-likesamples,”AmericanControlConference,pp.1682-1687,2009.

Z.ShenandS.B. ANDERSSON,“LQG-basedtrackingofmultiplefluo-rescentparticlesintwo-dimensionsinaconfocalmicroscope,”Amer-icanControlConference,pp.2266-2271,2009.

D.RaghunathanandJ. BAILLIEUL,“ExploitingInformationContentinRelativeMotion,”atthe2009AmericanControlConference,St.Louis,10-12June,2009.

J. BAILLIEUL, “TheStandardPartsProblemand theComplexityofControl Communication,” the Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Deci-sionandControland28thChineseControlConferenceShanghai,P.R.China,16December,2009.

S.K.Layton,F.A.Cruz,and L.A. BARBA,“ParallelfastGausstransforminaheterogeneouscomputingenvironment,”10thNationalCongresson Computational Mechanics USNCCM10, Columbus, Ohio, 16-19July,2009.

F.A. Cruz, and L.A. BARBA, “Parallelization of algorithms for het-erogeneouscomputingsystemswithapplicationtofastsummationmethods,” 10th National Congress on Computational MechanicsUSNCCM10,Columbus,Ohio,16-19July,2009.C. Cooper and L.A. BARBA, “Panel-free boundary conditions forviscousvortexmethods,”19thAIAAComputationalFluidDynamicsConference,SanAntonio,Texas,22–25June2009.F.A Cruz, C. Cooper, R. Yokota, and L.A. BARBA, “Parallel imple-mentationofpanel-freeboundaryconditionsforthevortexparticlemethod,” 21st International Conference on Parallel ComputationalFluidDynamics,MoffettField,California,18–22May,2009.

P.E. BARBONE, A.A. Oberai, and G.R. Feijoo, “Krylov methods intime-reversal imaging bymultiple-signal-classification,”Meeting ofAcoust.Soc.Am.,Portland,Oregon,2009.

C.E. Rivas, P.E. BARBONE, and A.A. Oberai, “A stabilized forwardelasticityfiniteelement formulationyieldsastableandconvergentinverse elasticity solution,”Meeting of Acoust. Soc. Am., Portland,Oregon,2009.

U.Albocher,A.A.Oberai,P.E. BARBONE,andI.Harari,“DirectCom-putationofInverseProblemsofIncompressiblePlaneStressElastic-itywithFullInteriorData,”USNationalCongressonComputationalMechanics,Cleveland,Ohio,July2009.

S.Goenezen,A.AOberai,andP.E. BARBONE, “NonlinearElasticityImagingforIncompressibleSolids,”USNationalCongressonCompu-tationalMechanics,Cleveland,Ohio,July2009.

C.E.Rivas,P.E. BARBONE,A.A.Oberai,andO.Babaniyi,“AstabilizedB-splines FEM formulation for the solution of an inverse elasticityproblemarisinginmedicalimaging,”presentedattheGordon-Cen-SSISNSFSiteVisit,Boston,MA,April2009.

J.M.Kracht,P.E. BARBONE,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Kidneystonelo-calizationinvitrousingmultiple-signal-classification,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1262213,2009.

M.Lahijanian,M.Kloetzer,S.Itani,C. BELTA,andS.B. ANDERSSON,“Automaticdeploymentofautonomouscars inaroboticurban-likeenvironment(RULE),”IEEEInternationalConferenceonRoboticsandAutomation,pp.2055-2060,2009.

T.G. BIFANO,L.Schatzberg,J.Stewart,andS.Cornelissen,“MEMSModulated retroreflectors for secure optical communication,” Pro-ceedingsoftheASMEInternationalMechanicalEngineeringCongressandExposition,Vol13,PtsAandB,NewYork,AmerSocMechanicalEngineers,395-399,2009.

K.K.Chu,A.Leray,T.G. BIFANO,andJ.Mertz,“Two-photonfluores-cencemicroscopywithdifferentialaberrationimaging,”SPIEMEMSAdaptiveOpticsIII,SanJose,CA,USA,SPIE,[7209],720903-720905,2009.

L. Ziph-Schatzberg,T.G. BIFANO, S. Cornelissen, J. Stewart, and Z.Bleier, “Secure optical communication system utilizing deformableMEMSmirrors,”SPIEMEMSAdaptiveOptics III,San Jose,CA,USA,SPIE,[7209],72090C-72015,2009.

L. Ziph-Schatzberg,T.G. BIFANO, S. Cornelissen, J. Stewart, and Z.Bleier,“DeformableMEMSmirrorsinsecureopticalcommunicationsystem,”Micro-andNanotechnologySensors,Systems,andApplica-tions,Orlando,FL,USA,SPIE,[7318],73180T-73112,2009.

K.Chu,T.G. BIFANO,andM.Jerome,“Two-PhotonDifferentialAb-erration Imaging Using aModulating RetroreflectorMirror,” NovelTechniquesinMicroscopy,OpticalSocietyofAmerica,NMD3,2009.

K. Chu K, T.G. BIFANO, and J.Mertz, “Improvements in Two-Pho-tonFluorescenceMicroscopy,”FrontiersinOptics,OpticalSocietyofAmerica,FWA2,2009.

T.G. BIFANO,“MEMSWavefrontCorrectors,”AdaptiveOptics:Meth-ods,AnalysisandApplications,OpticalSocietyofAmerica,AOThD1,2009.

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M.C. CARAMANIS,andJ.Foster“ManagementofElectricVehicleCharging toMitigateRenewableGeneration IntermittencyandDis-tributionNetworkCongestion,”48thIEEECDC,pp.4717-4722,Dec,2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS,C.Wu,andI.C.Paschalidis,“ProductionPlanningandQualityofServiceAllocationacrosstheSupplyChaininaDynam-icLeadTimeModel,”48thIEEECDC,7137-7144,Dec.2009.

M.C. CARAMANIS,C.Cassandras,T.Little,and I.Paschalidis,“TheCyber-Physical(CP)ElectricPowerGeneration-Delivery-ConsumptionPlatform:ResearchChallengesforOptimalInvestmentTradeoffsbe-tweenthePlatform’sCyberandPhysicalComponents,”presentedattheNSF-NIST-DOEworkshopontheSmartGrid,aCyberPhysicalEn-ergySystem,Baltimore,3-4June2009.

W.M. CAREY,J.D.Holmes,andJ.F.Lynch,“Theapplicabilityofasmallautonomousvehicletowedarraysystemtooceanacousticmeasure-mentsandsignalprocessing,”ProceedingsofMeetingsonAcoustics,vol.4,070007,2009.

W.M. CAREY,“Ontheexponentialpowerlawforlowfrequencyat-tenuationinshallowwater,”POMA5(1),005002-005002-14,2009.

W.M. CAREY,andA.D. PIERCE,“Acousticalcharacteristicsofmuddysediments,”ProceedingsofMeetingsonAcoustics,Volume5,Issue1,pp.070002-070002-10,22July2009.

W.M. CAREY, “Transverse coherence lengths, processing limitsand implications”, ProceedingsofMeetingsonAcoustics, vol. 6(1),005001-005001-15,2009.

C. Ormonde, R.O. CLEVELAND, R.G. HOLT, P.V. Chitnis, and R.A. ROY, “Mitigation of cavitation damage in the spallation neutronsourcemercurytarget:Anacousticresonatorfordeterminingthegasvolumefractioninmercury-heliumtwo-phaseflows,”posterpresent-edatthe2009NSFSiteVisitoftheCenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

A.B. Draudt, L. Puxiang, T.W.Murray, R.O. CLEVELAND, and R.A. ROY,“Acousto-opticdetectionofhigh-intensity focusedultrasoundlesionsinrealtime,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.1262239,2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND,“ShockingstoneswiththeKhokhlov–Zabolotska-ya–Kuznetsovequation,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1262202,2009.

P.Blanc-Benon,M.V.Averiyanov,R.O. CLEVELAND,andV.A.Khokh-lova,“Nonlinearacousticwavepropagationininhomogeneousmov-ingmedia,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1262201,2009.

R.O. CLEVELAND, J.M. Kracht, P.J.Mendoza, D.S.Wang, and R.K.Babayan,“InVitroAssessmentOfTheExtendedAndPreciseFocusOfTheStorzModulithSLX-F2,”J.ofUrology,181(4):725,2009.

D.E.Sacco,R.O. CLEVELAND,J.M.Kracht,andS.PDretler,“DoLith-otriptors Maintain Their Effectiveness Over Time?” J. of Urology,181(4):582,2009.

F.PadillaandR.O. CLEVELAND,“Shockwavesmicro-damageinduc-tionincorticalbones:Comparisonbetweenexperimentalandsimu-lationsresults,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1252650,2009.

D.Bossis,F.Padilla,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Cavitationbubbleactiv-ityduringtreatmentofcorticalbonesbyshockwaves,”(A)J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1252650,2009.

J.M.KrachtandR.O. CLEVELAND,“Kidneystonetrackinginvitrous-inganacoustictriangulationparadigm,”(A)J.Acoust.Soc.Am.1252623,2009.

N.J.Manzi,R.O. CLEVELAND,R.G. HOLT,andR.A. ROY,“Detectingcavitationinliquidmercuryexposedtoahigh-energypulsedprotonbeam,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1252561,2009.

A. Draudt, P. Lai, T.W. Murray, R.O. CLEVELAND and R.A. ROY,“Acousto-opticdetectionofhigh-intensityfocusedultrasoundlesionsinrealtime,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.126(4,pt.2),2239,2009.

E.Johnsen,T.Colonius,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Damagepotentialoftheshock-inducedcollapseofagasbubble,”Proceedingsofthe7thInternationalSymposiumonCavitation,AnnArbor,Michigan,August17-22,2009.

U.Kemiktarak,K.SchwabandK.L. EKINCI,“AnUltraHighVacuumRa-dioFrequencyScanningTunnelingMicroscope,”2009MarchMeetingoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety,Pittsburgh,PA,March16-20,2009.

X.Yan,andM. GEVELBER,“InvestigationofElectrospunfiberDiam-eterDistributionandProcessDynamics,”ElectrostaticsJointConfer-ence,2009.M. GEVELBER, “Real-Time Control for Engineering ElectrospunNanofiber Diameter Distribution for Advanced Applications,” NSFGranteeConference,2009.

M. GEVELBER,M.Cannamela,D. WROBLEWSKI,andS. BASU,“Al-ternativeReal-TimeControlStrategiesandSensingRequirementsforImprovingThermalSprayPerformance,”InternationalThermalSprayConference,May2009.

W.He,K.J.Yoon,R.Eriksen,S. GOPALAN,S. BASU,andU.B. PAL,“H2-H2OBinaryDiffusivityMeasurementinSolidOxideFuelCellUs-inganElectrochemicalCell,”11thInternationalSymposiumonSolidOxideFuelCellsheldatVienna,Austria,Oct2009,ECSTransactions25(2)1879-1886,2009.

