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School of EngineeringUniversity of Bridgeport

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Outline

Welcome to Bridgeport• Located between New

York City (60 miles) and Boston (150 miles)

• Accessible by car, rail, air and ferry

• Connecticut’s largest city

• Several local hotels (Holiday Inn, Marriott, etc.)

• Nearest airports: JFK (64 miles), Laguardia (60 miles), Hartford (70 miles), Newark (75 miles)

Bridgeport

• Diverse people and cultures

• Tourist Attractions– P.T. Barnum circus

museum– Discovery museum and

planetarium– Beardsley Zoo– Downtown cabaret theater– Bridgeport Bluefish

(Baseball) and Sound Tigers (Ice Hockey)

University of Bridgeport

Founded in 1927 Accredited, private, doctoral level institution

Located in the state of Connecticut, city of Bridgeport

Student body representing over 80 countries

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• An international, doctoral intensive comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs.

• UB’s 50-acre campus is flanked by the Seaside Park and Long Island Sound

• Ideally located

– Beaches 2-3 minute walk

– Close to metro north rail station

University of Bridgeport

School of EngineeringUniversity of Bridgeport

University Profile

• University of Bridgeport founded in 1927 as the Junior College of Connecticut• Became the University of Bridgeport in 1947• Private, Independent, Non-sectarian and International• UB Total Full Time Students : 5300 approx

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Nutrition Nutrition InstituteInstitute

Acupuncture Acupuncture InstituteInstitute

ELI – English ELI – English Language Language InstituteInstitute

University Campus

University Surroundings

School of Engineering

Fastest growing School of Engineering in the nation, among the 300+ accredited engineering schools

Largest graduate engineering program in Connecticut (over 1000 students) and second largest graduate engineering program in New England

School of Engineering• The SOE offers undergraduate degrees in Computer

Science and an ABET-accredited Computer Engineering degree.

• Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Technology Management.

• Ph.D. degree in  Computer Science and Engineering.

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ENGINEERING

“UB’s Engineering School, with 1,250 students, is among

top three for enrollment in New England.”

CT Post 11/22/2007

“UB’s Engineering School, with 1,250 students, is among

top three for enrollment in New England.”

CT Post 11/22/2007

Conferences

• The School of Engineering has been the host of the largest international engineering research conference held on line for the last three years. CISSE (The International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information and Systems Sciences and Engineering) is the first high-caliber Research Conference in the world to be completely conducted online in real-time via the internet.

• The School of Engineering recently started to host a colloquium series with vibrant and renowned speakers. Five internal and five external speakers are scheduled for every semester. This series has attracted regional attention and features world-class scholars and industry pioneers. In April 2008, the SOE hosted the IEEE Computer Society Spring Workshop.

• The School of Engineering has been chosen to host two major international and regional conferences in 2009:

• REV (Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation)• ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)

MS – Technology Management Curriculum & Choices*

Required Courses: 8 Courses for DegreeRequired Courses: 8 Courses for Degree

TM Core Courses *TM Core Courses *

• Bio-Technology and/or Bio-Medical Management and Technology• Computer, Networking & Software• Data Base Management Systems• Electronic Commerce & Information Technology• Entrepreneurship • Environmental & Energy Management• Health Care Management & Administration• New Venture Creation/Entrepreneurship/

Intrapreneurship• Manufacturing Management• New Product Development & Commercialization• Program & Project Management• Service Management & Engineering• Strategic Sourcing & Outsourcing• Supply Chain & Logistics Management• +++++

*Minimum Total Credits Required = 34 for Graduation*Minimum Total Credits Required = 34 for Graduation

4 Electives – Can be chosen4 Electives – Can be chosen

Choice of Concentrations Choice of Concentrations & Electives (27 Choices)**& Electives (27 Choices)**

• Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

• Total Quality Management & Continuous

Process Improvement

• Finance & Accounting for Managers

• Leadership, Teams and Managing Change

• Global Program and Project Management

• Business Policy and Strategy – Capstone / Project

• Contemporary Issues in Communications and

Quantitative Techniques

• Engineering Colloquium (1 credit)

Research Areas – Technology Management

• Creating and Sustaining Innovation and Managing Proactive Change• Bio-Medical/Bio-Technology and Management• Business and Information Technology Continuity and Security • Environment and Energy Management and Technology (including

Green and Sustainability)• Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship & New Venture Creation• Creating & Sustaining High Performance Global Leaders and Teams• New Product/Service Development and Commercialization• Strategic Marketing, Demand Creation and Growth• Information Technology• Outsourcing and Strategic Sourcing• Quality Management and Lean Process Management• Global Program and Project Management• Supply Chain Management & Logistics• Corporate and Information Technology Strategy, Execution &

