UMass Dartmouth Research Annual Report

RESEARCH | Annual Report 2014 01

Table of Contents

Interim Vice Chancellor’s Letter ......................................................................................... 2-3

Committee Members and Acknowledgements .......................................................... 4-5

Awards and Recognitions ................................................................................................. 6-14

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) CAREER AWARDS ......................... 6

CITATIONS & PUBLICATIONS ...................................................................................... 6-8

2014 INTERNAL AWARDS ......................................................................................... 9-10

President’s Awards:

Science & Technology (S&T) ................................................................................ 9

Creative Economy Award .................................................................................... 9

Provost’s Awards:

Multidisciplinary Seed Funds (MSF) Program ............................................... 9

Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) .......................................... 10

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS ............................................................................................. 11

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ................................................................................... 12

CAPSTONE PROJECTS ............................................................................................... 12-14

Metrics ...................................................................................................................................... 15-32

AWARDS ................................................................................................................. 16, 19-28

PROPOSALS ......................................................................................................................... 17

EXPENDITURES .................................................................................................................. 29

Research Offices Organization Chart ................................................. inside back cover

02 Annual Report 2014 | RESEARCH

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we present the FY 2014 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Annual Grants and Contracts Report. This has been a great year for the University and an exciting time to be part of our Research, Scholarship, and Innovation (RSI) community.

This report recognizes the achievements of our faculty, their staff and students in winning a range of awards including two National Science Foundation CAREER Awards in Biology and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Defense funding for applied and theoretical research, State support for an Advanced Manufacturing Academy, and industry funding for chemical probes and molecule design. These pages contain many more testaments to the ingenuity and passion of the UMassD faculty.

UMASSDTRANSFORM2020 Strategic Plan

The new UMASSDTRANSFORM2020 strategic plan identifies the achievement of Carnegie Doctoral Research University (DRU) status as one of the highest priorities. We are on the verge of attaining this – if the review process for this status were to be held today UMassD would qualify.

We rolled out the new UMASSDTRANSFORM2020 plan following a year of study. Two very important recommendations in support of research growth have already been implemented. These were: (1) the establishment of a new position of Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development (VCRED) and (2) the formation of a permanent RSI advisory committee reporting to the VCRED. I was appointed interim VCRED, and have in turn appointed research active and externally-funded faculty members to the RSI Committee.

Research seed fund programs

Last year Provost Karim and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies Meressi initiated two internal “seed” programs. The Multidisciplinary Research Program supported six teams of 20 faculty, and the Summer Faculty Research program supported 10 faculty members. We plan to closely track the impact of these seed funds in spurring external awards. This $210,000 institutional investment is in addition to ongoing system-wide internal research competitions through the President’s Science and Technology Initiative and the Healey Endowment Fund.

Louis Goodman

Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development


New personnel in key research support areas

uWe welcomed a new Director in the Office of Research Administration (ORA), Elena Glatman, who brings a wealth of managerial and financial compliance experience from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Brown University. The name ORA was changed to Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) to reflect the wide range of projects funded by external sponsors. Ms. Glatman is a strong advocate for open communication, ongoing education and customer service.

u We also retained D. Glass Associates, led by Dr. David Glass, whose extensive experience in technology transfer will assist the University in identifying and protecting faculty inventions and guiding faculty through the patent and licensing process.

u The newly created Office of Research Development will work with faculty to develop long-term strategies to increase external funding and interdisciplinary research. Mary Hensel has moved from SPA to Research Development to staff this initiative.

Research scholarship innovation prioritiesUMASSDTRANSFORM2020 and initial RSI committee meetings focused on:

• Balancing research workload given teaching, advising, and service commitments of faculty members.

• Use of internal funding programs to support early research and research infrastructure.

• Broadening sponsorship beyond Federal awards.

• Heightened recognition of faculty members’ RSI achievements and celebration of research on campus.

• Increased support for identifying funding opportunities.

• Building research teams with University collaborators.

My thanks to all who engage in vital and vibrant research at UMass Dartmouth and make this a strong research, innovation, and scholarship community.

Sincerely

Louis Goodman, Ph.D.Interim Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development



RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP AND INNOVATION (RSI) COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

LOUIS GOODMAN

KENNETH MANNING

ANDREW REVELL

STACY LATT SAVAGE

ANNA DEMPSEY

SHOUHONG WANG

KRISTEN SETHARES

ROBIN ROBINSON

PIA MOISANDER

AMIT TANDON

ANNA KLOBUCKA

MAOLIN GUO

SIGAL GOTTLIEB

JOHN BUCK

MARK ALTABET

ELENA GLATMAN Ex-officio

MARY HENSEL Ex-officio

DAVID GLASS Ex-officio

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This report was made possible by

collaboration and contributions fromthe following offices and departments:

Research and Economic Development:

• Sponsored Projects Administration

• Office of Research Development

• Institutional Ethics & Compliance

Academic Affairs /Provost’s Office

Claire T. Carney Library

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Human Resources

Institutional Research

Mechanical Engineering

Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies

Office of Undergraduate Research

University Marketing


NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) CAREER AWARDS

The Faculty Early Career Development

Program (CAREER) is one of the most

prestigious awards from NSF for

junior faculty members who exemplify

the role of teacher-scholars through

outstanding research, excellent education

and the integration of education and

research within the context of the

University mission.

Two faculty members received CAREER

awards in 2014:

Mazdak Tootkaboni, Civil & Environmental

Engineering, College of Engineering

Project Title: Predictive Analysis of

Stability-Critical Structure: An Uncertainty-

Informed Path from Measurements

to Theory

Award Amount: $400,000

Robert Drew, Biology,

College of Arts & Sciences

Project Title: Do Anemone Fish Exploit

Anemone Sensory Mechanisms to

Evade Attacks


CITATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Using Thomson Reuters Web of Science

Database, formerly known as Science

Citation Index, a citation analysis was

performed. The results show the number

of research publications produced by

UMass Dartmouth researchers over the

past five years in sources indexed by Science

Citation Index and the number of times

these publications were cited.

Science Citation Index covers scientific and

engineering disciplines, including some

psychology and health sciences, but there

may be additional sources where our

researchers published and were cited

in the social sciences or humanities.

UMass Dartmouth library does not have

access to Social Sciences and Humanities

Citation Index.

Please note, 2014 data is subject to change

and the final number will increase, since

it is based on a calendar year that is not

yet complete.

Over this 2009-2014 time period, the total

number of citations was 3,167, distributed

by year as follows:

Awards and Recognition

PUBLISHED ITEMS IN EACH YEAR

CITATIONS IN EACH YEAR

YEAR NUMBER OF CITATIONS

2009 24

2010 175

2011 389

2012 747

2013 1,065

2014 767

Dr. Howard E. Michel to lead Institute of

Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Dr. Howard E. Michel, Associate Professor of

Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass

Dartmouth and engineering consultant, has

been named IEEE President- elect. Nominated by

the IEEE Board of Directors, Michel will begin

serving his one-year term on January 1, 2015.


The most highly cited articles published by UMass Dartmouth researchers in the last five years are:

1. Millan, M. J., Agid, Y., Bruene, M.,

Bullmore, E. T., Carter, C. S., Clayton,

N. S., Connor, R., Young, L. J. (2012).

Cognitive dysfunction in psychiatric

disorders: Characteristics, causes and

the quest for improved therapy. Nature

Reviews Drug Discovery, 11(2), 141-168.

doi:10.1038/nrd3628 Cited 101 times

2. Liu, R., Lin, Y., Chou, L., Sheehan, S. W.,

He, W., Zhang, F., Wang, D. (2011).

Water splitting by tungsten oxide

prepared by atomic layer deposition

and decorated with an oxygen-

evolving catalyst. Angewandte

Chemie-International Edition, 50(2),

499-502. doi:10.1002/anie.201004801

ER Cited 73 times

3. Silby, M. W., Winstanley, C., Godfrey, S.

A. C., Levy, S. B., & Jackson, R. W.

(2011). Pseudomonas genomes: Diverse

and adaptable. FEMS Microbiology

Reviews, 35(4), 652-680. doi:10.1111/

j.1574-6976.2011.00269.x

Cited 66 times

4. Cai, W., Hu, X., Huang, W., Murrell,

M. C., Lehrter, J. C., Lohrenz, S. E.,

Gong, G. (2011). Acidification of

subsurface coastal waters enhanced by

eutrophication. Nature Geoscience,

4(11), 766-770. doi:10.1038/NGEO1297

Cited 60 times

5. Gottlieb, S., Ketcheson, D. I., & Shu, C.

(2009). High order strong stability

preserving time discretizations. Journal

of Scientific Computing, 38(3), 251-289.

doi:10.1007/s10915-008-9239-z

Cited 58 times

6. Hu, C., Li, X., Pichel, W. G., &

Muller-Karger, F. E. (2009). Detection

of natural oil slicks in the NW Gulf

of Mexico using MODIS imagery.

