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Frightening experience after a wasp sting - Anaphylactic reaction
This was one of the most frightening experiences I've ever had so I thought I'd tell you about it in my blog to spread the message about this potentially dangerous allergic reaction.
On Wednesday afternoon I was stung by a wasp. I didn't see the wasp itself but I think it was an Asian Hornet because I noticed that they had started building a nest just near our back door. I spend a lot of time outdoors and I've been stung a few times by wasps and bees and although it's a nuisance it's not normally something I'd worry too much about.
I immediately applied wasp-eze to help reduce the inevitable swelling in my arm then went back outside to carry on with what I was doing. A few minutes later, I suddenly felt very strange with crackling stars blinding my vision and a powerful feeling of my brain being "squashed" and I felt faint and very ill.
I sat in the kitchen with Fabrice thinking it was just shock and would pass. I got up with an urge to go to the toilet and my legs buckled under me, so Fabrice helped me to the loo and I sat for a few minutes waiting to "go" and vomit - to no avail.
My throat and tongue became swollen I couldn't breathe or move and slipped to the floor. My vision was poor, my heart was pumping very fast and my arms and legs felt very heavy and swelled dramatically. I had painful cramps like labour pains and my tongue, mouth and eyes became puffy and red.
Fabrice 'phoned the Pompiers and they came within minutes, made me comfortable and immediately gave me oxygen to help me breathe. The doctor came a few minutes later and gave me a intramuscular shot of adrenaline and antihistamines.
After half an hour my whole body became swollen and bright red and covered with itchy spots.
The doctor stayed for about an hour until my blood pressure was almost normal, the danger had passed and I could walk upstairs to bed.
Yesterday, I felt sore all over and today I'm still a bit swollen and shocked but I feel much better and I've been spending a while on the 'net finding out more about what happened.
Apparently, according to The Allergy Site I experienced a classic anaphylactoid reaction.
This is an extract taken from the Allergy Site.
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction - the extreme end of the allergic spectrum. The whole body is affected, often within minutes of exposure to the allergen but sometimes after hours. Peanut allergy and nut allergy are frequently severe and for that reason have received widespread publicity. Causes of anaphylaxis also include other foods, insect stings, latex and drugs, but on rare occasions there may be no obvious trigger.
An anaphylactic reaction is caused by the sudden release of chemical substances, including histamine, from cells in the blood and tissues where they are stored. The release is triggered by the reaction between the allergic antibody (IgE) with the substance (allergen) causing the anaphylactic reaction. This mechanism is so sensitive that minute quantities of the allergen can cause a reaction. The released chemicals act on blood vessels to cause the swelling in the mouth and anywhere on the skin. There is a fall in blood pressure and, in asthmatics, the effect is mainly on the lungs.
Symptoms of Anaphylaxis
* generalised flushing of the skin
* nettle rash (hives) anywhere on the body
* sense of impending doom
* swelling of throat and mouth
* difficulty in swallowing or speaking
* alterations in heart rate
* severe asthma
* abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
* sudden feeling of weakness (drop in blood pressure)
* collapse and unconsciousness
I found a useful pdf from the Resuscitation Council (UK) which gives advice on what to do in the case of Anaphylaxis.
Now, of course, I have to be more careful when I'm out in the garden ! Some of the things I looking at are wearing less colourful clothes, no perfume (not that I do!) and I have to go to the doctors this afternoon to get a prescription for an Epi-pen or Ana-Pen (A self-administered adrenaline shot) and some anti-histamines.
I've also read that it's possible to follow a course of desensitisation. I'll look into that more and add more to this blog after I've seen the doctor.
I've now got an Epi-pen or as it's called here : ANAHELP trousse d'urgence pour choc anaphylactique. My doctor also gave me some steroids - antihistamines - to take in the event of another sting.
I still feel slightly itchy and "floaty" so I'm not quite normal yet but I feel a lot more confident about working outside. I've told friends and neighbours that I'm allergic so that they'll know what to do in the event that I need their help and I'm trying to find out as much as I can about natural ways of dealing with Anaphylaxis.


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'A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially programmable by a computer.' (Oxford Dictionary)
An autonomous robot can make actions without direct user control. It has the ability of self-government.
Behaviour-based robots exhibit actions that are modelled by its environment.
The robot can 'sense' the world through the various sensors
Design a robot with the ability to respond to an artificially created environment. The robot has to:
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A succulent layer of peanut butter cheesecake wedged between two layers of moist chocolate cake and smothered in fudgy Reese frosting. Like peanut butter cups? This cake is for you. It's a Reese Cup in cake form!
I've never been one to walk up to someone and introduce myself, make conversation, and walk away with a friend. I've done that twice in my whole twenty-four years of life. Granted those interactions did result in two of the very best friends any girl could ask for (so maybe there's something to be said for the stalk-and-talk method), but I've always found them difficult. Since I've moved to Australia, it's been a little lonely at times. I'm a homebody most of the time, and I like it that way, but even recluses like myself need social interaction on occasion. Not having university classes to attend or any luck finding a job, I haven't been presented with much opportunity to make friends the ways I usually do. So I was stoked when my brother said he'd be coming to visit my boyfriend and I for a month!
Over the past week, I've shown him a few of the sights Canberra offers its tourists. It's been fun playing tour guide and taking him to the national museum, Questacon, and to the long list of fabulous restaurants I have carefully cultivated over the past nine months. It's been a grand ol' time. Tomorrow we're heading to Cairns to check out the Barrier Reef! I'm very excited. The Reef has been on my bucket list of places to visit for a very long time; I'm doubly pleased to be able to share this experience with my little brother.
But let's talk about cake now, shall we?
Yesterday was my brother's nineteenth birthday! It's a big birthday in British Columbia, because nineteen is the age at which you're finally legal. You can drink, you can buy a house, and you can get up to all sorts of impropriety. Not that my brother would, of course. He's got a squeaky clean image to uphold. But we did take him out for a nice dinner at Jamie's Italian, bought him his very first legal drink, and I made this monstrously delicious cheesecake cake!
When I asked him what sort of cake he'd like for his birthday, he told me "chocolate." Great. How boring. So I jazzed it up a little, as you do. What we have here is a layer of peanut butter cheesecake sandwiched between two beautifully moist layers of rich chocolate cake. Slather the thing in fudgy Reese frosting, toss on a few peanut butter cups for good measure, and you have one hell of a tasty dessert!
I can't take all the credit here. The idea for this cake spawned when I saw Amanda's (iambaker.net) decadent Root Beer Cheesecake Cake. Originally, I was simply going to make her cake for my brother, but he really loves Reese Cups, so I make a peanut butter version instead. The chocolate cake recipe comes from Joy the Baker's cookbook, Homemade Decadence. I'm not entirely confident in my cake recipe development yet, so I wasn't ready to do some crazy experimenting on my brother's birthday cake. Maybe next year!
