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Acknowledgements This report was made possible by collaboration and contributions from the following offices: • Office of Research Administration • Office of Technology Commercialization and Ventures (OTCV) • Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) • Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies • University Marketing

Contents Marine Ecology 4 Dr. Pingguo He 4

Dr. N. David Bethoney

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Dr. Kevin Stokesbury

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Dr. Ken Oliveira

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Contributing Debra Hazian Writers Adrienne N. Wartts

Marine Technology 6

Layout Kevin DeAquair & Design James Tooker

Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh

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Dr. Hangjian Ling

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Dr. Ryan D. Beemer

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Photography Tailyn Clark

Ed Wonsek

Deirdre Confar

For more information, contact: Michelle Plaud Office of Research Administration University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road Dartmouth, MA 02747 Office phone: 508.999.8509 Fax: 508.999.8868 Email: mplaud@umassd.edu Website: www.umassd.edu/research

Computational Science

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Dr. Scott Field

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Dr. Sigal Gottlieb

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Dr. Arghavan Louhghalam

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Dr. Mazdak Tooktkaboni

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Dr. Robert Fisher

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Core Facilities 10 Internal Awards

President’s Office Awards Multi-Institutional Seed Funding Program UMass Presidents Office: Public Service Award

Graduate Fellowships

Awards Expenditures

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Metrics 14 Patent Applications & Licenses (OTCV) Proposals

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Dear Colleagues, UMass Dartmouth had a great year in terms of securing external funds. In fiscal year 2019 the value of new external awards secured by UMass Dartmouth faculty and staff increased by 26% over the prior year to more than $16 million.

This was the best year UMass Dartmouth has had in this area since 2011. The enormous increase was fueled in large part by increased activity in marine science and technology. In particular, our faculty in the School for Marine Science & Technology have become heavily engaged in research to support the offshore wind industry. Our computational science researchers also continued to be global leaders in their fields. To support their outstanding efforts UMass Dartmouth renewed its commitment to the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC). The MGHPCC is located in Holyoke Massachusetts and provides state of the art platforms for computationally intensive research.

UMass Dartmouth’s faculty continued to increase the volume and impact of their work through publication as well. The number of peer reviewed publications produced annually by UMass Dartmouth faculty has almost tripled over the last 10 years, from 0.36 paper per tenure line faculty member in 2008 to 1.05 publications per faculty member in 2018.

In order to help our faculty be even more productive, a new research support unit was created this year. The research upport unit, currently comprised of three excellent administrative support personnel, Stefanie Picard, Marisha Moreno and Zeina Madeiros, can assist with all aspects of securing and running grant funded research at UMassD by providing help with budget preparation, travel, pro-cards, hiring, event planning and pretty much anything else that will help funded investigators to be more productive and successful.

UMass Dartmouth continues to broaden and deepen its commitment to impactful scholarship in order to benefit the world and provide the best possible education to our terrific students. I hope you enjoy reading about our research in this report.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have questions about our research or a desire to work with any of our outstanding faculty.

Sincerely,

Alex Fowler Associate Provost for Research & Economic Development

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Marine Ecology

Several UMass Dartmouth faculty members are renowned for their innovative approaches and expertise in gathering data to help us understand how commercially and ecologically important sea life may be impacted by their environmental surroundings. Several marine-ecology-related projects totaling $3.7M, led by scholars at the School for Marine Science & Technology, are highlighted in this article.

Researchers in SMAST’s Department of Fisheries Oceanography (DFO) are responding to the needs of the offshore wind industry that is emerging in Massachusetts and along the East Coast and the historic New England Fishing industry.

“Our faculty are leading efforts to characterize how offshore wind development will interact with the marine environment, including important fisheries and critical habitat,” said Steven E. Lohrenz, Dean of SMAST. They are assessing the potential impacts of wind farm construction on fish abundance and species composition and social as well as economic aspects of fisheries in and around the Vineyard Wind offshore lease area. “This information will be critical in advancing offshore wind in a sustainable manner while minimizing impacts to existing marine activities and resources.”

In 2018/2019, Dr. Steve Cadrin, DFO Professor and Chair, in collaboration with Vineyard Wind and the fishing industry, gathered input from fisheries groups, policymakers, and academics.

“With stakeholder input, we created a shared monitoring and process framework to assess potential impact of offshore wind energy development on fisheries and communities that depend on the resources,” said Cadrin.

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The scope of work in 2019/2020 includes three surveys – trawl, ventless trap and plankton, and drop camera. The data collected through the pre-construction phase will be compared with the construction and post-construction phases of wind farm development to assess the long-term impacts and support regional studies related to offshore wind and fisheries, as well as provide a baseline for future environmental assessment of windfarm development.

Dr. Pingguo He, Professor, Fisheries Oceanography Dr. Pingguo He is in charge of a $1,481,190 contract to conduct trawl surveys around the offshore wind development area. These surveys assess and report the baseline level of fish abundance, composition and distribution for all commercially important species before the construction begins. “Estimates of fish abundance, spatial distribution, size structure and length-weight relationship within the company lease area are compared to an adjacent control region of similar depths and seabed characteristics,” said He. “This will allow an evaluation of the before-and-after-construction fish abundance and community structure by comparing them with future data and with those from the same control areas.”

