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June 2005. He was appointed secretary of the
Electronic Packaging Committee of SEM, June 2005.
He attended ASME Essential Teaching Seminar in
Baltimore, MD, June 2005.
Xuan, J., Ph.D., electrical engineering and computer
science, member of Editorial Board, BioMedical
Engineering OnLine, 2005–present. He served on
the ad hoc Study Section, “Development of Novel
Technologies for in-vivo Imaging” (ZCA1-SRRB-9
(J2) (R)), National Institutes of Health, 2002–present.
Grants
■ Ahmed, F., (Principal Investigator), “Phase-Signature
Based Watermark for Secure Multimedia,” Naval
Research Laboratory, 2004–05, $63,381.
■ Ahmed, F., (Principal Investigator), “Data Analysis
for CAD Systems,” Riverian Medical group, 2005–06,
$37,659.
■ Brown, J.S., (Principal Investigator), Identification and
Evaluation of Working Fluids for High Temperature
Heat Applications (Including Replacements for R-114),
ASHRAE, April 1, 2006–March 31, 2007, $75,000.
■ Brown, J.S., (Principal Investigator), Transcritical
and Subcritical CYCLE-11 Simulation Model, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, October 1,
2004–July 31, 2005, $14,139.
■ Brown, J.S., (Principal Investigator), Design,
Manufacture, and Testing of a Micro-Scale EHD
Conduction Pump, NASA, October 1, 2005–
September 1, 2006, $24,997.
■ Brown, J.S., (Principal Coordinator), Research
on Intelligence in Manufacturing and Standards,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
April 1, 2003–March 31, 2006, $706,613.
■ Brown, J.S., (Principal Coordinator), Research on
Automated Planning and Programming for Intelligent
Systems, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, April 1, 2006–March 31, 2007, $260,197.
■ Hidler, J., (Principal Investigator), “Development of
smart rail system for over-ground gait training,”
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command,
January 1, 2006–December 31, 2006, $138,613.
■ Hidler, J., (Co-Principal Investigator), “National
Capital Area Rehabilitation Research Network
(NCARRN),” September 16, 2005–June 30, 2010,
$3,715,503.
■ Hidler, J., (Principal Investigator), “Smart overground
body weight support system,” National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research,
November 1, 2005–October 31, 2008, $448,483.
■ Hidler, J., (Sub-Contract Principal Investigator) and
Rymer, W.Z., (Principal Investigator),”Gait restoration
in hemiparetic stroke patients using goal-directed,
robotic-assisted treadmill training,” National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research,
November 1, 2002–October 31, 2007, $503,384.
■ Hidler, J., (Principal Investigator), “Quantification of
static and dynamic muscle synergy patterns in the
paretic leg of stroke patients,” Whitaker Foundation,
September 1, 2003–August 31, 2006, $219,083.
■ Lade, P.V., (Principal Investigator),”Experimental
Investigation of Stress Rotation Effects in Soils,” Small
Grant for Exploratory Research, National Science
Foundation, March 1, 2004–February 28, 2005.
(No-cost time extension until February 28, 2007
approved), $68,023.
■ Lade, P.V., (Principal Investigator), “Instability of
Geological Materials Under Three-Dimensional
Stress Conditions,” American Chemical Society (The
Petroleum Research Fund). May 1, 2004–April 30,
2006, $80,000.
■ Lucko, G., (Co-Principal Investigator), Tsopelas, P.,
(Co-Principal Investigator), “Teaching Structural
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Design, Construction Practices, and Sustainable
Technologies for Mitigation of Natural Disaster
Damages in Coastal and Fault Areas of Developing
Regions,” National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
Alliance, July 31, 2006–July 30, 2009, $42,450.
■ Lum, P., (Co-Principal Investigator), Rehabilitation
Research and Development, Department of Veterans
Affairs, June 2005–May 2008, Merit Review proposal
“Mechanisms of Upper Extremity Recovery
in Post-stroke Hemiparesis,” $1,000,000, Direct
costs co-investigator, 10% effort.
■ Lum, P., (Sub-Contract Principal Investigator) NIH
R01 Award “Home-based automated therapy of
arm function after stroke via tele-rehabilitation”
Principal Investigator: Uswatte (UAB) Direct costs:
$750,000, Total subcontract funding: $394,920.
■ Matthews, S.A., (Principal Investigator), “Design and
Construction of a Camera for Testing the TOMBO
Imaging Concept,” EM Photonics, Inc, July 2005,
$25,000.
