King Publishes Research.

King Publishes Research in International Journal

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Eoin King, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and acoustics, CETA, has published an article in the international journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.

The article is titled “A combined assessment of air and noise pollution on the High Line, New York City,” and was co-authored by Ethan Bourdeau ‘15, Kevin Zheng ’15 and Francesco Pilla, a professor of civil engineering at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

The paper reports on noise and air quality levels along the High Line in New York City. The High Line is an elevated public park, transformed from an unused freight rail line. King and his team took noise and air quality samples simultaneously for two cases: 1) pedestrians walking on a sidewalk at street level and 2) pedestrians walking on the elevated High Line. Results were analyzed to investigate if pedestrians using the High Line would have a lower pollution exposure to those using the sidewalk below. The study suggests that the reduction in air and noise pollution along the High Line compared to the footpath below is approximately 37 percent.

The research was supported by funding from the University of Hartford under a 2014–2015 Greenberg Junior Faculty Grant.

Unotes
12/16/15

CETA Design Expo - fall 2015

CETA Design Expo - fall 2015 - Please Join us!

CETA Design Expo

Friday, December 11, 2015

A wonderful day of exhibition, poster competition& celebration in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.  Freshmen & seniors – sharing knowledge & experience. 

ES 143 - Boe-Bot Design Challenge

ES 143: Engineering and Design - Introduction to the fundamentals of engineering, the engineering profession and engineering design with emphasis on guided design and problem-solving methodologies. Students will undertake practice-oriented group design projects.

Design Challenge—Each team must propose, build and demonstrate a final Boe-Bot project that shows new knowledge and skills pertaining to the Boe-Bot.  New knowledge and skills may be in for form of

· Implementation of a new sensor

· Novel application of an existing sensor

· Advanced programming techniques beyond the code given in the manual

* Design Evaluation Criteria: The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and to choose the winning designs/products.

1. Performance (Does the Boe-Bot work, and perform the intended tasks?)

2. Creativity (How creative is the final product?)

3. Level of Difficulty (How complex is the new sensor/coding/knowledge?)

4. Presentation: Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation: Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

ECT 110 - Final Projects

ECT 110: Practical Projects— Introduction to the fundamentals of electronics & computer engineering technology with emphasis on skills that are needed for the major. Students undertake practice-oriented group lessons in topics such as soldering, printed circuit board and electronic/computers troubleshooting skills. Students are guided to apply the skills they gained from the above lessons to build electronic gadgets, and to use robotic kits to perform specific tasks through team projects. Statistical analysis is covered in this course. Students work on several projects including a final project in a team setting.

Final Project - Each team must choose an electronics kit that they must construct, troubleshoot, and demonstrate as a working final product.  Teams were asked to consider several factors in choosing the kit, including components in the kit, tasks involved in construction, ability to customize, and evaluation of its performance.

* Project Evaluation Criteria:
The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and choose the winning project.

1. Performance (Does the final product work as intended?)

2. Level of Difficulty (How complex was the kit to construct and troubleshoot?)

3. Experimental Verification (Was the product performance evaluated according to a set of criteria?)

4. Presentation - Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation - Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

 

Senior Capstone Projects:Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design,  fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  This is a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work, and incorporating industry appropriate standards and realistic constraints.  Students participating are enrolled in

· AUD 471: Senior Project

· CE 460:  Civil Engineering Design Project

· ECE 483: Capstone Design II

· ME 473: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II

Project Based Courses: Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design, fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  

 

 · BE 480: Biomedical Engineering Practicum

    · CE 420: Water Quality Engineering

 · ES 493: Engineering Research

* Poster Evaluation Criteria:

The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the projects and posters and to choose the winning designs/posters.

1.   Clarity of the poster and oral presentations,

2.   Student’s overall responses to the questions of the judges.

3.   The completeness of the work.

4.   Quality of the project.

Course Instructors:

Earl Hasselmark             
Patricia Mellodge, Ph.D.
Allan Penda
David Pines, Ph.D.         
Theodore (Ted) Sussmann, Ph.D.            