Dr. David Bethoney, Research Assistant Professor, Fisheries Oceanography Dr. N. David Bethoney has been awarded a $243,888 contract for a set of drop camera surveys that will examine the benthic macroinvertebrate community and substrate habitat in the area proposed for offshore wind farm development by the company. “The surveys aim to supply distribution and abundance estimates of dominant benthic megafauna as well as classification of substrate type across the survey domain,” said Bethoney. The surveys will also compare benthic communities and substrate types between the development area, control area, and the broader regions of the U.S. continental shelf. “These surveys and subsequent analysis will drastically increase the benthic community data within the development area and begin to establish the baseline data needed to effectively assess the impact of windfarm development on benthic communities.”

Dr. Kevin Stokesbury, Professor, Fisheries Oceanography Dr. Kevin Stokesbury received a $175,000 contract. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, Stokesbury is leading a ventless trap survey with a tagging component to assess the American lobster resource in the company’s development area and adjacent sites. “The survey includes planktonic sampling to track lobster larval distribution as well,” said Stokesbury. “A black sea bass study is also being conducted to gather data on relative abundance, fecundity, feeding habits, and age and size structure. Relative abundance and distribution of larval lobster and fish will also be determined.”

Dr. Ken Oliveira, Professor and Chair, Biology The American eel is a commercially and ecologically important species of great interest and significance in the US and Canada, particularly given the possibility of it becoming an endangered species.

Dr. Ken Oliveira, in the College of Arts & Sciences, received a $63,370 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for his project “Detection and Examination of the Invasive Swimbladder Parasite Anguillicola Crassus.”

“Anguillicola crassus is an invasive nematode species that parasitizes the swimbladders of the American eel. While the species is endemic to Southeast Asia, it has spread throughout Europe and now North America,” said Oliveira. “A. crassus feeds on blood within the swimbladder and can cause the structure to become thickened and scarred. This can further lead to reduced growth, changes in gas composition, and possibly a reduction in buoyancy control, which can detrimentally affect an eel’s ability to make its spawning migration.”

The project has three objectives, first is to examine the temperature tolerance of the parasite to determine if it can spread into more northern areas of the eel’s distribution.

The second objective is to use artificial infections of eels to explore the growth rates of the parasite within an eel to help determine the timing and geographic locations of parasitic infections.

The third objective will use portable X-ray techniques to develop a non-lethal method of examining eels for parasite infections.

Excellence in Research Steve Cadrin, Professor/Chairperson SMAST/Fisheries Oceanography Amount: $290,664

The research will produce data to inform managers of the degree of potential impacts of the parasite on the American eel.

Brian Howes, Chancellor Professor SMAST/Estuarine & Ocean Sciences Amount: $1,332,364 Jeff Turner, Chancellor Professor Biology SMAST/Fisheries Oceanography Amount: $144,040 For more information on these faculty members and their research projects, please see pages 28-31.

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Marine Technology

With 40 miles of coastline extending from Cape Cod to Rhode Island, an emerging SouthCoast Blue Corridor is creating exciting economic opportunities for the region. As the only Massachusetts research university along the SouthCoast, UMass Dartmouth is poised to develop new technologies in blue economy-related industries.

Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering In her laboratory for Fluid-Structure Interactions Studies, Dr. Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is researching how flexible or flexibly-mounted structures, when placed in fluid flow, can deform or oscillate. This is called a Fluid-Structure Interactions (FSI) problem and the oscillation is called Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV).

FIV has significant implications for a number of physical systems such as undersea pipelines, wind turbines, drilling risers, and mooring lines used to stabilize offshore floating platforms.

Aghazadeh researches how the stability of complex offshore structures are influenced under different environmental loads, including wave, wind, and current forces, during their lifetime.

In a related project, she is designing flow-induced vibration-based energy harvesters that harness the energy of external sources readily available in the environment, such as wind or marine currents.

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She is also researching how to improve maritime sensing technologies based on potentials of combining fundamentals of flow-induced vibration with machine learning algorithms. This effort can lay the foundation for future design of a new class of passive autonomous biomimetic fluid sensors that have intelligent capabilities of sensing the surroundings.

“Such projects can directly advance UMass Dartmouth’s role in building the blue economy through the initiation of innovative and collaborative research projects along Southcoast Massachusetts,” said Aghazadeh.

Dr. Hangjian Ling, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dr. Hangjian Ling, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, uses three-dimensional imaging to track the movements and behavior of marine animals and to study the impact of human activities, such as the installation of wind turbines, on marine life.

“Many marine and coastal organisms are facing threats of pollution and habitat loss caused by human actions,” Ling said. “By monitoring the behavior of marine animals, my goal is to guide new policies to restore the ocean biodiversity.”

Ling is also researching new technologies to prevent marine biofouling, defined as the accumulation of micro-organisms, on ocean-submerged surfaces. Marine biofouling produces adverse impacts on unprotected naval fleets and offshore infrastructures, and costs the global maritime industry about $150 billion annually. He is exploring the potential of using a super-hydrophobic surface, which mimics the properties of lotus leaves, as the next generation of anti-biofouling materials.

Another marine project involves saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emission for maritime transportation. Through advanced flow measurements, Ling aims to develop new drag reduction methods for high-speed marine vessels.