Geophysical Research Letters, 36,

L01604. doi:10.1029/2008GL036119

Cited 47 times

7. Shoval, O., Sheftel, H., Shinar, G., Hart,

Y., Ramote, O., Mayo, A., Kavanagh, K.,

Alon, U. (2012). Evolutionary trade-offs,

pareto optimality, and the geometry

of phenotype space. Science, 336(6085),

1157-1160. doi:10.1126/science.1217405

Cited 41 times

8. Hu, C., Li, D., Chen, C., Ge, J.,

Muller-Karger, F. E., Liu, J., He, M.

(2010). On the recurrent ulva prolifera

blooms in the yellow sea and east

china sea. Journal of Geophysical

Research-Oceans, 115, C05017.

doi:10.1029/2009JC005561 ER

Cited 38 times

9. Li, D., Sutton, D., Burgess, A., Graham,

D., & Calvert, P. D. (2009). Conductive

copper and nickel lines via reactive

inkjet printing. Journal of Materials

Chemistry, 19(22), 3719-3724.

doi:10.1039/b820459d Cited 37 times

10. Barausse, E., Cardoso, V., &

Khanna, G. (2010). Test bodies and

naked singularities: Is the self-force

the cosmic censor? Physical Review

Letters, 105(26), 261102. doi:10.1103/

PhysRevLett.105.261102

Cited 33 times

11. Jiao, Y., & Zuo, Y. (2009). Ultrasonic

extraction and HPLC determination

of anthraquinones, aloe-emodine,

emodine, rheine, chrysophanol and

physcione, in roots of polygoni

multiflori. Phytochemical Analysis,

20(4), 272-278. doi:10.1002/pca.1124

Cited 33 times

Geoffrey CowlesAssociate Professor, School for Marine Science and Technology

HARNESSING ENERGY WITH TIDAL TURBINESTidal energy turbines harness the power of the tides in much the same way that wind turbines harness the power of the wind. A recent estimate of the harvestable tidal resource in the United States is 65,000 GWh, or the equivalent of approximately 10 large power plants.

The National Science Foundation awarded $300,000 to Dr. Geoffrey Cowles of SMAST and co-investigator Dr. Luigi Martinelli of Princeton University, in cooperation with Ocean Renewable Power Company, to assess both the performance of tidal energy turbines and their interactions with the immediate marine environment.

“Our computations will be run at national supercomputing centers as well as on the UMass Dartmouth cluster currently housed in the Carney Library, which was purchased with funds from the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and UMass Dartmouth,” said Cowles.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

10.1038/nrd

10.1002/anie

10.1038/NGEO

10.1126/science

10.1103/PhysRevLett

10.1103/PhysRevLett

10.1002/pca



12. Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., Stanton, C. A.,

Papandonatos, G. D., Shadel, W. G.,

Stein, M., Tashima, K., Niaura, R. (2009).

Motivation and patch treatment

for HIV plus smokers: A randomized

controlled trial. Addiction,

104(11), 1891-1900. doi:10.1111/j.

1360-0443.2009.02623.x

Cited 29 times

13. Somes, C. J., Schmittner, A., Galbraith,

E. D., Lehmann, M. F., Altabet, M. A.,

Montoya, J. P., Eby, M. (2010).

Simulating the global distribution of

nitrogen isotopes in the ocean. Global

Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB4019.

doi:10.1029/2009GB003767

Cited 28 times

14. Wang, C., & Zuo, Y. (2011).

Ultrasound-assisted hydrolysis and gas

chromatography-mass spectrometric

determination of phenolic compounds

in cranberry products. Food Chemistry,

128(2), 562-568. doi:10.1016/j.

foodchem.2011.03.066 Cited 24 times

15. Kerr, L. A., Cadrin, S. X., & Secor, D. H.

(2010). The role of spatial dynamics in

the stability, resilience, and productivity

of an estuarine fish population.

Ecological Applications, 20(2), 497-507.

doi:10.1890/08-1382.1 Cited 24 times

16. Hadas, O., Altabet, M. A., & Agnihotri,

R. (2009). Seasonally varying nitrogen

isotope biogeochemistry of particulate

organic matter in Lake Kinneret, Israel.

Limnology and Oceanography, 54(1),

75-85. doi:10.4319/lo.2009.54.1.0075

Cited 24 times

17. Sengupta, S., & Pandit, A. (2011).

Selective removal of phosphorus

from wastewater combined with its

recovery as a solid-phase fertilizer.

Water Research, 45(11), 3318-3330.

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2011.03.044

Cited 23 times

18. Goethel, D. R., Quinn,Terrance J.,II,

& Cadrin, S. X. (2011). Incorporating

spatial structure in stock assessment:

Movement modeling in marine fish

population dynamics. Reviews in

Fisheries Science, 19(2), 119-136.

doi:10.1080/10641262.2011.557451

Cited 23 times

19. Sullivan, J. M., Van Holliday, D.,

McFarland, M., McManus, M. A.,

Cheriton, O. M., Benoit-Bird, K. J.,

Moline, M. A. (2010). Layered

organization in the coastal ocean:

An introduction to planktonic thin

layers and the LOCO project.

Continental Shelf Research, 30(1),

1-6. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.001

Cited 23 times

20. Huang, C., Chen, L., & Yang, C. (2009).

Effect of anions on electrochemical

coagulation for cadmium removal.

Separation and Purification

Technology, 65(2), 137-146

doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2008.10.029

Cited 22 times

Aminda O’HareProfessor, Psychology

EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF COGNITION AND EMOTIONDo emotions help or hinder our ability to make decisions? Dr. Aminda O’Hare is researching this question in the CAPES Lab, one of the Psychology Department’s electroencephalography (EEG) facilities. Using electrical sensors to track brain activity, she assesses her subjects’ abilities to stay focused on a task when emotion is present and when it’s not. While they are performing tasks, O’Hare records the nuances of each subject’s responses to words that have emotional content, such as “hatred” or “horror.” O’Hare’s view is that “emotions can brighten your attention.”

O’Hare runs multiple trials on each subject, takes the average of the electrical activity across all trials, and establishes event related potentials (ERPs). Using the ERPs, she can pinpoint at what stage emotion might be changing cognitive processing.

Improved understanding of the intersections of cognition and emotion could have very practical applications, O’Hare said, for example, the potential for the military to gauge a soldier’s ability to make decisions in extremely stressful situations.

10.1016/j.foodchem

10.1016/j.foodchem

10.4319/lo

10.1016/j.watres

10.1016/j.csr

10.1016/j.seppur



2014 INTERNAL AWARDS

President’s Awards

Science & Technology Initiatives Fund (S&T)

S&T is a tool to catalyze research

collaborations that strengthens the research

enterprise of the University and brings

economic benefit to the Commonwealth.

The intent of the program is to provide

seed funding to researchers to help

position them for larger and longer-term

investment, such as major grants from

federal, state, and private sponsors.

Recent Recipients of S&T:

Mazdak Tootkaboni and Mehdi Raessi

(2014-2016)

Sigal Gottlieb and the Scientific

Computing team (2013-2015)

Brian Howes and Roland Samimy

(2012-2014).

Creative Economy Award for 2014-2015

Angappa “Guna” Gunasekaran, Charlton

College of Business, Heather Bentz, College

of Visual and Performing Arts

Project Title: UMassD Creative: Developing a

Dynamic Marketing Tool Kit for Nonprofit

Arts and Cultural Organizations

Award amount: $40,000

Provost’s Awards

Multidisciplinary Seed Funds (MSF) Program

The goal of the MSF program is to allow

faculty teams to develop strength and

synergy at the intersection of their

disciplines, which in turn can help the

winning teams attract significant

external funding.