Michael Nowak, Ph.D.

David Pines, Ph.D.
Eoin King, Ph.D.

Please join us and see all the happenings in CETA.  For schedule of events, please click: http://unotes.hartford.edu/announcements/2015/12/2015-12-02-ceta-design-expo-to-showcase-student-projects-and-achievements.aspx

To view the Printed Program - please see below:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dh7j2hifmhm6f4n/CETA%20Design%20Expo%20PRINTED%20program%20HA-%20fall%202015%20-%202.pdf?dl=0  

 

For questions, please contact us at: cetainfo@hartford.edu

Dr. Patricia Mellodge Publishes Book

Mellodge Publishes Book on Dynamical Systems for Engineers

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Patricia Mellodge, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering in CETA, has had her latest book published, A Practical Approach to Dynamical Systems for Engineers, by Woodhead Publishing, November 2015.

Mellodge's third book takes the abstract mathematical concepts behind dynamical systems and applies them to real-world systems, such as a car traveling down the road, the ripples caused by throwing a pebble into a pond, and a clock pendulum swinging back and forth. Topics covered include modeling systems using differential equations, transfer functions, state-space representation, Hamiltonian systems, stability and equilibrium, and nonlinear system characteristics with examples including chaos, bifurcation, and limit cycles. MATLAB and Simulink are used throughout to apply the analysis methods and illustrate the ideas.

Applications in engineering are used to show the adoption of dynamical system analytical methods. Examples are provided on the dynamics of automobiles, aircraft, and human balance, among others, with an emphasis on physical engineering systems.

Mellodge's previous books are: P. Mellodge and P. Kachroo, Model Abstraction in Dynamical Systems: Application to Mobile Robot Control, Springer, October 2008; and P. Kachroo and P. Mellodge, Mobile Robotic Car Design, McGraw-Hill, August 2004.

See Mellodge's new book on Amazon.

Life with a Purpose.

Alumni Profile: Greg Beebe '92 (CETA) — Life with a Purpose

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Beebe is an executive at Sennheiser Electronics, proving the power of hard work and goal-setting.

The Hartford Scholars Program at the University of Hartford made it possible for Greg Beebe '92 to change the course of his life. He grew up poor in inner-city Hartford with no male role models, in a family where no one had graduated from high school. Beebe’s family changed apartments frequently because money was tight (they even lived in a motel for a while). Food stamps and government cheese were staples. But Beebe knew at a young age that he had goals: to earn twice his age times 1,000 at age 30, reach six figures by age 40, and become a company president by age 50. He has done all that — and more.

An entertaining outing for Beebe’s family was a trip to the grocery store followed by a picnic lunch while parked at Bradley Airport, watching planes take off and land. He loved camping, and the Boy Scouts provided opportunities for leadership and tutelage. Scouting helped Beebe to focus on his goals, with no distractions. He soon achieved the top prize: Eagle Scout.

A girlfriend recognized Beebe’s interest in electronics as he spent time building a stereo system pieced together from junk parts. She pressed him to pursue an engineering education at the University of Hartford, where she intended to study. On a visit to campus, Beebe sat in on a DC Electrical Fundamentals class at the Ward School of Technology (now the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture), talked with the dean and then his advisor, all of which helped him realize that electronic engineering technology was a good fit.

Beebe believes that attaining Eagle Scout gave him a huge edge over another candidate holding equivalent qualifications when he applied for his first job at Sennheiser Electronics, a German company specializing in the design and production of a wide range of audio electronics for consumer, professional, and business uses. Over more than 23 years at Sennheiser, Beebe learned three things: he enjoys internationalism, challenges, and building teams. His purpose in life is to nurture others so they can grow. He feels fortunate to have been in a multi-year training program at Sennheiser, which primed him for varied domestic and international leadership roles. He headed sales and marketing in four different countries simultaneously, which required frequent contact with partners in Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Portugal. His role as VP for business in Latin America not only fueled his interest in internationalism and team-building, but has lead to lifelong friendships.

Click the link at the end of this article (under "Documents") to see a summary of Beebe's career path at Sennheiser Electronics.

