2023 Trustees’ Celebration of Faculty Achievement
2023 Trustees' Celebration of Faculty Achievement
FACULTY PROMOTIONS
Tenure Track
Promoted to Full Professor
| Laureen Elgert, DIGS |
| Jennifer McWeeny, Humanities and Arts |
| David Medich, Physics |
| Oleg Pavlov, Social Science & Policy Studies |
| Craig Shue, Computer Science |
Promoted to Associate Professor
| Jeannine Coburn, Biomedical Engineering |
| Daniel DiMassa, Humanities and Arts |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Tian Guo, Computer Science |
| Nikhil Karanjgaokar, Aerospace Engineering |
| Elizabeth Long-Lingo, Business School |
| Carlos Pinciroli, Robotics Engineering |
| Sarah Riddick, Humanities and Arts |
| Andrew Teixeira, Chemical Engineering |
| Robert Walls, Computer Science |
| Kun-Ta Wu, Physics |
| Min Wu, Mathematical Sciences |
Tenured
| Jeannine Coburn, Biomedical Engineering |
| Daniel DiMassa, Humanities and Arts |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Tian Guo, Computer Science |
| Nikhil Karanjgaokar, Aerospace Engineering |
| Elizabeth Long-Lingo, Business School |
| Carlos Pinciroli, Robotics Engineering |
| Sarah Riddick, Humanities and Arts |
| Andrew Teixeira, Chemical Engineering |
| Robert Walls, Computer Science |
| Fangfang Wang, Mathematical Sciences |
| Kun-Ta Wu, Physics |
| Min Wu, Mathematical Sciences |
Non-Tenure Track
Promoted to Full Teaching Professor
| Ingrid Shockey, DIGS |
Promoted to Teaching Path to Tenure
| Gizem Arslan, Humanities and Arts |
| Grant Burrier, DIGS |
| Corey Dehner, DIGS |
| Alireza Ebadi, Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
| Zoe Eddy, DIGS |
| Kara Parks Fontenot, Humanities and Arts |
| Emily Gioielli, Humanities and Arts |
| Fiona Levey, Mechanical & Materials Engineering |
| Kevin Lewis, Humanities and Arts |
| Ingrid Matos-Nin, Humanities and Arts |
| Rebecca Moody, Humanities and Arts |
| Zachery Taillefer, Aerospace Engineering |
| Samuel Tripp, Mathematical Sciences |
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AWARDS
| Jon Abraham, Mathematical Sciences, Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Teaching |
| Frederick Bianchi, Humanities and Arts, Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship |
| Lindsay Davis, Humanities and Arts, Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education |
| Steve Kmiotek, Chemical Engineering, Trustee’s Award for Outstanding Academic Advising. |
| Rebecca Moody, Humanities and Arts, Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education |
| Angela Rodriguez, Social Science & Policy Studies, Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education |
| Liz Ryder, Ph.D., Biology and Biotechnology Department, Chair's Exemplary Faculty Prize |
| Jeanine Skorinko, Social Science & Policy Studies, Board of Trustees' Award for Outstanding Research & Creative Scholarship |
National Recognition
| Christina Bailey-Hytholt, Chemical Engineering, Forbes 30 under 30 List | |
| Christina Bailey-Hytholt, Chemical Engineering, AIChE's (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) 35 under 35 Award | This award recognizes 35 chemical engineering professionals under the age of 35 who have made great contributions. |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, Open Education Awards for Excellence , OPEN RESEARCH AWARD, Special Issue of the Journal for Multicultural Education | |
| Kristen Billiar, Biomedical Engineering, Elected as Secretary of the BME Council of Chairs | |
| Jeannine Coburn, Biomedical Engineering, NSF CAREER AWARD: Development of Optically Transparent Bacterial-Derived Hybrid-Cellulose Biomaterials with Antimicrobial Properties for Wound Treatment | Award $606,146. |
| Danielle Cote, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Early Career Teachers | ASM International (Materials professional society) Award |
| Loris Fishera, Robotics Engineering, NSF CAREER award -Next Generation Surgical Robots For Energy-based Surgery | Award $599,663. |
| Tian Guo, Computer Science, NSF CAREER award titled: "CAREER: Toward a Specialized Edge for Augmented Reality." | |
| Zhu Mao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, James W. Dally Young Investigator Award | For extraordinary contributions to advancing the research on structural monitoring and dynamic testing with interdisciplinary methodologies |
| Markus Nemitz, Robotics Engineering, NSF CAREER award - Additively Manufactured Soft Robots with Integrated Fluidic Logic and Flexible Electronic Interfaces | Award $599,815. |
| Geoff Pfeiffer, Open Education Awards for Excellence , OPEN RESEARCH AWARD, Special Issue of the Journal for Multicultural Education | |
| Elke Rudensteiner, Computer Science, InfoVis 20-Year Test-of-Time Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for her pioneering work on data visualization and visual analytics in 2003. | |
| Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Engineering Unleashed Fellow by Kern Family Foundation (KEEN) | https://engineeringunleashed.com/content/2023-engineering-unleashed-fellows |
| William San Martin, DIGS, Open Education Awards for Excellence , OPEN RESEARCH AWARD, Special Issue of the Journal for Multicultural Education | |
| Bo Tang, Electrical & Computer Engineering, CAREER: Towards Biologically Inspired Lifelong Learning with Multimodal Association |
Endowed Professorships, Fellows, and Awards
Professorships
| Kristen Billiar, Biomedical Engineering, John Woodman Higgins Professor in BME |
| Rick Brown, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Weston Hadden Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Thomas Christiansen, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Robert Essebe Balmat Jr. Dean’s Professorship |
| Laureen Elgert, DIGS, Elected to the board: Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences |
| Selcuk Guceri, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Morgan-Worcester Distinguished Instructorship |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Joseph S. Satin Distinguished Fellowship |
