DEVELOPING A CULTURE OF RESEARCH AND
SCHOLARSHIP
Dr. Tarek Sobh
March 2009
OUTLINE
 Goal
 Strategies
 Infrastructure Elements
 Seed Money Grant Program
 Externally Funded/Pending Research
 Funding Opportunities
 Industry Collaborations
 Development of Inter-Disciplinary Programs
 Graduate Student Support and Opportunities
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GOAL
Develop into a regional research center of excellence in
the development of emerging technologies, applied
industry-oriented R&D, and inter-disciplinary research.
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STRATEGIES
 Strengthen resources and infrastructure to support
and facilitate research.
 Strengthen collaborations with industry within the
areas of sponsored projects.
 Strengthen faculty training programs to increase the
participation of faculty in sponsored research projects.
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INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS
The following infrastructure elements have been created
or are in process within the past 12 months.
 The Faculty Research Council (FRC)
 The Graduate Council (GC)
 The Intellectual Property Board (IPB)
 The Institutional Review Board (IRB)
 The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR)
 The Assistantships and Scholarships Office (ASO)
 The GSR Website at www.bridgeport.edu/gsr
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THE FACULTY RESEARCH COUNCIL
 The Faculty Research Council (FRC) has been created.
 Nine members represent Arts & Sciences, Business,
Education and Human Resources, Engineering, Health
Sciences and International College.
Kathleen Engelmann, Ph.D. (Chair)
Chris Good, D.C.
Amy Papaelias, M.F.A.
Barry Kendler, Ph.D.
Congsheng Wu, Ph.D.
Mark Mattie, Ph.D.
Nan Kurz, Ph.D.
Chunjuan Wei, Ph.D.
Jeongkyu Lee, Ph.D.
 First Seed Money Grant competition conducted.
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THE GRADUATE COUNCIL
 The Graduate Council (GC) has been created.
 Eight faculty members represent the schools, institutes and
colleges that offer graduate programs.
Wendy Garcia, M.S. Ed.
Barry Kendler, Ph.D.
Mark Mattie, Ph.D.
Arthur C. McAdams, III, Ph.D.
Joseph Morley, D.C.
Lori Noto, Ph.D.
Neal Lewis, Ph.D.
Chunjuan Wei, Ph.D.
 Supports the development of inter-disciplinary graduate
programs.
 Advises regarding the development of Graduate Assistantship
policy.
 Recommended the creation of a Graduate Academic Resource
Center.
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THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BOARD
 The Intellectual Property Board (IPB) has been
created.
 Five faculty member representatives.
William Greenspan, J.D., L.L.M. (Chair)
Jennifer Brett, N.D.
Stephen Healey, Ph.D.
Spiros Katsifis, Ph.D.
Richard Saporito, D.C.
 Intellectual Property Policy has been established.
 Policy and forms available on IPB website.
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THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
 The Institutional Review Board (IRB) must approve all
proposed research involving Human Subjects.
 Fully constituted.
 Website with forms and instructions at
www.bridgeport.edu/irb
 Registration is in process with the appropriate federal
agencies.
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INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB)
 Stephen M. Perle, D.C., M.S., (Co-Chair)
 Beth Skott, Ph.D., (Co-Chair)
 William Greenspan, J.D.
 Spiros Katsifis, Ph.D.
 Nan Kurz, Ph.D.
 Samuel London, Ph.D.
 Meg Zayan, Ed.D.
 Erell N. Skyers, D.D. (Community representative)
 Mr. Craig Kelly, President, Greater Bridgeport NAACP
(Community representative)
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FACULTY EXPERTISE & SPEAKERS
BUREAU
 Searchable Database
A project is underway to compile UB faculty expertise,
research interests, publications, and other pertinent
information onto a searchable database, to be housed at
the Graduate Studies and Research website.
 Speakers Bureau
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THE OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH
 The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) has been
established.
 One full-time administrator.
 One graduate assistant.
 Website with information, forms, instructions, links at
www.bridgeport.edu/gsr.
 Central coordination for submission of research
applications to external funders.
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 UB now has a provisional negotiated Facilities and
Administrative Cost Rate (“Indirect Rate”) with the federal
government.
 55.9% On-campus
 23.3% Off-campus
 UB also now has a provisional negotiated Fringe Benefits
Rate with the federal government.
 22.9%
 The application for final rates will be submitted at the end
of 2009.
