Rochester Institute of Technology | RIT



COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology Department

Warren L G Koontz (Professor and Program Chair)

Became a Life Senior Member of the IEEE on January 1, 2010.

Manufacturing Engineering Technology Department

Dr. Scott J. Anson (Assistant Professor and Program Chair)

Published Article

Anson, Scott J., Dr. “Navigating the Process of Publishing a Journal.” Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Technology 3 (Sept. 2009)

Formal Presentations

“Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Webinar: Focusing on Student Involvement.” 25 Feb. 2009 Web.

“Navigating the Process of Publishing a Journal Article.” Wallace Library, Publishing and Scholarship Support Center, RIT. 20 Oct. 2009.

“Advice for Authors of Journal Articles.” CAST Scholarship Brown Bag Session. 26 Oct. 2009.

Professional Service and Leadership

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering Technology (JASET), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Department of Civil Engineering Technology

Abdullah Faruque (Associate Professor)

Peer-Reviewed Journals

Faruque, M.A.A., B. Afzal, and R. Balachander. “Effect of Reynolds number, near-wall perturbation and turbulence.” Journal of Hydraulic Research 47.1 (2009): 66-81.

Faruque, M.A.A., J. Sui, and R. Balachander. “Local scour caused by submerged square jets under ice cover.” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 135.4 (2009): 316-319.

Conference Proceedings

Faruque, M.A.A., et al. “Study on effect of seepage on rough open channel flow through proper orthogonal decomposition.” . The 2009 Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, 2009, Blacksburg, VA. N.p.: n.p.,  2009. N. pag. Print.

Faruque, M.A.A., et al. “The effect of the presence of higher background turbulence on smooth open-channel flows.” Paper presented at 22nd Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, May 31-June 4, 2009, Halifax, Canada. Print.

COLLEGE OF IMAGING ARTS AND SCIENCES

Twyla Cummings (Interim Associate Dean)

Published Articles

Cummings, T. “Evaluating the Viability and Usefulness of a Distribution Center for Print Service Providers. A Research Monograph of the Printing Industry Center at RIT .” (Nov. 2009)

Cummings, T., et al. “An examination of business and workflow models for U.S. newspapers. A Research Monograph of the Printing Industry Center at RIT, PICM.” (Jan. 2009)

Cummings, T. “A Newspaper Transformed- The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.”

In Personalization: Data Driven Print and Internet Communications

(2009): n. pag. Rpt. in . Ed. P. Scorce. Rochester: RIT Cary Graphic Arts

Press, 2009. 156-161. Print.

Engum, M., and T. Cummings. “Implementing Lean Manufacturing into Newspaper

Production Operations.” News and Tech (Mar. 2010): n. pag. Rpt. in . N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.

Published

Announcement of the nominations for the 2010 Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing. News & Events and Press release (September 14, 2009). Quoted.

Announcement of the P&L Lecture. News & Events and Press release (April 15, 2009). Quoted.

“RIT Program focuses on Multi-platforms.” Presstime Magazine (March, 2009). Quoted.

Formal Presentations

“Evaluating the Viability and Usefulness of a Distribution Center for Print Service Providers.” PIC Webinar. October 2, 2009. Presenter.

“Evaluating the Viability and Usefulness of a Distribution Center for Print Service Providers.” PIC Symposium. November 19, 2009. Presenter.

Professional Service and Leadership

Steering Committee member of the NAPL Board of Directors Mailing and Logistics Committee; term completed 09/09.

Steering Committee member and chair of the judging committee for Rochester Business Ethics Award – Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation.

Lecture Series

Ambor, Brian, Rudolph Pugliese and Patricia Albanese. “News Media Today: A look at Career Opportunities.” Paul and Louise Miller Lecture Series. Rochester, NY. April 15, 2009. Panel discussion.

Smith, Virgil. “Finding News Media Jobs When the Future of Media is Unknown.” Paul and Louise Miller Lecture Series. Rochester, NY. October 27, 2009. Lecture.

Creator and Moderator for the Paul and Louise Miller Lecture Series which is one of several initiatives that was introduced as part of the School of Print Media’s reengagement in the news publishing industry. This series was launched in April 2008 and is comprised of lectures on the current business, technology and audience trends in news publishing. For more information go to:

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Primary thesis advisor for a School of Print Media graduate student completing a thesis on lean manufacturing in newspaper operations.

Primary thesis advisor for a School of Print Media graduate student studying the impact of personalized communications on the 18-25 yr old demographic.

News Media Display designed and posted in Gannett (Spring 20083).

Awards/Recognitions

Honored as one of Rochester’s 175 “Empowered Women” in celebration of Rochester’s 175th anniversary. Sponsored by NANBPW (August, 2009).

Featured as one of Her Rochester’s “Woman to Watch” (November, 2009).

Other

News Media initiative website concept developed, website designed and launched:

Developed Media Distribution Blog:

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences

Susan Lakin (Associate Professor)

Exhibitions

Lishui International Photo Festival, Group Exhibition. Lishui, China

Channing Peake Gallery, Group Exhibition. Santa Barbara, CA

Indigo Art Gallery, Group Exhibition. Buffalo, NY

CEPA Gallery, Group Exhibition. Buffalo, NY

Working with Artists Gallery, Group Exhibition. Denver, CO

Publications

Center Awards Interactive Promo. Santa Fe, NM (2009)

In the Loupe: Photographic Resource Center at Boston University (2009)

Reviewed Exhibitions

Woodard, Josef. “Art Review: Links in the Chain.” Rev. of Susan Lakin. Santa Barbara News Press (Oct. 2009)

Dabkowski, Colin. “On the MARK.” Rev. of Susan Lakin. The Buffalo News (Oct. 2009)

Awards

Singular Image Award-Center. Santa Fe, NM

Exhibition Award-Cepa Gallery. Buffalo, NY

Graphic Design Department

Nancy A. Ciolek (Associate Professor)

Formal Presentation

Ciolek, Nancy A., Chris Jackson, and Carol Fillip. “Pros and Cons: Non-Profit Collaborations in the Design Curriculum.” National UCDA Design Education Summit: Design for the Common Good. Mobile, Alabama. 28-31 May 2009. Panel.

Panel Chair: Nancy A. Ciolek

Panelists: Chris Jackson, Carol Fillip

Lorrie Frear (Assistant Professor)

FEAD Grant Trip: February, 2009, Promotion of Place Projects.

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: February, 2009, Invited Lecturer.

Carnegie Mellon University: May 2009, Invited Lecturer on Calligraphy.

Western New York Book Arts Collaborative: May 2009, Invitational Regional Exhibition of Book Arts Zeke Meets Streak.

Love Letters: August 2009, Lettering Installation at Grimes Glen Park, Naples, NY

Cleveland Public Library Eastman Reading Garden Design Competition: August 2009, Collaboration with Roberley Bell Reading with the Wind.

RIT College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Faculty Show: November 2009, Regional/Invitational/Group Exhibition Love Letters Photo of Installation.

Burchfield-Penny Art Center Museum Room Design: November 2009, Collaboration with Roberley Bell

Conferences

DesignEd Asia, Hong Kong: December 2009: Abstract and Final Paper Accepted for Conference Collaborative Learning Experiences Using Digital Media for Communication between Universities.

ICERI 2009 International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Madrid, Spain: November 2009: Poster: When Convergent and Divergent Thinking Meet, written with Carol Fillip, Accepted for Conference.

Designing for Children Conference, Mumbai India: September 2009, Letterforms and Literacy, written with Carol Fillip, February 2009 Abstract Accepted for Conference

American Crafts Department

Andy Buck (Associate Professor)

Exhibitions

Boxes and Their Makers, Messler Gallery, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME

Early Spring Show, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY

The Form Within, Pritam & Eames, East Hampton, NY

The Cedarhurst Wood Project, Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL

60th Anniversary Exhibition, School for American Crafts, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY

Workshops/Lectures

Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

Publications

500 Tables, Lark Books, Ashevill, NC

Masters of the Wooden Box, Fox Chapel Publishing, East Petersburg, PA

Foundations Department

Michaël Amy (Associate Professor of Art History)

Publications

Baum, Rachel, and Michaël Amy. Hiroshi Senju. Milan, Skira, 2009.

Published Articles

“Jan Fabre at the Louvre.” Sculpture, 28, 1, January–February 2009: 22–29.

“Folkery de Jong, Thousand Years Business as Usual.” Art China, 2–3, 2009: 60–65.

Essays in Exhibition Catalogues

“Testing the Limits.” Folkert de Jond, Circle of Trust, Selected Works 2001–2009, Amsterdam and Groningen, Black Cat Publishing and Groninger Museum, 2009, pp.84–88 (exhibition catalogue, Groninger Museum, October 10, 2009–April 11, 2010).

“Vadim Katznelson.” [San Fransisco], Blurb, 2009 (exhibition catalogue, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, December 17, 2009–January 23, 2010).

“Robert Sagerman.” Torino, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, 2009 (exhibition catalogue, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Torino, September 25, 2009–November 15, 2009).

“Body Tondi: Gwen Hardie.” [San Francisco], Blurb, 2009 (self-published by Gwen Hardie).

Interview

Buggenhout, Peter. “Seizing the Chaos of Life: A Conversation with Peter Buggenhout.” Interview by Michaël Amy. Sculpture, 28, 5, June 2009: 25–29 (cover story). Reprint: “De Chaos Van Het Leven Vatten: Een Gesprek Met Peter  Buggenhout.” Museum Doordacht 8 2009: 47–50.

Exhibition Reviews

“Johan Creten.” Sculpture, 28, 7, September 2009: 77–78.

“Berlinde de Bruyckere.” Sculpture, 28, 4, May 2009: 74–75.

“Vik Muniz.” Sculpture, 28, 2, March 2009: 72–73.

Formal Presentations

“Making Sense of Chaos: On the State of Contemporary Figurative Painting.” Visual Arts Department, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. 12 November 2009.

Amy, Michaël, Mary Birminghman, and Robert Sagerman. “On and On: Inquiries into Indeterminacy.” Margaret Thatcher Projects. New York. 15 May 2009.

“From Dissertation to Article or Book.” Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology. 16 April 2009.

Heidi Nickisher (Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History)

Formal Presentations

“Culturally in Bed and Embedded: Stories of How Red Becomes White.” College of Art Association, Los Angeles, CA. February 2009.

“Silver and the ‘White’ Gold: Currency and Commodity.” World History Association, Salem, MA. June 2009.

Sarah Thompson (Assistant Professor of Art History)

Completed Dissertation and earned a PhD, March 2009.

“Department Emeriti Award for Outstanding Dissertation for the Doctor of Philosophy in the History of Art and Architecture.” Awarded by the graduate department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. June 2009.

Presentation of New Research

“Image and Audience in the Portals of Notre-Dame and Saint-Basile d’Étampes.” Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, April 2009.

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences

Oscar Palacio (Assistant Professor)

Shows/Exhibits

2010 DeCordova Biennial, Lincoln, MA, Featured a selection of large-scale photographs from his History Revisited Series.

DeCordova Museum Biennial Exhibition Program: January 2010, Formal Presentation of Work.

Other

RIT FEAD Grant, in support of photographic work.

Medical Illustration Department

Jim Perkins (Associate Professor)

Publications

Kumar, Vinay, Abul Abbas, and Nelson Fausto. Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease. Illus. Jim Perkins. 9th ed. Elsevier, n.d. (Illustrated the last 3 editions.)

Chabner, Davi-Ellen. The Language of Medicine. Illus. Jim Perkins. 8th ed. Elsevier, n.d. (Illustrated the last 4 editions.)

Damjanov, Ivan. Pathology for the Health Professions. Illus. Jim Perkins. 4th ed. Elsevier, n.d. (Illustrated all 4 editions.)

Published Articles

Sanders, James. “Derotational Casting for Progressive Infantile Scoliosis.” Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Illus. Jim Perkins.

“Using Images to Explain Complex Medical Concepts.” Scholarship@RIT 2009.

Published Reviews

Rev. of Machinery of Life, by David Goodsell. Journal of Biocommunication 35.3.

Formal Presentations

“The Use of Color in Medical Illustration.” Inter-Society Color Council. RIT. June 2009.

Shows/Exhibits

Annual Salon of the Association of Medical Illustrators: Exhibited two works. One, Robbins and Cotran Pathological Basis of Disease, received an award of merit in the Illustrated Medical Book Category.

RIT School of Art/Design/Crafts Faculty Exhibition, Bevier Gallery: December 29, 2009–January 13, 2009. Featured.

Professional Service and Leadership

Vesalius Trust for Visual Communication in the Health Sciences, Elected President and has served on the board of trustees for the last 3 years.

Association of Medical Illustrators, Chairman of the Membership Committee and serves on the ad-hoc committee reviewing changes to the AMI bylaws.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Involved in the Human Visualization Project

School of Print Media

Patricia Sorce (Administrative Chair)

Publications

Frey, F., Sorce, P., Garguilo, V., & Armendariz, C. “The Wired Workforce—Hiring Trends of the Printing Industry.” Visual Communications Journal 46.1 (2010): 21–26.

Personalization: Data-drived Print and Internet Communications. Rochester, NY: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2009.

School of Film and Animation

Adrianne Carageorge (Associate Professor)

Formal Presentations

Polish Film Festival. Rochester, NY. May 2009. Panel.

Reviewed the feature film “Drowsiness”.

Carageorge, Adrianne and Orwin, Naomi. “The Future of the Story.” Spectrum of Screen Stories: From the Traditional to the Cutting Edge. University Film and Video Association (August 2009).

Presented a formal to the juried feature film, “Zora’s Dream” by Andrew Millington of Howard University. University Film and Video Association (August 2009)

Service and Leadership

Has been a member of the University Film and Video Association (UFVA) for 20 years.

Elected Executive Vice President of UFVA. September 2009 – September 2010.

Director of the UFVA Scholardship/Grants Office. February 2009.

Also, serves as a finalist juror in the selection process deciding funding of undergraduate and graduate films and research.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Communications Department

Susan B. Barnes (Professor and Associate Director of the Lab for Social Computing)

Awards

Wilson Award, 2009–2010. New York State Communication Association

Publications

Barnes, Susan B., ed. Visual Impact: The Power of Visual Persuasion. Cresskill: Hampton Press, 2009.

Published Articles

“Relationship Networking: Society and Education.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 14 (2009): 735–742.

S.B. Barnes and N.F. Hair. “From Banners to YouTube: Using the Rear-View Mirror to Look at the Future of Advertising.” International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising 5, 3 (2009): 223–239.

Rev. of Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television, by Gregory J. Downey. Technology and Culture, April 2009: 469–471.

Conference Papers

Susan B. Barnes, Steven Jacobs, and Chris Egert. “Social Media Theory and Practice: Lessons Learned for a Pioneering Course.” ASEE/IEEE Frontiers Conference, San Antonio, Texas. October 18–21 2009. NSF Grant Dissemination.

Susan B. Barnes, Steven Jacobs, and Chris Egert. “When Worlds Collide.” The HCI Conference, San Diego. August 19 2009. NSF Grant Dissemination.

Susan B. Barnes, Steven Jacobs, and Chris Egert. “Informing Courseware Through Student Pregerences in Social Media.” The New Media Consortium Summer Conference, San Diego. June 9–13 2009. Winner of Judges Award.

Economics Department

Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (Arthur J. Gosnell Chair in Economics)

Published Articles

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “Two Aspects of waste Management from the Viewpoints of a Waste Generator and a Recipient.” Applied Economics Letter 16 (2009): 337–347.

“An Independence Result Concerning the Arrival rate of and the Provision of Transport to Tourists.” Economics Bulletin 29 (2009): 108–115.

“Scheduling Trips during the Slack Season: An Aspect of the Economics of Seasonal Tourism.” Tourism Economics 15 (2009): 261–266.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “The Fallow and the Non-Fallow States in Swidden Agriculture: A Stochastic Analysis.” Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 2 (2009) 45–51.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. and H. Beladi. “Trade, the Damage from Alien Species, and the Effects of Protectionism under Alternate Market Structures.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 70 (2009) 389–401.