| Robert Hyers, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, George I Alden Chair |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Milton Prince Higgins Professorship |
| Zhu Mao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, James Nichols Heald Award |
| Brajendra Mishra, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Zwiep Distinguished Fellow |
| Andre Nachbin, Mathematical Sciences, Harold Gay Professor |
| Sarah Olson, Mathematical Sciences, William R. Steur Professorship |
| Nima Rahbar, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ralph H. White Family Professorship |
| Sara Saberi, Business School, Norton Assistant Professorship |
| Patrick Schaumont, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Joseph S. Satin Distinguished Fellowship |
| John Sullivan, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Morgan-Worcester Distinguished Instructorship |
| Xiaowei Teng, Chemical Engineering, James Manning Professor |
| Sam Walcott, Mathematical Sciences, John E. Sinclair Professorship |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, MME Excellence in Research Award |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, William B. Smith Professor |
| Sarah Wodin-Schwartz, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Russell M. Searle Instructorship in Mechanical and Materials Engineering |
| Jamal Yagoobi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, George Fuller Professor |
| Yihao Zhang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, MME Excellence in Research Award |
| Yu Zhong, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, James Nichols Heald Award |
Other
| Sandhya Balasubramanian, Business School, Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society | |
| Rick Brown, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi MA Alpha (WPI) Chapter | |
| Kwamie Dunbar, Business School, Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society | |
| Robert Hyers, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi MA Alpha (WPI) Chapter | |
| Debora Jackson, Business School, Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society | |
| Debora Jackson, Business School, Omicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Honor Society | |
| Songbai Ji, Biomedical Engineering, WPI Sigma XI Senior Researcher Award | |
| Songbai Ji, Biomedical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering Best Paper Award | awarded at the BMES 2023 annual meeting in Seattle,WA |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, President of Alpha Sigma Mu and Member of the Board of Directors | |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Organizer and Chair of the 2023 Alpha Sigma Mu Distinguished Lecture at IMAT 2023 Annual Meeting | |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 2023 Immediate Past Chair of the ASM International - Nominating Committee | |
| Bill Martin, Mathematical Sciences, Chair of Scientific Program Committee, CanaDAM 2023. This is the biannual Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics (DAM) held in Canada to mirror the SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics, held in even years. This four-day meeting in Winnipeg Manitoba took two years to plan, welcomed 312 registrants, and included 250 research talks. | |
| Anita Mattson, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vice chair of GRC Heterocycles 2024 and chair of GRC Heterocycles 2025. One of the permier organic chemistry conferences in the world. | |
| Andre Nachbin, Mathematical Sciences, Appointed to the SIAM Fellow Canvassing Committee | |
| Andre Nachbin, Mathematical Sciences, 2023-2026 I was invited to be a SIAM representative on the Math Council of the Americas | |
| Milosh Puchovsky, Fire Protection, Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Council of the American Red Cross | To provide technical expertise concerning matters of fire safety and fire event response. |
| Laura Roberts, DIGS, Newman Civic Fellowship (Campus Compact) | $5000 |
| William San Martin, DIGS, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the American Society for Environmental History | |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, Elected to the editorial board: Annals of the American Association of Geographers | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection, Reelected to the board of Socienty of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE ) | Second 3-yr. term |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection, Elected as officer and treasurer of Int'l Assoc. for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) | Three-year term. |
| Sarah Stanlick, DIGS, Elected Co-Director Community Based Global Learning Collaborative | |
| Karen Troy, Biomedical Engineering, Elected as a Fellow of the Amerian Society of Biomechanics | |
| Karen Troy, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopaedic Research Soceity Adele Boskey Award | |
| Grace Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Pi MA Alpha (WPI) Chapter | |
| Vadim Yakovlev, Mathematical Sciences, IEEE MTT-S IMS Technical Program Review Committee (2023-2024), Sub-Committee 31 “Microwave field-matter interaction, material sensing and high-power | |
| Vadim Yakovlev, Mathematical Sciences, IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, Associate Editor” | |
| Eric Young, Chemical Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineering Division 15 Executive Committee | |
| Yihao Zheng, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Chair, Biomanufacturing Technical Committee, ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division |
Selected Distinctions
| Laila Abu-Lail, Chemical Engineering, January 2024, EMPOwER faculty fellow, Awarded EMPOwER Grant to Create More Inclusive and Empowering STEM Courses from the Women’s Impact Network (WIN). |
