PITA Fiscal Year 2008 Projects

Biomedical and Health Engineering

• Glucose Sensor
  
  
• A Fiber-Optic Imager With Head-Up Display For Increased Safety During Routine and Emergency Placement Of Tubes Within The Human Airway
  
  
• Modeling in Regenerative Medicine: Computational Design and Optimization of a Stem Cell Therapy System for Cardiovascular and Neural Tissues
  
  
• Detection and Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy by Real Time Pupil Size Monitoring
  
  
• Implantable Electronics Patterned On Biodegradable Flexible Substrates
  
  
• Pre-surgical planning and patient-specific CFD optimization of valve sparing aortic root reconstruction surgeries
  
  
• Platelet rich plasma expansion and conditioning of stem cells for transplantation
  
  
• Signal Processing For Improved Artery Identification Using Infrared Imaging Systems
  
  
• Silver Disinfection Studies
  
  

Courses and Outreach Programs

• Moving 4th Into Engineering
  
  
• A SURE Thing (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) Summer Internship Program 2008 (Year 5)
  
  
• Summer Engineering Experience for Girls (SEE)
  
  
• Summer 2008 Atlss Research Experience For Undergraduate (Atlssreu) Program
  
  
• Advancing The Lehigh University S.T.A.R Academies™ -University/Industries/School Partnership Initiative In Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Business And Theatre And Humanities. Expanding Access To And Placing More Students In College
  
  
• Lehigh Valley Stem Project To Enhace Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics (Stem) Education Through G4-12 Graduate Teaching Fellows (Oegs)
  
  
• Linking Entrepreneurially-Oriented Students With Pennsylvania Companies
  
  
• Collaboration On "Open Innovation" Course Development And Dissemination In Support Of The Need To Create More Innovative Products, Processes And R&D In Pa Based Companies
  
  
• 2008 Summer Undergraduate Internship At Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
  
  
• Attracting Ph.D. Students To The ATLSS Center In Pennsylvania
  
  

Environmental Technologies

• Thermal Plant Emissions Due to Renewable Electric Power
  
  
• Energy Management for Data Centers
  
  
• Genotyping And Phylogenetic Analysis Of Cryptosporidium Spp. Oocysts In The Wissahickon Creek Watershed
  
  
• Reduction In The Volume Of Arsenic-Laden Sludge Through Use Of Regenerable Adsorbent
  
  
  
  

Information and Systems Technology

• Maples: Fault-tolerant middleware and diagnostic tools for sensor networks
  
  
• Network Management For Heterogeneous Network
  
  
• Distributed Information Processing For Wireless Ad-Hoc and Sensory Networks - Phase Three: Joint Source/Channel/Network Coding
  
  
• Broadband Quantum-Dash Diode Laser For Communication And Sensor Applications
  
  
• Intelligent Driving Aids For The Elderly & Disabled
  
  
• High-Performance Architectures Of Advanced Encryption Standard Based On Novel Common Subexpression Elimination Algorithm
  
  
• Novel Methods And Applications For Chemical Image Analysis
  
  
• Indiscriminate Geo-Events Using Symptomatic Heterogeneous Data From Distributed Sensor Networks
  
  
• Physical Characterization Of Granular Materials Created By 3d Particle Generation Model
  
  
• Social Networks And Virtual Reality As Environments For Business Development And Globalization
  
  

Product and Process Design and Optimization

• Decreasing Hot Shortness and Increasing Recycling of Steel
  
  
• High Performance Polyurethane Elastomers based Biologically Inspired Repeatable Fiber Adhesives
  
  
• Gasification Assessment and Modeling
  
  
• Silicon Carbide-Based High-Temperature Electronics and Sensors
  
  
• Atomistic Characterization and Modeling of Deep Sub-Micron Gate Oxide Breakdown
  
  
• Modern Control Technology for Hot Metal Rolling
  
  
• Knowledge reuse for innovation and the microfoundations of spillovers
  
  
• Design of Evaporative Micro-channel Reactor for APCI De-hydrogenation Process
  
  
• Resiliency And Robustness For The Chemical Process Industry
  
  
• Computational Models and Algorithms for Enterprise-wide Optimization of Process Industries
  
  
• Ethanol Biofuel Production From Molasses Waste Stream With Zymomonas Mobilis Bacteria
  
  
• Assessment Of Potential Heat Rate Improvement Opportunities As Part Of A Co2 Reduction Strategy For Coal-Fired Power Plants
  
  
• Blue Belt Project - Development And Testing Of The Thor Power Corporation Motor System: Part Ii- Manufacturing Of The Prototype Motor And Phase Iii Generation Of The Motor Controller, Functionality And Durability Testing
  
  
• Computational Models And Algorithms For Enterprise-Wide Optimization Of Process Industries
  
  
• Resiliency And Robustness For The Chemical And Industrial Gases Industries
  
  
• Network Optimization For A Confectionary Supply Chain
  
  

Nanotechnology

• Bonding and Flow Properties of Disk-Drive Lubricant Films Assessed by Atomic Force Microscopy
  
  
• Development of an Integrated, Multiphenomena Simulation Tool for Chemical Mechanical Polishing Systems
  
  
• Enantioselective adsorption of chiral compounds
  
  
• Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Performance Relationships of Magnetic Nanoparticle/Polymer Nanocomposites for Applications in Tissue Engineering
  
  
• The Development Of Micro And Nanoscale Molding Technology For Enhanced Electronic And Biomedical Applications
  
  
• Impact Center for Advancement of Mems/Nems Vlsi
  
  
• Energy Applications Of Iron Nanoparticles – Exploratory Research On Carbon Sequestration
  
  
• Development And Commercialization Of Aluminum High Strength Nano-Composites
  
  

Infrastructure Safety And Security Technology

• Sensor Andrew Sensor Network Integration
  
  
• Software Infrastructure and Tools for Sensor Andrew
  
  
• Research And Development Of Ducon Blast Resistant Panels
  
  
• Seismic Testing Of Piping Utilizing The Victaulic Grooved Piping System - Phase 2
  
  
• Design, Fabrication, And Calibration Of A Structural Fire Test Fixture
  
  

Innovative Infrastructure System Assessment Technology

• Assessment of Leveraging of Building Information Models for Construction Progress Monitoring and Control on a Real-world Case
  
  
• A demonstration of Sensor Andrew as a Framework to Support Data Fusion and Integration from multiple Sensor Platforms
  
  
• Acoustic Emission Sensors using Novel MEMS Design
  
  
• Real-Time Hybrid Simulation Test-Bed For Structural Systems With Smart Dampers
  
  
• Evaluation Of Unbonded Strand Reinforcement For Precast Concrete Floor Diaphragms
  
  
• Fatigue Evaluation Of Arm To Mast-Arm Connections In Highway Sign And Signal Structures
  
  
• Fabrication And Testing Of Curved Tubular Flange Girders
  
  
• Horizontal Shear Stress Limits For Composite Precast/Prestressed Beam Construction-Extension
  
  
• Structural Performance Assessment Based On Monitoring: Phase 2 - Implementation Study
  
  
• Integrated Framework Using Monitoring And Reliability For Improved Bridge Management Under Uncertainty: Phase 1- Feasibility Study
  
  
• Improved Corrosion Resistant Steel for Highway Bridge Construction