Beebe sees the many steps in his life as blessings. “This doesn’t happen to a person who ate government cheese,” he says. He believes that when he set his life goals at 13, somebody upstairs was listening.

Documents

Greg Beebe's Career Path at Sennheiser Electronics
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CETA Design Expo - fall 2015

CETA Design Expo

Friday, December 11, 2015

A wonderful day of exhibition, poster competition & celebration in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.  Freshmen & seniors – sharing knowledge & experience. 

ES 143 - Boe-Bot Design Challenge

ES 143: Engineering and Design - Introduction to the fundamentals of engineering, the engineering profession and engineering design with emphasis on guided design and problem-solving methodologies. Students will undertake practice-oriented group design projects.

Design Challenge—Each team must propose, build and demonstrate a final Boe-Bot project that shows new knowledge and skills pertaining to the Boe-Bot.  New knowledge and skills may be in for form of

· Implementation of a new sensor

· Novel application of an existing sensor

· Advanced programming techniques beyond the code given in the manual

* Design Evaluation Criteria:

The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and to choose the winning designs/products.

1. Performance (Does the Boe-Bot work, and perform the intended tasks?)

2. Creativity (How creative is the final product?)

3. Level of Difficulty (How complex is the new sensor/coding/knowledge?)

4. Presentation: Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation: Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

ECT 110 - Final Projects

ECT 110: Practical Projects— Introduction to the fundamentals of electronics & computer engineering technology with emphasis on skills that are needed for the major. Students undertake practice-oriented group lessons in topics such as soldering, printed circuit board and electronic/computers troubleshooting skills. Students are guided to apply the skills they gained from the above lessons to build electronic gadgets, and to use robotic kits to perform specific tasks through team projects. Statistical analysis is covered in this course. Students work on several projects including a final project in a team setting.

Final Project - Each team must choose an electronics kit that they must construct, troubleshoot, and demonstrate as a working final product.  Teams were asked to consider several factors in choosing the kit, including components in the kit, tasks involved in construction, ability to customize, and evaluation of its performance.

* Project Evaluation Criteria:
The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and choose the winning project.

1. Performance (Does the final product work as intended?)

2. Level of Difficulty (How complex was the kit to construct and troubleshoot?)

3. Experimental Verification (Was the product performance evaluated according to a set of criteria?)

4. Presentation - Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)

5. Presentation - Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

 

Senior Capstone Projects:
Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design,  fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  This is a major design experience based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work, and incorporating industry appropriate standards and realistic constraints.  Students participating are enrolled in

· AUD 471: Senior Project

· CE 460:  Civil Engineering Design Project

· ECE 483: Capstone Design II

· ME 473: Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design II

Project Based Courses:
Students work on projects in their field of study with faculty mentors or external project sponsors to design, fabricate, and/or test a device, process, or system.  

 · BE 480: Biomedical Engineering Practicum

    · CE 420: Water Quality Engineering

 · ES 493: Engineering Research

 * Poster Evaluation Criteria:

The following criteria will be used by judges to evaluate the projects and posters and to choose the winning designs/posters.

1.   Clarity of the poster and oral presentations,

2.   Student’s overall responses to the questions of the judges.

3.   The completeness of the work.

4.   Quality of the project.

Course Instructors:

Earl Hasselmark             
Patricia Mellodge, Ph.D.
Allan Penda
David Pines, Ph.D.         
Theodore (Ted) Sussmann, Ph.D.            

Michael Nowak, Ph.D.

David Pines, Ph.D.
Eoin King, Ph.D.

Please join us and see all the happenings in CETA.  For schedule of events, please click: http://unotes.hartford.edu/announcements/2015/12/2015-12-02-ceta-design-expo-to-showcase-student-projects-and-achievements.aspx

For questions, please contact us at: cetainfo@hartford.edu

 

UHart Partnership with Electric Boat

UHart Partnership with Electric Boat will Provide Job and Internship Opportunities

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Kate Darcy Hohenthal, assistant director of student engagement and experiential education in Career Services, has worked with Electric Boat representatives to obtain a guarantee of eight internships for engineering students. In addition to these eight positions, the University of Hartford will compete with nine other higher education institutions to fill another anticipated 80 internship openings for summer 2016.