Governance• Manufacturing Management• Service Management

MS – Computer Science Curriculum *

Required Courses: 7 Courses for DegreeRequired Courses: 7 Courses for Degree

CS Core Courses CS Core Courses

• Computer Networks• Local Area Networks• Network Administration• Advanced Data Base Design• Multimedia Data Base Design • Windows Programming• Unix System Programming• Services Oriented Architecture• Java Programming• Advanced java Programming• Computer Architecture• Robotics• Advanced Robotics• Mobile Communication• Wireless Communication

5 Electives Must Be Chosen5 Electives Must Be Chosen

Choice of ElectivesChoice of Electives

• Advanced Object Oriented Programming Using

C++

• Algorithm Design

• Operating Systems

• Data Base Design

• Data and Computer Communication

• Graduate Project

• Engineering Colloquium (1 credit)

MS – Computer Engineering Curriculum *

Required Courses: 7 Courses for DegreeRequired Courses: 7 Courses for Degree

CS Core Courses CS Core Courses

• Computer Networks• Local Area Networks• Network Administration• Analog VLSI Design• VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration)• Windows Programming• Unix System Programming• Image Processing• Software Engineering• Java Programming• Network Security• Robotics• Advanced Robotics• Mobile Communication• Wireless Communication

*Minimum Total Credits Required = 34 for Graduation*Minimum Total Credits Required = 34 for Graduation

5 Electives Must Be Chosen5 Electives Must Be Chosen

Choice of ElectivesChoice of Electives

• Advanced Object Oriented Programming Using

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• Digital Signal Processing

• Computer Architecture

• Logic Synthesis Using FPGAs or VLSI Design

• Data and Computer Communication

• Graduate Project

•Engineering Colloquium (1 credit)

Research Areas - Computer Science & Engineering

• Automation and Manufacturing• Biomedical Engineering• Computer Architecture• Computer Arithmetic• Computer Networks• Control Systems• Digital Signal Processing & Image Processing• Multimedia Data Base Application• Formal Approaches for Design, Synthesis and Verification • Parallel and Distributed Architectures and Algorithms• Robotics• Scalable Web Architectures, SOA, GPS Applications. • Microelectronic Design• Wireless Communication

MS – Electrical Engineering Curriculum & Choices*

Core courses are decided by the student pursuing a particular concentration; courses come from a list of almost 100 different courses; student should be guided by the department's research areas.

All courses are at the 400 or 500 level.

All courses in EE and Computer Science and Computer Engineering are accepted toward the MSEE.

A minimum of 30 credits is required for the MSEE

Master's Project or Thesis is required

One course in either Technology Management or Mechanical Engineering may be taken, but this is not necessary.

Concentrations available in Electrical Engineering are:

VLSI, Signal Processing, Energy and Power, Medical Electronics, Solar Cells, Electrical Accident Reconstruction, MEMs, Electrical materials/Composites, PLC (Programmable Logic Control)

 

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Research Areas - Electrical Engineering

• Distributed control and optimization• Electrical Properties of Plastic/Metal Composites• Electrical Safety and Electric Accident reconstruction• Electromagnetic Fields Applied To Lightning• Electronic Biological Sensors• Electronic Materials and Devices• Information processing and control of large-scale

distributed systems • Medical Electronics & Bio-Medical• Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS)• Micro-sensors and Micro-actuators• Superconductors• Thin-film Solar Cells• VLSI design and testing• PLC (Programmable Logic Control)

MS – Mechanical Engineering Curriculum & Choices*

ME Core Courses ME Core Courses

Design Management Concentration Area (Take 3 credits from Traditional Core Courses)• Computer Aided Engineering/Design• Advanced CAE/CAD Projects• CAM & NC Machining• Design & Innovation• Ergonomics• Intellectual Property & TechnologyManufacturing Management Concentration Area(Take 3 credits from Traditional Core Courses)• Materials & Methods in Manufacturing• Advanced CAE/CAD Projects• Innovations & Product Development• Production Technology & Techniques• Supply Chain Management• Principles of Logistics and Materials• Manufacturing Management• Robotics and Automation• Materials

*Minimum Total Credits Required = 30 for Graduation*Minimum Total Credits Required = 30 for Graduation

