Faculty Productivity

• Calix, R. A., & Javadpour, L. (2023). Unexpectedness as a Measure of Semantic Learning When Training Transformer Models. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS, 32(01), 2350007. View the Article
• Calix, R. A., Ugarte, O., Okosun, T., & Wang, H. (2023). Machine Learning-Based Regression Models for Ironmaking Blast Furnace Automation. Dynamics, 3(4), 636-655. View the Article
• Al-Dahidi, M. Alrbai, L. Al-Ghussain, A. Alahmer, H. S. Hayajneh, “Data-driven analysis and prediction of wastewater treatment plant performance: Insights and forecasting for sustainable operations,” Bioresource Technology, vol. 391, p. 129937, Jan. 2024, View the Article
• Alrbai, S. Al-Dahidi, L. Al-Ghussain, H. S. Hayajneh, A. Alahmer, “A Sustainable Wind–Biogas Hybrid System for Remote Areas in Jordan: A Case Study of Mobile Hospital for a Zaatari Syrian Refugee Camp,” Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 20, p. 14935, Oct. 2023, View the Article
• Alrbai, H. Alahmer, A. Alahmer, R. Al-Rbaihat, A. Aldalow, S. Al-Dahidi, H. S. Hayajneh, “Retrofitting conventional chilled-water system to a solar-assisted absorption cooling system: Modeling, polynomial regression, and grasshopper optimization,” Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 65, p. 107276, Aug. 2023, View the Article
• Al-Aqqad, H. S. Hayajneh, and X. Zhang, “A Simulation Study of the Resiliency of Mobile Energy Storage Networks,” Processes, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 762, Mar. 2023, View the Article
• Yang, J., Yan, M., Salimi, A., Porter, J., Luo, Y., & Shen, J. (2023, June). A Mechanism on Video Tracking and Recognition with Fast Transmission in Wireless Communications. International Journal of Computer Applications, 185(14), 1-8. View the Article
• Mikhail, M. (2023). Enhancing Engineering Technology Programs Using an Integrated Drive Machine, Journal of Technology Studies, 48(1), 1–8. View the Article
• Mikhail, M. Abad, K., (2023). Robotic inspection and automated analysis system for advanced manufacturing. IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA). View the Article
• Mikhail, M. Plachta, M, Acosta, A., (2023) Automated Water Bottle Packaging System, The International Journal of Engineering Research & Innovation (IJERI).  View the Article
• Stewart, J., Lyubashenko, N., & Stefanek, G. (2023). The efficacy of detecting AI-generated fake news using transfer learning. Issues in Information Systems, 24(2). URL: https://www.iacis.org/iis/2023/2_iis_2023_164-177.pdf

1. Chandramouli, C. V., Rogers, N. (2023). Examining precipitation based climate indices trends for Northwest Indiana, Proceedings of the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE EWRI) Congress, Henderson, Nevada, USA, May 21-24, 2023.
2. Chandramouli, C. V, Ozeh, M., Kanibaseri, M. (2023). Lake Michigan beaches E.Coli prediction tool using Artificial Neural Network, Proceedings of the 2023 American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE EWRI) Congress, Henderson, Nevada, USA, May 21-24, 2023.
3. Patil, S. M., Choudhary, S., Kholová, J., Anbazhagan, K., Parnandi, Y., Gattu, P., Mallayee, S., Prasad, K. S. V. V., Kumar, V. P., Rajalakshmi, P., & Chandramouli, M. (2023, May). UAV-based Digital Field Phenotyping for Crop Nitrogen Estimation using RGB Imagery. In 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. View the Proceedings
4. Fathizadeh M., Markovich M., Living Waters for the World Telemetry System for Water Purification System, CIEC conference, Charleston, SC February 8-10 2023.
5. Scachitti, S., & Higley, J. B. (2023, June), Evolving Engineering Technology Capstone Projects to Bring Students Closer to IndustryPaper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2–43473 View the Proceedings
6. Jiang, K., Mujtaba, M. M., & Bernard, G. R. (2023). Large Language Model as Unsupervised Health Information Retriever. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics | Volume 302: Caring is Sharing – Exploiting the Value in Data for Health and Innovation – Proceedings of MIE 2023, 833-834. URL: https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/63131
7. Jiang, K., Mujtaba, M., & Bernard, G. R. (2023). Answering List-Type Questions in Health Domain with a Pretrained Large Language Model: A Case for COVID-19 Symptoms. Medinfo 2023, Sydney, Australia. View the Proceedings 
8. Jiang, K., Devendra, V., Chavan, S., & Bernard, G. R. (2023). Detection of Day-Based Health Evidence with Pretrained Large Language Models: A Case of COVID-19 Symptoms in Social Media Posts. The 2023 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM 2023), December 5-8, Istanbul, Turkey. View the Proceedings
9. Kulatunga, N. A. & Wijenayake, A. Power Electronic Skills for Electric Powertrain in Marine Propulsion, Proceedings of the 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC), American Society for Engineering Education, Charleston, SC, February, 2023
10. Mikhail, M. (Feb. 2023), University-Industry Partnerships Enhancing Engineering Education, Paper presented at 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Collaborate, Communicate, and Innovate Engineering Education, Charleston, SC, February 8-10, 2023
11. Scachitti, S, Mikhail, M., Suson, D (2023), STEM on the Road: The Soft Side of Recruitment, Paper presented at 2023 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Collaborate, Communicate, and Innovate Engineering Education, Charleston, SC, February 8-10, 2023
12. Mikhail, M., & Tantawi, K. H., & Ma, J. (2023, June), Enhancing Programming Industrial Robots Course through Integration of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. View the Proceedings
13. Ma, J. J., & Bosman, L., & Mikhail, M., & Tantawi, K. H., & Morkos, B. (2023, June), How to engage engineering students in teaching linear elasticity through entrepreneurially minded bio-inspired projects Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. View the Proceedings
14. Tantawi, K. H., & Bosman, L., & Mikhail, M., & Sirinterlikci, A., & Ma, J. (2023, June), Exploring the use of Photovoice with Entrepreneurial Design Projects as a High Impact Practice in Engineering Technology Education Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. View the Proceedings
15. Truong, T, Mikhail, M, Van, N, Ha, B (2023), STAR-Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-assisted Mobile Edge Computing Network with NOMA and RF Energy Harvesting, 5th International Conference on Engineering Research and Applications – ICERA 2023, December 1÷2, 2023 in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam
16. Ocon, R. (2023). Helping Students Solve Multidisciplinary Problems: A Project Technique Using Creative Problem Solving. Proceedings of the 2023 Industrial Engineering And Operations Management Conference (IEOM EV), Detroit, Michigan, USA, October 10-12, 2023.
17. Jia, M., Raja, A., & Yuan, J. (2023, February). A Hybrid Delay-aware Approach Towards UAV Flight Data Anomaly Detection. In 2023 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) (pp. 176-180). IEEE. View the Proceedings 
18. Raja, A., Jia, M., & Yuan, J. (2023, May). Towards the Security of AI-Enabled UAV Anomaly Detection. In ICC 2023-IEEE International Conference on Communications (pp. 803-808). IEEE. View the Proceedings
19. Zahraee, A.H., Zhang, C., Chandramouli, C.V., &Pratt, D. M. (2023). Project ESCALATE: Enhancement of Students Classroom Activities in Learning and Teaching through Experiential Learning, American Society of Engineering Education Conference for industry and Education Collaboration (ASEE CIEC), Charleston, South Carolina, USA, February 8-10, 2023.
20. Zahraee, A. H. (2023). Optimizing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) to Detect Structural Deficiencies in Bridges, XII International Conference on Structural Dynamics (EURODYN 2023), Delft, Netherlands, July 2-5. 2023.
21. Zhang, C., Konka, U. (2023). Understanding Households Vulnerability to Joint Impacts of Infrastructure Disruptions Caused by Winter Storms via Al-Driven Chatbots. ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Corvallis, Oregon, June 25–28, 2023.

1. Patil, S. M., Henke, M., Chandramouli, M., & Jagarlapudi, A. (2023). Role of Virtual Plants in Digital Agriculture. In Digital Ecosystem for Innovation in Agriculture (pp. 157-182). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. View Details
2. Tickoo,S. (2023), Flow Simulation using SolidWorks 2023. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-191-4

1. Sampaio, D. J. B. S., Nascimento, J. V., Kulatunga, N. A. (Book Chapter) (2023), Análise de medições de potência em medidores bidirecionais submetidos a cargas não lineares (Analysis of power measurements in bidirectional meters subjected to non-linear loads), Energía Investigaciones en América del Sur II, Marcelo Vega & Rubén D. Piacentini (ed.), p-p 165-179.

1. Tickoo, S. (2023), SolidWorks 2023 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-172-3
2. Tickoo, S. (2023), Autodesk Inventor 2024 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-179
3. Tickoo, S. (2023), Solid Edge 2023 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-171-6
4. Tickoo, S. (2023), AutoCAD 2024 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-177-8

1. The final version with revision was published for the following patent application. “VERTICAL FARMING/GARDENING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GROWING AND/OR DEHYDRATING PLANTS THEREWITH”, US Patent Application published on March 2, 2023, as Publication Number US-2023-0067626-A1. Kulatunga, N.A.

1. CET AODI Surveying Courses for Registered Surveyors (Chandramouli, C.V.) $9,584
2. MS On-line Program (Jin, G., Sicinski, M.R., Zahraee, M.A) $75,506.79
3. OAI Training (Blades, D., Rickerson, R.) $120,060.00
4. Duy Tan (Zahraee, M.A.) $45,000.00

Total: $250,150.79

• Cash from other donors: $87,163
  (Scholarships; Laboratory Improvement; Student Clubs; Academic Programs)

Faculty

• 2023 Academia Instructor Circle of Excellence Award: Ronald C. Rabello De Castro, Lecturer, Computer Information Technology,
• Best Presenter Award at the 2023 CIEC Conference, Afshin Zahraee, Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Technology, “Project ESCALATE Enhancement of Students Classroom Activities in Learning and Teaching through Experiential Learning”
• PNW Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Founder’s Day 2023, Afshin Zahraee, Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Technology
• International Fellow, Software Sustainability Institute (SSI), UK, Magesh Chandramouli, Professor, Computer Graphics Technology
• COT Teaching Incentive Program Award, Lash Mapa, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology
• COT Teaching Incentive Program Award, Michael Roller, Associate Professor, Computer Graphics Technology
• Purdue Enhanced Research Award, Manghui Tu, Professor, Computer Information Technology
• PRF International Travel Grant Award 2023, Keyuan Jiang, Professor, Computer Information Technology
• PRF International Travel Grant Awards 2023, Afshin Zahraee, Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Technology

College

• Best University for a Technology Degree by NW Indiana Business Magazine (15^th year in a row) Spring 2023 Issue

Students/Student Organizations

• AI Student Tech Challenge Winner, Wenliang Chen, graduate of MS Technology May 2023
• Baja SAE, 3^rd Place Presentation 2023 for Business
• NFPA Hydrabike, NFPA Vehicle Challenge Best Use of Electronic Device

• Baasandorj, A. & Alavizadeh, A. (2022). Performance Evaluation, Analysis, and Utilization Improvement of a Label Printer Workstation using Discrete-event Simulation. Technology Interface International Journal, 22 (2), 5-11.
• Calix, R. A., & Javadpour, L. (2022). Unexpectedness as a Measure of Semantic Learning when Training Transformer Models. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools. View the Article
• Fasanya, B. K., Akanbi, O. O., Usu, N. & Adeyeye, T. T. (2022). “Technology and Young Adult Visual Acuity Degradation Symptoms. Safety Management and Human Factors,” Vol. 64, 2022, 33-41. View the Article
• Al-Aqqad, W., Hayajneh, H. S., & Zhang, X. (2022). Dynamics and Resiliency of Networks with Concurrent Cascading Failure and Self-healing. PLOS ONE, 17(11), e0277490. View the Article
• Alrbai, M., Ahmad, A. D., Al-Dahidi, S., Abubaker, A. M., Al-Ghussain, L., Hayajneh, H. S., & Akafuah, N. K. (2022). Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide Content on the Combustion Characteristics of Biogas Fuel in Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition Engines. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 40, 102509. View the Article
• Alrbai, M., Hayajneh, H.S., Arakza, F., Enizat, J., Al-Dahidi, S., Al-Ghussain, L., & Hassan, M. A. (2022). Techno-economic Analysis of a Solar-powered Humidification-dehumidification Desalination System under Fogging Effect. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 53, 102752. View the Article
• Alrbai, M., Hayajneh, H. S., Al-Dahidi, S., & Alahmer, A. (2022). Thermodynamics Analysis of a Lab-scale Humidification-dehumidification Desalination System Employing Solar Energy and Fogging Approach. Solar Energy, 247, 397–407. View the Article
• Alrbai, M., Robinson, M., Clark, N., & Hayajneh, H. S. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Combustion Characteristics of a Single-cylinder Linear Engine Fueled by Natural Gas under the Influence of Exhaust Gas Recirculation. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 43(1), 6899–6908. View the Article
• Kim, T-H., Choi, M. K., & Choi, H. S. (2022) Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Prediction Model through Data-based Prediction Models Coupling with CPFD Simulation. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 162, Elsevier: 105448. View the Article
• Wallisch, A., Irvin, D., Kearns, W. D., Luo, Y., Boyd, B., & Rous, B. (2022). Exploring a Novel Tool to Measure Wandering Behavior in the Early Childhood Classroom. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 42(2), 137-145.
• Mikhail, M., Guevara, D. (Spring 2022), Integrating Real-World Experience into a Senior Capstone Design, International Journal of Engineering Research, and Innovation, Technology Interface International Journal. Volume 22, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2022; pp. 42-48 View the Article
• Mikhail, M., “Developing an Educational Setup based on an Electromagnetic Linear Actuator”, Technology Interface International Journal, Volume 23, Number 1, pp. 5-8 Spring/Summer 2022 View the Article
• Li, Q., Zhang, C., & Mostafavi, A. (2022). Content Analysis of Inter-organizational Communication Networks on Social Media during Disasters. International Journal of Emergency Management, 17(3-4), 234-254. View the Article
• Paradkar, A. S., Zhang, C., Yuan, F., & Mostafavi, A. (2022). Examining the Consistency between Geo-coordinates and Content-mentioned Locations in Tweets for Disaster Situational Awareness: A Hurricane Harvey study. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 73, 102878. View the Article
• Yuan, F., Fan, C., Farahmand, H., Coleman, N., Esmalian, A., Lee, Zhang, C. & Mostafavi, A. (2022). Smart Flood Resilience: Harnessing Community-scale Big Data for Predictive Flood Risk Monitoring, Rapid impact Assessment, and Situational Awareness. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2(2), 025006. View the Article