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UB Economic Impact Study
 Just-completed study of the economic impact UB has
on Bridgeport and Connecticut
 Good resource for additional information when grantseeking
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Other Accomplishments & Plans
 Support for faculty to attend agency-sponsored grants
workshops
 Six faculty members attended an NSF grants workshop in October
2006
 Eight new faculty members will attend an upcoming NSF grants
workshop at the end of March
 Significant faculty involvement in research conferences
 Hosting
 Conference publications
 Visits to targeted Washington, D.C. federal funding agency
offices
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THE ASSISTANTSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
OFFICE
 The Assistantships and Scholarships Office (ASO) is in
the process of being established.
 Central coordination point for 250 GA’s a year at UB.
 GA’s work as graduate assistants, teaching assistants
and research assistants.
 The Graduate Assistantship Program for 100
Engineering GA’s and 65 Business GA’s will be open to
new graduate students starting Fall 2009.
 Deans Assistantships and Society of Women in
Engineering Assistantships are also being created.
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SEED MONEY GRANT PROGRAM
 The Division of Graduate Studies and Research
initiated the first-ever Seed Money Grant Program this
year, awarding $100,000 to 23 Principal Investigators as
follows:
 14 for Spring 2009
 Nine for Fall 2009
 Required outcomes of each funded project include:
 Application to external funder
 Scholarly publications
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PI
Hassan Bajwa
CO-PI
Xingguo Xiong
Kathleen Engelmann
DEPT
AWARD
PROJECT TITLE
Electrical Engineering
$6,650
Dynamically configured, low power SRAM design
Biology
$6,993
The genetic basis for variation in thermal tolerance in natural
populations of Arabidopsis thaliana
Christopher Good
Paul Sherman
Chiropractic
$8,600
A reliability study of a multitest system (AIR S+M) for the
identification of spinal join dysfunction and a feasibility analysis
for future investigations
Junling (Joyce) Hu
Hai-Lung Tsai
Mechanical Engineering
$7,000
Modeling transport phenomena and shielding gas effects in gas
metal arc welding
Biology
$6,930
Nickel antagonizes the genotoxicity of chromium
Spiridon Katsifis
Elif Kongar
Jani Pallis
Mechanical Engineering
& Technology Management
$7,000
Establishing an environmental sustainability program at the
University of Bridgeport
Xingguo Xiong
Linfeng Zhang
Hassan Bajwa
Electrical & Computer
Engineering
$6,930
A bulk-micromachined MEMS comb vibratory gyroscope
Jeongkyu Lee
Yongbom Kim
Jaedon Lee
Computer Science and
Engineering
$10,000
JusTDo: developing automatic judging system for Taedwondo
Poomsae videos
Joseph Morley
Matthew Funk
Chiropractic
$5,250
An investigation into potential differences in measurements of
neck proprioception between matched asymptomatic subjects
and patients
Mark Setton
World Religions & Martial
Arts Studies
$9,530
Philosophical and psychological perspectives on subjective wellbeing
Chunjuan Nancy Wei
IPED
$6,930
Cross-Taiwan-Strait relationships in Washington
Congsheng Wu
International Finance
$4,550
An empirical evaluation of Chinese Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
Zhengping Wu
Computer Science and
Engineering
$6,409
A new policy-based management architecture for cross-domain
federation
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PI
CO-PI
DEPT
AWARD
PROJECT TITLE
Linfeng Zhang
Angela Santiago
Xingguo Xiong
Electrical Engineering
$6,864
Integration of the platinum nanoparticles and carbon nanotubes
in silicon-based micro fuel cell and silicon-based
chemical/biological sensor
Khaled Elleithy
Syed Rizvi
Computer Science and
Engineering
$6,860
Implementation and performance evaluation of overlay end
system multicast (ESM) for stable and fast streaming of
multimedia applications
Management Information
Systems
$7,000
Exploring the role of perceived privacy and risk in the citizen’s
adoption of governmental portal: toward an integrated approach
with TAM
Chiropractic
$5,688
Accuracy of leg length discrepancy evaluation: a study of
diagnostic tests
Neal Lewis
Technology Management
$6,860
Modeling manufacturing performance for production efficiency
improvement
Jeremy (Zhang) Li
Mechanical Engineering
$6,776
Computational modeling and analysis of nanomaterial coating
using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) with focus on
lean manufacturing
Jody Noe
Naturopathic Medicine
$7,000
The ethnobotanical and ethnomedical practices of the Western
Cherokee Keetoowah
Chiropractic
$5,417
Determination of mechanical characteristics of a high quality and
comfortable spinal manipulative thrust
Mathematics
$6,370
Mathematical modeling of microfracture in cortical bones
Acupuncture
$3,920
Statistical analysis of the University of Bridgeport acupuncture
clinic: procedural trends
Jongheon Kim
James Lehman
Stephen Perle
Terence Perrault
Greg Kawchuk
Robert Thiel
Natalia RomalisReytblatt
Hong Wei Zhang
James Fitzpatrick
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EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH AND
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTIONS
 Recently Concluded Research Grants
 Active Research Grants
 Pending Research Grants
 Research Proposals Under Development
 Industry In-Kind Contributions
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A SAMPLE OF RECENTLY CONCLUDED,
EXTERNALLY-FUNDED RESEARCH
GRANTS
PI
DEPT
SPONSOR
AWARD
PROJECT TITLE
Junling Hu
Mechanical Engineering
Connecticut Space Grant
College Consortium
$6,000
CFD validation and simulation of airfoil
characteristics
Elif Kongar
Technology
Management
Yale University/US
Geological Survey
$16,459
Mineral resources external research program
Jeongkyu Lee
CSE
Intromedic Co., Ltd.