“A Note on Shared Transportation for Tourists with Special Reference to the Israeli Sherut.” International Journal of Tourism Research 11 (2009) 601–604.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. and C.D. Lominac. “An Approach to the Management of Orchards That Are Vulnerable to Attack by Invasive Species.” Letter in Spatial and Resource Sciences 2 (2009) 123–131.

“The Optimal Reservation Utility in Models of Decision Making in Arranged Marriages.” Applied Economics Letters 16 (2009) 1695–1698.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “Sustainable Development and Regional Growth.” Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories. By Edward Elgar. Ed. R. Capello and P. Nijkamp. 2009.

“Push China on Labor Carefully.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Jan. 3 2009: 11A.

“'Buy American' Provisions Are Misguided.” Rochester Business Journal, Feb. 13 2009: 38.

“Chrysler, GM, and the Rights of Creditors.” Rochester Business Journal, June 12 2009: 38.

“Is Obama’s Compensation ‘Czar’ a Good Idea?” Rochester Business Journal 46, July 31 2009. Op-Ed Article.

“Will the U.S. Have to Raise Taxes?” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 31A, December 13 2009. Op-Ed Article.

Published Reviews

Hydropower Economics, by F. R. Forsund. Interfaces 39, 2009: 92–93.

The New Asian Hemisphere, by K. Mahbubani. Curled Up With A Good Book 2009: .

International Trade and Labor Standards, by C. Barry and S.G.Reddy. Development Policy Review 27, 2009: 237–238.

World War One, by N. Stone. Curled Up With A Good Book 2009: .

Thinking in Systems, by D. H. Meadows. Choice 46, 2009: 2134.

The Hindus, by W. Doniger. Front Street Reviews 2009: .

The Economic Naturalist’s Field Guide, by R.H. Frank. Curled Up With A Good Book 2009: .

Hypocrisy Trap, by D. H. Meadows. Development Policy Review 27, 2009: 646–647.

The Return of History and the End of Dreams, by R. Kagan. Curled Up With A Good Book 2009: .

An Introduction to Queuing Theory, by U.N. Bhat. Interfaces 39, 2009: 491–492.

Formal Presentations

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and H. Beladi. “Trade, the Damage from Alien Species, and the Effects of Protectionism Under Alternate Market.”

Economics Department. Monash University, Clayton, Australia. March 2009.

School of Accounting. Deakin University, Burrwood, Australia. March 2009.

Midwest Economic Theory and International Economics Meeting. University of Iowa May 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “Richard Florida’s Creative Capital in a Trading Regional Economic: A Theoretical Investigation.”

EEA Annual Conference. New York City. February 2009.

School of Accounting, Economics and Finance. Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

March 2009.

Midwest Economic Theory and International Economics Meeting. University of Iowa May. 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and H. Beladi. “A Theoretical Analysis of Income Tax Evasion, Optimal Auditing, and Credibility in Developing Countries.”

AIEFS Session at ASSA Meeting. San Francisco. January 2009.

EEA Annual Conference. New York City. February 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy.”

International Workshop. Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. June 2009.

Planning Unit. Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India. July 2009.

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India. July 2009.

RSAI Japan Section Annual Meeting. Hiroshima, Japan. October 2009.

RSAI NARSC Annual Conference. San Francisco. November 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and C.D. Lominac. “An Approach to the Management of Orchards That Are Vulnerable to Attack by Invasive Species.”

RSAI Japan Section Annual Meeting. Hiroshima, Japan. October 2009.

RSAI NARSC Annual Conference. San Francisco. November 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and P. Nijkamp. “Impact of Neutral and Non-Neutral Productivity Growth on Creative Capital in a Trading Regional Economy.”

RSAI NARSC Annual Conference. San Francisco. November 2009.

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A., and H. Beladi. “A Theoretical Analysis of Income Tax Evasion, Optimal Auditing, and Credibility in Developing Countries.”

RSAI NARSC Annual Conference. San Francisco. November 2009.

Professional Service and Leadership

Editorial Council, Review of Developmental Economics, 1998–present.

Book Review Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2000–2009.

Associate Editor, Journal of Regional Science, 2000–present.

Editorial Board, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 2003–present.

Editorial Board, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2009–present.

Editor-in-Chief, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2009–present.

Reviewer for Annuls of Regional Science, Development Policy Review, Ecological Economics, Ecology and Society, International Review of Economics and Finance, Italian Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, Journal of Economic Behavior and organization, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Regional Science, Tourism Management, McGraw Hill/Irwin Press, National Science Museum.

Media Mentions in Baltimore Sun, Black Enterprise, Capital Style, Fresno Bee, Helsingin Sanomat, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, WHAM 1180 AM Rochester, ABC Rochester, CBS Rochester, and NBC Rochester.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Batabyl Amitrajeet A; M.H. Chaudhary. 2009 A Stochastic Analysis of Alternate Ways of Scheduling Transport for Tourists, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2, 67-75 2009.

Batabyl Amitrajeet A; Lominac C.D. An Approach to the Management of Orchards That are Vulnerable to Attack by Invasive Species. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, 2, 123-131, 2009.

English Department

A.J. Caschetta (Lecturer)

Published Articles

“Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said’s Orientalism.” Middle East Quarterly Winter (2009).

Fine Arts Department

Cyril Reade (Associate Professor of Art History)

Formal Presentations

“The Vancouver School: a distinctive West Coast aesthetic.” Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS). San Diego, California. Nov. 2009.

Shows/ Exhibits

Members’ Show, Rochester Contemporary. Rochester, NY. Jan. 2009.

Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon 40e Annversaire. Quebec, Canada. April 2009.

Wrecking Ball, Koffler Gallery. Toronto. June 2009

6x6, Rochester Contemporary. Rochester, NY. June 2009.

ImageArt, Visual Studies Workshop. Rochester, NY. Oct. 2009.

Professional Service

ImageArt, Organizing Committee. Rochester, NY.

History Department

Rebecca Edwards (Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History)

Conferences

“Mothering in Silence: Deafness, Marriage, and Motherhood in Historical Perspective.” The Upstate New York Women’s History Conference, Geneva, New York. March 7 2009.

Publications

“Cochlear Implants- Controversy.” The Encyclopedia of Perception. Ed. Bruce Goldstein. 2009

“Horace Mann.” The Encyclopedia of American Disability History. Ed. Susan Burch. 2009.

“No Dummies: Deafness, Baseball, and American Culture.” File last modified on 2009. Essay. The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture 2007-2008. 2009.

Rev. of The Deaf History Reader, by John Vickrey Van Cleave, ed. History of Education Quarterly 49.4 (2009): 553-55

Edwards, Rebecca A.R., Dr. Rev. of The Deaf Experience, by Harlan Lane, ed. History of Education Quarterly 49.4 (2009): 553-55

Public History

President of Rochester Historical Society until early 2009

Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Rochester Historical Society from early 2009 to present

Department of Philosophy

John Capps (Senior Associate Dean, Associate Professor of Philosophy)

Publications

Capps, John, and Donald Capps. You've Got to Be Kidding! How Jokes Can Help You Think. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.

Katie Terezakis (Assistant Professor)

Books Published

Engaging Agnes Heller: A Critical Companion. Maryland: Lexington Books, 2009.

Lukács, György. Soul and Form: A New Edition with an Introduction by Judith Butler and an Afterword by Katie Terezakis. Ed. Katie Terezakis and Jack Sanders. Colombia University Press, 2009–2010.

Forthcoming Book Chapters

“Living Form and Living Criticism.” György Lukács Reconsidered: Essays on Politics, Philosophy and Aesthetics. Ed. Michael Thompson. Continuum, Forthcoming, 2010.

“Is Theology Possible after Hamann?” Hamann and the Tradition. Ed. Lisa Marie Anderson. Northwestern UP, Forthcoming 2010.

Review Articles Published

Rev. of Hegel on Hamann, by G.W.F Hegel. Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography, 2009.

Forthcoming Review Article

Rev. of A Theory of Feelings, 2nd Edition, by Agnes Heller. Thesis Eleven (Forthcoming, Spring 2010)

Invited Presentations

“Meaning and Authority in the Thought of J.G. Herder” Columbia University Seminar on Eighteenth Century Culture. Columbia University, New York. October 15, 2009.

“Is Theology Possible After Hamann?” Hamann and the Tradition. Hunter College CUNY, New York, March 20–21, 2009.

Fellowships and Grants

John William Miller Fellowship. Won in 2009; to be applied to fund sabbatical year 2010–11.

Paul A. and Francena L. Miller Fellowship, RIT 2009. Internal CLA fellowship.

College of Liberal Arts Faculty Development Grant, RIT, 2009. Awarded to offset costs of index and research materials.

Active Refereeing

Journal of the History of Ideas

Journal of the History of Philosophy

Janus Head Interdisciplinary Journal

Acumen Publishers

Other

Nominated by students for Eisenhart Teaching Award (ineligible due to length of tenure)

Department of Psychology

Jeffery Baker (Adjunct Professor)

Presentations

“Non-use of Accommodations by College Students with Learning Disabilities.” Paper. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. 2009.

“Moving Classroom Discussions Online in a Humanistic Psychology Course.” Poster. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario. 2009.

Baker, Jeffery. “Moving Classroom Discussions Online.” Paper. 23rd Teaching of Psychology, Tarrytown, NY. 2009.

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Uli Linke (Professor)

Published Books

Uli, Linke, and Danielle Taana Smith, eds. Cultures of Fear: A Critical Reader. London: Pluto Press, 2009.

Published Articles

“The Limits of Empathy: Emotional Anesthesia and the ‘Museum of Corpses’ in Post-Holocaust Germany.” Genocide: Truth Memory, and Representation. Ed. Alexander Hinton and Kevin O’Neill. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009: 147–191.

Linke, Uli and Danielle Taana Smith. “Fear: A Conceptual Framework.” Cultures of Fear. Ed. U. Linke and D.T. Smith. London: Pluto Press, 2009: 1–17.

“Touching the Corpse.” The Anatomy of ‘Body Worlds’: Critical Essays. Ed. T. Christine Jespersen, Alicita Rodríguez and Joseph Starr. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press, 2009: 232–256.

Linke, Uli and Danielle Taana Smith. “War and Terror: The Global Displacement of Populations.” Peace, Justice, and Security Studies. Ed. Timothy A. McElwee, B. Elling Hall, Joseph Liechty and Julie Garber. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.

GOLISANO COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES

Department of Computer Science

Henry A Etlinger (Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator)

Professional Service and Leadership:

Served RIT during winter quarter (20082) and spring quarter (20083) (roughly December, 2008 through May, 2009) as Faculty Associate for Scholarship and Learning.

Served as a reader for the AP Computer Science exam – June 2009.

Alan Kaminsky (Associate Professor)

Publications:

Kaminsky, A. Building Parallel Programs: SMPs, Clusters, and Java. Cengage Course Technology. Boston, MA. 2010. Textbook

Bloom, B., and A. Kaminsky. Single Block Attacks and Statistical Tests on CubeHash. Cryptology ePrint Archive. Report 2009/407. 21 August 2009. Web. . Technical Report.

Presentations

“Message Digests for the Twenty-First Century: An Overview of the NIST SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition.” Embedded Systems and Communications Security Workshop, 28th IEEE International Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (SRDA 2009). Niagara Falls, NY. 27 September 2009. Keynote.

B. Bloom and A. Kaminsky. “ Attacks and Statistical Tests on CubeHash.” 23rd Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography, and Computing (MCCCC2009), Rochester, NY. 3 October 2009.

Pending

S. Radziszowski (PI), M. Lukowiak (co-PI), A. Kaminsky (senior personnel), and D. Kudithipudi (senior personnel). REU Site: Cryptographic Hashing – New Hash Standard SHA-3. $257,898. NSF grant proposal, October 22, 2009. Pending.

Z. Butler (PI) and A. Kaminsky (senior personnel). RI: Small: Multiprocessor Simulation of Self-reconfiguring Robots. $235,195. NSF grant proposal, December 17, 2009. Pending.

Professional Activities

Attended the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09). Miami, FL, March 2–6, 2009.

Kaminsky, Alan. “How Does Your PC Talk to a Secure Web Site?” Mrs. Eugenie Foster's Discrete Math Class. Brighton High School, Rochester, NY. 6 Apr. 2009. Lecture.

Referee for the IEEE Military Communications Conference 2009 (MILCOM 2009). Boston, MA, October 2009.

Organized a mini-symposium on “Parallel Crypto: Applications of Parallel Computing in Cryptography” for the SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing and Scientific Computing (PP10). Seattle, WA, February 24–26, 2010.

Services

CS Department Curriculum Committee, member and chair, 2008–2009.

CS Department Curriculum Committee, member, 2009–2010.

CS Department Distributed Systems Cluster, head.

GCCIS Curriculum Committee, member, 2009–2010.

GCCIS Graduate Council Representative, 2009–2010.

Institute Appeals Board, 2008–2010.

Stanislaw Pawel Radziszowski (Professor)

Journal Papers

Xu, Xiaodong, and Stanislaw Radzisowski. “28 ≤ R(C4,C4,C3,C3) ≤ 36.” Utilitas Mathematica 79 (2009): 253–257.

Xu, Xiaodong, and Stanislaw Radzisowski. “An Improvement to Mathon’s Cyclotomic Ramsey Colorings.” Electronic Journal of Combinatorics 16(1) (2009): #N1, 5.

Xu, Xiaodong, Zehui Shao and Stanislaw Radzisowski. “Bounds on Some Ramsey Numbers Involving Quadrilateral.” Ars Combinatoria 90 (2009): 337–344.

Fe Hu, Kyle Wilhelm, Michael Schab, Marcin Łukowiak, Yang Xiao and Stanislaw Radzisowski. “NTRU-based Sensor Network Security: A Low-power Hardware Implementation Perspective” Security and Communication Networks 2 (2009): 71–81.

David Rivshin and Stanislaw Radiziszowski. “The Vertex and Edge Graph Reconstruction Numbers of Small Graphs.” Australian Journal of Combinatorics, 45 (2009): 175-188.

Conference Presentations/Proceedings

“Bounds on Some Ramsey Numbers Involving Quadrilateral.” 40th South Eastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing (SE CCGTC). Boca Raton, FL. March 2009.

Przemyslaw Zalewski, Marcin Łukowiak and Stanislaw Radiziszowski, FPGA Design and Performance Analysis of SHA-512, Whirlpool and PHASH Hashing Functions, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, June 2009, Poland, conference presentation by Marcin Łukowiak based on MS-CE thesis by Przemyslaw Zalewski.

Professional Accomplishments

Gave two external presentations on Ramsey theory: at the 40th SE CCGTC conference, Boca Raton, FL (March), and an invited talk at DIMACS-Rutgers (May).

NSF-REU Math/CS Grant Work: Has a grant from the NSF titled, REU Site: Extremal Graph Theory and Dynamical Systems at RIT, jointly with Darren Narayan, William Basener, and Tamas Wiandt from the Mathematics Department at RIT for $188,962. Hosted the second undergraduate research workshop for students from across the USA in the summer of 2009.

NSF-CCLI CS/CE/SE Grant Award: Awarded an NSF-CCLI grant of $149,598 jointly with Marcin Łukowiak and Jim Vallino, for the project titled, Multi-Disciplinary Applied Cryptography, for 2009–2012.

NSF-REU CS/CE Grant Proposal: Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Marcin Łukowiak, Alan Kaminsky and Stanislaw Radzizowski (PI), Cryptographic Hashing—New Hash Standard SHA-3, NSF-REU grant proposal for $257,898, submitted in October 2009, for 2010–2012, pending.

Service Activities

CS: Was on the Scholarship Committee, in particular organizing CS colloquia, until May.

CS: Worked in the ACM Programming Contest, proofreading the questions and judging the competition at RIT on October 31.

CS: Member of the Promotional Committee, head of the Security Cluster.