This combination is to-die-for! Joy's chocolate cake is moist, super decadent, and everything you want from a good, sturdy chocolate cake. The peanut butter cheesecake layer is the bomb. Seriously, if you make no other part of this cake, just make the cheesecake layer and it eat it straight up. From the pan. With a fork. Or without a fork, we're not judging here. And if you're an I-don't-care-about-the-cake-gimme-a-bowl-of-frosting person, you will die when you taste this frosting. It tastes exactly like a Reese Cup and complements the two layers incredibly well. You feel like you're eating a humongous Reese Cup when you eat this cake. It's delicious and you should try it immediately.
I hope you enjoy this cake as much as my brother did. He had two slices. Okay, we all had two slices. And then we were ill for the remainder of the evening, but our tummies were oh so happy.
Bonne fête, little bro!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cake
Inspired by I am baker.
For the cheesecake:
- 380g cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp heavy cream
For the cake:
- One recipe two-layer chocolate cake of your choice*
For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups confectioner's sugar
MAKE THE CHEESECAKE LAYER: Preheat the oven to 175 C (350 F) and grease an 8″ spring-form tin with cooking spray. In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese and peanut butter and beat together with a hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add the sugar and cream it into the peanut butter mixture until combined. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated. Stir the vanilla and cream into the mixture and pour the batter into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 25–30 minutes, or until the cake is mostly solid with a slight jiggle at the middle. Allow to cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate the cheesecake layer until ready to assemble.**
MAKE THE CHOCOLATE CAKE LAYERS: Prepare your cake layers according to the recipe's instructions and set aside to cool completely before assembling and frosting.
MAKE THE FROSTING: In a large bowl (or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment), cream together the butter and peanut butter until smooth and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Whisk in the vanilla, cream, and maple syrup until combined. Sift the icing sugar, one cup at a time, into the mixture and mix on a low speed until thickened. Sift in the cocoa powder and mix on a low speed until incorporated. Set aside.
ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Decide which cake layers will be the bottom and the top. Dollop a tiny amount of frosting on a cake stand or Lazy Susan and set the bottom cake layer on top. The bit of frosting will hold the cake in place while you frost. Spread a thin layer of frosting on top of the bottom layer and then place the cheesecake layer on top. Spread another thin layer of frosting on top of the cheesecake layer and then place the second cake layer on top. Use the remainder of the frosting to frost the entire cake. If desired, top with halved Reese Cups and dark chocolate shavings.
- *I used Joy the Baker's 3-Layer Basic Chocolate Cake recipe from her book Homemade Decadence: Irresistibly Sweet, Salty, Gooey, Sticky, Fluffy, Creamy, Crunchy Treats. I used the rest of the batter to make a batch of cupcakes!
- **If necessary, the cheesecake layer can be made 24 hours in advance and refrigerated until ready to assemble.
This cake took me most of a day to complete! I think it has to have been my biggest cake challenge yet. What's the biggest baking challenge you've taken on?


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Order – The Debtor is ordered to disclose in its monthly operating reports the precise sources of all income generated by the debtor each month. This includes disclosing the specific wells (by location, number or other specific description) and other assets that generate income, the gross revenue earned from each such asset, the expenses incurred in connection with each such asset, and the net monthly income from each such asset. Signed on 10/1/2015 (Livermore, Corrina)
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When I'm not blogging or working I am constantly thinking about change! My home is always evolving and I have an idea festering in my brain. It doesn't always make it to fruition but I am always thinking. I have a few projects on the go but my next makeover is going to be our master bedroom. It somehow feels like it takes last place on the list. It becomes a dumping ground for pieces from other rooms and so on. It's a make-do room and I really want it to be fabulous for many reasons! So I have found some inspiration and some ideas I thought I would share and then when it is finished I will show all. . . . .
I started with a picture of a room from West Elm, I love the grey and yellow combination. Always start with one inspiration piece and pull all your colours and ideas from there. In a bedroom the bedding is a good choice to work from, if it has colour or pattern. In my case I may go with white but I know my accent colour will be yellow. Look for interesting additions to the room with texture, metallics, interesting shapes and slowly build your room. I know that I want a warm grey for the walls, here are a few of my possible choices. If you arent sure when you are choosing, always bring the chips home, buy testers. Check out the colours in the room you want to use it in. Lighting, flooring etc make all the difference. Take your time.
If you need further inspiration look in your favourite magazines, on Pinterest, great room ideas are out there. Wish me luck! I will post pics when I'm done and have my BLISS BEDROOM. . . .
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Sunday, 31 January 2016
January in the garden
In the bed outside the kitchen window I have begun to put plants that offer some winter colour, cyclamen, dogwood and hellebore, again to have something to look out at in winter. The dogwood came from Buckingham nurseries, who sell good quality plants at superb prices, and it has settled right in, working away putting out fresh shoots. I'd like to put some holly nearby, how anyone can have a garden without holly is beyond me, my previous homes have always had holly and ivy and birds find it such good shelter and a source of food.
(not the world's greatest photograph)
My other big garden excitement is a compost bin. Never did I think I would get so excited by compost! Shortly after Christmas my dad arrived at the door with a mystery piece of plastic - which turned out to be the hatch cover for the compost bin and an early birthday present. He completed the present with a bagful of his compost, complete with worms, to get me started.
Hopefully there will be more to show next month and hopefully I can keep up giving updates on the garden. I think, I hope, I will become a gardener, being outside, absorbed in a task, is so good for my mental well-being, even if I can only do it for five, ten or at most twenty minutes at a time.
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FOLK from Yorkshire hate jokes about sex and in Wales they love toilet gags.
The Welsh were also the most likely to burst into laughter at death puns, according to a new survey.
Yorkshire, the UK's biggest county, is the only region where people disliked gags about sex more than they liked them.
On a scale of minus 100 to 100, Yorkshire scored minus 5, compared to gigglers in the south-west who landed 33 points.
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I have a growing Nagios Core (4.2.1) installation and by the time I will add all the hundreds of servers that we manage it will be huge! Thank you!
Now, cut to the chase. I have posted the same issue to the Nagiosgraph people but I feel it is something to do with Nagios or at least Nagios could be the partial culprit.
"Hi all, after changing Nagios check interval from 5 minutes to 15 minutes for my load checks Nagiosgraph has stopped writing perf data into the relevant graphs. The same happened for the Windows disk checks when risen to 60 minutes. Every other checks where this value has not being changed are working fine. I double checked every configuration although I have not changed anything. And nothing in the log to point to a particular problem. The RRD files are being updated (time stamps changes), Nagios performs the checks and alerts as normal, it is just that the perf data are not being translated or "transported" into the graphs.
