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Thursday, April 26, 2018
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • ECE Oral Comprehensive Exam for Doctoral Candidacy By: Bentolhoda Jafary
  • Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A
  • Cost: Free
  • Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
  • Description: Topic: Reliability and Maintenance Modeling of Systems Subject to Positive and Negatively Correlated Component Failure Location: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A ABSTRACT: A primary goal of maintenance is to minimize the consequences of component and system failures such as minimize cost and maximize availability. Two subcategories of maintenance actions include: preventive maintenance (PM) at predetermined time intervals prior to failure and emergency repair (ER) upon failure, where the cost and downtime of emergency repair is significantly greater than preventive maintenance. Traditional methods to model system reliability assume that the failures of the components comprising a system are statistically independent in order to simplify analysis. However, hundreds of empirical case studies have illustrated that component failures are often correlated. The independence assumption simplifies calculations, but is dangerous for safety critical systems that must be maintained because correlated failures can lower the mean time to failure, thereby increasing the probability that emergency repair will be required. Checkpointing is a technique to backup work at periodic intervals so that if computation fails it will not be necessary to restart from the beginning but will instead be able to restart from the latest checkpoint. Performing checkpointing operations requires time. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the tradeoff between the time to perform checkpointing operations and the time saved when computation restarts at a checkpoint. This proposal presents two contributions: (i) a method with an explicit correlation parameter to characterize the impact of correlated component failures on the optimal preventive maintenance interval of a system with arbitrary structure and (ii) a method to model the impact of correlated failures on a system that performs checkpointing. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Lance Fiondella Committee Members: Dr. Hong Liu and Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMass Dartmouth; Dr. Donghui Yan, Department of Mathematics, UMass Dartmouth; Dr. Mark White, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory *For further information, please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella at 508.999.8596, or by via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu.
  • Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • ECE ORAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FOR DOCTORAL CANDIDACY BY: Venkateswaran Shekar
  • Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A
  • Cost: Free
  • Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
  • Description: Topic: Dynamic Transportation Network Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Location: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Transportation networks are critical to the social and economic function of nations. Given the continuing increase in the populations of cities throughout the world, the criticality of transportation infrastructure is expected to increase. Thus, it is ever more important to mitigate congestion as well as to assess the impact disruptions would have on individuals who depend on transportation for their work and livelihood. Most of the previous transportation network vulnerability research has been performed in the context of static traffic models, many of which are formulated as traditional optimization problems. However, transportation networks are dynamic because their usage varies over time. Thus, more appropriate methods to characterize the vulnerability of transportation networks should consider their dynamic properties. The two important prerequisites to build and test dynamic transportation network vulnerability assessment algorithms are (i) map extraction tools and (ii) an accurate network demand profile to test algorithms on these maps. This proposal describes the tools built to enable dynamic transportation network vulnerability assessment algorithms, including a discussion of the architecture of the software applications developed to extract maps and collect dynamic network demand data using a smartphone app. The proposal also presents a preliminary quantitative approach to assess the vulnerability of a transportation network to disruptions with methods from traffic simulation. Our approach can identify how link criticality varies over time and is generalizable to the case where both link and node disruptions are of concern. We illustrate the approach through a series of examples. Our results demonstrate that the approach provides quantitative insight into the time varying criticality of links. Such an approach could be used as the objective function of less traditional optimization methods that use simulation and other techniques to evaluate the relative utility of a particular network defense to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience. The open source nature of the tool allows us to systematically consider many disruption scenarios and quantitatively compare their relative criticality. This is far more efficient than traditional approaches which would require days or weeks of a transportation engineers time to manually set up, run, and assess these simulations. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Lance Fiondella Committee Members: Dr. Paul J. Fortier and Dr. Honggang Wang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UMass Dartmouth; Dr. Marguerite Zarrillo, Physics Department, UMass Dartmouth; Dr. Samrat Chatterjee, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory *For further information, please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella at 508.999.8596, or by via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu.
  • Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Percussion and Steel Band Concert
  • Location: CVPA Room 104
  • Contact: Music Department
  • Description: Percussion and Steel Band Concert
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music, University Marketing, Concerts
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Buyways Training - LIB 135
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Contact: Jean Schlesinger
  • Description: Buyways Requisitioner Training Learn how to Enter a requisition for purchasing supplies, Learn how to enter receipts, Learn where to find purchasing policies and procedures.
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Science Fiction Book Club meeting
  • Location: > See description for location
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: Join the Science Fiction Book Club for our April meeting! We'll be discussing Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel. All are welcome! Questions? Contact Hilary Kraus at hkraus@umassd.edu Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 240
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Claire T. Carney Library, English
«  2/16 - 5/4  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Financial Aid Lab
  • Location: Liberal Arts Building 203
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: Need help with financial aid? Come to our workshops designed just for you! Common issues the Financial Aid Street Team (FAST) can help solve include filing the 2018-19 FAFSA, Comment Code 399, completing Federal Direct Loan master promissory note and entrance counseling requirements, borrowing histories, and much more! Labs are open to current AND future UMassD students from 4:00-5:00 p.m. every Friday in Liberal Arts Building room 203. Please bring copies of 2016 tax information for us to better assist you. Contact Mr. Joe Novinson for more information at jgentile@umassd.edu.
  • Topical Areas: General Public, Students
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • In-Class polling with iClicker Cloud
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Contact: CITS Instructional Development
  • Description: Come explore iClicker Cloud, the new classroom response system from iClicker. This new version of iClicker allows students to use a smartphone, tablet, laptop or iClicker remote to respond with during class. Response systems help create a more engaging classroom environment for your students, while enabling content reinforcement and thinking skills. (In Lib 135)
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Introduction to Qualtrics
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Cost: Free!
  • Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
  • Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected Qualtrics as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. Students may also use Qualtrics under the direction of a Faculty or Staff member. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary. Note that access to Qualtrics is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Please contact Jonathan Bonilla at JBonilla1@umassd.edu at least three business days prior to this workshop to request access. Students must have a Faculty or Staff advisor request access on their behalf. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today!
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
6:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 47th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony
  • Location: University Club, Campus Center
  • Contact: UMass Dartmouth Alumni Relations
  • Description: The Alumni Awards Ceremony celebrates the outstanding service and career accomplishments of UMass Dartmouth alumni. Join us as we honor the 2018 Alumni Award Recipients at a special ceremony and reception: Steven Martins '07 Alumni Volunteer Service Award Rachael E. Bonoan '13 Young Alumni Award Beth Knodler '00 Alumni Achievement Award Parking available in Lot 5. RSVP by Monday, April 23, 2018 at the link or call 508-999-8031.
  • Link: http://alumni2.umassd.edu/alumniawards18
  • Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, University Community
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 20 Cent Fiction presents Romeo and Julius
  • Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
  • Cost: $5, $7, $10
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: Romeo and Julius Show dates are April 26, 27, 28 at 7 p.m. and April 29 at 2 p.m. in the Angus Bailey Main Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for faculty and $10 general admissions. Contact: 20centsecretary@gmail.com
  • Topical Areas: General Public, University Marketing, University Community, Students, Undergraduate, Students, Law, Students, Graduate, Students, Staff and Administrators, 20 Cent Fiction, Theater
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Design Solutions for New Bedford & Fall River
  • Location: CCB 115
  • Contact: Art History Department