GCCIS: Member of the steering group of the Ph.D. Program in GCCIS.

RIT: External member on the CAST tenure committee in 2008/2009.

RIT: Was on the ballot for Faculty Affairs Committee, however lost the election.

Paul Tymann (Professor and Chair)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Schreiner, A. and Tymann, P. 2009. “A light-weight Unix-based Contest Management System.” ICPC CLI Symposium, Stockholm. 2009.

Reynold Bailey (Assistant Professor)

Journal Papers

Bailey, R., A. McNamara, N. Sudarsanam, and C. Grimm, “Subtle Gaze Direction.” ACM Transactions on Graphics 28(4) (2009).

McNamara, A., R. Bailey and C. Grimm, “Search Task Performance Using Subtle Gaze Direction with the Presence of Distractors.” ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 6(3) (2009).

Conference Papers/Presentations

Espinal, J., V. Allen, K. Amable, R. Bailey and H. Bischof, “RenderMan’s Power to Visualization’s Rescue.” 18th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. 2010.

Grant Proposals

Bishchof, H., M. Kwon, R. Bailey and R. Raj. “REU Site: High Performance Filesystems and Data Visualization,” NSF REU Program: $291,370.

Edith Hemaspaandra (Professor)

Journal Papers

Bauland, M., and E. Hemaspaandra, “Isomorphic Implication.” Theory of Computing Systems 44(1) (2009): 117–139.

Faliszewski, P., E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra, “How Hard is Bribery in Elections?” Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 35 (2009): 485–532.

Faliszewski, P., E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra and J. Rothe, “Llull and Copeland Voting Computationally Resist Bribery and Control.” Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research 35 (2009) 275–341.

Hemaspaandra, E., L. Hemaspaandra and J. Rothe, “Hybrid Elections Broaden Complexity-Theoretic Resistance to Control.” Mathematical Logic Quarterly 55(4) (2009) 397–424.

Conference Papers/Presentations

Faliszewski, P., E. Hemaspaandra and L. Hemaspaandra, “Multimode Control Attacks on Elections, In Proceedings of the Twenty-First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-09), AAAI Press and IJCAI, 128–133. July 2009.

Faliszewski, P., E. Hemaspaandra, L. Hemaspaandra and J. Rothe, “The Shield that Never Was: Societies with Single-Peaked Preferences Are More Open to Manipulation and Control.” Twelfth Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK XII), ACM Digital Library, 118–127. July 2009.

Books/Book Chapters:

Faliszewski, P., et al. “A Richer Understanding of the Complexity of Election Systems.” Fundamental Problems in Computing: Essays in Honor of Professor Daniel J. Rosenkrantz. Ed. S. Ravi, S. Shukla, and Springer. 2009. 375-406.

Roxanne Canosa (Assistant Professor)

Journal Papers

Canosa, R.L. “Real-World Vision: Selective Perception and Task.” ACM Transactions on Perception 6(2) (2009): Article 11.

Canosa, R.L. and K. Baum, “Modeling Decision-Making in Single and Multi-Modal Medical Images.” Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging 10(39) (2009).

Trudy Howles (Associate Professor)

Journal Papers

Howles, T. “A Study of Attrition and the Use of Student Learning Communities in the Computer Science Introductory Programming Sequence.” Computer Science Education 19(1) (2009).

Grant Proposals

Howles, T. and T. Reichlmayr. “Computing Undergraduates Scholarship Program (CUSP),” NSF CSEMS, $481,256.

Leon Reznik (Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Reznik, L. and K. Nathan, “A Framework for Measurement Anomaly Detection in Sensor Networks.” IEEE Sensors 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand. 25–29 October 2009. IEEE, 597–600, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5335-1.

Reznik, L., B. Bitemirov and N. Negnevitsky, “Intrusion Detection in Sensor Networks Based on Measurements.” IEEE Sensors 2009, Christchurch, New Zealand, 25–29 October 2009. IEEE, 1026–1029, ISBN: 978-1-4244-5335-1

Reznik, L., et al. “Measurement’s Result and Its Error as Fuzzy Variables: Background and Perspectives.” Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Measurement Technology and Intelligent Instruments. Vol. 4. St. Petersburg, Russia. 2009. 132-136.

Workshops

Reznik, L., M. Adams and B. Woodard, “When the Resource Consumption Does Matter: Artificial Neural Network Optimization for Intrusion Detection.” AISAT 2009, the Third International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Science and Technology, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Proceedings/Ed.: M. Negnevitsky. 23–24 November 2009.

Reznik, L., R. Yampolskiy, J. Harlow and D. Novikov, “When the Resource Consumption Does Matter: Artificial Neural Network Structure Choice for Intrusion Detection.” AISAT 2009, the Third International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Science and Technology, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Proceedings/Ed.: M. Negnevitsky, 23–24 November 2009.

Manjeet Rege (Assistant Professor)

Conference Papers

Yu, Q. and Rege, M. “A Relational Approach for Efficient Service Selection.” Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS). 2009

Books/Book Chapters:

Rege, M and Dong, M. A Graph Theoretic approach to Heterogeneous Data Clustering: New Research Directions and Some Results. VDM Verlag, Germany. 2009.

Christopher Homan (Assistant Professor)

Journal Papers

Silenzio, V., P. Duberstien, W. Tang, N. Lu, C. Tu and C. Homan, “Connecting the Invisible Dots: Reaching Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adolescents and Young Adults at Risk for Suicide through Online Social Networks” Social Science & Medicine 69(3) (2009) 469–474.

Conference Papers/Presentations

Caragiannis, I., J. Covey, M. Feldman, C. Homan, C. Kaklamanis, N. Karanikolas, A. Procaccia and J. Rosenschein, “Approximability of Dodgson and Young Elections.” Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA) ’09. 2009.

Roger Gaborski (Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Azary, S., P. Anderson and R. Gaborski, “Biologically Inspired Motion Detection Neural Network Models Evolved using Genetic Algorithms.” Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition AIPR 2009: Vision: Humans, Animals and Machines. 2009.

Gaborski, R., P. Anderson, and Y. Wang. “A Biologically Inspired Model for Face Recognition.” Proc. of Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition AIPR 2009: Vision: Humans, Animals and Machines.

Gaborski, R., Haake, A., and Yacci, P. “Feature Selection of Microarray Data using Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks.” Proc. of ANNIE 2009.

Yu, C.P., and Gaborski, R. “Computational model of MST neuron receptive field for the perception of self-motion.” Proc. Applied Imagery and Pattern Recognition AIPR 2009: Vision: Humans, Animals and Machines. 2009.

Ivona Bezáková (Assistant Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Bezáková, I. and W.A. Rummler, “Sampling Edge Covers in 3-Regular Graphs.” 34th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS). 2009.

Bezáková, I., N. Bhatnagar and R. Randall, “Diaconis-Gangolli Markov Chain for Sampling Contingency Tables with Cell-Bounded Entries.” 15th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON). 2009.

Hans Peter Bischof (Graduate Coordinator and Associate Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Bischof, H. and S. Annamala, “The KISS Principle Applied to Dataflow Languages Paradigms for Visualization Frameworks.” 2009 Conference on Modeling, Simulations and Visualization Methods, 48–55. 2009.

Espinal, J., V. Allen, K. Amable, R. Bailey and H. Bischof, “RenderMan’s Power to Visualization’s Rescue.” 18th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. 2010.

Zack Butler (Assistant Professor)

Conference Papers

Butler, Z. and G. Von Pless. “Adaptive Expert Systems for Indirect Coverage Control.” Proc. of the IEEE Int'l Conf on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2009

Rajendra Raj (Associate Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Dewey, K., A. Menezes-Pinto, L. Abrams, R. Defrancisco, M. Kwon and R. Raj, “A High Performance File System Using Commodity Hardware for Scientific Visualization.” IEEE eScience 2009. 2009.

K. Dewey, A. Menezes-Pinto, L. Abrams, R. DeFrancisco, M. Kwon, and R. Raj, “A High Performance File System Using Commodity Hardware for Scientific Visualization” 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Oxford, UK. December 2009.

Savacool, R. and R. Raj, “Bridging Research and Practice: Secure Data Management in the Classroom.” ASIA ’09, Annual Symposium on Information Assurance, Albany, NY. June 2009.

Raj, Rajendra, P. Sinha, and C. Romanowski. “A Holistic Approach to Schema Matching.” CISE. 2009. .

Joe Geigel (Associate Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

“Teaching Animation in Second Life.” SIGGRAPH 2009: Talks, New Orleans, LA. August 03–07, 2009.

Schweppe, M K, and Joe Geigel. “Teaching Graphics in the Context of Theatre.” Educators Programming. Proc. of Eurographics. 2009.

James Heliotis (Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Gries, D., M. Eckmann, A. Erkan and J. Heliotis, “Discrete Mathematics/Structures: How Do We Deal with the Late Appreciation Problem?” Journal of the CCSC 24. (2009)

Heliotis, J. E., “Easing Up on the Introductory Computer Science Syllabus: A Shift from Syntax to Concepts.” 24th ACM SIGPLAN Conference Companion on Object Oriented Programming Systems Languages and Applications, OOPSLA '09, Orlando, FL. October 25–29, 2009. ACM, New York, NY, 683–686.

Schreiner, A. and J. Heliotis, “A Discipline of Tree Processing.” PPJ ’09, Calgary. 2009.

Schreiner, A. and J. Heliotis, “A Discipline of Tree Processing.” 7th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Programming in Java, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. August 27–28, 2009. PPPJ '09. ACM, New York, NY, 85–90.

James Minseok Kwon (Assistant Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

K. Dewey, A. Menezes-Pinto, L. Abrams, R. DeFrancisco, M. Kwon, and R. Raj, “A High Performance File System Using Commodity Hardware for Scientific Visualization” 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Oxford, UK. December 2009.

Richard Zanibbi (Assistant Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Kluever, K.A. and R. Zanibbi, “Balancing Usability and Security in a Video CAPTCHA.” Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, Mountain View, CA. 2009.

Yu, L. and Zanibbi, R. “Math Spotting in Technical Documents Using Handwritten Queries.” Proc. of the International Workshop on Pen-Based Mathematical Computation, Grand Bend, Canada, 2009.

Zabibbi, R., Blostein, D. and Cordy, J.R. “White-Box Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms through Explicit Decision-Making” Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Proc. of the International Conference Computer Vision Systems. Vol. 5815. Liège, Belgium: 2009. 295-304.

Ouyang, L. and R. Zanibbi, “Handwritten Mathematical Symbol Classification Using Layout Context.” Int'l Workshop on Pen-Based Mathematical Computation, Grand Bend, Canada. 2009.

Ouyang, L. and R. Zanibbi, “Identifying Layout Classes for Mathematical Symbols using Layout Context.” IEEE Western New York Image Processing Workshop, Rochester, NY. 2009.

Pillay, A. and R. Zanibbi, “Intelligent Combination of Structural Analysis Algorithms: Application to Mathematical Expression Recognition.” Int'l Workshop on Pen-Based Mathematical Computation, Grand Bend, Canada. 2009.

Axel Schreiner (Professor)

Conference Papers/Presentations

Schreiner, A. and J. Heliotis, “A Discipline of Tree Processing.” PPJ ’09, Calgary. 2009.

Schreiner, A. and Tymann, P. 2009. “A light-weight Unix-based Contest Management System.” ICPC CLI Symposium, Stockholm. 2009.

Schreiner, A. and J. Heliotis, “A Discipline of Tree Processing.” 7th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Programming in Java, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. August 27–28, 2009. PPPJ '09. ACM, New York, NY, 85–90.

Workshops

Schreiner, A. and B. Sanders, “Teaching Programming with Sudoku.” OOPSLA Killer Examples Workshop, Orlando, FL. 2009.

Information Sciences and Technologies Department

Deb Coleman (Associate Professor)

Published & Presented Papers

“Wiki Behavior in the Workplace: Emotional Aspects of Content Development.” IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2009 2 (2009): 457–462.

Coleman, D. and C. Lorek, “Anatomy of Wiki Participation.” Proceedings of the New Learning Technologies 2009 Conference. Orlando, FL. February 19 2009.

School of Informatics

Jai Kang (Associate Professor)

Published Papers

Holden, E.P., J.W. Kang, D.P. Bills, M. Ilyassov, “Databases in the Cloud: A Work in Progress.” ACM SIGITE Conference 2009: 138–143. Fairfax, Virginia, October 22–24, 2009.

Morgan, D., J.W. Kang and J.M. Kang, “Minable Data Warehouse.” 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information System (ICEIS 2009): 125–136. Milan, Italy, March 6–10, 2009.

Interactive Games and Media Department

Erik H. Vick, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

Publications

Emotion Notions: Modeling Personality in Game Character AI. Cengage Course Technology PTR, 2009.

Published Articles

McDaniel, R., E.H. Vick, S. Jacobs and P. Telep, “Cardboard Semiotics: Reconfigurable Symbols as a Means for Narrative Prototyping in Game Design.” Proceedings of Sandbox 2009: The 4th SIGGRAPH Conference on Video Games. Ed. S. Spencer. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2009: 87–93.

Formal Presentations

McDaniel, R., E.H. Vick, S. Jacobs and P. Telep, “Cardboard Semiotics: Reconfigurable Symbols as a Means for Narrative Prototyping in Game Design.” Sandbox 2009. New Orleans, LA. August 4–6, 2009.

Professional Service & Leadership

Worked with a local independent game studio formed by RIT students to produce a commercial game title that was released on the Xbox Live Indie service.

Networking, Security & Systems Administration Department

Yin Pan, Ph.D. (Associate Professor)

Patent

Pan, Yin. Method and Apparatus for Implementing a Policy-Based Management System on a Network Device. Nortel Networks, assignee. Patent 7606146. Oct. 2009.

Publications

Oh, Tom, Yin Pan and Sumita Mishra, “Teaching High-Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption (HAIPE) Using OPNET Modeler Simulation Tool.” ACM-SIGITE 2009 Conference. Fairfax, VA. 2009.

“Service for Deploying Web-based Online Courses.” 2009 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics. Chicago, IL. 2009.

Oh, Tom, Yin Pan and Sumita Mishra, “Network Management Architecture for Entergy Efficient Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks.” US-Korea Conference (UKC) 2009 on Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Raleigh, NY. 2009.

Mishra, Sumita, Yin Pan and Tom Oh, “Undergraduate Research in Wireless Sensor Security Course.” 13th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education. Seattle, WA. 2009.

Reviewed Papers

Rev. of paper Fuzzy Estimators in Expert Systems for International Journal of General Systems, 2009.

Rev. of four papers for 2009 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics.

Rev. of one paper for International Conference and Workshop on Cyber Security, Cyber Crime, and Cyber Forensics.

Grants

FEAD Grant for CISSP Training (2009). (PI)

“Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security.” PLIG. Completed in 2009. (PI)

Workshop

Participated in 3-day of 2009 Faculty, Cirriculum and Lab Exercise Capacity Building Partnership Workshop, taught one-day lecture/lab to participants from four universities.

Professional Service and Leardership

IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics, session co-chair.

US-Korea Conference (UKC), session co-chair.

IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics and Informatics, program committee member.

US-Korea Conference (UKC), program committee member.

International Conference and Workshop on Cyber Security, Cyber Crime and Cyber Forensics, program committee member.

Department of Software Engineering

Y. Raghu Reddy (Assistant Professor)

Books

Reddy, Yedduladoddi Raghu. Aspect Oriented Software Development: An Approach to Composing UML Design Models. VDM Verlag, 2009.

Published Articles

Rathod, Varsha, and Yedduladoodi Raghu Reddy. “Role of Early Aspects in Software Maintenance Projects.” Proc. of International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice. Las Vegas, Navada. 2009. 550-555.

Simmonds, Devon, et al. “A comparison of Aspect oriented approaches to Model Driven Engineering.” Proc. of International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice. Las Vegas, Navada. 2009. 327-333.

Academic Service

American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), reviewer.