■ Matthews, S.A., (Principal Investigator), “A Practical
Enhanced-Resolution Integrated Optical-Digital
Imaging Camera (PERIODIC),” Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, October 2005, $79,000.
■ Matthews, S.A., (Co-Principal Investigator) and
Brown, J.S., “Design, Manufacture, and Testing of
a Micro-Scale EHD Conduction Pump,” NASA/GSFC,
September 2005, $25,000.
■ Mirotznik, M.S., (Principal Investigator), “A Practical
Enhanced-Resolution Integrated Optical-Digital
Imaging Camera (PERIODIC) System,” Advanced
Research and Development Agency, 2005, $196,000.
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Mirotznik, M.S., (Principal Investigator), “Spectral
Shaping of Materials by Statistically Dithering
Frequency Selective Surfaces,” Office of Naval
Research, 2005, $154,800.
Mirotznik, M.S., (Principal Investigator), “Anatomically
Accurate Modeling of Corneal Heating Due to Intense
Millimeter Wave Radiation Exposure,” DARPA,
$120,000.
Ramella-Roman J.C., (Principal Investigator),
“Characterization of skin optical response for
human signatures,” Johns Hopkins University
APL, December 2005– September 2006, $25,000.
Sun, L., (Principal Investigator), Characterizing
Uncertainty Distribution of Ground Surface Responses
Caused by an Impulse Excitation, American Chemical
Society Petroleum Research Foundation, September
2006–August 2008, $35,000.
Sun, L., (Principal Investigator), Mahmassani, H.,
(Co-Principal Investigator), and Sebechts, M.,
(Co-Principal Investigator), Modeling Human Driving
Behavior and Response with Applications to
Intelligent Agent Based Traffic Flow Simulation,
National Science Foundation, January 2006–
December 2008, $750,000.
■ Sun, L., (Principal Investigator), Research for
Undergraduate Students, National Science
Foundation, July 2005–July 2006, $12,800.
■ Sun, L., (Principal Investigator), Validation of
Renewal Processes Based Traffic Flow Prediction,
The Catholic University of America, November
2005– May 2006, $5,000.
■ Sun, L., (Principal Investigator), Web-Based
Intelligent Routing Information Systems in Dynamic
and Stochastic Transportation Networks, Dongre
Laboratory, August 2004–September 2006, $40,800.
■ Tran, B.Q., (Co-Principal Investigator), “Communitybased
Clinical eStorefront & In-Home Biomedical
Access @ Edgewood Terrace,” Department of
Commerce-TOP/NTIA, October 2004–September
2007, $679,282.
■ Tsopelas, P., (Co-Principal Investigator), and Chen,
(Co-Principal Investigator), “In-Situ Measurement
of the Dynamic Response and Dynamic Structural
Analysis of a generic Mounting System for Ground
Penetrating Radar Mine Detection Sensors.” EOIR
Inc. and U.S. Army Night Vision Lab, $11,000.
■ Tsopelas, P., (Co-Principal Investigator), and Lucko,
G., (Co-Principal Investigator), “Teaching Structural
Design, Construction Practices, and Sustainable
Technologies for Mitigation of Natural Disaster
Damages in Coastal and Fault Areas of Developing
Regions,” National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators
Alliance, $42,450.
■ Wang, Z., (Principal Investigator), “Development of
vapor pressure modeling scheme for PEMs subjected
to Pb-free solder reflow temperature,” USM
Foundation, December 2005– August 2006,
$43,000.
■ Wilson, Jr., O.C., and Tran, B., (Principal Investigator),
“Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant to Increase the
Number of Historically Under-Represented Minorities
in the Ph.D. Pipeline in Biomedical Engineering at
The Catholic University of America.” Sloan
Foundation, August 2005–July 2015, $28,500 for
each Sloan Scholar that is recruited into our program
and $2,000 as an award to the Biomedical
Engineering Department for use in recruiting Sloan
Scholars.
■ Xuan, J., (Principal Investigator), “Comprehensive
Computational Analysis of Gene Expression Data,”
National Institutes of Health, September 1, 2004–
August 31, 2008, $302,379.
■ Xuan, J., (Co-Principal Investigator), “Endocrine
Therapy of Breast Cancer,” Department of Defense,
May 17, 2004–May 16, 2008, $585,788.
■ Xuan, J., (Co-Principal Investigator), “Improved
Diagnostics of the Muscular Dystrophies,” National
Institutes of Health, April 1, 2005–March 31, 2010,
$609,462.
■ Xuan, J., (Principal Investigator), “Polarization