Dr. Ryan D. Beemer, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dr. Ryan Beemer, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, studies the foundations of wind turbines and how they are affected by various soils. Foundations are considered 20-40% of the total structure cost, and his research could yield significant savings.

The stability of offshore foundations is directly affected by the soil on which that foundation rests. Offshore soils can be problematic and unpredictable, causing resistance and compression problems. Beemer’s research involves understanding the role shells play in the mechanical behavior of sediments and, using the biology of the sediment, identifying problems before installation.

“Shells make up a large portion of offshore sediments,” explains Beemer. “How do the creatures who made the shells affect the strength of the sand? How does the biology of sand affect the offshore foundation? A better understanding of the origin of your soils can lead to better and more cost-effective offshore structures.”

Excellence in Research Amit Tandon, Professor Mechanical Engineering Amount: $572,464 Hugh Dunn, Executive Director Economic Development Amount: $750,000 Changsheng Chen, Professor & Montgomery Charter Chair Amount: $857,061 Paul Gendron, Associate Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Amount: $90,406 Ramprasad Balasubramanian, Associate Provost for Decision Support & Strategic Initiatives Amount: $252,985 David Brown, Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering Amount: $100,000 For more information on these individuals and their research projects, please see pages 25-28.

Beemer’s research also involves small-scale geotechnical centrifuge modeling of large offshore structures. He has worked on adapting new sensor technology for the high-g environment of the centrifuge, allowing more measuring points and accuracy.

“It can cost $250,000/day to run a test offshore while using a scale model is much less expensive,” said Beemer. “However, it can be difficult to make accurate measurements on a miniature model. Using new sensors such as MEMS and fiber optics allow us to overcome these challenges.”

By researching more effective and less costly solutions, Aghazadeh, Beemer, and Ling are engineering the next generation of clean energy—along our SouthCoast and in the world’s oceans.

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Computational Science

Computational science integrates advanced design, implementation, and mathematical models to figure out and solve complex problems. UMass Dartmouth’s Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research (CSCVR) focuses on computationally driven research to address these types of issues in the areas of engineering, mathematics, science, and fisheries oceanography. Several UMass Dartmouth faculty members who conduct collaborative projects at the Center have garnered prestigious awards for their leading-edge expertise in computational science.

Dr. Scott Field, Assistant Professor, Mathematics The research area of black hole science has experienced a major transformation as a result of recent breakthroughs, including a 2017 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of gravitational waves from black hole and neutron star binary systems by the LIGO detectors.

Dr. Scott Field, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the College of Arts & Sciences, has received a $275,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his collaborative research project “High Order Numerical Methods for Gravitational Wave Computations-Time-Scales.”

“Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein over a century ago, but had never been directly detected before. Observations of these waves will help obtain information about black holes, neutron stars, and the fundamental theory of gravitation,” said Field, who is leading the project with Dr. Sigal Gottlieb, Chancellor Professor of Mathematics in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Dr. Gaurav Khanna, Professor of Physics in the College of Engineering. “These themes form the basis of the NSF’s ‘Windows on the Universe’ challenge.”

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New algorithms and computer programs need to be developed to maximize the scientific output of gravitational wave observations.

“The main objective is to develop computational techniques to meet the high-accuracy and high-efficiency requirements set by data-analysis efforts,” said Field. “Our work will focus on developing mathematical techniques to handle the long-time simulations and the disparity of length scales that characterize these problems.” The techniques will be used to accelerate the simulation of gravitational wave signals over sizable portions of the parameter space, and will have major impact on data science efforts.

“The outcome of our research efforts would not only provide very important computational models to the gravitational wave data analysis community, they would also enable very high-precision tests of Einstein’s general relativity theory and aid our understanding of black holes,” said Khanna. “Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious astrophysical objects in the universe and our work would help shed light on several different aspects of black hole physics.”

Dr. Sigal Gottlieb, Chancellor Professor, Mathematics

Dr. Robert Fisher, Associate Professor, Physics

Many problems in science and engineering are modeled by hyperbolic partial differential equations and have solutions that have sharp gradients. These include such varied problems as ocean waves, the behavior of air pressure around an airplane wing, semi-conductor device simulations, and the behavior of two colliding black holes. All these problems are simulated using computer codes,” said Dr. Sigal Gottlieb who is founding director of the CSCVR and the recipient of a $299,997 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for her proposal “Efficient Strong Stability Time Discretizations and Robust Automated Splitting for Time Evolution of Problems with Multiple Time-Scales.” The project uses modern approaches, including deep neural networks for optimal splittings that enable efficient implementation of multiscale time stepping.

Dr. Robert Fisher in the College of Engineering focuses on the fundamental physics of turbulent flows, and its application to the two endpoints of stellar evolution—star formation and supernovae—using a combination of theoretical and computational techniques.

“Our goal is to develop highly accurate algorithms for these simulations, which can handle the sharp gradients without becoming unstable,” said Gottlieb. A world -renowned mathematician, Gottlieb was recently recognized by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, becoming the Society’s second fellow in the entire University of Massachusetts system. The international award and fellowship recognizes outstanding members of the applied mathematics community. Sigal is collaborating on the project with Dr. Yanlai Chen, Associate Professor of Mathematics (College of Arts & Sciences). “Deep neural networks (DNN) are often capable of providing input-output maps without being intrusive to the underlying physical models,” said Chen who is the leading organizer of the spring 2020 research program at ICERM focusing on this exact topic and attracting top computational scientists from around the world.