| Sandhya Balasubramanian, Business School, Worcester Business Journal’s 2023 list of “Women who are making an impact on Worcester” |
| Christina Bailey-Hytholt, Chemical Engineering, Extraordinary Women Advancing Healthcare in Massachusetts Award, The Women's Edge |
| Michelle Ephraim, Humanities and Arts, GREEN WORLD won the 2023 Juniper Prize in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Massachusetts Press |
| Joseph Fehribach, Mathematical Sciences, Invited to work as a editor at De Gruyter during his sabbatical. Named to the editorial boards of two De Gruyter publication series. |
| Rosanna Garcia, Business School, Pathway Award from Our Bright Future |
| Mayer Humi, Mathematical Sciences, M. Humi - Traveling waves in an evolving interstellar gas cloud. Journal: Journal of Mathematical Physics J. Math. Phys. 64, 063101 (2023) was chosen as "featured paper" by JMP which is published by the American Institute of Physics(AIP) http://pubs.aip.org/jmp and an article about it appeared in "Scilight" magazine |
| Germano Iannacchione, Physics, NSF Director of the Division of Materials Research |
| Debora Jackson, Business School, Pathway Award from Our Bright Future |
| Debora Jackson, Business School, Worcester Business Journal’s Power 50 |
| George Pins, Biomedical Engineering, Elected to the Leadership Advisory Council for ARMI / BioFabUSA |
| Joe Sarkis, Business School, Selected as a Highly cited researcher by Clarivate |
| Alan Wei, Biomedical Engineering, AHA's Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award |
Editorials and Publications
| Sakthi Ambady, Biomedical Engineering, Publishes text book: "Cell Engineering" |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, Kay* N, Sadlon* A, Bakermans MH. 2023. Bat activity is related to habitat structure and time since prescribed fire in managed pine barrens in New England. PeerJ11:e15888. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15888 |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, Skinner A, Korpach A, Åkesson S, Bakermans MH, Benson TJ, ….Knight E. 2023. Assessing an age-old ecogeographical rule in nightjars across the full annual cycle. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.30.555574 |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, Bakermans MH, Hanlon* L, and San Martín, W. Eds. 2023. Current Challenges in Biodiversity and Conservation, Volume 1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA. https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/97720/student/316296 |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Systematic Literature Review on the User Evaluation of Teleoperation Interfaces for Professional Service Robots, |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Extended Review on the User Evaluation of Teleoperation Interfaces for Professional Service Robots, In Proceedings of AMCIS 2023. |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Automating Data Personas for Designing Health Interventions |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, "ReachCare Mobile Apps for Patients Experiencing Suicidality in the Emergency Department: Development and Usability Testing Using Mixed Methods" |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Using Persona Development to Design a Smartphone Application for Older and Younger Diabetes Patients – A Methodological Approach for Persona Development |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Using Eye Tracking to Measure User Engagement with a Decision Aid. |
| Laureen Elgert, DIGS, Social Movements and the Struggles for Rights, Justice and Democracy in Paraguay 2023 |
| Joseph Fehribach, Mathematical Sciences, "Sequences and Series in Calculus", De Gruyter. (July 24, 2023) |
| Shane (Xin) Gao, Business School, The relative pricing of WTI and Brent crude oil futures: Expectations or risk premia? |
| Robery Hyers, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Thriving in Space: Ensuring the Future of Biological and Physical Sciences Research: A Decadal Survey for 2023-2032, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, 2023. https://doi.org/10.17226/26750 . In press. |
| Nikolaos Kazantzis, Chemical Engineering, "Published two energy policy analysis papers/reports (https://ceepr.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MIT-CEEPR-WP-2023-21.pdf; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/4639a3e6-e28a-41f9-8066-1dbeaf6439c8) for the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and the Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge two of the world's leading and most influential energy policy think-tanks." |
| Courtney Kurlanska, DIGS, Co-contributor, Anthropology and Climate Change, 3rd Edition |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Invited Talk: A.G. Spangenberger, T.D. Piette, B. Schönbauer, and D.A. Lados, "Defect-sensitive Fatigue Design in Additive Manufacturing: Flaw Size Effects in Ultrasonic Fatigue of Laser Powder Bed Fabricated Al-10Si-Mg Alloys", Symposium: Additive Manufacturing - Fatigue and Fracture: Effects of Surface Roughness, Residual Stress, and Environmen, TMS 2023 Annual Meeting and Exhibition |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Book Chapter: A.G. Spangenberger and D.A. Lados, Chapter 4.15: "Fatigue Mechanisms and Design in Conventional and Additive Manufactured Metallic Materials", Volume 4: Cyclic Loading and Fatigue, Comprehensive Structural Integrity, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, 2023 |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Book Chapter: B.C. Sousa, M. Aindow, S.-W. Lee, D.A. Lados, A.G. Spangenberger, C.M. Sample, and D.L. Cote, Chapter 10: “Characterization of Cold Sprayed Material Consolidations”, Advances in Cold Spray: A Coating Deposition and Additive Manufacturing Process, 2nd Edition, Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2023 |