Choice of Concentrations Choice of Concentrations

• Traditional Concentration Area

• MEEG 410 Advanced Fluid Dynamics

• MEEG 452 Advanced Vibration

• MEEG 453 Finite Element Methods

• MEEG 454 Advanced Dynamics

• MEEG 463 Advanced Heat Transfer

• Math 401 Advanced Analysis

• Master’s Project

• Engineering Colloquium (1 credit)

Research Areas – Mechanical Engineering

• Automation control• Biomechanics of manipulation• Biomedical equipment design• Design/Shape optimization• Computational fluid dynamics• Finite element analysis• HVAC• Heat Transfer• Human performance effects of manipulation of the

extremities• Laser material processing• Manufacturing• Nanomaterials • Biomaterials and bioinspired materials• Prototyping• Robotics• Thermal management of electronic devices and systems• Welding• BIM – Building Information Modeling

MS – Biomedical Engineering Curriculum & Choices*

Core courses are decided by the student pursuing a particular concentration; courses come from a list of several interdisciplinary biomedical engineering courses student should be guided by the BME program research areas.

All courses are at the 400 or 500 level and research project is 600 level.

Many courses in EE, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, TM and ME are accepted in MS BME program.

A minimum of 33 credits is required for the MSBME

Team based research project of 6 credit is compulsory

Concentrations available in Biomedical Engineering are:

Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Bioelectronics and Biomedical Electronics, Biobased Energy and Power, Bio-MEMs, Biosensing, Bioimaging, Biomechanics, Bio-instrumentation, Biorobotics, Electrochemistry in biosystems, Bio-signaling, Communication in biological systems

 

Research Areas – Bio-Medical Engineering

• Biomedical materials• Biomimicking and bioinspired materials• Bioelectronics• BioMEMS• Biosignal processing• Biorobotics• Bioimage processing• Ergonomy• Bioinformatics• Gene sequencing • Communication in man-machine interface• Biosensing • Tissue Engineering• Cellular and molecular biology• Biometrics • Biomechanics • Biotechnology

Financial Stipends and Scholarships

165 Engineering and Business programs assistantships based on academic merit: 4 credits tuition waiver for two consecutive semesters

Dean’s Assistantships: 9 credits tuition waiver and $10,000 living costs waiver for two consecutive academic semesters for Engineering

Graduate Assistantships, Research Assistantships and Student Workers employment available

Payment plans option available after your 1st semester

Facilities

Facilities

• 16 state of the art computer/instruction labs.

• Sample of Distinguished Research labs:

– RISC Project Lab. (Interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Control): Director Prof. Tarek Sobh

– Wireless & Mobile Communications (WMC) Project Lab.: Director Prof. Khaled Elleithy

– VLSI/FPGA Project Lab. – Multimedia Information Group (MIG) Project Lab.: Director Prof.

Jeongkyu Lee – PLC Lab.: Director Prof. Jack Toporovsky

Multimedia Information Group (MIG) Laboratory

MIG@UB

• Multimedia Information Group @ UB– Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UB, CT

• Location: Charles A. Dana Hall #234

• People– Prof. Jeongkyu Lee– 2 PhDs and 2 MS students

• Collaborators– Prof. JungHwan Oh at UNT– Prof. Shou-jiang Tang at UTSW – Prof. Dongwon Lee at PSU

http://www.bridgeport.edu/~jelee/mig

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Multimedia Information GroupMultimedia Information Group

Our Vision

Modeling and Design Data Analysis and Mining Index and Query Process System and Application

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High-level approach

Database Research

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raw video miningvideo segmentation

video surveillance miningvideo parsingEarly Research

medical video analysisSTRG-IndexBLASTed Image Matchinggraph-based model Video copy detection

SmartView (WCE)

Current ResearchTaeKwonDo videos

graph-based SBD

GVDBMSApplications- medical DB- spatio-temporal DB- UAV

STRG-QLknowledge discovery from Videos

Future Research

MM Ontology

http://www.bridgeport.edu/~jelee/mig

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Active Research

http://www.bridgeport.edu/~jelee/mig

• Developing algorithms and S/W for event detections from WCE (Wireless Capsule Endoscopy) videos• Funded from IntroMedic, Co. Ltd., Korea• Collaborator: Dr. Tang at UTSW, Dr. Oh at UNT

TaeKwonDo project

Vlinkage: Video Linkage project Multimedia Ontology

SmartView project• Developing algorithm and prototype system for automatic judge of TaeKwonDo poomsae• Sponsor: International College at UB, WTF• Collaborator: Prof. Kim of Martial Art dept. at UB

• Developing a noble method for video and image matching• Applicatoin1: Video Copy Detection for YouTube• Applicatoin2: BIM (BLASTed Image matching)• Collaborator: Dr. Dongwon Lee at Penn State University