Any help to point me to a solution would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks you."
The above is what I have asked over to the Nagiosgraph help forum.
When I say that the RRD file has been updated that is not really what's happening since the file is 'touched' but there is not data written into it. I double checked by
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rrdtool dump Load___load15.rrd > /home/myhome/load.xml
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<!-- 2017-02-13 13:10:00 GMT / 1486991400 --> <row><v>2.1212666667e+00</v><v>1.6000000000e+01</v><v>1.9200000000e+01</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>
<!-- 2017-02-13 13:15:00 GMT / 1486991700 --> <row><v>2.1817000000e+00</v><v>1.8314666667e+01</v><v>2.1514666667e+01</v><v>0.0000000000e+00</v></row>
<!-- 2017-02-13 13:20:00 GMT / 1486992000 --> <row><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v></row>
<!-- 2017-02-13 13:25:00 GMT / 1486992300 --> <row><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v><v>NaN</v></row>
The same with the above mentioned Windows Disk Checks.
Now I have commented out the new check_interval (is normal_check_interval deprecated?) and the RRD files and Graph are populated again.
Could anyone shed some light on the issue? It would be nice to use different check intervals for different services but if I don't get valuable graphs then I have to live with the default set-up.
Thank you for your time and help.


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Megamillionaire Dennis Tito, who's already made a trip to space via Russian rocket, supposedly plans a manned mission to Mars by 2018.
More power to him. And rotsa ruck.
In reality? There's almost no way he can get everything ready by that deadline. If he does, the briefness of the actual stay time on Mars will make it of little scientific value. And, assuming he won't be able to shield the spacecraft from cosmic rays, he'll be knocking years off his life expectancy.
More here, in an extended previous blog post, about the reality of the difficulties of a manned mission to Mars. And, now, March 8, we read about how a fair chunk of the memory of the Curiosity rover got zapped by a cosmic ray.
Beyond the technical, psychological and other difficulties, I estimated the cost at possibly reaching $1 trillion. Tito says he can do it much cheaper than many other estimates. If he's telling one-quarter the truth, then he's skimping on three-quarters the safety, psychological safety and other issues I mention.
Part of me actually hopes he goes, and suffers a massive disaster, just so the country as a whole gets real about how serious of a venture this is.
I'm totally serious. If we learn through mistakes, then that's going to have to be part of the learning. And, sometimes we collectively refuse to do such learning. Challenger, anybody?


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The Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for one or more tenure-track faculty positions. Candidates at all levels will be considered, subject to appropriate qualifications. Applicants must have strong methodological training in one or more traditional areas of industrial engineering and be motivated by impactful engineering problems in areas such as operations, supply chains, healthcare, energy and manufacturing. We are particularly interested in candidates who have the ability to conduct cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research in fields such as data analytics, machine learning, cybermanufacturing and cyberphysical systems. For junior candidates, our primary search criterion is research potential. Senior candidates must have established an outstanding research record commensurate with rank. All candidates should have evidence of, or potential for, teaching excellence. Candidates from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.The Department of Industrial Engineering is currently comprised of 19 full-time faculty members and enjoys an outstanding reputation in a wide variety of research areas. The department maintains vibrant programs at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels, offers excellent laboratory facilities, and benefits from many contacts with regional and national corporations. Additional information about the department can be found at www.engineering.pitt.edu/industrial.Applicants should e-mail a curriculumvitae, representative publications, and a list of at least three professional references to email@example.com. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Pitt and UPMC Researchers Collaborate to Save More Organs for Transplants
PITTSBURGH (October 26, 2017) … Each year, the United States suffers an extreme shortage of organ donations, with only a quarter of patients in need receiving a transplant. Many transplantable organs are lost when a donor's heart fails, and the organs stop receiving vital blood flow. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh can potentially double the amount of successful organ donations by developing a novel stent to maintain blood flow to organs, even during the donor's final heart beats.The National Institutes of Health awarded a four-year, $1.3 million R01 grant to a University of Pittsburgh research collaboration between the Department of Surgery and the Department of Industrial Engineering. The study titled "An Organ Perfusion Stent as an Alternative to Surgery in Donor Organ Recovery" will develop a dual chamber organ perfusion stent made of smart material to direct selective blood flow during transplant surgeries. Leading the study are Principal Investigators Bryan W. Tillman, assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC); Youngjae Chun, associate professor of industrial engineering and bioengineering; and Sung Kwon Cho, associate professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering. The stent will isolate visceral arteries—which supply blood to many major organs—without disturbing the heart. To make the stent, the research team will use a superelastic material with a flexible shape memory effect called nitinol, or nickel titanium."The shape memory behavior of nitinol is critical for endovascular devices such as stents, filters, and occluders, because at low temperatures, nitinol can easily be collapsed, inserted into a catheter, and delivered into the body," said Dr. Chun. "Once inside, the body heat will change nitinol's properties to be superplastic without any actuation force, which is really beneficial for a wide-range of catheter-based procedures." Venous dual chamber organ perfusion stent prototype. Note: somematerials in the design were purchased from Cook Medical The organ perfusion stent can be inserted by a clinician into the femoral artery after the delivery of a guide wire and a catheter. This small puncture or "needlestick" method allows clinicians to maintain selective blood flow to certain organs without disrupting others' natural functioning. The much larger organ stent in its compressed state can be delivered to the desired organ and deployed. "We can target the kidneys, pancreas, and liver," said Dr. Chun. "Transplants involving any major organs connected to the main aorta will be able to benefit from this new technology."Other collaborators include William C. Clark, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science at Pitt; Ryan Dzadony, associate director of the UPMC School of Perfusion; Anthony J. Demetris, Starzl Professor of Liver and Transplant Pathology at UPMC; and Amit Tevar, associate professor of surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute. ###
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Visiting Scholar Sanjeev Goyal Wraps up Yearlong Collaboration with Pitt and American Red Cross
PITTSBURGH (October 25, 2017) … The University of Pittsburgh hosted Sanjeev Goyal, assistant professor at the YMCA University of Science and Technology in Faridabad, India, as a postdoctoral scholar focusing on the use of predictive models in disaster response. Dr. Goyal has been working under the supervision of Louis Luangkesorn, assistant professor of industrial engineering at Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, to predict the demands for food and shelter services following major floods."In the early days of a disaster, the deployment of state and national resources into the disaster area is often delayed pending a request for resources from local agencies," said Dr. Goyal. "The delay can be lengthened because local personnel are conducting first response operations. However, it may be possible to initiate movement of resources into an affected region if an estimate of the needs can be made, then direct specific resources as local agencies make specific requests when preliminary assessments are completed. Predictive models promise to provide these types of estimates." To develop a predictive model, Dr. Goyal and Dr. Luangkesorn are using demographic, physical, and historical data that is readily available outside of the disaster area on the first day of a disaster. Demographic data is represented by the Social Vulnerability Index maintained by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Physical damage impacts are represented by the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service historical and current flood gauge data. Historical data is available from American Red Cross damage assessment and feeding and sheltering operations from past major floods. The model seeks to predict the damage to residences and the resulting needs for food and shelter. This prediction can then be used to initiate the assignment of supplies, personnel, logistics, and financial resources to disaster relief. Efforts can be refined as more information is available. Initial results of the model have been used to inform response to floods in summer 2017 in the United States. Further work is intended to prepare the model for use by disaster response agencies in making initial resource requirement estimates in areas impacted by flooding rivers. Dr. Goyal received support from a University Grants Commission of India for the one-year fellowship, which began October 2016. The work was done with the advice and assistance of Mr. Michael Whitehead, government operations manager at American Red Cross. ###
