Faculty News
Publications:
Prof. Michael Keidar (MAE) and his colleagues have published the following paper: I. V. Schweigert, S. J. Langendorf, M. L. R. Walker, and M. Keidar, “Sheath structure transition controlled by secondary electron emission,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 2, doi:10.1088/0963-0252/24/2/025012.
Presentations:
Prof. Shelly Heller (CS) presented “New Directions in Computer Science Education” at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Havana, Cuba, on February 10.
Prof. Tim Wood (CS) attended the Distributed Cloud Computing Seminar at Schloss Dagstuhl in Wadern, Germany, February 8-11. Schloss Dagstuhl hosts invitation-only workshops where experts from academia and industry discuss future research directions in an ancient German castle.
Other News:
Prof. Michael Keidar’s (MAE) paper “Electric propulsion for small satellites” is cited on the Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion website as one of the most read articles in the past 30 days.
Student News
As part of a service project attached to the Scholarship for Service, CyberCorp students Janice Rosario, Jordan Takayama, and Jackson Reed presented “Cybersecurity: Why It Matters” at the Foggy Bottom West End Village. The Village is a nonprofit aging-in-place organization that helps members remain in their homes for the long term. The Village provides services, social programming, and service opportunities for 130 members.
Guest Vignette
Public inconvenience and loss of income during bridge construction and rehabilitation have prompted exploration of rapid construction methods. In 2001, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) launched the Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) initiative. ABC is a special type of bridge construction that uses innovative planning, design, materials, and construction methods in a safe and cost-effective manner to reduce the construction time associated with maintenance of traffic when building new bridges or replacing and rehabilitating existing bridges.
The cast-in-place (CIP) bridge deck slab represents a significant part of construction of highway bridges, as much of the construction time is consumed in deck forming, placement and tying of steel bars, and placement and curing of CIP deck concrete. Also, studies conducted by bridge owners have shown that CIP deck is considered one of the major elements of highway bridges that require continuous maintenance, i.e. patching, sealing, and applying overlays. As a result, full-depth precast concrete deck panel systems have been increasingly used to replace CIP decks to enhance speed of deck construction. In addition to high construction speed, full-depth precast concrete deck panel systems have many advantages, such as high quality plant production under tight tolerances, low permeability, and much reduced volume changes cracking due to shrinkage and temperature effects during initial curing. High quality precast concrete decks have a lower life-cycle cost even though they may have higher initial cost in some U.S. markets. As a result, use of full-depth precast concrete deck panel systems has been steadily increasing, especially over the past five years.
Typically, development of precast concrete deck panel systems for highway bridges requires four stages: (1) developing new connection details that increase construction speed while maintaining long time durability, (2) developing analytical models and design procedures that enable bridge engineers to design the systems and predict their performance under service and overloads, (3) validating constructability, design procedures and service life performance through full scale testing of individual components as well as the full integrated system, and (4) developing specifications language and guidelines for design and construction.
Prof. Badie has long history of contributions to this technology. He was the PI/co-PI of three major research grants sponsored by the National Academies of Science/Transportation Research Board: NCHRP 12-41, NCHRP 12-65, and NCHRP 18-14, where he developed the second generation of precast concrete deck panel systems and studied their short and long term behavior. One of these systems holds a patent and the other systems with minor modifications have been used on high bridges by many states. In the ongoing research grant, NCHRP 12-96, Prof. Badie is working on developing the third generation, which increases the construction speed and further simplifies the connection details. The project involves conducting analytical and experimental studies and developing specification language and guidelines. (Provided courtesy of Prof. Sameh Badie, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering)
SEAS Events
ECE Seminar: “Generation of Pure Spin Currents Using Magnetic Insulators”
Presenter: Mingzhong Wu
Wednesday, February 25
4:30 – 5:30 pm
SEH 2000B
MAE Seminar: “Enforcing realizability in explicit multi-component species transport”
Presenter: Randall McDermott, Fire Research Division, Engineering Laboratory, NIST
Thursday, February 26
2:00 pm
SEH B1270
ECE Colloquium: “Smart Home Cybersecurity: Threat and Defense in a Cyber-physical System”
Presenter: Dr. Shiyan Hu, Michigan Technological University
Tuesday, March 3
2:30 – 3:30 pm
SEH 2000B
MAE Seminar: “Finite-time Switching Dynamics of Contact Mechanical Systems: A Differential Variational Inequality (DVI) and Hybrid System Perspective”
Presenter: Dr. Jinglai Shen, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Friday, March 6
11:00 am
SEH B1270
External Events
22nd Global Environment for Network Innovators (GENI) Engineering Conference (GEC22) and US Ignite Application Summit
Monday – Thursday, March 23-26
Hilton Crystal City Hotel at Washington Reagan National Airport
Demo Night: Tuesday, March 24 at GW’s SEH (4:30 – 7:30 pm)
Registration
The 22nd Global Environment for Network Innovators (GENI) Engineering Conference (GEC22) and US Ignite Application Summit will be hosted by GW, March 23-26, 2015. GENI Engineering Conferences (GEC) are regular open working meetings where researchers, developers, industrial and international partners and the GENI Project Office meet to advance infrastructure planning and prototyping for the GENI project. The GEC focuses on how to design and build a suite of infrastructure that can best inspire and support creative research. The conference is open to all. During the conference a Demo Night will be held on the GW Campus at the SEH. The purpose is to visit tables where technology research is demonstrated. For more information, please visit www.caaren.org/gec22.
