PITA Fiscal Year 2001 Projects

Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, And Environmental Technology

• Slag as a Passive Treatment Method for Acid Mine Drainage (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Optimized Design of Intravenous Membrane Oxygenators (Artificial Lungs (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor Encapsulation in Polymeric Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Assessment of Rupture Potential of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms by Computational Modeling and Simulation
  
  
• Angiogenesis in Engineered Bone Scaffolds Promoted by Growth Factor Gradients
  
  
• A Cost-Effective Computer-Aided Orthopedic Surgery System
  
  
• The Development of Magnetic Separation Technology for Environmental Remediation
  
  
• Nanoparticle Technology and Environmental Applications
  
  
• Bioactivity Assessment of Novel Polymer/Ceramic Bone Substitutes
  
  
• Development of a SBS Fiber Optic Sensor for Strain, Temperature and Moisture Measurements in Subsurface
  
  

Infrastructure Assessment And Renewal Technology

• Experimental and Analytical Seismic Studies of Concrete Filled Steel Tube (CFT) Frame Systems (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Unbonded Post Tensioned Precast Concrete Walls (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• An in situ MEMS Device for Detecting Cracks or Weld Failures in Steel (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Small-scale Robotic Manipulators for Mobile Service Robots (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Computational Studies of Chemical Corrosion
  
  
• Design of a System for Early Detection of Guideway Safety Envelope Incursions
  
  
• A Focused-Ion Beam (FIB) Nano-Fabrication and Characterization Facility
  
  
• Field Instrumentation, Monitoring, and Testing of the SR0033 Truss Bridge Over Conrail Railroad and the Lehigh River
  
  
• Evaluate the Weldability of a Production heat of 100W Cu-Ni Steel
  
  
• Development of Seismic Guidelines for Deep-Column Steel Moment Connections
  
  
• Experimental Design of Adtranz plate-fin Cooling Designs
  
  

Innovative Infrastructure Systems

• Evaluation of Structural Integrity: Fatigue Resistance of Large Scale Weld AL-6XN Sections (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Nonmagnetic, Stainless Steel Advanced Double Hull Combatant Ships (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Optimization of Non-Oriented Electrical Steels (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Evaluating Expanded Glass Nodules for Use in Lightweight Precast Concrete
  
  
• Evaluation of RFID Technology for Use in Precast Concrete Manufacturing
  
  
• Laser Welding of High Strength Steel Tailor Welded Blanks
  
  
• Joints Between Composite and Metal Structures
  
  
• Post Tensioned Steel Moment Resisting Connections
  
  
• High Performance Steel Girders with Tubular flanges
  
  
• Strength and Ductility of HPS-100W I-Girders
  
  

Information And Systems Technology

• Compilers, Architectures, and Tools for Digital Signal Processing and Embedded Systems (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Developing Computational Models to Design Corporate Information Security Policies (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Tools for Verification and Validation of Embedded Control Systems (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Technology for Ubiquitous Mobile Computing (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Program Analysis for the Reliability of Information Systems
  
  
• Dependability Assessment of Train Control Network Protocol
  
  
• Context Aware Computing
  
  
• Machine-Learning Based Tool Development for Thermal Design of Electronics Enclosures
  
  
• Handy Andy
  
  

Product And Process Design And Optimization

• Computational Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis of Amination Processes (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Coal Flow Measurement and Control in Pulverized Coal Boilers (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Engineering Process Information System (EPIS) (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Compact Models for Thermal Management of Electronics
  
  
• Novel Numerical Algorithm Development for Complex Fluid Systems - A Particle / Grid / Optimization Hybrid Approach
  
  
• Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of Micro-Scale Heat Transfer in Electronic Devices
  
  
• Selecting Components Based on Functional Descriptions
  
  
• Structural Analysis in MEMS Design and Reliability
  
  
• Microstructure Based Plasticity for Advanced Materials Development
  
  
• Physically Based Fair Surface Modeling for Sheet Metal Design
  
  
• Optimization Strategies for Integration of Design and Control
  
  
• Control of Complex Distillation Configurations
  
  
• Modeling and Simulation of Unsteady State Heat Transfer Systems
  
  

Courses And Outreach Programs

• S.T.A.R. Academy (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Outreach/Rapid Design (FY2001 Renewal)
  
  
• Rapid Prototyping in Education at CMU
  
  
• Engineering Design Projects Course