International Conference on Aspect Oriented Software Development, reviewer.

Journal on Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), reviewer.

Transactions on Aspect Oriented Software Development, reviewer.

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, reviewer.

International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice, reviewer.

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Center for Applied and Computational Mathematics, School of Mathematical Science

Bernard Brooks (Associate Professor)

Presented Papers

“First order 4-dimensional discrete dynamic linear stability conditions.” AMS Fall Eastern Secrional Meeting. University Park, PA. 24 Oct. 2009.

Basener, W.F., et al. “The Polynesian Rats of Easter Island and the Invasive Species Model.” New York Conference on Applied Science. Rochester, New York. 17 Oct. 2009.

“The BIG-Dialogue Model of Rumor Transmission.” S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. Calcutta, India. 9 Mar. 2009.

DiFonzo, N., et al. “Repeated Hearing Increases Belief in Rumor, Moderate Slightly by Skepticism.” Annual Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Tampa, Florida. 7 Feb. 2009.

Mathematical Sciences Department

Akhtar Khan

Published Books

Khan, Akhtar with Co-editors: P.Pardalos and T.M. Rassias.

Peer Reviewed Research Papers

Khan, Akhtar with Co-authors: E. Hernandez, L. Rodriguez-Martin, and M. Sama. “Computation Formulas and Multiplier Rules for Graphical Derivatives in Separable Banach Spaces.” Nonlinear Analysis. (2009): 71, 4241-4250.

Khan, Akhtar and M.S. Gockenbach. “An Abstract Framework for Elliptical Inverse Problems. Part 2: An Augmented Lagrangian Approach.” Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. (2009): 14, 517-539.

Khan, Akhtar and F. Giannessi. “ On the Envelope of a Variationa Inequality, Nonlinear Analysis and Variational Problems.” Springer. (2009): 285-294.

Khan, Akhtar with co-authors: A. Caruso and F. Raciti. “Continuity Results for a Class of Variational Inequalities with Application to Time Dependent Network Problems.” Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization. (2009): 30, 1272-1288.

Reviews for Mathematical Reviews

“Regularization Using a Parameterized Trust Region Subproblem” by Grodzevich, Oleg and Henry Wolkowicz. Rev. by Khan, Akhtar . Math. Program. (2009): 116, No. 1-2, Ser. B, 193-220.

“On the Discrepancy Principle for Some Newton Type Methods for Solving Nonlinear Inverse Problems” by Jin, Qinian and Ulrich Tautenhahn. Rev. by Khan Akhtar. Numer. Math. (2009): 111, No. 4, 509-558.

“An Overview on Convergence Rates for Tokhonov Regularization Methods for Non-linear Operators” by Poschl, C. Rev. by Khan, Akhtar. J. Inverse Ill-Posed Probl. (2009): 17, No. 1, 77-83

“Regularization Method for Nonmonotone Equilibrium Problems” by Konnov, Igor. Rev. by Khan, Akhtar. J. Nonlinear Convex Anal .(2009): 10, No. 1, 93-101

“On Enhanced Convergence Rates for Tikhonov Regularization of Nonlinear Ill-Posed Problems in Banach Spaces” by Neubauer, Andreas. Rev. by Khan, Akhtar. Inverse Problems. (2009): 25, No.6, 065009, 10 PP

Formal Presentations

“Optimization Based Approaches for an Inverse Problem in Elasticity Imaging.” Conference on Applied Inverse Problems. Austria. July 20-24, 2009.

“Stable Approximation of Quasi Variational Inequalities. Institute of Mathematics. Martin-Luther University”. Germany. July 15, 2009.

“Set-Valued Optimization: Higher Order Optimality and Sensitivity”. Germany. July 13, 2009.

“On the Modified Output Least Squares for the Elliptic Inverse Problems.” Germany. June, 25, 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

Fully supported visit to Martin-Luther University as a Visiting Professor. Halle, Germany. June-July, 2009.

Manuela Campanelli (Associate Professor)

Campanelli, Manuela, et al.. “Post-Newtonian Initial Data with Waves: Progress in Evolution.” Classical Quantum Gravity (2009)

Campanelli, Manuela, et al. “Advances in Simulations of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity (2009)

Campanelli, Manuela, et al. “Statistical Studies of Spinning Black Hole Binaries.” Physical Review D (2009)

Campanelli, Manuela, et al. “Remnant Masses, Spins and recoils from the Merger of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity (2009)

Aylott, Benjamin, et al. “Status of NINJA: the Numerical INJection Analysis project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity (2009)

Aylott, Benjamin, et al. “Testing gravitational wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: Results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity (2009)

Campenelli, Manuela, Carlos O. Lousto, and Yosef Zlochower. “Algebraic Classification of Numerical Spacetimes and Black-Hole-Binary Remnants.” Physical Review D (Apr. 2009)

Campenelli, Manuela, Carlos O. Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano, and Yosef Zlochower. “Comparison of Post-Newtonian and Numerical Evolutions of Generic Black-Hole-Binaries”. (2009)

Campenelli, Manuela, Carlos O. Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano, and Yosef Zlochower. “Comparison of Numerical and Post-Newtonian Waveforms of Generic Black-Hole-Binaries”.    Physical Review D (2009)

Published Reviews

“The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey.” Rev. of Engineering Einstein: Astrophysical Black Holes, by John Hawley and Julian Krolik. Science White Papers (Mar. 2009): 116.

Formal Presentations

“Advances in Binary Black Hole Simulation.” Computational General Relativistic Astrophysics Conference. Princeton Center for Theoretical Science. October 23 2009. Invited Speaker.

“Merging Supermassive Black Holes in Astrophysics: Gravitational Radiation Recoils, Spin, and Gas Dynamics.” Matter and Electromagnetic Fields in Strong Gravity Conference. University of Maryland, College Park. August 29 2009. Invited Speaker.

“Advances in Binary Black Hole Simulation.” Inaugural Conference of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, 8th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves. Columbia University. June 23 2009. Invited Speaker.

“Binary Black Hole Mergers and Gravitational Radiation Kicks.” Inaugural Conference of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics: Multi-Messenger Relativistic Astrophysics. GeorgiaTech, Atlanta. May 20 2009. Invited Talk.

“Gravitational Radiation and Black Hole Kicks.” Conference on Observational Signatures of Black Hole Mergers. Space Telescope Science Institute, Maryland. March 31 2009. Invited Speaker.

“Electromagnetic Signatures of Gravitational Wave Recoils.” Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena California. January 30 2009.

Shows/Exhibits

Campanelli, Manuela and Marcelo Ponce. “LIGO.” Exhibit, World Science Festival. New York City, New York. June 14, 2009.

“Black Holes Billiards and Other High Gravity Sports” Exhibit, Imagine RIT Festival2009. May 2, 2009.

Campanelli, Manuela and Nancy Gong. “Scientific Imagery about Gravitational Waves and Black Hole in Glass Art.” Exhibit, RIT’s Innovation and Creative Center, Imagine RIT Festival. May 2, 2009.

Participated in Cover Story Article “Ultimate Cosmic Mash, Cosmic Cataclysm.” Sky and Telescope Magazine 117.4 (April 1, 2009).

Campanelli, Manuela, Joseph Bochner, Hans-Peter Bischof and Thomas Warfield. “New-Horizon.” Theater Performance, Light in Winter Festival. Ithaca, NY. January 24, 2009.

Helped student of South County Secondary School in Virginia, Nick Olszowy, on his Eagle Project which involved using all school computers to analyze data from Ligo through the Einstein@Homeproject. January 3, 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

2009 Fellow of the American Physical Society “For groundbreaking work on numerical simulations of binary black hole spacetimes, and for explorations using these simulations of interesting physical effects such as “superkicks” and spin-driven orbital dynamics.” November 14, 2009.

Two new NSF grants, $338,103 (as PI) and $20,851 (as co-PI), the total award being $1,316,848 (as PI) in 7 active projects. These new projects are:

Collaborative Research: Community Infrastructure for General Relativistic MHD (CIGR). NSF- Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF), PHY-0903782. PI: M. Campanelli, co-PIs: H.P. Bischof, C. Lousto, J. Faber, Y. Zlochower. Funds: $300,000. Status: awarded (2009-2012)

“Computational Relativity and Gravitation at the Petascale: Simulatins Astrophysical Realistic Compact Binaries”, NSF-OCI. PI: M. Campanelli, co-PIs: H.P. Bischof, C. Lousto, J. Faber, Y. Zlochower. Funds: $38,104. Status: awarded (2009-2011)

NASA ROSES Outreach Supplement: Café’ Scientifique Rochester. NASA – 02-OUTRCH208-0011. PI: J. Faber, co-PI: M. Campanelli. Funds: $20,851. Status: awarded (2009-2011)

Professional Service and Leadership

Acted as Director of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (), e.g. oversaw all research activities, managed F&A return funding, computer laboratory, website, promoted growth and international visibility (ongoing since founding in January 2007).

Acted as personal Investigator (PI) on NSF and NASA on 6 active projects for a total of $1,316,848: NSFPHY-0903782 ($300,000), NSF-OCI-0832606 ($38,104), NASA-ATFP07-0158 (140,185), NSF-PHY-0722703 ($331,974), NSF-PHY-0653303 ($49,375), NSF-PHY-0714388 ($350,000). And as Co-Principle Investigator (c-PI) on NASA grants for a total of $81,838: NASA –HTS-Cycle 17 ($60,987) NASA-08-OUTRCH208-0011 ($20,851).

Chair of the “Inaugural Conference of the Center for Relativistic Astrophysics: Multi-Messenger Relativistic Astrophysics”, Georgia Tech, Atlanta. May 19-21, 2009.

Chair of the DCOMP/GGR session in Numerical Relativity, April meeting of the American Physical Society. May 2-5, 2009.

Member of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration (LSC): comprises 600 scientists, 50 institutions. (ongoing).

Member of the Ninja and Analytical Relativity-Numerical Relativity Collaborations for generation of gravitational wave templates. (ongoing).

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Ben Farr (Undergraduate student in Physics). Under MC mentorship, Ben became interested in research in the area of gravitational wave physics, made an international REU fellowship in Cardiff (UK) and pursued his PhD in a research topic related to this field at North-Western University. He recently published two papers with MC as co-author in this area.

Tim Peterson (MS student in Computer Science). Under MC mentorship, Tim has developed a highly interactive website for the CCRG based on the Drupal system. Tim applied to pursue a PhD in Computer and Information Sciences at RIT working with Hans-Peter Bischof (visualization) and MC (petascale supercomputing).

Marcelo Ponce (PhD student in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology) studied gravitational wave astronomy (1060.890.03-Research & Thesis), Spring 2009.

Jeremy Berke (Undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering) studied Gravitational physics and general relativity (1060.799.06-Independent Study)

Carlos Lousto (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Lousto, Carlos and Yosef Zlochower. “Modeling Gravitational Recoil from Precessing Highly-Spinning Unequal-Mass Black-Hole Binaries.” Physical Review, D79:064018,(2009). e-Print: arXiv:0805.0159 [gr-qc]

Lousto, Carlos and Hiroyuki Nakano. “Regular Second Order Perturbations of Binary Black Holes: The Extreme Mass Ratio Regime.” Class.Quant.Grav.26:015007,2009. e-Print: arXiv:0804.3824 [gr-qc]

Bischof, Hans-Peter, Manuela Campanelli, Carlos Lousto, Bruno C. Mundim, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Advances in Simulations of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity (2009). e-Print: arXiv:1001.3834 [gr-qc].

Campanelli, Manuela, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower, “Statistical Studies of Spinning Black Hole Binaries.” Physical Review D (2009). e-Print: arXiv:0904.3541 [gr-qc].

Campanelli, Manuela, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Remnant Masses, Spins and Recoils from the Merger of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity, (2009). e-Print: arXiv:0904.3541 [gr-qc].

Aylott, Benjamin et al with Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Ben Farr, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Status of NINJA: the Numerical INJection Analysis project.” Class.Quant.Grav.26:114008, (2009). e-Print: arXiv:0905.4227 [gr-qc].

Aylott, Benjamin et al with Manuela Campanelli, Joshua Faber, Ben Farr, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Testing Gravitational-Wave Searches with Numerical Relativity Waveforms: Results from the First Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project.” Class.Quant.Grav.26:114008 (2009). e-Print: arXiv:0905.4227 [gr-qc].

Campanelli, Manuela, Carlos Lousto and Yosef Zlochower. “Algebraic Classification of Numerical Spacetimes and Black-Hole-Binary Remnants.” Physical Review D, 79, 084012 (April 8, 2009). e-Print: arXiv:0811.3006v1 [gr-qc].

Campanelli, Manuela, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Comparison of Post-Newtonian and Numerical Evolutions of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” e-print: arXiv: gr-qc/0811.3006 [gr-qc].

Campanelli, Manuela, Carlos Lousto, Hiroyuki Nakano and Yosef Zlochower. “Comparison of Numerical and Post-Newtonian Waveforms for Generic Precessing Black-Hole Binaries.” Physical Review D, 79:084010 (2009). e-print: arXiv: gr-qc/0808.0713v2 [gr-qc].

Formal Presentations

“New Results in Numerical Relativity.” Differential Geometry Seminar, Harvard University (March 10, 2009). Invited Speaker.

“Algebraic Classification of Numerical Spacetimes and Black-Hole-Binary Remnants.”American Physical Society (APS) meeting, Denver, Colorado (May 2, 2009).

“Modeling Gravitational Recoil from Precessing Highly-Spinning Unequal-Mass Black-Hole Binaries.” American Physical Society (APS) meeting, Denver, Colorado (May 3, 2009).

“Remnant masses and Spins from the Merger of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” 12th Eastern Gravity Meeting, (June 15–16 2009).

“Comparison of Numerical and Post-Newtonian Waveforms for Generic Precessing Black-Hole Binaries.” Numerical Relativity - Data Analysis meeting, Potsdam, Germany (July 8, 2009).

Shows/Exhibits

“Black Hole Billiards and Other High Gravity Sports.” Exhibit, Imagine RIT Festival (May 2, 2009).

External Scholarly Fellowships

Awarded two new NSF grants for a total $338,103 (as co-PI) and for a total of $60,991 (as PI). New projects:

Campanelli, M.: PI, co-PIs: H.P. Bischof, C. Lousto, J. Faber and Y. Zlochower. “Collaborative Research: Community Infrastructure for General Relativistic MHD (CIGR).” NSF Physics at the Information Frontier (PIF), PHY-0903782. Funds: $300,000. Status: awarded (2009-2012).

Campanelli, M.: PI, co-PIs: H.-P. Bischof, Carlos Lousto, Y. Zlochower and J. Faber. “Computational Relativity and Gravitation at the Petascale: Simulating Astrophysical Realistic Compact Binaries.” NSF-OCI. Funds: $38,104. Status: awarded (2009-2011).

Lousto, C.: PI, Co-PIs: Campanelli, Zlochower, Faber. “Merging Supermassive Black Holes: Observational Consequences of Gravitational - Radiation Recoils, Spins and Gas Dynamics.” NASA-HST, Funds: $60,991 for 2009-2010.

Professional Service and Leadership

Lab coordinator of the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (), e.g. oversaw all activities, in the computer laboratory 74-2060/78.

Faculty member of the AST Ph.D. program. Participation in the biweekly organizational meetings. Recruit students for the program and apply for grants to cover their stipends.

Co-organizer of the CCRG visitor program with dozens of invited speakers in 2009.



Acted as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on NSF and NASA on 6 active projects for a total of $1,316,848: NSF PHY-0903782 ($300,000), NSF-OCI-0832606 ($38,104), NASA-ATFP07-0158 ($140,185), NSF-PHY-0722703 ($331974), NSF-PHY-0653303 ($49,375), NSF-PHY-0714388 ($350,000). And as Co-Principal Investigator (c-PI) on NASA grants for a total of $81,838: NASA–08-OUTRCH208-0011 ($20,851). And as Principal Investigator (PI) on NASA-HST-Cycle 17 ($60,991),

Acted as reviewer and panel reviewer of NSF proposals: Reviews for NSF Gravitational Physics (January 31, 2009).