1. Tickoo, S. (2022), SolidWorks 2022 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-135-8 v
2. Tickoo, S. (2022), PTC Creo Parametric 9.0 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-163-1
3. Tickoo, S. (2022), Autodesk Inventor 2023 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-145-7
4. Tickoo, S. (2022), Solid Edge 2022 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-136-5
5. Tickoo, S. (2022), AutoCAD 2023 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-144-0

1. Calix, R.A., Ben-Joseph, J.J., Lopatina, N., Ashley, R., Gogia, M., Sieniawski, G. and Brennen, A. (2022) Saisiyat Is Where It Is At! Insights Into Backdoors And Debiasing Of Cross Lingual Transformers For Named Entity Recognition. 5th Workshop on Big Data for CyberSecurity (BigCyber-2022) at the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2022), Osaka, Japan, Dec. 17-20, 2022.
2. Richter, D.J. and Calix, R.A. (2022) Using Double Deep Q-Learning to learn Attitude Control of Fixed-Wing Aircraft. 16th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based System (SITIS 2022) Oct 19-21, 2022, Dijon, France
3. Frederick R., Shapiro J. and Calix, R.A. (2022) A Corpus of Encoded Malware Byte Information as Images for Efficient Classification. 16th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based System (SITIS 2022) Oct 19-21, 2022. Dijon, France.
4. Chandramouli, C.V., Nakayama, S., Zahraee, M, Latif, N “Pathway to BS degree program for Construction Trade Professionals at Purdue University Northwest”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC), Tempe, AZ, February 9-11, 2022.
5. Chandramouli, M. (2022, September). Using MOOCs in LMS for Mastery-Oriented Approach. In 2022 IEEE Learning with MOOCS (LWMOOCS) (pp. 233-237). IEEE. View the Proceedings
6. Al-Aqqad, W., Hayajneh, H. S., & Zhang, X. (2022). Resilience of Networked Systems under Connectivity-Based and Load-Based Failures. 2022 Resilience Week (RWS), 1–6. 26-29 September 2022, National Harbor, MD, USA. View the Proceedings
7. Jiang, K., Zhu, M., & Bernard, G. R. (2022). Discovery of COVID-19 Symptomatic Experience Reported by Twitter Users. In Challenges of Trustable AI and Added-Value on Health (Proceedings of Medical Informatics Europe 2022) (pp. 664-668). IOS Press. View the Proceedings
8. Jiang, K., Zhu, M., & Bernard, G. R. (2022). Few-Shot Learning for Identification of COVID-19 Symptoms Using Generative Pre-Trained Transformer Language Models. In Communications in Computer and Information Science vol. 1753 (Proceedings of 2022 Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases – ECML PKDD 2022). (pp. 207-316). Springer. View the Proceedings
9. Kulatunga, N. A. & Sampaio, D. (2022), Electrical Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) Road Map Development with Energy Management, The XIV Latin-American Congress on Electricity Generation and Transmission – CLAGTEE 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 27th – 30th, 2022
10. Kulatunga, N. A. Latif, N., & De La Cruz, J. (2022). Discipline Specific Skill Acquisition (DSSA) for Engineering Technology First-year Students, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, Tempe, AZ, February 9-11, 2022
11. Latif, N., Zahraee, M. (2022), Augmenting undergraduate Engineering Technology education through applied research, Proceedings of the 129th American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, June 26-29, 2022. View the Proceedings
12. Mikhail, M, Sealy, W (2022), Configuration of a PLC Controlled Articulated Robot for Autonomous Vision Inspection Applications, 20th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education and Technology, View the Proceedings
13. Zahraee, A. “Preparing Successful Professionals Through an Applied Interdisciplinary Capstone Project Between Engineering Technology and Nursing”, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC), Tempe, AZ, February 9-11, 2022.
14. Chen, P., Xu, H., Zhang, C., & Huang, R. (2022, July). Crossroads, Buildings and Neighborhoods: A Dataset for Fine-grained Location Recognition. In Proceedings of the 2022 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (pp. 3329-3339). View the Proceedings

• Doctor of Technology (DTech)
• BS in Cybersecurity

Brightspace Innovation Grant

• “Brightspace LMS for Mastery-Oriented Approach,” Chandramouli, M. (PI) $11,000

Catalyst Grant

• “Effectiveness of Speech Recognition in Human Robot Interaction,” Mikhail, M. (PI); Roy, S (Co-PI) $12,000
• “The Virtual Reality and Virtualization Technology Innovation for Cybersecurity Integrated Advanced Manufacturing Education” Jin, G. (PI); Mikhail, M. (Co-PI) $12,000

• MS On-Line Program (Zahraee, M., Sicinski, M.R.) – $86,528.25
• LSS On-line Certificate (Zahraee, M., Sicinski, M.R.) – $19,710.00
• AODI Surveying Courses for Registered Surveyors (Chandramouli, C. V.) – $8,846.00

• Cash from other donors: $131,058
  (Scholarships; Laboratory Improvement; Student Clubs; Academic Programs)

Faculty

• ACUE Fellow 2022, Dr. Cheng Zhang
• TIP award winner 2022, Dr. Afshin Zahraee
• Lion Hearted Leaders 2022, Dr. Ge Jin; Dr. Shoji Nakayama; Dr. Maged Mikhail

Students

• Konka Udaykiran, CSOL Department received of a Graduate Research Grant Award (Advisor: Zhang, C.)
• Nutakki, Sruthi, ET Department received Graduate Research Grant award from PNW Graduate School (Advisor: Mapa. L.)
• Nutakki, Sruthi, received a certificate of completion from the Project Management Institute (PMI) (Advisor: Mapa, L.)
• 12 out of 16 students in ITS 47800 course passed the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification exam
• DOE Cyberforce Competition- Team: (Danielle Turner, Lucas D’Antonio, Cody Snoreck, Jacob Paluch, Caitlin Cloud, Noah Ford) – Overall Score: 25th place out of 170 teams (Top 15%)
• ROAR Cyber Club Team: (David Higley, Jack Morawski, Justin Morris, Kristian Kuna, Mateo Garcia, Muaaz Shad) – Overall Score: 43rd place out of 170 teams (Top 26%)

College

• Best University for a Technology Degree by NW Indiana Business Magazine (14th year in a row) Spring 2022 issue

• Fasanya, B.K., & Gbenga-Akinbiola, A. (2021). Human factors concern on autonomous vehicles’ safety, ethics and cost saving for the ridesharing industries. Management Science Letters, 11(9), 2331-2340.
• Fasanya, B. K. (2021). A psychophysical model of acceptable noise level from a human sound processing perspective. Journal of Hearing Science, 11(4):30-35.
• J Chen, J Jiang, X Guo, L Tan Bit-Error Aware Lossless Image Compression with 2D-Layer-Block Coding. , Journal of Sensors, November 2021.View the Article
• J Chen, J Jiang, X Guo, L Tan An Efficient CNN with Tunable Input-Size for Bearing Fault Diagnosis., International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 625 – 634.View the Article
• J Chen, J Jiang, X Guo, L Tan, A self-Adaptive CNN with PSO for bearing fault diagnosis. Systems Science & Control Engineering, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2021, pages 11-22.View the Article
• Irvin, D. W., Luo, Y., Huffman, J. M., Grasley-Boy, N., Rous, B., & Hansen, J. H. (2021). Capturing talk and proximity in the classroom: Advances in measuring features of young children’s friendships. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 57, 102-109.View the Article
• Wallisch, A., Irvin, D., Kearns, W. D., Luo, Y., Boyd, B., & Rous, B. (2021). Exploring a Novel Tool to Measure Wandering Behavior in the Early Childhood Classroom. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 15394492211065705.View the Article
• Mikhail, M, Duong, V, Dang, S (Spring 2021), A New Integrated Approach for An Introduction to the Mechatronics Engineering, Technology Interface International Journal.View the Article
• Mikhail, M, Abad, K (Spring 2021), Robotics Vision System Integration for Sorting and Pick and Place Applications, Technology Interface International Journal.View the Article
• Zhang, C., Yang, Y., & Mostafavi, A. (2021). Revealing Unfairness in social media contributors’ attention to vulnerable urban areas during disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 58, 102160.
• Sun, Z., Zhang, C., & Tang, P. (2021). Modeling and simulating the impact of forgetting and communication errors on delays in civil infrastructure shutdowns. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 8(1), 109-121.
• Thomas, J., Patel, Y., Nippert, Z., Stefanek, G., & De Castro, R. C. R. (2021). Distributed KNN algorithm using virtual machines. Issues in Information Systems, 22(2), 239-249.View the Article

• Chandramouli, M.(2021) 3D Modeling & Animation: A Primer (1st Edition) Taylor & Francis Publishers / CRC Press. ISBN: 9780429186349 View the Details

• Moreland, J., Zhou, C.Q., Chandramouli, C.V., (2021), Basics of Virtual Reality Modeling, Chapter 5 in the book “Dynamic Simulation and Virtual Reality in Hydrology and Water Resources Management”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-367-36378-9.
• Chandramouli, C.V., Zhou, C.Q., Moreland, J., (2021), Virtual Reality Applications, Chapter 6 in the book “Dynamic Simulation and Virtual Reality in Hydrology and Water Resources Management”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-0-367-36378-9.

• Tickoo, S. (2021), SolidWorks 2021 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-103-7
• Tickoo, S.(2021), NX2021 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 9978-1-64057-119-8
• Tickoo, S.(2021), CATIA V5-6R2021 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-137-2
• Tickoo, S.(2021), PTC Creo Parametric 7.0 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-099-3
• Tickoo, S.(2021), Autodesk Inventor 2022 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-117-4
• Tickoo, S.(2021), Solid Edge 2021 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-104-4
• Tickoo, S.(2021), AutoCAD 2022 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-116-7
• Tickoo, S.(2021), AutoCAD LT 2022 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-127-3

• Shirey, K. L., & Chandramouli, M. (2021, July), Work in Progress Pilot Study: Virtual Reality for Computational Thinking Foundations and STEM Enrichment Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. View the Details
• Fasanya, B. K., Abad, K. T., & Adeyeye, T. R. (2021, July). Addictive Cell Phone Usage: Impacts on Family Interaction during COVID-19 Pandemic. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 643-650). Springer, Cham.
• Jiang, K., Zhang, D., & Bernard, G.R. (2021) Extraction of Medication-Effect Relations in Twitter Data with Neural Embedding and Recurrent Neural Network. In MedInfo 2021. View the Details
• Jiang, K., Zhang, D., & Bernard, G.R. (2021). Mining Medication-Effect Relations from Twitter Data Using Pre-trained Transformer Language Model. In Machine Learning for Pharma and Healthcare Applications (PharML 2021) a workshop at ECML PKDD 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science vol 1525 (pp 468–478). Springer, Cham.View the Details
• Long, X., Wang, X., Calix, R. A., Kim, T. H., & Jiang, K. (2021, December). Categorizing Chinese Glyphs Based on Liushu With Convolutional Neural Networks. In 2021 IEEE 12th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) (pp. 0396-0401). IEEE. View the Details
• Long, X., Wang, X., Calix, R. A., Kim, T. H., & Jiang, K. (2021, December). Mapping Chinese Oracle-bone Glyphs to Simplified Glyphs with Generative Adversarial Networks. In 2021 IEEE 12th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) (pp. 0352-0357). IEEE.View the Details
• Mikhail, M, Duong, V, Podgorski , D, The New Solution For Robotics Education, Proc. of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Communication and Computer Engineering (ICECCE) 12-13 June 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia View the Details
• Ocon, R. (2021). Using Creativity to Help Students Learn About and Solve Diversity-Related Problems, Proceeds of the First Central American and Caribbean International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, June 15-16, 2021, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
• Richter, D. J., & Calix, R. A. (2021, June). QPlane: An Open-Source Reinforcement Learning Toolkit for Autonomous Fixed Wing Aircraft Simulation. In Proceedings of the 12th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (pp. 261-266). View the Details
• Richter, D. J., Shen, X., Natonski, L., & Calix, R. A. (2021). Attitude Control for Fixed-Wing Aircraft using Q-Learning. The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Human-Computer Interaction (IHCI-2021). Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. December, 2021.View the Details
• Roller, M. A. (2021). Implementation of Design Sprints within User-centered Design Courses. In the Fifteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices. Common Ground Research Networks, Monterrey, Mexico. View the Details
• Williams, A., & Chandramouli, M. (2021, July), Augmented Reality-based Graphics Application to Assist Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2–36732. View the Details
• Zahraee, A.H., Hussain, M.A., Devabhaktuni, V. (2021). Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 for QoS of Bridge Health Monitoring. Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (pp. 1601-1606).View the Details
• Zhang, C., Kim, J., Jeon, J., Xing, J., Ahn, C., Tang, P., & Cai, H. (2021). Toward Integrated Human-machine Intelligence for Civil Engineering: An Interdisciplinary Perspective. In 2021 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Orlando, FL, USA, September 12-13, 2021.
• Zhu, M., & Jiang, K. (2021, June). Semi-Supervised Language Models for Identification of Personal Health Experiential from Twitter Data: A Case for Medication Effects. In Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Biomedical Language Processing (BioNLP 2021) a workshop at NAACL 2021 (pp. 228-237). View the Details