Dr. Arghavan Louhghalam, Assistant Professor Dr. Mazdak Tooktkaboni, Associate Professor, College of Civil and Environmental Engineering Arghavan Louhghalam and Mazdak Tooktkaboni, Professors of Civil & Environmental Engineering, are the recipients of a $224,341 grant from the National Science Foundation for their project “A Data-centric Uncertainty-informed Framework for Resistance Analytics of Critical Infrastructure.”

The goal of the project is to establish a data-driven framework to efficiently characterize the multi-dimensional infrastructure resilience under stochastic climate change scenarios and plausible adaptation and mitigation strategies. The project will leverage recent advancements in the stochastic analysis and create a multi-paradigm hazard risk and a multi-dimensional model for resilience analytics and perform efficient sensitivity analysis.

“The platform we develop will identify the key drivers of hurricane activity and the cluster of future climate change scenarios that will exacerbate the local and regional impacts of hurricanes on power systems, leading to tipping points,” said Louhghalam.

Research outcomes are expected to help identify the assets that are most vulnerable to natural hazards under climate change scenarios and assess the effectiveness of several mitigation and adoption investment decisions in enhancing the overall resilience of the system.

He is the recipient of three recent NASA grants – $150,129 for his project “The Double-Degenerate Channel of Type la Supernovae,” $43,397 grant for his project “The Late-Time NIR Light Curves of SNe 2017erp and 2018 gv,” and $26,667 for his project “the Supernova Remnant 3C 397: Constraining Physics to Type la Supernovae in the Single-Degenerate Scenario.”

Fisher is also part of an international team that recently published a research article in Nature Astronomy that discovered how light emerges after a unique type of supernova. The team found that light fades after the cosmic explosion of stars in an unexpected way. “Since antiquity, humans have wondered about our place in the universe. Astronomers are now able to plumb the enormous expanses of the cosmos using exploding stars,” said Fisher. “This new research reveals that these exploding stars do not simply fade away into the night, but surprisingly shine steadily for nearly a full year in the infrared.

These results challenge our understanding of how these exploding stars behave and may ultimately help us to better understand their uses as cosmic beacons.”

In additional to his professorial work at UMassD, he leads a highly-successful group of graduate and undergraduate students pursuing several exciting research projects in star formation and supernovae. Student alumni from the Fisher group have won national-level fellowships and moved on to pursue astrophysics at top-ranked institutions around the world.

“Successful implementation will lead to significant breakthroughs in resilience modeling, and the research outcomes will help advance the capabilities of infrastructure managers, planners, and policymakers to characterize resilience under various uncertain future scenarios,” said Tootkaboni. Optimal adaptation or mitigation strategies that result in maximum resilience gain in the system will also be identified.

“The project has the potential to pave the way for optimal management of smart cities in the age of big-data,” said Louhghalam. The results will be broadly disseminated to the scientific and engineering communities and provide open-source software packages for researchers in the field.

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Core Facilities

UMass Dartmouth’s core facilities help further the understanding of science and provide specialized research training opportunities for faculty, students, and researchers. The SouthCoast Single Crystal X-Ray Diffraction Facility on the main campus and various labs at SMAST in New Bedford allow scientists to conduct trailblazing research–—including mapping the structure of chemical compounds, developing and testing advanced ocean sensors, and studying marine organisms in controlled environments.

X-ray diffractometer advances research throughout the region A dual-source, single crystal X-ray diffractometer, located in the Violette Research Building, is the only one of its kind in southeastern Massachusetts. The machine allows researchers to map the structure of a chemical compound in three dimensions, in a matter of a day or even hours. Single crystal diffraction shows the position of every atom with the distances and angles between them.

David Manke, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, says single crystal X-ray diffraction is one of the primary tools in characterizing chemicals that have been synthesized. “The structure of a compound can be used to determine how it functions. You can then modify the chemical in a designed fashion to produce a desired effect.”

The diffractometer boosts research projects in pharmaceutical activity, carbon dioxide capture, and green chemistry. The National Science Foundation funded the device to support and promote research for students and faculty at UMass Dartmouth and

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partner institutions. “Students are now gaining experience with an instrument they are going to use in graduate school and in their careers,” said Manke.

Visit umassd.edu/xray/services.

SMAST research facilities simulate ocean environment and enhance marine studies An acoustic-optic test tank located at SMAST West is one of the keys to scientists advancing our understanding of living marine and estuarine organisms. The 90,000-gallon tank is designed for development and testing of underwater measurement concepts and devices. It simulates the ocean in a controlled environment and, acoustically, it is at least two times quieter than sea state.

“The tank has been used to evaluate acoustic sensors, study how marine life responds to noise in the ocean environment, and test communication systems and underwater vehicles prior to ocean deployment,” said Michael Marino, Assistant Dean for Operations at SMAST.

Dr. Wendell Brown, Professor of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences, calibrates and tests SMAST’s ocean glider before missions designed to collect southern New England oceanographic data used to forecast the intensity of hurricanes.

Dr. Daniel MacDonald, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has simulated the motion of wave energy converter components to develop a device that extracts energy from ocean waves.