| Jennifer Rudolph, Humanities and Arts, "The China Questions 2" (published by Harvard University Press) |
| Sara Saberi, Business School, Designing a Reverse Supply Chain Network with Quality Control for Returned Products: Strategies to Mitigate Free-riding Effect and Ensure Compliance with Technology Licensing Requirements |
| William San Martin, DIGS, Bakermans MH, Hanlon* L, and San Martín, W. Eds. 2023. Current Challenges in Biodiversity and Conservation, Volume 1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA. https://oercommons.org/courseware/lesson/97720/student/316296 |
| Joe Sarkis, Business School, How to build a circular economy for rare-earth elements |
| Lance Schachterie, Humanities and Arts, SUNY Press just published my seventh Cooper Edition text, The Sea Lions, co-edited with James P. Elliott and with extensive Explanatory Notes on the Antarctic by R. D. Madison. |
| Brigitte Servatius, Mathematical Sciences, Brigitte Servatius also published the book chapter "Arboreal Homes" with WPI 1999 alum Rainer Reichel: Chapter 12 Arboreal homes. In Robert Krueger, Yunus Telliel & Wole Soboyejo (eds.), Science, Engineering, and Sustainable Development: Cases in Planning, Health, Agriculture, and the Environment. De Gruyter. pp. 219-238. |
| Brigitte Servatius, Mathematical Sciences, Discrete Mathematics With Logic 1st Edition, Academic Press, Elsevier June, 2023, (159pp) by Martin Milanic (Author), Brigitte Servatius (Author), Herman Servatius (Author) |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, “Mobility Justice and Sustainable Futures” in Mobility Society: Society Seen through the Lens of Mobilities, eds. M. van Dijk and L. Vermeersch (Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers, 2023) |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, “Creation in Motion: Bittersweet legacies and Mobile Commoning” in Islands After Tourism: Escaping the Monocultures of Leisure (Athens: Kyklada Press, 2023) |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Theorizing Mobility Justice in Contexts of Climate Coloniality’, The Elgar Handbook of Forced Migration, eds. K. Jacobsen and N. Majidi (Edward Elgar, 2023), pp. 227-33 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Reparações infraestruturais: reconcebendo a justiça restaurativa no Haiti e em Porto Rico’, Revista Brasileira de Sociologia, 11 (28) Mai-Ago 2023: 148-78 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Public spaces of transport as mobile public spheres and atmospheric publics’, Urban Studies, 60:15 (Nov 2023): 3158-3164 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Mobility Data Justice’, Mobilities, published online 27 May 2023. doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2023.2200148 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, OB “The future of Aeromobilities in the light of global disruption”, Innovations: European Journal of Social Science, published online 20 March 2023 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Mobile Commoning: Reclaiming Indigenous, Caribbean, Maroon, and Migrant Commons’, Praktyka Teoretyczna 4 (46): 25-48, SI: The communes and other mobile commons. |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, ‘Educational Mobilities and Global Ethics: A Mobility Justice Perspective’, Mobility Humanities, 2 (1) Jan. 2023, pp. 23-38 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, Sheller, M and Martin, A. ‘AlterNative-Archipelagoes and the 1952 Caribbean Festival: Musical Mobilities Escaping ALCOA’s Extractive Tourism’, Journal of Transnational American Studies, 2023 |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, "Mobility justice after climate coloniality: mobile commoning as a relational ethics of care", Australian Geographer |
| Sarah Strauss, DIGS, Anthropology and Climate Change, 3rd Edition |
| Steve Taylor, Business School, Becoming the Leader You Want to Be |
| Xiaowei Teng, Chemical Engineering, "Enhanced Urea Oxidation Electrocatalytic Activity by Synergistic Cobalt and Nickel Mixed Oxides" The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters; Supplemenatry Cover |
| Xiaowei Teng, Chemical Engineering, "Chloride Insertion Enhances the Electrochemical Oxidation of Iron Hydroxide Double-Layer Hydroxide into Oxyhydroxide in Alkaline Iron Batteries." Chemistry of Materials; Supplementary Cover |
| Andrew Trapp, Business School, Journal publication on the topic: What does ESG risk premia tell us about mutual fund sustainability levels: A Difference-in- Differences Analysis. Finance Research Letters. |
| Seth Tuler, DIGS, "Controversy and consensus in the design of a consent-based siting process for radioactive waste", Energy Research and Social Science, Volume 95, January 2023. |
| Bengisu Tulu, Business School, " ReachCare Mobile Apps for Patients Experiencing Suicidality in the Emergency Department: Development and Usability Testing Using Mixed Methods" |
| Bengisu Tulu, Business School, Using Persona Development to Design a Smartphone Application for Older and Younger Diabetes Patients – A Methodological Approach for Persona Development |
| Bengisu Tulu, Business School, Using Eye Tracking to Measure User Engagement with a Decision Aid. |
| Eric Young, Chemical Engineering, “Systematic part transfer by extending a modular toolkit to diverse bacteria.” ACS Synthetic Biology, 2023. WPI Story: https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/eric-young-develops-new-dna-toolkit-aid-synthetic-biology-research |
Patent Inventors and Patents
| Diran Apelian, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,769,916. Method and Apparatus for Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries. Co-inventors: Yan Wang, Haiyang Zou. Issue date: 9/26/2023 |
| Christopher Brown, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,590,406 B2. Multi-Mode Load Absorbing Ski Binding. Co-inventors: Jacob Billington, Jonathan Comden, Sean Regan, Thomas Roberti. Issue date: 2/28/2023 |