• Kulatunga, N. Athula, Vertical Farming/Gardening Systems and Methods of Growing Plants Therewith, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/236,751, entitled:, 8/25/2021
• Zahraee, A., Carnahan, M. Apparatuses and Methods for Providing an Isolation Area Around an Individual, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 63/138,686, entitled:, 1/18/2021

• ALAVIZADEH, A, Co-PI, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs Summer Camps = $1,875
• BLADES, D, PI, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs Summer Camps = $1,875
• BLADES, D, Co-PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program (Option year three) = $761,573
• CHANDRAMOULI, C, PI, Barker Mansion, FACTORY MODEL PROJECT Barker Mansion Factory Exhibit: 2021 = $480
• CHANDRAMOULI, C, PI, Barker Mansion, Haskell and Barker Car Company Factory Diorama = $1,069
• CHANDRAMOULI, M, PI, AbbVie Inc, AR-VR based equipment operational training module development = $7,500
• CHANDRAMOULI, M, PI, Precision Metalforming Association, Virtual Reality/Augmented reality safety program = $6,000
• HANDLEY, M, PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises = $254,236
• HIGLEY, J, PI, PMMI Foundation, Mobile Packaging Machinery Training and Service System = $6,715
• JIANG, K, Co-PI, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CyberCorps (R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest (Grant 10001276) = $163,487
• JIANG, K, Co-PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program (Option year three) = $380,787
• JIN, G, Co-PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises = $36,319
• JIN, G, PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University Northwest for High School Students in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $59,860
• KIM, T, Co-PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University Northwest for High School Students in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $44,895
• LATIF, N, Co-PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises = $36,319
• LATIF, N, PI, Dynamic Homes, LLC, Manufacturing Viability: Dynamic Framer = $750
• MAPA, L, PI, Hammond Group, Inc, Conduct Design of Experiments (Data Analysis) of the Barton Pot Lead Oxide Reactor = $1,200
• MCLEES, D, Co-PI, Barker Mansion, FACTORY MODEL PROJECT Barker Mansion Factory Exhibit: 2021 = $1,120
• MCLEES, D, Co-PI, Barker Mansion, Haskell and Barker Car Company Factory Diorama = $3,207
• MIKHAIL, M, Co-PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises = $181,597
• MIKHAIL, M, Co-PI, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs Summer Camps = $1,875
• MIKHAIL, M, Co-PI, Dynamic Homes, LLC, Manufacturing Viability: Dynamic Framer = $6,750
• MIKHAIL, M, PI, PMMI Foundation Design of Electromechanical actuators using LinMot Hardware = $2,619
• STEFANEK, G, PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, DoD Cyber Scholarship Program at Purdue University Northwest = $21,161
• STEFANEK, G, Co-PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises = $181,597
• STEFANEK, G, PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, PNW GenCyber Summer Bootcamp for High School Teachers in Northern Indiana, Chicagoland, and Southern Michigan = $60,487
• STEFANEK, G, Co-PI, asw NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University Northwest for High School Students in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $44,895
• TU, M, PI, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest (Grant 10001276) = $653,949
• TU, M, Co-PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, DoD Cyber Scholarship Program at Purdue University Northwest = $21,161
• TU, M, PI, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program (Option year three) = $2,665,507
• ZAHRAEE, A, Co-PI, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, Nuts Bolts and Thingamajigs Summer Camps = $1,875
• ZAHRAEE, M, Co-PI, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resilientl y Scaling Enterprises = $36,319

Proposal Development Grant

• • “Prototype Study to Investigate the use of Virtual & Augmented Reality for Simulated Training and Operation for Specialized Process Equipment (SPE).” Chandramouli, M $4,500

Catalyst Grant

• “Understanding households’ vulnerability to joint impacts of disasters and pandemic via AI-driven chatbots” Zhang, C $7,000
• “Using Computational and Visual Tools to Basic Algebra Learning”;Tarfulea, N (PI) Chandramouli, M (CoPI) $12,000
• “Improving Student Learning of Basic Financial Concepts using Affordable Desktop Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality” Zhao, Lin (PI) and Chandramouli, M (CoPI) $12,000

• MS On-Line Program (Zahraee, M., Sicinski, M.R.) = $80,677.82
• AODI Surveying courses for registered surveyors (Chandramouli, C.) = $12,977.70
• US Steel (1 group) Advance Manufacturing Training, OAI Training = $78,667.00
• On apprenticeship, and Safety Kleen Training (Blades, D., Zahraee, M., Latif, N.)

• Cash: $3 million (with Chancellor)
• Cash from other donors: $155,704
• Gifts-in-Kind: $4,491

Faculty

• • Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award (Kim, T)
  • Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award (Mikhail, M)
  • PNW’s Outstanding Faculty Award- Teaching (Mapa, L)
  • PNW’s Outstanding Administrative Leader (Blades, D)

Students

• • First Master of Science Thesis titled: “Simulated Fixed-Wing Aircraft Attitude Control Using Reinforcement Learning Methods.” (Richter, D. Advisor Calix, R)
  • Student-designed PNW Bell Tower has been installed. (De La Cruz, J; Doyle, L, Packwood, N, Advisor Zahraee)
  • Fifth place out of 13 teams in the Hackathon Indiana, “HackIN.” (Higley, D and D’Antonio, L, Advisor De Castro, C)
  • First place, Amazing Packing Race Competition at Pack Expo in Las Vegas in September, 2020 (Smith, A, Advisor Fathizadeh, M)
  • PNW Chancellor’s Medallion recipient (Patel, Y)
  • Student received the National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) grant. (Newman, S; Advisor Alivazadeh, A)
  • 84% students in Fall 2021 ITS 47800 passed highly-sought-after Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) certification test (Instructor: Chuck De Castro)
  • Best Paper and Best Presenter at 2021 IEEE 12th Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (IEEE UEMCON 2021) (Long, X; Co-Authors: Wang,X; Calix, R; Tae-Hoon, K; and Jiang, K)

College

• Best University for a Technology Degree by NW Indiana Business Magazine (13th year in a row) Spring 2021 issue

• Calix, R. A., Singh, S. B., Chen, T., Zhang, D., & Tu, M. (2020). Cyber Security Tool Kit (CyberSecTK): A Python Library for Machine Learning and Cyber Security. Information, 11(2), 100. View the Article
• Chandramouli M. (2020) VR-based Delivery of Instructional Materials using Intuitive HCI in STEM Curriculum. The ASEE Computers in Education (CoED) Journal 11 (1). View the Article
• Chandramouli, M. (2020) VR-based Instructional Visualization for Mathematics, STEM, and Computational Thinking. Journal of Modern Education Review. ISSN 2155-7993. View the Article
• Guo, X.*, Jiang, J., Chen, J., Du, S. & Tan, L. (2020). BIBO-stable implementation of adaptive function expansion bilinear filter for nonlinear active noise control. Applied Acoustics, vol. 168, 107407, November 2020, Elsevier. View the Article
• Jiang, J., Vijayarajan V.*& Tan L. (2020). Channel sparsity aware function expansion filters using the RLS algorithm for nonlinear acoustic echo cancellation. IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 118305-118314, July 2020. View the Article
• Peng, X.*, Jiang, J., Tan, L., & Hou, J.*(2020). Bi-level block coding for color image compression and transmission with bit-error awareness. IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 110093-110102, June 2020. View the Article
• Jin, G., Nakayama, S., Tu, M. (2020). Game Based Learning for Safety and Security Education. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn). 14(1). View the Article
• Liu, F. and Tu, M. An Analysis Framework of Portable and Measurable Higher Education for Future Cybersecurity Workforce Development. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn). 14(3), 322-330. ISSN: 2089-9823, e-ISSN 2302-9277. Aug. 2020. View the Article
• Rajput, A., Li. Q., *, Zhang, C., & Mostafavi, A. (2020). Temporal network analysis of inter-organizational communications on social media during disasters: a study of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 101622.View the Article
• Stefanek, G., Desai, N., Brady, T. & Guncheon, J. (2020). An Innovative Bridge Course to Enhance Retention in Engineering Programs. Issues in Information System, 21(3), 83-94.View the Article
• Sun, Z., Zhang, C., & Tang, P*. (2020). Modeling and simulating the impact of forgetting and communication errors on delays in civil infrastructure shutdowns. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 1-13. View the Article
• Yang, Y., Zhang, C.*, Fan, C., Mostafavi, A., & Hu, X. (2020). Towards fairness-aware disaster informatics: an interdisciplinary perspective, IEEE Access, 8, 201040-201054. View the Article
• Zhang, C.*, Yao, W., Yang, Y., Huang, R., & Mostafavi, A. (2020). Semi-automated analytics for social sensing of societal impacts due to community disruptions during disasters, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. View the Article

• Calix, R. A. (2020). Deep Learning Algorithms: Transformers, GANS, encoders, RNNS, CNNS, and more. Independently Published. ISBN: 979-8676364571. 351 pages. View the Details
• Calix, R. A. (2020). Deep Learning Algorithms: Transformers, GANS, encoders, RNNS, CNNS, and more. Independently Published. ISBN: 979-8678398215. 428 pages. View the Details
• Fasanya, B.K. (2020). Safety and Health for Workers-Research and Practical Perspective (1st Ed). IntechOpen Press. UK. ISBN: 978-1-78984-525-9

• Fasanya, B., Adegbite, M., Mikhail, M., & Stefanek, G. (2020, May 25th). Hand Hygiene Practices in Public Restrooms: Effects and Proposed Solutions [Online First], IntechOpen. View the Details
• Fasanya, B. K. (2020). Introductory Chapter: Safety and Health for Workers-Theory and Applications. In Safety and Health for Workers-Research and Practical Perspective. IntechOpen. View the Details