Co-organizer of the “12th Eastern Gravity Meeting.” RIT (June 15–16 2009).

Member of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration (LSC): 700 scientists, 50 institutions (ongoing).

Participation in the weekly teleconferences of LIGO/CBC Spin group.

Member of the Ninja and Analytical Relativity-Numerical Relativity Collaborations for generation of gravitational wave templates (ongoing).

Leading member of RIT group for the Numerical Relativity-Analytical Relativity (NRAR) international collaboration (ongoing).

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Mentor for the following students:

Gabriela Jaramillo, (Hyspanic female graduate student in Mathematics). Under Lousto’s mentorship Gabriela performed a model M.S. thesis: ‘Apparent Horizons of N Black Holes and Black Hole Rings’ and defended it successfully on May 18, 2009. She is now pursuing her Ph. D. in Mathematics in a research topic related to this field at the University of Minnesota.

Marcelo Ponce (Hyspanic Ph. D. student in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology) did research on Numerical Relativity (1060.890.07-Research & Thesis) in Winter 2009 and (1060.890.07-Research & Thesis) in Spring 2009/2010.

Darren Narayan (Adjunct Professor)

Published Articles

Novotny, S., J.P. Ortiz and D.A. Narayan. “Minimal Rankings and the Rank Number of a Path Squared.” Information Processing Letters 109.3 (2009): 193–198. Elsevier Science.

Evans, A.B, D.A. Narayan and J. Urick. “Representation of Graphs Modulo n: Some Problems.” Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications 56.2 (2009): 85–97.

Isaak, G., R. Jamison and D.A. Narayan. “Greedy Rankings and Arank Numbers.” Information Processing Letters 109.15 (2009): 825–827. Elsevier Science.

Novotny, S., J. Ortiz and D.A. Narayan. “Maximum Minimal Rankings for Oriented Graphs.” Involve 2.3 (2009): 289–295.

Lind, J. and D.A. Narayan. “Real World Graph Connectivity.” Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, Oxford Journals 28 (2009): 159–161.

“Sponsoring Student Avenues for Obtaining Student Travel Funding.” Resources for Undergraduate Research 5 (2009). MAA Online Column.

Formal Presentations

153rd Commencement of the Oswego High School, Oswego, NY. 2009. Keynote Speaker.

New York State High School Science Fair, Albany, NY. 2009. Dinner Speaker.

“STEM Real World Applications Modules.” MAA Poster Session on Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC. January 2009.

Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Panel Presentation, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC. January 2009.

“How to Give a Good Poster Presentation.” Project NexT Panel Presentation, Joint Mathematics Meetings, Washington, DC. January 2009.

“Optimal Rankings and Labelings of Graphs.” 40th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing, Boca Raton, FL. March 2009.

“Real World Applications of Graph Theory.” Spring Meeting of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America, Rochester, NY. April 2009.

“Intermediate Minimal Rankings of Graphs.” 23rd Midwest Conference of Combinatorics, Cryptography, and Computing, Rochester, NY. October 2009.

Professional Service and Leadership

Organizer (with RIT Faculty Bernard Brooks, Carl V. Lutzer, and Tamas Wiandt), AMS-MAA-SIAM Special Session of Research in Mathematics by Undergraduates at the 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, CA. January 2010.

Co-editor, Resources for Undergraduate Research, Mathematical Association of America Online Column.

Co-organizer, 23rd Midwest Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography, and Computing.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Director, National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Site. Summer 2009.

Undergraduate Research Adviser for Andrew Zemke, Christina Battista and Ahn Tran.

John T Whelan (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Einstein@Home Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in LIGO S4 Data.” Phys. Rev. D 79, 022001 (2009): 29.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data.” Physical Review Letters 102, 111102 (2009): 6.

Cadonati, Laura et al with John T Whelan. “Status of NINJA: the Numerical INJection Analysis Project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 26.11, 114008 (2009): 13.

Santamaria, Lucia, Badri Krishnan and John T Whelan. “Searching for Numerically Simulated Signals from Black Hole Binaries with a Phenomenological Template Family.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 26, 114010 (2009):13.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Binary Coalescences in the First Year of LIGO's S5 Data.” Phys. Rev. D 79, 122001 (2009):14.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.” Reports on Progress in Physics 72, 076901 (2009):25.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Observation of a Kilogram-scale Oscillator Near its Quantum Ground State.” New Journal of Physics 11, 073032 (2009):13.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 Storm.” Astrophysical Journal Letters 701 (2009): L68--L74.

Aylott, Benjamin et al with John T Whelan. “Testing Gravitational-wave Searches with Numerical Relativity Waveforms: Results from the First Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) Project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 26, 165008 (2009): 51.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), D. P. Anderson. “Einstein@Home Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in Early S5 LIGO Data.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 042003 (2009): 14.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “An Upper Limit on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background of Cosmological Origin.” Nature 460 (2009): 990—994.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Search for Gravitational Waves from Low Mass Compact Binary Coalescence in 186 Days of LIGO's Fifth Science Run.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 047101 (2009): 8.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Search for Gravitational Wave Ringdowns from Perturbed Black Holes in LIGO S4 Data.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 062001 (2009): 9.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), F. Robinet. “First LIGO Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Cosmic (Super)Strings.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 062002 (2009): 11.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Search for Gravitational-wave Bursts in the First Year of the Fifth LIGO Science Run.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 102001 (2009): 26.

Abbott, B. et al with J. T. Whelan (LIGO Scientific Collaboration). “Search for High Frequency Gravitational-wave Bursts in the First Calendar Year of LIGO's Fifth Science Run.” Phys. Rev. D 80, 102002 (2009): 14.

Formal Presentations

Whelan, John T. and Reinhard Prix. “F-Statistic Search for White Dwarf Binaries in the Third Mock LISA Data Challenge” Poster at the 13th Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop, San Juan, PR. January 2009, 19-22.

John T. Whelan for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the the Virgo Collaboration. “Searching for Gravitational-Wave Signatures of Compact Binary Coalescences with LIGO and Virgo.” Multi-Messenger Relativitistic Astronomy 2009, Atlanta, GA. May 20 2009.

“Cross-Correlation Methods in Continuous Gravitational-Wave Searches.” 12th Eastern Gravity Meeting, Rochester, NY. June 16 2009.

Whelan, John T. and Reinhard Prix. “F-Statistic Search for White Dwarf Binaries in the Third Mock LISA Data Challenge.” 8th Edoardo Amaldi Meeting on Gravitational Waves, New York, NY. June 22–26 2009.

“Cross-Correlation Searches for Periodic Gravitational Waves.” 8th Edoardo Amaldi Meeting on Gravitational Waves, New York, NY. June 25 2009.

“A Cross-Correlation Technique to Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee,WI. October 16 2009.

Grants

“RUI-Gravitational Wave Modelling and Detection.” NSF Grant PHY-0855494: $210,000 ( August 15, 2009–July 31, 2012).

Professional Service and Leadership

Chair: Organizing Committee, 12th Eastern Gravity Meeting, RIT, Rochester, NY. June 15–16 2009.

Chair: LIGO Scientific Collaboration Review Committee, Compact Binary Coalescence.

Member: LIGO Scientific Collaboration Data Analysis Council

PI and Council Representative: RIT group in the LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

Department of Chemistry

Marvin Illingsworth (Professor)

Publications

Chow, D., W.Cheng, H. Dai, S.R. Wagner, S.D. Luzzi, B.J. Landi, L. He, E.J. Siochi and M.L. Illingsworth. “Pendent Polyimides Using Mellitic Acid Dianhydride. IV. Effect of Increased Zirconium-Pendent Group Content on Polymer Properties.” High Performance Polymers 21 (2009): 744–764.

Illingsworth, M.L., W. Wang, J.P. McCarney, K.A. Hughes, K.J. Trotter, R.A. Stapleton, J.R. Chabot, E.J. Siochi and M. Kotlarchyk. “Pendent Polyimides Using Mellitic Acid Dianhydride. III. The Effect of Pendent Group Functionality on Polymer Properties.” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 113 (2009): 1198–1206.

Presentations

Kowsz, S. and M.L. Illingsworth. “Enabling the Use of Pendent Polymers in Optoelectronic Devices.” ACS Undergraduate Research Symposium, St. John Fisher College. April 25 2009.

Yosef Zlochower (Assistant Professor)

Published Articles

Lousto, C. and Y. Zlochower. “Modeling Gravitational Recoil from Precessing Highly-Spinning Unequal-Mass Black-Hole Binaries.” Phys. Rev. D 79, 084010 (2009). e-print: arXiv:0805.0159 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., C.O. Lousto, H. Nakano and Y. Zlochower. “Comparison of Numerical and Post-Newtonian Waveforms for Generic Precessing Black-Hole Binaries.” Phys. Rev. D 084010 (2009). e-print: arXiv:0808.0713 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., C.O. Lousto and Y. Zlochower. “Algebraic Classification of Numerical Spacetimes and Black-Hole-Binary Remnants.” Phys. Rev. D 084012 (2009). e-print: arXiv:0811.3006 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., H. Nakano, C.O. Lousto, Y. Zlochower. “Comparison of Post-Newtonian and Numerical Evolutions of Black-Hole Binaries: Proceedings of 18th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation in Japan.” e-print: arXiv:0901.3861 [gr-qc]

Aylott, B. et al. “Testing Gravitational-Wave Searches With Numerical RelativityWaveforms: Results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 26, 165008 (2009). e-print: arXiv:0901.4399 [gr-qc]

Aylott, B. et-al. “Status of NINJA: The Numerical INJection Analysis project.” Classical and Quantum Gravity 26, 114008 (2009). e-print: arXiv:0905.4227 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., B. Kelly, W. Tichy, Y. Zlochower and B. Whitting, “Post-Newtonian Initial Data with Waves: Progress in Evolution.” Classical and Quantum Gravity. e-print arXiv:0912.5311 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., C.O. Lousto and Y. Zlochower. “Remnant Masses, Spins and Recoils from the Merger of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity. e-print: arXiv:0904.3541 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., C.O. Lousto, H. Nakano and Y. Zlochower. “Statistical Studies of Spinning Black-Hole Binaries.” Phys. Rev. D. e-print arXiv:0910.3197 [gr-qc]

Campanelli, M., C.O. Lousto, B. Mundim, H. Nakano, Y. Zlochower and H.-P. Bischof. “Advances in Simulations of Generic Black-Hole Binaries.” Classical and Quantum Gravity. e-print: arXiv:1001.3834 [gr-qc]

Formal Presentations

“Numerical Relativity: A critical new tool for astrophysics.” APS April Meeting, May 5, 2009. Invited Talk.

“Algebraic Classification of Numerical Spacetimes.” Eastern Gravity Meeting, June 15, 2009. Contributed talk.

Shows/Exhibits

“Black Hole Billiards and other High Gravity Sports.” Imagine RIT Festival, Rochester, NY. 2009.

Grants

Zlochower (PI), Faber (co-PI). “Next Generation Parallel Computing Infrastructure for Numerical Relativity (2010–2011).” NSF. Awarded.

Zlochower (PI), Faber (co-PI). “SCREMS: Next Generation Parallel Computing Infrastructure for Numerical Relativity.” NSF. Continuing.

Camanelli (PI), Bischof (co-PI), Lousto (co-PI), Faber (co-PI) and Zlochower (co-PI). “Collaborative Research: Community Infrastructure for General Relativistic MHD (CIGR).” NSF. Awarded.

Camanelli (PI), Bischof (co-PI), Lousto (co-PI), Faber (co-PI) and Zlochower (co-PI). “PRAC: Computational Relativity and Gravitation at the Petascale: Simulating Astrophysical Realistic Compact Binaries.” NSF. Awarded.

Camanelli (PI), Lousto (co-PI), Merrit (co-PI) and Zlochower (co-PI). “Astrophysical Black Holes and Gravitational Waves.” NASA. Continuing.

Faber (PI), Lousto (co-PI), Harkin (co-PI), Ross (co-PI) and Zlochower (co-PI). “Binary Compact Object Mergers as Short-hard Gamma-ray Burst Progenitors.” NASA. Continuing.

Lousto (PI), Faber (co-PI) and Zlochower (co-PI). “Merging Supermassive Black Holes: Observational Consequences of Gravitational-Radiation Recoils, Spin and Gas Dynamics.” NASA-HST. Continuing.

Faculty Student Collaborations

Marcelo Ponce (Ph. D. student in AST program).

Marcelo Ponce's thesis advisor.

Mentor for undergraduate student Nelson Pecora.

Marcelo Ponce: Independent Study course “Numerical Relativity II” (Fall 2009).

Professional Service

Reviewer for NSF grant applications (NSF-MRI)

Reviewer for NASA postdoctoral fellowship

Referee for PRD, PRL, APJL

Member of the NINJA and Analytical Relativity-Numerical

Relativity collaborations for the generation of gravitational wave templates (ongoing).

Department of Chemistry

Lea Michael (Assistant Professor)

Formal Presentations

“Using Protein Structure-Function Analysis to Identify New Vaccine Targets and Improve Microbial Fuel Cell Efficiency.” SUNY Buffalo, NY. October 2009.

“Using Protein Structure and Function Analysis to Identify New Therapeutic and Vaccine Targets.” Rochester General Hospital. Rochester, NY. September 2009.

Professional Service/Leadership

Member-at-Large on the Executive Committee of the local Rochester Section of the American Chemical Society.

Honors Faculty Representative for the Department of Chemistry.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Student: Joy Snyder (’13), Breanna Kalmeta (’13), Jennifer Milillo (’11) and Kyle Grimaldi (’11) joined research group.

Faculty: Dr. Michael Pichichero (Director of the Rochester General Research Institute), Leslie Kate Wright (RIT Biology).

Gerald A. Takacs (Professor)

Publications

Press, R., et al. Introduction to Hydrogen Technology. John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, 2009.

Takacs, G. A. et. Al. “Gas-Phase Surface Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes with UV Photo-oxidation.” Polymer Surface Modification: Relevance to Adhesion. K. L. Mittal ed. (2009): VSP/Brill, Leiden, 2009. 125-137.

Takacs, G. A., T. Debies, and L. Oliveira. “Surface Oxidation of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Oxygen Atoms.” Mater. Res. Soc. Sympos. Proc 1124-JJ10-01 (2009)

Takacs, G. A., M. Razfan, A. Entenberg, T. Debies, B. Parekh and P. Rai. “Surface Modification of Poly (biphenyl dianhydride-papa-phenylene diamine) (BPDA-PDA) and poly(pryomellitic dianhydride-oxydianiline) (PMDA-ODA) polyimides with UV Photo-oxidation” Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (2009)

Barman. P. “The Interaction of Peptideswith Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes” MS Bioinformatics Thesis. RIT (2009)

Oliveira, L. “Gas-phase Surface Oxidation and Chlorination of Carbon Nanotubes” MS Chemistry Thesis. RIT (2009)

Published Review

“Exciting Undergraduate Students about Clean Energies.” Scholarship@RIT Newsletter. 2009.

Presentations

Barman, P. and G.A. Takacs. “Interaction of Peptides with Functional Carbon Nanotubes.” Bioinformatics Seminar Series, RIT. Rochester, NY. February 19, 2009. Thesis Defense.

Oliveira, L., T. Debies and G.A. Takacs. “Reaction of Oxygen Atoms with Carbon Nanotubes.” RIT NanoDays, RIT. Rochester, NY. March 28–April 5, 2009. Poster Paper.

Razdan, M., A. Entenberg, T. Debies, B. Parekh, P. Rai and G.A. Takacs. “Surface Oxidation of Polyimides with UV Photo-oxidation in the Absence of Ozone.” 7th International Symposium on Polymer Surface Modification. University of Maine, Orono, ME. July 12–15, 2009. Invited Paper.

