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2018
- H. Wang, C. Leong, M. Chalkley, C. Maines, B. Holbrooks, 鈥淲IP: Co-curricular and Extra-curricular Experiences of NSF-supported Scholars鈥�, was accepted by the 2018 ASEE annual conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 24-27, 2018.
- Manufacturing course students went on a field trip to GE Baker Hughes on April 12, 2018.
- H. Wang, S. Davis, L. Atkins, L. Clements, 鈥淲IP: An Exploratory Study of NSF-supported Scholars鈥� Career Readiness鈥�, was presented at the 2018 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, March 4-6, 2018.
- H. Wang, A. Floyd, L. Wang, B. Holbrooks, N. Hopkins, 鈥淎 Case Study of Networks for a Health Self-Monitoring System鈥�,was presented at Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN), Las Vegas, Nevada, March 4-7, 2018.
- 10 JU Engineering students, Dr. Selvi, Dr. Wang and Dr. Javaid attended the ASEE SE conference in Daytona Beach, Florida from March 4-6, 2018.
- JU Alumnus John Bruce gave a seminar talk on "True Innovation in Medicine: The OArm story".
- JU Engineering students went on a field trip to Johnson & Johnson Vision Care on February 16, 2018.
2017鈥�
- Engineering Orientation course students went on a field trip to KLS Martin on September 26, 2017.
- Nicole Buczkowski got student scholarship sponsored by the Florida Engineering Society in 2017 spring.
- Mechanical engineering seniors Nicole Buczkowski, Christian Carter, Harrison Clark, Kyle Crews, Michelle Espinal and junior Julie Summers presented their project 鈥淎n Assistant to Firefighting: Drone Design鈥� work at the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), Boca Racon, Florida, February 24-25, 2017 and at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Memphis, Tennessee, April 6-8, 2017.
- Dr. Selvi gave a presentation about 鈥淭echnological Challenges of Space Colonization鈥� at 7th Annual Cross-Disciplinary Panel Discussion, 探花族, March 9th, 2017.
- Dr. Javaid presented her research paper with title 鈥淪tudying human haptic communication in a realistic setting - challenges and opportunities鈥� at IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN), 2017.
- Dr. Javaid attended Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Region D Conference, March 2017, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Engineering students took part in LEGO education session at Fort Caroline Elementary School in 探花族 during JU Charter Day, April 7th, 2017.
- Trenton Hasty, and Madison Shelly, presented their senior design project titled with 鈥淪ampling Fish: Wirelessly acquiring data from a water body,鈥� at the 31st Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Memphis, Tennessee, April 6-8, 2017.Dr. Wang participated in the ABET Symposium (self-study report workshop), April 19-21, 2017, Baltimore, MD.
- Dr. Selvi presented JU engineering projects at Florida STEM and Health Expo, River City Science Academy, 探花族, FL, May 20th, 2017.
- Dr. Javaid attended Project-Based Learning (PBL) workshop at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), June 21-24, 2017, Worcester, MA.
- Drs. Wang, and Selvi presented their paper titled with 鈥淲IP: The Impacts of Project-Based Service Learning on Students鈥� Professional Identities and Career Readiness鈥�, at the 2017 ASEE annual conference, Columbus, OH, June 25-28, 2017.
- Drs. Wang, Selvi and Javaid presented the poster titled with 鈥淣SF S-STEM, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics Scholars鈥�, at the 2017 ASEE annual conference, Columbus, OH, June 25-28, 2017.
- Trenton Hasty presented his paper titled 鈥淗and Movement Tracking Using Gaming Devices鈥漚t the 31st Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Memphis, Tennessee, April 6-8, 2017.
- Drs. Javaid and Selvi gave presentation at Mandarin鈥檚 Oak Elementary School to two sessions of Elementary School kids about engineering on May 8th, 2017.
- Dr. Javaid presented JU projects at the exhibit of Sunshine State Scholars Program on May, 19th, 2017 at Orlando, FL.
- Four mechanical engineering seniors presented their senior design work at advisory board meeting (contact Dr. Selvi)
- Dr. Selvi participated in the AAC&U PKAL STEM Leadership Institute (2017 Summer), Baltimore, MD.
- Dr. Wang (Co-PI working with Drs. Kathleen Kavanagh, and Judith Wingate) received an external three-year grant from the Riverside Hospital Foundation and Cascone Family foundation to design and develop a FITMAN manikin for the nursing education.
- Precious Faniyi got an internship at JEA in summer 2017.
- Chris Morgan got an internship at Northrup Grumman in summer 2017.
- Madison Shelly got an internship at Stellar in summer 2017.
- 探花族 hosted FTC Chassis Build, Design, and Program Workshop given
by FTC Team Saturn, July 29-30, 2017. Engineering faculty and staff helped with the
organization of the event.
- 探花族 hosted FLL Getting Started Workshop given by RenaissanceJAX, July 29th, 2017.
2016
- 探花族 hosted NEFL Regional Championship of FIRST Tech Challenge, January 23rd, 2016. Several engineering students and faculty volunteered in the event.
- Five Engineering students (Chris Beachler, Adam Hurdis, Weston Miller, Jon Maywood, Travis Pulliam) presented at JU symposium 2016.
- Dr. Javaid gave a talk titled 鈥淗aptics Technology and Educational Games鈥� at Science and Engineering Lecture Series (SELS), March 10, 2016, 探花族, FL.