H.Wang,R.Eriksen,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“ChemicallyAssist-edHydrogenGenerationthroughOxygenIonConductingMIECMem-branes,”11thInternationalSymposiumonSolidOxideFuelCellsheldatVienna,Austria,Oct2009,ECSTransactions25(2)281-290,2009.

K.J.Yoon,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“AnalysisofElectrochemicalPerformanceofSingleStepCo-firedSolidOxideFuelCell(SOFC)Ana-lyzedUsingPolarizationModelandImpedanceSpectroscopy,”MRSProceedings,SolidStateIonic2008,(1126)53-58,2009.

K.J.Yoon,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“PerformanceAnalysisofSin-gleStepCo-FiredSolidOxideFuelCells,“11thInternationalSympo-siumonSolidOxideFuelCellsheldatVienna,Austria,Oct2009,ECSTransactions25(2)533-542,2009.

S.Pati,K.J.Yoon,J.Chin,S. GOPALAN,andU.B. PAL,“SolidOxideMembraneElectrolyzerUtilizingtheEnergyValue inSolidandGas-eous Reductant for Hydrogen Production,” May 2009, 215th ECSMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA,ECSTransactions19(10)1-8,2009.

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W.H. Huang, S. GOPALAN, U.B. PAL, and S. BASU, “TransportThrough Electrophoretically Deposited CuMn1.8O4 Spinel CoatingsonCrofer Interconnects,”MRSProceedings, Solid State Ionic2008,(1126)79-84,2009.

Z.J.Waters,B.R.Dzikowicz,R.G. HOLT,R.A. ROY,“Resonanceisola-tioninthepresenceofnoiseandclutterbysingle-channeltimere-versal,”BostonUniversityScienceandEngineeringResearchSympo-sium,BestPosterAward,March2009.

Z.J.Waters,R.G. HOLT,andR.A. ROY,“Resonance isolation inthepresenceofnoiseandclutterbysingle-channeltimereversal,”posterpresented at the 2009NSF Site Visit of the Center for SubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

J.R.Sukovich,T.W.MurrayandR.G. HOLT,“Laser-induceddielectricbreakdownasamethodfornoncontactpressuremeasurement,”pre-sentedat the157thmeetingof theAcoustical SocietyofAmerica,Portland,Oregon,May,2009.

P.A.Anderson,T.W.MurrayandR.G. HOLT,“Lasernucleationofbub-bleclustersinasphericalresonator,”presentedatthe157thmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica,Portland,Oregon,May,2009.

P.A.Anderson, T.W.Murray andR.G. HOLT, “Collapsedynamics oflaser-nucleatedbubbleclusters inasphericalresonator,”presentedatthe157thmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica,Portland,Oregon,May,2009.

Q.Wang,N.J.Manzi,R.G. HOLT,R.A. ROY,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Productionof cavitationerosiondamagebymeansof an electro-magneticshockwavesource,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1252561,2009.

Q.Wang,N.J.Manzi,R.G. HOLT,R.A. ROY,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Generationofcavitationinmercurybymeansofanelectromagneticacousticsource,”presentedatthe158thmeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica,SanAntonio,TX,October,J.Acoust.Soc.Am.,1262161,2009.

A.VardyandM.S. HOWE,“Rapidpredictionoftrainnoseentrypres-sure gradients,” Proceedings of 13th International Symposium onAerodynamics and Ventilation of Vehicle Tunnels, New Brunswick,NewJersey,May13-15,2009.

R.S.McGowanandM.S. HOWE,“Thesuctionforceonthevocalfoldsasanenergysourceforvibrationandasanacousticsource,”present-edat the158thMeetingof theAcoustical societyofAmerica, SanAntonio,Texas,26-30October,2009.

A.BhattacharyyaandC.M. KLAPPERICH,“DifferentialGeneExpres-sionUsingmRNAIsolatedonPlasticMircofluidicChips,”ProceedingsoftheIEEE,31stAnnualEMBSConference,Minneapolis,MN,2009.

J.Do,J.Zhang,andC.M. KLAPPERICH,“Masklesswritingmicrofluid-ics:Rapidprototypingof3Dmicrofluidicsusingscratchonapolymersubstrate,”mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

M.C.Kim,B.C.Isenberg,J.Sutin,A.Meller,J.Y.Wong,andC.M. KLAP-PERICH,“Singlebacteriatrappingusingmicroscalesieveswithsub-micron features: Simulation and experiments,” mTAS, Jeju, Korea,2009.

J. Do, M. Mahalanabis, J. Zhang, H. AlMuayad, and C.M. KLAPP-ERICH, “An integrated disposable microfluidic device for bacterialdetectionusingsolid-phaseDNAextractionandisothermalhelicase-dependentamplification,”mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

J.Do,J.Zhang,andC.M. KLAPPERICH,“Rapidconcentrationofbac-teriainadisposablemicrofluidicdeviceusingenhancedevaporationforpoint-of-caresamplepreparation,”mTAS,Jeju,Korea,2009.

M.Mahalanabis, H.Muayad, and C.M. KLAPPERICH, “Disposablebacterial detectiondevice applyingDNAextraction and isothermalhelicase-dependent amplification,” 41st Annual Oakridge Confer-ence,BreakthroughTechnologiesforClinicalDiagnostics,Baltimore,MD,16April2009.

N.Spencer,C.Kaiser,C.M. KLAPPERICH,andD.Cotanche,“Assess-ing the invitro regenerationpotentialofaviancochlearhaircells,”Association for Research in Otoloaryngology, Midwinter Meeting,Baltimore,MD,20February2009.

M.Kim,Q.Cao,andC.M. KLAPPERICH, “AnalysisofDNAAmplifi-cation Performance: Applying Lagrangian Thermal Modeling to AContinuous-FlowMicrofluidicPolymeraseChainReaction,”41stAn-nual Oakridge Conference, Breakthrough Technologies for ClinicalDiagnostics,Baltimore,MD,16April2009.

A.F.Sauer-Budge,C.M. KLAPPERICH,P.L.Mirer,A.Chatterjee,andA.Sharon,“Bacteriadetectionwithintegratedon-chipsampleprepara-tion,PCR,andfluorescencedetectionwithnovelremotevalveswitch-ingfluidiccontrol,”41stAnnualOakridgeConference,BreakthroughTechnologiesforClinicalDiagnostics,Baltimore,MD,16April2009.

J.P.Do, J.Y.Zhang,andC.M. KLAPPERICH,“Rapidconcentrationofbacteriainadisposablemicrofluidicdeviceusingenhancedevapora-tiontechniqueforaPoint-of-Care(POC)infectiousdiseasediagnosticdevice,”41stAnnualOakridgeConference,BreakthroughTechnolo-giesforClinicalDiagnostics,Baltimore,MD,16April2009.

M. Li, andX. LIN, “ACatchmentBasin Self-avoiding SimulatedAn-nealingAlgorithmforUnbiasedGlobalOptimizationSearch,”Materi-alsResearchSociety,Boston,MA,December2009.

M.Li,andX. LIN,“TwinInstabilityofPeierlsDistortioninTrans-Poly-acetylene: a Spontaneous Soliton Induced ActuationMechanism,”MaterialsResearchSociety,Boston,MA,Nov.2009.

A.L.Botelho,andX. LIN,“ExploringElectron-PhononInteractionsinConjugatedPolymersasaFastActuationMechanism,”MaterialsRe-searchSociety,Boston,MA,December1,2009.

M.Li,A.KushimaandX. LIN,“ACatchmentBasinSelf-avoidingSimu-latedAnnealingAlgorithm,”AmericanChemicalSociety,(selectedtotheEmergingTechnologiesinComputationalChemistryCompetitionSymposiumandvideo-recorded,availableathttp://www.softconfer-ence.com/ACSchem/sessionDetail.asp?SID=177562), WashingtonDC,Aug.2009.

M.Li,andX. LIN,“Unexpecteddoping-inducedactuationmechanismofconductingpolymerscausedby twin instabilityofPeierlsdistor-tion,”AmericanChemicalSociety,WashingtonDC,Aug,2009.


A.L.Botelho,andX. LIN“Fastactuationmechanismbasedonmul-tiple solitons, polarons, and bipolarons in conjugated polymers,”AmericanChemicalSociety,WashingtonDC,August17,2009.

Y.Shin,M.Li,andX. LIN,“Potentialenergysurfaceofpolyacetylene,”AmericanChemicalSociety,WashingtonDC,August18,2009.

Y.Shin,andX. LIN,“Intrinsicchargemobilityacrossconjugatedjunc-tionsindendrimerstructures,”AmericanChemicalSociety,Washing-tonDC,August16,2009.

M.Li,A.Botelho,andX. LIN,“Twin InstabilityofPeierlsDistortionanditsMechanicalConsequenceonConductivePolymerActuation,”AmericanPhysicalSociety,Pittsburgh,PA,March2009.

A.L.Botelho,andX. LIN,“Solitonandpolaroninduced3Dconforma-tional changes in conjugatedpolymers.”AmericanPhysical Society,Pittsburgh,PA,March17,2009.

Y.Shin,M.Li,andX. LIN,“Solitonmigrationalongtrans-polyacety-lenebackbone,”AmericanPhysicalSociety,Pittsburgh,PA,March17,2009.

H.ÖztürkandJ.G. MCDANIEL,“Spatialmappingofmodaldampinginvibratingplates,”presentedatthe158thMeetingoftheAcousticalSocietyofAmerica,SanAntonio,Texas,October28,2009.

J.G. MCDANIEL,C.Boucher,andH.Ozturk,“Spatialmapsofmodaldampingfromfrequencyresponsemeasurements,”presentedatthe157thMeeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, Or-egon,May19,2009.

K.M.Flores,K.Altman,andE.F. MORGAN, “Micromachiningbonespecimens formechanical testing,”NSFCMMIConferenceonEngi-neeringResearchandInnovation,2009.

H. Bian, J. Aya-ay,A.Garces,E.F. MORGAN, S.R.Gilbert, andH.K.Kim,“Epiphysealcartilageplaysanimportantroleinrevascularizationofthefemoralheadfollowingischemicosteonecrosis,”AnnualMeet-ingofthePediatricOrthopaedicSocietyofNorthAmerica.VernonT.ToloBasicSciencePaperAward,2009.

A.I. Hussein, Z.D.Mason, and E.F. MORGAN, “The effect of intra-vertebralheterogeneityinstructureonvertebralstrengthandfailurepatterns,”55thAnnualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2009.

E.F. MORGAN,A.H.Baker,Z.D.Mason,andA.I.Hussein,“Quantita-tiveimage-guidedfailureanalysisofthehumanvertebra,”55thAn-nualMeetingoftheOrthopaedicResearchSociety,2009.

K.Altman, K. Flores,D. Farson, and E.F. MORGAN, “Femtosecondlasermicromachiningofbonemechanicaltestspecimens,”TheMin-erals,Metals,andMaterialsSocietyAnnualMeetingandExhibition,SanFrancisco,2009.