| Christopher Brown, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,622,596 B2. Footwear Force Mitigation Assembly. Co-inventors: Josephine Bowen, Tristin Carlton, Jessica Cheu, Michael Doyle, Lorenzo Dube, Sarah Duquette, Abigale McAdams, Eric Motler, James Muller, Pedro Oporto, Winton Parker, Jessica Shelsky, Olivia Steen, Andrew Vickery, Nicholas WorkmanIssue date: 4/11/2023 |
| Christopher Brown, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,801,436 B2. Ski Binding Suspension System For Vertical Load Transmission. Co-inventors: Madison Healey, Matthew Newell, Kendra O'Malley, Connor O'Neill. Issue date: 10/31/2023 |
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, 11,666,258. Eye-Tracking System For Detection Of Cognitive Load. Co-inventors: Randy Paffenroth, Mina Shojaeizadeh, Andrew Trapp. Issue date: 6/6/2023 |
| Loris Fichera, Robotics Engineering, 11,602,266 B2. Flexible Articulating Surgical Probe. Co-inventors: Zachary Boyer, Cory Brolliar, Thomas Carroll, Gregory Fischer, Benjamin Mart, Kevin O'Brien, Kenneth Stafford, Karim Tarabein. Issue date: 3/14/2023 |
| Gregory Fischer, Robotics Engineering, 11,602,266 B2. Flexible Articulating Surgical Probe. Co-inventors: Zachary Boyer, Cory Brolliar, Thomas Carroll, Loris Fichera, Benjamin Mart, Kevin O'Brien, Kenneth Stafford, Karim Tarabein. Issue date: 3/14/2023 |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 11,849,923 B2. Wearable Blood Gas Monitor. Issue date: 12/26/2023 |
| Yuxiang Liu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,668,873. Optical Fiber Sensors. Co-inventors: Mucheng Li, Pratap Rao, Yundong Ren. Issue date: 6/6/2023 |
| Xiaotu Ma, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,827,998 B2. Facile Etching for Single Crystal Cathode Materials. Co-inventors: Jinzhao Fu, Eric Gratz, Panawan Vanaphuti, Yan Wang. Issue date: 11/28/2023 |
| Randy Paffenroth, Mathematical Sciences, 11,666,258. Eye-Tracking System For Detection Of Cognitive Load. Co-inventors: Soussan Djamasbi, Mina Shojaeizadeh, Andrew Trapp. Issue date: 6/6/2023 |
| Adam Powell, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,773,500 B2. Method and Apparatus for Efficient Metal Distillation and Related Primary Production Process. Co-inventors: David Dussault, Matthew Earlam, Connor Raymes, Aaron Tajima. Issue date: 10/3/2023 |
| Pratap Rao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,668,873. Optical Fiber Sensors. Co-inventors: Mucheng Li, Yuxiang Liu, Yundong Ren. Issue date: 6/6/2023 |
| Kenneth Stafford, Robotics Engineering, 11,602,266 B2. Flexible Articulating Surgical Probe. Co-inventors: Zachary Boyer, Cory Brolliar, Thomas Carroll, Loris Fichera, Gregory Fischer, Benjamin Mart, Kevin O'Brien, Karim Tarabein. Issue date: 3/14/2023 |
| Michael Timko, Chemical Engineering, 11,566,186 B2. Water-Assisted Zeolite Upgrading Of Oils. Co-inventors: Geoffrey Tompsett, Azadeh Zaker. Issue date: 1/31/2023 |
| Michael Timko, Chemical Engineering, 11,773,331 B2. Ethanol Derived Petrochemicals. Co-inventors: Geoffrey Tompsett, Azadeh Zaker. Issue date: 10/3/2023 |
| Geoffrey Tompsett, Chemical Engineering, 11,566,186 B2. Water-Assisted Zeolite Upgrading Of Oils. Co-inventors: Michael Timko, Azadeh ZakerIssue date: 1/31/2023 |
| Geoffrey Tompsett, Chemical Engineering, 11,773,331 B2. Ethanol Derived Petrochemicals. Co-inventors: Michael Timko, Azadeh ZakerIssue date: 10/3/2023 |
| Andrew Trapp, Business School, 11,666,258. Eye-Tracking System For Detection Of Cognitive Load. Co-inventors: Soussan Djamasbi, Randy Paffenroth, Mina Shojaeizadeh, Andrew Trapp. Issue date: 6/6/2023 |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,769,916. Method and Apparatus for Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries. Co-inventors: Diran Apelian, Haiyang Zou. Issue date: 9/26/2023 |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, 11,827,998 B2. Facile Etching for Single Crystal Cathode Materials. Co-inventors: Jinzhao Fu, Eric Gratz, Xiaotu Ma, Panawan Vanaphuti. Issue date: 11/28/2023 |
| Haichong Zhang, Robotics Engineering, 11,627,933. Ring-Arrayed Ultrasound Imaging. Co-inventors: Yichuan Tang, Ryosuke Tsumura. Issue date: 4/18/2023 |
Outreach Achievements
| Soussan Djamasbi, Business School, Chaired UXSYMposium | |
| Brent French, Business School, Through close partnership with University Advancement’s Brianne Ross, Dean Jackson and Assistant Dean French secured a five- year gift to support the highly successful WPI Means Business Course. It was the 2nd largest gift to WBS in recent memory. This course attracts undergraduates who have never taken business courses before through site visits, guest speakers, and assigned mentors. It will be taught in AY23/24 by Assistant Dean Sandhya Balasubramanian. | |
| Debora Jackson, Business School, Through close partnership with University Advancement’s Brianne Ross, Dean Jackson and Assistant Dean French secured a five- year gift to support the highly successful WPI Means Business Course. It was the 2nd largest gift to WBS in recent memory. This course attracts undergraduates who have never taken business courses before through site visits, guest speakers, and assigned mentors. It will be taught in AY23/24 by Assistant Dean Sandhya Balasubramanian. | |
| Anita Mattson, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vice chair of GRC Heterocycles 2024 and chair of GRC Heterocycles 2025. One of the permier organic chemistry conferences in the world. | |
| Brigitte Servatius, Mathematical Sciences, Brigitte Servatius was invited to teach the (graduate) course "Graphs and Matroids" at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Ghana and the course was successfully delivered, resulting in being asked to teach it again in 2024. | |
