Visual Processing, Regenerative Engineering and Biomaterials:
Among Topics Examined During Alvine Lecture Series
West Haven, Conn., September 28, 2009—The University of New Haven (UNH) Tagliatela School of Engineering is presenting the Fall 2009 Alvine Engineering Professional Effectiveness and Enrichment Program. The program offers a series of interactive seminars, forums, and multimedia lectures presented by outstanding UNH faculty and professional engineers and scientists. The program is free and the general public is welcome. For more information on any of the series contact Ismail Orabi, Ph.D. at 203-932-7144.
Lecture schedule:
Wed., Sept. 9, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: “Introduction to Regenerative Engineering,” with Yusuf Khan, Ph.D., University of Connecticut assistant professor.
Khan is an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He will discuss engineering topics such as tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and morphogenesis. He holds a Ph.D. from Drexel University. His expertise spans biomaterials, cell biology, drug delivery, composite materials fabrication, small-animal surgery and histology. He is a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials, and holds the positions of program chair for the Orthopaedic Biomaterials Special Interest Group and vice chair for the Biomaterials Education Special Interest Group for the Society of Biomaterials.
Wed., Sept. 16, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: “Intelligent Systems Monitoring: Critical Global Infrastructures,” with Emmanuel Hooper, Ph.D., global consultant and Harvard, MIT and Yale scholar.
Hooper is an established expert in the field of global information intelligence. He will discuss intelligent systems monitoring, an approach that examines emerging trends and challenges for critical environments and control mechanisms. His expertise includes risk compliance, data protection and privacy, data management, auditing, and information security. He is a member of many associations, consortiums and committees including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Harvard and Yale Alumni Professionals. He earned three Ph.D. degrees simultaneously in computing sciences and information security, and multiple master’s degrees from leading universities including Yale University.
Wed., Sept. 23, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: "21st Century Changing Paradigms," with Joseph Petti, P.E., president at JP Associates.
Petti will provide examples on how businesses can survive and prosper in a world of ever-changing technology. He is a knowledgeable full-time consultant instructing and focusing on mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and business operations. He has worked with a number of Fortune 100 companies, including Pfizer, General Electric, Perkin Elmer and Gillette. He is an adjunct professor at UNH, Albertus Magnus College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from The City College of New York, his M.S. in industrial engineering from New York University and his M.B.A. from UNH.
Wed., Sept. 30, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: "Seeing is Believing: Visualizing Visual Processing," with Daniel Ts'o, Ph.D., associate professor of neurosurgery at State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
Ts'o will discuss the basic biological and anatomical components of vision, their function and how they are connected. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School where he completed his thesis work under the guidance of Dr. Torsten Wiesel and Dr. David Hubel, co-recipients of the Nobel Prize for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. He completed his postdoctoral studies at Rockefeller University with Amiram Grinvald, Ph.D. Together they pioneered a new method for imaging the activity of the brain using optics. He currently runs his own laboratory at New York Upstate Medical University.
Wed., Oct. 7, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: “Biomaterials in Building and Detecting Immunity,” with Tarek Fahmy, Ph.D., Yale University associate professor.
Fahmy will discuss how engineering technology can be used to facilitate the detection and modulation of immune cells. He received his Ph.D. in biophysics and immunopathology in 2002 from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Prior to his graduate work he worked as a senior research engineer at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and in the fluorchemicals and fluoropolymers research division at the Wilmington Experimental Station. He is the recipient of the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Translational Research Award in Biomedical Engineering and the National Science Foundation Career Award. His work focuses at the interface of nanomaterials and immunity, development of vaccines and targeted delivery of therapeutics for boosting immunity in health and disease, and detection of the immune response.
Wed., Oct. 21, 12:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: “The Practice of Research at Pitney Bowes,” with Austin Henderson, Ph.D., director at Pitney Bowes.
Henderson will discuss how Pitney Bowes practices innovation with the help of technology and research. He is the director of knowledge management in the Advanced Concepts and Technology Group at Pitney Bowes. He has built applications in areas including manufacturing, air-traffic control, electronic mail, user-interface design tools and workspace management, and is an active member of The Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction. He received his B.S. in mathematics from Queen’s University, his M.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wed., Nov. 17, 2009, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: “Intellectual Property: What Is It and Why Should an Engineer Care?” with Rafael Rosado, J.D., Associate General Counsel at Pratt & Whitney.
Rosado will discuss intellectual property law, specifically trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. He is responsible for Pratt & Whitney’s Next Generation Product Family Program. In this role, Rafael leads and manages all legal issues related to Pratt & Whitney’s next-generation commercial jet engines. His primary focus is managing the program’s intellectual-property portfolio to ensure Pratt & Whitney protects its technological lead and respects the intellectual-property rights of third parties. He has frequently lectured on intellectual property matters at universities, companies and trade organizations. He received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wed., Dec. 2, 2009, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Schumann Auditorium in the Tagliatela College of Engineering, Room B120: "Recent Innovation in Adhesives," with John Cocco, P.E., vice president at Henkel Corporation, formerly known as Loctite Corporation.
Cocco will discuss adhesive design and assembly as well as Henkel's innovative approach to ensuring a steady stream of new products. He notes that innovation in adhesives is growing despite challenging economic times. Newly developed adhesives are used in a vast array of applications, including the Apple iPhone, and wind turbine blades which will be used to power 10 percent of the electricity demands for Los Angeles and San Diego. He has been in research, development and engineering at Henkel for 24 years. He received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Northeastern University and his M.S. in engineering and M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in innovation management at RPI.
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