LincolnMiara, JacobDavis, Kevin Smith,U.B. PAL, Karl Ludwig, S. BASU,andS. GOPALAN,“In-SituSynchrotronandElectrochemicalMeasurementsofHeteroepitaxialThin-FilmsofSOFCCathode,”the10thAnnualSolidStateEnergyConversionAllianceWorkshop, July14-16,2009.

L.Miara,J.Davis,T.Kaspar,L.Saraf,U.B. PAL,S. BASU,K.Ludwig,S. GOPALAN,“SurfaceSegregationStudiesofSOFCCathodes:Combin-ing Soft X-Rays and Electrochemical Impedence Spectroscopy,” theFallMRSMeetinginBoston,30Nov-4Dec2009.

P. Zink, K.J. Yoon, U.B. PAL, and S. GOPALAN, “Electrical Perfor-mance of Calciumdoped Lanthanum Ferrite for use in Single-StepCo-firedSolidOxideFuelCells(SOFCs),”MRSProceedings,SolidStateIonic2008,(1126)59-64,2009.

A.D. PIERCE, “Realitiesof publishing in a journal:why should yousubmit,whatshouldyousubmit,andwhatproblemsmightyouen-counter,”ProceedingsofMeetingsonAcoustics,Volume6, Issue1,pp.032004-032004-14,July13,2009.

A.D. PIERCE andA.Akay,“Intrinsicdampingmodelsandtheirroleinpredictingstructuralresponse,”ProceedingsofMeetingsonAcous-tics,Volume6,Issue1,pp.065003-065003-14,July6,2009.

A.D. PIERCE and W.M. CAREY, “Card-house theory ofmud sedi-mentscontainingkaoliniteanditsacousticalimplications,”Proceed-ingsofMeetingsonAcoustics,Volume5,Issue1,pp.070001-070001-14,February10,2009.

A.D. PIERCE andW.M. CAREY, “Shearwavespeed increaseswithdepthtotheone-sixthpowerinsandy-siltymarinesediments,”Pro-ceedingsofMeetingsonAcoustics,Volume4, Issue1,pp.070006-070006-15,February8,2009.

T.M. PORTER, “An in vitro study of phase-shift nanoemulsions infocusedultrasoundsurgery: itspotential forenhancingultrasound-mediatedhyperthermia.”IEEE35thAnnualNortheastBioengineeringConference,Boston,MA,3-5April2009.

T.M. PORTER,“High-intensityfocusedultrasoundtriggeredreleaseof doxorubicin from thermosensitive liposomes.” NanomedicineSymposium,BostonUniversity,May13,2009.

T.M. PORTER,“Highintensityfocusedultrasound-controlledreleaseof Doxorubicin from thermosensitive liposomes,” Biomedical Engi-neeringSocietyAnnualMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,October7-10,2009.

T.M. PORTER,“Highintensityfocusedultrasound-triggeredreleaseofDoxorubicinfromthermosensitiveliposomes,”US-JapanDrugDe-liverySymposium,Maui,Hawaii,December16-20,2009.

T.M. PORTER,“Triggeringgenetic-toggleswitchthroughultrasound-inducedheating,”NanomedicineSymposium,BostonUniversity,May13,2009.

T.M. PORTER, ”Acoustically-driven microbubbles mediate cellularuptakeof impermeablemicrobubbles,”Nanomedicine Symposium,BostonUniversity,May13,2009.

P. Zhang and T.M. PORTER, “The relationship between acousticbackscattering and heating during bubble-mediated high intensityfocusedultrasound,”JAcoustSocAm,Vol.126,2176,2009.

Y.Gong,M.Cabodi,andT.M. PORTER,“Aninvitrostudyofthere-lationshipbetweensizeoflipid-coatedmicrobubblesandfrequency-dependentattenuationcoefficient,”JAcoustSocAm,Vol.126,2175,2009.

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J.A.Kopechek,T.M. PORTER,C.C.Coussios,S.R.PerrinSHuang,D.D.McPherson,andC.K.Holland,“Acousticcharacterizaionofechogenicliposomes: attenuation and quantitative backscatter,” J Acoust SocAm,Vol.125,2712,2009.

J.R.McLaughlan,R.A. ROYandT.W.Murray,“Nanoparticle-targetedphotoacousticcavitationfordeeptissueopticalimaging,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.126(4,pt.2),2239,2009.

P. Lai, R.A. ROY and T.W.Murray, “Quantitative sensing of opticalpropertiesofdiffusivemediabypressurecontrastacousto-opticim-aging,”J.Acoust.Soc.Am.126(4,pt.2),2239,2009.

J.R.McLaughlan,P.V.Chitnis,J.Mamou,T.W.Murray,andR.A. ROY,“Theuseof thephotoacousticeffect fornon-invasive temperaturemonitoring during high intensity focused ultrasound exposures,” J.Acoust.Soc.Am.126(4,pt.2),2239,2009.

P. Chitnis, J. McLaughlan, X. Mamou, T.W.Murray, and R.A. ROY,“Photoacoustic thermometry for therapeutic hyperthermia,” pre-sentedattheIEEEInternat.UltrasonicsSymp.,Rome,Italy,Septem-ber2009.

H.Ju,J.McLaughlan,T.W.Murray,andR.A. ROY,“Nanoparticle-tar-getedphotoacousticcavitationfortissueimagingandtherapy,”post-erpresentedatthe2009NSFSiteVisitoftheCenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

A.Draudt,R.A. ROY,T.W.Murray,andR.O. CLEVELAND,“Character-izingthedynamicpropertiesofHIFUlesions,”posterpresentedatthe2009NSFSiteVisitoftheCenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

P. Lai,R.A. ROY, and T.W.Murray, “Quantitative optical character-izationoftissue-likemediausinglightandsound,”posterpresentedatthe2009NSFSiteVisitoftheCenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

N.Manzi,andR.A. ROY,“Detectingcavitationinliquidmercuryex-posedtoahigh-energypulsedprotonbeam,”posterpresentedatthe2009NSFSiteVisitoftheCenterforSubsurfaceSensingandImagingSystems,Boston,MA,April,2009.

P.Lai,R.A. ROYandT.W.Murray,“PressureContrastImaging:ANewApproachtotheAcousto-opticDetectionofOpticalScatteringInho-mogeneitiesatDepthinDiffuseMedia”(poster),SPIEPhotonicsWest2009,BiomedicalOptics,SanJoseCA,January2009.

Vivek Nagarkar, S.G. Topping, S.R. Miller, B. Singh B, C.H. Park,V.K. SARIN, and C. Brecher, “Characterization of vapor depositedLu2O3:Eu3+scintillatorforx-rayimagingapplications.”SPIE,2009.

P. VAKILI andT.Borogovac,“DataBaseMonteCarlo:LearningtobeEfficient,”AppliedProbabilityConference,July14,2009,Ithaca,NY.

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P. VAKILI, “Efficient C/Ho-mputation DataBase Monte Carlo andPerturbationAnalysis,”Ho-ntrolandHo-ptimizationWorkshop,48thCDCConference,Shanghai,December15,2009.-M.Yang,Y.W.Wang,Z.H.Guan,andH.O. WANG,“RobustStabiliza-tionofUncertainComplexSingularDynamicalNetworksvia Impul-siveControl,”Proceedingsofthecombined48thIEEEConferenceonDecisionandControland28thChineseControlConference,Shang-hai,China,pp.3891–3896,December16-18,2009.

K.Tanaka,H.Ohtake,M.Wada,H.O. WANG, andY.J.Chen, “Poly-nomial Fuzzy Observer Design: A Sum of Squares Approach,” Pro-ceedings of the combined 48th IEEE Conference on Decision andControland28thChineseControlConference,Shanghai,China,pp.7771-7776December16-18,2009.

Y.J.Chen,H.Ohtake,K.Tanaka,W.J.Wang,andH.O. WANG,“HInfin-ityControlofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapunovFunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,”Proceedingsofthecombined48thIEEEConferenceonDecisionandControland28thChineseControlConference,Shanghai,China,pp.3087-3092,December16-18,2009.

M.Yang,Y.W.Wang,H.O. WANGandY.H.Huang,“RobustSynchro-nizationof Impulsively-CoupledComplexDynamicalNetworkswithParametricUncertaintiesandDelays,”Proceedingsofthe24thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonIntelligentControl,St.Petersburg,Rus-sia,pp.165-170,July8-10,2009.

L.L.Guo,Y.W.Wang,H.O. WANGandY.H.Huang,“Delay-DependentStabilityofDiscrete-TimeComplexNetworkswithMode-DependentUncertainParametersandTimeDelays,”Proceedingsofthe24thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonIntelligentControl,St.Petersburg,Rus-sia,pp.177-182,July8-10,2009.

J.Yao,H.O. WANGandX.Jin,“PassiveSynchronizationofComplexSpatio-TemporalSwitchingNetworkswithCouplingDelays,”Proceed-ingsofthe24thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonIntelligentControl,St.Petersburg,Russia,pp.1605-1609,July8-10,2009.

H.Ohtake, K. Tanaka andH.O. WANG, “FuzzyModel-Based ServoControl for Nonlinear Systemswith Input Constraint,” Proceedingsofthe24thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonIntelligentControl,St.Petersburg,Russia,p.452-255,July8-10,2009.

Y.J.Chen,H.Ohtake,W.J.Wang,K.TanakaandH.O. WANG,“Guar-anteedCostControlofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapunovFunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,”Proceedingsofthe24thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonIntelligentControl,St.Petersburg,Russia,pp.440-445,July8-10,2009.

M.Yang,Y.W.Wang,H.O. WANG,H.Ohtake,andK.Tanaka,“Stabi-lizationofComplexSwitchedNetworkswithtwotypesofDelaysviaImpulsiveControl,”Proceedingsofthe2009AmericanControlCon-ference,St.Louis,Missouri,USA,pp.5783-5788,June10-12,2009.

H.Ohtake,K.Tanaka,andH.O. WANG,“ImprovedControllerDesignforSwitchingFuzzyModel-BasedControl,”Proceedingsofthe2009American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, pp. 4284-4289,June10-12,2009.

H.Ohtake,K.TanakaandH.O. WANG,“SwitchingFuzzyModelCon-structionbasedonOptimalDividingPlanes,”Proceedingsofthe2009InternationalConferenceonFuzzysystems,JejuIsland,Korea,August20-24,2009.

Y.J.Chen,H.Ohtake,K.Tanaka,W.J.Wang,andH.O. WANG,“RelaxedStabilizationConditionsofT-SFuzzySystemsUsingPiecewiseLyapu-novFunctionBasedSwitchingFuzzyController,”Proceedingsofthe2009InternationalConferenceonFuzzysystems,JejuIsland,Korea,August20-24,2009.

Y.Higashi,K.Tanaka,H.Ohtake,andH.O. WANG,“ImprovementofSimulationModelandDevelopmentofControlMechanismofForceDirectionforaFlyingRobotwithCyclogyroWing,”Proceedingsofthe2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots andSystems,St.Louis,MO,USA,October11-15,2009.