| Jamal Yagoobi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Chaired the 22nd IEEE International Conference on Dielectric Liquids in June 2023 at WPI (this was the first time ever for this IEEE conference to be held in the U.S.A.) | Received a certificate of recognition from IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society in recognition for his exceptional service as the Chair of the 22nd IEEE ICDL |
Grant Recipients
| Christina Bailey-Hytholot, Chemical Engineering, Amnion Foundation Seed Grant | |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, WIN Grant: Engaging more Powerfully, Openly with Educational Resources $41,886 | |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, NSF Grant: Broadening Participation Research Project: Investigating the Efficacy of Data Science for Environmental Justice based PBL Modules for Improving Diversity in Environmental Science $349,112 | |
| Marja Bakermans, DIGS, Mapping forest habitat and management practices with drones to inform bird conservation. William P. Wharton Trust. | |
| Kristen Billiar, Biomedical Engineering, NIH R15 "The mechanics of host cell repopulation of engineered tissues" ($429,456) | |
| Rose Bohrer, Computer Science, NSF CRII Award for $165K titled "CRII: SHF: Homotopical Logic Programs." | |
| Christopher Brown, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, European Union’s HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01 programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101086487 with the Free University of Bolzano, Italy | |
| Lin Cheng, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, NSF: CDS&E/Collaborative Research: In-Situ Monitoring-Enabled Multiscale Modeling and Optimization for Environmental and Mechanical Performance of Advanced Manufactured Materials | |
| Kenny Ching, Business School, Professor Kenny Ching is part of a team of WPI researchers that has been bestowed a US$2 million grant from MassTech. This grant supports their project titled "Metaverse Laboratory of Human and Off-Road Unmanned Ground Vehicle Teaming." The team's vision focuses on pioneering engineering applications within the expansive realm of the Metaverse. | |
| Edward Ciancy, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Wireless Non-Invasive Advanced Control of Microprocessor Prostheses and Orthoses II | |
| Danielle Cote, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, “Verified Inherent Control,” Department of the Army, 2023, Principal Investigator, Duration: 18 months, Total funding awarded: $2,000,000 | |
| Danielle Cote, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, “STTR: Large Scale WAAM Process for Army Components, Phase II,” U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Command, 2023, Principal Investigator, Duration: 18 months, Total funding awarded: $350,000 | |
| Danielle Cote, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, SWAAHT - PHASE I; US Naval Research Laboratory, total funding awarded: $300,000. | |
| Alireza Ebadi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WPI Mogan Teaching and Learning Center Teaching Innovation Grant | |
| Alireza Ebadi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, WPI Mogan Teaching and Learning Center Summer SandBox Grant | |
| Masood Ghasemi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Michigan's Automotive Research Center (ARC): Responsible AI-Based Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Severe Dynamic Terrain Environments ($249946). (Co PI: Lee Moradi and Valdimir Vantsevich) | |
| Aswin Gnanaskandan, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, NSF: ERI: Elucidating the Mechanism and Effects of Enhanced Thermal Ablation of Tissues by Microbubble Assisted High Intensity Focused Ultrasound | |
| Aswin Gnanaskandan, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, NSF: Investigating the role of microbubbles and focused ultrasound in tissue temperature elevation | |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Transcutaneous Oxygen Monitor (TOM) | |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, CAREER: LUCO: A Noninvasive Miniaturized Blood Gas Sensor for Respiration Monitoring | |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, CAREER: LUCO: A Noninvasive Miniaturized Blood Gas Sensor for Respiration Monitoring | |
| Ulkuhan Guler, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Collaborative Research: SCH: A Novel Bias-mitigated Multimodal Oxygen Monitor | |
| Neil Heffernan, Computer Science, NSF, "Using ASSISTments for College Math: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Supports and Transferability of Findings," for $90K | |
| Neil Heffernan, Computer Science, Jaffe Foundation grant, "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Students’ Math Work Uploaded in a Digital Platform," for $120K | |
| Neil Heffernan, Computer Science, Schmidt Futures grant, "Cyberinfrastructure for Learning Engineering Research & Development," for $135K | |
| Robert Hyers, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Electrode Testing and Characterization (co PI Yan Wang). AM Batteries LLC | |
| Nikolaos Kazantzis, Chemical Enigneering, " Harvesting Energy From Waste Water by Converting Sewage Sludge to Natural Gas", Department of Energy (DOE), Advanced Manufacturing Office, Principal | |
| Renata Konrad, Business School, The grant titled D-ISN/RAPID: Data Collection for Human Trafficking Recruitment and Responses in Forced Migration, supports collection of time-sensitive qualitative and quantitative data regarding online trafficking recruitment and response activity for a vulnerable population subject to involuntary displacement because of the conflict in Ukraine. | |
| Dmitry Korkin, Computer Science, Dmitry Korkin, professor in the Department of Computer Science, has launched a $1.3 million bioinformatics project funded by the National Institutes of Health to develop computational tools to predict the stability and function of proteins that are produced as a result of alternative splicing of genetic code | |