$65,000
Developing smart view model in wireless capsule
endoscopy videos
Saikat Ray
Electrical Engineering
Connecticut Space Grant
College Consortium
$6,000
Jet engine testing and monitoring with wireless
sensor networks
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A SAMPLE OF CURRENT EXTERNALLY-FUNDED
RESEARCH GRANTS
PI
DEPT
SPONSOR
AWARD
PROJECT TITLE
Hassan Bajwa
Electrical Engineering
MOSIS Educational
Program
$125,000
(GIK)
Area Efficient Low Power SRAM Design
Jeongkyu Lee
CSE
IntroMedic Co. Ltd., Korea
$65,000
Developing smart view model in wireless capsule
endoscopy videos
Prabir Patra
CSE
NSF/UMass Dartmouth
$20,786
Development of fiber-based technology for
creating new opportunities in economicallydepressed northeastern United States
Tarek Sobh
Engineering
Connecticut Center for
Advanced Technology
$40,000
Center for Simulation, Modeling and Analysis for
Robotic Applications
Tarek Sobh
Engineering
ARDEC
$57,688
Hybrid Projectile Design
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A SAMPLE OF PENDING EXTERNALLY-FUNDED
RESEARCH GRANTS
PI
DEPT
SPONSOR
REQUEST
PROJECT TITLE
James Fitzpatrick
Acupuncture
CT Dept of
Public Health
$92,632
A pilot study of the positive effect of acupuncture upon prehypertensive and hypertensive patients in an underserved urban
population
Jeongkyu Lee
CSE
NSF
$149,610
Smart browsing system for wireless capsule endoscopy
Jeonkyu Lee
CSE
NSF
$168,516
Building large-scale educational video digital libraries by crawling the
web
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
Sikorsky Aircraft
$20,000
Feasible testing and modeling analysis of rockhard coating on
aluminum materials using failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
with a focus on lean manufacturing
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
ARDEC
$25,000
Nanotechnology and advanced material research
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
ARDEC
$25,000
Rapid prototyping in manufacturing science technology
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
CCAT & NALI
$30,000
Study and applications of molecular nanotechnology in aerospace
industry
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
CCAT & NALI
$30,000
Modeling, simulation and optimization for manufacturing process
control and validation using the failure models and effects analysis
(FMEA) with a focus on lean manufacturing
Zheng Li
Mechanical Engineering
CCAT & NALI
$25,000
Developing a plan and strategy to help business transition from
aerospace to biomedical industry to meet FDA specification and
biomedical standard operation procedures
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A SAMPLE OF PENDING EXTERNALLY-FUNDED
RESEARCH GRANTS
PI
DEPT
SPONSOR
REQUEST
PROJECT TITLE
Jani Pallis
Technology Management
NSF/UCONN
Instrument User
Major Research Instrument, MRI
Jani Pallis
Technology Management
NSF/UCONN
Instrument User
Computing Research Infrastructure, CRI
Prabir Patra
CSE
NSF-CBS
$224,040
Carbon nanotube-carbohydrate hybrid materials as
selective ion exchange membrane
Chungjuan Wei
IPED
Overseas Young
Chinese Forum
$5,000
A nested games approach to and policy implications for
Cross-Taiwan-Strait relationships
Xinnguo Xiong
Electrical Engineering
IBM
IBM SRAM Library
Access
Area Efficient Low Power SRAM Design
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A SAMPLE OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
PI
DEPT
SPONSOR
REQUEST
PROJECT TITLE
Hassan Bajwa
Electrical Engineering
DARPA/
DOD
500,000
Nanostructure electronic ink for flexible electronics
Elif Kongar
Technology Management
NSF
$3 million
SuSTEMability
Jeongkyu Lee
CSE
IntroMedic Co.,
Ltd., Korea
$81,250
Developing enhanced SmartView module for wireless
capsule endoscopy video
Neal Lewis
Technology Management
NSF
$50,000