The winning six projects involving

20 co-investigators are as follows:

Vanni Bucci (PI: Biology), Yanlai Chen

(Math) and Bo Dong (Math)

Project: Model order reduction techniques

for patient-specific data inference for gut

microbiota dynamics

Award: $31,000

Andrew Revell (PI: Psychology), M. Gloria de

Sa (Sociology), and Elizabeth Chin (Nursing)

Project: Cognitive status and health

assessment tools for cross cultural

community engagement

Award: $25,000

Plaw Avery (PI: Political Science),

Brian Williams (History), Francis Rudko

(Law), and Dan Braha (Decision and

Information Sciences)

Project: Exposing targeted killing to security:

compiling, analyzing, and disseminating

databases on targeted killing operations

around the world

Award: $24,000

Mark Silby (PI: Biology), Vanni Bucci

(Biology), and Christopher Brigham

(Bioengineering)

Project: Understanding microbial dynamics

to improve biotechnological applications

Award: $22,000

Tracie Ferreira (PI: Bioengineering),

Catherine Neto (Chemistry), Sankha

Bhowmik (Mechanical Engineering), and

Siva Rasapalli (Chemistry)

Project: Zebra fish in-vivo model to validate

pharmacological and biomaterial studies

Award: $28,000

Kristen Sethares (PI: Nursing), Paul Fortier

(Electrical and Computer Engineering), and

Elizabeth Chin (Nursing)

Project: The effect of mobile self-monitoring

on self-care behaviors in heart failure and

COPD patients

Award: $20,000

Sigal GottliebProfessor, Mathematics

A LEADING SCHOLAR IN SCIENTIFIC COMPUTINGDr. Sigal Gottlieb was the opening plenary speaker on the topic, “Strong Stability Preserving High-Order Time Discretization Methods” at the International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The annual conference draws researchers and practitioners with an interest in the solution of differential equations, applying their research in the fields of electromagnetics, mechanics, climate modeling, and image processing.

Gottlieb is associate director of the Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research along with Dr. Guarav Khanna (Engineering). Established in the Fall of 2012, the Center is the hub for computational scientific activity at UMass Dartmouth. Faculty from Physics, Mathematics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Science, and Fisheries Oceanography investigate interdisciplinary solutions to modern research problems in the fields of computational mathematics, solid mechanics, ocean processes, astrophysics, and gravitational physics. They also mentor the next generation of researchers in the computational sciences.


Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP)

The purpose of the program is to provide

seed money for research and scholarly

activities for tenured and tenure-track

faculty.

The following nine proposals were

funded for a total of $60,000:

Anthony Arrigo, English

Research Topic: Hoover Dam Historic 3-D

Interactive Reconstruction


Christopher Brigham, Bioengineering

Research Topic: Biosynthesis of

Microbial-based Polymer from

Seafood Waste


Elizabeth Chin & Deborah Armstrong,

Adult & Child Nursing

Research Topic: Stigma Chronic Illness

and Healthcare Utilization


Lance Fiondella, Electrical and Computer

Engineering

Research Topic: Summer Visit to Army

Research Laboratory


Kathryn Kavanaugh, Biology

Research Topic: Developing and Testing

a Computational Model of Phalanges

Development and Variation


Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, Psychology

Research Topic: A Book Proposal:

Parents on the Cutting Edge


David Manke, Chemistry

Project Topic: Carbon Dioxide Reduction

with Mixed-Transition Metal Complexes


Suzanne Schireson, Fine Arts

Research Topic: Moving through Drawing


Stephen Witzig, STEM Education and

Teacher Development

Research Topic: Investigating the

Development of In-Service Teachers

Operations, Knowledge and Practices

toward Developing and Teaching

Socio-scientific Issues-based Lessons


Amit TandonProfessor, Engineering

EXAMINING OCEAN PROCESSES IN THE BAY OF BENGALDr. Amit Tandon of the UMass Dartmouth College of Engineering and Dr. Amala Mahadevan of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are leading a first-of- its-kind U.S.-India oceanographic research team to improve the forecasting of monsoon and extreme weather events across the Indian subcontinent.

“The monsoon has two faces,” said Dr. Tandon. “It can be a major destructive force, and yet most of the country’s agriculture depends on the timing and amount of the monsoon rains. A fluctuation of just 10 percent from the seasonal norm is the difference between a ‘deficient’ and an ‘excessive’ monsoon.”

The U.S. Office of Naval Research is funding the participating U.S. scientists and contributing the resources of the R/ V Roger Revelle. Dr. Frank Herr of the Office of Naval Research noted, “The visit of this U.S. oceanographic research ship to India is an important moment in the history of scientific partnership between our two countries. We hope to grow lasting scientific cooperation between our nations and acquire the knowledge to better forecast the initiation of the annual monsoons.”



RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Currently active research awards held by

graduate students during academic year

2013 -14 (FY 14).

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Program recognizes and supports

outstanding graduate students in

NSF-supported science, technology,

engineering, and mathematics disciplines

who are pursuing research-based Master’s

and doctoral degrees at accredited United

States institutions.

Current recipient:

William Eddy Corey – Marine Science and

Technology program (intercampus)

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)

The mission of the program is to increase

the number of U.S. citizens and nationals

trained in science and engineering

disciplines of military importance, the

Department of Defense (DoD) awards

approximately 200 new three-year

graduate fellowships each year. The DoD

offers these fellowships to individuals who

have demonstrated the ability and special

aptitude for advanced training in science

and engineering.

Current awardee:

Ashley Stoehr – Biomedical Engineering

and Biotechnology program – 3rd year

of NDSEG award

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs – the Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program is the flagship

international educational exchange program

sponsored by the U.S. government and is

designed to increase mutual understanding

between the people of the United States

and the people of other countries.

Current recipients:

Anser Shauket – Master of Fine Arts

program – 2nd year of Fulbright

Yenny Fabiola Otalora Seville –

Mathematics Education program –

2nd year of Fulbright

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program

The program recognizes outstanding

scholarship and encourages independent

graduate-level research students in NOAA

mission-related sciences of oceanography,

marine biology, and maritime archaeology,

including all science, engineering, and

resource management of ocean and

coastal areas. Scholarship selections are

based on academic excellence, letters

of recommendations, research, career

goals, and financial need.

Current recipients:

Sherri Eldridge – Marine Science and

Technology program (intercampus) –

4th and final year of NOAA Nancy

Foster Scholarship

Tammy Silva – Marine Science and

Technology program (intercampus) –

2nd year of NOAA Nancy Foster

Scholarship

Jing WangAssistant Professor, Music

EARNING ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS IN THE ARTSDr. Jing Wang, composer and virtuoso erhu artist, was granted one of the highest awards an artist in any discipline can receive: a resident fellowship at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The MacDowell Colony supports residencies for leading artists in diverse disciplines such as visual arts, writing, film, poetry, music composition, and architecture.

Dr. Wang teaches electroacoustic music, composition, and music theory. Her compositions have been selected and presented in China, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Canada, and throughout the United States. As an active erhu performer, she has introduced the Chinese indigenous erhu into the Western contemporary music scene with her wide array of compositions for chamber ensemble, avant-garde jazz improvisations, and multicultural ensembles. She has also successfully performed erhu concertos with several symphony orchestras in the United States.

Since its inception in 1907, MacDowell Fellows have won more than 65 Pulitzer Prizes, a dozen MacArthur Foundation “Genius Awards,” and scores of Rome Prizes, Guggenheims, National Book Awards, Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Sundance prizes.



UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) supports the following grants:

• Small research grants provide up to $500 per student to support research.

24 grants were given out in the spring and 32 in the fall of this year.

• Travel grants provide up to $500 for travel during the year to present the results

of research at conferences. 11 students traveled in AY 2014.

• Summer stipends. 13 awards up to $4,000 were made in 2014 to support student research

with faculty mentors over the summer. In addition, the OUR offered on-campus housing

and up to $500 for research materials.

CAPSTONE PROJECTS 2014

Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

The projects provide students with diverse industry experience and offer companies

innovative ideas and solutions.

Some of the projects are highlighted below:

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Green Line Wheelchair Ramp

Ryan Duncum, Edward Bouley, Amanda

Munson, Chris Hughes, Lane Tobiason

Walaa MogawerProfessor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

CREATING NEW PAVEMENT FROM OLD MATERIALSThe asphalt producing industry is working to conserve natural resources, produce environmentally friendly mixtures, and keep costs down. Dr. Walaa Mogawer, with more than 20 years of experience in paving technology, is addressing these challenges by developing pavement mixtures that include recycled materials.

Mogawer received $249,785 from the New England Transportation Consortium for research on “Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Mixture Containing Recycled Asphalt Shingles” to advance technologies that use readily available recycled materials such as recycled asphalt shingles and reclaimed asphalt pavements in the construction of new paving materials.