SEAS Career Center News
NIH Pathways Student Internship Information Webinar
Thursday, February 26
1:00 pm
More info and registration
This webinar is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. NIH is seeking to recruit highly motivated and talented individuals to fill entry level positions. The purpose of this webinar is to share information about the Pathways program, how to apply and answer questions about opportunities at the NIH! For questions about the upcoming webinar, please contact Austin Blackert, Recruiter, at [email protected].
NASA Goddard Pathways Webinars
Wednesday and Thursday, March 4 and 5
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Register
These webinars will provide essential information on the student Pathways internship opportunities at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The webinars are for sophomores, juniors, seniors heading to graduate school, and graduate students. (Freshman students, seniors or graduate students graduating by May 2015 unfortunately will not have enough time to complete the requirements of this program).
Agenda items will include:
- Overview of Pathways Internship Program
- Application Process
- Application Deadlines
- Total number of opportunities
- GSFC Locations
- Q & A Session
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Summer Internship: Industrial-Systems Engineer
The NIH seeks students at all levels to complete 3-4 months of full-time internship experience before they graduate. Students will be given a project, mentor, and guidance, and will attend a number of high level meetings. Requirements: U.S. citizenship, 3.0 GPA or higher, and interest in working for the Federal Government. Interested students should contact [email protected] at NIH Corporate Recruitment.
AFRL Griffiss Institute: 2015 Summer Internship Program
The 2015 application cycle has begun for the Summer Internship Program at the Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory. This is a paid summer internship opportunity for students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university at the freshman level through the Ph.D. level (U.S. CITIZENS ONLY) to work on-site with AFRL researchers on a wide variety of research projects. The majority of the students selected will be majoring in technical fields such as electrical and computer engineering, mathematics, and physics. Basic information on the areas of research that the selected interns will be working in is available in the AFRL/RI Core Competencies. The application deadline is March 20, 2015. A copy of your resume and your current transcript are required with your application. These documents must be uploaded in .PDF format. Application submission link.
Entrepreneurship News & Events
Office of Entrepreneurship Spring Workshop: “Special Topics: Foreign Startup Founders”
Wednesday, February 25
5:30 - 7:00 pm
255 Duques Hall
RSVP
Many of the most innovative and fastest growing businesses in the U.S. have been founded by foreign nationals working or studying here. This presentation will discuss the immigration options available to international students as they pursue their entrepreneurial dreams through startup enterprises. Our speaker will discuss H-1B visas, O-1 visas, the E-1 and E-2 Treaty visa status, EB-5 Investor Visa Program, as well as some of the proposed legislative changes to the immigration laws that might benefit investors and entrepreneurs.
Office of Entrepreneurship Spring Workshop: “Keeping Your Legal House in Order”
Wednesday, March 4
5:30 - 7:00 pm
255 Duques Hall
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Guest speaker Mr. Peter Weissman, patent attorney and partner at Blank Rome LLP, GW Business Plan Competition sponsor, and GW Law alumnus will discuss common legal challenges faced by startup companies from formation of the company to contractual and patent issues. At this workshop you will learn why it is important to have a company, how to identify the key differences between the various company structures, how to avoid common contract issues, and what steps need to be taken to protect your team's valuable patents and trademarks.
GW Startup Career Expo
Tuesday, March 17
Marvin Center, 3rd floor
1:00 – 4:00 pm
Register
The GW Startup Career Expo connects students with varied educational background and interests from all local universities with some of the hottest startups seeking to hire talent in the greater DC area. The event is free, but all startup employers and students must register to participate.
Save the date for these other Office of Entrepreneurship upcoming workshops/events:
March 18: Your Startup's Pitch and Visual Deck
April 14: GW Business Plan Competition Finals, Jack Morton Auditorium
Doctoral Dissertations
Student's Name: Amine El Haimar
Dissertation Title: "Stochastic Risk Analysis of Influenza Pandemic on Interdependent Workforce Sectors Using Input-Output Modeling"
Advisor: Prof. Joost Reyes Santos (EMSE)
Wednesday, February 25
1:00 – 3:00 pm
2600 SEH
Student’s Name: Maryam Yammahi
Dissertation Title: “Investigation of procedures for information retrieval based on Pigeonhole principle”
Advisor: Prof. Simon Berkovich (CS)
Thursday, March 5
3:00 – 5:00 pm
SEH 2000B