Over the next five years, Electric Boat has projected it will have 5,000 jobs to fill due to retirements and through the building of 10 new submarines. In order to maximize this opportunity, Hohenthal, together with Julie Spring, director of collegiate student services in CETA, and Barney School faculty member Celia Lofink, worked with student clubs and organizations to bring Electric Boat to campus on Nov. 10. Special thanks to the student clubs and organizations, which hosted this Electric Boat event: ASA (Acoustical Society of America), ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers), BGS (Beta Gamma Sigma), BLC (Barney Leadership Council), and GIS (Gamma Iota Sigma).

Eric Simonelli, college relations human resource specialist for Electric Boat, and Stephanie Davis, internship and co-op program recruitment coordinator, provided students with an overview of Electric Boat and the internship and job opportunities that are available. They discussed the application process and demonstrated how to apply via the Electric Boat website. University of Hartford alumna Tiffany Cartier '09, M'12, who works as a structural engineer at Electric Boat, shared her experience transitioning from being a student to becoming an Electric Boat employee.

Career Services is working to bring Electric Boat back to campus for additional career readiness events. Upcoming events will be posted to CareerBridge.

CETA and Barney School of Business academic and student club leaders are pictured at the Nov. 10 Electric Boat event. Seated: Barney faculty member Celia Lofink and CETA Associate Dean Hisham Alnajjar. Back row (l-r): Julie Spring of CETA; students Daniel Pappalardo, Lucas Shearer, Hamza Salameh, Brandon Williams, Lane Miller, Jessy Oliverez, and Christopher Springthorpe; and Michael Malone, who represented Student Affairs.

Unotes - 11/19/15
K. Hohenthal

CEO of Acoustical Consulting Firm to Give Talk

 

Victoria Cerami '81, CEO of Acoustical Consulting Firm, to Give Talk Thursday

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Victoria Cerami '81, CEO of Cerami & Associates Acoustical Consultants (a Women-owned Business Enterprise in New York City), will be making a joint presentation to the Society of Women Engineers and the student chapter of the Acoustical Society of America on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 12:15 p.m. in United Technologies Hall, Room 320.

The title of her talk will be: "The 50-year History of Cerami & Associates and the Role of an Acoustical Engineer from CEO to Engineer." All are welcome, and lunch will be served.

Cerami & Associates' projects have included the new One World Trade Center; the U.S. Olympic Training Center & Natatorium in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and the Blue Man Group Theatre at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nev.

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Professor Nagurney Co-Authors Presentation

Nagurney Co-authors INFORMS Presentation

                  

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Ladimer S. Nagurney, professor of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering in CETA, was the co-author of the paper, "A Supply Chain Game Theory Framework for Cybersecurity Investments Under Network Vulnerability," delivered at an Invited Session on Cybersecurity at the INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on Nov. 2, 2015.

His co-authors were Professor Anna Nagurney and Shivani Shukla of UMass Amherst.

Link to the presentation

Unotes: 11/11/15

Career Fair for Science and Technology Jobs and Internships

Career Fair for Science and Technology Jobs and Internships - Nov. 3, 2015

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Looking for a great internship or job after graduation?
Recruiters and representatives from more than 30 leading businesses in
science, engineering, and technology will be coming to campus looking
for you!




CETA Career Fair


Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015


10 a.m. – 2 p.m.


Konover Campus Center




The CETA Career Fair is perfect for anyone excited about exploring
career or internship opportunities within technologically sophisticated
environments. Employer participation includes representatives from area
firms and corporations who are interested in hiring graduates or interns
in the fields of construction, engineering, technology, and
architecture. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to meet employers
in person, learn about different organizations and positions, and talk
with them about your experiences!




Check out CareerBridge for a list of the employers who will be attending, and to register for the event.


Pre-registration is not required, but is preferred.