In 2010, the recycling of asphalt pavements and asphalt shingles conserved 20.5 million barrels of asphalt binder. By recycling the nearly 10 million tons of shingle that currently go into U.S. landfills, the U.S. could save $2.5 billion worth of asphalt each year.

Mogawer is the Director of the UMass Dartmouth Highway Sustainability Research Center (HSRC), and has served as principal investigator on several research projects funded by MassHighway, New England Transportation Consortium (NETC), and National Science Foundation (NSF).

The MBTA team designed a manually

operated wheelchair ramp to be retrofitted

into the Massachusetts Bay Transportation

Authority’s 96 Green Line cars in Boston.

The existing wheelchair ramp retracts

under the subway car and is often jammed

by stones, sand, road grit, ice, and snow.

This new design folds up and is stored

inside the passenger compartment, away

from damaging debris. The prototype was

welded from aluminum stock and other

materials, functions as designed, meets all

design criteria, and meets demanding ADA,

MBTA, and structural requirements.



Rex-Cut

Automated Abrasive Disk Boring Machine

Jackson Leclerc, Gavin Klecak, Jonathan

Rivera, James Hansson (Team Leader),

David Massa

The Rex-Cut team designed and built a

fully-automated machine for boring very

precise center holes in abrasive disks.

The task had formerly been accomplished

manually by an operator standing at a drill

press. This machine takes a blank disk off

a stack using a pick-and-place robotic arm,

bores the hole with a diamond ream, and

moves the finished disk to a hopper. It

also counts the disks, processing them in

batches of 25 units. This machine will

improve both quantity and quality of the

finished product – and will relieve the

operator of a boring task!

Protonex Technology Corporation

Fuel Delivery System for a Fuel Cell

Keith Blanchard, Matthew Godfrey, Jerry

Olivier, Kyle Rowe, Christopher Jordan

(Team Leader)

The Protonex team designed and

demonstrated a fuel delivery approach for

a small, portable fuel cell system used by,

among others, the military. Originally, the

fuel was delivered to the system from

pressurized cans that are similar to spray

paint cans. As the fuel was used, the

pressure decreased, changing the rate of

delivery and changing system performance.

The team designed a new delivery system

that inverted the fuel cans, delivering the

fuel as a liquid instead of a gas. Fuel

management and delivery was significantly

stabilized, allowing the fuel cell to operate

more efficiently and in a wider range of

temperature environments.

Changsheng ChenProfessor, Department of Fisheries Oceanography School for Marine Science and Technology

PREDICTING, MODELING, AND EXPLORING COASTAL OCEANSDr. Changshen Chen is a coastal oceanographer working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop and operate a national network of forecast systems that predict coastal ocean systems, including water levels, salinity, currents, temperatures, and tides and currents.

Chen is the leader of the Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Modeling Research Laboratory, which has developed an innovative unstructured grid, finite-volume coastal ocean model (FVCOM) for the ocean community. This modeling technology has been in development for over a decade with collaborators from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and is at the core of NOAA’s Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System (NECOFS), an integrated atmosphere-ocean model system.

Chen’s FVCOM is also central to improved NOAA forecast systems in the Gulf of Mexico. The northwest Gulf of Mexico Operational Forecast System (NWGOFS) and the northeast Gulf of Mexico (NEGOFS) became operational on September 16, 2014, with new features by FVCOM developers that significantly benefit a range of maritime activities, including commercial and recreational boating, fishing and sailing, shipment and vessel transit planning, storm tides, hazardous material tracking, and Search and Rescue.



High Bay Storage Alarm System Upgrade

Joseph R. Wood*, Joseph Helger, Mohamed

Hossain, Tejendra Patel

TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Dr. Liudong Xing

CUSTOMER: Mr. Bernie Torres, Acushnet

Company

ABSTRACT:

Designing a replacement safety alarm

system for our rack storage system in our

primary warehouse. The current system

utilizes in-floor “guide wires” and

proximity switches that are hard wired

into a PC. Objective is to design a unit

that utilizes RF tags and readers and a

wireless communication link.

Firefighter Remote Temperature

Monitoring System

Cameron Barron*, Jordan Bonnell, Jay

Frenette, Carlson Magina

TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Dr. Paul Fortier

CUSTOMER: Mr. Frank S. Silveira, Boston

Engineering

ABSTRACT:

Design the mechanical and electronic

systems for a highly compact and highly

reliable temperature measuring device

that will transmit to a receiver several

hundred feet away; to be installed under

a firefighter’s coat to monitor body

temperature and alarm on overtemp

conditions.

Portable, Radio Frequency, In Situ

Soil Conductivity and Permittivity

Measuring System

James Mohler*, Jared Bigos, Anthony

Montano, Andrew Simmons

TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Dr. Dayalan

Kasilingam

CUSTOMER: Mr. Marshall Cross, MegaWave

ABSTRACT:

The goal of this project is to design,

fabricate and test a portable (lightweight/

compact) and inexpensive system that can

provide reasonable values of the soil’s

constitutive parameters, conductivity and

dielectric constant, using a small handheld

battery powered Vector Network Analyzer.

*Indicates Team Leader


Metrics

Summary Fiscal Year 2014 Proposal and Award Activity

Awards levels decreased from FY 13 to

FY 14 by 13%. External funding in the

form of new or continuing grants and

contracts received by the University

of Massachusetts Dartmouth was

received in the amount of $13,651,833

during fiscal year 2014 compared to

$15,738,962 in FY 13.

These awards include Research,

Training and Other Sponsored

Activities. The charts on this page

show the comparison of award

amounts and numbers for fiscal years

2012 through 2014. The total number

of awards was 129 compared to 142

in FY 13.

TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT

TOTAL AWARD COUNT


AWARDS BY PURPOSE IN MILLIONS 2012 2013 2014

Instruction/Training 2.4 0.6 1.3

Other Sponsored Activities 3.6 2.7 2.2

Research 11.6 12.4 10.2

TOTAL 17.6 15.7 13.7

Awards Received by Purpose

The majority of awards received were

for research purposes.

These awards totaled more than $10.2

million in FY 14, 74% of the total

compared to $12.4 million in FY 13,

and 79% of the total compared to

$11.6 million in FY 12.

Instruction/Training, Public Service,

and Other Sponsored Activities were

26% of the total at $3.5 million in

FY 13 and $6 million in FY 12.

AWARDS BY PURPOSE


PROPOSAL TO NEW AWARD COUNT

PROPOSAL DOLLARS TO NEW AWARD DOLLARS

Proposals to Awards Comparisons Fiscal Year 2014

In FY 14, 82 faculty and project

directors submitted 206 proposals

requesting approximately $55 million

compared to 89 faculty and project

directors submitting 203 proposals

requesting $61 million in FY 13.

The average proposal value requested

was $266,110 compared to $302,223

in FY 13. Of the funding received in

FY 14, 87 were new awards totaling

$8.5 million.

The graphs on this page include both

the number and value of proposals

submitted compared to new awards

received.


NUMBER OF PROPOSALS SUM OF TOTAL REQUESTED

Federal 141 $ 46,528,135

Non-Federal 65 $ 8,290,548

GRAND TOTAL 206 $ 54,818,683

PROPOSALS FEDERAL VS. NON-FEDERAL AGENCIES

PROPOSALS BY COLLEGE


AWARDS BY FUNDING SOURCE FISCAL YEAR 2014

Federal $ 10,039,568

Local Government $ 868,090

State Agencies $ 1,773,313

Other $ 970,862

GRAND TOTAL $ 13,651,833

FEDERAL AWARDS BY AGENCY

AWARDS BY SPONSORAwards by Funding Source

Federal funding received directly from

federal agencies and as flow-through

from non-federal sources represented

74% of total award dollars.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State agencies provided 13%, and

local governments provided 6% of

total funding. Industry nonprofit

and other organizations totaled 7%.

There was a total of $10 million in

funding provided by the federal

government either directly or as a

pass-through to UMassD during FY 14.

The National Science Foundation

provided the most federal funding,

$3 million (down from $3.9m in FY 13).

The Department of Commerce

including the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration increased

to $2.5 million.

The Department of Education

provided $1.4 million (down from

$1.5m in FY 13).

The Office of Naval Research increased

to $1.3 million.