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Pitt's Center for Medical Innovation awards three novel biomedical devices with $65,000 total Round-1 2017 Pilot Funding
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PITTSBURGH (July 26, 2017) … The University of Pittsburgh's Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) awarded grants totaling $65,000 to three research groups through its 2017 Round-1 Pilot Funding Program for Early Stage Medical Technology Research and Development. The latest funding proposals include a new technology for reducing risk of post-partum uterine hemorrhage, a thermal device for inducing nerve block in pain control, and a system to improve transplanted organ viability.CMI, a University Center housed in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, supports applied technology projects in the early stages of development with "kickstart" funding toward the goal of transitioning the research to clinical adoption. Proposals are evaluated on the basis of scientific merit, technical and clinical relevance, potential health care impact and significance, experience of the investigators, and potential in obtaining further financial investment to translate the particular solution to healthcare."This is our sixth year of pilot funding," said Alan D. Hirschman, PhD, CMI Executive Director. "Since our inception, more than $1 million from external funding sources and from the Swanson School of Engineering has been invested in early stage medical technologies. Many of these technologies have the potential to significantly improve the delivery of health care and several new companies have resulted from the program, which has successfully partnered UPMC's clinicians and surgeons with the Swanson School's engineering faculty."AWARD 1: Objective Postpartum Uterine Tone MonitoringFunds development of a new prototype uterine tone measurement device for eventual testing in the clinical setting. The device would evaluate intra-uterine muscle tone for detection of and control of postpartum bleeding.Gerhardt Konig, MDDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Jason Shoemaker, PhDAssistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of EngineeringAWARD 2: Novel Thermal Block Technology to Block Nerve ConductionFor development and preclinical testing of a thermal nerve block device for anesthesia and pain control. Early research in mice shows that the effect can be useful in controlling production and communication of nerve impulses. The award will demonstrate proof of concept to attract additional funding from external competitive grants. Development of a small implantable, wireless controlled, wireless chargeable device to control the electrodes will be a primary goal. The prototype device will then test the pudendal nerve to confirm the nerve block effects. Changfeng Tai, PhD Associate Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineAssociate Professor of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Christopher Chermansky, MDAssistant Professor of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineAssistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Bo Zeng, PhD Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering AWARD 3: OrganEvac/Whole Organ Sonothrombolysis DeviceThis award is an equal participation between the Center for Medical Innovation and the Coulter Translational Research Partners II Program at Pitt. The early stage seed grant will demonstrate proof of concept that sonothrombolysis technology can greatly enhance viability of transplanted liver tissue through evaluation of thromboemboli in excised, non-transplantable human liver tissue. Paulo Fontes, MDAssociate Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineDirector of the Machine Perfusion Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterJohn Pacella, MD, MSAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center Heart and Vascular InstituteFlordeliza Villaneuva, MDVice Chair for Pre-Clinical Research, Department of Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineDirector, Center for Ultrasound Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterAbout the Center for Medical InnovationThe Center for Medical Innovation at the Swanson School of Engineering is a collaboration among the University of Pittsburgh's Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the Innovation Institute, and the Coulter Translational Research Partnership II (CTRP). Established in 2011, CMI promotes the application and development of innovative biomedical technologies to clinical problems; educates the next generation of innovators in cooperation with the schools of Engineering, Health Sciences, Business, and Law; and facilitates the translation of innovative biomedical technologies into marketable products and services. CMI has supported more than 50 early-stage projects through more than $1 million in funding since inception. ###
IE's Joel Haight Receives ASSE 2016-17 President's Award for Contributions to Safety Engineering
PITTSBURGH, PA (June 6, 2017) … Thomas Cecich, the president of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), named the University of Pittsburgh's Joel Haight one of five recipients of the 2016-2017 President's Award. The annual award recognizes occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals for their "exceptional service and dedication to workplace safety and the OSH profession."Dr. Haight, associate professor of industrial engineering at Pitt, received the President's Award for his leadership and commitment to advancing OSH research. As the chair of the research committee for the ASSE Foundation, Dr. Haight developed a research program to help safety professionals stay current with new ideas and emerging technologies. The Foundation recently awarded its first grant totaling $300,000 for a three-year study to a group of researchers at the University of Buffalo. Dr. Haight also received the 2016 ASSE Safety Professional of the Year award for the Engineering Practice Specialty. In addition to his faculty position, he is the director of the safety engineering program at Pitt.About Dr. HaightJoel M. Haight joined the Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013. In the previous 33 years he served four years as Chief of the Human Factors Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) at their Pittsburgh Office of Mine Safety and Health Research, where he managed a research branch of 35-40 researchers in the areas of ergonomics, cognitive engineering, human behavior, and training. Dr. Haight also served for nearly 10 years, as an Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Haight worked as a manager and engineer for the Chevron Corporation for 18 years prior to joining the faculty at Penn State. His research interests include health and safety management systems intervention effectiveness measurement and optimization and human performance measurement in automated control system design.He is the editor in chief and contributing author of Handbook of Loss Prevention Engineering published by J.W. Wiley and Sons in 2013 and the Safety Professionals Handbook published by the American Society of Safety Engineers in 2012. In addition, he has published nearly 60 refereed journal articles and conference proceedings. Dr. Haight is an active member of ASSE, HFES, IISE, and AIHA. He serves as the chair of the research committee for the American Society of Safety Engineers foundation and Board of Trustees member. He is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Alabama and certified by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals and the American Board of Industrial Hygienists.About ASSEFounded in 1911, the American Society of Safety Engineers is the world's oldest professional safety society. ASSE promotes the expertise, leadership, and commitment of its members, while providing them with professional development, advocacy, and standards development. The organization also sets the occupational safety, health, and environmental community's standards for excellence and ethics. ###
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Swanson School's Gilbertson and Bedewy Win ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
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PITTSBURGH, PA (June 6, 2017) … Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) selected University of Pittsburgh professors Mostafa Bedewy and Leanne Gilbertson as two of the 36 nationwide recipients of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. The $5,000 awards will be matched by an equal amount from Pitt and enable both researchers to engage in research at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee.ORAU is a consortium of 121-member universities whose mission is to form partnerships that enhance the national scientific research and education enterprise. The Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards serve as new funding opportunities to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty.Dr. Bedewy, assistant professor of industrial engineering, is developing processes for controlling the growth of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes to tailor their properties for specific energy applications such as battery electrodes, thermal interfaces for high power density electronics, materials for tuned mechanical energy absorption, and electrical interconnects for 3D nanoelectronics."When we synthesize vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes, or what we call 'CNT forests,' by chemical vapor deposition, billions of individual nanotubes grow simultaneously from substrate-bound catalyst nanoparticles. The size of each nanotube is one-ten-thousandth of the size of a human hair," explained