The tank is used by the local fishing industry for safety and survival training. It also serves as a resource to local academic, government, and industrial researchers as well as product developers, including the Office of Naval Research.

SMAST also houses two seawater research facilities. A 2,200 square-foot lab at SMAST West and a 6,000 square-foot lab at SMAST East have enabled scientists to develop new methods for increasing local aquaculture production, evaluate biological and environmental impacts of small-scale tautog farming, and test the progression of infectious diseases in Atlantic sea scallops.

Both environments contain marine life and give researchers the ability to conduct experiments under various conditions, including different temperature and lighting settings.

Visit umassd.edu/smast/about/facilities.

Core facilities voucher program The University of Massachusetts system provides access to more than 90 core research facilities for researchers from government, academia, and industry on a fee-for-service basis. A state voucher program provides access to leading research facilities at UMass campuses at discounted rates to accelerate business development for start-ups and small- and medium-sized companies.

The tank has been used to evaluate acoustic sensors, study how marine life responds to noise in the ocean environment, and test communication systems and underwater vehicles prior to ocean deployment.�

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Marino Assistant Dean for Operations at SMAST

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Internal Awards President’s Office Awards: Summer Fellowship Anupama Arora, Professor English Project: Bollywood’s New Woman Amount: $65,000 Anthony Arrigo, Professor English Project: Development of UMD Community Research & Partnership Initiative Course Release : Fall 2019

Pia Moisander, Assistant Professor Biology Project: E ffects of novel antifouling methods on marine biofilms Amount: $16,229 Michael Sheriff, Assistant Professor Biology Project: T he role of the gut microbiome in mediating individual responses to predation risk Amount: $31,560

UMass Presidents Office: Joseph P. Healey Award

Margarita Huayhua, Assistant Professor Sociology Project: “Quechua is a Cancer”: Social Oppression in the Southern Andes Course Release : Spring 2020

Robin Locke Arkerson, Assistant Professor Psychology Project: Study of Emotion in Children with Autism Amount: $3,775

Rachel Kulick, Assistant Professor Sociology Project: Bellbird Biological Corridor: Cultivating Sustainable Economies and Well Being in Costa Rica Course Release : Spring 2020

Avery Plaw, Assistant Professor Political Science Project: T racking Israeli Targeted Killings 2000-2018 Amount: $9,232

Bryan McFarlane, Professor Drawing & Painting Project:’The Silk Road Rediscovered’ Amount: $7,000 Gang Wang, Assistant Professor Decision & Information Sciences Project: Disaster-Relief Supply Chain Network Planning Amount: $7,000

Multi-Institutional Seed Funding Program Sankha Bhowmick, Professor Mechanical Engineering Project: ” Nanofiber based actuated drug release for treatment of myocardial infarction” Amount: $27,855 Ralph Clifford, Professor Law Project: “ An Exploration of the Existence of Creativity in Computer Programming and its Legal Implications” Amount: $4,755 Hau (Julia) Fang, Assistant Professor Computer & Information Project: “ iBridge: Bridge Points of Care & Choice from Poly drug use data streams” Amount: $35,000 Matthew Hall, Assistant Professor Psychology Project: D o Family Sign Language Programs Help or Hurt Deaf Children?

Amount: $34,601

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Timothy Walker, Professor History Project: A ssessing Historic Climate Change in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, circa 1780-1880, Using Nantucket and New Bedford Whaling Ship Logbooks Amount: $5,000

UMass Presidents Office: Public Service Award Shakhnoza Kayumova, Assistant Professor STEM Education & Teacher Development Project: STEAM your Way to College Summer Camp Amount: $3,000 Eric Larson, Assistant Professor Crime & Justice Studies Project: Working in the Shadows: Race, Immigration and Mass Incarceration in Rhode Island Amount: $10,000 Keivan Sadeghzaheh, Assistant Professor Decision & Information Sciences Project: A nalyzing Community Based Needs for Psychatric Disorders in Massachusetts Using GeoSocioeconomics Factors and Clinical Data Amount: $7,000

Graduate fellowships Gregory Costa Program of study: Integrative Biology Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Jennifer DeBarros Program of study: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Yasaman Hamedani Program of study: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Bioengineering based) Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Caroline Mallary Program of study: Engineering and Applied Science (Computational Science and Engineering option) Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship

Benjamin Burnett Program of study: Engineering and Applied Science (Computational Science and Engineering option) Award: Doctoral Fellowship Jayashree Chakravarty Program of study: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Bioengineering based) Award: Doctoral Fellowship Zerisenai Sahle Program of study: STEM Education (Mathematics Education concentration) Award: Doctoral Fellowship Pari Samani Program of study: Chemistry and Biochemistry Award: Doctoral Fellowship

Lucy McCully Program of study: Integrative Biology Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship

Adrienne Silver Program of study: Marine Science and Technology (Intercampus Marine Science) Award: Doctoral Fellowship

Jacob Daniel Palmer Program of study: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Bioengineering based) Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship

Vishal Tiwari Program of study: Engineering and Applied Science (Computational Science and Engineering option) Award: Doctoral Fellowship

Amber (AJ) Vincelli Program of study: Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (Chemistry based) Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Jennifer Halli Program of study: Fine Arts (Ceramics studio) Award: Distinguished Art Fellowship