• Alavizadeh, A. and Nakayama, S. (2020). The evolution of a long-term mutual beneficial industry partnership from concept to implementation. Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC) Conference. January 29 – 31, 2020. Orlando, FL.
• Alavizadeh, A., Nakayama, S. (2020). The evolution of a long-term mutual beneficial industry partnership from concept to implementation. The proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (CIEC), January 29 – 31, 2020, Orlando, Florida.
• Buzhardt, J., Irvin, D.W., Hansen, J.H.L., Kothalkar, P., Consolver, K., Luo, Y., & Rous, B. (2020). Automatic Measurement of Teachers’ Talk: Indicators of Location and Quality in Science Activities. In CRIEI-2020: Conf. on Research Innovations in Early Intervention. View the Details
• Diederich, J., Wang, X., Dayyala, N., Inti, S., and Luo, Y. (2020). USB Linux: An IT Lab Instruction Tool During COVID-19. In Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE ’20), October 7–9, 2020, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, 6 pages. View the Details
• Duong, V, Mikhail, M, (July 2020), The New Way- Integrated CDIO Project-Based Approach for Introduction to Engineering Education. Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, ISSN: 2458-9403, Vol. 7 Issue 7, View the Details
• Duong, V, Mikhail, M, (Nov. 2020), Study on the Stability of a Wheeled Climbing Robot. Conference: The Second International Conference on Material, Machines, and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020)At Nha Trang, Vietnam View the Details
• Fasanya B.K., Anand, S., and Kallepalli, G. S. (2020, July). Researchers and Public Views on Electronic Sideview Mirror System (ESMS) in the 21st Century Cars. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 99-106). Springer, Cham. View the Details
• Fasanya, B.K, De La Cruz, J., Abad, K., Wang, S., and Wang, W. (2020, July). Mobile Phones in Laboratory: Effects on Laboratory User Performances. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 151-158). Springer, Cham. View the Details
• Fasanya, B.K., Reeves E. and Frances A. (2020 Feb.). Correlations between Headphones output in Decibel and Electronic Devices Volume. Accepted for National Hearing Conservation Association Annual Conference (NHCA) Destin Fl. 2020.
• Higley, J. & Scachitti, S. M. (2020). Practical Ethics for Engineers and Technologists: Assessing Ethics in the Classroom Proceedings of the 2020 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration. View the Details
• Jiang, J., & Acosta, M. (2020). Design and Implementation of a Home Temperature Monitoring System. IEEE 7th International Conference on Information Science and Control Engineering (ICISCE 2020), Changsha, China, December 2020.
• Jiang, J., Solano, B., & Olyan, T. (2020). Design and Implementation of a Novel Water Level Control System. 2020 IAJC International Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, October 2020.
• Jiang, K., Feng, S., Huang, L., Chen, T., & Bernard, G. R. (2020). Mining Potential Effects of HUMIRA in Twitter Posts Through Relational Similarity. Studies in health technology and informatics, 270, 874-878. View the Details
• Jiang, K., Huang, L., Chen, T., Karbaschi, G., Zhang, D., & Bernard, G. R. (2020, December). Mining Potentially Unreported Effects from Twitter Posts through Relational Similarity: A Case for Opioids. In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) (pp. 2603-2609). IEEE. View the Details
• Kim, T., Jin, G., Tu, M., Guan, T. (2020, June). Credential Harvesting Using Raspberry Pi. 2020 ASEE Annual Conference. View the Details
• Kwak,D , Mikhail, M. (2020). Verifying Industrial Robotic Applications Using Simulation Software, Presented at IEEE Southeast Con-20, Raleigh, NC – March 12-15, 2020.
• Lee, J., Kim, T.-H., & Hwang, Y. (2020, June). Forecasting Drought Indices using Machine Learning Algorithm. 2020 ASEE Annual Conference. View the Details
• Luo, Y., and Wang, X. (2020). The study of the classic producer-consumer problem in a series of IT courses. In Proceedings of The 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (SIGITE ’20), October 7–9, 2020, Virtual Event, USA. ACM, 6 pages. View the Details
• Luo, Y., Irvin, D., Buss, N., Gutierrez, A., Rous, B. Outdoor Playground Localization System for Tracking Young Children Using Ubisense Sensor Network, In the Third International Workshop on Smart Living with IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing (SLICE 2020) in conjunction with The 17th International Conference on Mobile Ad-Hoc and Smart Systems ( MASS – 2020) Virtual Event.
• Mikhail, M and Wang, S. (2020). Flexible Automation Cell Integration and Application, Presented at IEEE Southeast Con-20, Raleigh, NC – March 12-15, 2020
• Mikhail, M and Wang, S. (2020). Flexible Automation Cell Integration and Application, Presented at IEEE Southeast Con-20, Raleigh, NC – March 12-15, 2020
• Mikhail, M, Bahrti, S, Alavizadeh, (2020), An Incorporating Visual Components Simulation Software with the Programming Industrial Robots Course, Proceedings of the 2020 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 21-24, Virtual Conference View the Details
• Mikhail, M, Feeney, K, (Spring 2020), Exploring the Effects of Light & Contrast on the Capability of Industrial 2D Vision Systems, International Journal of Engineering Research, and Innovation, View the Details
• Nakayama, S. and Jin, G. (2020). Game Based Learning for Safety and Security Education Journal of Education and Learning, 60 (2), 34-38.
• Ocon, R. (2020). A Semester Project to Promote Increased Understanding of Ethical Principles, Proceeds of the 2020 Industrial Engineering And Operations Management Conference (IEOM), August 1-14, 2020, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
• Puri, V., Chandramouli, M., Le, C.V., & Hoa, T.H. (2020, July) Internet of Things and Fuzzy logic based hybrid approach for the Prediction of Smart Farming System. 2020 International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (ICCSEA), Gunupur, 2020. IEEE. View the Details
• Roller, M.A. (2020). Developing Empathy Among Post-Secondary Design Students: A Case Study in Experiential Learning. The Twenty-Seventh International Conference on Learning; The Learner Research Network; Valencia, Spain. View the Details
• Scachitti, S. M. & Higley, J. B. (2020). Evolving Engineering Technology Capstone Projects to Bring Students Closer to Industry Proceedings of the 2020 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration.
• Wang, Q., & Wang, X. (2020, October). Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Decoding EMG for Human Computer Interaction. In 2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON)(pp. 0554-0557). IEEE. View the Details
• Wang, Q., & Wang, X. (2020, October). EMG-based Hand Gesture Recognition by Deep Time-frequency Learning for Assisted Living & Rehabilitation. In 2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON) (pp. 0558-0561). IEEE. View the Details
• Wang, X., Chen, W., Qiu, H., Eldurssi, A., Xie, F., & Shen, J. (2020, November). A Survey on the E-learning platforms used during COVID-19. In 2020 11th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON) (pp. 0808-0814). IEEE. View the Details
• Yang, C., Wang, X., Luo, Y., & Stefanek, G. (2020, November). Overcome IT Lab Challenge in COVID-19 with Windows-to-Go. In 2020 11th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON)(pp. 0791-0796). IEEE. View the Details
• Yao, W., Zhang, C., Saravanan, S., Huang, R.*, Mostafavi, A. (2020). Weakly-supervised fine-grained event recognition on social media texts for disaster management, in The Thirty-Fourth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Vol. 34, No. 01, pp. 532-539).
• Zahraee, A. (2020, June 22-26). Enhancing Student Learning Through Pre-Lab Assignments and Virtual Reality/Simulation Components in the Strength of Materials Laboratory Experiments [Conference]. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) 2020 Annual Conference; Virtual Platform. View the Details
• Zahraee, A., Hussain, M.A., & Devabhaktuni, V. (2020, May 27–¬29). Data Reliability and Accuracy in the Health Monitoring of a Steel Girder Bridge Using WSN [Conference workshop]. Acoustic Emission Working Group AEWG-62: Virtual Platform, Houston, TX, United States. View the Details
• Zhu, M., Song, Y., Jin, G., & Jiang, K. (2020, November). Identifying Personal Experience Tweets of Medication Effects Using Pre-trained RoBERTa Language Model and Its Updating. In Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Health Text Mining and Information Analysis (pp. 127-137). View the Details

• HANDLEY, MONT A, Co-PI – Elevate Ventures, Higher Education Matching Award = $4,000.00
• LATIF, NIAZ, PI – Elevate Ventures, Higher Education Matching Award = $4,000.00
• BLADES, DEBORAH J, Co-PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program = $1,194,210.60
• JIANG, KEYUAN, Co-PI – NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CyberCorps (R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest – Amend 1 for Grant #10001276 = $214,495.40
• JIANG, KEYUAN, Co-PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program = $597,105.30
• JIANG, KEYUAN, Co-PI – NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CyberCorps (R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest (Grant 10001276) = $163,487.20
• JIN, GE, Co-PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Advanced GenCyber Student Camp at PNW in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $35,162.88
• JIN, GE, Co-PI – University of Alabama Huntsville, CAE-C K12 Pipeline Development Initiative at Purdue Northwest = $41,184.11
• KIM, TAE-HOON, PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Advanced GenCyber Student Camp at PNW in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $35,162.88
• STEFANEK, GEORGE L, PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, DoD Cyber Scholarship Program at Purdue University Northwest = $21,590.50
• TU, MANGHUI, Co-PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Advanced GenCyber Student Camp at PNW in Chicago Metropolitan Area = $17,581.44
• TU, MANGHUI, PI – NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CyberCorps (R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest – Amend 1 for Grant #10001276 = $857,981.60
• TU, MANGHUI, Co-PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, DoD Cyber Scholarship Program at Purdue University Northwest = $21,590.50
• TU, MANGHUI, PI – University of Alabama Huntsville, CAE-C K12 Pipeline Development Initiative at Purdue Northwest = $123,552.34
• TU, MANGHUI, PI – NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, Establishing a Workforce Development Consortium for Pilot AI-Cybersecurity Certification based National Training Program = $4,179,737.10
• TU, MANGHUI, PI – NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, CyberCorps (R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program at Purdue University Northwest (Grant 10001276) = $653,948.80
• FASANYA, BANKOLE K, PI – INDIANA CAMPUS COMPACT, Investigating the Challenges of COVID-19 on STEM Students Future Retention in Two Universities in Indiana = $2,500.00
• ALAVIZADEH, ALIREZA, PI – NATIONAL FLUID POWER ASSOCIATION, Advanced Fluid Power Course Development = $2,250.00
• JIANG, JEAN Q, PI – Swoopu Technology, Development of Simulation Tools for Rotating Machine Fault Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques = $3,200.00
• MAPA, LAKSHMAN B, PI – Hammond Group, Inc, Conduct Design of Experiments (Data Analysis) of the Barton Pot Lead Oxide Reactor = $1,200.00
• MCLEES, DAVID A, Co-PI – NATIONAL FLUID POWER ASSOCIATION, Advanced Fluid Power Course Development = $2,250.00
• MIKHAIL, MAGED B, Co-PI – NATIONAL FLUID POWER ASSOCIATION, Advanced Fluid Power Course Development = $2,250.00
• MIKHAIL, MAGED B, PI – PMMI Foundation, PMMI U Skills Fund Grant: PNW/LinMot Project = $5,426.54
• MIKHAIL, MAGED B, PI – PMMI Foundation, PMMI U Skills Fund Grant: PNW/LinMot Project = $4,231.32
• RICKERSON, RICK R, Co-PI – NATIONAL FLUID POWER ASSOCIATION, Advanced Fluid Power Course Development = $2,250.00

• MS On-Line Program (Zahraee, M.) = $53,492.46
• CWI (2) and US Steel (1) Advance Manufacturing Training (Blades D., Zahraee M., Latif N.) = $89,008.00

• Cash: $26,958
• Gift-in-Kind: $1,490,972

Faculty

• • PNW’s Outstanding Faculty Award- Engagement (M. Mikhail)
  • PNW’s Outstanding Faculty Award-Research (M. Chandramouli)
  • Inducted into Society of Innovators at PNW (M. Chandramouli)
  • PNW’s Teaching Incentive Award (G. Stefanek)

Student

• • 1st Place, St. Mary College Data Science Hackathon (Advisor: K. Jiang)
  • Finalist, 2020 Illinois Technology Association Tech Challenge (Advisor: K. Jiang)
  • Best Undergraduate Paper Award, 2020 IAJC International Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2020. (Students: Solano, B., & Olyan, T)

College

• Best University for a Technology Degree by NW Indiana Business Magazine (Spring 2020 issue)

• Duong, V., Ahmed, A., & Sy, D.N. (2019). A Robot for Weld Quality Inspection, International Journal of Engineering Research and Innovation, ISSN 2152-4157, Volume 11, Number 2.
• Fasanya, B. (2019). Computational Analyses of Auditory Discriminability Using Data from Acceptable Signal-to-Noise Ratio Experiment. Int. J. Human Factors and Ergonomics (IJHFE), 6(2), 143-159. View the Article
• Guo, X., Jiang, J., Tan, L., & Du, S. (2019). “Improved adaptive recursive even mirror Fourier nonlinear filter for nonlinear active noise control,” Applied Acoustics, vol. 146, pp. 310-319. Elsevier View the Article
• Nguyen, V., Ha, D., Tran, D., and Lee, Y. (2019). Enhancing physical layer security for cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access networks with artificial noise. EAT Endorsed Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, INIS 19(20): e4. View the Article
• Little, L. M., Rojas, J., Bard, A., Luo, Y., Irvin, D., & Rous, B. (2019). Automated Measures to Understand Communication Opportunities for Young Children with Autism in the Community: A Pilot Study. OTJR: occupation, participation and health, 39(2), 124-130. View the Article
• Ocon, R. (2019). An Effective Assignment for Teaching Creative Problem Solving for Online and Face-to-Face Classes. Journal of Online Engineering Education, 10 (1), View the Article (PDF)
• Stefanek, G., Curia, M., & Garwood, J. (2019). A Framework for A Smartphone Natural Language Driven Healthcare Monitor and Advisor Using Wearable Devices. Issues in Information Systems, 20(3), 208-213. View the Article (PDF)
• Tu, M., Xiao, L., and Xu, D. (2019). Enhancing Availability of Replicated Services in Distributed Systems Considering Network Edge Availability. International Journal of Networks and Communications, 11(1). View the Article
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., Joshi, R., & Zhao, W. (2019). Numerical Study to Probe Effects of Strain Energy on Pore Formation and Their Density Distribution. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 3(4), 276-283. View the Article
• Sun, R., Yu, W., Zhang, H., Das, M., & Han, Q. (2019). Mathematical Modeling of Resistance Spot Welding, Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, ISSN: 2458-9403, Vol. 6 Issue 2.

• Tickoo, S. (2019). NX2019 for Designers. USA: CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-073-9
• Tickoo, S. (2019). CATIA V5-6R2019 for Designers. USA: CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-086-3
• Tickoo, S. (2019). PTC Creo Parametric 6.0 for Designers. USA: CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-075-7
• Tickoo, S. (2019). Autodesk Inventor 2020 for Designers. USA: CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-057-3
• Tickoo, S. (2019). Solid Edge 2020 for Designers. USA: CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-085-6

• Ha, D., & Agrawal, J. (2019). “Performance Analysis for NOMA Relaying System in Next Generation Networks with RF Energy Harvesting”, a chapter in the Open Access book, “Wireless Energy Transfer Technology” edited by Dr. Pedro Pinho, published by IntechOpen Limited, London, UK View the Details