Dr. Bedewy. "Hence, controlling their interactions and population dynamics is crucial for tailoring their spatially varying properties. To advance our research on this topic, we are looking forward to using the pulsed chemical vapor deposition and in situ laser measurement capabilities at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences."Pitt's NanoProduct Lab, established and directed by Dr. Bedewy, conducts fundamental research combining experiments with modeling at the interface between nanoscience, biotechnology, and manufacturing engineering. "Our research in the broad area of advanced manufacturing at multiple length scales aims at impacting our societal needs in the crucial areas of energy, healthcare, and the environment," Dr. Bedewy added.Dr. Gilbertson, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, received an award for her research proposal titled, "Simultaneous In Situ Characterization of Multiple Carbon Nanomaterial Properties Using Liquid Cell TEM-STEM at ORNL." Building on her previous work on the importance of surface chemistry and the potential to manipulate reactivity of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs), she will aim to characterize CNMs in an experimental aqueous phase using in situ liquid and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) as well as scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM)."Comprehensive nanomaterial characterization is essential to uncover nano-bio interactions in a way that can inform rational design. The current approach to characterization utilizes independent methods and oftentimes, the material is characterized under conditions different from the biological assay. Equipment at the ORNL facility will enable simultaneous multi-property characterization under experimental aqueous phase exposure conditions to capture the true nature of engineered nanomaterials and nano-bio interactions at high resolution," explained Dr. Gilbertson.Dr. Gilbertson's research group at the University of Pittsburgh aims to inform sustainable design of existing and novel materials with an emphasis on precluding unintended consequences to the environment and human health while maintaining functional performance goals."I am honored to be recognized by ORAU for this award and am excited for the opportunity to visit ORNL. The funding will also support an invaluable experience for one of my graduate students to work with state of the art equipment at a national lab," Gilbertson added.About Dr. BedewyDr. Bedewy became an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and established the NanoProduct Lab at the University of Pittsburgh in the Fall of 2016. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT in the area of bionanofabrication. Before that, he was a Postdoc at the MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, working on in situ environmental TEM characterization of catalytic nanostructure synthesis and interactions from 2013-2014. In 2013, Dr. Bedewy completed his PhD at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he worked on studying the population dynamics and the collective mechanochemical factors governing the growth and self-organization of nanofilaments. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Design and Production Engineering and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Cairo University. About Dr. GilbertsonDr. Gilbertson became an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. She was a Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering from 2014 – 2015. In 2014, Dr. Gilbertson completed her PhD at Yale University, where she also received Master of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Education. ###
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Pitt's Industrial Engineering program recognized at IISE Conference in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH, PA (June 2, 2017) … The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) presented multiple awards and scholarships to students, faculty, and alumni of the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering's Department of Industrial Engineering at its Annual Conference and Expo.The annual conference took place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh from May 20 – 23.• The IISE awarded Harvey Wolfe, professor emeritus of industrial engineering at Pitt, with the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Award Industrial Engineering Award. The award celebrates individuals who have contributed to the welfare of humankind in the field of industrial engineering, and is the "highest and most esteemed honor bestowed by IISE." Dr. Wolfe joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 1964 and served as chair of the department of industrial engineering from 1985 to 2000 before retiring in 2006. Dr. Wolfe along with Larry Shuman, the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Pitt, pioneered the field of Health Systems Engineering by applying operations research to hospitals. • Yuval Cohen, who graduated with a PhD in industrial engineering from Pitt in 1998, won the IISE/Joint Publishers Book-of-the-Year Award with co-author Avraham Shtub for Introduction to Industrial Engineering, 2nd Edition (2017, CRC Press, ISBN 9781138747852). The Book-of-the-Year award honors the author of a published book that focuses on topics in industrial engineering, improves education, or contributes to furthering the profession. Dr. Cohen is currently a Senior Lecturer at Afeka Tel-Aviv College of Engineering and The Open University of Israel.• The Captains of Industry Award was awarded to Francis Kramer, president and CEO of II-VI, a laser optics and infrared optical material manufacturing company based in Saxonburg, Pa. The award honors "leaders in business, industry, and government such as presidents, CEOs, senior vice presides, and directors of organizations with substantial sales, assets, employment, or other resources." Kramer is a member of the board of advisors for the Swanson School of Engineering and an alumnus with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering. • The University of Pittsburgh's Lisa Maillart received a Best Paper award for "Optimal pinging frequencies in the search for an immobile beacon," which was published in IIE Transactions (DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2015.1110270). Dr. Maillart co-authored the paper with former Pitt faculty member Andrew Schaefer and former Pitt graduate student David Eckman. Dr. Maillart is currently visiting faculty at Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. She will return to her position as professor at the University of Pittsburgh in January 2018.• IISE named Bopaya Bidanda, the Ernst Roth Professor and IE Department Chair at Pitt, "Outstanding Faculty Advisor" for the Northeast Region, which includes New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. The award recognizes individuals who serve their IISE chapter and its members as teachers, advisors, and mentors. One of seven U.S. regions for IISE, the Northeast is home to 25 percent of the U.S. professional chapters and 16 percent of the U.S. student chapters.• Douglas Rabeneck, a director of Operations Excellence practice at West Monroe Partners, won the Fred C. Crane Distinguished Service Award for "long and arduous service" to IISE. Rabeneck is a member of the Department of Industrial Engineering Visiting Committee at Pitt. He earned his BS and MS degrees and a graduate certificate in Engineering Management and Technology at the University of Pittsburgh.• Undergraduate students Victoria Portier and Jennifer Lundahl both received $1,000 scholarships from IISE. Portier received the Henry and Elisabeth Kroeze Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to students who demonstrate an interest in metrication, engineering, and computer science. Lundahl received the Harold and Inge Marcus Scholarship, which is awarded to students who display academic excellence and contribute to the development of the industrial engineering profession.• The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. also awarded two scholarships to Pitt undergraduates. The Howard Bernstein Scholarship went to Julie Shields. The $5,000 award is reserved for students interested in material handling, industrial distribution, engineering, logistics, and supply chain industries. Noah Kaib received the Hanel Storage Systems Honor Scholarship worth $2,000. ###
Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer
Following two decades as Dean, Gerald Holder to return to faculty at Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering
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PITTSBURGH (May 10, 2017) ... Marking the culmination of more than two decades of dynamic leadership, Gerald D. Holder, U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering in the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering, has announced his intention to step down from his position to return to the faculty in the fall of 2018.Holder, Distinguished Service Professor of chemical engineering, has been dean of the Swanson School since 1996 and a member of its faculty since 1979."Two words come to mind when I look back on Jerry's incredible career as dean of our Swanson School of Engineering: tremendous growth," said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. "Under Jerry's leadership, our Swanson School has seen record enrollment levels and total giving to the school has topped $250 million. "The school has also expanded academically to support new knowledge in areas like energy and sustainability — and also new partnerships, including a joint engineering program with China's Sichuan University. And while I will certainly miss Jerry's many contributions as dean, I am grateful that he will remain an active faculty member and continue to strengthen our Swanson School's bright future," Gallagher said. "Through a focus on innovation and excellence, Dean Holder has led a transformation of the Swanson School of Engineering into a leader in engineering research and education," said Patricia E. Beeson, provost and senior vice chancellor. Beeson added, "From the establishment of the now top-ranked Department of Bioengineering to the integrated first-year curriculum that has become a national model, the Swanson School has been a change maker. And with nearly three-quarters of the faculty hired while he has been dean, the culture of success that he has established will remain long after he steps down." The University plans to announce the search process for his successor in the coming months. Holder's Many Accomplishments In his 21 years as dean, Holder has overseen school growth as well as increases in research awards and philanthropic gifts. Enrollment has doubled to nearly 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and the number of PhDs has increased threefold. Holder also has emphasized programs to nourish diversity and engagement — for example, in 2012 the Swanson School had the highest percentage in the nation of engineering doctoral degrees awarded to women. Co-curricular programs also have prospered during Holder's tenure. The school's cooperative education program, which places students in paid positions in industry during their undergraduate studies, has increased to approximately 300 active employers. International education or study abroad has also become a hallmark of a Pitt engineering education, with 46 percent participation in 2015 versus a 4.6 percent national average for engineering and a 22.6 percent national average for STEM fields. The school's annual sponsored research has tripled during Holder's years as dean, totaling a cumulative $400 million. Alumnus John A. Swanson's landmark $43 million naming gift came in 2007, the largest-ever gift by an individual to the University at the time.University-wide initiatives developed during Holder's tenure as dean include the Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering; the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, founded with support of alumnus John C. "Jack" Mascaro; and the Center for Energy.Holder is likewise held in high regard by his peers. "As a dean of long standing, many of us refer to Dean Holder as `the Dean of deans,' not just because of his years of service but also because of the respect that we have for his leadership, mentorship and impact on the engineering profession," said James H. Garrett Jr., dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University."He is an accomplished academician, an exceptional academic leader and a tremendous human being." Holder, a noted expert on natural gas hydrates and author of more than 100 journal articles, earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Kalamazoo College and bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He was a faculty member in chemical engineering at Columbia University prior to joining the Pitt engineering faculty in 1979. He served as chair of the chemical engineering department from 1987 to 1995 before being named dean of engineering.Among many professional accomplishments, he was named an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow in 2003. In 2008 he was named an American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellow and was awarded the William Metcalf Award from the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania for lifetime achievement in engineering. In 2015 he was elected chair of the American Society of Engineering Educators' (ASEE) Engineering Deans Council, the leadership organization of engineering deans in the U.S., for a two-year term. The council has approximately 350 members, representing more than 90 percent of all U.S. engineering deans and is tasked by ASEE to advocate for engineering education, research and engagement throughout the U.S., especially among the public at large and in U.S. public policy. ###
Author: Kimberly Barlow, University Communications
Pitt's Bopaya Bidanda Named IISE Outstanding Faculty Advisor
PITTSBURGH, PA (May 8, 2017) … The Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers (IISE) named Bopaya Bidanda, the Ernst Roth Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Outstanding Faculty Advisor for the Northeast Region."We honor [Dr. Bidanda] for his guidance and availability to chapter officers and chapter members, his participation at chapter events, his interfacing for the chapter to the university and community, and his significant contributions to the IISE student chapter," said Bill Boyd, Director of Membership Services at IISE."When you have an outstanding group of students, it's easy to be an effective Faculty Advisor," added Dr. Bidanda.The IISE Northeast Region includes New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. One of seven U.S. regions for IISE, the Northeast is home to 25 percent of the U.S. professional chapters and 16 percent of the U.S. student chapters.Winners of the regional award will receive a personalized certificate and recognition at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo. This year, the annual conference will take place May 20 – 23 in Pittsburgh.About Dr. BidandaBopaya Bidanda is currently the Ernest E. Roth Professor and Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on Manufacturing Systems, Reverse Engineering and Project Management. He has published nine books and over 100 papers in international journals and conference proceedings. Recent (edited) books include books published by Springer Inc., on Virtual Prototyping & Bio-manufacturing in Medical applications, and on Bio-materials and Prototyping Applications. He has also given invited and keynote talks in Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe. He also helped initiate and institutionalize the Engineering Program on the Semester at Sea voyage in 2004. He has previously served as the President of the Council of Industrial Engineering Academic Department Heads (CIEADH) and on the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers. He has also served on International Advisory Boards of universities in India and South America. Dr. Bidanda is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers and currently serves as a Commissioner with the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. In 2004, he was appointed a Fulbright Senior Specialist by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the U.S. Department of State. He received the 2012 John Imhoff Award for Global Excellence in Industrial Engineering given by the American Society for Engineering Education. He also received the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) 2012 Award for Global Excellence in Engineering Education in Buenos Aires and also the 2013 Albert Holzman Award Distinguished Educator Award given by the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers. In recognition of his service to the engineering discipline, medical community and the University of Pittsburgh, he was honored with the 2014 Chancellors Distinguished Public Service Award.About IISEIISE, the world's largest professional society dedicated solely to the support of the profession, is an international, nonprofit association that provides leadership for the application, education, training, research, and development of industrial and systems engineering. ###
Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer
Pitt Names Senior Vice Chancellor for Research
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PITTSBURGH—Rob A. Rutenbar has been named the University of Pittsburgh's senior vice chancellor for research. In this newly established position, he will lead the University's strategic vision for research and innovation, enhancing existing technological partnerships. "I am delighted to welcome Rob to the University of Pittsburgh as our inaugural senior vice chancellor for research," said Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. "His experience as a researcher, innovator, collaborator and entrepreneur — both inside and outside of the university — make Rob uniquely qualified to support our faculty's research and innovation efforts and to champion Pitt research on a local, national and global scale." Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson said Rutenbar is exceptionally well-suited for the role. "His administrative, entrepreneurial and research experiences align well with our vision for a leader who drives excellence and will serve as a champion for the University of Pittsburgh," she said. "Rob's experiences and expertise in both the academic world and the private sector make him the perfect individual to fully integrate and expand upon Pitt's University-level research and medical school endeavors," said Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine. "In the coming years, we hope to be an internationally recognized model for how the various divisions of an educational institution can communicate and work together. Rob Rutenbar is precisely the type of professional needed to accomplish that goal." Working with other senior University officials, the senior vice chancellor for research is responsible for establishing and implementing a long-term plan for research infrastructure. The position manages the University's Center for Research Computing, Economic Partnerships, the Innovation Institute, the Office of Export Controls, the Office of Research, the Research Conduct and Compliance Office and the Radiation Safety Office. Additionally, Rutenbar will have an active role with the University's Swanson School of Engineering. "Dr. Rutenbar is an internationally=acclaimed scholar in computer engineering, and we are most excited that he is joining the faculty of our Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering here in the Swanson School of Engineering," saidAlan George, chair of the Swanson School's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We are looking forward to his contributions to and collaboration with our ECE research programs." Rutenbar brings nearly 40 years of experience in innovation and