H.Jung,S.H.Lee,D.H.Kim,andH.O. WANG,“DevelopmentoftheCar-likeRobotwithVariableWheelPositionMechanismforFullMo-bility,”Proceedingsofthe2009CACSInternationalAutomaticControlConference,Taipei,Taiwan,Nov.27-29,2009.

H. Jung, D.H. Kim, G. Ye, and H.O. WANG, “Self-organization forSwarmSystemsBasedonSystematicSingularAssociation,”Proceed-ingsofthe13thInternationalConferenceonMechatronicsTechnol-ogy,Cebu,Philippines,October20-23,2009.

O. Cote, D. WROBLEWSKI, and J. Hacker, “Refractive Turbulence,Transient Electronic Disconnectivity, and Propagation SituationalAwareness(PSA),”47thAIAAAerospaceSciencesMeeting,Orlando,January,2009.

D. WROBLEWSKI, M. Cannamela, M. GEVELBER, O. Ghosh, M.VanHout,A.Lum,K.Hogstrom,andS. BASU,“PlasmaSprayProcessModelingforControl:EffectofTorchInputsonParticleStateDistribu-tions,”InternationalThermalSprayConference,May2009.

Y.Zou,andY. ZHANG,“Time-DependentMechanicsofElastinNet-work,”ProceedingsoftheASME2009SummerBioengineeringCon-ference,LakeTahoe,CA,2009.

B.Xu,andY. ZHANG,“BiaxialMechanicalPropertiesofCollagenScaf-foldswiththeeffectsofCrosslinkingandFiberalignment,”FallBMESMeeting,Pittsburgh,PA,2009.

I.K.Lin,X. ZHANG,andY. ZHANG,“SuppressionofInelasticDefor-mationinMultilayerMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”Ma-terials Research Society Symposia Proceedings, MRS Fall meeting,Boston,MA,2009.

B.C.KaantaandX. ZHANG,“HighSensitivityMicro-ThermalConduc-tivityDetectorforGasChromatography,”presentedatthe22ndIEEEInternationalConferenceonMicroElectroMechanicalSystems,Sor-rento,Italy,January25-29,2009.

H. Tao, K. Fan, C.M. Bingham,A. Strikwerda,D. Pilon,W.J. Padilla,R.D.Averitt,andX. ZHANG,“TerahertzMetamaterialswithSimulta-neouslyNegativeElectricandMagneticResonanceResponsesBasedonBimaterialPopupStructures,”presentedatthe22ndIEEEInter-nationalConferenceonMicroElectroMechanicalSystems,Sorrento,Italy,January25-29,2009.

B.J.Hansen,J.Chen,andX. ZHANG,“TemplateforStraightforwardFabricationofSingleNanowireDevices,”presentedattheNanoman-ufacturingSummit,Boston,MA,USA,May27-29,2009.

H. Tao, C.M. Bingham, A.C. Strikwerda, D. Pilon, D. Shrekenhamer,N.I.Landy,K.Fan,W.J.Padilla,X. ZHANG,andR.D.Averitt,“FlexibleWideAngleTerahertzResonantAbsorberBasedonPerfectlyImped-

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ance Matched Metamaterials,” presented at the 29th ConferenceonLasersandElectroOpticsandInternationalQuantumElectronicsandLaserScienceConference,Baltimore,MD,USA,May31-June5,2009.

A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,H.Tao,D.V.Pilon,X. ZHANG,andR.D.Averitt,“ComparisonofBirefringentMetamaterialsandMeanderlineStruc-tureasQuarter-WavePlatesatTerahertzFrequencies,”presentedatthe29thConferenceonLasersandElectroOpticsandInternationalQuantumElectronicsandLaserScienceConference,Baltimore,MD,USA,May31-June5,2009.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,K.Fan,C.M.Bingham,W.J.Padilla,X. ZHANG,andR.D.Averitt,“FlexibleTerahertzMetamaterialsonPolyimideSub-strates,”presentedatthe29thConferenceonLasersandElectroOp-ticsandInternationalQuantumElectronicsandLaserScienceConfer-ence,Baltimore,MD,USA,May31-June5,2009.

P. Du, X. Lin, and X. ZHANG, “Electromechanical CharacterizationofPolypyrroleBilayerActuators,”presentedatthe5thInternationalWorkshoponAdvancedSmartMaterialsandSmartStructuresTech-nology,Boston,MA,USA,July29-August1,2009.

X. Zheng and X. ZHANG, “Development of a Versatile Cell ForceTransducerUsingMoiréMechanism,”presentedatthe31stAnnualInternationalConferenceoftheIEEEEngineeringinMedicineandBi-ologySociety,Minneapolis,MN,USA,September2-6,2009.

Y.Qiu,R.Liao,andX. ZHANG,“InterventionofCardiomyocyteDeathBasedontheImpedance-sensingTechniqueofMonitoringCellAdhe-sion,”presentedatthe31stAnnualInternationalConferenceoftheIEEEEngineeringinMedicineandBiologySociety,Minneapolis,MN,USA,September2-6,2009.

X. Zheng and X. ZHANG, “Quantifying Contractility inMigrationalVascularSmoothMuscleCellsRegulatedbyContractileProteinsUs-ingaNovelMicrofluidicForceMappingChip,”presentedatthe13thInternationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences,JejuIsland,Korea,November1-5,2009.

I.-K. Lin, K.-S.Ou, K.-S. Chen, andX. ZHANG, “Cellular ForceMea-surementinCardiacMyocytesUsingPolymerMicropillarArraywithViscoelastic Characterization,” presented at the 13th InternationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences,JejuIsland,Korea,November1-5,2009.

Y. Qiu, R. Liao, and X. ZHANG, “Monitoring Spreading of SomaticStemCellsUsinganImpedanceSensor,”presentedatthe13thInter-nationalConferenceonMiniaturizedSystemsforChemistryandLifeSciences,JejuIsland,Korea,November1-5,2009.

H.Tao,C.M.Bingham,K.Fan,D.V.Pilon,A.C.Strikwerda,W.J.Padilla,X. ZHANG,andR.D.Averitt,“Dual-BandMetamaterialAbsorber intheTerahertzRegime,”presentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

K.Fan,A.C.Strikwerda,H.Tao,X. ZHANG,andR.D.Averitt,“TerahertzMagneticResponsefrom3DMetamaterials,”MaterialsResearchSo-cietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,November30–December3,2009.

H.Tao,A.C.Strikwerda,C.M.Bingham,N.I.Landy,K.Fan,D.V.Pilon,D.Shrekenhamer,X. ZHANG,W.J.Padilla,andR.D.Averitt,“TheMar-riageofMEMSandMetamaterialsatTHzFrequencies,”presentedat

theMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,No-vember30–December3,2009.

P.Du,H.Lu,andX. ZHANG,“MeasuringtheYoung’sRelaxationMod-ulusofPDMSUsingStressRelaxationNanoindentation,”presentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,No-vember30–December3,2009.

K.-S.Ou,I.-K.Lin,P.-H.Wu,X. ZHANG,andK.-S.Chen,“MechanicalCharacterizationofAtomicLayerDeposited(ALD)AluminaforAppli-cations inCorrosiveEnvironments,”MaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

I.-K. Lin,K. Zhang,andX. ZHANG, “Suppressionof InelasticDefor-mationinMultilayerMicrocantileverswithNanoscaleCoating,”pre-sentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

X.Wang,S.Yerci, I.-K.Lin,L.DalNegro,andX. ZHANG,“Mechani-calandOpticalPropertiesofReactivelySputteredSilicon-RichSiliconNitrideFilms,”presentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeet-ing,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

I.-K.Lin,P.-H.Wu,K.-S.Ou,K.-S.Chen,andX. ZHANG,“TheTunabilityinMechanicalPropertiesandFractureToughnessofSputteredSiliconOxynitrideThinFilmsforMEMS-BasedInfraredDetectors,”present-edattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

B.C. Kaanta, H. Chen, and X. ZHANG, “Control and OperationSchemesforMicro-ThermalConductivityDetectors inGasChroma-tography,”presentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

Y. Qiu andX. ZHANG, “ANovel Impedance Sensing Technique forMonitoringSpreadingofSomaticStemCells,”MaterialsResearchSo-cietyFallMeeting,Boston,MANovember30–December3,2009.

X.ZhengandX. ZHANG,“AMicrofluidicChipforAnalysisofMechani-calForcesGeneratedduringCellMigration,”presentedattheMateri-alsResearchSocietyFallMeeting,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

B.J.Hansen,G.Lu,I.-K.Lin,N.Kouklin,J.Chen,andX. ZHANG,“TheGrowth and Characterization of Copper (II) Oxide Nanowires withSingleNanowireElectrical,GasSensing,andPhotoconductionMea-surements,”presentedattheMaterialsResearchSocietyFallMeet-ing,Boston,MA,USA,November30–December3,2009.

P. Du, X. Lin, and X. ZHANG, “Characterization of the CorrelationBetweenCurrentInputandCurvatureOutputofPolypyrroleTrilayerActuators,” presented at the9th InternationalWorkshoponMicroandNanotechnology for PowerGenerationandEnergyConversionApplications,WashingtonDC,USADecember1-4,2009.

B.J.Hansen,G.Lu,I.-K.Lin,N.Kouklin,J.Chen,andX. ZHANG,“TheGrowth and Characterization of Copper (II) Oxide Nanowires withSingleNanowireElectrical,GasSensing,andPhotoconductionMea-surements,”presentedatthe3rdInternationalConferenceonOne-DimensionalNanomaterials,Atlanta,GA,USA,December7-9,2009.


Research Laborator ies

Advanced Materials Process Control Lab

The primary re-search focus of theAdvanced Materi-als Process Control Laboratory is to ap-ply a systems-basedapproachtoimprov-ing material pro-cessing capabilities.

Researchprojectsinvolveanintegratedeffortofphysicalmodeling,sensordevelopment,systemdesign,andcontroldevelopment.

Current projects includework on plasmadeposition for protectivecoatings,crystalgrowthforelectronicapplications,andchemicalva-pordeposition. AnexperimentalCVDsystemhasbeendevelopedforimplementingreal-timecontrol.Amicrobalanceisusedtomeasuregrowthratesinsitu,andparallelDSPboardsareusedfordataanaly-sis and control. Related research includesdevelopmentof analysismethodsforidentifyingfundamentalprocessconstraints,aswellasdevelopmentofadvancedsensorsandobserverstoinfertheprocessstate.

Biomedical Microdevices and Microenvironments

The BiomedicalMicrodevices andMicroenvironments laboratory is fo-cused on materialsresearch activitiesin the broad areasof tissue engineer-ing and biomedical

devicedesign.Thelaboratoryisequippedforpolymerandhydrogelsynthesis,microfluidicdevicerapidprototyping,fabricationoftissueengineeringscaffoldmaterials,molecularanalysis,andtissueculture.Ithousesadynamicmechanicalanalyzerfortimeandtemperaturesensitivetestingofgelandpolymermacroscalemechanicalproper-ties.

