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Monday, May 15, 2023
All Day	Classes Begin Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 8-week session classes begin. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE 8-week session
All Day	Classes Begin Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Accelerated Nursing Session 1 classes begin. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Accelerated Nursing Session 1
All Day	Classes Begin Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Maymester 3-week session classes begin. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Maymester 3-week session
All Day	Classes Begin Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 14-week full session classes begin. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Full session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	BMEBT MS Thesis Defense by Brooke DeSimone Location: Online Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: BMEBT MS Thesis Defense by Brooke DeSimone Date: Monday, May 15, 2023 Time: 10:00 am Zoom: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/96918049956?pwd=azVJTGpaUHpEcUFXTWhLcVkrS0dnQT09 Title: Quantification of Pentosidine in Bone and its Influence on Diabetic Bone Remodeling Abstract: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a significant and growing public health concern, currently affecting more than 460 million people worldwide. People with T2DM have a higher risk of bone fracture despite having normal-to-high bone mineral densities. Therefore, the increased fragility experienced by type 2 diabetics may be the result of changes in bone quality. Our goal is to investigate potential molecular and cellular mechanisms affecting bone quality under diabetic conditions. At the molecular level, the accumulation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), or harmful crosslinks in between collagen fibers, can embrittle the collagen matrix and cause the deterioration of bone tissue. One fluorescent AGE, pentosidine, has previously been measured in urine and plasma and was found to accumulate to greater levels in cases of diabetes. We developed a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method and quantified pentosidine in human bone specimens. The results show old age and T2DM status to be associated with higher bone pentosidine content. In young donors, T2DM also corresponded with weaker bone mechanical properties, suggesting a negative relationship between pentosidine levels and fracture toughness. At the cellular level, bone fragility can be caused by reduced bone turnover and loss of bone cells, both of which are experienced by people with T2DM. Therefore, our second aim was to investigate how a diabetic environment affects the regulation of the bone remodeling process. Osteocytes cultured with pentosidine and high glucose demonstrated significant increases in the expression of genes associated with elevated bone resorption and the inhibition of bone formation compared to controls. Overall, the accumulation of pentosidine and subsequent alterations to gene expression may be key contributors to the decreased bone quality and high fracture risk of people with T2DM. Advisor: Dr. Lamya Karim, Dept. of Bioengineering (lkarim@umassd.edu) Committee Members: Dr. Tracie Ferreira, Dept. of Bioengineering Dr. Milana Vasudev, Dept. of Bioengineering All BMEBT graduate students are encouraged to attend, and all interested parties are invited. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Human Resources-New Employee Orientation Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This is an orientation for new employees. Foster Administration Building, Conference Room 229A Topical Areas: Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	EAS PhD Dissertation Defense by Yun Hao Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: EAS PhD Dissertation Defense by Yun Hao Date: Thursday, May 16, 2023 Time: 10:00am Topic: Testing the Violation of $U_1$ Gauge Symmetry by Yang-Mills Gravity Using the Deflection of Light, and Expanding Universe with an Effective Metric Location: SENG 102 Abstract: We study light bending by the sun in the optical frequencies range using Yang-Mills gravity, which is based on spacetime translational ($T_4$) gauge symmetry in inertial frames. This approach provides an effective metric tensor $G_{\mu\nu}(x)$ for classical objects and light rays. The deflection of light angle is calculated to be $\d \phi \approx 1.75''$ in inertial frames without requiring a gauge condition. If the theory is $U_1$ gauge invariant, a different angle of deflection $\d \phi \approx 1.53''$ is obtained, but experimental precision cannot rule out either result. We propose a Big Jets model for the beginning of the universe, with two oppositely directed jets evolving into a matter half-universe and an antimatter half-universe, both following the same expansion dynamics. We assume an "effective metric tensor" based on Yang-Mills gravity and obtain time-dependent scale factors and the estimated age of the universe, $t^{YM}_o \approx 15.3 \times 10^9 yr$. A very weak hemispheric anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background is suggested. In summary, Yang-Mills gravity provides a new perspective on light bending, cosmic expansion, and the potential existence of a distant antimatter half-universe. Although experimental limitations hinder definitive conclusions, future research may refine our understanding of Yang-Mills gravity and its implications for the cosmos. ADVISOR(S): Dr. JP Hsu, Department of Physics (jhsu@umassd.edu) COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Jay Wang, Department of Physics Dr. Dana Fine, Department of Mathematics NOTE: All EAS Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
All Day	Add & Wait List Ends Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Add period and Wait List period end for the 8-week session. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE 8-week session
9:00 AM - 5/31 »	Blended Teaching: Designing Meaningful Content Connections Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: An engaging two-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to current research and best practices for blended teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of blended instruction that can be incorporated into their course(s), to enhance student engagement and meaningful content connections. This unit of instruction will meet the Quality Blended Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming blended course(s) in a myCourses site. Link: https://instructionaldev1.sites.umassd.edu/teaching-blended/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
All Day	Add & Wait List Ends Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Add period and Wait List period end for the Maymester session. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Maymester 3-week session