- Dr Wang participated in IEEE Haptics Symposium 2016 in April in Philadelphia, PA.
- Dr. Selvi presented JU engineering projects at Florida STEM and Health Expo, River City Science Academy, 探花族, FL, May 21st, 2016.
- Dr. Wang participated in the AAC&U Integrative Learning and the Departments (2016 Summer), Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
- Kyle Crews got an internship at Advantus Corporation in summer 2016.
- Dr. Selvi presented his paper titled 鈥淓xperiences in Teaching Writing Unit Design Courses to Engineering Students with Advanced Rube Goldberg Projects鈥� at the 2016 ASEE annual conference, New Orleans, LA, June 26-28, 2016.
- Dr Wang attended ABET advanced assessment training workshop in April in Fort Lauderdale.
- Dr Wang served as a NSF panelist.
- 鈥嬧�婽hree engineering students (Yanni Cacho, Ted Clark and Michelle Espinal) served as judges at Mathcount 2016 at the University of North Florida (UNF).
- Trenton Hasty, a junior in Electrical Engineering, presented the research progress on hands-free manipulation of virtual structures at National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2016) held at Asheville, North Carolina.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
- Drs. Selvi and Javaid served as judges and referees at local FIRST robotics competitions.
- Dr. Javaid鈥檚 research paper with title, 鈥淭oothPIC: An Interactive Application for Teaching Oral Anatomy,鈥� was published in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 9(2): 184-189 (2016).
- Dr. Javaid gave a talk on the topic, 鈥淭eaching Focused Faculty Position Search at Community Colleges, Liberal Arts Institutes and Research Universities,鈥� at Society of Women Engineers National Conference (WE16), October 26-29, 2016. Philadelphia, PA
- Engineering Orientation course students went on a field trip to Applications Engineering Group Inc., November 15th, 2016.
2015鈥�
- Dr. Javaid presented her research on using pressure sensors to identify manipulation actions during human physical interaction in 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2015). The research work was also published in the conference proceedings.
- Engineering students Devin Pappas and Bryam Duque presented at FCHC in Miami in February 2015.
- Dr. Javaid's research on development of an interactive application for teaching oral anatomy (ToothPIC) got accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.鈥�
- Dr Wang got a patent granted in December, USPTO 9208662.
- Drs Wang and Selvi visited 鈥婤ishop Kenny High school introduced our NSF supported MEPS Program in Spring Break
- Dr Selvi and Javaid served as referees at FIRST robotics competitions.
- Dr Wang received two EPIC grants collaborating with Marine Science, Geography, and Kinesiology departments.
- Engineering Department attended 探花族 One-Spark 2015 showing our 3D printed products.
- Engineering Department got a two-extruder 3D printer supported by the EPIC grant. We aim to manufacture more complicated hollow structures.
- Engineering Student Adam Hurdis got a JU Undergraduate Research Grant collaborating with another two students from Chemistry Department. They plan to optimize the fabrication process of a smart material called Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite.
- Dr Wang presented the paper titled with "Self-tuning parts in an Erhu instrument using shape memory alloys"鈥� at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2015 in March in San Diego, CA.
- John Leong gave a presentation about "An information indicator based on two-way shape memory alloys (SMAs)" at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2015 in San Diego, CA.
- Six engineering students (Devin Pappas, John Leong, Bryam Duque, Chris Beachler, Weston Miller and Jonathan Maywood) will attend NCUR 2015 to present three projects.
- Dr Wang and two students gave a class at Episcopal Elementary School in May..
Dr Wang and two students visited Callahan Library in June to introduce several engineering products and our engineering department. - Engineering faculty Dr Wang and Dr Huang (Chemistry Department) got a JU Research grant (2015-2016). They collaborated to work on the fabrication of an Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite.
- Dr Wang and four engineering students served as judges at NE FL Regional 鈥嬧�婼cience and Engineering Fair 2015.
- Dr Wang presented engineering projects at FL 鈥婼TEM and Health EXPO 2015 in May 鈥�at River City 鈥婼cience Academy.
- Dr Wang attended AAC&U PKAL Summer Leadership Institute in July in Maryland.
- Engineering Orientation course students went on a field trip to JEA Brandy Branch Power Station, October 13th, 2015.
- Dr Wang attended ABET fundamental assessment workshop in October in Dallas TX.
2014
- Engineering students Devin Pappas, John Leong, and Bryam Duque got two JU undergraduate research grants (2014 Spring-2015 Spring).
- Drs Wang and Lane visited 鈥婤ishop Kenny High school introduced our NSF supported MEPS Program in Spring Break.
- The vice president of NSPE Nicole Buczkowski attended the FES Leadership Conference in 2014 summer.
- Four Engineering students (Devin Pappas, John Leong, Stephen Cowan, and Max Orozco) presented their papers at JU symposium 2014.
- Devin Pappas gave a presentation at SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2014 about 'Haptics using a smart material for eyes-free interaction in personal devices'.
- Devin Papppas served a judge at Mathcount 2014 at the University of North Florida.
2013
- Engineering program got free samples of dry Ionic Polymer Metal Composite for Haptics application from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan.
- Engineering program and Physics department got a 3D printer this semester.
- Bryam Duque's abstract about 'A Flexible and Hands Free Control Support for Mobile Devices based on Shape Memory Alloy' was accepted by NCUR 2014.
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