Unotes - Oct. 2015

Sussmann Receives Award

Sussmann Receives 'Best Paper' Award for Railway Infrastructure Research

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Ted Sussmann, assistant professor in CETA’s Civil, Environmental, and Biomedical Engineering Department, received a “Best Paper” award at the Railway Engineering Conference hosted by Mike Forde of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in July.

The award for “the best paper demonstrating the use of geophysics and non-destructive testing” was received for Sussmann’s paper, “Use of Seismic Surface Wave Testing to Assess Track Substructure.”

During the conference, Sussmann presented two papers: “Effect of Unsupported Ties at Transition Zones” and “Non-Invasive Monitoring of Track System Gaps.” The papers are the result of a collaboration with the Volpe Center in Cambridge, Mass. Sussmann’s team members include Hugh Thompson of the Federal Railroad Administration, Tim Stark and Steve Wilk of the University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign, Carl Ho of the University of Massachusetts—Amherst, and Soheil Nazarian of the University of Texas—El Paso.

Federal Grant Awarded

Sahay and Ghosh Awarded Federal Grant to Develop Course and Training Materials

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UNOTES

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Professor Chittaranjan Sahay and Assistant Professor Suhash Ghosh of CETA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering have received a grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop course and training materials to accentuate the impact of standards and standardization on product realization.

The focus of this project will be the design, modeling, manufacturing, and inspection of a transmission gearbox. The course and training modules developed at the end of the 18-month project period will supplement the areas of mechanical design, materials selection, engineering drawing, manufacturing processes, measurements, and inspection. The grant is funded by NIST Standards Services Curricula Development (SSCD) Cooperative Agreement Program.

Through this grant opportunity, Sahay and Ghosh hope to ensure use of standards in design, manufacturing and metrology courses, standard test methods in the laboratory, encourage internship experiences to report on standards usage, obtain teaching resources from Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and identify “capstone projects” to challenge students in the use and application of standards. According to Sahay and Ghosh, few engineering students are introduced to standards in school, and even fewer are given an understanding of the standards development process. Students need greater exposure to standardization to position themselves competitively.

Abby Ilumoka - Appointed NSF Program Director.

CETA's Abby Ilumoka Appointed NSF Program Director for Engineering Education

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Dr. Abby Ilumoka, professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), has been appointed Program Director for Engineering Education at the National Science Foundation (NSF) effective September 2015.

The NSF, based in Arlington, Va., is the federal agency that supports fundamental research across all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) conducted by America’s colleges and universities.  Ilumoka will serve in the directorate for Education and Human Resources under the Division of Undergraduate Education.

“I am excited about the opportunity to impact U.S. national policy on STEM in ways that will ensure the U.S. continued global pre-eminence and believe that my years of teaching, research, and service as professor of ECE at the University of Hartford have prepared me well for the position,” Ilumoka said.

Ilumoka’s research specialization is in the area of integrated circuit optimization using artificial intelligence, work for which she has received competitive public- and private-sector funding including three NSF research grants during her 24-year tenure in CETA.

Ilumoka is on a leave of absence during the 2015–16 academic year.

Acoustical Engineering Grads Win Award

Acoustical Engineering Grads Win Award at International Noise Conference

                   

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Ethan Bourdeau '15, Dr. Eoin King, and Kevin Zheng '15 with their award.

Two 2015 graduates of the University of Hartford's College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) recently presented their research to a full house at the international noise conference, INTER-NOISE 2015, held in San Francisco in August.

Ethan Bourdeau ‘15 and Kevin Zheng ’15 presented aspects of their work assessing pedestrian exposure to noise levels in New York City under the supervision of Dr. Eoin King, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and acoustics in CETA.

Both students were awarded the Hallberg Foundation Award from the Institute of Noise Control Engineering for their work. The research was supported by funding from the University of Hartford under a 2014–2015 Greenberg Junior Faculty Grant.

Dr. Enda Murphy, who was a visiting Fulbright scholar at CETA from February to August 2015, also presented at INTER-NOISE. While at UHart, Murphy worked closely with King to assess the accuracy of smart phones as noise measurement devices.