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Summer Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs Location: Liberal Arts Building 202 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in LARTS 202 on Wednesdays from 10am-11am for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Financial Aid
Thursday, May 18, 2023
« 5/17 - 5/31 »	Blended Teaching: Designing Meaningful Content Connections Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: An engaging two-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to current research and best practices for blended teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of blended instruction that can be incorporated into their course(s), to enhance student engagement and meaningful content connections. This unit of instruction will meet the Quality Blended Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming blended course(s) in a myCourses site. Link: https://instructionaldev1.sites.umassd.edu/teaching-blended/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
All Day	Drop Ends Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Drop period for 100% refund ends for the Maymester session. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Maymester 3-week session
Friday, May 19, 2023
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Summer Financial Aid FAFSA Help Zoom Labs Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs via Zoom on Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu Join Zoom Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97888455259?pwd=MjNiSmsvY2N0Mk1UNGhSL2ttM0g2UT09 Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Financial Aid
« 5/17 - 5/31 »	Blended Teaching: Designing Meaningful Content Connections Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: An engaging two-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to current research and best practices for blended teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of blended instruction that can be incorporated into their course(s), to enhance student engagement and meaningful content connections. This unit of instruction will meet the Quality Blended Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming blended course(s) in a myCourses site. Link: https://instructionaldev1.sites.umassd.edu/teaching-blended/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
All Day	Pass/Fail Deadline Location: Online Contact: Online & Continuing Education Description: Summer 2023 Pass/Fail deadline ends for the Maymester session. Link: https://www.umassd.edu/online/ Topical Areas: OCE Academic Calendar, OCE Summer, OCE Maymester 3-week session
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Mechanical Engineering MS Thesis Defense by Mr. Ross Jacques Location: > See description for location Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Mechanical Engineering MS Thesis Defenseby Mr. Ross Jacques DATE: May 19, 2023 TIME: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. LOCATION: SENG-110 (Materials Science Laboratory) TITLE: Energy Harvesting of Flow-Induced Vibrations Using Sliding-Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators ABSTRACT: This research investigates the potential of clean energy harvesting using Sliding-Mode Triboelectric Nanogenerators (S-TENGs) to convert energy from Flow-Induced Vibrations (FIV) into usable electrical energy. Triboelectric Nanogenerators have been integrated into various applications such as fabrics, jewelry, and micro-sensors. The primary focus of this study is to use S-TENGs in FluidStructure Interactions (FSI) to harvest energy from FIV by utilizing the response from FSI to initiate motion between the S-TENG plates. Considering their compatibility with easily obtainable materials, cost-effective manufacturing, and adaptability for various applications, S-TENGs may be the next step in clean energy harvesting techniques. Traditional energy harvesting methods for S-TENGs have been predominantly mechanical, employing actuators and motors to move the electrodes. However, by incorporating fluid flow, it is now possible to harvest electrical energy from a flowing fluid, converting the original energy source into a renewable one. The FIV-based energy extraction process involves a flexibly mounted solid, triangular cylinder placed in a flowing fluid that undergoes large-amplitude flow-induced vibration. But what is the flow-induced vibration? When a flowing fluid interacts with a stationary or moving bluff body, a vortex dominated wake is formed behind it. If the structure is flexible, or flexibly-mounted, the vortex shedding in the wake of the bluff body can lead to galloping - an FIV instability observed in bluff bodies with large oscillation amplitudes normal to the flow direction at low frequencies. Here in this research, the benefits of TENGs operating at low frequencies, such as those observed in the galloping type FIV response of the triangular structure, was examined in detail. Our results indicate that by adjusting the flow velocity, contact pressure, and resistance in the electrical circuit, the FIV response can be altered, directly affecting the energy harvesting efficiency. Our results also show that an S-TENG operating under constant contact pressure exhibits different behavior when the flow velocity and circuit resistance are varied. By changing the resistance and velocity, there is an optimum efficiency and power for which this system best operates. These results demonstrate the potential of STENGs to produce usable, efficient power when set at their optimum resistance, offering a promising foundation for developing large-scale S-TENG energy harvesters capable of generating clean, renewable energy with minimal environmental impact. ADVISOR: - Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMassD COMMITTEE MEMBERS: -Dr. Caiwei Shen, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMassD -Dr. Jun Li, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMassD Open to the public. Zoom Meeting ID: 920 1076 9858 Passcode: 400627 Meeting Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/92010769858?pwd=UjZNUHU1REI0eHV0cC96cE9ncXltdz09 For more information, please contact Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh (508-999-8567) Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Lectures and Seminars
Saturday, May 20, 2023
« 5/17 - 5/31 »	Blended Teaching: Designing Meaningful Content Connections Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: An engaging two-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to current research and best practices for blended teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of blended instruction that can be incorporated into their course(s), to enhance student engagement and meaningful content connections. This unit of instruction will meet the Quality Blended Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming blended course(s) in a myCourses site. Link: https://instructionaldev1.sites.umassd.edu/teaching-blended/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty

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