• Agrawal, J., & Farook, O. (2019, June). Advanced Methods of Phasor Calculation and Visualization in AC Circuits Using OOP in MATLAB. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Agrawal, J., Farook, O., Anderson, Z., & Walker, D. (2019, June). Internet of Things (IoT) Laboratory. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Duong, V., Ahmed, A., & Sy D. (2019, October). Introduction to Mechatronics and Integrated Approach, Proceedings of International Mechatronics Conference, Oklahoma. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Alavizadeh, A., & Mikhail, M. (2019, June). Design and Development of Portable Pneumatic Trainers to Teach Basic PLC Wiring and Programming. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Chandramouli, M. & Hixon, E. (2019, June). Integrating Active/Collaborative Learning in Computer-Centered Course Curriculum. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Chandramouli, M. (2019, June). Desktop and Augmented VR for Delivering Materials for Graphics Modeling and Animation Courses. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Chandramouli, M., Jin, G., Cubillos, D., & Heffron, J. (2019, Jan). A Systematic Analysis of Graphics-Based Hardware and Software for Virtual Reality Instructional Framework. Proceedings of EDGD/ASEE mid-Year conference, p.82-90. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Chandramouli, M., Jin, G., Cubillos, D. (2019, October). MOOC Videos in Project MANEUVER. Proceedings of 2019 IEEE Learning with MOOCS (LWMOOCS). Milwaukee, WI. View the Proceeding
• Cubillos, D. & Chandramouli, M. (2019, Jan). Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Mediums: Comparative Analysis. Proceedings of EDGD/ASEE mid-Year Conference, p.66-71. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Kaiser, J., & Farook, O. (2019, June). Design of a Smart Miniature Vehicle. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B. (2019, July). Human Listener’s Misperception between Signal Comprehension in Noise and Noise Acceptability. Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 397-404). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B., Avula, Y., Keshavula, S., Aragattu, S., Kurra, S., & Kummari, B. (2019, July). Human Factors Concerns: Drivers’ Perception on Electronic Sideview System in 21st Century Cars. Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 556-563). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B., Zamojski, H., & Chukwurah, S. (2019, Jan). Tele-Presence Technology: Proposed Tool for Multi-Campuses Effective Learning and Colleges Cost Saving. Proceedings of CLUTE international conference. Lahaina, Hawaii. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Fasanya B., & Fathizadeh, M. (2019, June). Clustering from Grouping: A Key to Enhance Students’ Classroom Active Engagement. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Fathizadeh, M. (2019, June). Students’ Familiarization to Methodical Troubleshooting through a Capstone Project. Proceedings of 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Fathizadeh, M. (2019, June). Board 11: Instrumentation Division: Student’s Participation to Improve Formula SAE Car. Proceedings of at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Dayyala, N., Inti, S., & Khan, S. (2019). Is Big Data Analytics Half Embraced by Construction Industry? Proceedings of 50th Annual Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (pp: 2042-2057).
• Sharma, M., Inti, S., & Tandon, V. (2019). Economic and Environmental Analysis of Adaptation Strategy to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change on Pavements. Proceedings of 5th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India International Conference on Transportation and Development (Paper Id: 526).
• Guo, X., Jiang, J., Chen, J., Tan, L., & Du, S. (2019, August). Convex combination recursive even mirror Fourier nonlinear filter for nonlinear active noise control. Proceedings of 22nd IEEE International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, Harbin, China. View the Proceeding
• Dai, J., Zhang, Y., Hou, J., Wang, X., Tan, L., & Jiang, J. (2019, May). Sparse wavelet decomposition and filter banks with CNN deep learning for speech recognition. Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, pp. 98-103, Brookings, SD. View the Proceeding
• Peng, X., Hou, J., Tan, L., Chen, J., Jiang, J., & Guo, X. (2019, May). Bit-error aware lossless color image compression. Proceedings of 2019 Conference on IEEE International Electro/Information Technology, pp. 126-131, Brookings, SD. View the Proceeding
• Guo, X., Jiang, J., Tan, L., & Du, S. (2019, May). Efficient implementation of Volterra diagonal bilinear filter for nonlinear active noise control. Proceedings of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Edmonton, Canada. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Huang, L., Karbaschi, G., & Bernard, G. (2019). Semantic Similarity of Side Effect and Indication Relations of Drugs Inferred from Neural Embedding. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantics-Powered Data Mining and Analytics (SEPDA 2019), a workshop of the 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), pp.68-77. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Huang, Q., Fang, G., & Jiang, K. (2019). An Approach of Suspected Code Plagiarism Detection Based on XGBoost Incremental Learning. Proceedings of 2019 International Conference on Computer, Network, Communication and Information Systems (CNCI 2019). Atlantis Press. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Feng, S., Calix, R., & Bernard, G. (2019, Jan). Assessment of word embedding techniques for identification of personal experience tweets pertaining to medication uses. Proceedings of International Workshop on Health Intelligence (W3PHIAI 2019), a workshop of the 31st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-19) (pp. 45-55). AAAI – W3PHIAI, Hawaii. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Calix, R., & Bernard, G. (2019). Prediction of Personal Experience Tweets of Medication Use via Contextual Word Representations. Proceedings of 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2019) (pp. 6093-6096). IEEE. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Huang, L., Gupta, R., Calix, R., & Bernard, G. (2019). An Explainable Approach of Inferring Potential Medication Effects from Social Media Data. In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Knowledge Representation and Transparent and Explainable Systems AIME 2019 International Workshops, KR4HC/ProHealth and TEAAM – Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 11979 (pp. 82-92). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Huang, L., Karbaschi, G., & Bernard, G. R. (2019). Semantic Similarity of Side Effect and Indication Relations of Drugs Inferred from Neural Embedding. Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantics-Powered Data Mining and Analytics (SEPDA 2019), a workshop of the 18th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2019), pp.68-77. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Kim, T., Calix, R., & Patel, D. (2019, June). Low cost system for laboratory-based course in IT Education using Raspberry Pi, Proceedings of 126th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Kulatunga, A. & Sampaio, D. (2019, December). IoT Platforms and Hardware Integrations for Industry 4.0 Applications. Proceedings of IEEE-ICISS conference, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
• Ha, D. Lee, Y., Truong, V., & Vo, M. (2019, December). Amplify-and-forward relay transmission in uplink non-orthogonal multiple access networks. Proceedings of 6th NAFOSTED Conference on Information and Computer Science (NICS), Hanoi, Vietnam. View the Proceeding
• Ha, D., Tans, A., Tran, D., & Lee, Y. (2019, March). Secrecy performance analysis of energy harvesting aware relaying networks with adaptive power splitting and relay selection scheme. IEEE 3rd International Conference on Signal Processing, Telecommunications & Computing (SigTelCom), Hanoi, Vietnam. View the Proceeding
• Kothalkar, P., Irvin, D., Luo, Y., Rojas, J., Nash, J., Rous, B., & Hansen, J. (2019). Tagging child-adult interactions in naturalistic, noisy, daylong school environments using i-vector based diarization system. Proceedings of SLaTE 2019: 8th ISCA Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education (pp. 89-93). View the Proceeding
• Mikhail, M., & Alavizadeh, A. (2019, June). Virtual Robot Labs for Programming Industrial Robot Course. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Mikhail, M., & Alavizadeh, A. (2019, June). Final Phase of Design, Test, and Evaluation of a Portable Programmable Logic Controller Trainer. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Mikhail, M. (2019, June). Enhancing College of Technology and Engineering Technology Programs with Industrial Robotics Concentration. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Mikhail, M., & Wickrema, C. (2019, April). Developing Dynamic Navigation Software for a Laser Guided Autonomous Mobile Robot, Proceedings of IEEE Southeast Con-19. Huntsville, AL. View the Proceeding
• Mikhail, M. (2019, April). Advanced Signal Processing for Decision Making and Decision-Fusion Software Systems for Aircraft Structural Health Monitoring, Proceedings of IEEE Southeast Con-19. Huntsville, AL. View the Proceeding
• Stefanek, G. (2019, June). Mobile Applications Development in Senior Design Capstone Courses. Proceedings of 2019 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, FL. View the Proceeding
• Stefanek, G., Curia, M., & Garwood, J. (2019, May). An Infrastructure for a Natural Language-Driven Smartphone Healthcare Monitor and Advisor that uses Wearable Technologies [ZIP file]. Proceedings of IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI’19), Chicago, IL. View the Proceeding
• Shen, J., Geng, M., Schultz, A., Chen, W., Qiu, H., & Wang, X. (2019, November). Numerical study of a multi-layered strain sensor for structural health monitoring of asphalt pavement. Proceedings of 6th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, 15–30. View the Proceeding
• Zahraee, A. (2019, January). “3D Modelling in SolidWorks to Perform Quasi-Static Flow Analysis for Simulation of Structural Behavior”, Proceedings of ASEE Engineering Design Graphics Division 73rd Mid-Year Conference, Berkley, CA.
• Zahraee, A., & Mapa, L. (2019, February). “Leveraging Industry Partnership for Experiential Learning and Laboratory Improvement”, Proceedings of 2019 CIEC, New Orleans, LA. View the Proceeding

• Zahraee, A. (2019). Structural condition assessment for wind turbine towers (Order No. 22583188). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2302691352). Retrieved from View the Article
• Zahraee, A. (2019). Tensile Testing of Glass Insulators. NIPSCO, 2019, pp. 1–13, Tensile Testing of Glass Insulators.

• Chandramouli, M. (2019). VR in STEM Applications, Duy Tan University, Vietnam, November 1, 2019.
• Chandramouli, M. (2019). VR in Agriculture, APFITA, Taiwan, October 28, 2019. View the Details
• Chandramouli, M. (2019). Virtual Reality Applications in Education, Pannasastra University of Cambodia, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
• Kim, T. (2019). Invited speaker at Yeosei University, Industry 4.0 and Smart Energy Plant System, and AI and its application to smart energy plant design & operation, 2019
• Kulatunga, A. (2019, October) Invited Plenary Session Speaker at XIII Latin American Congress of Energy Generation, Transmission and Distribution (CLAGTEE 2019), Santiago, Chile.
• Kulatunga, A. (2019, December) Invited Speaker, Hardware Integration Development Platforms for Cloud Based IoT Devices, IEEE-ICISS conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

• Advisory Board, MATEDU, National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (M. Chandramouli)
• Director of Programs, Engineering Design Graphics Division, American Society of Engineering Education (M. Chandramouli)
• American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Greater Calumet Chapter, Board member: Web master, campus coordinator, student Liaison (S. Nakayama)
• Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board of Journal of Engineering Technology (S. Scachitti)

Students

• The 3rd Place of Graduate Student Research Awards in PNW Days of Discovery (Advisors: R. Calix and K. Jiang)
• The 3rd prize at the Houstex 3D Printing Student Competition: 4 CGT students (Advisor: M. Chandramouli)
• Top 40 Finalist in ITA Technology Challenge 2019: Xiaxin Shen, CIT student (Advisor: Y. Luo)

External Grants – Funded Awards ($510,253) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)

• Tu, Manghui, PI – Hoosier GenCyber Student Summer Camps across the State of Indiana, National Security Agency = $98,747.00
• Zahraee, Afshin, PI – Tensile Testing of Glass Insulators for NIPSCO, NiSource Corporate Services Company = $3,240.00
• Latif, Niaz, PI; Blades, Deborah, Co-PI, Handley, Mont, Co-PI, Zahraee, Mohammad, Co-PI, Co-PI, Meeting Innovation and workforce needs for advanced manufacturing, Economic Development Administration = $386,316.00
• Kim, Tae-Hoon, PI – Interactive Web App development for ArcelorMittal Global R&D Center Arcelor-Mittal USA = $9,950.00
• Inti, Sundeep, PI – Faculty Scholars Program 2019 Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant = 12,000.00

Internally-Funded Awards ($77,200) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)

Proposal Submission Grants $4,000

• Chandramouli, M. Interactive Motherboard and Hardware Instruction and Assembly using Educational Virtual Environments. $4,000

Catalyst Grants $42,000

• Akhmadullin, I., Zahraee, A. Using a PCM Material for Climate Control in the Building. $12,000
• Inti, S., Fasanya, B. Developing a Sustainable Hybrid Material for Traffic Noise Reduction. $11,000
• Luo, Y. Privacy Preserving Data Processing in a Distributed Machine Learning framework. $7,000
• Tu, M., Calix, R. Automating Insider Threat Detection and Incident Response for Critical Infrastructures. $12,000

PRF International Travel Grant $2,000

• Ahmed, A. Embedded Robot Control System, DaNang, Vietnam $1,000
• Fathizadeh, M. Integration of Solar-Wind Energy with Conventional Power Network, Barcelona, Spain, $1,000

PRF Summer Faculty Grant $16,000

• Inti, S. Assessing the Reliability of Critical Highways in Indiana to Withstand Extreme Events due to Climate Change $8,000
• Kim, T. Adaptive Anomaly based Network Intrusion Detection System using Deep Learning $8,000

Indiana Space Grant $6,900

• Higley, J., Rinaldi, D., Schmied, A. Formula SAE Chassis Design, Manufacturing, and Testing. $600
• Jiang, J., Solano, B., Olyan, T. Design and Implementation of a Water Level Control System. $600
• Jiang, J., Trimble, M. Automated Hydroponics System. $300
• Jiang, J., Guse, B. Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm for Drawing. $300
• Jiang, J., Acosta, M., Young, K., Manns, M. Design and Implementation of a Home Temperature Monitoring System. $600
• Mikhail, M., Bottari, J. Validating STEM Education Interest through Demonstration and Experience. $300
• Rickerson, R., Pinkston, Z., Powers, J. Belt Driven Four-Wheel Drive System Design, Development, and Implementation. $600
• Rickerson, R., Gries, S., Flory, M. SAE Baja Data Acquisition System. $600
• Rickerson, R., Packwood, N., Szymanek, Z. Effectiveness of Adjustable Air Shock Absorbers. $600
• Rickerson, R., Scheeringa, J., Hutchison, D. Composite Materials. $600
• Rickerson, R., Kowalski, J., Kaufman, K. Design and Implementation of Data Collection. $600
• Rickerson, R., Little, N., Overloop, T. Design and Fabrication of an Ackerman Steering System. $600
• Rickerson, R., Erminger, K., Nykiel, N. Design and Implementation of an Off-Road Braking System. $600

Undergraduate Research Awards $6,300

• Fasanya, B., Hillman, K. Modern Applications (Apps) for monitoring and tracking industrial permits. $300
• Higley, J., Rinaldi, D., Schmied, A. 2019-2020 FSAE Chassis, Spring 2019. $600
• Higley, J., Mirowski, J., Torres, T. 2019/2020 Formula SAE Yamaha R6 Engine Oil Pan Design and Manufacture. $600
• Inti, S., Evans, T., Florez, M. Investigate the Effects of Activated Charcoal in the Cement Concrete. $600
• Lee, Y., Rosiar, B., Wilkening, J. Smart Pill Container. $600
• Luo, Y., Buss, N., Gutierrez, A. Location Tracking System. $600
• Mikhail, M., Bottari, J. Validating STEM Education through Demonstration and Experience. $300
• Rickerson, R., Packwood, N., Szymanek, Z. Effectiveness of Adjustable Air Shocks. $600
• Rickerson, R., Gries, S., Flory, M. Data Analytics and Acquisition. $600
• Rickerson, R., Scheeringa, J., Doyle, L. A-arm Development. $600
• Rickerson, R., Pinkston, Z., Powers, J. Design & Fabrication of a Mechanical Gearbox. $600
• Wang, X., Diederich, J. Building a portable lab with Live Linux. $300