| Diana Lados, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, "Integrative Materials Design for High-Performance, Reliability, and Sustainability", iMdc Consortium industry and government funding, 2023, Principal Investigator, $815,000 | |
| Yuxiang Liu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Development of High-Temperature In-Situ Fiber-Optical Raman Spectroscopy for Understanding Catalyst Deactivation during Methane Decomposition towards Clean Hydrogen Production and Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. (co PI: Pratap Rao and Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya). WPI | |
| Sergey Makaroff, Electrical & Computer Engineering, CRCNS: Multifocal causal mapping of brain networks supporting human cognition | |
| Sergey Makaroff, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Teradyne Scanning Array- Student Research | |
| Sergey Makaroff, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Charge-Based Brain Modeling Engine with Boundary Element Fast Multipole Method | |
| Sergey Makaroff, Electrical & Computer Engineering, CRCNS US-German Research Proposal: Development of EEG/MEG Source Reconstruction with Fast Multipole Method | |
| Oren Mangoubi, Mathematical Sciences, PI, Google Research Scholar Award: Matrix Diffusions for Differentially Private Linear Algebra, 2023-2024 ($60,000) | |
| Oren Mangoubi, Mathematical Sciences, PI, Renal Research Institute (RRI) Research Agreement, Dec. 2023 to May 2024. ($1,200/week) (≈ $30,000) | |
| Brajendra Mishra, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions (carbon) impact of reusing automotive parts for vehicle repairs. Automotive Recyclers Association | |
| Brajendra Mishra, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Development of Non-heat treatable Aluminum Alloys with High Strength/Elongation and High Thermal Conductivity for Semi-solid Casting. Dawon Alloy Co., Ltd. | |
| Lee Moradi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Michigan's Automotive Research Center (ARC): Responsible AI-Based Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Severe Dynamic Terrain Environments ($249946). (Co PI: Masood Ghasemi and Valdimir Vantsevich) | |
| Lee Moradi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative: Metaverse Laboratory for Research and Development of Autonomous Systems ($1,999,417). (Co PI: Vladimir Vantsevich) | |
| Mehdi Mortazavi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Planning Workforce Development in electrifying building energy systems. Massachusetts CEC | |
| Gerorge Pins, Biomedical Enigneering, NIH R15 "Leaf-Derived Vascular Scaffolds (LeaVS)" (~$400k) | |
| Protap Rao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Development of High-Temperature In-Situ Fiber-Optical Raman Spectroscopy for Understanding Catalyst Deactivation during Methane Decomposition towards Clean Hydrogen Production and Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. (Co PI: Yuxiang Liu and Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya). WPI | |
| Protap Rao, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, CLIN 2601 - MN31 - Hydrogen Production from Solids via Atmospheric Pressure Low-Temperature Plasma. University of Massachusetts Lowell | |
| Susan Roberts, Chemical Engineering, Creating a Robust Plant Suspension System for Production of Vaccine Adjuvants, SaponiQx ($450,000) | |
| Ahmet Sabuncu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Innovation Through Making Course: Creating a Distinctive Prototyping Experience as part of a New Entrepreneurial Pathway. VentureWell | |
| William San Martin, DIGS, NSF Grant: Co-Producing Knowledge, Biotechnologies and Practices to Enhance Biological Nitrogen Fixation for Sustainable Agriculture $2.67 million | |
| Patrick Schaumont, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Collaborative: FMitF: Track I: A Principled Approach to Modeling and Analysis of Hardware Fault Attacks on Embedded Software | |
| Mimi Sheller, DIGS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Grant: Improving Engagement Methods for Coastal Resilience and Reducing Climate Risk: Bridging Learning Networks From the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) to the US Caribbean (CCAN) $499,836 | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection Engineering, NSF - Center: IUCRC Site Addition WPI: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC) | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection Engineering, NSF - Planning: FIRE-PLAN: Planning Megafire Research Across Scales and Disciplines | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection Engineering, SERDP/DOD - Developing detailed Emission Source Terms for Next-Generation Wildland Fire and Smoke Modeling Tools using improved near-field fire measurements | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection Engineering, US Forest Service - The Effect of Fuel Characteristics and Fire Dynamics on Emissions, Dispersion, and Air Quality Impacts | |
| Albert Simeoni, Fire Protection Engineering, Kidde Fire Systems- Effects of Inert Gas Discharge Time on Class A Fires | |
| Sarah Stanlick, DIGS, NSF Grant: Collaborative Research: FW-HTF-R: Mobilizing Nonprofit Resources and Talents with a Community Tool for Purpose-Driven Work $1,153,914 | |
| Sarah Stanlick, DIGS, NSF Grant: RAPID: Data Collection for Designing Refugee Matching Systems $64,903 | |
| Sarah Stanlick, DIGS, NSF Grant: Understanding Factors for Improving Refugee Outcomes among Neighborhood Support Teams (NSTs)”, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service $50,000 | |
| Sarah Stanlick, DIGS, NSF Grant: SRS RN: To be truly regenerative, we must be reparative: a BIPOC agenda for regional sustainable systems $131,606 | |
| Elizabeth Steward, Chemical Engineering, NSF Engineering Research Inititation Award | |
| Lisa Stoddard, DIGS, NSF Grant: Broadening Participation Research Project: Investigating the Efficacy of Data Science for Environmental Justice based PBL Modules for Improving Diversity in Environmental Science $349,112 | |
