SELECTED FACULTY HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Xiaofeng Qian, Physics (SES), was honored by Physics World magazine for his contributions to research that was selected as one of the top 10 breakthroughs in physics of 2021.

Dibyendu “Dibs” Sarkar, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering (SES), is a lead investigator on a multi-institutional team that was awarded $1.3 million by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a project aimed at improving water quality in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Paul Grogan (SSE) is serving as principal investigator for the Systems Engineering Research Center’s (SERC) first research task for a NASA sponsor working with the Earth Science Technology Office Advanced Information Systems Technology program.

Dean Gregory Prastacos (SB) was quoted in a Forbes article on continuing education for business leaders.

Susan Schept (CAL) was recently published in Psychological Perspectives. Her article, "Lilith: A Rabbinic Projection of the Demonic Female," considers a figure in Jewish mythology.

Onur Asan (SSE) was awarded a grant from Novartis for his project, “Exploring Nonadherence Factors in Cancer Oral Chemotherapy.”

Jason Corso and Enrique Dunn, Computer Science (SES), along with a multi-institutional team of co-investigators, received a DARPA award of $5.9 million for an artificial intelligence program designed to learn how to guide humans through complex tasks.

Alparslan Emrah Bayrak (SSE) and Antonia Zaferiou, Biomedical Engineering (SES), have been awarded the Catalyst Award in the Global Healthy Longevity Competition by the National Academy of Medicine for their project “A Multi-Sensor Wearable System with a Personalized AI and Multimodal Biofeedback to Improve Balance of Older Adults at Home.”

Lindsey Cormack (CAL), contributed an article on veterans’ representation in Congress to Social Science Quarterly.

George Calhoun (SB) was quoted in a IEEE Spectrum article on the global semiconductor shortage.

LARGEST NEW RESEARCH AWARDS, DECEMBER 2021-JANUARY 2022

• February 15: Yu Gan, Biomedical Engineering (SES) – U.S. Department of Agriculture, $300,000 – DSFAS-AI: Food Quality Evaluation Leveraging Robust, Domain Adaptive Deep Learning on Millimeter Wave (mmWave) Images
• January 26: Reza Marsooli, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering (SES) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $185,290 – Benefits of Vegetation for Preventing Coastal Flooding Induced by Failure of Seawalls
• January 7: Jason Corso, Computer Science (SES) – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $5,913,977 – MILLY: Multi-Directional Loosely-Linked Archetype Models for Perceptually-Enabled Task Guidance
• January 1: Jinho Kim, Biomedical Engineering (SES) – National Science Foundation, $576,065 – CAREER: Biomechanics of Tension-Induced Lung Tissue Fracture and Subsequent Pulmonary Air Leak
• January 1: Hui Wang, Computer Science (SES) – National Science Foundation, $499,941 – SaTC: CORE: Small: Securing Network Embedding Against Privacy Attacks
• January 1: Nicholas Byrd (CAL) – John Templeton Foundation, $246,404 – Religiosity and Reflection Across Cultures
• January 1: Yeganeh Hayeri (SSE) – National Science Foundation, $199,998 – ERI: An Integrative Risk Quantification and Management Framework to Enhance the Resiliency of Surface Transportation Systems Under Disruptive Precipitation
• January 1: Hang Liu, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) – U.S. Department of Energy, $80,000 – Graphic Processing Units (GPU) – Based Parallel Symbolic Factorization and Ordering in SuperLU-DIST
• December 15: Onur Asan (SSE) – Novartis, $95,000 – Exploring Nonadherence Factors in Cancer Oral Chemotherapy
• December 13: Raju Datla, Davidson Laboratory (SES) – U.S. Department of Energy, $51,520 – Flume Testing of Full-scale EEL Marine Energy System

December 14, 2021-February 15, 2022

NEW HIRES AND JOB CHANGES

Charles V. Schaefer Jr., School of Engineering & Science

• Joseph Allen, Laboratory Manager
• Margarita Alvarado, Graduate Academic Advisor, Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering
• Denver Baptiste, Lecturer, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
• Tsengming Chou, Laboratory Manager, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Debora Cubias, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Amirsaman Eghtesad, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Operations
• Heng Fan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Physics
• Yu Gan, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
• Babatunde Gbadamosi, Systems Administrator, Computer Science
• Milad Mirzaee, Visiting Research Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Abdus Salam Sarkar, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Mechanical Engineering
• Christopher Shemanski, Assistant Director, Core Engineering Education
• Karin Sjostrand, Research Associate, Sustainability Laboratory
• Veronica Smith, Administrative Assistant
• Jongyoun Son, Laboratory Manager, Mechanical Engineering
• Christopher Sugino, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
• Maritza Swepson, Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Mechanical Engineering

School of Business

• Sara Drishti, Coordinator, Corporate Outreach

School of Systems & Enterprises

• Carol Ruiz, Director of Online and Corporate Engagement
• Amy Stinchcombe, Senior Communications Manager, SERC

College of Arts & Letters

• Kerri Johnsen, Academic Advisor
• Gabrielle Sims, Lecturer

Office of International Student and Scholar Services

• Lydia Sung, Coordinator

Office of Online, Corporate and Professional Education

• Antonio Bulagay, Associate Director of Online and Corporate Education

Office of the Provost

• Veronica Ortega, Assistant Director, Academic Process Improvements

Office of Sponsored Programs

• Amy Dillon, Senior Contract and Grant Specialist

PROMOTIONS

Charles V. Schaefer Jr., School of Engineering & Science

• Amalia Terracciano, Senior Research Scientist
• Ann Petrigliano, Manager, Center for Student Success
• Sally Reiter, Assistant Coordinator, Center for Student Success

School of Business

• Antonella Bove, Manager, Graduate Studies Administration
• Lisa Cavanaugh, Senior Coordinator, Center for Student Success
• Misty Cribbin, Coordinator, Center for Student Success
• Nicole Malantchouk, Associate Director for Corporate Outreach and Professional Advancement
• Kathleen Tizon, Administrative Assistant

Office of Graduate Admissions

• Madeline Dennis-Yates, Graduate Admissions Advisor
• Bianka Salomon, Assistant Director
• Marina Tadros, Graduate Admissions Advisor

Office of Graduate Student Life

• Nathalie Brown, Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Life

Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness

• Yangzi Mao, Assistant Director

Office of Online, Corporate and Professional Education

• Jessica Maj, Manager of Online and Corporate Education
• Maisha Mohinuddin, Senior Coordinator of Online and Corporate Education

Office of the Provost

• Frances Salvo, Associate Director of Academic Projects and Academic Event Management

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