• Duy Tan (Vietnam) University faculty training/exchange (Zahraee, M., Kulatunga, A.) $80,000.00
• MS On-Line Program (Zahraee, M.) $81,401.64
• CWI and US Steel Advance Manufacturing Training (Blades, D., Zahraee, M., Latif, N.) $159,077.00
• Bimba Trainings (Alavizadeh, A.) $4,376.00
• Kay Manufacturing (Higley, J.) $40,900.00

• Purdue Northwest College of Technology – “PMMI Foundation, Hammond Machine, John Scheuer” = $68,797
• Purdue Northwest College of Technology = $3,121
• Purdue Northwest College of Technology Gift Fund – The Gene Haas Foundation balance = $2,000
• Purdue Northwest College of Technology Graduate Program = $800
• Purdue Northwest Computer Information Technology and Graphics = $200
• Purdue Northwest Construction Science and Organizational Leadership = $4,596
• Purdue Northwest Engineering Technology = $375
• Purdue Northwest Haas Foundation College of Technology Scholarship – The Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship = $10,000
• Purdue Northwest Mechatronics Program = $1,000
• Purdue Northwest MET Gift Fund = $625
• Purdue Northwest Morrison Scholarship-Patrick Sharkey Memorial = $1,000
• Purdue Northwest Sori Family Endowed Scholarship for Construction Management = $1,500
• GIK PNW College of Technology – Hammond Machine (plotter) & M.A. Ford (cutters) & Morrison (capping machine) = $56,495
• PNW GIK Department of Engineering Technology – Monster Tool Company = $12,994
• Purdue Northwest Mechatronics Engineering Technology – Visual Components = $7,500

• ATMAE re-accreditation received for CGT
• ABET re-accreditations received for CIT, EET, MET, MCT, CEMT and OLS

• Fasanya, B. K., Pope-Ford, R., & Shofoluwe, M. (2018). The Safety Concerns of Night Shift Schedule: Implications for Family, Homes and Human Health. Med-Clin Res & Rev, 2(5), 1-7.
• Fathizadeh, M, A. Ayyad. 2018. Application of Remote Telemetry for Improving Formula SAE Car Performance. Transactions on Engineering Technologies: World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science. Springer Publishing. PP 229-243.
• Guo, X, Li Y, Jiang, J, Dong, C, Tan, L. 2018. Adaptive Function Expansion 3-D Diagonal-Structure Bilinear Filter for Active Noise Control of Saturation Nonlinearity. IEEE Journals and Magazines. IEEE Access Vol 6, PP65139-65150.
• Guo, X, Li, Y, Jiang, J, Dong, C, Du, S, Tan, L. 2018. Sparse Modeling of Nonlinear Secondary Path for Nonlinear Active Noise Control. IEEE Journals and Magazines. Vol 67, No 3. Pp482-496. 2018
• Huang, M., Zou, G., Zhang, B., Liu, Y., Gu, Y., & Jiang, K. (2018). Overlapping community detection in heterogeneous social networks via the user model. Information Sciences, 432, 164-184. View the Article
• Huang, M., Zou, G., Zhang, B., Gan, Y., Jiang, S., & Jiang, K. (2018). Identifying influential individuals in microblogging networks using graph partitioning. Expert Systems with Applications. Volume 102, 15 July 2018, Pages 70-82 View the Article
• Jiang, K., Feng, S., Li, J., Song, Q., Calix, R.A., & Gupta, M. (2018). Identifying personal health experience tweets with word embedding and LSTM neural network. BMC Bioinformatics 2018, 19(Suppl 8):210. View the Article
• X. Guo, Y. Li, J. Jiang, C. Dong, S. Du, L. Tan, “Adaptive function expansion 3-D diagonal-structure bilinear filter for active noise control of saturation nonlinearity,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 65139-65150, October 2018.
• X. Guo, Y. Li, J. Jiang, C. Dong, S. Du, L. Tan, “Sparse modeling of nonlinear secondary path for nonlinear active noise control,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 482-496, March 2018.
• Jin, G., Jiang, K., Lee, S. (2018). Development of Virtual Reality Games for Motor Rehabilitation. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC). 10(4), 87-94. ISSN: 2180-1843. eISSN: 2289-8131. View the Article
• Jin, G., Tu, M., Kim, T., Heffron, J., White, J., Trekles, A. (2018). Development and Evaluation of Cybersecurity Education Games for High School Students. International Journal of Engineering Research & Innovation. 10(1), 25-35. ISSN: 2152-4157. View the Article
• Jin, G., Tu, M., Kim, T., Heffron, J., White, J. (2018). Evaluation of Game-Based Learning in Cybersecurity Education for High School Students. Journal of Education and Learning EduLearn). 12(1), 150-158. ISSN: 2089-9823. View the Article
• Nee, B.A., & Tu, M. (2018). The Social Economic, Environmental, Human Health, and
  Cybersecurity Impacts of Wireless and Mobile Computing. Journal of Communications, 13(1), 32-39.
• Su, P.-C., Shen, J., Xu, W., Cheung, S.-C., & Luo, Y. (2018). A Fast and Robust Extrinsic Calibration
  for RGB-D Camera Networks. Sensors, 18(1), 235 (Impact Factor (IF): 2.475). View the Article

• Lizhe Tan, Jean Jiang, Digital Signal Processing: Fundamentals and Applications. Third Edition, Elsevier/Academic Press, 2018. (903 pages)
• Robert L. Mott, Edward M. Vavrek, Jyhwen Wang. 2018. Machine Elements in Mechanical Design. Pearson. 2018. 856 Pages.

• Zey, J., Nakayama, S., Benson, B., and Greife, A. (2018). Preparing EHS Students and Young Professionals for Ethical Issues. In Olawoyin, R. and Hill, D.C. (Ed.), Safety Leadership and Professional Development (1st ed., pp. 85-97). Park Ridge, IL. ASSP. ISBN 978-0-939874-18-7. View the Details

• Agrawal, J. P., & Farook, O., & Yu, W. (2018, June), Phasor Toolbox for AC Circuit Analysis Using MATLAB. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. View the Proceeding
• Vu, D, Ahmed, A, Farook, O. 2018. A System Designed to Convert Plastic Waste into Utilitarian Artifacts. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Ahmed, A, Farook, O. 2018. Managing Technological Entrepreneurship: The Engine for Economic Growth. PICMET ’18 Conference. August 18-23, 2018. Honolulu, HI
• Alavizadeh, A, Mikhail, M. 2018. Developing PLC-Based Pneumatic Lab Activities for an Undergraduate Course on Fluid Power. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Chandramouli, M., Jin, G., Heffron, J., Cossette, M., Fidan, I., Merrell, W., & Welsch, C. (2018, July). Virtual Reality Education Modules for Digital Manufacturing Instruction. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. View the Proceeding
• Fraley, J., Imeri, A., Fidan, I., & Chandramouli, M. (2018, July). A Comparative Study on Affordable Photogrammetry Tools. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. View the Proceeding
• Dobrowski, T. Investigation of a Mezzanine Failure. Vibration Institute Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, July 2018.
• Farook, O., & Agrawal, J. P., & Ahmed, A., & Yu, W., & Alibrahim, H. A., & Khan, A. S., & Tahmina, Q. (2018, June), Structured Programming Methodology and Its Role in Cognitive Development in Problem Solving Skills Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B. K., & Shofoluwe, M. (2018, July). Occupational Ergonomics: Emerging Approaches Toward Improved Worker Productivity and Injury Reduction. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 385-395). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B. K., & Strong, J. D. (2018, July). Younger Generation Safety: Hearing Loss and Academic Performance Degradation Among College Student Headphone Users. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 522-531). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Fasanya, B. K., Pope-Ford R, Shofoluwe M, and Olaniyi O. (2018). The Safety Concerns of Night Shift Schedule: Implications for Family, Homes and Human Health. 4th Edition of International Conference on Occupational Health and Safety. May 28-29, 2018 London, UK. DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C2-005. View the Proceeding (PDF)
• Fathizadeh, M, A. Ayyad. 2018. Students Participation to Improve Formula SAE Car. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Hossain, A., Zahraee, M. 2018. Virtual Software and Hardware Environment Provides Enhanced learning for Mechatronics Engineering Technology Majors. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Inti, S., Sharma, M., & Tandon, V. (2018, July). Social Considerations in Selection of Sustainable Pavement Designs. In Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes Conference (pp. 83-97). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Jiang, J. Audio Processing with Channel Filtering Using DSP Techniques. 2018. IEE 8th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference. PP 545-550. January 2018. Las Vegas, NV.
• Jiang, J, Brewer, Jr, Jakubowki, R, Tan, L. 2018 Development of a Piano Frequency Detecting System Using the Goertzel Algorithm. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. PP 346-349. May 2018. Rochester MI
• Tan, L, Vijayarajan, V, Dai, J, Jiang, J. Channel Sparsity-Aware Diagonal Structure Volterra Filters for Nonlinear Acoustic Echo Cancellation. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. PP 420-423. May 2018. Rochester MI
• Dai, J, Vijayarajan, V, Peng, X, Tan, L, Jiang, J. Speech Recognition Using Sparse Discrete Wavelet Decomposition Feature Extraction. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology. PP 812-816. May 2018. Rochester MI
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Huang, L., Calix, R.A., & Bernard, G.R. (2018). A data-driven method of discovering misspellings of medication names on Twitter. Medical Informatics Europe (MIE 2018), April, 2018, pp.136 – 140. (Studies in health technology and informatics, 247, 136-140. ISBN: 978-1-61499-851-8) View the Proceeding
• Jiang, K., Chen, T., Calix, R.A., & Bernard, G.R. (2018). Identifying Consumer Health Terms of Side Effects in Twitter Posts. The 16th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare (ICIMTH 2018), July, 2018, pp.273-276. (Studies in health technology and informatics, 251, 273-276. ISBN: 978-1-61499-879-2). View the Proceeding
• Feng, S., Jiang, K., Li, J., Calix, R. A., & Gupta, M. (2018). Detecting Personal Experience Tweets for Health Surveillance Using Unsupervised Feature Learning and Recurrent Neural Networks. In Workshops at the Thirty-Second AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, New Orleans, Feb, 2018. (AAAI Technical Report WS-18-09. ISBN 978-1-57735-801-5. P.425-430).
• Huang, Q., Qian, Y., Liu, G., & Jiang, K. (2018, June). Matching Algorithm of Composite Service Based on Indexing Mechanism in BPM. In International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security (pp. 635-647). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Huang, Q., Huang, X., & Jiang, K. (2018). An Erroneous Word Locating Algorithm for Natural Language Text in Medical Scene Based on Clustering Analysis. The 2018 World Congress on Artificial intelligence and Engineering Technology (AIET2018). View the Proceeding
• Jin, G., Tu, M., Kim, T., Heffron, J., White, J. (2018). Game based Cybersecurity Training for High School Students. In Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 68-73. View the Proceeding
• Kim, T. H., Mapa, L., and Jun, M. H. (2018), Framework to develop the customized tool for RFID experiment. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. View the Proceeding
• Lee, Y. Performance Analysis of DS-CDMA and MC-CDMA Systems. IEEE 9th Annual Ubiquitous Computing Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), Columbia University, New York, NY, November 2018.
• Lee, Y. Analysis of Data Rate vs. SNR in MIMO Wireless Communication Systems. IEEE International Conference on Electro-Information Technology (EIT), pp. 262-266, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, May 2018. View the Proceeding
• Mapa, L, Alam,S. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a Decision Support System in Horticulture Industry. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Mikhail, M, Wang, A. Lab-Design of FANUC Operation for Engineering Technology Major Students. 2018. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Ocon, R. (2018). Building a Physical Model to Teach Creative Problem-solving Skills in Online and Live Courses. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Retrieved January 22, 2019. View the Proceeding
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., Choi, A., Xie, F., & Zhao, W. (2018, July). Ionic Conduction in Biological Nanopores Created by Ultrashort9 High-Intensity Pulses. In 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. View the Proceeding
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., Choi, A., & Zhao, W. (2018, July). Comparative Study of Pore Formation Energy by High Intensity, Nanosecond Electrical Pulse. In 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 5721-5724). IEEE. “>View the Proceedinghttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8513655”>View the Proceeding
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., Choi, A., & Zhao, W. (2018, July). Simulation of pH-Regulated Electrokinetic Ion Transport in Nanopores with Polyelectrolyte Brushes. In 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 4194-4197). IEEE. “
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., Joshi, R., & Zhao, W. (2018, June). Numerical Study of Pfffffore Density Distribution and Pore Formation Energy. In 2018 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC) (pp. 202-204). IEEE. View the Proceeding
• Qiu, H., Wang, X., & Zhao, W. (2018, June). Simulation of Electroporation in Cell Using Bipolar AC Pulse. In 2018 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC) (pp. 187-1t6789). IEEE. View the Proceeding
• Scachitti, S, Higley, J. 2018. Flipped Classroom or Active Learning: Integrating Alternative Teaching Methods into Engineering Technology. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
• Sharma, M., Inti, S., & Tandon, V. (2018, July). Impact Assessment of Climate Change in Texas Pavements and Resiliency Strategy. In Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes Conference (pp. 38-53). Springer, Cham. View the Proceeding
• Sharma, M., Inti, S., & Tandon, V. (2018). Adaptation Methods to Mitigate Impact of Climate Change on Texas Pavements. In Transportation Research Board, Washington D.C. (No. 18-06034). View the Proceeding
• Wang, X., Olariu, S., Qiu, H., Xie, F., Choi, A., & Zhao, W. (2018, May). A Theoretical Analysis on the Reliability of Multigenerational IoT. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT) (pp. 0203-0208). IEEE. View the Proceeding
• Yu, W., & Chen, H. Controller Design for Mechatronic Rotary Inverted Pendulum (Part 1 and Part 2) Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, April 2018. https://peer.asee.org/29458
• Yu, W, Farook, O, Agrawal, J, Ahmed, A. 2018. Software-hardware Integration of System Design Discipline. Proceeding of the 2018 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-27, 2018, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

• Chandramouli, M. (2018). Graphics based HCI & Virtual Reality: Applications & Considerations. International TGIS Conference, Taiwan. View the Details
• Kulatunga, A. (2018, April), Smart Grid Development in USA, 7th Symposium of the Consortium of Rapid Smart Grid Impact (CRSGI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Kulatunga, A., Navaratne, S., Raghavan K. (208, April), EV Infrastructure Research Possibilities, 7th Symposium of the Consortium of Rapid Smart Grid Impact (CRSGI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Latif, N. (2018, April), Commercialization opportunities for University Research, 7th Symposium of the Consortium of Rapid Smart Grid Impact (CRSGI), Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Agrawal, J. P.,Presented workshop to Duy Tan University Electrical Engineering Faculty on, “Novel Methods of Phasor Calculation and Visualization in AC Circuit Analysis-Using MATLAB Object Oriented Programming”, Dec. 21, 2018 at Duy Tan University, DaNang, Vietnam.
• Agrawal, J. P.,Presented workshop to Duy Tan University Electrical Engineering Faculty on, “The First Course in Digital Control in the Engineering Program”, Dec. 20, 2018 at Duy Tan University, DaNang, Vietnam.