The Air Force Office of Scientific

Research, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Department of Justice,

Federal Highway Administration, and

U.S. Department of Agriculture

provided between $500,000

to $150,000 respectively.

The remaining funding was provided

by various federal agencies including

National Institute of Health, National

Endowment for the Humanities,

Department of Defense, and

Department of Labor.


AWARDS BY FEDERAL AGENCY FY 2014

Federal Agency Amount

Air Force Office of Scientific Research $ 498,336

Federal Highway Administration $ 217,494

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration $ 2,528,568

National Science Foundation $ 2,935,684

Office of Naval Research $ 1,310,750

Other $ 310,152

U.S. Department of Agriculture $ 148,448

U.S. Department of Education $ 1,392,871

U.S. Department of Justice $ 300,000

U.S. Department of Transportation $ 397,265

GRAND TOTAL $ 10,039,568

AWARDS BY UNIT


Unit/ Department Count Amount Count Amount Count AmountAcademic Affairs

Academic Resource Center 390,995 390,995 761,541 Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality - - 300,000 Provost Office 21,850 62,150 89,230 Upward Bound Department 788,594 359,215 20,449

Academic Affairs Total 7 1,201,439 6 812,360 8 1,171,220

Charlton College of BusinessAccounting & Finance 10,830 1,060 - Management & Marketing - 7,500 -

Charlton College of Business Total 1 10,830 2 8,560 - -

College of Arts and SciencesBiology 1,013,512 491,950 607,640

Center for Policy Analysis - - 27,500 Center of Indic Studies 13,181 - - Center of Labor Education 617,474 750,795 1,101,502 Chemistry & Biochemistry 374,268 919,564 257,482 Center for University, School & Community Partnerships - 977,014 977,014 History 228,600 350,997 8,896 Mathematics 344,804 424,901 301,642 Office of Community Service & Partnerships - - 4,500 Public Policy - - 326,200 Psychology 107,568 - - Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies 3,026 16,875 12,289

Teaching & Learning - - 34,363 College of Arts and Sciences Total 31 2,702,432 27 2,955,082 28 3,659,028

College of EngineeringBioengineering - 1,873,243 217,998 Civil & Environmental Engineering 1,278,125 819,585 1,057,910 Computer Information Science 424,998 308,769 74,999 Electrical & Computer Engineering 1,374,692 648,391 1,613,221 Mechanical Engineering 824,016 411,451 298,331 Physics 221,502 330,500 470,618 Office of Campus and Community Sustainability 62,101 - -

College of Engineering Total 32 4,185,434 25 4,391,939 29 3,733,077

College of Nursing Adult/Child Nursing 59,793 - 16,730

Community Nursing 14,985 - - Lead Paint Program 439,504 314,099 79,106

College of Nursing Total 6 514,282 2 314,099 2 95,836

Office of the ChancellorAdministrative & Axiliary Services 52,650 - - Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center 24,533 - - Economic Development 90,000 92,896 90,000

2014

University of Massachusetts DartmouthResearch and Other Sponsored Awards

By Unit and DepartmentFY 2012, 2013 and 2014

2012 2013

International Programs Office 54,266 - - Marine Renewable Energy Center 710,436 - -

Office of the Chancellor Total 6 931,885 1 92,896 2 90,000

Professional and Continuing EducationDivision of Continuing Education 56,000 28,000 -

Professional and Continuing Education Total 3 56,000 2 28,000 - -

School for Marine Science and TechnologyEstuarine and Ocean Sciences 2,722,728 2,261,836 1,307,925 Fisheries Oceanography 1,802,635 2,705,286 3,472,768

School for Marine Science and Technology Total 64 4,525,363 64 4,967,122 59 4,780,693

School of Education, Public Policy and Civic EngagementCenter for Civic Engagement 6,500 5,000 - Center for University, School & Community Partnerships 2,094,550 835,704 - Kaput Center 1,241,375 - - Policy Studies 31,905 - - Science, Technology, Engineering & Math - 1,106,419 121,979 Teaching & Learning - 221,781

School of Education, Public Policy and Civic Engagement Total 17 3,374,330 13 2,168,904 1 121,979

Student AffairsSouth Coast Compeer 3,000 - -

Student Affairs Total 1 3,000 - - - -

Grand Total 168 17,504,995 142 15,738,962 129 13,651,833

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Research and Other Sponsored Awards

BY UNIT AND DEPARTMENTIncludes All New Awards, Supplements and Continuations

FY 2012, 2013, 2014


Unit/DepartmentPI; CO-PI Sponsor Title Type Amount

Academic AffairsAcademic Resource Center

Koumas, SokratisU.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Student Support Services at UMASS Dartmouth for Disadvantaged Students O 761,541

Academic Resource Center Total 761,541 Provost Office

Meressi, TesfayUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON

Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Mid-Level Alliance) I 43,230

Meressi, Tesfay; Fowler, Alex J.

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Graduate Research Fellowship Program R 46,000

Provost Office Total 89,230 Upward Bound

Hagopian, Kristin ISLAND FOUNDATION, INC.Upward Bound Student Leadership and College Tours O 10,000

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED Summer Food Service Program 2013 O 10,193

Summer Food Service Program 2014 O 256 Upward Bound Total 20,449

Academic Affairs Total 871,220

Chancellor's OfficeEconomic Development

Goodman, LouisMASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER

IncubateMass - Operation and Management Costs O 30,000

Vigeant, PaulMA OFFICE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Southcoast Development Partnership FY 14 O 60,000

Economic Development Total 90,000 Chancellor's Office Total 90,000

College of Arts & SciencesBiology

Bromage, ErinNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Selective Sweep of Plasma Cell Specifically Following Vaccination R 200,000

Bucci, Vanni VEDANTA BIOSCIENCESMathematical Modeling of the Intestinal Microbiome to Determine Anti-Inflammatory R 15,000

Drew, RobertNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Do Anemonefish Exploit Anemone Sensory Mechanisms to Evade Attack by Their Hosts? R 179,999

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Genetic Variation in Growth Under Stressful Conditions in Rainbow Trout R 148,448

Moisander, Pia HNANTUCKET BIODIVERSITY INITIATIVE

Genomic Characterization of Filamentous Cyanobacteria on Nantucket Beaches R 1,473

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: Microbial Associations in Zooplankton: Significance for the Marine Nitrogen Cycle R 6,920

Turner, JeffersonBATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Harbor Outfall Monitoring 8 R 25,800

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

Biological and Physical Controls of Toxic Alexandrium Blooms in Shallow Estuarine Systems R 30,000

Biology Total 607,640 Center for Policy Analysis

Borges, David FRIENDS ACADEMY, INC.Center for Education Innovation Program Evaluation O 27,500

Research and Other Sponsored AwardsBy Principal Investigator/Project Director

Includes All New Awards, Supplements and ContinuationsFiscal Year 2014 (July 1- June 30, 2014)

*Awards listed by primary PI*Type: R= Research, I= Instruction/ Training, O= Other (Including Public Service)


BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR/PROJECT DIRECTORIncludes All New Awards, Supplements and Continuations

Fiscal Year 2014 (July 1 - June 30, 2014)

*Awards listed by primary PI

*Type: R=Research, I=Instruction/Training, O=Other (Including Public Service)



Center for Policy Analysis Total 27,500 Center for University, School & Community Partnerships

O'Connor, Karen A. MULTIPLE SPONSORS Project SUCCESS FY14 I 440,300

NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT2014-2016 SEED Teacher Leadership Development O 10,000

Buzzards Bay Writing Project O 20,000 O'Connor, Karen A.; Meressi, Tesfay

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION NOYCE TEACH! Southcoast STEM I 506,714

Center for University, School & Community Partnerships Total 977,014 Chemistry & Biochemistry

Guo, Maolin L'OREAL USACollaboration on ROS Probes between UMass and L'Oreal USA R 85,290


Fluorescent Sensors for Subcellular Iron Imaging in Live-Cells R 133,192

Rasapalli, Sivappa MICROBIOTIXDesign and Development of Small Molecule Drug Candidates R 39,000

Chemistry & Biochemistry Total 257,482 Crime & Justice Studies

Arford, Tammy NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYThe Meaning of Limited Literacy in the People with Serious Mental Illness R 12,289

Crime & Justice Studies Total 12,289 History

Koot, GerardNATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

The Dutch Republic and Britain: The Making of Modern Society and a European World Economy I 8,896

History Total 8,896 Mathematics

Gottlieb, SigalAIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Tailoring High Order Time Discretizations for Use With Spatial Discretizations of Hyperbolic PDEs R 103,342

Narayan, Akil; Heryudono, Alfa R.H.