  • Description: Please join us for a presentation by Professor Ricardo Camacho and his students in the Masters Research Studio at Northeastern University's School of Architecture. Camacho and his students will present their yearlong studio research and design projects for Massachusetts Post-Industrial Cities. The presentation will be followed by a Q & A session moderated by Professors Pamela Karimi (Art History) and Andrea Klimt (Anthropology). About the Research Studio: Through a rigorous and comprehensive research on the historical, political and economic development of building typology and urban form in Fall River and New Bedford, a group of Northeastern University graduate students prepared a research document and proposed a series of architectural and urban solutions. During the course of two semesters in the 2017-2018 academic year, the group interacted with city officials, studied governmental reports and policies for the regeneration of the historical centers, residential neighborhoods, abandoned textile mills and the waterfront. Through their design proposals, these students address the specific limitations of the real estate market, infrastructural equipment and transportation. About Professor Ricardo Camacho: Ricardo Camacho is an architect with offices in Lisbon(PT), Kuwait(KW) and Salem(USA). He received his professional degrees from the FAULisbon, Politecnico Milano and Harvard's Graduate School of Design. He currently teaches architectural design at Kuwait University and Northeastern University. Ricardo is co-author of the projects CasaGranturismo and Resilient Coastal Environments for the urban and landscape renewal of Portuguese and Croatian coasts. He has also co-authored a survey of Portuguese contemporary architecture Habitar Portugal 2006/2009 and two volumes on Modern Architecture Kuwait. Ricardo is currently working on a forthcoming publication by Actar on "Pan-Arab Architecture" and developing museum exhibition projects in Tehran and Abu Dhabi. This event is part of the Urban Studies Minor Lecture Series and is supported by the Urban Studies Program, UMass Dartmouth's Provost Seminar Series, the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Art History Club. **The event will take place on April 26 (4-6pm) @CCB 115 Light refreshments will be served
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Liberal Arts, Visual Design, Research, Undergraduate Research, Lectures and Seminars
«  3/31 - 5/12  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition
  • Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford
  • Cost: FREE
  • Contact: University Art Gallery
  • Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7 Locations: University Art Gallery Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7 (3-5 PM, Introductions 4 PM) College of Visual and Performing Arts UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7, (3-7 PM, After Party with a DJ: 5-7 PM) 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Artists: Robert Abele III, Suzi Ballenger, Christina Baril, Robert (boB) Brzozowski, Renata Cassiano, Linan Chen, Orfeo Fabbri, Natasha Feliciano, Emily Franicola, Ilir Mborja, Anuja Roy, Erin Monet Wheary, Summer Wenyu Wu, Jillian Shixiaoci Yu The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts proudly presents its 2018 Thesis Exhibition in two locations in Downtown New Bedford from March 31 through May 12. Fourteen graduating students representing a wide range of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and design are exhibiting their work for the first time, not only at the Star Store Campus, but also at the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! The presented work, according to Viera Levitt, exhibition co-curator and University Art Gallery director, is driven by compelling and engaging themes such as vulnerability, feminism, cultural differences, spatial explorations, and the disappearing life of the American farm. The Museum will feature works in ceramics, sculpture, fiber, digital art, prints, drawings, paintings, and a virtual reality experience within their Fiber Optic Center New Media Gallery. The exhibition co-curator, Jamie Uretsky, New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!, says, she is "always looking for compelling emerging talent and this year's batch of CVPA graduates are just that!" The exhibition catalog, designed by UMass Dartmouth Graphic Design students, will be available during the reception on April 7. Artist talks will take place in both spaces during AHA! Night on May 12 (6 pm Star Store Campus, 7 pm Museum). In June, selections from this exhibition will be on display at Soprafina Gallery in the urban arts district, South of Washington (SoWa), in Boston (Opening Reception Friday, June 1st). University Art Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month) New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 newbedfordart.org instagram.com/nbam_aw facebook.com/NewBedfordArtMuseum Open Wednesday & Sunday 12:00 - 5:00 pm; Thursdays 12:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Link: https://umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries
  • Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Theater, Visual Arts, Artisanry, Art History, Art Education
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Drop-in Study Abroad Advising
  • Location: > See description for location
  • Contact: International Programs Office
  • Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 35th Annual Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Honors & Awards Program
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206
  • Cost: free
  • Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
  • Description: Award ceremony recognizing the achievements of Chemistry majors. Contacts for event are Rachel White and Maria Carreiro at X-8232.
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences

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