• Advisory Board, MATEDU, National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education (M. Chandramouli)
• Scientific Advisory Board – Singularity & Infinity, Data Science Company, Taiwan (M. Chandramouli)
• Texas Instruments, National Advisory Panel (M. Chandramouli)
• Member, American Concrete Institute Committee 228 & 311 (T. Dobrowski)
• Member, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 (T. Dobrowski)
• Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Engineering Technology (S. Scachitti)
• Commissioner, Executive Committee of the ABET-Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission (ANSAC) (N.Latif)
• Accreditation Board Member, Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (N.Latif)

Faculty and Staff

• U.S. Patent 9,874,417 Firing Control System for Firearm. Higley, J, Zajik, J, Nebeker, D, Vavro, S. US Patent awarded January 23, 2018:
• European/US Patent EP3397916/US20017184366 Firing Control System for Firearm. Higley, J, Zajk, J, Nebeker, D, Vavro, S. European Patent awarded November 7, 2018:
• US Patent 10,077,126 Packaging System. Wilson, N, Higley, J, Burk, M. awarded September 18, 2018:
• Seed for Success Award, Purdue University. For receiving more than $1M external grant in a year (M. Tu and K. Jiang)
• Warner Professional Practice Award, 2018 International Honor Society of Technology (M. Chandramouli)
• Invited Speaker, 1 Million Cups: Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center, PNW (M. Chandramouli) View the Event
• Elected Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education (2018) (Latif, N)
• Student Supervisor of the year, Spring 2018 (Rickerson,R)

Students

• PNW Student Research Award, 2nd Place in Graduate Oral Presentation, Shichao Feng, Advisor: K. Jiang.

External Grants – Funded Awards ($339,983) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)

• TU, MANGHUI PI Develop a Secure Programming Clinic Program at Purdue University Northwest UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – DAVIS 1 $ 20,000.00
• KIM, TAE-HOON PI GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University Northwest for High School Students in Chicago Metropolitan Area NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0.5 $ 49,078.00
• JIN, GE Co-PI GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University Northwest for High School Students in Chicago Metropolitan Area NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0.5 $ 49,078.00
• STEFANEK, GEORGE L Co-PI PNW GenCyber Summer Boot Camp for High School Teachers in Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 0.5 $ 47,927.00
• CALIX, RICARDO A PI A Machine Learning Course for Cyber Security Professionals NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 1 $173,900.00 $ 339,983

Internally-Funded Awards ($67,931) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)
Catalyst Grants

• Chandramouli, M. Calix, R. Multidimensional Visualization of Semantic Vector Spa College of Engineering and Sciences Using Virtual Reality. $12,000
• Fasanya, B. Correlation between Cell Phone Volume via Headphones and the Output Intensity in Decibel. $7,000
• Kulatunga, A. Developing Collaborations to Applying CRSGI Tools for NSF INFEWS Type Projects. $4,000

Exploratory Grant

• Fasanya, B. Workplace Safety Alert App for Workers’ Performance Effectiveness and Accident Control. $3,961

Indiana Space Grant

• Jiang, J. Benjamin Guse and Christopher Frederick. Emotion and Stress Classifications Based on Galvanic Skin Response Using the Wireless Sensor. $600
• Fasanya, B. Demonstration on Dangerous Decibel (Hearing Protection) for K-12 Students $5,000

IN-Mac Grant

• Blades, D. Students Pack the Expo Event $1,980

PRF International Travel Grant

• Chandramouli, M. Second International Conference on Applications of Mathematics/Pokhara, Nepal $1,000

Other

• Higley, J. Rickerson, R. Student Service Fee Spring 2018 Award to Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Team $6,500.00
• Mapa, Lash, Rickerson, Rick, Handley, Mont. POTplugs (Cyber Physical System, Unit Level Sensors for Horticulture Operations) from Purdue University WL under NSF “Phase 0” pilot program through NSF’s Midwest I-Corps. $25,000

Undergraduate research awards

• $300 COT Changshi Yang (Mentor: Wang Xianping) A Portable lab with windows to go
• $590 COT Mohammad Alwahibi, Brain Saavedra (Mentor: Wangling Yu) Tabletop Coffee Roaster

• Zahraee, M., Higley, J., Rickerson, R. BP Apprenticeship Training $84,850.00
• Zahraee, M. BP CAD and Surveying Training $36,480.00
• Zahraee, M., Kulatunga, A. Duy Tan (Vietnam) University faculty training/exchange $80,000.00
• Zahraee, M. MS On-Line Program $70,862.00
• Blades, D., Zahraee, M., Latif, N. CWI Advance Manufacturing Training $159,077.00

• Nick and Nancy Wilson Mechatronics Engineering Technology Laboratory $10,000
• Computer Information Technology and Graphics $1,300
• Construction Science and Organizational Leadership $4,676
• Engineering Technology $5,910
• Jerome Hyndman Endowed Scholarship $10,100
• The Gene Haas Foundation $16,000
• BCSP Foundation $1,850

Gift-in-Kind ($11,535) (Data provided by PNW Advancement office)

• B&R Industrial Automation Corp. $11,535

• Jiang, J. & Tan, L., (2017). Real-Time Data Collection and Processing in Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Systems, The Technology Interface International Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 21-27, 2017
• Xiong, Y., Huang, S., Wu, M., She, J., & Jiang, K. (2017). A Johnson’s-Rule-Based Genetic Algorithm for Two-Stage-Task Scheduling Problem in Data-Centers of Cloud Computing. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. View the Article
• Xiong, Y., She, J., & Jiang, K. (2017). A Lightweight Approach to Access to Wireless Network without Operating System Support. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, 1-9. View the Article
• Navaratne, U.S.* & Kulatunga, N.A.* (2017). Smart Grid Emulator with a Hardware
• In-Loop Smart-Meter Infrastructure. Technology Interface International Journal (TIU), 17(1), pp. 44-51
• Kang, K. and Lee, J. (2017). Identification of the optimal integration of the hydrologic model with meteorology data using the advanced GIS object-oriented programming. Russian Meteorology and Hydrology. 42 (1), 71-76
• Luo, Y., Cheung, S.-C., Pignata, T., Lazzeretti, R., & Barni, M. (2017). Anonymous subject identification and privacy information management in video surveillance. International Journal of Information Security, 2017, 1-18. View the Article
• Wang, Z., Cheung, S.-C., & Luo, Y. (2017). Information-Theoretic Secure Multi-Party Computation with Collusion Deterrence. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 12(4), 980-995. View the Article
• Stefanek, G. (2017). The Use of Virtualization Technology to Support Information Technology Programming Courses. Issues in Information Systems, 18(3), 184-194.
• Desai, N. and Stefanek, G. (2017). A Technique for Continuous Evaluation of Student Performance in Two Different Domains: Structural Engineering and Computer Information Technology. American Journal of Engineering Education, 8(2), 83-110. View the Article
• Tu, M. and Xu, D. (2017) A secure and scalable two level update consistency control protocol for Peer-to-Peer systems. International Journal of peer-to-peer networks, 8(2). View the Article (PDF)

• Agrawal, Jai P. (2017). First Course in Digital Control: USING MATLAB/SIMULINK and TI 320C6713 DSP, ISBN-13: 978-1546724964, Createspace Inc., an Amazon Company.
• Calix, R.A. (2017). Getting Started with Deep Learning: Programming and Methodologies using Python. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (January 18, 2017). 170 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1542567091. View the Details

• Mott, R.L., Vavrek, E.M., & Wang, J. (2017). Machines Elements in Mechanical Design, New York, NY: Pearson, ISBN-13: 978-0134441184
• Tickoo, S.(2017), AutoCAD 2018: A Problem Solving Approach. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-942689-86-7
• Tickoo, S. (2017), SolidWorks 2018 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-009-2
• Tickoo, S. (2017), NX11 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-942689-78-2
• Tickoo, S. (2017), CATIA V5-6R2017 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-010-8
• Tickoo, S. (2017), PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-942689-79-9
• Tickoo, S. (2017), Autodesk Inventor 2018 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-942689-88-1
• Tickoo, S. (2017), Solid Edge ST10 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-64057-011-5
• Tickoo, S. (2017), AutoCAD LT 2018 for Designers. USA:CADCIM, ISBN 978-1-942689-48-5

• Ahmed, A. Navaratne, U. S., Electric Power Generation and Transmission System, Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 15 Aug 2017.

• Agrawal, J. P., Lee Yoonill and Farook, O. (2017). Digital Communication as the First Course in Undergraduate Telecommunication Engineering Technology Program, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Agrawal, J. P., Yu, Warren and Farook, O. (2017). Case For A Course in Digital Control in the Undergraduate Telecommunication Engineering Technology Program, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Alavizadeh, A. and Mikhail, M. (2017). Integrating Measurement Instruments in Pneumatic Lab Activities, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Verma, M. R., & Alavizadeh, A. (2017). Design and Development of Pneumatic Lab Activities for a Course on Fluid Power. Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Calix, R. A., Gupta, R., Gupta, M., and Jiang, K. (2017). Deep gramulator: Improving precision in the classification of personal health-experience tweets with deep learning. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), pp. 1154-1159. IEEE, 2017. View the Details
• Farook, O., Agrawal, J. P., Kulatunga, A., Ahmed, A., Yu, W., Lee, Y., Alibrahim, H. A. (2017). Freshman Experience Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Emphasizing Computation, Simulation, Mathematical Modeling, and Measurements, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Fasanya, B.K., Gregorec, J.L., and Shofoluwe, M. (2017). Relationships between Temperature and Noise on Construction Job Sites: Implications for Construction Workers’ Health. Proceeding of International Conference for Technology Management (ICTM-2017 August) Chicago Illinois, USA. View the Details (PDF)
• Fasanya, B.K., & Pope-Ford, R. (2017, July). The Effects of Night Shift Schedule on Workers’ Life and Wellbeing: Gender Differences. International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 557-563). Springer, Cham. View the Details
• Fathizadeh M., (2017). Alternative Energy Pros and Cons and How to Teach, Proceedings of ASEE Zone II Conference 2017, San Juan, Puerto Rico; March 2 – 5, 2017.
• Fathizadeh M., (2017). Experiential Learning through Industry Partnership, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Ayyad A. & Fathizadeh M. (2017). Telemetry and Data Collection to Improve Formula SAE Car, Proceedings of World Congress on Engineering & Computer Science, October 25-27, 2017.
• Pillarisetty, V. Hossain, A., (2017) Modelling and Designing a Mechatronics System for High Speed Packaging Operations Using Mechatronics Methodology, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Jiang, K., Gupta, R., Gupta, M., Calix, R. A., & Bernard, G. R. (2017, July). Identifying personal health experience tweets with deep neural networks. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC),2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 1174-1177). IEEE. View the Details
• Jiang, K., Tang, Y., Cook, G. E., & Madden, M. M. (2017, July). Discovering Potential Effects of Dietary Supplements from Twitter Data. In Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Digital Health (DH) (pp. 119-126). ACM. View the Details
• Jiang, K., Feng, S., Gupta, M., Calix, R. A., & Bernard, G. R. (2017, November). Identifying Tweets of Personal Health Experience with Word Embedding and LTSM, ACM Conference of Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), Singapore. View the Details
• Jiang J., McCoy A., Lee E., Tan L. (2017). Development of a Motion Controlled Robotic Arm. 2017 IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communications (UEMCON 2017), pp. 145-149, Columbia University, New York City, NY, October 2017.
• Jiang J., Seniff D, Callahan D., Tan L., & Lee, Y., (2017). Development of a Radiation Detecting Rover System, 2017 IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communications (UEMCON 2017), pp. 150-152, Columbia University, New York City, NY, October 2017.
• Tan, L., Vijayranjan, V., Chimitt N., Jiang J., & Togbe A., (2017). Channel Sparsity-Aware Recursive Least Squares Algorithms for Nonlinear System Modeling and Active Noise Control, 2017 IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communications (UEMCON 2017), pp. 225-231, Columbia University, New York City, NY, October 2017.
• Chimitt, N., Misch, W., Tan L., Togbe, A., & Jiang, J., Comparative study of simple feature extraction for single-channel EEG based classification, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, pp. 166-170, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, May 2017.
• Jin, G., Tu, M., Kim, T., Heffron, J., & White, J. (2017). PNW GenCyber Summer Camp: Game based Cybersecurity Education for High School Students. Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. View the Details
• Jin, G., Jiang, K., & Lee, S. (2017). Development of Virtual Reality Games for Motor Rehabilitation. KSII The 9th International Conference on Internet (ICONI) 2017. December 17-20, 2017, Vientiane, Laos. View the Details
• Kim, T. H., Fitzgerald, M., & Kurale, M. (2017). The Optimal Receiving Signal Strength to Use the Relay Node in Wireless Network. The 124th ASEE Annual Conference. View the Details
• Kim, T. H., Mapa, L., Ramaurthy, D., & Goni, F. (2017). Investigating the Effect of Temperature in RFID Technology. The 124th ASEE Annual Conference. View the Details
• Natonski, L., Hadden, B., and Kim, T.H. (2017). The Effect of Relay Node and Power Control on Performance in Multi-hop Wireless Network. IEEE 4th National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and System. View the Details
• Kulatunga, N. A. (2017). Transforming First Year of ET Programs, Proceedings of the 2017 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, February 8-10, 2017, Jacksonville, FL, View the Details
• Kulatunga, N. Athula* & Navaratne, U. S.*. (2017), Estrela Da Ilha, Brazil Power System Modeling for Power Quality Analysis and Renewable Energy Integration Studies, Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Renewable Energy and Smart Grid (ICRRESG), Mody University, Lakshmangrah, India, February 2017.
• Lee, Y., Jiang, J., Underwood, G., Sanders, A. and Osborne, M., “Smart Power-Strip: Home Automation by Bringing Outlets into the IoT,” 2017 IEEE Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communications (UEMCON 2017), pp. 198-201, Columbia University, New York City, NY, October 2017.
• Lee, Y., and Jiang, J., and Yu, W., and Fuentes, S., and Brubaker, B., and Godines, J., (2017, September) Vertical-Axis Windmill Design and Implementation, 2017 ASEE Midwest section conference, September 24 – 26 in Stillwater, OK
• Mikhail, M., and Carmack, N. (2017). Development of Navigation Software System for Obstacle Avoidance using Laser Sensor, Proceedings of IEEE Southeast Con-17, March 30-April 3, Charlotte, NC. View the Details
• Mikhail, M. and Alavizadeh, A. (2017). Enhancing a Programmable Logic Controller Course, Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Nakayama, S., & Alavizadeh, A. (2017). Inclusion of Safety Discipline into Pneumatic and Hydraulics Lab Activities. Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Scachitti, S., (2017) Successful Engineering Technology Summer Programs: Recruitment Tool, Educational Experience or Both? Proceedings of the 2017 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration, February 8-10, 2017, Jacksonville, FL, View the Details
• Desai, N. H., & Stefanek, G. (2017, June), An Introductory Overview of Strategies used to Reduce Attrition in Engineering Programs. The 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. View the Details
• Desai, N. H., & Stefanek, G. (2017, June), Board # 56: An Analysis of Engineering and Technology Faculty Library Usage Patterns and Recommendations for Enhancing Interaction with the Library. The 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. View the Details
• Tu, M., Riordan, K., Xie, G. and Yang, S. (2017). A Secure Contact Protocol for the Delay Tolerant Networks. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Science (IEEE ICIS’17). View the Details
• Yu, W., & Farook, O., & Agrawal, J. P., & Ahmed, A. (2017). Teaching Microcontrollers with Emphasis on Control Applications Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio.
• Zahraee, M., & Latif, N (2017). Building and Sustaining a Successful Graduate Degree in Technology Proceedings of the 2017 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 25-28, 2017, Columbus, Ohio

