PITA Fiscal Year 1999 Projects

• Functional Gradient Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering
  
  
• Distributed Design and Manufacturing, Electronic Commerce
  
  
• Compilers and Architectures for Digital Signal Processing
  
  
• Adaptive Bayesian Multi-Stage Statistical Modeling
  
  
• Coal Flow Measurement and Control in Pulverized Coal Boilers
  
  
• Development of a MEMS Testing Methodology
  
  
• The New Design Studio
  
  
• Modeling & Fabrication of Ultra-Deep Microsystems
  
  
• Computational Design of Artificial Organs
  
  
• Simulation in Design of Mechatronic Systems
  
  
• Solution-Adaptive Mesh Generation
  
  
• Design for Change
  
  

Information Technologies for Public Safety and Training

• Wearable Computer for Bridge Inspection
  
  
• Middle School Math and Science Initiatives
  
  
• Modeling of the Discharge of Gas and Vapor Releases
  
  
• Engineering Design Changes, WorkFlow Processes, and Information Sharing
  
  
• Surveillance and Vulnerability Assessment
  
  
• Robustness Testing of Communication Systems
  
  
• Version Control Architecture of BORG
  
  
• Medical Body Monitors
  
  
• Agents for Energy Trading
  
  

Condition Assessment and Renewal Engineering

• Smart Paint for Industrial and Bridge Applications
  
  
• Electrostrip Paint Removal for Industrial and Bridge Applications
  
  
• Corrosion Coulometer
  
  
• Utilization of Steel Slag
  
  
• Treatment of High-Strength Organic Wastewater
  
  
• Post-Tensioned Steel Moment Resisting Connections
  
  
• Development of a Core Drilling Method for the Nondestructive Evaluation of Stress in Concrete Structures
  
  
• MEMS-Embedded Buildings and Structures
  
  
• Safety and Crashworthiness Simulations
  
  

Life-Cycle Engineering Information Systems

• Software for the Analysis of Separation Systems
  
  
• Composite Behavior of Precast Insulated Wall Panels
  
  
• Reduction of NOx Emissions
  
  

Innovative Construction Systems

• Cu-Ni High Performance 70W/100W Bridge Steels
  
  
• Assessment and Repair of Offshore Platforms
  
  
• Precast Concrete Bridge Pier Columns
  
  
• Development of an Advanced Fiber Reinforced Composite Bridge Deck System
  
  
• Testing of Unreinforced Connections of T-Stubs (SAC)
  
  
• Stainless Steel Double Hull
  
  
• K-Area Rotary Straightened Columns
  
  
  
  

Courses And Outreach Programs

• A Survey Course in Scientific Computation
  
  
• Middle School Math and Science Initiatives (S.T.A.R. Academy)
  
  
• Engineering Design Projects Course
  
  
• Pennsylvania Future Leaders Program at Lehigh University
  
  
• Object-Oriented Application Development in Computer Aided Design (CAD): An Interdisciplinary Graduate Course
  
  
• Rapid Design
  
  
• Structural Guideways - A Capstone Design Course