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PI Mihhail Berezovski

CO-I Clayton Birchenough

CO-I Christopher Swinford

CO-I Tilden Roberson

CO-I Sophie Jorgensen

The Signal Processing and Applied Mathematics Research Group at the Nevada National Security Site teamed up with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ (ERAU) to collaborate on a research project under the framework of PIC math program with challenge to make a recommendation about whether to use a technique, used in the air quality industry, called Mie scattering, and repurpose this method to measure particle sizes that are emitted from a metal surface when it's shocked by explosives.  

Support for this project is provided by MAA PIC Math (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematics) Program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF grant DMS-1345499).

PI Vitaly Guzhva

PI Yizhou Jiang

CO-I Leitao Chen

CO-I Yanbing Chen

PI Bryan Watson

The objective of this research is to develop and validate a new approach to design-for-transient resilience that provides additional insights, is less expensive, and can be used early in the design process.

PI Leitao Chen

PI Emily Faulconer

CO-I John Griffith

CO-I Beverly Wood

CO-I Soumyadip Acharyya

CO-I Donna Roberts

The effectiveness of traditional face to face labs versus non-traditional online, remote, or distance labs is difficult to assess due to the lack of continuity in the literature between terminology, standard evaluation metrics, and the use of a wide variety non-traditional laboratory experience for online courses. This narrative review presents a representative view of the existing literature in order to identify the strengths and weaknesses of non-traditional laboratories and to highlight the areas of opportunity for research. 

PI Emily Faulconer

CO-I John Griffith

CO-I Beverly Wood

CO-I Soumyadip Acharyya

CO-I Donna Roberts

PI Mackenzie Dickson

The purpose of this thesis was to compare how two different types of Safety Management Systems (SMS) training affect SMS knowledge in instructors and students in a university flight program. Additionally, the research sought to determine whether a correlation exists between safety knowledge and safety culture perception. An experimental research design was used to study two independent variables, training method and person type, and their effect of SMS knowledge. A non-experimental design was used to study the correlation between safety knowledge and safety culture perception. Research has shown that a safety-training program’s engagement level has an effect on the safety knowledge retained by trainees. This study sought to determine if higher-engagement, live- presentation training is a better approach to SMS training than a computer-based training module currently in use by the university studied. The results of this study can provide the university with useful guidance in constructing its SMS training program, an essential element to an effective SMS. Additionally, this study can demonstrate the importance of safety training in establishing positive perceptions of the university’s safety culture among students and instructors. 

PI Sirish Namilae

CO-I Mandar Kulkarni

PI Massoud Bazargan

CO-I Michael Williams

CO-I Alan Stolzer

PI Joel Schipper

PI Riccardo Bevilacqua