technology to Pitt. His research focuses on three broad categories: tools for a wide variety of integrated circuit design issues, methods for managing the statistics of nanoscale chip design and custom computer architectures for perceptual and data analytics problems. Rutenbar currently serves as the Abel Bliss Professor of Engineering and heads the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this role, he oversees a department composed of 70 faculty members and more than 2,400 students that is currently ranked as the No. 5 computer science program in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Prior to assuming that position in 2010, Rutenbar was a faculty member within Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for 25 years. As an entrepreneur, Rutenbar founded the tech firms Neolinear Inc. and Voci Technologies, Inc. in 1998 and 2006, respectively. He was the founding director for the Center for Circuit and System Solutions, a multi-university consortium that focused on next-generation chip design challenges. The recipient of 14 U.S. patent grants, his endeavors have been funded by such notable entities as AT&T, Google, IBM, the National Science Foundation and the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance. Rutenbar is the author of eight books and 175 published research articles. In recognition of his career accomplishments, Rutenbar was elected a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He has twice won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' coveted Donald O. Pedersen Best Paper Award. He was recognized with distinguished alumnus awards from both the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. In 2002, Rutenbar was named Carnegie Mellon's Stephen J. Jatras Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, an endowed professorship position he held until leaving that university in 2010. Rutenbar earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Wayne State University in 1978. He earned master's and doctorate degrees in computer, information and control engineering at the University of Michigan in 1979 and 1984, respectively. Rutenbar will join Pitt's senior leadership team in July. ###
Anthony Moore, University Communications
MCSI Seed Grants Fund New Round of Sustainability Research
Chemical & Petroleum, Civil & Environmental, Industrial, MEMS
PITTSBURGH, PA (April 3, 2017) … The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI) has announced the recipients of 2017-2018 MCSI seed grant funding. The annual seed grant program engages a core team of researchers who are passionate about sustainability. Seed grants support graduate student and post-doctoral fellows on one-year research projects. The University of Pittsburgh projects and faculty members to receive funding include:• "Protein lithograph: a sustainable technology for sub-5-nm nanomanufacturing." Mostafa Bedewy, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering.• "High efficiency refrigeration and cooling through additive manufactured magnetocaloric devices." Markus Chmielus, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science.• "Toward machine learning blueprints for greener chelants." John Keith, Assistant Professor, Inaugural Richard King Mellon Faculty Fellow in Energy, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.• "H2P: HydroPonics to Pyrolysis: An enclosed system for the phytoremediation and destruction of perfectly persistent emerging contaminants in our water." Carla Ng, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; David Sanchez, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.MCSI developed the research seed grant program to provide faculty with funding support to allow students to participate in high-quality research, teaching, outreach and creative endeavors. The goals of the grants are: (1) seed funding to develop ideas to the point where external funding can be obtained; (2) awards to support scholarship in areas where external funding is extremely limited; (3) resources to introduce curricular innovations into the classroom; or (4) tools or techniques to encourage community outreach and education. ###
Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer
Pitt IE Professor Lisa Maillart Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to the Netherlands
PITTSBURGH, PA (March 28, 2017) … Lisa Maillart, associate professor of industrial engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, was named a Fulbright Scholar to Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands. Through her Fulbright award, Dr. Maillart will collaborate with researchers at TU/e on multiple projects related to maintenance optimization in healthcare, and she will teach a graduate course on Markov Decision Processes (MDPs). Dr. Maillart's focus in applied probability as well as MDPs and Partially Observable MDPs (POMDPs) influences her research in maintenance optimization, healthcare operations and medical decision-making. "Dr. Maillart's expertise on MDPs and in particular POMDPs will be a great benefit for us," said Geert-Jan van Houtum, professor of maintenance, reliability and quality at TU/e. "We aim to work together on multiple joint papers, and the ambition will be to get them published in top journals in our field. With Dr. Maillart in our team, we will increase our possibilities to realize such top publications." Dr. Maillart's research at TU/e will be heavily driven by data supplied by the multinational Dutch electronics corporation Philips, which has a research facility headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She will collaborate with personnel from Philips Research and the faculty and students of Eindhoven University to gain a better understanding of smart maintenance approaches for healthcare systems and personalized health. Many healthcare settings require sequential decision making to manage systems that deteriorate randomly over time—for example, large-scale medical equipment or a chronically ill individual. Dr. Maillart will examine how new types of data can be analyzed to improve the decision making process for these complex problems. The new course on Markov Decision Processes will potentially expand into a permanent course at TU/e. Dr. Maillart will be instrumental in helping the faculty design the curriculum. She will also be involved in the supervision of PhD and master thesis research projects while visiting TU/e. About Lisa MaillartLisa Maillart is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Stochastic Modeling, Analysis and Control (SMAC) Laboratory in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the faculty at Pitt, she served on the faculty of the Department of Operations in the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She received her MS and BS in industrial and systems engineering from Virginia Tech, and her PhD in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan. Her primary research interest is in sequential decision making under uncertainty, with applications in medical decision-making, healthcare operations, healthcare policy and maintenance optimization. She is a member of INFORMS, SMDM and IIE, and was recently named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. ###
Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer
The Swanson School Presents Alumnus John Richter with 2017 Distinguished Alumni Award for Industrial Engineering
PITTSBURGH (March 22, 2017) … Collectively they are professors, researchers and authors; inventors, builders and producers; business leaders, entrepreneurs and industry pioneers. The 53rd annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet brought together honorees from each of the Swanson School of Engineering's six departments and one overall honoree to represent the entire school. The banquet took place at the University of Pittsburgh's Alumni Hall, and Gerald D. Holder, US Steel Dean of Engineering, presented the awards.This year's recipient for the Department of Industrial Engineering was John Richter, BSIE '75, retired, Vice President of Operation, PPG Coatings Asia."After earning his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Pitt, John would embark upon a successful and global career at PPG Industries," Dean Holder said. "Like the quintessential engineer who continually builds upon his knowledge, John started in coatings and resins, supply chain and process engineering, leading toward his jump to Valspar Highpoint Plant Manager. From there, his expertise would have an impact throughout PPG's coatings divisions, first in the U.S. and later, around the globe at 42 plants as well as warehouses and distribution chains."About John RichterJohn Richter graduated with his BS in industrial engineering in 1975. He became a manufacturing professional with extensive global experience in organizational structures, plant operations and supply chains, with a strong emphasis on environment, health and safety. He served as PPG Vice President, Asia Pacific Coatings Operations from 2011 to 2016. He was responsible for the supply chains and manufacturing plants for the seven coatings businesses through Asia Pacific and India.Richter became Valspar Highpoint plant manager in 1993, where he was responsible for the daily operation of a coatings manufacturing plant. In 1995 he was appointed PPG sr. engineering consultant and then PPG Springdale Plant Manager, Industrial Coatings. This plant remains the primary production site for Harley Davidson, Titleist, JEG lifts and steel and aluminum coil coatings. Richter quickly became the PPG Manufacturing Director, Industrial Coatings in Pittsburgh, PA, responsible for the seven manufacturing plants that produced industrial coatings products in North America, Europe, Australia and China. He was appointed PPG Global Operations Director, OEM Coatings in 2003, responsible for the 42 plants around the world, the warehouses that support the plants and the distribution of finished goods. ### Photo Above: Dean Holder (left) with John Richter and IE Department Chair Bopaya Bidanda.