Oliveira, L. and G.A. Takacs. “Gas-Phase Surface Oxidation and Chlorination of Carbon Nanotubes.” Chemistry Seminar Series, RIT. Rochester, NY. July 31, 2009. Thesis Defense.

Grants

J. Meyers (PI), G. A. Takacs (co-PI) and D. Johnson (co-PI). “Rochester Regional Clean Energy Education Partnership.” NYS Energy Research and Development Authority: $684,961. (March 1, 2009- Feb 28, 2011).

Department of Physics

Scott Franklin (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Dell, Zachary E. (undergraduate co-author) and Scott V. Franklin. “A Statistical Approach to Rod Filtration.” Journal of Statistical Mechanics, P09010 (2009).

Formal Presentations

Dell, Zachary (undergraduate presenter) and Scott Franklin. “A Statistical Approach to Filtration of Rods.” National Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh, PA (March, 2009).

Franklin, Scott and Colin Rees (undergraduate presenter). “Chaotic Dynamics of an Elastically Bouncing Dumbell.” National Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh, PA (March, 2009).

Franklin, Scott and Timothy Green. “Mechanically Stable Packing of Spherocylinders.” National Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh, PA (March, 2009).

Franklin, Scott and Summer Saraf (undergraduate presenter). “Jamming of Rod-like Granular Materials in Hopper.” National Meeting of the American Physical Society. Pittsburgh, PA (March, 2009).

Franklin, Scott and Lisa Hermsen. “Key-Logging as a Window into Student Writing.” Nation Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Ann Arbor, Michigan (2009).

Franklin, Scott and Melissa Trepanier (undergraduate presenter). “Column Collapse of Rod-like Granular Materials.” National Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. Minneapolis, MN (November, 2009).

Franklin, Scott. “Random Packings of Rod-like Granular Materials.” National Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. Minneapolis, MN (November, 2009).

Franklin, Scott and Summer Saraf (undergraduate presenter). “Jamming of Rod-like Granular Materials in Hopper.” National Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society. Minneapolis, MN (November, 2009).

Grants Received

“Sheer Transformational Zones in Amorphous Granular Packings.” NSF, Eager: $33,537 (June, 1 2009-August, 31 2010).

“Elongated Granular Materials: Simulation and Experiment.” NSF, REU Supplement: RIU: 7,000 (June, 1 2009-May, 31 2010).

Professional Accomplishments

Recipient of the first annual RIT Gender Diversity Award.

Supervised Undergraduate Students

Zachary Dell Oscar Marcelino

Summer Saraf Melissa Trepanier

Greg Janesch Timothy Green

Colin Rees

Michael Kotlarchyk (Professor and Interim Head)

Published Articles

Wang. W., J.P. McCarney, K.A. Hughes, K.J. Trotter, R.A. Stapleton, J.R. Chabot, E.J. Siochi, M. Kotlarchyk and M.L. Illingsworth.”Pendent Polyimides Using Mellitic Acid Dianhydride. III. The Effect of Pendent Group Functionality on Polymer Properties.” Journal of Applied Polymer Science 113 (2009): 1198.

Formal Presentations

Thurston, G.M., D. Ross, M. Bautista, A. Langner, T. Wiandt, M. Katlarchyk and C. Nixon. “Application of the Barboy-Tenne Sticky-Sphere Mixture Model to Phase Separation and Light Scattering of Eye Lens Gamma and Alpha Crystallin Protein Solutions.” National Meeting of the Biophysical Society. Boston, MA. February 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

“Characterization of Peptide-Coated and Peptide Encapsulating Nanoparticles by NMR and Small-Angle Scattering.” Air Force Research Laboratory Faculty Fellowship (Nanostructured and Biological Materials Group, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base). 2009.

Professional Service and Leadership

Member, Executive Committee of NY State Section of the American Physical Society.

Chris O’Dea (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

“A Multi-Wavelength View of the Archetypical CSS Radio Galaxy 3C303.1: Evidence for Shocks and Induced Star Formation.” Astronomische Nachrichten 330 (2009): 261–263.

O’Dea, C.P., R. Daly, P. Kharb, S.A. Baum and K.A. Freeman. “Physical Properties of Very Pwerful FRII Radio Galaxies.” Astronomy and Astrophysics 494 (2009): 471–488.

R. Daly, M.P. Mory, C.P. O’Dea, P. Kharb, S. Baum, E.J. Guerra and S.G. Djorgovski. “Cosmological Studies with Radio Galaxies and Supernovae.” Astrophysical Journal 691 (2009): 1058–1067.

Massaro, F., M. Chiaberge, P. Grandi, G. Giovannini, C.P. O’Dea, F.D. Macchetto, S.A. Baum, R. Gilli, A. Capetti, A. Bonafede and E. Liuzzo. “Extended X-Ray Emission in Radio Galaxies: The Peculiar Case of 3C 305.” Astrophysical Journal Letters 692 (2009): L123–L126.

Kharb P., D.C. Gabuzda, C.P. O’Dea, P. Shastri and S.A. Baum. “Rotation Measures Across Parsec-Scale Jets of Fanaroff-Riley Type I Radio Galaxies.” Astrophysical Journal 694 (2009): 1485–1497.

Massaro, F., D.E. Harris, M. Chiaberge, P. Grandi, F.D. Macchetto, S.A. Baum, C.P. O’Dea and A. Capetti. “The Het of 3C 12 and the Use of Jet Curvature as a Diagnositic of the X-Ray Emission Process.” Astrophysical Journal 696 (2009): 980–985.

G. Tremblay et al. “HST/ACS Emission Line Imaging of Low Redshift 3CR Radio Galaxies I: The Data.” Astrophysical Journal Supplements 183 (2009): 278–294.

Reynolds, C., B. Punsly, P. Kharb, C.P. O’Dea and J. Wrobel. “VLBA Observations of Sub-Parsec Structure in Mrk 231: Interaction Between a Relativistic Jet and a BAL Wind.” Astrophysical Journal 706 (2009): 851–865.

Formal Presentations

“Spitzer Observations of star Formation in Brightest Cluster Galaxies.” The Monster’s Fiery Breath: Feedback in Galaxies, Groups, and Clusters. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 2009.

Professional Service/Leadership

Chairman of the Board, New York Astronomical Corporation

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Rague, Bryan and Chris O’Dea. “Spitzer Observations of Brightest Cluster Galaxies.”

Sharma, Ramakant and Chris O’Dea. “Radio Observations of Powerful Radio Galaxies.”

Smith, Jeff and Chris O’Dea. “Searching for Features in Radio Data Cubes.”

Dorn, Meghan and Chris O’Dea. “Spitzer Observations of Low Luminosity Radio Galaxies.”

Christiansen, Kevin and Chris O’Dea. “Chandra X-ray Observations of Brightest Cluster Galaxies.”

McCoy, Mark and Chris O’Dea. “Spectral Energy Distribution of Radio Galaxies.”

Mularkey, Chris and Chris O’Dea. “Radio Observations of Compact Steep Spectrum Radio Galaxies.”

Snios, Brad and Chris O’Dea. “Hubble Space Telescope Ultraviolet Observations of Brightest Cluster Galaxies.”

Michael Richmond (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Richmond, M., et al. “Proper Motions with Subaru I. Methods and a Firth Sample in the Subaru Deep Field.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, vol. 61, p.97 (2009).

Pastorello, A., et al. with M. Richmond. “SN 2005cs in M51-11. Complete Evolution in the Optical and the Near-Infrared.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 394, p.2266 (2009).

Abazajian, K., et al. with M. Richmond. “The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.” Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 182, p. 543 (2009).

Sollerman, J., et al. with M. Richmond. “First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Constraints on Nonstandard Cosmological Models.” Astrophysical Journal, vol.703, p. 1374 (2009).

Kessler, R., et al. with M. Richmond. “First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters.” Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol.185, P. 32 (2009).

Kato, T., et al. with M. Richmond. “ Survey of Period variations of Superhumps in SU UMa-Type Dwarf Novae.” Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, vol. 61, p. 395 (2009).

Formal Presentations

Bhatti, W., et al. with M. Richmond. “Variable Stars from the SDSS-II Supernova Survey.” American Astronomical Society (January, 2009).

Kent, S., et al. with M. Richmond. “Survey of Near-Earth Objects form the SDSS.” American Astronomical Society (May, 2009).

Maehara, H., et al. with M. Richmond. “Photometric Observations of a WZ sge-type Dwarf Nova V455 Andromedae during the 2007 Superoutburst.” Eighth Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics (August, 2009).

Teets, W., et al. with M. Richmond. “X-Ray Observations of EX Lupi Following Optical Flaring.” American Astronomical Society (December, 2009).

Department of Biological Sciences

Dawn Carter (Lecturer)

Exhibitions and School Visits

Carter, Dawn with Michael Savka. “Plant Science and Research at RIT.” Victor Junior High School. February 3, 2009. Presentation.

“The World of Plant Science Investigation: Interactive sessions for grade school students.” Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, RIT. Rochester, NY. April 23, 2009.

Carter, Dawn with Michael Savka, Andre Hudson, Shandra Iannuci, Robert Van Buren, Andrew Van Aken, Carlyn Petrella, Natasha Balakrishna, Mior Subki, Mior Azmeer, Hanis Hasmad, Raimi Redwan, Nural Ahmad, Akmar Yusoff and Aric Rininger. “Our Green Planet-Plants for Food and Fuel.” Imagine RIT. Rochester, NY. Display.

Carter, Dawn with Michael Savka, Andre Hudson, Robert Van Buren, Zack Bulman and Carlyn Petrella. “Hands-On DNA Extraction Exhibit for K-12 Students.” Monroe County Fair. July 15-19.

Carter, Dawn with Michael Savka and Andre Hudson. “Plant DNA Extraction.” Victor Central Schools STEM Fair. Demonstration and Lecture.

Student Faculty Collaborations

Students in the fall 2008Botany Class designed and planted a pollinator garden in building 10/17 quad [Carlyn Patrella, Aric Rininger, Tim Page, Jason Szabo, Mior Subki, Mior Azmeer, Amber Gartung and Michael Cona]. RIT. June, 2009.

Designed and planted a Rain garden. Environmental Science MS students Erin Strobl and Caitlyn Kempski designed the garden. Jesse Knoth, Erin Strobl, Caitlyn Kempski, Graigeri Dodd, Tito Chavez-Nguyen, Frances Ceron, Joshua Connor, Kalie Gerenser, Pat Maloney, Robyn Wilson, Tony Rodriguez, Lauren Wessel, and Azfar Syaful Rosly planted the garden.

Robert D. Frisina (Research Professor)

Publications

Christensen, N., M. D’Souza, X. Zhu and R.D. Frisina. “Age-Related Hearing Loss: Aquaporin 4 Gene Expression Changes in the Mouse Cochlea and Auditory Midbrain.” Brain Research 1253 (2009): 27–34 (PMCID: PMC2670229).

Price, K., X. Zhu, P. Guimaraes, O.N. Vasilyeva and R.D. Frisina. “Hormone Replacement Therapy Diminishes Hearing in Perimenopausal Mice.” Hearing Research 252 (2009): 29–36 (PMCID: PMC2698030).

Vasilyeva, O.N., S.T. Frisina, X. Zhu, J.P. Walton and R.D. Frisina. “Interactions of Hearing Loss and Diabetes Mellitus in the CBA/CaJ Mouse Model of Presbycusis.” Hearing Research 249 (2009): 44–53.

Canlon, B. and R.D. Frisina. “Sex Hormones and Hearing: A Pioneering Area of Enquiry.” Hearing Research, Special Issue: Sex Hormones in the Auditory System 252 (2009): 1–2. (PMCID: PMC2758054)

“Age-Related Hearing Loss: Ear and Brain Mechanisms.” Annals New York Academy of Sciences 1170 (2009): 708–717.

Charitidi, K., R.D. Frisina, O.N. Vasilyeva, X. Zhu and B. Canlon. “Expression Pattern of Estrogen Receptors in the Central Auditory System of Pubertal, Young Adult and Aged Mice.” Soc. Neuroscience Abstract 35 (2009).

Vollo, J., O. Polesskaya, A.E. Luebke, D. Collins, X. Zhu J.P. Walton, R.D. Frisina and S. Dewhurst. “Novel Cochlear-Specific Isoform of Mixed Lineage Kinase 3.” Soc. Neuroscience Abstract 35 (2009).

Charitidi, K., R.D. Frisina, O. Vasilyeva, X. Zhu and B. Canlon. “Differential Localization of Estrogen Receptors in the Peripheral and Central Auditory Systems of Young Adult and Aged Male and Female CBA Mice.” Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstract 32 (2009): 87.

Hyatt, B.T., A.S. Archilla, W.J. Livingston, X. Zhu, R.D. Frisina and D.A. Borkholder. “Intracochlear Drug Delivery in the Mouse: Correlation of Simulated Concentration Gradients with Shifts in Measured Auditory Response.” Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstract 31 (2009): 352.

Livingston, W.J., X. Zhu, A.S. Archilla, R.D. Frisina and D.A. Borkholder. “Intracochlear Infusions: A Surgical Approach to Reduce Concentration Gradients within the Cochlea.” Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology Abstract 31 (2009): 353.

Formal Presentations

“Aging Auditory System: Structural, Genetic and Functional Changes Affect Perception.” Phonak Corp, International Research Conference. Chicago IL. November 2009.

“Neurobiology of the Aging Auditory System: An Overview of Structural, Genetic and Functional Changes.” Aging and Speech Communication, 3rd International NIH Research Conference, University of Indiana. October 2009.

Shows/Exhibits

“Do You Hear Us Now? You Will Soon.” Imagine RIT, Gordon Field House Booth. Rochester, NY. May 2009. Won Xerox Award for Best Presentation.

External Scholarly Fellowships and Grants

Frisina, Robert (PI, Co-Director and PD), William O’Neill (CD), James Ison (PD) and Joseph Walton (PD). “Aging Auditory System: Presbycusis & its Neural Bases.” NIH-Nation Institute on Aging (NIA): $13,500,000. (June 6, 1991–April 30, 2010).

Luque, Amneris (PI), Robert Frisina (co-PI) and David Eddins (co-I). “Hearing Impairment in HIV/AIDS.” NIH-Nation Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders (NIDCD): $1,923,380. (July 1, 2009–June 30, 2014).

Frisina, Robert (PI) and Joseph Walton (co-PI). “Auditory Sub-Domain Valid Phase.” NIH-Inter-Institute Toolbox Initiative-Auditory Sub-Domain: $91,459. (July 1, 2009–June 30, 2010).

Borkholder, David (PI) and Robert Frisina (Mentor). “Improved Micro-Technologies for Inner Ear Drug Delivery.” NIH-Nation Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders (NIDCD)-K25 Grant: $902,583. (July 1, 2006–June 30, 2011).

Newman, Dina (PI) and Robert Frisina (Mentor). “The Genetics of Age-Related Hearing Loss.” NIH-Nation Institute on Aging (NIA)-K01 Grant: $450,000. (August 1, 2006–June 30, 2011).

Borkholder, David (PI) and Robert Frisina (co-PI). “Continuous Glucose Detection with Nano-scale Sensors.” Blue Highway-Welch Allyn: $88,118. (September 1, 2009–June 30, 2010).

Paige, Gary (PI), Robert Frisina (Core Leader), David Eddins (co-PI) and Joseph Walton (co-PI). “Center for Navigation & Communication Sciences.” NIH-Nation Institute on Deafness & Communication Disorders (NIDCD): $2,000,000. (July 1, 2008–June 30, 2013).

Professional Service & Leadership

Ad hoc Grant Reviewer: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK/Britain. (September 2009–present.)

Ad hoc Grant Reviewer: Passe and Williams Memorial Foundation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (July 2009–present).

Ad hoc Grant Reviewer: The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), London, England. (March 2009–present).

Editorial Board: Open Access Animal Physiology Journal. (July 2009–present).

Editorial Board: Hearing Research. ( July 1997–present).