This facility is a fully functional laboratory for integratedmechani-cal,chemical,andbiologicaltestingofbiomaterials.Thelaboratoryisadjacenttothesharedbio-micro/nanofabricationcenter.Thisclean-room contains a mask aligner, AFM, DekTak Profilometer, e-beamevaporator,andaspincoater.ThelabalsomaintainsaHysitronTribo-scopeNanoindentationInstrumentlocatedintheLowVibrationAreaofthePhotonicsCenter.Laboratoryprojectsincludeexperimentsandmodelingof the contactproblem fornanoscaleprobeson softhy-dratedbiomaterials,cell-biomaterialinteractionsintissueengineer-ingmaterials,anddiagnosticmicrofluidicdevicedesign.

Biomedical Ultrasonics Lab

Thislaboratoryisequippedforwetanddryexperimentssup-porting a broad spectrum ofultrasound research, includingnonlinearacoustics,bubble-re-lated physical and biomedicalacoustics, therapeutic ultra-sound,acousticcavitation,andtransduction. There are two

fully instrumented ultrasonic scan tanks with computer-controlledpositioners. One is for research into high-intensity-focused ultra-soundforsurgeryandtheothercontainsapeizo-electricarraywith170elementscapableofgeneratingintenseshockwavesforresearchinlithotripsy.Thelabhasascanningacousticmicroscope(SAM)thatcanemployultrasoundpulseswithfrequenciesupto150MHzforim-agingsamples.Thelabiswellstockedwithgeneral-purposetestandmeasurementequipmentsuchasfunctiongenerators,multimeters,poweramplifiers,preamps,analoganddigitaloscilloscopes.Thelabisequippedwithafull-sizefumehood,awaterpurificationsystem,andvariousinstrumentsforfluidandbiomaterialcontrol,processing,andmeasurement.

BioRobotics Lab

The BioRobotics ResearchGroup(BRG)solvestheoreticalandpracticalproblemsinmini-mally invasive surgery. Theyspecializeinmedicalrobotandinstrument design, develop-ment of imaging techniquesfor surgical guidance, model-ingtool-tissueinteraction;andteleoperation / automationof instrument motion. Theyutilize analytical tools fromrobotics, dynamics and con-

trol togetherwith innovative design techniques to create success-ful solutions. The teammembers come from diverse backgroundswithdegreesinmechanical/biomedical/electricalengineeringandmedicine. Their specialties range frombiomedical robotics, clinicalpracticeandimagingtoproductdesignandmanyareasinbetween.

Control in Nanoscale Systems

Andersson’s research group uses this facility to develop and applynewtechniquesforthestudyofdynamicsinnanoscalesystems.Theyuse advanced systems and controlmethods to design and analyzealgorithmswhichofferextremelyhighspatialandtemporal resolu-tion.Thetargetsystemslieprimarilyintherealmofsinglemoleculesandmolecular systems. The lab includes an optical microscope, ananopositioning stage,ahomebuilt confocalmicroscope,and laserexcitationsources.

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CATHERINE KLAPPERICH

ROBIN CLEVELAND, R.GLYNN HOLT, TYRONE PORTER, RON ROY

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Fabrication Lab

TheFabricationLaborato-ryhelpssupporttheover-allresearchmissionofthedepartmentbyfabricatinginstrumentationandcom-ponents for researchuse.Currently, the major ma-chinery in the laboratoryconsists of 3 Sharp endmillswithCNCcontrolsys-tems,twoSharp lathes,a

bandsaw,someolderdrillpresses,atablesaw,agrinderandsander,andmiscellaneoushandtools.Thelaboratoryoccupies1305sq.ft.intwoadjacentrooms:ENGB02andENGB07of110CummingtonSt.Itsoperationisunderthesupervisionofthedepartment’slaboratorysupervisorandlaboratoryengineer.

Green Manufacturing Lab

Research in Green Manufacturing Laboratory focuses on environ-mentallybenignpowergenerationtechnologiessuchassolidoxidefuel cells (SOFCs). They explore the material science and electro-chemistryofSOFCsusingtoolssuchasimpedancespectroscopy,gal-vanostatsandpotentiostats.Studiesinthislabincludemeasurementoftheratesofchargetransferreactionsthatoccurattheinterfacesofsolidstateelectrochemicaldevices,explorationofnewmaterialsandprocessesandmodelingofthetransportphenomenathatoccurinsuchdevices.Inthislab,theyalsoconductresearchonceramicgasseparationmembranes for the separationof industrially importantgasessuchasoxygenandhydrogen.

Ongoing projects conducted in close collaboration with industrialpartners includethedevelopmentofelectrodeandelectrolytema-terialsforloweroperatingtemperatureSOFCsandthedevelopmentof mixed ionic and electronic conducting materials for separationofhydrogen.ThelaboratoryisequippedwithaPerkinElmer263APotentiostat/Galvanostatusedforcharacterizationofelectrochemi-cal systems such as fuel cells, ceramic gas separationmembranes,batteriesandsensors,aHoriba910particlesizeanalyzercapableofobtainingparticlesizedistributionsofpowdersintherangeof0.01micronsto1mmusing lightscatteringtechnique,aSolartron1255FrequencyResponseAnalyzer(FRA)usedforACimpedancespectros-copy,hightemperaturefurnacesthatcanoperateupto1700˚C,andaSpex8000millcapableofproducingsub-micronparticles forusein solid stateelectrodesbyhigh-energyballmilling ina very shortperiodoftime.

High Temperature Materials Processing Lab

TheHighTemperatureMaterialsProcessingLaboratoryiscompletelyequipped for studying most high-temperature chemical and elec-trochemical processes involving metals and ceramics. It includesseveral high-temperature furnaces, residual gas analyzers, CO/CO2analyzers,potentiostats,impedanceanalyzers,state-of-the-artther-mogravimetricCahnBalance,highprecisionpowersuppliescapableof operating under constant current/voltage mode, viscometers,state-of-the-artdataacquisitionsystems,powderprocessingfacility,andfuelcellteststations.

Thelaboratorycurrentlysupportsthefollowingresearchprograms:greenelectrochemicalsynthesisofhigh-energycontentmetalssuch

asmagnesium,titanium,calcium,andtantalum,novelmaterialspro-cessing for hydrogen storage,membrane technology for hydrogenproductionandseparation,hybridone-stepprocessingofsolidoxidefuelcells,andmaterialsforintermediatetemperaturesolidoxidefuelcells.

High Temperature Oxidation Lab

Theresearchfocus isto investigatehigh-temperatureoxidationbe-haviorofmaterialsbyexposingmetalandceramicsamples tocor-rosive atmospheres containing oxygen and sulfur at elevated tem-peratures up to 1,600˚C. The laboratory is equippedwith a CAHN(thermogravi-metric)balanceandaMettlermicrobalanceforweightgainmeasurements, aswell as anapparatus foroxidation inO–18atmospheres,inordertodetermineoxidationmechanisms.

Hybrid and Networked Systems (HyNeSs) Lab

Belta’sresearchgroupisinterestedinphenomenathatoccurwhencontinuousdynamics,describedbysystemsofdifferentialequations,are combined with discrete dynamics, modelled as automata orstatetransitiongraphs.Suchsystemsarecalledhybrid,andexamplesrange fromman-madesystemssuchasmobile robots, tonaturallyoccurringsystemssuchasbiochemicalnetworks,wherethecontinu-ousdynamicsofmetabolicprocessesisregulatedbythelogicofgeneexpression.Itsapproachtotheanalysisandcontrolofsuchsystemscombines concepts and tools from computer science and controltheory.Itscurrentapplicationareasarenetworkedmobilerobotics,swarming,genenetworks,andgenomescalemetabolicanalysis.

Intelligent Mechatronics

The mission of the Labora-tory for Intelligent Mecha-tronic Systems (LIMS), for-merly called the BU RoboticsLab, is to understand thede-sign and integration of novelsensing and actuation tech-nologies for a wide varietyof control applications. TheLab is particularly interestedin active materials exploitingelectrostrictive and magne-tostrictive effects, as well astherapidlygrowingvarietyofsilicon-based microelectro-mechanical (MEMs) devices.Incorporating these into ac-tuator and sensor arrays, the

LIMSstudiesmechatronicsystemsinwhichglobaldynamicaleffectsareachievedthroughtheaggregationofdistributedparallellocalac-tions.Control ofpattern formation inmultiagent systems inwhichband limited communication channelsmediate real-timedata-flowbetweensensorandactuatorarraysiscentraltotheresearch.Appli-cationsofinterestincludefluidstructureinteractions,roboticsysteminteractionswithfluidsandelasticsolids,microelectromechanisms,rotatingshafts,andturbinedynamics.

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SRIKANTH GOPALAN

UDAY PAL

SOUMENDRA BASU

CALIN BELTA

JOHN BAILLIEUL


Laser Acoustics Lab

Thelaseracousticslabsupportsresearch in the nondestructivecharacterizationofconventionalandbiologicalmaterials.Currentresearch projects include thedevelopment of acousto-opticimaging systems for the detec-tionofabnormalitiesdeepwith-inbiologicaltissues,thestudyoflightandsoundinteractionwithnanoparticleswithpotentialap-plications intissue imagingandtherapy, and the developmentof full-field techniques for the

characterizationofarraysofnanostructures.Thelabhousesavarietyofultrasonicimagingandopticalequipment.

Lab for Microsystems Technology

The Laboratory for Microsystems Technology (LMST) is dedicatedtointerdisciplinaryresearchinthedesign,fabrication,characteriza-tion, packaging, and operation ofMicroelectromechanical Systems(MEMS)andNanoelectromechanicalSystems(NEMS).TheyperformresearchonMEMSandNEMS.Specifically,theyareinterestedinap-plying materials science, micro/nanomechanics, and micro/nano-manufacturing technologies to solve various engineering problemsthat are motivated by practical applications in MEMS/NEMS andemergingnanobiotechnologies.LMSTisaClass1000cleanroomthatprovidesresourcesforthedesign,fabrication,characterization,andtestingofMEMS/NEMSdevices.LMSTisalsoageneralbiochemistrylaboratorythathasastrongcollaborationwiththeBostonUniversitySchoolofMedicine.

Materials Theory Lab

The Materials Theory Groupseekstounderstandtheprop-ertyofmaterials viamodelingand simulation. The Groupmakes functional materialsdevices following theoreticalpredictions in the MaterialsTheoryLaboratory.

Medical Acoustics Lab

TheMedical Acoustics Laboratory aims at studying the interactionbetweenultrasound,tissue,andbiomaterialsanddevelopingnewul-trasoundtechnologiesformedicalapplications.ResearchthrustsintheMedicalAcousticsLabincludethedevelopmentoftemperature-andpressure-sensitivedrugcarriers,theformulationandcharacter-izationofmonodisperseultrasound contrast agents, anddesigningsystemstomonitorandcontrolbubble-enhancedultrasoundthermalablationofsolidtumors.

