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A Knowledge-based Consultant for Diagnosing Toxic Exposures

  • PI Joel Schipper

  • Joel Schipper of Electrical and Computer Engineering works with the Florida Poison Information Center to develop a knowledge-based system to aid in the timely diagnosis of exposures to unknown toxins.
Aerial Robotics Research

  • PI Woong Yeol Joe

  • Dr. Joe W. Yeol is dedicated to robotics research in general applications and holds particular interest in Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) and Dynamics and Control research working with students.
Aerodynamic Simulation with Structural Behavior
  • Tom Gally in Aerospace Engineering recently completed a NASA faculty fellowship at NASA Langley. His efforts were primarily focused on coupling aerodynamic simulation with structural behavior.
Aircraft Design Optimization

  • PI Mark Sensmeier

  • Mark Sensmeier of Aerospace Engineering has spent multiple summers at NASA Langley working in a variety of areas. Currently, he and his student team are working on optimization ideas for aircraft design.
Aircraft Structure Materials

  • PI David Lanning

  • David Lanning of Aerospace Engineering has multiple projects. Much of Lanning's research centers on fatigue analysis of aircraft structures.
Algebraic Topology

  • PI Michael Topper

  • Algebraic topology. Specific Special interests include homotopy and fiber spaces. My field of interest is within the area of algebraic topology, called homotopy theory. Roughly, it is a study of deformation from one topological space to another. Homotopy fiber is a part of a construction that associates a fibration to an arbitrary continuous function of topological spaces. The concept of fiber space is crucial in homotopy theory.
Analyticity and kernel stabilization of unbounded derivations on C*-algebras
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    We first show that a derivation studied recently by E. Christensen has a set of analytic elements which is strong operator topology-dense in the algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space, which strengthens a result of Christensen. Our second main result shows that this derivation has kernel stabilization, that is, no elements have derivative eventually equal to 0 unless their first derivative is 0. As applications, we (1) show that a family of derivations on C*-algebras studied by Bratteli and Robinson has kernel stabilization, and (2) we provide sufficient conditions for when two operators which satisfy the Heisenberg Commutation Relation must both be unbounded.

Astronomy

  • PI Brian Rachford

    CO-I Nicholas Devereux

    CO-I Andri Gretarsson

  • Items of interest in this area include the evolution of stars; the large-scale structure of galaxies; the search for dark matter (e.g., black holes, massive neutrinos, and exotic particles); and unusual compact objects such as pulsars, quasars, and magnetars.
Astronomy

  • PI Pragati Pradhan

    CO-I Brian Rachford

    CO-I Noel Richardson

  • Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, as people have been observing and learning from the stars for thousands of years. Astronomy has expanded beyond visible light to include the full spectrum of electromagnetic waves, from radio to x-rays and gamma rays, as well as cosmic messengers beyond the electromagnetic spectrum.
Astroparticle Physics

  • PI Darrel Smith

    CO-I Brennan Hughey

  • In the 1950s and 1960s, high-energy and cosmic-ray physics developed into two different fields of research. However, in the last 20 years, they have come together in a most peculiar way. As space physicists explored the sources and mechanisms for producing cosmic rays, they also realized that it was impossible to measure the dynamics of the early universe (i.e., the first 400,000 years).
Attitudes Toward the Practical Incorporation of Scenario Based Training (SBT) into Commercial Pilot Training

  • PI Erica Diels

    CO-I Luis Morales

    CO-I Reid Uyehara

  • As aviation moves into its second century, aircraft accidents have become less common, but the rate of decision-based accidents has not decreased in comparison with mechanical-failure based accidents. This is especially true of General Aviation accidents, both in single engine and light twin aircraft.

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Canvas Pilot Evaluation

  • CO-I Wendi Kappers

  • This project evaluated the pilot implementation of the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) during the 2014-2015 academic year. Participating faculty and students were asked to complete a survey about their experiences with the new system and asked to participate in a qualitative follow-up session (focus groups with students; interviews with faculty members) to identify additional perspectives. During the transition to a new LMS, the university underwent a smaller pilot implementation to help all parties better prepare for the larger, university-wide Canvas implementation slated during the first half of 2015.