Co-Editor: Special Issue on “Sex Hormones and Hearing”, Hearing Research. (February 2008–July 2009).

Member: ARO Award of Merit Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology. (August 2009–present).

Consultant: NIH Toolbox. (August 2007–present).

Associate Director: International Center for Hearing & Speech Research, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology. (February 1998–present).

Charter Trustee: Foundation of the Acoustical Society of America. (December 1996–October 2009).

Member: ARO Program Committee, Association for Research in Otolaryngology. (February 2006–March 2009).

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Junior Faculty Mentoring:

Yolande Tra PhD; Asst. Professor of Statistics, RIT. February 2007–present.

David Borkholder PhD; Assoc. Professor of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, RIT. Mentoring a NIH 5-yr K25 Grant. January 2005–present.

Dina Newman PhD; Asst. Professor of Biology, RIT. Mentoring a NIH 5-yr K01 Grant. July 2003–present.

Graduate Student Advising:

Ph.D. & M.S. Advisor and member of Dissertation Proposal, Advisory and Examination Committees for Miriam Gladstone. May 2007–present.

Member of Thesis Advisory, Proposal and Examination Committee for Nate Greene. January 2005–present.

Medical Student Research Advising:

Research Co-Advisor for Brad Hyatt. December 2007–present.

Michael Savka (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Lowe, N., H.M. Gan, V. Chakravartty, R. Scott, E. Szegedi, T. Burr and M.A. Savka. “Quorum-sensing Signal Production by Agrobacterium Vitis Strains and their Tumor-inducing and Tartrate-catabolic Plasmids.” FEMS Microbiology Letters 296(2009):102-109.

Gan, H.M., L. Buckley, E. Szegedi, A.O. Hudson and M.A. Savka. “Identification of an Rsh Gene from Novosphingobium sp. Necessary for Quorum-sensing Signal Accumulation.” Journal of Bacteriology 191.8 (2009):2551–2560.

Formal Presentations

“Plant Propagation and Bioengineering of Plants.” Victor Junior High. February 3, 2009.

Shows/Exhibits

“Our Green Planet: Plants for Food and Fuel. DNA Isolation from Strawberry Tropical Fruits of the World.” Imagine RIT. Field House Atrium, RIT, Rochester, NY. May 2, 2009.

“Plant Biology and Plant Tissue Culture.” Imagine RIT. Atrium of Gosnell Bldg, RIT, Rochester, NY. May 2, 2009.

“Isolation of DNA from Strawberries.” Monroe County Fair. 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

“PLANTLABS: An Inquiry Based Learning Delivery Module of the Plant Biotechnology Concentration at RIT.” National Science Foundation: $197,444. (June 01, 2010–2012): Submitted: May 22, 2009. (PI)

Faculty Scholarship CY 2009, School of Biological and Medical Sciences, College of Science, RIT.

Teaching Awards

Nominated for The Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost’s Award for Excellence inTeaching (College of Science).

Professional Service & Leadership

Director: Biotechnology Program. Managed curricula changes into the core courses required for the Biotechnology B. S. Degree. Developed suggested course concentrations for Biotechnology B.S. degree.

Biochemistry Committee for Masters’ Committee for Mr. Andrew Clugston. Mentored and evaluated research proposal and member of Andrew’s Masters degree committee.

Faculty/Student Collaboration

Ricca Prasad (junior at Victor High School, Victor, NY) worked in laboratory on the characterization of communication signals from bacterial isolates from grapevine xylem fluid.

RIT undergraduate students: Zack Bulman, Noradilin Abdullah, Nurul Hawa Ahmad, Noorazimah Idris, Mohd Farid Abdul Halim and Raimi Mohamed Redwan participated in the following research laboratory courses. -Bioscience Research and / or -Independent Research during the calendar year of 2009.

Participated in the Summer 4-week Freshman Honor Program and mentored Honor Student Amber Burgert. Project on: Pathogenic Bacteria

Began to developed new course entitled: Biological Separation. Course was offered for the first time in Spring 2010.

Undergraduate Research dissemination:

Bulman, Z. and M.A. Savka. “Autoinducer Modulation by Propolis (Bee Glue).” Rochester Academy of Science, Roberts Wesleyan College, 36th Annual Paper Session. October 31, 2009. Poster presented by Zackary Bulman.

Ahmad, N.H, A.O. Hudson and M.A. Savka. “Quorum Sensing Signals in Sugarcane and Grape Bacterial Endophytes.” Rochester Academy of Science, Roberts Wesleyan College, 36th Annual Paper Session. October 31, 2009. Talk presented by Nurul Hawa Ahmad.

Bulman, Z. and M.A. Savka. “Bacterial Quorum Sensing Modulation by Propolis (Bee Glue).” 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. 2009. Talk presented by Zackary Bulman.

Michael Savka, Faculty Scholarship CY 2009, School of Biological and Medical Sciences, College of Science, RIT. 2009.

VanBuren, R, C. Petrella, M.A. Savka and D. Carter. 2009. “Stewart’s Wilt Disease Progression in Bioengineered Corn.” 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Talk presented by Robert VanBuren.

Ahmad, N.H, A.O. Hudson and M.A. Savka. “Quorum Sensing Signals in Sugarcane and

Grape-Associated Bacteria.” 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Talk presented by Nurul Hawa Ahmad.

Imaging Science Department

Mark Fairchild (Professor and Color Science Graduate Coordinator)

Published Articles

Fairchild, M. D. “To See, To Adapt, and to Reproduce, in Raul Gomez Valverde.” To Look and to Look. Esete Punto S.L., Santander, Spain (2009):58-71.

Fairchild, M. D., T. J. Hattenberger, G. M. Johnson and C. Salvaggio. “A Psychophysical Investigation of Global Illumination Algorithms Used in Augmented Reality.” ACM Transactions on Applied Perceptions, 6 (2009): 2:1-2:22.

Formal Presentations

Fairchild, M. D. and R. L. Heckman. “ Jones and Condit Redux in High-Dynamic-Range and Color.” IS&T/SID 17th Color Imaging Conference. Albuquerque, 2009: 8-14.

Fairchild, M. D. and R. L. Heckman. “GO and the Gamut of Real Objects.” Proceedings of AIC Color ’09. Sydney, 2009.

Fairchild, M.D. “Twenty-Five Years of Research at the Munsell Color Science Laboratory.” ISCC Annual Meeting – MCSL 25th Anniversary Symposium. Rochester, NY, 2009.

Fairchild, M. D., R. L. Heckman, T. Nakatsue, M. Sakurai and Y. Shimpuku. “Evaluations of Gamut Expansion Algorithms for Wide Gamut Display.” SID International Symposium. San Antonio, 2009: 1006-1009.

Benjamin, N., J. Caviedes and M. D. Fairchild. “Review of Color and Contrast Processing Requirements in Consumer Video.” 4th International Workshop on Video Processing and Quality Metrics (VPQM). Scottsdale, 2009: Flb-1.

Carl Salvaggio (Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator)

Published Articles

Casterlin, M.V., J.W. Faulring, R.L. Kremens, C. Salvaggio and P.S. Salvaggio. “Deployment of an Autonomous Sensor Network for Remote Sensing Applications.” International Society for Computers and Their Applications, ISCA First International Conference on Sensor Networks and Applications (SNA-2009), San Francisco, California (November, 2009).

Nilosek, D.R., C. Salvaggio, J.R. Schott and K.C. Walli. “Airborne Synthetic Scene Generation (AeroSynth).” Proceedings of the ASPRS, ASPRS/MAPPS 2009 Fall Conference, Digital Mapping-From Elevation to Information, Digital Elevation Data Fusion Innovations, San Antonio, Texas (November, 2009).

Bartlett, B.D., C. Devaraj, M.G. Gartley, C. Salvaggio and J.R. Schott. “Spectro-polarimetric BRDF Determination of Objects Using In-Scene Calibration Materials for Polarimetric Imagers.” Proceedings of SPIE, SPIE Optics and Photonics, Polarization Science and Remote Sensing IV, Calibration, Compensation, and Optimization 7461.74610T1-74610T11, San Diego, California (August, 2009).

Bollinger, J.S., S.D. Brown, A.J. Garrett, D.W. Messinger, M. Montanero and C. Salvaggio. “Radiometric Modeling of Mechanical Draft Cooling Towers to Assist in the Extraction of Their Absolute Temperature from Remote Thermal Imagery.” Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Thermosense XXXI, Infrared Sensors and Systems 7299. 8, Orlando, Florida (2009).

Arsenovic, M.V., B.D. Bartlett, J.W. Faulring, A.J. Garrett, R.L. Kremens, C. Salvaggio and P.S. Salvaggio. “Use of Remote Sensing Data to Enhance the Performance of a Hydrodynamic Simulation of a Partially Frozen Power Plant Cooling Lake.” Proceedings of the SPIE, SPIE Defense and Security, Thermosense XXXI, Infrared Sensors and Systems 7299.10, Orlando, Florida (April, 2009).

Formal Presentations

Forrest, C.J., D.R. Nilosek, S.E. Paul and C. Salvaggio. “High Resolution 3D Model Extraction from Multiple View Imagery for Use with Physical Modeling.” University and Industry Technical Interchange Review Meeting, UITI 2009, Simulation Modeling, Clearwater, Florida (December, 2009).

Nilosek, D.R., C. Salvaggio, J.R. Schott, K.C. Walli. “AeroSynth: Aerial Scene Synthesis from Images.” SIGGRAPH 2009, 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, New Orleans, Louisiana (July, 2009).

John Schott (Professor and Wiedman Chair)

Published Books

Schott, J.R. “Fundamentals of Polarimetric Remote Sensing.” SPIE Press (March, 2009).

Published Articles

Bartlett, Brent and John R. Schott. “Atmospheric Compensation in the Presence of Clouds: An Adaptive Empirical Line Method (AELM) Approach.” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 3.033507 (February, 2009).

Zelinski, Michael E. and John Schott. “Segmented Aperture Space Telescope Modeling Used for Remote Sensing and Image Utility Analysis.” Proceedings of SPIE, San Diego, California, 7452.74520S (April, 2009).

Barsi, Julia A., Simon J. Hook, Brian L. Markham, Nina G. Raqueno and John R. Schott. “ Landsat-7 and Landsat-5 Thermal Band Calibration Updates.” Proceedings of SPIE, San Diego, California, 7452.74520S (August, 2009).

Bartlett, Brent, Chabitha Devaraj, Michael Gartley, Carl Salvaggio and John Schott. “Spectro-Polarimetric BRDF determination of Objects Using In-Scene Calibration Materials for Polarimetric Imagers.” Proceedings of SPIE, SanDiego, California, 7461.74610T (August, 2009).

Professional Service and Leadership

Session Chair, SPIE San Diego, California (August, 2009).

Anthony Vodacek (Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator)

Published Articles

Bosch, I., N. Herendeen, T.W. Lewis, J.C. Makarewicz, M.R. Noll, R.D. Simon, A. Vodacek and J. Zollweg. “The Impact of Agricultural Best Management Practices on Downstream Systems: Soil Loss and Nutrient Chemistry and Flux to Conesus Lake, New York, USA.” J. Great Lakes Research Conesus Lake, New York 35(Suppl. 1) (2009): 23-36.

Coen, J., A. Vodacek and Z. Wang. “Generation of Synthetic Infrared Remote Sensing Scenes of Wildland Fire.” Int. J. Wildland Fire 18 (2009): 302-309.

Conference Presentations

Zhu, Yushan (PhD student) with Anthony Vodacek. “Investigation of the Relationship Between the Thermal Bar and Cladophora Growth in Lake Ontario Using Field and Satellite Data.” International Association of Great Lakes Research, Toledo, OH (May18-22, 2009).

Grants

“Remote Sensing Product Development.” DigitalGlobe: $15,000. (PI)

“Tropical Rift Lake Systems: Integrated Volcanologic, Tetonic, and Biogeochemical, and Geohazard Assessment of Lake Kivu.” NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE): $56,363. (PI)

“Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response – IPLER.” NSF Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP): $600,000. (co-PI)

“Using Sequential Aerial Infrared Imagery to Estimate Heat Release, Rate of Spread, and Fuel Consumption from the RX-CADRE Burns.” Forest Service (USDA): $20,000. (co-PI)

Professional Service

Invited to present work to a senior environmental science class at Brighton High School; presented on the Lake Kivu system.

Reviewed manuscripts for the following journals:

Computers in Agriculture, 2 reviews

Current Science

Remote Sensing of Environment

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 4 reviews

Sensors

Reviewed three papers submitted to the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Conference.

Reviewed proposals for the following agencies:

USDA

NSF, 2 reviews

NASA, 2 reviews

US Army Engineer Research Development Center

Israel Science Foundation

Participated on a week-long NASA review panel for the Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program.

Lead organizer for the NSF-sponsored workshop on Tropical Rift Lake Systems: Integrated Volcanologic, Tectonic, and Biogeochemical, and Geohazard Assessment of Lake Kivu. Worked with co-conveners from the University of Rochester and the University of Minnesota – Duluth to identify and invite participants, locate venue and accommodations, organize travel for US participants, create workshop program, and interface with the Rwandan Ministry of Education and Rwandan universities, in preparation for the workshop held in early 2010 Rwanda.

Graduate Student Advisor

Yushan Zhu. Ph.D. topic: Great Lakes remote sensing.

Alvin Spivey. PH.D. topic: Fourier-based landscape metrics.

Bin Chen. Ph.D. topics: Spectral image classification.

Graduate Student Committee Member

Aaron Gerace. Ph.D. topic: Landsat atmospheric correction.

Nima Pahlevan. Ph.D. topic: Great Lakes modeling and remote sensing.

Justin Kwong. M.S. topic: Remote sensing for archaeology.

Jon Miller. M.S. topic: Thermal remote sensing.

Jan Van Aardt (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Gebreslasie, M.T., F. B. Ahmed and J.A.N. van Aardt. “Image-Based Reflectance Conversion of ASTER and IKONOS Imagery as Precursor to Structural Assessment of Plantation Forests in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.” Southern Forests 71.4 (2009): 259–265.

Mutanga, O., J.A.N. van Aardt and L. Kumar. “Imaging Spectroscopy (hyperspectral remote sensing) in Southern Africa: An Overview.” South African Journal of Science 105 (2009): 193-198.

Tesfamichael, S.G., F.B. Ahmed, J.A.N. van Aardt and F. Blakeway. “A Semi-Variogram Approach for Estimating Stems per Hectare in Eucalyptus Grandis Plantations Using Discrete-Return Lidar Height Data.” Forest Ecology and Management 258 (2009): 1188–1199.

Delalieux, S., B. Somers, W.W. Verstraeten, J.A.N. van Aardt, W. Keulemans and P. Coppin. “Hyperspectral Indices to Diagnose Leaf Biotic Stress of Apple Plants, Considering Leaf Phenology.” International Journal of Remote Sensing 30.8 (2009): 1887–1912.

Formal Presentations

Wu, J., J.A.N. van Aardt, G.P. Asner, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, D. Knapp, B.F.N. Erasmus, R. Mathieu, K. Wessels and I.P.J. Smit. “LiDAR Waveform-Based Woody and Foliar Biomass Estimation in Savanna Environments.” Peer-reviewed proceedings: Silvilaser 2009, 9th International Conference on Lidar Applications for Assessing Forest Ecosystems. College Station, TX. October 14–16, 2009.

Cho M.A., P. Debba, R. Mathieu, J. van Aardt, Greg Asner, Laven Naidoo, R. Main, A. Ramoelo and B. Majeke. “Spectral Variability Within Species and its Effects on Savanna Tree Species Discrimination.” 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. July 13–17, 2009.

Mathieu R., K. Wessels, G. Asner, D. Knapp, J. van Aardt, R. Main, M. Cho, B. Erasmus and I. Smit. “Tree Cover, Tree Height, and Bare Soil Cover Differences Along a Land Use Degradation Gradient in Semi-Arid Savannas, South Africa.” 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. July 13–17, 2009.