Microscopy Lab

TheMicroscopyLaboratory isdedicatedtothepreparationofelec-trontransparentspecimensforobservationintheTransmissionElec-tronMicroscope(TEM).Thespecimenshavetobereducedtoathick-nessontheorderof100ÅinordertostudyatomicarrangementsbyhighresolutionTEM.Equipmentavailableforthispurpose includesaGATANdimplerandion-mill,aswellasprecisiongrindingandpol-ishingapparatus.Thelaboratoryisalsoequippedwithadarkroom,capableofprocessingTEMnegativesandprints.

Multiscale Tissue Biomechanics Lab

IntheMultiscaleTissueBiomechanicsLab,K.Zhang’sresearchgroupintegratesknowledgeofbiology,nonlinearsolidmechanics,andfi-niteelementmodeling,especiallyofcomplexmaterialsandconsti-tutive behavior. Through the research, the lab provides insights inunderstandingtherelationshipbetweenmicroscopicbiologicalpro-cessesandchangesinmacroscopictissuemechanicsduetodiseases,andhelpsthedevelopmentofdiagnostic,therapeutic,andpharma-ceutical techniques. TheMulti-ScaleTissueBiome-chanics Laboratory wasestablished in 2006 andincludes a fully equippedwetlabandcomputation-al facilities for character-ization and modeling ofthe mechanical behaviorof soft biological tissuesand composites atmulti-scale.

Nanoscale Engineering Lab

TheNanoscaleEngineeringLaboratoryisusedtofabricatenanome-ter scale semiconductor mechanical devices using electron beamlithography,plasma, andwetetching techniques.After fabrication,variousstate-of-the-artcharacterizationtechniquesareemployedtostudythephysicalprocessesdominantinthesenanomechanicalde-vices.Amongthefundamentalphenomenastudiedaredissipation,fluctuations,andsurfaceeffectsatthenanometerlengthscales.Thepracticalaspectsofthisresearchinvolvethedesignandfabricationof ultra-high-speed nanomechanical sensors and development ofsurfacenano-engineeringtechniquesforimproveddevicecharacter-istics.

Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics Lab

Morgan’s research group uses experimental and computationalmethods to explore the relationships between structure and me-chanicalfunctionofbiologicaltissuesatmultiplelengthscalesintheOrthopaedicandDevelopmentalBiomechanicsLab.Currentresearchprojects include quantification of physiological loading conditions,3-Dvisualizationandpredictionofspinefractures,andtheeffectsofmechanicalstimulationonjointandarticularcartilagedevelopment.

Thelaboratoryhousesabiaxial(axial-torsional)servohydraulicmate-rialstestingsystemwithavarietyofextensometersandloadcells,aminiaturetorsionaltestingsystem,twomicro-computedtomography

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TYRONE PORTER

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systems,amulti-channelsignalconditionalandamplificationsystem,anX-raycabinet,andvariouscuttingtoolsincludingasledgemicro-tomeandlow-speedwaferingsaw.Additionalspaceisdedicatedtocellandtissueculture.Computationalfacilities includePCworksta-tions equippedwith software for image processing, finite elementanalysis,andgeneralcomputing.

Photo-acoustics and Photo-thermal Microscopy Lab

Research inthePhoto-acousticsandPhoto-thermalMicroscopylabfocusesonthedevelopmentoflaser-basedtechniquesforthechar-acterizationandnondestructiveevaluationofsmallscalestructuresincludingthinfilmsandcoatings,membranes,MEMSandnanoscaledevices. The laboratory includespulsed andhigh frequency ampli-tudemodulatedlasersources,opticalinterferometers,andavarietyofhighspeedelectronicandsignalprocessingcomponents.

Physical Acoustics Lab

The interaction of soundwith with fluids, especiallythosewith free surfaces, isat theheartof thework inthe Physical Acoustics Lab.The coupling of sound tointerfacial motion leads toavarietyofinterestingphe-nomena involving free sur-faces, bubbles and drops.Manyof thesephenomena

havesurprisingpracticalapplications.Afewofourprojectsarede-scribedbelow.

Inoneexternallyfundedproject,weareinvestigatingthecollectivecollapseofcavitationclustersinhigh-static-pressureliquids.Weuti-lizehigh-powerpulsedlaserbeamarraystocontrolclusternucleationandinvestigatetheonsetofcollectivebubbleeffectsinhigh-pressurespherical resonators. Understanding thephysicsof collective clus-tercollapsewillleadtoapplicationsinvolvinghigh-temperatureandhigh-pressurereactions.

In anotherproject, in collaborationwith abiomedical device com-pany,weareusingultrasonicacoustic levitationasa technique forinvestigatingtherheologyofbloodclots.Theuniquenessofthisnon-contactmethod allows the determination of the intrinsic strengthofclotsasafunctionofavarietyofcontrolfactors,inturnallowingmedicaldevicedesignerstomoreeffectivelybreakupclots.Intwootherprojectsweareinvestigatingtheuniquepropertiesofacousti-cally-drivennonlinearparametricinstabilitywavesknownasFaradaywaves. These waves spontaneously form patterns, and efficientlyfocusvibrationalenergyata freesurface. Oureffortsaredirectedatinvestigatingpatternfreezingasanalternativetotraditionaltime-consumingapproaches,andtowardsunderstandingFaradaywavesinperiodicstructures.

Powder Metallurgy & X-ray Lab

Thepowderprocessinglaboratoryisequippedtobatch,process,anddensifyawidevarietyofmaterials.Particlesizereductionanduni-formmixingareessentialinanypowderpreparation.Inadditiontoa500cccapacityattritormillforprocessingsmallpowderbatches,an

extensiveselectionofballmill sizesandavarietyofmillingmedia,includingsiliconnitrideandtitaniumcarbide,areavailable.Diesandpressesforpowdercompactionandcomponentdevelopmenthavebeen established. Consolidation and sintering capabilities includevacuum,overpressure,andhotpressingupto25,000KgFandtem-peraturesinexcessof2,400˚C.Thesecapabilitiesmakethepowderprocessing laboratory uniquely equipped for developing high tem-peraturemonolithicandcompositematerials.

ThelaboratoryisalsoequippedwithaBrukerD8Focusdiffractome-terwithindependentthetaandtwothetaaxiswithcopperradiation.Thisunitextendsthelaboratory’scapabilitytoperformsinglecrystalbackreflectionLauestudiesforcrystalorientation.Thestandardde-tector isthescintillationcounter,withhighdynamicrangeandlowinternal background. In addition, several Debye Scherrer powdercamerasarealsoavailable.Thisunit isequippedwithallnecessarycomponentsforqualitativeorquantitativephaseanalysis,crystallitesizedetermination,andstructuredeterminationandrefinement.

Precision Engineering

The Precision Engineering Research Laboratory (PERL) is home toanactiveprogram inMicro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) re-search. InMEMS,thetoolsthatemergedfromthesemiconductormanufacturingrevolutionareemployedtodesignandbuildelectron-ic,mechanical,andopticaldeviceswhosedimensionsaremeasuredinnanometersandmicrometers.Liketheirmicroelectroniccounter-parts,MEMSdevicescanbemadeextremelysmallandingreatnum-berseconomically.TheresearchprogramatPERLfocusesonOpticalMEMS systems—electromechanical devices to improve the perfor-manceofimagingandcommunicationsystems.Oneofthemoresuc-cessfuloutcomesof this researchhasbeenthedesign, fabrication,andtestingofanewclassofmicromirrorarraythatcanbeusedtoimprovetheresolutionofmicroscopes, telescopes,andbiomedicalinstruments.

Two specific typesof thesedevices, developedat theUniversity—MEMSdeformablemirrorsandMEMSspatiallightmodulators—havebeenincorporatedintotest-bedsworldwidetoexploitthisnewtech-nology.TheworkonopticalMEMSincludesdesign,manufacturing,andtestingofthesedevices.PERLishousedinthePhotonicsCenter,whereworld-classfacilitiesformodeling,producing,andmeasuringopticalMEMSdevicesareavailable.

Shock Wave Lab

TheShockWaveLaboratoryhousesanumberofshockwavesourcesfor research into lithotripsy (breaking of kidney stones) and shockwavetherapy(thetreatmentofmusculoskeletalpain).Therearetwoelectrohydraulic(sparkbasedsource)lithotripters:oneisaresearchdevicewhichallowscontrolovervariousaspectsoftheshockwaveandthesecondisaclinicaldevicecompletewithfluoroscopicimag-ing.Thelabisalsohometotwoshockwavetherapy(SWT)devicesfor research into theuseofshockwaves to treatsoft-tissue injury.Acousticalandopticalcavitationdetectionsystemsareusedtosensebubbleactivitygeneratedbyshockwaves.There isahigh-pressurechamber with acoustically transparent windows that is equippedwithacousticandopticalportstoallowforthestudyofshockwaveinteractionwithstonesunderpressure.

The laboratory also houses the Drop Physics Module, an acousticlevitationapparatusthatflewontheSpaceShuttleintheSpace-labmoduleduringthemissionsSTS-50(FirstUnitedStatesMicro-gravity

TODD MURRAY

R.GLYNN HOLT

VINOD SARIN

TOM BIFANO

ROBIN CLEVELAND


Laboratory, USML-1) and STS-73 (USML-2). The apparatus enabledthe study of drop dynamics and surface rheology inmicro-gravity.This apparatus is currently being refurbished andwill be used forstudiesofthedynamicrheologyoffoams.

Undergraduate Machining Lab

This lab isused toprototypemanufacturingprojects,andprovidesfundamental engineering research support. The lab emphasizesmodernprocessingmachineryandmanufacturingaidssuchascom-puter-aideddesignandcomputer-aidedmanufacturing(CAD/CAM).

Thislabisusedfordemonstrationandprojectsinseveralmanufac-turingcoursesforcarryingoutmilling,cutting,anddrillingofdiffer-entmaterials.Thisstate-of-the-artshopisequippedwithaHAASVF2VerticalMachiningCenter,2Sharp1224VerticalMachiningCenters,anOKUMALB15CNC12StationTurret Lathe,aFANUCTAPECUTW0WireEDM,aHARDINGEHLV-HToolroomLathe,aSharpSG618SurfaceGrinder,2BRIDGEPORTverticalmills,aLEBLOND16”enginelathe,3BRIDGEPORTSeriesI-CNCverticalmillsw/AnilamControls,aGROBverticalbandsaw,aCLAUSING-COLCHESTER15”enginelathe,aKEARNEYTRECKERhorizontalmill,andaRUEMELINsandblaster.The labalsohas2computerstationsusingVirtualGibbsCadCam,Delcam’sArtCam,andSolidWorkssoftware.

Underwater Sound and Ultrasound Lab

The focusof this laboratory is thepropagationof sound innaturalbodiesofwater.Facilitiesincludeawetlabtestingfacilityaswellasvariousinstrumentationforsoundgeneration,detection,andpropa-gationexperiments.Thelabalsocontains2workstationsforcom-putationalmodeling. In addition to lab and computational efforts,at-searesearchprojectsareunderwaythroughcollaborationswithotherregionalfacilities.

