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    Cover Story

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    Feeding theMicrogrid

    RobotRevolution

    New Lookfor a NativeLanguage

    THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT RESEARCH REV

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    UBs raNsmissioN ElECroN miCrosCoPE

    magNiiEs hE smallEs PariClEs as wEll as hE

    oPPorUNiiEs or CollaBoraivE rEsEarCh.

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    Dear Colleagues,

    It is m pleasure to itroduce the Uiersit o Bridgeport aual research magaie,

    Breakthroughs. This issue eatures seeral ecitig research projects beig coducted throughout

    the arious schools, colleges ad departmets at the Uiersit o Bridgeport. The research

    edeaors at UB highlight our role as a thik tak or ew etures ad a 21st cetur learig

    ceter with career-orieted, hads-o oerigs i the world o STEM-orieted markets, emergig

    iterdiscipliar felds ad iteratioal programmig.

    Followig the establishmet o the Diisio o Graduate Studies ad Research i 2008, research

    irastructure ad actiities hae icreased appreciabl at UB. A sigifcat umber o grat awards

    has led to a arra o uded projects. UBs Seed Moe Grat program has proided iteral

    udig that stimulates research i the earl stages. Grated equipmet, serices ad liceses

    roud out the awards that hae bee criticall importat to deelopig research eorts. Our acultsupports research eorts o studets o all leels, rom udergraduate to graduate to doctoral,

    through metorig ad adisig grats awarded directl to the studets or their ow research.

    Research coducted b UB acult ad studets is showcased at our aual Facult Research Da.

    Facult rom dieret departmets, as well as studets, Idustr Adisor Board members, commuit

    leaders ad eture capitalists hae the opportuit to lear about our projects, geeratig

    sigifcat iterdiscipliar collaboratios across campus ad with the or-proft sector. O

    course the establishmet o the CTech IcUBator, the frst ad ol uiersit-based high-tech

    icubator i Fairfeld Cout, has also led to seeral joit idustr/UB R&D eorts.

    The ogoig research at UB supports our goal o deelopig a world-class workorce that is

    essetial to the cotiuig growth o idustries ad commuities throughout Coecticut,

    the Uited States ad the world. I hope that ou ejo readig Breakthroughsad that

    it proides ou with a glimpse o some o the ioatie, iterdiscipliar research beig

    coducted b UB acult ad studets.

    2 Robot Revolution bt t nteence tbt tt pcete, ek m. sbenn utue ed t btc.

    6 Healing Wisdomlkn t te d Cekee ee,ne eece tude ndenu pnt uedt tet cnce nd hiv.

    8 New Look for a Native Language a dene cet e tee nt tt ep t e

    Cekee Ntn expe te n ne y.

    10 Nano Particles Big Collaborations UB ne nn Eectn mccpe

    ne te et ptce e tepptunte cbte eec.

    13 Comprehension Counts redn nd cence e unkey e n tequet t pe tecy n nty, pety ubn c.

    16 Rethinking Recyclinga te ee ce net te nutted y t eue, ecyce, ndenuctue eectnc cpnent.

    18 Adaptable Planeta Et cte cn e pnt be bet dpt?

    20 The Proprioception Connection De neck pn nuence u pt

    peceptn? one tudy nette te nkbeteen ppceptn nd pn.

    22 International Watchdog i cuptn n ntentn ce nd

    te epnbty t ptect nt teece nd pecute te pepett?

    23 The Importance of Teamworkinteted te edc pent cne te ce tdtn edcne.

    24 Feeding the MicrogridTe Unety Bdept renebeEney reec lbty epn

    eece nd ne y te ntn tutze e enebe eney euce.

    26 Dueling IPOs anyzn te dee nce beteen te U.s.

    nd Cnee nnc ket.

    28 Practice Makes Perfectstudent n te ne sc Denthyene e un de tut t enncete ntuent k.

    29 Start It Up ec tt-up nd Unety Bdept

    nnt ce tete t teTe Cec incUBt.

    FEATURES

    Breakthroughs magaie is pub

    the Diisio o Graduate Studies a

    Uiersit o Bridgeport. Please

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    Editor: Ch

    Desig Director

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    www.bridgeport.

    UB BREAKTHROUGHom the Vice President

    Tarek M. Sobh, Ph.D., P.E.Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research

    Dean, School of Engineering

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    EK M. SOBH EnvISIOnS A FUTURE FILLED WITH ROBOTICS.

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    te t-te nttn ce, e nd te

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    nd te cnt ttey eneted utnuy, tt

    tk peed t te cck buttn.

