Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doug Adams

Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy & Power Systems

Director, Purdue Center for Systems Integrity

Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering

Abstract:

How do we see what is unseen?

A discussion of imaging science research at Purdue and a celebration of those who have inspired us

Neil Armstrong said, “Research is the pursuit of new knowledge.”   The field of imaging science has produced vivid examples of how researchers are creating new knowledge about a variety of phenomena that impact all of mankind.  Recently, imaging scientists even determined that Mars could have once supported primitive life – scientists studied high-resolution digital pictures that were gathered by the rover Curiosity some 225 million kilometers from Earth to form this hypothesis.  Here in Indiana, Purdue University researchers are developing new imaging techniques that can significantly improve airplane safety, the cost of wind energy, the reliability of electric vehicles, and our national security.  In this talk, we will discuss the exciting research that my students and colleagues are conducting to “see what is unseen” in a variety of engineering applications using imaging science.  As Purdue Calumet celebrates its student researchers and I learn more about the inspirational research you are doing, I will also share with you the people and events that inspired me to pursue a career in research and teaching.

Biosketch

Dr. Adams is the Kenninger Professor of Renewable Energy and Power Systems in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University.   He is also founding Director of the Purdue Center for Systems Integrity, which is illuminating the complex ways in which materials and machines degrade in order to prevent failure. He has published 72 archival journal papers, 164 conference papers, several book chapters, and a textbook on structural health monitoring, and he has graduated 14 Ph.D. and 29 M.S. students. His work has generated 13 patents, and he is actively implementing this technology with industry to more effectively manage system reliability while reducing the operation & maintenance costs of defense and energy systems.  Dr. Adams has secured 93 federal and industrial contracts/grants for $29M in funding.  He has received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the DiMichele Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, and a U.S. Army Technical Medal of Achievement.  He is winner of the Purdue University Murphy Award for excellence in teaching and his name is recorded in the Purdue Book of Great Teachers.  He was named a Fellow of ASME in 2011 and is Managing Editor of Structural Health Monitoring.

Please pay attention, all the student presenters:

There will be four oral presentation sessions on 2013 Student Research Day.

Session 1: 8:30 AM- 9:30 AM

Session 2: 9:40 AM- 10:40 AM

Each oral presentation in Session 1 or 2 has twenty minutes including Q&A.

Session 3: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Session 4: 2:40 PM – 4:10 PM

Each oral presentation in Session 3 or 4 has thirty minutes including Q&A.

Please send your preference of presentation session based on your availability and the time needed for your presentation to Student Research Office at SRO@purduecal.edu before next Monday, March 25. If we do not receive your preference before the deadline, we will assume you are available for all sessions and will set up the presentation time for you.

If you will attend the Student Research Award ceremony and the Dinner at 4:15 – 7 PM, please make the reservation before March 28.

Full list of Student Research Day presentations

Award:

The Office of Research and Graduate Studies will provide up to $2,500 per award which can be used as follows:

1. 0.25 FTE time release for PUC faculty members during the fall semester, 2013. Approvals from department head and dean are required.
2. Proposal development funds for travel, equipment, supplies or student stipends. A budget justification is required.

Deadline:

All application materials must be submitted to the Office of Research and Graduate Studies by April 15, 2013. Submissions must be electronic, and should be sent to grants@purduecal.edu as a single attachment. Award recipients must make a presentation of the results from their summer award at a PUC event to be determined.

For more detailed information on the Purdue Calumet Proposal Development Grant, click here.

Additional information regarding the awards is available.

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1. Only presenters are eligible for the award.
2. Even if one presentation has multiple authors, the amount awarded cannot exceed $300.
3. Each faculty member can sponsor one event per year.
4. Students who receive the award agree to present their research during Student Research Day in Spring semester.
5. An application including an abstract (up to 250 words), an itemized budget, and evidence of participation such as acceptance letter or invitation letter must be submitted three (3) weeks prior to the event.  Applications are reviewed as they are received and subject to funding availability. Funds can only be used towards registration, travel and accommodation. Submit the complete application electronically to sro@purduecal.edu with SFRCA in the subject line.

SFRCA Application (doc)

The Student Research Office (SRO) is soliciting applications for the Undergraduate Research Grant Program. All PUC undergraduate students in all fields of study are eligible for this grant. The grant will fund up to $300 for individual projects and $600 for group projects in order to cover research expenses (not student stipends) for a research project that a PUC student conducts with a PUC faculty mentor. The funds should be spent before the earlier date of the students’ graduation or December 31, 2013. Students from all schools at PUC are encouraged to apply.

Application Deadline: This coming Sunday, February 3, 2013 (by 11:59 PM)

There will be NO exceptions to the deadline.

Applications will include two MS Word Files, one is a separate cover sheet and another is the proposal of no more than 2 pages. Students will submit this application to their mentors for review. Mentors are asked to review but not write the application. Once the mentors review and approve the application, they will forward the completed application to SRO@purduecal.edu no later than 11:59 PM on February 3, 2013. Please put all identifying information on the cover sheet, and not in the proposals which will go through a blind review process.

The application should be submitted to the Student Research Office by the mentors, not by the students. This will ensure the approval of the application by the mentors.

Please note that by submission of this application students agree that if they receive URG funding they will present their research during Spring 2013 Student Research Day.

Undergraduate Research Grant proposal information.

The topic is “How to Maximize Resources and Opportunities”.

Schedules and topics for the entire Spring semester will be available shortly.