Facilities include alarge-water-filled,ultrasound scantank (with preci-sion positioners,supporting com-puters and acous-tic-electronic in-strumentation) forgeneral-purposeultrasound re-search and twodiagnostic ultra-soundscannersforbiomedical imag-ing research. TheSNSwork features

anacousticresonatordesignedfordetectingfreegasbubblesinflow-ingmercuryandalasercavitationsystemforgeneratingreproduciblebubblecloudcollapsenearboundariesunderwell-controlledaque-ousconditions.Cloudcollapsediagnosticsincludehigh-speedpho-tography, acoustic emissionmeasurements, and boundary surfacevibrationsmeasuredusingalaserDopplervibrometer.

Vibrations Lab

The laboratory offers a full suite of sensors, instrumentation, andsoftwarenecessarytoresearchthevibrationsofcomplexstructuresandtechnologiesthatreducevibrationandnoise.Oneareaofcur-rent interest is thespatialmappingofenergy removalbydampingtreatments inorder tobetterdesigndamping treatments for com-plexstructures.Anotherareaisthemitigationofautomotivebrakesqueal.

BOB SJOSTROM

WILLIAM CAREY, ROBIN CLEVELAND, R.GLYNN HOLT, RAYMOND NA-GEM, RON ROY

J.GREGORY McDANIEL

Orthopaedic and Developmental Biomechanics Lab

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Aff i l iated Research Centers

Center for BioDynamics (CBD)

TheCenter forBiodynam-ics (CBD) is a multidisci-plinary, interdepartmentalcenter, which strives toadvance training and re-searchbetweendynamical

systems,biology, andengineering. TheCBD trainsundergraduates,graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows in leading techniquesfrom these disciplines. The CBD emphasizes the integration of re-searchandeducation,aswellastheverticalintegrationofstudentsandmentorsatall levelswithinBostonUniversity.Training isoftendone through involvement in cross-disciplinary collaborations andco-mentoredprojects.

Fraunhofer Center for Manufacturing Innovation

The Fraunhofer USA Cen-ter for Manufacturing In-novation(FHCMI)providesproduct development as-sistance and manufactur-

ingsolutionstolocalandinternationalindustry.Theyworkwiththeir-clientstodevelopnewtechnologies,improvecurrentmanufacturingoperations and, based on our global view, benchmark against theworld’sbestpractices.Theiruniqueabilitytoaccessaglobalresearchbaseandtheirownvastexperiencegiveourclientsanunparalleledadvantage.

Fraunhoferhasbeenbridging the gapbetweenacademic researchand industrial needs formore than 50 years. It is Europe’s largestR&Dorganization spanning over fifty locations across Europe,AsiaandNorthAmerica;andincludesanannualclientbaseofmorethanthreethousandcorporations.

Themodel isverysimple:Fraunhofer Institutesworkwith industryanduniversitiestoscaleupcuttingedgeresearchintorealworkingtechnologiesonanindustrialtimetable.Theirengineeringleadstothedevelopmentofadvancedmachineryandprocessesforavarietyofapplications.Theserangefromsubmicronprecisionassemblyforthephotonics,biotechandsemiconductorindustries,tohighvolumemanufactureofconsumerproducts.

Photonics Center Tohelp industrybridge thegap between basic researchand practical application,Boston University launchedthePhotonicsCenterin1994

with$29millioninseedfundingfromthefederalgovernment.ThecenterisnowforgingtruebusinesspartnershipsinwhichcompaniesdrawontheUniversity’sexceptionalexpertiseandresourcesinengi-neering,science,medicine,andmanagementtobuildactualproductprototypesandspawnagrowingstreamofnewcompanies.

ThePhotonicsCenterisaboldnewmodelforuniversity-industrycol-laboration.Ithasbeenestablishedtoworkdirectlywithinvestorsand

industrialpartnerstoturnemergingconceptsinphotonicstechnol-ogyintocommercialproducts.TheCenterisstaffedandequippedtohelpindustrypartnersreducethetechnicalandfinancialriskinvolvedindevelopingnewideas,refiningtheminlaboratory,buildingwork-ingprototypes,andstartingupcompanies.Todate theCenterhasforgedjointventureswithadozencompaniestodevelopnewprod-uctsindatastorage,environmentalmonitoring,optoelectronics,andbiotechnology.

Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS)

The Bernard M. Gordon Centerfor Subsurface Sensing and Imag-ing Systems is a multi-universityNational Science Foundation En-gineering Research Center (NSF-ERC) founded in 2000. Itsmissionis to develop new technologiesto detect hidden objects—and touse those technologies to meetreal world subsurface challenges

inareasasdiverseasnoninvasivebreast cancerdetectionandun-derground pollution assessment. The center’smultidisciplinary ap-proachcombinesexpertise inwavephysics (photonics,ultrasonics,electromagnetics), multisensor fusion, image processing, and 3DCAT-scan-like reconstruction and visualization. The Gordon Centeroperateswiththespeedandagilitymoretypicalofaresults-drivenprivatecompanythanofanacademicinstitution,consistentwiththeneeds of its industrial and government partners.With its commit-ment to leveraging technology transfer to spur economicdevelop-ment,theGordonCenterisintendedtobeanationalmodelforthefusionofacademicresearchandprivate-sectorcollaboration.

Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE)

TheCenterforInfor-mationandSystemsEngineering pro-videsahomeacross

departmentsforfacultyandstudentsinterestedininformationandsystemsengineeringmethodologiesandtheir relevancetoapplica-tiondomainsencompassingtheanalysis,design,andmanagementofcomplexsystems. InformationandsystemsengineeringresearchatBostonUniversityisstrongandaccomplishedbutalsospreadsacrossdepartments,collegesandschoolswithintheUniversity.In2002,theTrusteesapprovedthenewCISEinordertofostergreaterinteractionsamongresearchersspeakingthesametechnicallanguageacrossdi-verseapplicationdomains.Currently,thereare30affiliatedfacultyfromthedepartmentsofBiomedicalEngineering,ComputerScience,Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics,MechanicalEngineering,OperationsManagementand theDivisionofSystemsEngineering. Currentfocalapplicationdomainsinclude:Automation,roboticsandcontrol;Communicationsandnetworking;Computational Biology; Information Sciences; Production, ServiceSystems,andSupplyChains.


Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology

Nanoscience andnanotechnology re-searchanddevelop-ment are leading a

revolutioninbasicmaterialsscienceandengineering.Newadvance-mentswithdesignedfunctionalityarepoisedtoenableahugerangeofapplicationsineverythingfromdevelopingfundamentalbuildingblocks in the electronics, photonics, andmaterials sectors, to sen-sors, biomimetic andbiocompatible platforms throughout thebio-medicalandhealthsectors.

ThestrengthofBostonUniversity’seffortsininterdisciplinarynano-science andnanotechnology forman axis that begins in basicma-terialsscience,surfacescience,physics,chemistry,andengineering,extending intomolecular and cellular biology, biophysics, and thetechnologiesofmicrofluidics,MEMS,andontomanufacturing.Ourstrengthsare indevelopingandusingnanotechnologyadvances inmaterialsandplatformswithourcapabilitiesinbiomedicalengineer-

ingtofocusonapplicationsinunderstandingsubcellularprocesses,biomolecularfunctionandhumanphysiology.

ThenewCenterforNanoscienceandNanobiotechnologywasestab-lishedtoadvanceacademicandtechnologicalresearchanddevelop-mentinnanoscienceandnanobiotechnology.TheCenterservesasahubfornanoscienceresearchersfromtheCharlesRiverandMedicalCampusesandbuildsactivitiesthatdevelopinterdisciplinaryresearchandtraining.TheCenterwillconnectscientistsfromdisparatedisci-plineswitheachotherinseminars,meetings,jointvisitorprogramsandseededprojectstoenhancethedevelopmentofinterdisciplinarynanoscaleresearch.TheCenterwillleadlarge,interdisciplinarypro-posaldevelopmentandrunfundedprogramsforbothresearchandtraining,aswellassupportindividualresearchersintheireffortsbylinkingthemwithresourcesthroughouttheUniversityandbeyond.TheCenterwillalsobuild linkagesbetweentheresearchandtech-nologicalcommercializationresourcesatBUincludingthePhotonicsCenter,theTechnologyCommercializationInstitute,andFraunhoferandwithexternalpartnersandindustrialaffiliates.

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Seminars

DATE SPEAKER TITLE

9.4.09 Catherine KlapperichDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringBostonUniversity

MiniaturizingMolecularDiagnostics:EngineeringforPortability,PerformanceandEaseofUse

9.11.09 Gretar TryggvasonMechanicalEngineeringWorcesterPolytechnicInstitute

Directnumericalsimulationsofmultiphaseflow

9.18.09 Pierre DupontDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringBostonUniversity

Developmentofrobottechnologyforminimallyinvasivesurgery

9.25.09 Clare M. Rimnac DepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringCaseWesternReserveUniversity

Engineeringthenaturalhistoryoftotaljointreplace-ments

10.2.09 Richard WlezienDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringTuftsUniversity

Hybridlaminarflowforefficientsubsoniccruise

10.9.09 Julie ChenDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringUniversityofMassachusettsLowell

Emergingopportunitiesandstrategiesforresearchandpartnershipsinmechanicalengineering

10.16.09 Michael P. BrennerSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciencesHarvardUniversity

Physicsandmathematicsofselfassembly

10.23.09 Kamil EkinciDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringBostonUniversity

FluiddynamicsofNEMS:Fundamentals,challenges,andprospect

10.26.09 Semyon M. MeerkovElectricalEngineeringandComputerScienceDepartmentUniversityofMichigan

ProductionSystemsEngineering:Problems,Solutions,andApplications

11.6.09 Chiang C. MeiDepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineeringMIT

The2009FelsenLecture:Modelingofthehydrodynam-icsofpowerextractionfromseawaves

11.13.09 James F. LynchAppliedOceanPhysicsandEngineeringWoodsHoleOceanographicInstitution

The2009MunkAwardLecture:Acousticaloceanographyandshallowwateracoustics

12.4.09 George G. AdamsMechanicalandIndustrialEngineeringDepartmentNortheasternUniversity

Analyticalmodelingandexperimentsinthecontactofaroughmicrospherewithaflatsolidsurface

12.11.09 Louis L. BucciarelliSchoolofEngineeringMIT

Howmanyengineersdoesittaketodesignalightbulb?

