PITA Fiscal Year 2010 Projects

Biomedical and Health Engineering

• Stem Cell Delivery Using Platelet-Rich Plasma-Based Plastic Scaffolds


• Reducing Cost and Increasing Safety in Pennsylvania Hospitals: An Automated Blood Immunoassay System for the Early Detection of Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI)

Courses and Outreach Programs

• Elementary Education Outreach: Moving BHEth/National Engineers Week


• Summer Engineering Experience for Girls (SEE)


• Universal Wind Tunnel Facility At Lehigh University


• Lehigh Valley Nsf Stem Project: Widening The Pathways For Students To Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics Degrees, Middle School Through Ph.D.

Environmental and Energy Technologies

• Physicochemical Transport in Ultra-Thick Battery Electrodes for Large-scale Energy Storage


• Modeling flow through microgel packings for use as soil additives


• Hybrid Ion Exchange-Membrane Process For The Treatment Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater From The Marcellus Shale Project In Pennsylvania


• Novel Concentrated Solar Power Collector With Thermal Energy Storage

Innovative Infrastructure Systems

• Aluminum nitride deposition for self-sensing in aluminum products


• Feasibility Study of a Bus-Data-Driven Approach for Assessing Damage in Bridge Structures Using Multiresolution Signal Processing Techniques


• Integrated Framework Using Monitoring And Reliability For Improved Bridge Management Under Uncertainty: Phase 3 - Performance Prediction And Optimum Monitoring Planning


• Intellingent Non-Destructive Inspection Of Highway Sign And Signal Structures Using Acoustic Emission And Ultrasonic Guided Wave


• Bridge Performance Evaluation Using Integrated Finite Element Models and In-Service Monitoring Data


• Performance-Based Design For Cost-Effective Seismic Hazard Mitigation In Buildings Using Supplemental Passive Damper Systems

Information And Systems Technology

• Resistive switching materials and devices for reconfigurable RF electronics


• Project Olympus


• A Smart Wheelchair System For Personal Automobility

Product And Process Design And Optimization

• Title Computational Models and Algorithms for Enterprise-wide Optimization of Process Industries


• Capacitive Transimpedance Amplifiers


• Robust Planning Of The Production Of Liquid Gases Under Energy Uncertainty


• Dynamic Melt Control For The Manufacture Of Enhanced Polymer-Based Biomedical Devices