Matt Cichowicz, Communications Writer
Pitt's Bioengineering and Industrial Engineering programs move up in 2018 U.S. News and World Report Graduate School Rankings
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PITTSBURGH (March 14, 2017) … The University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering has moved up one slot among engineering programs in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "Best Graduate Schools," which will be available on newsstands April 11. The Swanson School is tied 42nd overall among university engineering programs, and 21st among all Association of American Universities (AAU) members. Two of its programs, bioengineering and industrial engineering, made significant gains over 2017. Bioengineering jumped from 18th in the nation to 12th overall, and remains at 6th among public AAU university programs. Industrial moved from 23rd to 17th overall, and from 13th to 10th among AAU publics. Other department rankings include: Chemical engineering: 33rd overall, 18th among AAU publics Civil engineering: 60th overall, 27th among AAU publics Computer engineering: 43rd overall, 20th among AAU publics Electrical engineering: 55th overall, 26th among AAU publics Materials science: 43rd overall, 22nd among AAU publics Mechanical engineering: 57th overall, 26th among AAU publics Complete rankings and information about the process can be found online in the U.S. News Grad Compass. ###
Pitt's Center for Medical Innovation awards four novel biomedical devices with $77,500 total Round-2 2016 Pilot Funding
Bioengineering, Chemical & Petroleum, Industrial
PITTSBURGH (January 10, 2017) … The University of Pittsburgh's Center for Medical Innovation (CMI) awarded grants totaling $77,500 to four research groups through its 2016 Round-2 Pilot Funding Program for Early Stage Medical Technology Research and Development. The latest funding proposals include a new technology for treatment of diabetes, a medical device for emergency intubation, an innovative method for bone regeneration, and a novel approach for implementing vascular bypass grafts. CMI, a University Center housed in Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering (SSOE), supports applied technology projects in the early stages of development with "kickstart" funding toward the goal of transitioning the research to clinical adoption. CMI leadership evaluates proposals based on scientific merit, technical and clinical relevance, potential health care impact and significance, experience of the investigators, and potential in obtaining further financial investment to translate the particular solution to healthcare. "This is our fifth year of pilot funding, and our leadership team could not be more excited with the breadth and depth of this round's awardees," said Alan D. Hirschman, PhD, CMI Executive Director. "This early-stage interdisciplinary research helps to develop highly specific biomedical technologies through a proven strategy of linking UPMC's clinicians and surgeons with the Swanson School's engineering faculty." AWARD 1: Intrapancreatic Lipid Nanoparticles to Treat DiabetesAward for further development and testing of use of lipid nanoparticle technology for the induction of α-to-β-cell transdifferentiation to treat diabetes. George Gittes, MDDepartment of Surgery University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Kathryn Whitehead, PhDDepartment of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University (Secondary appointment at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine) AWARD 2: The Esophocclude - Medical Device for temporary occlusion of the esophagus in patients requiring emergent intubationContinuation award for further refinement of the Esophocclude Medical Device using human cadaver testing to simulate emergency intubation.Philip Carullo, MDResident, PGY-1 Department of Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Youngjae Chun, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Industrial Engineering Department of Bioengineering (Secondary) University of Pittsburgh AWARD 3: RegenMatrix - Collagen-mimetic Bioactive Hydrogels for Bone RegenerationContinuation award for fully automating the hydrogel fabrication process, for animal studies and for fine-tuning related innovations. Shilpa Sant, PhDAssistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh Akhil Patel, MSGraduate Student Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Pittsburgh Yadong Wang, PhDProfessor Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh Sachin Velankar, PhDAssociate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering University of Pittsburgh Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhDAssociate Professor Department of Oral Biology University of Pittsburgh AWARD 4: TopoGraft 2.0 - Anti-platelet surfaces for bypass grafts and artificial hearts using topo-graphic surface actuationContinuation award for in-vivo validating of results and developing a new approach for topographic actuation of the inner lumen of synthetic bypass grafts. Sachin Velankar, PhDDepartment of Chemical Engineering University of Pittsburgh Luka Pocivavsak, MD, PhDDepartment of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Edith Tzeng, MD Department of Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Robert Kormos, MD Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center About the Center for Medical Innovation The Center for Medical Innovation at the Swanson School of Engineering is a collaboration among the University of Pittsburgh's Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), the Innovation Institute, and the Coulter Translational Research Partnership II (CTRP). CMI was established in 2011 to promote the application and development of innovative biomedical technologies to clinical problems; to educate the next generation of innovators in cooperation with the schools of Engineering, Health Sciences, Business, and Law; and to facilitate the translation of innovative biomedical technologies into marketable products and services. Over 50 early-stage projects have been supported by CMI with a total investment of over $900,000 since inception. ###
Author: Yash P. Mokashi, Fellow, Center for Medical Innovation


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