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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Sustainability Spotlight, University Of Dayton. Hanley Sustainability Institute

Hanley Sustainability Institute Newsletter

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Nine Schools Or Programs Ranked In U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Guide, University Of Dayton

News Releases

U.S. News & World Report ranked nine University of Dayton schools and programs among the top in the nation in its latest guide on "The Best Graduate Schools."

A Promise Fulfilled, Eric F. Spina

President's Blog: From the Heart

"I got accepted to my first graduate school program, and I am feeling so blessed. Dreams really do come true," tweeted Brianna Gavin. My heart soared.

University Of Dayton Announces In-Person, On- Campus Graduation Ceremonies May 7-9, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Aligned with safety guidelines and allowing for students and their guests to celebrate academic achievements in the Flyer spirit and tradition, the University of Dayton will hold six in-person graduation ceremonies May 7-9 at University of Dayton Arena.

Fabrication And Characterization Of Electrospun Poly(Acrylonitrile-Co-Methyl Acrylate)/Lignin Nanofibers: Effects Of Lignin Type And Total Polymer Concentration, Suchitha Devadas, Saja M. Nabat Al-Ajrash, Donald A. Klosterman, Kenya A. Crosson, Garry S. Crosson, Erick S. Vasquez

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Lignin macromolecules are potential precursor materials for producing electrospun nanofibers for composite applications. However, little is known about the effect of lignin type and blend ratios with synthetic polymers. This study analyzed blends of poly(acrylonitrile-co-methyl acrylate) (PAN-MA) with two types of commercially available lignin, low sulfonate (LSL) and alkali, kraft lignin (AL), in DMF solvent. The electrospinning and polymer blend solution conditions were optimized to produce thermally stable, smooth lignin-based nanofibers with total polymer content of up to 20 wt % in solution and a 50/50 blend weight ratio. Microscopy studies revealed that AL blends possess good solubility, miscibility, and …

Magnetically Induced Demulsification Of Water And Castor Oil Dispersions Stabilized By Fe3o4-Coated Cellulose Nanocrystals, Mohammad J. Hasan, Frankie A. Petrie, Ashley E. Johnson, Joshua Peltan, Meredith Gannon, Robert T. Busch, Serhiy O. Leontsev, Erick S. Vasquez, Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Superparamagnetic iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticle (NP) coated cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were synthesized and used to prepare emulsions with magnetically controlled stability. Magnetite NPs were deposited onto the surface of wood pulp CNCs (WCNCs) and bacterial CNCs (BCNCs) by a one-step coprecipitation method. The effect of the CNC to Fe3O4 mass ratio (1:1, 1:2, and 1:4) was varied to optimize the colloidal, magnetic and emulsifying properties of the hybrid NPs. TEM images showed that the 1:4 ratios lead to greater coverage of Fe3O4 than lower Fe3O4 loadings (1:1, and 1:2). The CNCs and Fe3O4 appeared to interact via hydrogen bonding between …

Ud In The News March 13-19, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Biofuels Digest, Renewable Energy Magazine, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! News, The Conversation, CNN and The Hill are among the national outlets sharing University of Dayton faculty expertise.

A Single Human Family, Teri Rizvi

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Pope Francis' encyclical on fraternity and friendship calls for kindness, dialogue and acknowledging the dignity of all people. The rector's office led a discussion of Fratelli tutti.

No March? No Problem., Michelle Tedford

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Flyers for Life hosts campus prayer service in lieu of annual national march.

Ud Earns Top Rankings In National Science Foundation's Most Recent Annual Rankings Report On Higher Education Research, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton ranks No. 1 in 10 categories among national, state and Catholic colleges and universities, and it increased its standing in five others according to the National Science Foundation’s most recent annual rankings report on higher education research.

More Marker Boards In The Library: Sga And The Dean's Fund Deliver, Maureen Schlangen

University Libraries Blog Archive

A student approached an SGA senator about getting dry-erase boards installed in more library study rooms. Daniel Hennessey wrote up the proposal, and thanks to a grant from SGA and matching funds from the donor-supported Dean's Fund for Excellence, the new boards are now installed.

Ud Researchers On National Renewable Energy Laboratory Team Fast- Tracking Food Waste Into Sustainable Aviation Fuel, University Of Dayton

News Releases

University of Dayton researchers have helped a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) team take another step toward turning wet food waste into a sustainable aviation fuel.

Dayton Strong, 1913: Flood Response Brought Hope To Heartache, Diane Osman

University Libraries Blog Archive

Library and historical collections offer a window on the tragedy as well as the regional responses that saved lives — and continue to do so today.

Student Voices, Maleah A. Wells, Amira Fitzpatrick, Kaitlin Hall, Joshua Chambers, Christopher Jones, Nyah Johnson

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

This session began with reflections from student research assistants who moderated the session. This session introduces the major issues addressed during the symposium.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

Alumni Voices, Lawrence Burnley, Daria-Yvonne Graham, Merida Allen, Angela Heath, Darius Beckham, Lisa Rich-Milan, Marcus Smith

Proceedings: 2021 Global Voices on the University of Dayton Campus

Session was facilitated by Dr. Lawrence Burnley and moderated by Dr. Daria Graham ’92 ’01 ’18, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at California State University, San Bernardino. Panelists included Angela Heath ’78 ’80; Darius Beckham ’19; Lisa Rich-Milan ’85; and Dr. Marcus Smith ’08 ’10.