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• Developing a new algorithm for automatic generation of Multimedia Ontology• Target applications: Medical videos, Surveillance camera, and Military videos• Looking for sponsors

MIG

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Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Control Lab

(RISC)

University of BridgeportSchool of Engineering

Outline of Outgoing Project• Online Automation and Control: An Experiment in Distance

Engineering Education

• E-Learning: Case Studies in Web-Controlled Devices and Remote Manipulation

• Prototyping Environment for Robot Manipulators

• Manipulator Workspace Generation and Visualization in the Presence of Obstacles

• Kinematic Synthesis of Robotic Manipulators from Task Descriptions

• New concept in optimizing the manipulability index of serial Manipulators using SVD method

Outline of Outgoing Project

• Recovering 3-D Uncertainties from Sensory Measurements for Robotics Applications

• Industrial Inspection and Reverse Engineering

• Sensing Under Uncertainty for Mobile Robots

• Robot Design and Dynamic Control Simulation Software Solutions From Task Points Description.

• RISCBot II

Online Distance Laboratories

• Using Automation and Telerobotic (controlling devices from a distance) systems

• Real-time laboratory experience via the internet

1. Tele-operation of Mitsubishi Movemaster

2. RISCBOT – A Web Enabled Autonomous Navigational Robot

3. Tele-operation of the FESTO Process Controller

Capabilities and Research Facilities

• Sensing under uncertainty.• Sensor-based distributed control schemes.• Control and planning for autonomous mobile systems.• Modeling and recovering uncertainty in 3-D structure and motion. • Dynamics and kinematics generation and analysis for multi-DOF

robots.• Active observation and control of a moving agent under uncertainty.• Automation for genetics application.• Manipulator workspace generation in the presence of obstacles.• Turbulent flow analysis using sensors within a DES framework

Other Projects

RISC

RISC

Workspace Dimensionsand Coordinates of the Task-Points

Velocity and AccelerationRequirements

Obstacles, Working Medium, and Trajectory Biases

Restrictions on ManipulatorConfiguration

Manipulability Bands of Puma 560 in 2D workspace

RISCbot II

Wireless & Mobile Wireless & Mobile Communications (WMC) Communications (WMC)

Laboratory Laboratory

Current Research Projects Current Research Projects

1. Wireless Multiuser Communications for Cellular and Mobile Networks

• BER and SNR Analysis of DS-CDMA Cellular Networks

• Multiple Access interference (MAI) Cancellation for Wireless Multiuser Receivers

• Analysis of Processing Gain for Wireless Multiuser DS-CDMA Systems

• Computational Complexity and Algorithm Optimization for 3G Cellular Networks

Research ProjectsResearch Projects

2. Wireless Mesh Networks• The Use of Orthogonal Frequency Code Division

(OFCD) in Broadband Wireless Mesh Networks

• Efficient Routing Algorithms for Wireless Mesh-Hypercube (M-H) Networks

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3. Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET)• The Best and Worst Case Capacity Analysis of MANET

• Efficient DSR Based Routing Scheme for MANET

• Minimizing the Malicious Behavior of Mobile Nodes for Maximizing the MANET Data Throughput

4. Wireless Sensor Networks1. Resource Optimization in Wireless Sensor Networks Via

Self-Adaptive Methodology

2. Minimizing the Energy Consumption of Wireless Sensor Nodes Using Active Node Optimization Method

Related Recent ResultsCDMA Receiver: Multiuser Receiver

• A class of CDMA receivers known as multiuser receivers

• It exploit the available information about the spreading sequences and mobile channel impulse responses of all the CDMA users

• The goal is to improve the performance of the wireless CDMA users

Classification of CDMA detectors

WMC research group focuses on this part

Related Recent Results Antenna Design for Cellular Networks

• Advantages– Co-channel interference

reduction– Collect multipath components– Delay spread reduction– reduce handoff rate– stand alone technique

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Faculty

• The School of Engineering currently has more than 80 full and part time faculty members. The number of full time faculty has doubled in the past four years.

• The School of Engineering faculty have produced more than fifteen books in the past two years on topics varying from Engineering Education, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, E-Learning, Instruction Technology, Algorithms and Techniques in Automation, Robotics, Industrial Electronics and Telecommunications

• The number of faculty and student scholarly publications in world-class academic conferences and journals in the last three years has been over 400.