Xuejing Wang Program of study: Engineering and Applied Science (Applied Mechanics and Materials option) Award: Doctoral Fellowship Michelle Whyte Program of study: Nursing PhD Award: Doctoral Fellowship

Taylor Maroney Program of study: Fine Arts (Painting studio) Award: Distinguished Art Fellowship Shabnam Jannesari Program of study: Fine Arts (Painting studio) Award: Distinguished Art Fellowship Maggie Felisberto Program of study: Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory Award: Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Bailey Avila Program of study: Marine Science and Technology (Intercampus Marine Science) Award: Doctoral Fellowship

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Undergraduate Student Awards This year, the OUR research funded six summer stipends in support of undergraduate research projects, receiving generous support from both the College of Arts & Science and the College of Visual & Performing Arts. The OUR also funded seventeen in-semester projects through Fall and Winter grants. Funded projects spanned across many disciplines, including Arts, Engineering, Nursing, Sciences, and Social Sciences.

The quality of the grant applications show the continued excellence of our campus in undergraduate research. Special thanks to Professors Catherine Gardner and David Manke for their leadership of the OUR and faculty colleagues for their support as mentors and grant reviewers.

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Summer Stipends 2019: Salvador Balkus, Department of Public Policy Supervisor: Professor Michael Goodman Title: Marine Tech Workforce Gap Analysis Lauren Gaspar,* Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Supervisor: Professor David Manke Title: Studying the mechanism of C–N bond formation at Group 4 metal centers Victoria Kelleher,* Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Michael Sheriff Title: The impacts of predation risk on foraging behavior in free-living small mammals Quinn Kennedy, Department of Bioengineering Supervisor: Professor Sankha Bhowmick Title: Coaxial, electrospun PCL and PLGA nanofibers for targeted delivery of antioxidant drugs Amanda Marcelino,* Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Nancy O’Connor Title: Predation of the Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) Salvador Balkus, Department of Public Policy Supervisor: Professor Michael Goodman Title: Marine Tech Workforce Gap Analysis Stephanie Mysiuk-Bissen,** Department of Fine Arts Supervisor: Professor Elena Peteva Title: Emotional Echo: Capturing human experience through a cross disciplinary investigation of emotional resistance and recurrence *Funded through support from the College of Arts & Sciences **Funded through support from the College of Visual & Performing Arts

OUR Fall (October) Grant Awardees 2018: Jessie Barbee, Department of Mathematics Supervisor: Professor Whitney Hable Title: Effects of Herbicides and Pesticides on Brown Algae, Silvetia compressa

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Courtney Burns, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Gary Davis Title: Self Esteem, Responsibility, and Financial Risk Aversion in Young People Jasmine Graslie, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Mark Silby Title: Call and Response: Signaling Behavior Between Two Bacterial Species Sandip Kaur, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Pia Moissander Title: Isolation and Culturing of Diazotrophic Bacteria from the Coastal Environment Alana McGraw, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Jennifer Koop Title: Transmission of Apicomplexan Parasite Infection and the Development of Grey Meat in Atlantic Sea Scallops, Placopecten magellanicus Taylor Paiva, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Whitney Hable Title: Effects of Oxybenzone and Octinoxate on Silvetia compressa Mia Sances, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Whitney Hable Title: Exocytosis Domains in Silvetia compressa Emily West, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Supervisor: Professor Emmanuel Ojadi Title: Polymerization of Novel Porphyrins and Its Sensitivity to Carbon Monoxide

OUR Winter (December) Awardees 2018: Anna Church, Department of Bioengineering Supervisor: Professor Tracie Ferreira Title: Utilizing temperature sensitive synthetic riboswitches to control proliferation of bacterial hailing from probiotics given to dairy cows Joe Cronan, Department of Biology Supervisor: Professor Jennifer Koopedw Title: Determining the invasion pathway of Bithynia tentaculate by RAD sequencing Shelby Fontaine, Department of Sociology/Anthropology Supervisor: Professor Robin Robinson Title: How Faith and Culture Impact Family Decision Making of Children with Cancer Mark Holmes, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Supervisor: Professor Shuowei Cai Title: Development of formulation for oral delivery of proteins

Kayla Loycano, Department of Bioengineering Supervisor: Professor Tracie Ferreira Title: Recombinant Proteins in Rhodococcus Opacus PD630

Nathan Pacheco, College of Nursing Supervisor: Professor Kristen Sethares Title: Effects of personality and self-care on burnout

Kristina Martins, College of Nursing Supervisor: Professor Susan Hunter Revell Title: The experience of caregiver grief after placing a family member with Alzheimer’s disease

Sabrina Soares, College of Nursing Supervisor: Professor Kristen Sethares Title: Evaluating health literacy levels in college students

Ryan Null, Department of Mechanical Engineering Supervisor: Professor Milana Vasudev Title: Protein-Based Block Copolymers

Guilherme Vicente, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Supervisor: Professor Sivappa Rasapalli Title: Synthesis and Examination for Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities for Quinazolines-Pyrazole Based Celecoxib

Metrics Proposals by College FY 2019

Other 2% School for Marine Science & Technology 34% College of Engineering 51%

College of Arts & Sciences 313%

Schools College of Engineering College of Arts & Sciences School for Marine Science & Technology Other Grand Total

