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Minutes, March 2020, University Of Dayton. College Of Arts And Sciences

Documents of the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

Minutes from College of Arts and Sciences Academic Affairs Committee

College Faculty In The News: March 10, 2020, University Of Dayton

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Executive Director Shelley Inglis, Human Rights Center, recently spoke to numerous media outlets on several topics, including the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the effects of authoritarian governments and the long-term impact on democracy of illiberal tendencies in the U.S. and India. Follow this and other recent media coverage of the service, research, scholarship and commentary of College of Arts and Sciences programs and their faculty.

2020 Program: Honors Student Symposium, University Of Dayton. University Honors Program

Honors Student Symposium

In addition to research abstracts, the program contains the awardees of the following awards:

• The Patrick F. Palermo Honors Program Founders Fund
• The Daniel Arnold Memorial Scholarship
• The Berry Summer Thesis Institute
• The Clare Boothe Luce Undergraduate Research Grant Program

Pnc Bank Now Premier Partner Of Arcade Innovation Hub, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton and The Entrepreneurs Center today announce PNC Bank as the premier partner of the innovation hub at the Dayton Arcade, now named The Hub Powered by PNC Bank. The partnership will expand programming at The Hub to immerse students in the business community and help entrepreneurs from across the greater Dayton community bring their ideas to life.

Ud In The News Feb. 28- March 6, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Human Rights Center Executive Director Shelley Inglis explained the crisis in Syria for The Conversation and 200 radio affiliates across the Pacifica Network. University Business featured our sustainability efforts in a story about green purchasing. USA Today mentioned UD research on drone-plane collisions in a story about Federal Aviation Administration drone rules.

Erasing A Carbon Footprint, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

I’ve learned to never doubt the knack of University of Dayton students to dream big, then take bold action — all to change a little piece of the world for the better.

University Of Dayton Engineering Students Help Mission Of Mary Cooperative Become First Net-Zero Energy Organization In Dayton, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton engineering students have helped Mission of Mary Cooperative, a Dayton-based urban farming operation, become the city's first net-zero energy organization through the New Buildings Institute, a thirdparty non-profit organization pushing for better energy performance in buildings.

2020 Global Voices Symposium Schedule, University Of Dayton. Alumni Chair In Humanities

Promotional materials

Flyer providing the schedule of sessions and speakers for the 2020 symposium

Creche Herald Vol. 24, No. 1, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Spring 2020 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

2020: Laura Bistrek, Rheja Taylor

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

2020: Suki Kwon, Margaret Murray Davis

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the University of Dayton Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton. Theme for 2020: Women of Courage.

Finding Patterns In Subsurface Using Bayesian Machine Learning Approach, Wang Hui

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

Stochastic simulation approaches and uncertainty quantification are usually adopted for gaining insight into variability in soil stratigraphy configurations. Previous investigations at geotechnical site characterization and interpretation can be broadly categorized into geostatistics- and process-based methods. On the other hand, modern site exploration techniques provide high-quality, dense datasets in physical spaces with high resolution, either directly from sensors (for example, cone penetration testing data) or indirectly from geophysical inversion (such as seismic inversion, electromagnetic induction inversion, and ground penetrating radar). In this work, anisotropy and heterogeneity are considered as possible patterns that inherently exist in the observations, and these are inferred …

A Positive Feedback Loop Of Hippo- And C-Jun-Amino-Terminal Kinase Signaling Pathways Regulates Amyloid-Beta-Mediated Neurodegeneration, Madison Irwin, Meghana Tare, Aditi Singh, Oorvashi Roy Puli, Neha Gogia, Matthew Riccetti, Prajakta Deshpande, Madhuri Kango-Singh, Amit Singh

Biology Faculty Publications

Alzheimer's disease (AD, OMIM: 104300) is an age-related disorder that affects millions of people. One of the underlying causes of AD is generation of hydrophobic amyloid-beta 42 (Aβ42) peptides that accumulate to form amyloid plaques. These plaques induce oxidative stress and aberrant signaling, which result in the death of neurons and other pathologies linked to neurodegeneration. We have developed a Drosophila eye model of AD by targeted misexpression of human Aβ42 in the differentiating retinal neurons, where an accumulation of Aβ42 triggers a characteristic neurodegenerative phenotype. In a forward deficiency screen to look for genetic modifiers, we identified a molecularly …

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition: Human Interest Local Honorable Mention - Creating Space, Becky B. Koop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

The last inches of cigar clung to the corner of my father-in-law's mouth as he gnawed on our predicament. A newly delivered refrigerator obstinately filled the center floor of our u-shaped kitchen. He stretched a tape measure across the appliance, then stepped into the intended alcove measuring in several places. "Nope. Doesn't fit."