Computation of Crowded Geodesics on Universal Teichmueller Space for Planar Shape Matching in Computer R 198,300

Mathematics Total 301,642 Office of Community Service & Partnerships

Healy, Deirdre MA SERVICE ALLIANCE "What are You Doing for Others" Project O 4,500 Office of Community Service & Partnerships Total 4,500

Public Policy

Goodman, Michael MA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY

Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnership Academy R 326,200

Public Policy Total 326,200 Teaching & Learning

Kruger, CynthiaGREATER NB WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA UMD Camp/Project Success FY 14 O 34,363

Teaching & Learning Total 34,363 Worker's Education Program

Jochim, LisaGREATER NB WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA FY 14 DOE Adult Career Pathways O 37,161

Rapid Response Dislocated Worker FY 14 O 79,900 MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY ED FY 14 ABE Grant Award O 161,030

FY 14 State ABE Grant Award O 416,816 FY 15 State ABE Grant O 406,595

Worker's Education Program Total 1,101,502 College of Arts & Sciences Total 3,659,028

College of EngineeringBioengineering

Ferreira, Tracie; Bhowmick, Sankha BROWN UNIVERSITY Northeast Ethics Education Partnership R 67,998






College of EngineeringKim, Yong LUNA INNOVATIONS, INCAuxetic Textiles for Improved Blast/Ballistic Protection R 150,000

Bioengineering Total 217,998 Civil & Environmental Engineering

Miller, HeatherUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

NETC 07-1: In-Place Response Mechanisms of Recycled Layers Due to Temperature & Moisture Variation R 26,900

Mogawer, WalaaMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Field Monitoring of Experiemental Hot Mix Project Placed in Massachusetts R 217,494

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Evaluation of Plant - Percentage High Percentage RAP Mixtures in the Northeast R 5,514

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONTNETC 06-4 Preventive Maintenance and Timing of Applications R 242,909 NETC 10-3 Low Temperature and Moisture Susceptibility of RAP Mixtures with Warm Mix Technology R 150,158

Pennell, Kelly BROWN UNIVERSITYReuse in RI: A State-Based Approach to Complex Exposure R 14,935

Tootkaboni, MazdakNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Predictive Analysis of Stability-Critical Structures: An Uncertainty-Informed Path from Measurements to Theory R 400,000

Civil & Environmental Engineering Total 1,057,910 Computer Information Science

Balasubramanian, Ramprasad OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Distributed Architecture to Address Communication Challenges in Achieving Multi-UUV Autonomy R 74,999

Computer Information Science Total 74,999 Electrical & Computer Engineering

Brown, David OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHFlextensional Transducer Modeling and Training Physics Based Energy Approach R 150,000

Buck, John LOGGERHEAD INSTRUMENTSImplementing Algorithms to process Motion Data for Dead-Reckoning Animal Tag Data R 7,000

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH Co-Prime Sensor Array Signal Processing R 148,822 Random Matrix Theory for Adaptive Beamforming R 139,249

Cory, LesterMA REHABILITATION COMMISSION

Year 4: Center for Rehabilation Engineering Assistive Technology in SE Massachusetts O 24,000

Fortier, Paul J; Balasubramanian, Ramprasad; Miller, Heather J.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Expansion of Remote Sensing Using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology for Seasonal Load Restriction (SLR) Timing R 391,751

Gendron, Paul OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHRequirements for Vendor Magnetic Sensors Employed for Underwater Surveilance System R 125,000

Kasilingam, Dayalan GENERAL MOTORS CORP.Micro-Doppler-Based Target Classification Using Automotive MIMO Radar R 9,000

Li, YifeiAIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

RF Frontend on the Monolithic Integrated Circuit R 394,994

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHMonolithic Microwave Photonic Integrated Circuits R 185,155






Michel, Howard

MULTIPLE SPONSORS (Acushnet Company, Boston Engineering, Hayward Industries, Megawave Corporation, Maxon Precision Motors Inc., Sahtech) 2014 Capstone ECE Projects R 22,250

Xing, Liudong; Vokkarane, Vinod Mandayam


CSR: Small : Collaborative Research: Bridging Reliability Analysis and Reliability Analysis and Reality in Sensor Systems: Theories and Applications R 16,000

Electrical & Computer Engineering Total 1,613,221 Mechanical Engineering

Foster, Donald

MULTIPLE SPONSORS (Rex Cut, Protonex Technology Corporation, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Hayward Industries, Philips Lighting, School for Marine Science & Technology, Raytheon Corportation, United Technologies, Aquapoint, Micro Magnetics Inc, Megawave Corporation, Maxon Precision Motors Inc., Sahtech) 33,750

Raessi, MehdiNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: Analysis and Design of Textured Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces Capable of Preventing Ice Formation on Wind Turbine Blades R 214,583

Tandon, Amit OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHCoastal and Submesoscale Process Studies for ASIRI R 176,173

Data Serving for ASIRI Participants: ASIRI-INFLO R 49,998 Mechanical Engineering Total 474,504

Physics

Khanna, GauravHIGH PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

High-Precision Floating-Point Operations Using Hardware Single-Precision Operations R 42,750

SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Black Holes and Quantum Mechanics R 2,000

O'Rielly, GrantNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

IRES: Student Participation in Photonuclear Physics Research at MAX-lab, Sweden R 249,695

Physics Total 294,445 College of Engineering Total 3,733,077

College of NursingAdult & Child

Fater, KerryMA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Establishing Preliminary Psychometric Analysis of a New Instrument: Nurse Competency Assessment Tool (NCAT) R 16,730

Adult & Child Total 16,730 Lead Paint

Smith, ElviraMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program O 79,106

Lead Paint Total 79,106 College of Nursing Total 95,836






School for Marine Science and TechnologyEstuarine and Ocean Sciences

Altabet, MarkNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: GEOTRACES Peru-Tahiti Nitrogen Isotope Measurements R 71,899

Brown, Wendell/ Gangopadhyay, Avijit RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

Phased Deployment and Operation of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) R 215,358

Goodman, Louis OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHOn the Difference between Wake Induced and Naturally Occurring Turbulence R 75,000

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION Processing of SPURS T-Glider Data R 62,177

Howes, Brian L.AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER

Ashumet Pond Freshwater Mussel Monitoring Associated with Phosphorus Remediation R 7,913

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD Sassaquin Pond Assessment R 30,651 DARTMOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST Nonquitt Marsh Restoration Project R 37,470

HORSELEY AND WITTEN Mills Pond Management Plan R 22,625 MA DEPT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION WBNERR Water Quality Technical Assistance R 14,000

MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE

Popponesset & Waquoit Bays Water Quality Monitoring Program: Baseline Water Quality Monitoring R 8,400

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT

Wet Season 2014: Measurement of Nutrient Loads from Sediments in the Caloosahatchee River & Estuary and the St. Lucie River & Estuary R 139,877

TOWN OF BARNSTABLETown of Barnstable WQM Technical Assistance 2013-2015 R 85,550

TOWN OF EDGARTOWNMEP Assessment of Katama, Cape Pogue Bay, Pocha Pond and Oyster Pond, Edgartown R 272,500

TOWN OF FALMOUTHShellfish Aquaculture Demonstration Project- Little Pond Monitoring Project R 49,453

TOWN OF MASHPEE

Mashpee Popponesset & Waquoit Bays Collaborative Water Quality Monitoring Technical Support R 8,400

TOWN OF NANTUCKETNantucket Island- wide Estuarine Water Quality Monitoring Technical Support R 34,000 Town of Nantucket-Embayment Scenarios Modeling and General Scientific Services R 25,000

TOWN OF PLYMOUTHMEP Plymouth Duxbury Harbor: Habitat Assessment R 30,000

TOWN OF WESTPORT WQM Bread & Cheese Brook Year 2 R 29,976

TOWN OF YARMOUTHWater Quality Monitoring of Lewis River and Bass River R 8,400

Lohrenz, Steven INTEGRATED STATISTICS, INC. Ecosystem Indicator Inflection Point Analysis R 18,273

MacDonald, Daniel NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: Sediment Transportation and Storage in Tidal Floodplain Water Bodies R 7,995

Schlezinger, DavidCAMP DRESSER AND MCKEE, INC.