Congratulations to all.

Habitat for Humanity - House Build

CETA Volunteer Day - Habitat for Humanity

A group of students from the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA) started the semester early by lending a helping hand to Habitat for Humanity (HFH).  On Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - students from several CETA disciplines assisted on a house build in Hartford, CT. 

 

Along with these students, Assistant Dean David Pines and Prof. Ted Sussmann joined the group to give back to the city of Hartford.  Dean Lou Manzione - Dean of CETA greeted the group as well and the day of work began with a morning kick-off.

 

Volunteer and educational opportunities of this type will continue this year as CETA will also be working with Habitat for Humanity on a Sustainable House Build on Enfield Street in Hartford, CT. 

 

Thanks to all for the participation.   

CETA Faculty - Milanovic and Eppes Publish a Paper.

Milanovic and Eppes Publish a Paper at the ASME–JSME–KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

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Ivana Milanovic, professor of mechanical engineering, CETA, and Tom Eppes, professor of electrical engineering, CETA, published a paper at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) — the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) — the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME) Joint Fluids Engineering (AJK) conference last month in Seoul, South Korea.

The paper, "Improving Student Readiness for Inquiry-Based Learning," documents a four-year long experience aimed at improving student readiness to engage in research. A key ingredient has been the development of a multidisciplinary modeling course that integrates four teaching and learning strategies. Preceded by two sets of scaffolded projects, the course culminates with an inquiry-based learning (IBL) assignment on a topic that is relevant and supported by mentoring. Benefits include the development of modeling skills marketable to external entities, presentations at the University colloquia and symposia, peer-reviewed conference or journal papers, and application software releases. This paper describes the course structure, its evolution over time to meet various challenges, and provides examples of student work.

Milanovic also co-organized the 16th Symposium on Fundamental Issues and Perspectives in Fluid Mechanics. Milanovic additionally chaired session on Models, Methods, and Technologies in Fluid Engineering Education. This marked the 12th year of her activities on the Fluid Mechanics Technical Committee co-organizing symposia, forums and poster sessions.

The first Joint FED conference of three societies, ASME, JSME and KSME, was held in Hamamatsu, Japan in July 2011. This first conference aimed to provide an international forum for the global and industry–academia–government collaboration to find answers in wide-ranging and complex problems. As a continuation of this series of the joint conference, the second ASME–JSME–KSME Joint Conference on Fluids Engineering was held in Seoul, South Korea, in July 2015 with the theme of "Advanced Fluids Engineering for Technical Innovation and Economic Impact on our Global Society." The AJK conference brought together international researchers and engineers focusing on fluid flow in a variety of applications. The objectives of the meeting were to provide a forum for the presentation of state-of-the-art research and opportunities for technical interactions among participants.

The first author gratefully acknowledges support provided by Educational Technology and WELFund grants.

UNOTES - University of Hartford - 8-17-15

Wallingford to offer new high school courses.

Wallingford will offer new high school courses in manufacturing

  

 Published: July 14, 2015 | Last Modified: July 14, 2015 09:43PM

By Eric Vo Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD — The school system is hoping to offer two new high school courses in manufacturing during the 2016-17 school year.

 

School and town officials met Tuesday with business leaders and representatives from state community colleges and universities to discuss courses that would help students land manufacturing jobs. The group also toured Lyman Hall and Sheehan high schools.

“The overarching goal is we need to keep manufacturing not only in Wallingford, but in Connecticut,” Menzo told the group. “We need to keep it and grow it.”

 

The group will reconvene to discuss curriculum for the new courses.

 

School and town officials also said they want to address the “stigma” they feel is associated with manufacturing work, said Economic Development Specialist Tim Ryan.

 

“One of the things that hovers over manufacturing is this stereotype that manufacturing is sweaty, noisy jobs,” Ryan said. “In reality, all manufacturing is not like that, especially advanced manufacturing.”

 

Lou Manzione, dean of the college of engineering, technology, and architecture at the University of Hartford, added that “young people don’t recognize the exciting careers in manufacturing.”