    When put together, these robots can perform very

    significant and complex tasks in parallel muchcheaper, faster and more efficiently than one or

    more very complex and expensive robotic agents.

    in Computer Engineering

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    in 2008, te Unety Bdept, tete t

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    retunn t te pntn expe, sb cntnue, i

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    be ecnued nd edected t deent tk te tu-

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    The potential applications for swarm intelligence

    are not only industrial. Swarm intelligence could

    have significant applications in the defense sector

    with robots replacing human reconnaissance in

    hostile or unfamiliar locations.[ ]

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    te ptent t pde ncnt uppt t un

    ende n ety ennent nd ety

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    te apped Nntecny Cntu, cnducted

    t Ked Eety, P.D., acte Den gdute

    P nd Pe Cpute scence, nd En-

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    Eectc Enneen. n n ee d pe-

    ny eec pty cnducted t UB by sb ndeect cuty, te U.s. ay ded $2.4 n t te

    apped Nntecny Cntu, up cped

    UB, te Unety htd, te Unety Cn-

    nectcut, nd e nztn nd nduty. D. sb ed

    te UB enneen eec te, tu te 18-nt

    eec pject dened t deep y dne.

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    t E Kn, P.D., atnt Pe te Dept-

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    t n nexpene utn t unnned ecnnnce

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    e k n u n peb bck yd, t te pnt

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    It is time that we look in our own

    proverbial back yard with the plant

    medicines and practices that have

    been used on our continent for

    thousands of years. No

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    d 1980 been ted, tuteed

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    tude N tneed te ucce

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    pece cected, tu etbn cbtn beteen

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    nd pp te Den, N be t etb-

    nd equp n ebu n te Cee Ntuptc

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    ad literature proessor hae i commo? The all work

    at the Uiersit o Bridgeport, but there coected i a

    more uique wa. Idepedetl o each other, the hae all

    researched some aspect o Cherokee heritage.

    naturopathic phsicia Jod E. no, M.S., n.D., has

    bee studig the oral medicial traditio o the KeetoowahWester Cherokee while graphic desig proessor Gar

    Much was bus desigig a moder Cherokee ot or the

    Cherokee natio, at the iitatio o a tribal represetatie.

    O aother part o campus, Diae Krumre, a associate

    proessor o Eglish, has log bee a admirer o

    Cherokee writers.

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    Research Da, the took the opportuit to echage their

    ideas ad ethusiasm. Krumre muses, Its icre

    thik that the three o us, rom such dieret fe

    brought together b our iterest i a particular n

    America tribes rich heritage, thaks to Facult

    Research Da.

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    Te eight research projects that Patra and students are currently involved in include:

    The study o nanotechnology and nanomaterials to develop an artifcial connective tissue network

    known as Carbon NanoTube PolyDiMethylSiloxane (CNT/PDMS). This research is being conducted

    with colleagues at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Rice University, and other institutions. This

    specifc study is part o a larger research interest to investigate the orientation and alignment o

    nanofbers in order to design structurally tunable scaolds or tissue engineered materials that can

    lead to advanced materials such as artifcial skin, wound healing bandages and flters, to name a ew.

    An investigation o the unique biological dispersion o graphene, a two-dimensional, anatomically

    thin, honeycomb-shaped carbon crystal structure and its binding eectiveness with proteins identifed

    in Alzheimers. This collaborative research involves aculty and student researchers at Wesleyan

    University.

    The development o an invisible ink-based diagnostic tool or the rapid

    screening o tuberculosis, with an eye on being cost-eective and requiringno special storage or laboratory acilities in order to be available to

    developing nations.

    A pilot study to establish precise graphene signatures o Graphene

    Nanoribbons (GNR) by manipulating the conductivity o the GNR surace

    in order to explore its use in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). This study has the potential to

    develop a new biological contrast agent or MRI use. Yale Universitys Core Center or Quantitative

    Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance awarded a P30 grant to Patra or this work. The grant

    provides the use o a vertical bore 11.7T system, along with NMR scans, the reagents used or

    sample preparation, and the technical support o the Centers scientists, technicians, and engineers.

    A study o graphene nanoribbon-DNA sel assembly, conducted at Brookhaven National

    Laboratory.

    Research in collaboration with a colleague at the University o Texas at Dallas to develop a

    microelectrode-based point o care diagnostic tool or hs-CRP biomarker detection.

    The study o nanofber orientation and alignment through the electrostatic jetting o polymer

    nanofbers and the inkjet deposition o conductive ormulations to be used in tissue engineering. Patra

    and students are working with researchers at the Cleveland Clinic to research a specifc application to

    identiy determinants or the abrication o electrospun composite nanofbers to generate the optimal

    tissue scaold or use in the prevention o aneurysms.

    A University o New Haven research project conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory on

    bioflms and nanostructures.

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    A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS InvESTIGATES An AUTOMATED WAy TO REUSE

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    t ue ntuent cecty teted tudent

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    te 13 ntuent tt e ued te

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