• UB Among U.S. Doctorate Granting Institutions: Seventh most diverse University

Seventh (small class sizes) Second most international University

(U.S. News and World Report Rankings)

• School of Engineering: Most diverse and international in UB; small class sizes.

School of Engineering

• Students• Faculty• Facilities• Teaching and Innovative

Programs• Industry and Community

Collaboration• Research • Undergraduate CpE Curriculum

Computer Science & Engineering Department

Students

• High percentage of international students.• Very active and high quality :

• Recent graduates in doctoral programs at Duke, Purdue and Texas A&M

• Recent employers include Genzyme, IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center, IPC, Goldman Sachs, Motorola Mobiles Devices and QLogic

• Professional activities include• Conference Attendance, Publications & Publications –

ASEE NE Conference, NEBHE Science Network Meetings

• Winners at CT Business Plan Competitions• ACM Programming Contests

• Active participants of campus clubs and organizations – NSBE, Club India, Korean Student Association

Faculty ProfileJulius Dichter: Ph.D., University of Connecticut;

Parallel Processing, Distributed Processing, Object Oriented Systems, AlgorithmsKhaled Elleithy: Ph. D. University of Southwestern Louisiana;

Wireless/ Mobile Communications, Network Security, Formal Methods of Hardware Design Stephen Grodzinsky: Ph.D., University of Illinois;

Digital Design, Logic Synthesis, Computer EthicsJeongkyu Lee: Ph.D., University of Texas;

Database, Operating Systems, Multimedia ProcessingGonhsin Liu: Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo;

Digital Signal and Image Processing, Microprocessor Design, UNIX/ LINUX Systems Programming

Ausif Mahmood: Ph.D., Washington State University; High Performance Computing, Parallel and Distributed Processing, CAD for VLSI, Web Services

Tarek Sobh: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Robotics and Automation, Sensing, Manufacturing, Computer Vision, Engineering Education and On-Line Engineering

Abhilasha Tibrewal: MS, University of Bridgeport; Object Oriented Systems, Algorithms, Engineering Education

Zhengping Wu: Ph.D., University of Virginia; Distributed Systems, Information Security, Networks

Faculty Activities

• Distinguished Teaching: Four faculty members have received the university-wide Distinguished Professor of the Year award.

• Everyone has introduced new curriculum in their areas of specialty.

• One of the faculty members is a licensed Professional Engineer.

• Recent Grants:•‘Hybrid Projectile Design’ funded by U.S. Army Research Center•‘Wireless Capsule Endoscopy’ funded by Intromedic

• Recent Consulting Activities: LiteOn Communications(CA), Inventec Appliances, 3M (CT), Northrup Grumman Corporation (CT), Blue Cross (CT), Aetna (CT), General Electric (CT), Fidelity Investments (Boston), Charles Schwab (San Francisco), Verizon Wireless(NJ).

Facilities

Significant instructional / R&D Laboratories in the areas of:

• Advanced digital design and VLSI / FPGA.• Microprocessors and Embedded System Design• Robotics / Automation and Control.• Advanced networking and telecommunications.• Mobile and Wireless communications.• Power Electronics, DSP and Controls• High Performance Computing.• Multimedia Research

Teaching and Innovative Programs

• Dual degree programs• Evening, weekend and

continuing education• On-site teaching in Industry.• Distance learning version of MS in

Computer Science• Graduate Certificates

Industry and Community Collaboration

• Co-ops and Internships• Joint Development Projects.• On-site Training• Industry Advisory Board• ConnCap Program (Pre-Engineering) with Bridgeport

School District and the School of Education.Recent Student Placements:

Everest Business Solutions, GE Asset Management, Genzyme, IBM, IPC, Goldman Sachs, KOMPO E-commerce Solutions, Motorola, Northup Grumann, Pitney Bowes, QLogic, Rockwell Collins, Sikorsky Aircraft and others.

Research

• Grants for Equipment, Research and Development. (Helped in Establishing our labs.)

• Several R & D projects in the areas of:• Automation and Robotics.• Signal Processing.• VLSI.• Motion Control.• Manufacturing / Reverse Engineering.• Software Development.• Medical Video Analysis

Undergraduate CpE Curriculum

• Emphasis is on sound broad-based interdisciplinary technical education.

• Basic education in first three years.• Final year for exploration of specific areas of interest.

• S/W Areas: Artificial intelligence, Knowledge based systems and Software Design

• H/W Areas: Computer or Integrated circuit design, Robotics and Networking

• Well defined threads established in the professional component of the curriculum:• Design Thread• Software Thread• Hardware Thread• Software/ Hardware Integration Thread• Electrical Engineering Thread

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