 

The lack of young people interested in manufacturing jobs is hurting state businesses, said Hubert Godin, coordinator of engineering science and technology studies at Middlesex Community College.

 

Menzo also said he wants the new courses to help solve town-specific issues. It’s a similar model to the one used by the University of Hartford, Manzione said.

 

“We try to address where we see there are needs and there are significant ones in Connecticut,” Manzione said.

 

Manzione said University of Hartford programs involve partnerships with companies like Pratt and Whitney. The businesses help the college identify needed skills.

 

The group also agreed there isn’t enough marketing of manufacturing programs around the state. Menzo suggested the local Parent Teacher Advisory Council could help promote the new Wallingford high school courses.

 

Jay Cei, Ulbrich Stainless Steel chief financial officer and a school board member, attended Tuesday’s discussion.

 

Cei said the company is looking into a certificate program that would allow students to work as interns or shadow an employee, with the hopes it will lead to a full-time job.

 

Ulbrich may also sponsor a program that would allow students to go to college full time and work at the company part time.

 

If they return to work at Ulbrich after graduating, Cei said, they could receive 50 percent student loan forgiveness.

 

evo@record-journal.com (203) 317-2235 Twitter: @EricVoRJ

Manzione Helps Connecticut Earn Federal Support for Manufacturing Partnership Initiative | University of Hartford

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A partnership of several Connecticut companies, state agencies, and two educational institutions (the University of Hartford and University of Connecticut) was among 12 applicants from across the country to be successfully designated by the Obama Administration under the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) initiative. With this designation, Connecticut will receive coordinated support from 11 federal agencies with access to more than $1 billion in federal funding dedicated to economic development and the resurgence of manufacturing in the United States.
Louis Manzione, dean of the University of Hartford’s College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), was an important member of the team that worked on the proposal that was selected by the Obama Administration. Manzione helped write two of the six segments — one dealing with Research and Innovation and the other focusing on Workforce and Training — in the proposal.
“This federal designation recognizes — and strengthens — Connecticut’s leadership position in advanced manufacturing, specifically in our aerospace and shipbuilding industries,” said Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy in announcing the state’s successful designation. “With this designation and the federal funds supporting economic development programs in manufacturing, the state can accelerate and enhance our initiatives to boost innovation, worker skills, supply chain capabilities, infrastructure investment and job creation.”
Connecticut was recognized for its comprehensive economic development plan for this sector, which delineates the roles that individual communities and public-private partnerships (such as the University of Hartford’s work with the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology) play in carrying out the strategy. The plan focuses on five areas in particular: building supplier networks; building a pipeline of capable workers for the future; infrastructure and site development; increasing trade and investment; and improving manufacturing operations and access to capital.
"Connecticut has a long history on the front lines of manufacturing innovation and development — driven in large part by our universities, community colleges, and technical schools,” said Connecticut Congressman John Larson (D-1st District). “This ecosystem of small and large manufacturers, academia, and groups like the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology leaves Connecticut uniquely qualified to train the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators. With this IMCP designation, Connecticut can continue to grow its workforce and push into new frontiers in the aerospace and shipbuilding industries.”

Dr. Suhash Ghosh: Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award: 2015 - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Suhash Ghosh receives the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award for 2015.  In the past three years, Dr. Ghosh, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, in the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture (CETA), has been instrumental in resurrecting the University of Hartford ASME student section and leading it to newer heights of involvement and accomplishments.  The student section has built enviable industry relations through numerous field visits and industry guest lecture series.  Students from Mechanical Engineering have actively participated in numerous local and district level competitions and events.  Some of the highlights of their activities are Hartford Section's Annual Student Paper Night, Annual Student Design, Oral and Poster Competition at the District's Student Professional Development Conference, and the Hartford Section's Annual ASME Engineers Award Celebration.  The ASME student membership at the University of Hartford has tremendously grown in the past few years.  Dr. Ghosh attributes the success of the section to the passionate and energetic members of the E-board that have worked closely with other CETA clubs & societies, SGA and the ASME Hartford section.

May 2015