Ud In The News Feb. 21-28, University Of Dayton

News Releases

NPR's On Point, The Atlantic, The Conversation, PolitiFact, Phys.org and The Catholic News are among the international and national media featuring faculty expertise, research or programs

Researchers Create New State Of Light; Findings Published In International Journal Nature Photonics, University Of Dayton

News Releases

For 20 years, researchers have studied how light rotates around a longitudinal axis parallel to the direction light travels. But could it move in other ways? After two years of research, and thanks to a sabbatical, University of Dayton researchers Andy Chong and Qiwen Zhan became the first to create a new “state of light” — showing it also can rotate around a transverse axis perpendicular to the direction light travels, like a cyclone

Ud In The News Feb. 8-21, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The New York Times featured the University's tuition plan in a story about financial aid, Inside Higher Ed talked to President Eric F. Spina about college accessibility, faculty wrote for The Conversation and Academic Minute, and Catholic News Service, Crux, College Confidential, Hechinger Report, CNN and JSTOR Daily tapped faculty expertise for stories

Cynthia Payne Appointed As New College Assistant Dean For Student Success, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton College of Arts and Sciences has appointed Cynthia Payne as the new assistant dean for student success. Cynthia joined the University staff in 2016 as assistant director for academic success in the Multi-Ethnic Education and Engagement Center. She will begin her new role March 2.

Powdery Packing Density, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Fine grinding is more efficient.

Dialogue. Advocacy. Action., Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

Whenever I visit a University of Dayton class, I take away valuable lessons.

My Guy Went On Vacay With A Famous Musician … And All I Got Was A Lousy T-Shirt, Susan Berin

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I can't believe I'm sitting here again filled with anger and fury like an ugly monster is about to lurch from my stomach and puke all over me and my computer. When will this torture end? How will my relationship endure this bullsh** every year when summer rolls around?

University Launches New Minor In Latinx And Latin American Studies, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

The University of Dayton’s new Latinx and Latin American Studies minor allows students from those backgrounds to see themselves in the curriculum, while also preparing students from other backgrounds to increase their knowledge and understanding of the historical and contemporary issues of the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic group.

Quantitative Trait Loci (Qtl) Underlying Phenotypic Variation In Bioethanol-Related Processes In Neurospora Crassa, Joshua C. Waters, Deval Jhaveri, Justin C. Biffinger, Kwangwon Lee

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass has received increasing attention over the past decade. Many attempts have been made to reduce the cost of bioethanol produc- tion by combining the separate steps of the process into a single-step process known as consolidated bioprocessing. This requires identification of organisms that can efficiently decompose lignocellulose to simple sugars and ferment the pentose and hexose sugars lib- erated to ethanol. There have been many attempts in engineering laboratory strains by add- ing new genes or modifying genes to expand the capacity of an industrial microorganism. There has been less attention in improving bioethanol-related processes …

Pride Of Dayton Marching Band To Perform In 2021 St. Patrick’S Day Parade In Dublin, Ireland, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton junior Emily Kramer has never flown on an airplane or traveled outside the U.S. That will all change in March 2021 when the Pride of Dayton Marching Band performs in the official St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin, Ireland. Kramer, a drum major, will lead the band past thousands of spectators through Dublin’s historic city center.

Impact Of Team Formation Approach On Teamwork Effectiveness And Performance In An Upper-Level Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory Course, Erick S. Vasquez, Matthew J. Dewitt, Zachary J. West, Michael J. Elsass

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

This study focuses on the impact of team formation approach on teamwork effectiveness and performance spanning three years of instruction of the chemical engineering unit operations laboratory, which is an upper-level undergraduate laboratory course. Team formation approaches changed each year, and assessment tools, including peer-assessment, academic performance, and course evaluations, were employed to evaluate team performance. Approaches included three cases: instructor-selected teams based on GPA with the objective of a similar cumulative average GPA for each team, student self-selected teams, and a combination of self-selected teams with instructor-selected teams for a final experiment. For the third case, new teams were …

Ud In The News Jan. 24-31, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Faculty shared their expertise with international outlets The Conversation, Reuters and Crux plus The Telegraph in India. Several outlets statewide shared stories about how faculty and students are working for the common good

University Joins Regional Partnership To Help Commercialize Intellectual Property, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton has joined with the University of Cincinnati and three other universities in the region in a partnership that will greatly increase the resources and opportunities available to the region's early-stage startups.

Career Services Survey Shows 97 Percent Success Rate For Second Straight Year, University Of Dayton

News Releases

For the second straight year, 97 percent of recent University of Dayton grads responding to the career services office's Flyer First Destination Survey report being employed, pursuing a graduate degree or participating in a service program within six months of graduation.

Review—Deep Learning Methods For Sensor Based Predictive Maintenance And Future Perspectives For Electrochemical Sensors, Srikanth Namuduri, Barath Narayanan Narayanan, Venkata Salini Priyamvada Davuluru, Lamar Burton, Shekhar Bhansali

Office for Research Publications and Presentations

The downtime of industrial machines, engines, or heavy equipment can lead to a direct loss of revenue. Accurate prediction of such failures using sensor data can prevent or reduce the downtime. With the availability of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, it is possible to acquire the sensor data in real-time. Machine Learning and Deep Learning (DL) algorithms can then be used to predict the part and equipment failures, given enough historical data. DL algorithms have shown significant advances in problems where progress has eluded the practitioners and researchers for several decades. This paper reviews the DL algorithms used for predictive …

In The Swing Of Things, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Swing away