• European patent awarded January 3, 2017: 15824430.1-1655 PCT/US2015039671 MAGAZINE FOR FIREARM Higley; James B. (Dyer, IN)

• Chandramouli, M. (2017, November). Affordable VR-based HCI for Disaster Simulation and Management. International Conference on Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Technology for Large-scale Landslides. Taiwan.
• Chandramouli, M. (2017, November). Virtual Reality for Interactive Problem-solving and Active Learning in STEM Disciplines. Materials in STEM Workshop, VA, USA.
• Jiang, Jean (March 2017) Invited Research Talk on “Linear Active Noise Control Principles and Algorithms”, Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

• Operating Engineers, Local 150, Apprenticeship Committee, (Dobrowski)
• Director, National Society of Professional Surveyors, Indiana, (Gregory)
• Secretary, Trig-Star Committee, National Society of Professional Surveyors, (Gregory)
• ABET Program Evaluator (PEV) representing American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Evaluation of Construction Engineering Technology program at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Oct 22 – 24, 2017, (Lee)
• Member, Executive Board of Engineering Technology Division of American Society for Engineering Education (Latif)
• Commissioner, Applied and Natural Science Accreditation(ANSAC) Commission of ABET (Latif)
• Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Engineering Technology (Scachitti)
• Accreditation Board Member, Society for Manufacturing Engineers (SME) (Latif)

Faculty and Staff

• • Certificates of Appreciation Presented by Northwest Indiana Business Round Table (NWIBRT) – For Outstanding Support of the Seminar & Safety Statistics Sub Committees Reporting to the NWIBRT Safety Committee. – May, 2017 (Nakayama, Shoji)
  • IEEE Senior Member, elevated by IEEE Society, August 2017. (Jiang, Jean)

External Grants-Funded Awards ($3,760,591) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)

• • Chandramouli, M., PI, CITG, Maneuver: Manufacturing Education Using Virtual Enviro Resources, N.S.F. 0.6 = $528,855.00
  • Jin, Ge, Co-PI, CITG, Maneuver: Manufacturing Education Using Virtual Enviro Resources, N.S.F. 0.4 = $352,570.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, GenCyber Summer Camp for High School Teachers in Chgo. Met area, D.O.D. 0.7 = $19,075.14
  • Jin, Ge, PI, CITG, GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University NW Students in Chgo., D.O.D. 0.5 = $46,130.00
  • Tu, Manghui, Co-PI, CITG, GenCyber Summer Camp at Purdue University NW Students in Chgo., D.O.D. 0.5 = $46,130.00
  • Jin, Ge, Co-PI, CITG, Expanding the Pipeline: Immersive Learning Curr. For H.S. Cybersec., N.S.F. 0.2 = $96,585.20
  • Kim, Tae-Hoon, Co-PI, CITG, Expanding the Pipeline: Immersive Learning Curr. For H.S. Cybersec., N.S.F. 0.15 = $72,438.90
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, Expanding the Pipeline: Immersive Learning Curr. For H.S. Cybersec., N.S.F. 0.5 = $241,463.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, A Core Cybersec. Course Dev. Secure Program in Imm. Learn. Envir., D.O.D. 0.8 = $34,415.74
  • Jin, Ge, Co-PI, CITG, An Innovative Immer. Learning Pedagogical Method for Cybersec., D.O.D. 0.15 = $40,308.69
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, An Innovative Immer. Learning Pedagogical Method for Cybersec., D.O.D. 0.6 = $161,234.76
  • Jiang, Keyuan, Co-PI, CITG, Dev. a Seamless Pathway for Students Transist in 2yr deg Cybersec., D.O.D. 0.5, $95,279.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, Dev. a Seamless Pathway for Students Transist in 2yr deg Cybersec., D.O.D. 0.5 = $95,279.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, GenCyber Summer Camp for H.S. Teachers in Chgo. Metr. Area, D.O.D. 0.7 = $44,508.66
  • Jiang, Keyuan, Co-PI, CITG, CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Progam at Purdue University NW, N.S.F. 0.2 = $240,022.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program at Purdue University NW, N.S.F. 0.8 = $960,088.00
  • Tu, Manghui, PI, CITG, A Core Cybersec. Course Dev. Secure Program in Imm. Learn. Envir., D.O.D. 0.8 = $72,399.46
  • Handley, Mont, PI, COT, Functional Prototype Development, Indust 1.0 = $1,113.75
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, VA-Case CPHT Clinic Practice Project Mgmt., Oth. Fed 1.0 = $373,443.57
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, Modification #3; VA240C-15-J-0069, Oth. Fed 1.0 = ($18,268.97)
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, Modification #3; VA240C-15-J-0033, Oth. Fed 1.0 = ($16,317.78)
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, Lean Mgmt. System Facilitation-Jesse Brown VA Center, Oth. Fed 1.0 = $286,672.00
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, Lean Mgmt. System Facilitation-Jesse Brown VA Center Ammend. 1, Oth. Fed 1.0 = ($1,266.17)
  • Schachitti, Susan, PI, ET, MyVA Access Lean Mgmnt. System Exec. Lev. Facility. Mod 1, Oth. Fed 1.0 = ($11,567.56) = $3,760,591.39

Internally-funded Awards ($70,765) (Data provided by PNW Sponsored Research Office)

PRF Research Grant

• • Ying Luo, Privacy-aware Video Interface for Behavior Evaluation $8,000

PNW Catalyst Grant

• • Gokarna Aryal, Lakshman Mapa, Magesh Chandramouli Developing statistics modules for dynamic processes to enhance effective learning by integrating visualization $12,000
  • Ge Jin, Magesh Chandramouli AMBITION: Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Technology Education $12,000

Exploratory Grants

• • Shoji Nakayama, Jay Lee Investigation on Leading Causes of Highway Work-Zone Incidents $4,000
  • Jay Lee, Wangling Yu-Geospatial Analysis and Emergency Management in Gas and Electric Services Using GIS Application $4,000
  • Ricardo Calix, Keyuan Jiang, Jamie Vargo-Warran -Patient Histories from Social Media for Drug-Drug Adverse Interaction Discovery in the Cancer Spectrum $4,000
  • Li Tan, Jean Jiang, Alan Togbe, Implementation of Nonlinear Active Noise control System $4000
  • Lakshman Mapa, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a decision support system in horticulture industry $4,000
  • Maged Mikhail, Framework Development for Human Robot Interaction (HRI) $4,000

Interdisciplinary Grant

• • Michael Tu, Maged Mikhail, Tae-Hoon Kim-Developing a Smart Manufacturing Security Research Program at PNW $19,885

PRF International Travel Grant

• • Magesh Chandramouli A Fun-based Collaborative HCI Framework for STEM Instructional Practices / Singapore (Singapore Univ. of Technology & Design) $1,000

Proposal Submission Grant

• • Bankole Fasanya, Shoji Nakayama, David Nalbone Mental Health Degradation among Midlife Adults as a Result of Workplace Violence $3,000

Indiana Space Grant

• • Tyler Keeton, Korey Stamper, Matthew Zmierski, Design and Implementation of Voice Controlled Wheelchair, $598 (Mentors: Yu, Lee, J. Jiang)
  • Travis E. Chesna, Katelyn L. Satter, Samuel W. Waruiru, Design and Implementation of a Bowling Ball Sensor, $597 (Mentor: Lee, Yu)

Undergraduate Research Grant

• • Jason Wyatt, DC Motor Control: An Approach in Industrial Applications,$260 (Mentors: Lee, , J. Jiang)
  • Gabriel T. Underwood, Matthew S. Osborne , Austin J. Sanders, Smart Power-Strip: Home Automation by Bringing Outlets into the IoT, $600 ( Mentors: Lee, J. Jiang)
  • Hamisi S Kussaga, Danzo Tanoh, Omar Morris, Design and Implementation of Walking Support System (Smart Blind Belt), $600 (Mentors: Lee, J. Jiang)
  • Benjamin Brubaker, Jesse Godines, Santiago Fuentes, Vertical Axis Wind Mill Design, $600 (Mentors: Lee, J. Jiang)
  • Tyler Keeton, Korey Stamper, Matthew Zmierski, Design and Implementation of Voice Controlled Wheelchair, $600 (Mentors: Yu, Lee, J. Jiang)
  • Web accessibility: addressing vision disability for residents of Munster $225 Adam Almendarez, Alejandra Maria (Mentors: Roller, Michael)
  • Evaluation and improvement of an retail in store employee order fulfilment $300 Alden Mirkov, Cynthia Marie (Mentors: Roller, Michael)
  • Mohammed Alhamoud and Ali Alnemer mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology
  • David Verdeyen mentored by Ashfaq Ahmed – Engineering Technology
  • Alejandro Cordova mentored by Ashfaq Ahmed – Engineering Technology
  • Dan Smith mentored by Ashfaq Ahmed – Engineering Technology
  • Abdullah Almaghlouth and Abduir Aldaghar mentored by Ashfaq Ahmed – Engineering Technology
  • Nicolar Kubacki mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology
  • Austin Foster and Jason Barrera mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology
  • Omar Aldhawyan and Saad Aljurais mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology
  • Ryan Thrasher mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology
  • Phillip Schillaci mentored by Omer Farook – Engineering Technology

Other

• • Student Service Fee Spring 2018 Award to Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Team $6500.00 (Higley, J. & Rickerson, R.)

Continuing Education Activities ($376,261) (AOCT and CMEC Contracts)

• • BP Apprenticeship Training (Zahraee, M., Rickerson, R., Higley, J.) = $164,000.00
  • MS On-Line Program (Zahraee, M.) = $95,844.00
  • Duy Tan (Vietnam) University faculty training/exchange (Zahraee, M., Kulatunga, A.) = $89,850.00
  • Online Courses: Surveying Law, Property Surveying (Gregory, A.) = $26,567

Cash Gifts ($108,870) (Data provided by PNW Advancement office)

• • College of Technology = $89,730
  • Engineering Technology = $6,940
  • Construction Science and Organizational Leadership = $12,100
  • Computer Information Technology and Graphics = $100

Gift-in-Kind ($301,029) (Data provided by PNW Advancement office)

• Bimba Manufacturing = $25,729
• Bequest gift by an Alumni = $275,300

• Digital Learning Certificate – December 2017 (Fasanya)
• Designation of Organizational Leadership and Supervision – Environmental Health and Safety Area of Concentration as a Qualified Academic Program (QAP) by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). This designation allowed for $10,000 to be used for ABET accreditation/reaccreditation process. (Nakayama)
• Safety Leadership Project with Northwest Indiana Business Round Table (NWIBRT). Student development of training modules for Leadership Development Initiative. (Nakayama)