Fisher J., B.F.N. Erasmus, E. Witkowski, J. van Aardt, G. Asner, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, D. Knapp, R. Mathieu and K. Wessels. “Three-Dimensional Woody Vegetation Structure Across Different Land-Use Types and Land-Use Intensities in a Semi-Arid Savanna.” 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. July 13–17, 2009.

Wu J., J.A.N. van Aardt, G. P. Asner, R. Mathieu, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin, D. Knapp, K. Wessels, B.F.N. Erasmus and I. Smit. “Connecting the Dots Between Laser Waveforms and Herbaceous Biomass for Assessment of Land Degradation Using Small-Footprint Waveform Lidar Data.” 2009 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. July 13–17, 2009.

Gebreslasie M. T., F.B. Ahmed and Jan A.N. van Aardt. “Extracting Forest Structural Attributes in South Africa Using Image Texture Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks from IKONOS Imagery.” 33rd International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Stresa, Italy. May 4–8, 2009.

Roberts J.W., J. Van Aardt and F.B. Ahmed. “Medium Resolution Image Fusion, Does it Enhance Forest Structure Assessment.” International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXVII, Part B8. Beijing, China. July 3–11 July 2008.

Research Award

2009 ERDAS Award for Best Scientific Paper in Remote Sensing; American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS): van Aardt J.A.N., R.H. Wynne, and J.A. Scrivani. “Lidar-Based Mapping of Forest Volume and Biomass by Taxonomic Group Using Structurally Homogenous Segments.” Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 74.8 (2006): 1033–1044.

Professional Service and Leadership

Scientific Committees:

Silvilaser lidar conference, College Station, Texas, October 14–16, 2009.

Flemish Institute of Technology (VITO) “Centre of Image Processing II” Project (TAP/N7914/BDer/09-03); 2009–2010.

Belgium Science Policy Office STEREO Program - Project “A Classification Framework for Habitat Status Reporting with Remote Sensing Methods.” (SR/00/103); 2009.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Graduate Supervisor:

William (Jiaying) Wu PhD ; RIT, USA. “Lidar Waveform Preprocessing and Analysis for Extracting Scale-Invariant Woody and Herbaceous Biomass Estimates.” 2008–onwards.

Joe McGlinchy MS; RIT, USA. “Unmixing Lidar Waveforms into Structural Target Components.” 2009–onwards.

Diane Sarrazin MS; RIT, USA. “Fusion of Waveform and Hyperspectral Data for Improved Species Classification and Biomass Estimation.” 2009–onwards.

Graduate Co-Supervisor:

Solomon Tesfamichael PhD; University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. “Assessment of Structural Attributes of Even-Aged Eucalyptus Grandis Forest Plantations Using Small-Footprint Discrete Return Lidar Data.” 2009.

Michael Gebreslasie PhD; University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. “The Estimation of Eucalyptus Plantation Forest Structural Attributes Using Medium and High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery.” 2009.

Wesley Roberts PhD; University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. “Image Fusion for Enhanced Forest Structure Assessment.” 2007–onwards.

Jolene Fischer MS; University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. “Three-Dimensional Woody Vegetation Structure across Spatial Scales and Land-Use Intensities in a Semi-Arid Savanna.” 2007–onwards.

Graduate Committee and/or External Examiner:

Ben Somers (PhD), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. 2009.

Mathilde Balduzzi (PhD), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Expected 2013.

Riyad Ismail (PhD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 2009.

Undergraduate supervisor:

Robert Hammell, RIT CIS. “Identification of Spectral Indicators in Vegetation Disturbance—Physiology-Based Approaches.” Senior Project, 2009.

Alison Bright, RIT CIS. “Identification of Spectral Indicators in Vegetation Disturbance—Data-Mining Approaches.” Senior Project, 2009.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Industrial and Systems Engineering Department

John Kaemmerlen (Visiting Instructor)

Awards

Carrano, Andres, John Kaemmerlen and Jacquie Mozrall. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Lean Concepts.

Michael E. Kuhl (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Yang, S.J., A. Stotz, J. Holsopple, M. Sudit and M. Kuhl. “High Level Information Fusion for Tracking and Projection of Multistage Cyber Attacks.” Information Fusion 10.1 (2009): 107–121.

Kuhl, M.E. and X. Zhou. “Sustainability Toolkit for Simulation-based Logistics Decisions.” Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference. (2009): 1466–1473.

Kuhl, M.E., E.K. Lada, N.S. Steiger, M.A. Wagner and J.R. Wilson. “Introduction to Modeling and Generating Probabilistic Input Processes for Simulation.” Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (2009): 184–202.

Kuhl, M.E. and J.R. Wilson. “Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Nonstationary Arrival Processes.” Proceedings of the 2009 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop (2009): 1–5.

Kuhl, M.E., S.C. Deo and J.R. Wilson. “Smooth Flexible Models of Time-Dependent Arrivals Using One or More Process Realizations.” Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (2009): 1706–1711.

Formal Presentations

Kuhl, M.E. and X. Zhou. “Sustainability Toolkit for Simulation-based Logistics Decisions.” 2009 Winter Simulation Conference. Austin, TX. December 2009.

Kuhl, M.E., E.K. Lada, N.S. Steiger, M.A. Wagner and J.R. Wilson. “Introduction to Modeling and Generating Probabilistic Input Processes for Simulation.” 2009 Winter Simulation Conference. Austin, TX. December 2009.

Kuhl, M.E. and X. Zhou. “Sustainability Toolkit for Simulation-based Logistics Decisions.” INFORMS 2009 Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October, 2009.

Kuhl, M.E. and J.R. Wilson. “Advances in Modeling and Simulation of Nonstationary Arrival Processes.” 2009 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. June 2009.

Kuhl, M.E., S.C. Deo and J.R. Wilson. “Smooth Flexible Models of Time-Dependent Arrivals Using One or More Process Realizations.” 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference. Institute of Industrial Engineers, Miami, FL. June 2009.

Professional Service and Leadership

President, INFORMS Simulation Society.

Simulation Topical Editor, Encylopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, Wiley.

Editorial Board, IIE Transaction.

Department of Mechanical Engineering

David Gee (Associate Professor)

Published Books

Gee, D. J., M. R. King and Wiley. “Multiscale Modeling of Particle Interactions: Applications in Biology and Nanotechnology.” (2009).

Published Articles

Gee, D. J., M. R. King and Wiley. “Molecular to Mulicellular Deformation During Adhesion of Immune Cells Under Flow.” Multiscale Modeling of Particle Interactions: Applications in Biology and Nanotechnology (2009).

Jason R. Kolodziej (Assistant Professor)

Professional Service and Leadership

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Search Committee Member.

Benjamin Varela (Associate Professor)

Published Articles

Lawson, Joseph, Benjamin Varela, Raj S. Pai Panandiker and Maria Helguera. “Determining the Elastic Properties of Geopolymer Using Nondestructive Ultrasonic Techniques.” Developments in Strategic Materials: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings (2009): 143–153. Print ISBN: 9780470345009.

Svingala, F. and B. Varela. “Alkali Activated Aerogels.” 33rd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Daytona Beach, FL. January 2009.

Formal Presentations

“Geopolymer Development at RIT.” 2009 ACBM/NIST Computer Modeling Workshop. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Maryland. 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

Enhancing the Impact of Polymer Science at RIT, year 4, NSF-case Western Reserve University

Professional Service and Leadership

2nd Vice President, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Rochester Professional Chapter.

Member, RILEM-TCAAM Committee.

Faculty/Student Collaborations

Dr. Maria Helguera, Center for Imaging Sciences

Dr. Jeffrey Rogers, Department of Civil Engineering Technology

Forrest Svingala, Darshana Kamtekar, Todd Fernandez (Graduate Students)

John F. Dean (Undergraduate Student)

Robert Stevens (Assistant Professor)

Published Articles

Sandoz-Rosado, E. and R. J. Stevens. “ Experimental Characterization of Thermoelectric Modules and Comparison with Theoretical Models for Power Generation.” Journal of Electronic Materials 38 (2009): 1239-1244.

Sandoz-Rosado, E. and R. J. Stevens. “Robust Finite Element Model for the Design of Thermoelectric Module Generators.” Journal of Electronic Materials (Accepted with minor revisions recommended, revisions in progress)

Formal Presentations

Freedman, A., J. Kreuder and R. J. Stevens. “Thermoelectric Power System Simulator (TEPSS): A Tool for Designing the Next Generation of Thermoelectric Power Technologies.” Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Thermoelectric, Freiburg, Germany (2009).

Sandoz-Rosado, E. and R. J. Stevens. “Robust Finite Element Model for the Design of Thermoelectric Module Generators.” Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Thermoelectric, Freiburg, Germany (2009).

Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering

Gill Tsouri (Assistant Professor)

Published Articles

Tsouri, G. R. and D. Wulich. “Securing OFDM over Wireless Time-Varying Channels using Sub-Carrier Over-Loading with Joint Signal Constellations.” Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communication & Networking – Special Issue on Wireless Secrecy. Volume 2009 (2009): Article ID 437824.

Formal Presentations

Dabora, R., G. R. Tsouri and D. Wulich. “On Increasing Spectral Efficiency of Frequency Division Multiple Access Using Synchronized Supersposition-Modulation.” IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronic Systems (COMCAS). November, 2009.

“Securing Wireless Communication with Implanted Medical Devices.” IEEE International WoWMoM Workshop on Interdisciplinary Research on E-Health Services and Systems. May, 2009.

Tsouri, G.R. and D. Wulich. “Impact of Linear Power Amplifier Efficiency on Capacity of OFDM Systems with Clipping.” IEEE International 25th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Israel. December, 2008.

Patents

G.R. Tsouri, Rochester Institute of Technology, “Apparatus and Method for Establishing a Symmetric Encryption Key”, Provisional Patent, April 2009.

Shows/Exhibits

“Method and Apparatus for Establishing a Symmetric Encryption Key” and “Powerline Sensor Networks for Environmental Sensing.” Imagine RIT. Rochester, NY. 2009.

External Scholarly Fellowships

“Personal Area Network Platform for Helth Status Monitoring Applications.” Blue Highway—A Welch Allyn Company. Externally Funded Project.

“RFID Monitoring in Healthcare Environments.” Rochester General Hospital. Externally Funded Project.

Professional Service & Leadership

Faculty Advisor: IEEE Student Chapter, September 2009.

Associate Editor: Elsevier Computers & Electrical Engineering Journal.

Reviewer: MIT Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (JEMWA)—Progress in Electromagnetic Research (PIER).

Reviewer: IEEE Systems Journal.

Reviewer: IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics.

Reviewer: IEEE Globecom Wireless Communications Symposium.

Eli Saber (Associate Professor)

Books

Dianat, S., and E. Saber. Advanced Linear Algebra for Engineers with MATLAB. CRC Press, February 2009.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Garcia, L., E. Saber, S. Vantaram, V. Amuso, M. Shaw and R. Bhaskar. “Automatic Image Segmentation by Dynamic Region Growth and Multi-Resolution Merging.” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 18.10 (2009).

Conference & Workshop Publications

Vantaram, S.R., E. Saber, S. Dianat, M. Shaw and R. Bhaskar. “An Adaptive and Progressice Approach for Efficient Gradient-Based Multi-Resolution Color Image Segmentation.” International Conference on Image Procession. Cairo, Egypt. November 2009.

Khullar, S., E. Saber, S. Dianat, J. Trask, R. Lawton and M. Shaw. “Automatic Multi-Resolution Spatio Frequency Analysis for Print Mottle Evaluation.” SPIE: 17th Color Imaging Conference. Albuquerque, NM. November 2009.

Gurram, P., E. Saber and H. Rhody. “Automated 3D on Object Identification Using Bayesian Networks.” AIPR Workshop. Washington, DC. October 2009.

Jaber, M., E. Saber and F. Sahin. “Extraction of Memory Colors Using Bayesian Networks.” IEEE SMC International Conference on Systems Engineering. Albuquerque, NM. June 2009.

Vantaram, S.R., E. Saber, V. Amuso, M. Shaw and R. Bhaskar. “Unsupervised Image Segmentation by Automatic Gradient Thresholding for Dynamic Region Growth in the CIE L*a*b* Color Space.” SPIE/IS&T: Electronic Imaging Symposium. San Jose, CA. January 2009.

NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

Geoff Poor (Associate Professor)

Formal Presentations

Poor, Geoff. “Sign Language Dictionary Development.” Third International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (March 26-30, 2009).

Poor, Geoff. “Assessing Sign Language Skills with the Sign Language Proficiency Interview.” Third International Conference on Disability and Rehabilitation, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (March 26-30, 2009).

Professional Service and Leadership

Coordinator of the National SLPI:ASL Leadership Board.

Leader of the Half Moon Canoe Campfire Design Committee camping trip in Maine.

Science and Mathematics Department

Matthew Lynn (Assistant Professor)

Published Articles

Jones, I. W., M. A. Lynn and E. A. Mash. “Conformational Analysis of Bridgehead-Substituted Bicyclo[m.m.m]alkanes and Bicyclo[8.8.n]alkanes.” Tetrahedron 65 (2009): 10317-10322.

Formal Presentations

Braggiotti, L. and M. A. Lynn. “Interpreter Support in University Chemistry Education Via Faculty-Interpreter Collaboration.” National Conference of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, Washington DC (June, 2009).

Lynn, M. A., J. M. Tanski and L. A. Tyler. “A Computational Study of the Benzothiazoline-Benzothiazole Oxidation Reaction.” 238th Nation Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (August, 2009); Paper INOR-568

Carlson, L., M. A. Lynn, J. M. Tanski, L. A. Tyler and J. Welby. “Dependence of the Thiazoline to Thiazole Oxidation Based on the Adjacent Ring System and a Structural Comparison of the Co and Cu Benzothiazole Complexes.” 238th Nation Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (August, 2009); paper INOR-569

Department of Cultural & Creative Studies

Joseph Bochner (Professor and Chair)

Published Articles

Bochner, J. and A. Bochner. “A Limitation on Reading as a Source of Linguistic Input: Evidence from Deaf Learners.” Reading in a Foreign Language 21.2 (2009): 143–158.

Luane Davis Haggerty (Visiting Assistant Professor)

Book

Acting I: Del-Sign Takes the Stage. . 2010. ISBN 978-0-578-03294-8.

Presentations

“Shakespeare's Othello.” Translated into American Sign Language for the NTID Preforming Arts Programs. New York City Deaf Theatre Festival. New York, NY. June 2009.

NTID Business Studies

Edward B. Lord (Assistant Professor)

Presentations

“Ten Steps to a More Successful Job Search.” National Training Conference: Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Government. May 2009.

Alvin Boyd (Lecturer)

Formal Presentations

“A Module of Career Exploration for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Using Math Word Problems.” National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston Regional Conference and Exposition. October 23, 2009.

“STEPS to SUCCESS.” Council of American Instructors of the Deaf Conference. Washington, DC. June 25, 2009.

SAUNDERS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Thomas Hopkins (Professor)

Presentations

“The Auto Bailout-A Taxpayer Quagmire.” National Taxpayers Union. Alexandria, VA. Nov. 2009. Issue Brief #175.

Marketing

Raj S. Murthy (Assistant Professor)

Publications

Murthy, Raj S., Siva K. Balasubramanian and Monica A. Hodis. “Spyware and Adware: How Do Internet Users Defend Themselves?” American Journal of Business (September 15, 2009): 41–52.

Decision Sciences

Erhan Mergen (Professor)

Published Articles

Mergen, E. and D.S. Holmes. “Use of Acceptance Charts in the Six Sigma Environment.” The 2009 Northeast Decision Meeting Proceedings. Uncasville, CT. April 1–3, 2009. (443–448).

Mergen, E. and W. Stevenson. “Can’t Fix Service Quality? Read This.” Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 20.6 (June 2009): 681–686.

Mergen, E. and D. Grant. “Towards the Use of Six Sigma in Software Development.” Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 20.7 (July 2009): 705–712.

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