Amount

Proposals

$28,845,097

83

$7,440,571

38

$19,474,472

67

$1,128,157

10

$56,888,297

198

Annual Report 2019

15

Metrics Proposals: Federal vs Non-Federal Agencies FY 2019

Non-Federal 17%

Federal 83%

16

Type

Proposals

Requested

Federal

126

$47,482,100

Non-Federal

72

$9,406,197

Grand Total

198

Annual Report 2019

$56,888,297

Metrics Awards by Unit & Department FY 2019 Academic Affairs 4%

School for Marine Science & Technology 46%

College of Arts & Sciences 23%

College of Engineering 21%

Office of the Chancellor 3% Division of Student Affairs 1%

Unit Name

College of Nusing & Health Sceinces 2%

Awards

Amount

Academic Affairs

5

$874,415

Academic Resource Center

1

$430,337

Upward Bound

4

$440,078

College of Arts & Sciences

33

$2,905,548

Biology

3

$84,857

Center of Labor Education

10

$1,716,024

Chemistry & Biochemistry

4

$219,702

Kaput Center

1

$69,170

Psychology

1

$6,200

Mathematics

3

$396,090

STEM Education & Teacher Development

3

$274,005

Unit Name

Awards

Physics

Amount

3

$98,095

ollege of Nursing & Health C Sciences

3

$648,460

Community Nursing

1

$25,000

Lead Paint Program

1

$157,282

Adult Nursing

1

$466,178

Dvision of Student Affairs

2

$276,660

Athletics

1

$26,660

Dining

1

$250.000

Office of the Chancellor

5

$855,243

CIE/ATMC

1

$98,920

Civic Engagement

1

$6,323

Economic Development

3

$750,000

S chool for Marine Science & Technology

66

$7,820,862

Estuarine and Ocean Sciences

33

$2,738,565

Public Policy

8

$139,500

College of Engineering

31

$2,631,518

Bioengineering

7

$353,934

Center for Rehabilitation Engineering

1

$211,585

Civil & Environmental Engineering

3

$633,460

Computer Information Science

4

$244,400

Fisheries Oceanography

32

$5,022,577

Electrical & Computer Engineering

6

$497,580

1

$59,629

Mechanical Engineering

7

$592,464

S chool for Marine Science & Technology College Grand Total

145

$16,012,706

Annual Report 2019

17

Metrics Federal Awards by Agency FY 2019

U.S. Department of Transportation 4%

Other 1%

NASA 7%

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 29%

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 9%

U.S. Department of Education 10%

U.S. Department of Defense 17%

Agency Name

Amount

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.

$2,670,988

National Science Foundation

$2,125,365

U.S. Department of Defense

$1,540,945

U.S. Department of Education

$935,730

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

$884,901

NASA

$665,363

U.S. Department of Transportation

$409,119

U.S.Department of Agriculture

$63,485

U.S. Department of Labor

$34,192,

Other Grand Total

18

National Science Foundation 23%

Annual Report 2019

$6,691 $9,336,779

Metrics Number of Awards for FYs 2017, 2018, and 2019

Awards Amounts for FYs 2017, 2018, and 2019 $16,013 18000000

$14,131 16000000

$12,642

14000000 12000000 10000000 8000000 6000000 4000000 2000000 0

2017

2018

2019

Annual Report 2019

19

Metrics Awards by Unit for FYs 2017, 2018, and 2019

Number of Awards by Unit for FYs 2017, 2018, and 2019

20

Annual Report 2019

Metrics Awards by Purpose FY 2019 Awards by Purpose $12,000,000

$10,000,000

$8,000,000

$6,000,000

$4,000,000

$2,000,000

2017

Year 2017

Purpose Research Instruction/Training

2018

Amount $10,509,536 $932,120

Other Sponsored Activities

$2,689,468

Research

$10,521,761

Instruction/Training Other Sponsored Activities 2019

Other Sponsored Activities

Instruction/Training

Research

Instruction/Training

Research

2016

Other Sponsored Activities

2015

Other Sponsored Activities

Instruction/Training

Research

$0

Research Instruction/Training Other Sponsored Activities

$932,375 $1,187,974 $11,216,620 $923,175 $3,872,911

Annual Report 2019

21

Metrics University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Research and Other Sponsored Awards

By Unit and Department Includes all New Awards, Supplements, and Continuations Fiscal Year 2019 PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Student Support Services at UMass Dartmouth Instruction for Disadvantaged Students

Amount

Academic Affairs Academic Resource Center Koumas, Sokratis

Academic Resource Center Total

$430,337

$430,337

Office of the Provost Balasubramanian,Ramprasad

MA REHABILITATION COMMISSION

Supplying Assistive Technology Services for MRC Clients in the Southeastern Region of Massachusetts

Other

Office of the Provost Total

$211,585

$211,585

Upward Bound Hagopian, Kristin A.

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY FY19 Summer Food Service Program & SECONDARY ED

Public Service

$181

FY18 Summer Food Service Program

Public Service

$7,673

Upward Bound Program

Public Service

$436,223

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Upward Bound Total

$444,077

Academic Affairs Total

$1,086,000

College of Arts & Sciences Biology Koop, Jennifer

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Mortality of Scaup and Other Waterbirds Research Caused by Trematodiasis on the Upper Mississippi River Analyses of Long-term Datasets

$6,691

Moisander, Pia H.