Modeling manufacturing performance for production
efficiency improvement
Neal Lewis
Technology Management
NCIAA
$24,000
E-team formation for new product development
Jani Pallis
Technology Management
SWE
$25,000
Mobile STEM
Jani Pallis
Technology Management
NSF
$200,000
Get SSET (Sport Science, Engineering and Technology)
Prabir Patra
CSE
NSF
$500,000
Nanostructure electronic ink for flexible electronics
Prabir Patra
CSE
DARPA/
DOD
$350,000
Nanostructure flexible antenna
Chunjuan Wei
IPED
Chiang Ching Kuo
Foundation
$30,000
Cross Taiwan relationship in Washington
Zhengping Wu
CSE
NSF CAREER
$400,000
A new policy-based management architecture for crossdomain federation
Zhengping Wu
CSE
NSF CISE
$150 $300,000
Federated trust management
Xingguo Xiong
Electrical Engineering
$150,000
MEMS reliability analysis
NSF EPDT
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A SAMPLE OF RECENT INDUSTRY INKIND CONTRIBUTIONS
Company
Package
In-kind Contribution
Altera
Max+plus II 10.2 Baseline
$180,000
Anadigm Inc.
Anadigm (Anadigm Designer 2)
N/A
ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS 11
$1,305,800
ANSYS, Inc.
FlowLab
$1,000
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Pspice student (ORCAD 15.7)
$750
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
OrCAD 15.7
$98,000
CD-adapco
Star-CCM$
$120,000
CD-adapco
Star-Design
$10,000
CD-adapco
Start-CD-Adapco
$162,500
Delmia
Delmia
$88,000
fabFORCE
FabForce (DBDesigner 4)
N/A
Lingo
Lingo
$6,125
Lingo
Lingo
$991
MathWorks
Matlab 2007a
$838,800
Mentor Graphics
Flotherm
$19,000
Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics
$168,800
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Company
Package
In-kind Contribution
Microsoft
Microsoft Studio 2005 and other appl.
$997,603
MSC Corporate
MSC.Software (Nastran – Patran – Analysis Manager 2006
$56,500
National Instruments Corporation
Labview
$125,001
Operation Technology, Inc.
ETAP
$300,000
Opnet
OPNET IT Guru / Modulator / ASE
$348,000
Opnet
Opnet Modeler 14.5
$78,750
Oracle
Oracle
$2,979,460
Palisade
Palisade StatTools
$225
Palisade
Palisade @RISK
$195
PTC Corporate
PTC (PRO Engineer)
$168,000
Redhat
Redhat
$500
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION
Rockwell Software (Arena 10.0)
$550
Sun Microsystems
Net Beans 5.1
N/A
Synopsys
Synopsys
$177,000
Wireshark
Ethereal
N/A
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
 Research funding opportunities through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
 Web resources for research opportunities:
 Community of Science (COS)
 MyNetResearch
 Links and instructions on Office of Sponsored Research
homepage at www.bridgeport.edu/gsr
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INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS
Potential areas of collaboration with industry:
 Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology
 Sustainable Development
 Nanotechnologies
 Renewable & Alternative Energy
 Alternative Health Sciences
On-going industry collaboration through UB student coops, internships and work study experiences
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DEVELOPMENT OF INTER-DISCIPLINARY
PROGRAMS
Continuing development of inter-disciplinary programs
that are in demand:
 M.S. in Biomedical Engineering

Recruiting for Fall 2009 class
 M.S. program in Renewable Energy Engineering and
Sustainable Development

Under development
 Ph.D. program in Technology Management

Under development
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GRADUATE STUDENT SUPPORT AND
OPPORTUNITIES
 Assistantships (graduate, teaching, research),
including 100 Engineering and 65 Business Graduate
Assistantships for Fall 2009
 Co-op/internships
 New Graduate Academic Resource Center beginning
Fall 2009
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