1.15.10 George KarniadakisAppliedMathematicsDepartmentBrownUniversity

Multiscalemodelingofcomplexfluids,softmatter,andredbloodcells

1.22.10 Robert D. WhiteMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentTuftsUniversity

Microsystemsforacousticsensing-biomimeticsandengineeredsystems


DATE SPEAKER TITLE

1.27.10 Ismail B. CelikMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringDepartmentWestVirginiaUniversity

Applicationofmicromachineddevicestocochlearme-chanics,biomedicalultrasound,andaeroacoustics

2.5.10 Federico CapassoSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedSciencesHarvardUniversity

Casimir-Lifshitzforces:vacuumfluctuations,quantumlevitation,andthefutureofnanomachines

2.12.10 Alexander GorlovDepartmentofMechanicalandIndustrialEngineeringNortheasternUniversity

TheGorlovHelicalTurbineanditsapplicationstotheextractionofpowerfromwatercurrentsandwind

2.19.10 Arun ShuklaDepartmentofMech.EngineeringandAppliedMechanicsUniversityofRhodeIsland

Novellayeredmaterialsforblastmitigationandaero-spaceapplications

2.26.10 Jim SlinkmanIBM

ScanningSurfacePhotoVoltageMicroscopyforcharac-terizationofstressonsilicondevicestructure

3.19.10 Alexander SmitsDepartmentofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringPrincetonUniversity

TurbulenceathighReynoldsnumbers

3.26.10 Patricia DaviesSchoolofMechanicalEngineeringPurdueUniversity

Soundqualityandtheassessmentofaircraftnoise

4.2.10 Robin Cleveland DepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringBostonUniversity

Lithotripsy:ashockingblowtokidneystones

4.9.10 Brian StoreyOlinCollege

Electrokineticflowinmicrofluidics:problemsatlargevoltages

4.16.10 Jeff MendozaUnitedTechnologiesResearchCenter

Silencingadiversecorporation

4.30.10 Robert C. Dean Jr.SynergyInnovations,Inc.andDartmouthCollege

Invention,innovationandentrepreneurship

ProfessorChiangC.Meigivingthe2009FelsenLecture:Modelingofthehydrodynamicsofpowerextractionfromseawaves.

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Merri l L . Ebner Fund

B A C K G R O U N D

Since2003,TheMerrillL.EbnerFundhasbeenusedtosupportanumberofactivities,allcenteredaroundthekeyaimtoencour-ageeducationalactivitiesinengineeringinvolvingcreativedesignandcommercialization.RogerandSandraDorfofAustin,Texas,establishedthefinancialbasisofthisinitialfund,towhichothershavecontinuedtocontribute.Prof.MerrillEbnerdesignedthemainactivitiesandusesoftheFund,whichwillbediscussedbelow.SincetheSpringof2008,whenProf.Ebnerpassedaway,theMerrillEbnerFundCommitteehascontinuedtoorganizeanddirectthiswork.

Thecommitteeforthepresentacademicyearincluded:

STORMY ATTAWAY Co-Chair

DAN COLECo-Chair

RONALD ROY

J. GREGORY MCDANIEL

DONALD WROBLEWSKI

XIN ZHANG

WithintheFundaretwodistinctsub-funds.The“EndowedFund”receivescontributionsfromwhichtheaccumulatedinterestisavail-ableforuse.Contributionstothe“CurrentUseFund”areavailableforuseimmediatelyuponreceipt.TheMerrillEbnerFundCommit-teeprovidesoversightforbothFunds.

ActivitiesoftheFund,whichimpactboththeundergraduateandgraduateprograms,areinsomecasesfullyfinancedbytheFund.InothercasestheFundleveragesitsalumniandcorporatecontribu-tionsbyprovidingstart-upfundsforaproject.TheFundcontinuestobeprimarilyusedtoencouragecreativedesignandcommercial-izationwithinMechanicalEngineering,withemphasisonmanufac-turingoperations.

F U N D S T A T U S

TheEndowedFundhasreceived$-0-andtheCurrentUseFundhasreceived$1000thisfiscalyear.AsofJuly1,2010,totalcumulativecashcontributions(currentprincipal)intheEndowedFundhavebeen$127,658.AsofthatdatetheavailablefundsintheEndowedFund(interestontheprincipal)are$14,785andintheCurrentUseFund$8039.

D E S I G N P O R T F O L I O C O N T E S T

OneofthefirstmajoractivitiesattheundergraduateleveloftheEndowedFundwastheestablishmentofanannualUndergraduateDesignPortfolioContest.Thecontestwasstartedinthespringof2005,andhasbeenheldannuallysincethen.Inthepast,thisdesigncompetitionwasopentoallsophomoresandjuniorsintheCollegeofEngineering,withtheintentionofencouragingallengineeringstudentstobegintodeveloptheirdesignportfoliosearlyintheircollegecareer.Thisyear,however,inordertoincreasethelevelofparticipationinthecontest,itwasopeneduptoundergraduatesatalllevels.Judgingproceduresthatwereestablishedin2005statethateveryyearaPortfolioReviewJuryistobedesignatedconsistingminimallyoftheChair(orCo-chair)oftheEbnerFundCommittee,amemberofthedesignfaculty,aseniorengineeringstudent,anengineeringalumnaoralumnusandtheMechanicalEngineeringDepartmentChairmanorhisorherdesignee.Thisyearthejuryconsistedof:

STORMY ATTAWAYCo-Chair

DAN COLE DesignFaculty

JOSEPH SHIFRINSeniorEngineeringStudent

CHARLIE LISSANDRELLOEngineeringAlumnus

MORT ISAACSONChairDesignee

Inordertoencouragestudentparticipationinthecontest,atleastonePortfolioWorkshophasalsobeenheldeveryyear.Attheseworkshopsstudentsandalumniexhibittheirportfolios;theinten-tionistoprovidelowerdivisionengineeringstudentswithanideaofwhatreasonablycompleteportfolioslooklike.Thisyearthereweretwodifferentworkshops.ThefirstwasheldinconjunctionwiththeDepartmentOpenHouseinDecember;thiswassetupasaninformaltablestudentscoulddropby.Subsequently,Prof.ColeheldanotherworkshopinMarchthatwasattendedbyapproximately20undergraduatestudents.Thisworkshopwasmoreformallystructured.

Thejurydecidesonthecontestwinners.Sincethecontestwasopeneduptoallundergraduates,theprizestructurewasrevampedaccordingly.Itwasdecidedthatcashawardsof$500forthebestseniorportfolio,$400forthebestjuniorportfolio,$250forthebestsophomoreportfolio,$100forthebestfreshmanportfolio,and$500forthebestoverallportfoliowouldbeawardedattheDepart-ment’send-of-yearsocialonMay3,2010.Thisyear’swinnerswere:

SAMIR AHMED(EE2013)Freshman

YIN LIN (ME2011)Junior

WARREN HUFFMAN(MFG2010)Senior

Overallwinner: YIN LIN

Note: there were no sophomore entries.


G R A D U A T E T H E S I S A W A R D W I T H T H E G R E A T E S T C O M M E R C I A L P O T E N T I A L

ThefreshmanwinneroftheDesignPortfolioContestSamirAhmed(l.)receivinghisawardfromProfessorWroblewski(r.)

Thethirdannual“GraduateThesiswiththeGreatestCommercialPotential”awardcompetitionwasheldthisyear.AnyM.S.orPh.D.thesisproducedbyastudentintheDepartmentofMechanicalEngineeringwaseligibletobeconsideredforthisaward.Thetotalawardforwinningthisjuriedcompetitionis$3,000,paidfromtheEbnerEndowedFund.Theawardissplitevenlybetweentheauthor(s)ofthewinningthesisandthefacultyadvisorforthethesis,tobeusedinsupportofthefacultyadvisor’slaboratory.

ThenominationprocessthatwasestablishedrequiresthattheFacultyAdvisermustnominatethestudent/thesistobeconsideredbythejury.Inthisprocess,thefacultyadvisorwritesasingle-pageletterofnominationforthethesis,includingadiscussiononthecommercialpotentialofthethesisandanyotherhelpfulback-groundonthethesisworktohelpfacilitatejudging.Thethesisandnominatingletterarethenreviewedbyajuryconsistingofachairandknowledgeablepeoplechosenfromthefacultyandindustry.Inthepast,thejuryhasincludedatleasttwofacultymembers,atleasttwopeoplefromindustry,andoftenaBUalumni.

Thisyearthejuryendedupbeingsmallerthanusualforanum-berofreasons,althoughthenumberofapplicantswasactuallyhigher.Themake-upofthejurywillneedtobeaddressednextyear.Fortunately,however,regardingtheapplications,thequalityofthesubmittedtheseswasfelttobequitehighbythejury.Allhadverygoodtoexcellentpotentialcommercialapplicability,combinedwithexcellentresearchefforts.

TheJuryforthe2010Awardconsistedofthreefacultymembers:

DAN COLEME(Chair)

TED dE WINTERME

DON WROBLEWSKIME

Thewinningthesis,whichwasnominatedbyProf.VinodSarin,waswrittenbyTusharKulkarni.ThePh.D.thesiswasentitled,“Function-allyGradedMulliteCoatingsforGasTurbines.”Byprovidingcoat-ingsonturbinebladesthatcanwithstandmuchhighertempera-tures,theefficiencyofaturbinecanbesignificantlyincreased.

D E S I G N F E L L O W S H I P

Alsoatthegraduatelevel,acompany-designated“DesignFellow-ship”hasbeenestablishedthroughtheCurrentUseFund.ThestructureofthisDesignFellowshiphasbeensetupasa16-monthexperienceleadingtoaMaster’sdegree.Designintensityispro-videdintheprogrambyfourelements:(1)graduatecourseworkwithspecialemphasisontheM.S.programoptioninSensorsandInstruments,(2)paiddesignassignmentsfor20-30hoursperweekatthesponsoringcompany,(3)participationwithafacultydesignmentorprovidinganopportunityforthestudenttoenhancethedesignandcomputationcomponentinaseniororgraduatecourse(referredtohereasa“designpracticum”),and(4)anM.S.thesiswithadesignthrust.

TuitioncostsaresharedbetweentheCollegeofEngineeringandthesponsoringcompanyandabookstipendisprovided.AllfellowshippaymentstoBostonUniversityonbehalfofthesponsoringcompanyarepaidthroughthefundasthesponsorofthefellowshipprogram.Since2005,TheRaytheonCompanyhasbeentheprimarysupporterofDesignFellows.

TwoRaytheonFellowsfinishedtheirM.S.degreeandgraduatedinMay2009.Theyare:JosephWasniewskiandMichelleBoudreau.JosephchosetodoaMSthesiswithProf.CalinBeltaentitled,“AnExperimentalPlatformforProbabilisticRobotMotionPlanningandControl.”Thisworkinvolvedthecontrolandcommunicationofau-tonomousrobotnetworks.MichellecarriedoutaresearchprojectwithProf.TheodoreFritzintheCASAstronomyDept.onaerospaceapplications.Michelle’sworkinvolveddesignworkfortheAuroralImager,whichisakeysubsystemofaBUsatelliteproject.

NonewRaytheonFellowswerestartedthisyear,buttwomoreareexpectedtobegininayearfromnow.

Thus,theMerrillL.EbnerFundcontinuestoincreasethedesignandcommercializationemphasisinactivitiesofinteresttomechanicalandmanufacturingengineering.Itisexpectedthatitsinfluencewillcontinuetoevolveandgrowinfutureyears.

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