These proceedings are available free for download but also available for purchase in print for $6 plus tax and shipping.

The Physics Of Fire By Friction, Bradley D. Duncan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

In what follows I will attempt to produce a rigorous, macroscopic, time averaged model of the process of creating fire by friction – up to the point of initial ember formation. I will employ reasonable, practical approximations with the goal of developing mathematical results that are experimentally verifiable. Although force, velocity, pressure and the like are actually vector quantities, due to the symmetry of the problem I will perform a scalar analysis only. Also, to simplify the analysis I will assume that the assortment of variables we will encounter are independent. Mostly this assumption is valid, though on occasion I …

Doc 2021-03 Certificate In Ethics And Leadership, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Senate Documents

Legislative authority

A Promise Fulfilled, Eric F. Spina

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

President Eric F. Spina shares good news from the first graduating class of Flyer Promise Scholars.

Lessons Learned, Part Ix, Bev Thompson Jenkins

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

A continuing reflection on life acquired in and out of the classroom — from the classes of 1978 and 2006.

Ud's Technical Institute: A History That Leads To The Present, Robert L. Mott, G. William Lawless

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Two longtime professors reflect on the founding of the Technical Institute at the University of Dayton and how the program began as a Marianist response to the needs of the community. Its roots can be found today in undergraduate and graduate programs within the School of Engineering. Former Technical Institute faculty would love to hear from their students.

University Of Dayton Computer Scientist, Doctoral Graduate Awarded $25k To Use Artificial Intelligence In Silicon Crystal Growth, Dave Larsen

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

Lam Research Corporation awarded a University of Dayton computer scientist and a doctoral graduate $25,000 for fundamental research on artificial intelligence for silicon crystal growth.

Mirrornet: Bio-Inspired Camouflaged Object Segmentation, Jinnan Yan, Trung-Nghia Le, Khanh-Duy Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Thanh-Toan Do, Tam V. Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Camouflaged objects are generally difficult to be detected in their natural environment even for human beings. In this paper, we propose a novel bio-inspired network, named the MirrorNet, that leverages both instance segmentation and bio-inspired attack stream for the camouflaged object segmentation. Differently from existing networks for segmentation, our proposed network possesses two segmentation streams: the main stream and the bio-inspired attack stream corresponding with the original image and its flipped image, respectively. The output from the bio-inspired attack stream is then fused into the main stream’s result for the final camouflage map to boost up the segmentation accuracy. Extensive …

Is This Heaven?, Curt Macdougall

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

So here I am watching another Kevin Costner "baseball" movie. Hard to tell which one...maybe Field of Dreams or Bull Durham, or that one where he's an aging pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Actually, I think there were two movies where he played that part. Whatever.

Color-Compressive Bilateral Filter And Nonlocal Means For High-Dimensional Images, Christina Karam, Kenjiro Sugimoto, Keigo Hirakawa

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

We propose accelerated implementations of bilateral filter (BF) and nonlocal means (NLM) called color-compressive bilateral filter (CCBF) and color-compressive nonlocal means (CCNLM). CCBF and CCNLM are random filters, whose Monte-Carlo averaged output images are identical to the output images of conventional BF and NLM, respectively. However, CCBF and CCNLM are considerably faster because the spatial processing of multiple color channels are combined into a single random filtering process. This implies that the complexity of CCBF and CCNLM is less sensitive to color dimension (e.g., hyperspectral images) relatively to other BF and NLM methods. We experimentally verified that the execution time …

Deep Learning For Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Mitigation In Long-Range Imaging, Matthew A. Hoffmire, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Richard Van Hook, Barry K. Karch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

We present a deep learning approach for restoring images degraded by atmospheric optical turbulence. We consider the case of terrestrial imaging over long ranges with a wide field-of-view. This produces an anisoplanatic imaging scenario where turbulence warping and blurring vary spatially across the image. The proposed turbulence mitigation (TM) method assumes that a sequence of short-exposure images is acquired. A block matching (BM) registration algorithm is applied to the observed frames for dewarping, and the resulting images are averaged. A convolutional neural network (CNN) is then employed to perform spatially adaptive restoration. We refer to the proposed TM algorithm as …

2021: Dr. Shauna Adams, Shauna Adams

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the 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.

The 2021 theme, "Leading with Character and Resilience," captures what it means to work in the midst of a pandemic, social and political unrest and economic uncertainty. Each honoree displayed resilience, drive, character and tenacity and created inspiring ways to move forward.

2021: Kelly Bohrer, Kelly Bohrer

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the 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.

The 2021 theme, "Leading with Character and Resilience," captures what it means to work in the midst of a pandemic, social and political unrest and economic uncertainty. Each honoree displayed resilience, drive, character and tenacity and created inspiring ways to move forward.

2021: Gerica Brown, Gerica Brown

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the 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.

The 2021 theme, "Leading with Character and Resilience," captures what it means to work in the midst of a pandemic, social and political unrest and economic uncertainty. Each honoree displayed resilience, drive, character and tenacity and created inspiring ways to move forward.