Water Quality Analysis to Support Town of Mansfield R 16,654

Sundermeyer, Miles OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCHLIDAR & Numerical Modeling Studies of Small Scale Lateral Disposition in the Ocean R 36,354

Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Total 1,307,925 Fisheries Oceanography






Cadrin, Steve FISHERIES SPECIALISTS2013 Industry Based Survey on Black Sea Utilizing Ventless Traps R 15,000 2014 Industry Based Survey on Black Sea Bass Utilizing Ventless Traps R 20,000

GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Improving Fishery-Dependent Data Collection and Integration into NMFS Data Systems R 25,000

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MFI End to End Review R 10,000

Monitoring Spawning Behaviour and Movement of Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua) at an Inshore Spawning Ground in the Western Gulf of Maine R 17,578

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Scallop Fishery Bycatch Avoidance System 2014 R 152,765 NEW ENGLAND FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Development of Specifications for Deep-Sea Red Crab R 12,000

Monkfish Framework 8 Document R 15,000

PACIFIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMM.

Electronic Vessel Reporting and Monitoring in Mid-Atlantic & Southern New England Fisheries R 73,999

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Age-Structured Simulation Model of Stock Mixing for US ABFT Populations: Historical Stock Composition, Changing Demographic States R 15,409

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - AMHERST

Integrating Spatially Explicit Information from Tagging to Improve ABFT Stock Assessments R 6,798

Cadrin, Steve; Goodman, Louis

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES MFI Acoustics Survey Evaluation R 88,727

Chen, ChangshengMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Development of an Inundation Forcast System for Massachusetts Coastal Waters R 47,480 Using a Global-Regional-Coastal FVCOM System to Assess the Impact of Sea Level Rise on Hurricane and Nor'easter-Induced Flood Risk over Massachusetts Coast R 50,000


Collaborative Research: Exchange and Dispersion Across the Inner Shelf: Understanding the Importance of Spatial Variability R 209,435

Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems

Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System Operational Hardening Plan R 63,500 The Continued Development of the Northeastern Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (NERACOOS) R 90,000


Integrated Rapid-Response Observations and Ocean Ensemble Optimization to Improve Storm Intensity Forecasts in the Northeast U.S. (Hurricane Sandy) R 97,000 Technical Support and Improvement of FVCOM for NOAA Modeling Activities R 50,000

Understanding Annual to Decadal Variations in the Middle Atlantic Bight Cold Pool R 63,075

Cowles, GeoffreyNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: A Multi-Scale Approach for Optimizing Tidal Kinetic Energy Extraction for Sustainable Power R 136,493






Georgianna, DanielNEW BEDFORD HARBOR DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIO

New Bedford Groundfish Port Recovery and Revitalization Plan R 69,779

He, PingguoMA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

A Network to Redevelop a Sustainable Redfish Trawl Fishery in the Gulf of Maine (REDNET) R 40,939 CEMFIN: Conservation Engineering Marine Fisheries Initiative R 13,159

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Design and Test of a Topless Shrimp Trawl to Reduce Finfish Bycatch in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina R 189,085

Hyun, Saang-YonnCOLUMBIA RIVER INTER-TRIBAL FISH COMMISSION

Analysis of Mark-Recapture Data for Metolius River Kokanee R 12,369

Stokesbury, KevinCOONAMESSETT FARM FOUNDATION, INC.

Habitat Characterization and Sea Scallop Resource Enhancement Study in a Proposed Habitat Research Area- Year Two R 82,653

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

A New Groudfish Survey Technique with an Emphasis on the Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder R 275,000

MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER

SMAST Video Survey of Western Portion of the Offshore Windfarm Area 2013 R 46,918

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Broadscale Video Survey of the US East Coast Sea Scallop Resource R 586,340 NLSA High-Resolution Video Survey and Biological Sampling R 94,050

River Herring Bycatch Avoidance 2014-2015 R 296,040

Tracking the Occurrence of Gray Meat in Atlantic Sea Scallops, Placopecten Megellanicus R 128,728


Benthic Imaging in Support of Habitat for Renewable Energy R 129,992

Stokesbury, Kevin; Chen, Changsheng NATURE CONSERVANCY

Offshore Video Survey Analysis from Georges Bank to the Chesapeake R 248,457

Fisheries Oceanography Total 3,472,768 School for Marine Science and Technology Total 4,780,693

School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic EngagementScience, Technology, Engineering & Math

Orrill, ChandraNATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Coherence as a Basis for Understanding Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching R 121,979

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Total 121,979 School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement Total 121,979

Student AffairsCenter for Women, Gender, & Sexuality

Parker, Juli U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Umass Dartmouth Steps Up to Stop Violence I 300,000 Center for Women, Gender, & Sexuality Total 300,000

Student Affairs Total 300,000

Grand Total 13,651,833




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COMPARISON REPORT OF EXPENDITURES BY UNITFY 2012 through FY 2014

Unit 2012 2013 2014

Academic Affairs $ 644,180 $ 710,758 $ 752,924

Chancellor’s Office $ 849,294 $ 361,258 $ 128,683

Charlton College of Business – $ 14,738 –

College of Arts & Sciences $ 2,529,764 $ 2,534,625 $ 2,467,805

College of Engineering $ 3,700,238 $ 3,000,015 $ 3,685,059

College of Nursing $ 572,112 $ 183,513 $ 164,972

Professional & Continuing Education $ 52,612 $ 44,489 $ 12,728

School for Marine Science

and Technology$ 5,499,898 $ 5,733,338 $ 5,173,559

School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement

$ 1,890,185 $ 2,330,566 $ 1,875,865

Student Affairs $ 350 $ 2,550 –

GRAND TOTAL $ 15,738,633 $ 14,915,850 $ 14,261,594

EXPENDITURES BY UNIT


Unit Department Direct Exp. F & A Expense Grand Total *Academic Affairs Academic Resource Center 336,594.93 24,047.54 360,642.47

Upward Bound Department 337,123.02 20,920.69 358,043.71 Women's Center 34,237.49 34,237.49

Academic Affairs Total 707,955.44 44,968.23 752,923.67

Chancellor's Office Administrative & Auxiliary Services (2,189.97) (175.20) (2,365.17) *Economic Development 94,329.29 5,184.08 99,513.37 Marine Renewable Energy Center 31,741.36 (206.51) 31,534.85 *

Chancellor's Office Total 123,880.68 4,802.37 128,683.05

College of Arts & Sciences Biology 413,986.48 163,419.09 577,405.57 Center of Labor Education 619,048.65 49,520.38 668,569.03 Center of Policy & Analysis 7,582.90 3,336.47 10,919.37 Chemistry & Biochemistry 512,476.27 90,425.17 602,901.44 Criminal Justice 7,968.03 4,302.71 12,270.74 English 32,526.84 32,526.84 History 190,316.13 25,429.43 215,745.56 Mathematics 187,511.20 69,526.89 257,038.09 Psychology 59,524.99 30,903.07 90,428.06

College of Arts & Sciences Total 2,030,941.49 436,863.21 2,467,804.70

College of Engineering Bioengineering 1,249,159.85 70,058.30 1,319,218.15

Civil & Environmental Engineering 414,000.49 73,809.51 487,810.00 Computer & Information Science 35,555.59 17,596.60 53,152.19

Electrical & Computer Engineering 859,297.67 262,937.71 1,122,235.38 Mechanical Engineering 221,037.19 68,217.29 289,254.48 Physics 274,946.10 120,255.52 395,201.62 Sustainability Program 15,938.76 2,248.40 18,187.16

College of Engineering Total 3,069,935.65 615,123.33 3,685,058.98

College of Nursing Adult/Child Nursing 8,627.27 862.73 9,490.00 Lead Paint Program 141,346.62 14,135.41 155,482.03

College of Nursing Total 149,973.89 14,998.14 164,972.03

Professional & Continuing Education Division of Continuing Education 12,077.47 650.31 12,727.78 Professional & Continuing Education Total 12,077.47 650.31 12,727.78

School for Marine Science and Technology Estuarine and Ocean Sciences 1,656,176.89 572,467.47 2,228,644.36

Fisheries Oceanography 2,283,777.96 661,137.02 2,944,914.98 School for Marine Science and Technology Total 3,939,954.85 1,233,604.49 5,173,559.34

School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement Center for Civic Engagement 6,073.69 6,073.69

Center for University, School & Community Partnerships 1,360,401.08 63,095.60 1,423,496.68 Kaput Center 1,299.89 1,299.89 Public Policy 212,293.78 21,229.31 233,523.09 Science, Technology, Engineering & Math 195,495.46 (60,960.31) 134,535.15 *Teaching & Learning 70,905.91 6,030.42 76,936.33

School of Education, Public Policy, and Civic Engagement Total 1,846,469.81 29,395.02 1,875,864.83 Grand Total 11,881,189.28 2,380,405.10 14,261,594.38


Expenditures by DepartmentFiscal Year 2014

* Award close out transfers.


EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENTFiscal Year 2014 (July 1 - June 30, 2014)

*Award close out transfers.


Department Principal Investigator Direct Expenses F & A Expense Grand Total *Academic Resource Center Koumas,Sokratis 336,594.93 24,047.54 360,642.47 Upward Bound Department Hagopian,Kristin A 337,123.02 20,920.69 358,043.71 Women's Center Parker,Juli L. 34,237.49 34,237.49 Administrative & Auxiliary Services LaGrassa,Michael P. (2,189.97) (175.20) (2,365.17) *Economic Development Vigeant,Paul L 94,329.29 5,184.08 99,513.37 Marine Renewable Energy Center Miller,John Richard 31,741.36 (206.51) 31,534.85 *Biology Bernal,Diego 30,269.09 1,279.98 31,549.07

Bromage,Erin S. 58,220.17 19,797.33 78,017.50 Bucci,Vanni 15,000.00 15,000.00 Drew,Robert Edward 11,328.37 5,749.30 17,077.67 Moisander,Pia H 140,820.16 76,959.42 217,779.58 Oliveira,Kenneth 17,335.68 5,086.52 22,422.20 Rajaniemi,Tara K. 69,771.99 34,486.68 104,258.67 Silby,Mark Winston 71,241.02 20,059.86 91,300.88

Center of Labor Education Jochim,Lisa A. 619,048.65 49,520.38 668,569.03 Center of Policy & Analysis Borges,David R. 7,582.90 3,336.47 10,919.37 Chemistry & Biochemistry Cai,Shuowei 1,823.60 708.57 2,532.17

Guo,Maolin 473,336.53 73,301.90 546,638.43 Manke,David Robert 1,022.50 1,022.50 Neto,Catherine A. 13,579.11 13,579.11 Singh,Bal R 22,927.54 16,414.70 39,342.24 Zuo,Yuegang (213.01) (213.01) *

Criminal Justice Arford,Tammi Michelle 7,968.03 4,302.71 12,270.74 English Riley,Jeannette 32,526.84 32,526.84 History Koot,Gerard M 45,191.96 12,033.15 57,225.11

Walker,Timothy D. 145,124.17 13,396.28 158,520.45 Mathematics Chen,Yanlai 12,988.05 7,273.31 20,261.36

Gottlieb,Sigal 127,701.73 36,330.56 164,032.29 Heryudono,Alfa R.H. 12,182.40 6,822.17 19,004.57 Narayan,Akil Candadai 14,848.76 8,018.30 22,867.06 Wang,Cheng 19,790.26 11,082.55 30,872.81

Psychology Shapiro,Amy M. 18,840.02 9,141.72 27,981.74 Sims Knight,Judith 30,108.09 16,984.73 47,092.82

Psychology Kershaw,Trina 10,576.88 4,776.62 15,353.50 Bioengineering Calvert,Paul D. 1,208,949.66 48,066.28 1,257,015.94

Ferreira,Tracie L. 7,077.64 3,821.98 10,899.62 Kim,Yong K. 33,132.55 18,170.04 51,302.59

Civil & Environmental Engineering Miller,Heather J. 1,045.33 564.48 1,609.81 Mogawer,Walaa S 337,772.40 47,257.68 385,030.08 Pennell,Kelly 21,656.50 3,763.98 25,420.48 Pour A Tootkaboni,Mazdak 33,626.06 13,038.54 46,664.60 Sengupta,Sukalyan 19,900.20 9,184.83 29,085.03

Computer & Information Science Balasubramanian,Ramprasad 3,926.49 2,172.08 6,098.57 Vokkarane,Vinod Mandayam 31,629.10 15,424.52 47,053.62

Electrical & Computer Engineering Brown,David A. 157,600.05 27,976.01 185,576.06 Buck,John R. 182,273.70 84,921.17 267,194.87 Cory,Lester W 167,782.62 16,778.20 184,560.82 Fortier,Paul J 32,431.35 7,932.72 40,364.07 Gendron,Paul John 26,959.21 15,097.14 42,056.35 Kasilingam,Dayalan P. 23,909.74 9,898.59 33,808.33 Li,Yifei 208,516.06 87,397.34 295,913.40 Michel,Howard E. 5,542.89 5,542.89


Expenditures by PIFiscal Year 2014



EXPENDITURES BY PIFiscal Year 2014 (July 1 - June 30, 2014)



Department Principal Investigator Direct Expenses F & A Expense Grand Total *Rancour,David P 17,412.13 554.54 17,966.67 Xing,Liudong 36,869.92 12,382.00 49,251.92

Mechanical Engineering Bhowmick,Sankha 11,812.01 6,748.66 18,560.67 Foster,Donald A 28,801.27 28,801.27 Huang,Wenzhen 65,450.86 33,630.18 99,081.04 Meressi,Tesfay 65,297.80 1,900.41 67,198.21 Raessi,Mehdi 49,675.25 25,938.04 75,613.29

Physics Khanna,Gaurav 66,620.87 25,069.77 91,690.64 O'Rielly,Grant V. 26,889.52 1,976.33 28,865.85 Tandon,Amit 140,960.59 74,393.59 215,354.18 Wang,Jianyi Jay 7,148.56 7,148.56 Zarrillo,Marguerite L. 33,326.56 18,815.83 52,142.39

Sustainability Program Jennings,Susan 15,938.76 2,248.40 18,187.16 Adult/Child Nursing Fater,Kerry H. 8,627.27 862.73 9,490.00 Lead Paint Program Smith,Elvira 141,346.62 14,135.41 155,482.03 Division of Continuing Education McGuirl-Hadley,Joy A. - (107.41) (107.41) *

Pacheco,Melissa M 12,077.47 757.72 12,835.19 Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Altabet,Mark A. 178,681.21 93,806.19 272,487.40

Brown,Wendell S. 117,791.65 61,763.28 179,554.93 Gangopadhyay,Avijit 34,836.26 19,516.03 54,352.29 Goodman,Louis 108,328.01 49,604.44 157,932.45 Howes,Brian L. 641,690.22 160,862.83 802,553.05 Lohrenz,Steven E 381,731.61 128,938.26 510,669.87 MacDonald,Daniel G. 104,452.86 14,859.85 119,312.71 Pilskaln,Cynthia 55,271.52 25,678.90 80,950.42 Schlezinger,David 1,801.23 972.65 2,773.88 Sundermeyer,Miles A 31,592.32 16,465.04 48,057.36

Fisheries Oceanography Cadrin,Steven X. 438,184.73 133,343.05 571,527.78 Chen,Changsheng 375,316.74 154,765.43 530,082.17 Cowles,Geoffrey W. 18,430.60 10,227.51 28,658.11 Georgianna,Daniel 57,390.69 11,478.16 68,868.85 He,Pingguo 452,482.99 138,747.74 591,230.73 Hyun,Saang-Yoon 11,740.35 6,339.78 18,080.13 Rothschild,Brian J 737.84 110.67 848.51 Stokesbury,Kevin D.E. 825,948.97 170,236.20 996,185.17 Turner,Jefferson T 103,545.05 35,888.48 139,433.53

Center for Civic Engagement Healy,Deirdre E. 4,044.35 4,044.35 Roy,Matthew H. 2,029.34 2,029.34

Center for University, School & Community Partnerships Crowley,Patricia A. 440,633.52 12,300.76 452,934.28

O'Connor,Karen A. 919,767.56 50,794.84 970,562.40 Kaput Center Hegedus,Stephen J. 1,299.89 1,299.89 Public Policy Goodman,Michael D 212,293.78 21,229.31 233,523.09

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Campbell,David Todd 112,353.90 (105,716.48) 6,637.42 *Orrill,Chandra H 83,141.56 44,756.17 127,897.73

Teaching & Learning Kruger,Cynthia G 32,837.25 32,837.25 Macrine,Sheila M 38,068.66 6,030.42 44,099.08

11,881,189.28 2,380,405.10 14,261,594.38




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