| Sarah Strauss, DIGS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Grant: Improving Engagement Methods for Coastal Resilience and Reducing Climate Risk: Bridging Learning Networks From the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) to the US Caribbean (CCAN) $499,836 | |
| Shahin Tajik, Electrical & Computer Engineering, ECHT: Electromagnetic and Thermal Testing for Hardware Verification | |
| Bo Tang, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Collaborative Research: CCRI: New: Open AI Cellular (OAIC): Prototyping Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Control and Testing Systems for Cellular Communications Research | |
| Andrew Teixeira, Chemical Engineering, WPI-Honeywell Clean Energy Center Phase I ($1,500,000) | |
| Andrew Teixeira, Chemical Engineering, DOE BETO DE-FOA-0002636, "Removing Physical and Chemical Bottlenecks for Hydrothermal Waste-to-Energy through Intensified Conditioning of Blended High Solid Waste Slurries" ($1,600,000) | |
| Andrew Teixeira, Chemical Engineering, ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, "Overcoming light penetration challenges in photochemical reactions through a micro-LED" ($80,000) packed bed reactor | |
| Xiaowei Teng, Chemical Engineering, NSF "Selective Extraction of Lithium from Seawater using Structurally Modified Metal Oxide Layered Materials" ($376,885) | |
| Seth Tuler, DIGS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - BIL Grant: Improving Engagement Methods for Coastal Resilience and Reducing Climate Risk: Bridging | |
| Bengisu Tulu, Business School, Awarded in April 2023 The nearly $17 million National Institute of Mental Health-funded Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) is led by UMass Chan and includes investigators from the WPI Business School faculty. Prof. Tulu is a co-Investigator under the Methods core and a co-lead for the Person-Centered Design Unit, which guides and promotes the utilization of user centered design approaches in CAPES projects. Prof. Johnson is a member of the Implementation Science Unit. Profs. Tulu, Johnson and Djamasbi are members of the Executive Committee of CAPES as well. In addition, Prof. Tulu is the co-lead of the exploratory project, Computerized Adaptive Tests (CATs), which applies complex calculations from large data sets to streamline primary care workflow integration to better identify and track mental health symptoms and suicide risk, and guide intervention delivery. This project also utilizes expertise of Profs. Johnson and Djamasbi and supports a new PhD student. |
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| Bengisu Tulu, Business School, Awarded in May 2023 Prof. Tulu is a co-investigator in an NIH funded $256K STTR project that involves Q2i, a digital health startup successfully developed the Probation/Parole And Reentry Coach Application (PARCA) technology during a prior collaboration Prof. Tulu in another STTR project. PARCA platform enables justice involved people (JIP) to set and manage their personal goals while assisting them in addressing the social determinants of health (SDOH) in order to facilitate and supplement the substance use treatment process. During Phase I Parole and Probation Officers and their clients will utilize PARCA for short periods and provide improvement and feedback. With additional $1.6M that will be released during Phase 2, the research team will test the relative efficacy of supervision as usual (SAU) and PARCA with 60 probation/parole officers and 600 probationers/parolees. This project support a new PhD Student. |
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| Vladimir Vantsevich, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Michigan's Automotive Research Center (ARC): Responsible AI-Based Control of Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Severe Dynamic Terrain Environments ($249946). | |
| Vladimir Vantsevich, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative: Metaverse Laboratory for Research and Development of Autonomous Systems ($1,999,417). (Co PI: Lee Moradi) | |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Electrode Testing and Characterization. (Co PI Robert Hyers). AMC Batteries LLC | |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Recycling of Precious Metals and Perfluorinated Materials from Fuel Cell and Electrolyzer Membrane Electrode Assemblies. Plug Power Inc. | |
| Yan Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Impurity Study of Recovered NMC622 Precursor and Cathode Materials (3F-60137). Argonne National Laboratory | |
| Alexander Wyglinski, Electrical & Computer Engineering, 5G-MOSAIC: 5G Mission-Critical Sidelink for Autonomous and Interoperable Communications in Lunar Networks | |
| Alexander Wyglinski, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Enhancing 5G Security via Analysis of RF Hardware Characteristics and Spectral Behavior | |
| Alexander Wyglinski, Electrical & Computer Engineering, AI-Optimized Spectrally Agile Cognitive Radar Design | |
| Alexander Wyglinski, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Securing Future 5G Connectivity | |
| Jamal Yagoobi, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Novel Energy-Efficient Drying Technologies for Food, Pulp and Paper, and other Energy Intensive Manufacturing Industries. Massachusetts CEC | |
| Ceren Yilmaz Akkaya, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Development of High-Temperature In-Situ Fiber-Optical Raman Spectroscopy for Understanding Catalyst Deactivation during Methane Decomposition towards Clean Hydrogen Production and Carbon Nanotube Synthesis. (Co PI: Pratap Rao and Yuxiang Liu). WPI | |
| Eric Young, Chemical Engineering, DARPA CERES, "IRISS" ($1.8 million) | |
| Yihao Zheng, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Renal Research Institute: point of care 3D sonogram ($15,456) |