MA DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Bacterial Monitoring in Southern Massachusetts

Research

$9,796

Oliveira, Kenneth

NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION

Detection and Examination of the Invasive Swimbladder Parasite Anguillicola Crassus

Research

$68,370

Biology Total

22

Annual Report 2019

$84,857

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

Other

$807,465

Other

$794,367

Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Other

$80,000

Dislocated Gildon Garment Workers EOSL New Bedford

Other

$24,487

Other

$4,455

Other

$5,250

Center of Labor Education Jochim, Lisa A.

MA DEPT OF ELEMENTARY FY20 ABE State Grant & SECONDARY ED FY2019 Adult Basic Education

MASSACHUSETTS DIV OF CAREER SERVICES

REGIONAL EMPLOY. BOARD Hurricane Maria Evacuee-Dislocated Workers OF HAMPDEN COUNTY ESOL Hurricane Maria Center of Labor Education Total

$1,716,024

Chemistry & Biochemistry Jia, Xiaofei

VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Enhancement of Infectivity by HIV-1 Nef via Antagonism of SERINC Proteins

Research

$58,707

Manke, David Robert

CAAMTECH, LLC

Research Service Agreement with CaaMTech, LLC

Research

$55,995

Neto, Catherine A.

OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES INC

qNMR Analysis of Cranberry Products for Total Research Ursolic Acid and Oleanolic Acid

$5,000

Neto, Catherine A.; Vasudev, Milana C.

MA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

UMass Cranberry Health Research Center Colon Initiative FY2019

Research

Chemistry & Biochemistry Total

$100,000

$219,702

Kaput Center Kayumova, Shakhnoza

Orrill, Chandra H.

FALL RIVER, CITY OF

STEAM Summer Pilot Camp

Other

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Analyzing the Nexus Between Research Advantaged Social Positioning and Science Identity Development Among English Language Learners

$157,066

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN Usable Measures of Teacher Understanding: Research CALIFORNIA Exploring Diagnostics Models and Topic Analysis as Tools for Assessing Proportional Reasoning for Teaching

$96,939

Advancing Middle School Teachers’ Understanding of Proportional Reasoning for Teaching

Research

Kaput Center Total

$20,000

$69,170

$343,175

Annual Report 2019

23

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

Field, Scott E; Khanna, Gaurav

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

High Order Numerical Methods for Gravitational Research Wave Computations

$275,000

Gottlieb, Sigal; Chen, Yanlai

AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Efficient Strong Stability Time Discretizations andResearch Robust Automated Splitting for Time Evolution of Problems with Multiple Time-Scales

$121,090

Mathematics

Mathematics Total

$396,090

Psychology Alves, Heloisa

OKINAWA INSTITUTE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Reward Sensitivity in Typically Developing Children

Research

Psychology Total

$6,200

$6,200

Public Policy Borges, David R.

CAPE ANN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

NorthShore Blue Economy - Phase 1 Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

Other

$2,000

CAPE COD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Cape Cod Blue Economy Project Survey II

Other

$5,000

CITY OF GLOUCESTER

North Shore Blue Economy - Phase 1 - City of Gloucester

Other

$2,500

Other

$35,000

GLOUCESTER ECON DEV AND INDUSTRIAL CORP

NorthShore Blue Economy - Phase 1 - GloucesterOther EDIC

$10,000

SOUTHCOAST HOSPITALS GROUP

Southcoast Health Community Health Needs Assessment 2019

Other

$35,000

Goodman, Michael D.

495/METROWEST PARTNERSHIP, INC.

495/Metro West Suburban Edge Community Commission

Other

$40,000

McCarthy, Michael P.

MASS TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

Mass TLC Tech Pulse Survey II

Other

$10,000

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Community Foundation of Southeastern Mass OF SOUTHEASTERN MA Strategic Planning

Public Policy Total College of Arts & Sciences Total

24

Annual Report 2019

$139,500 $2,905,548

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

College of Engineering Bioengineering Bucci, Vanni

Ferreira, Tracie L.

Karim, Lamya

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S Bayesian Machine Learning Tools for Analyzing Research HOSPITAL Microbiome Dynamics

$79,500

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Viral Micro-Epidemics and Evolutionary Dynamics in Bacterial Biofilms

Research

$47,001

MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER

2019 High School Apprenticeship Challenge

Other

$29,199

TARGET FOUNDATION

Non-toxic Flame Retardant Adhesive

Research

$15,000

AMER SOCIETY FOR BONE Biomolecular and Cellular Mechanisms of AND MINERAL RESEAR Diabetic Skeletal Fragility

Research

$60,000

NIH-NATIONAL INSTITUTES Biomolecular and Cellular Mechanisms of OF HEALTH Diabetic Skeletal Fragility

Research

$123,234

Bioengineering Total

$353,934

Civil & Environmental Engineering L ouhghalam, Arghavan; Pour A. Tootkaboni, Mazdak

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: A Data-centric Research Uncertainty-informed Framework for Resilience Analytics of Critical Infrastructure Under Extreme Climate Events

$224,341

Mogawer,Walaa S.

MA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Development of a Balanced Mixture Design Research Procedure for MassDOT with Associated Performance Related Specification, MassDOT Annual Profiler Certification, & Upgrade of the MassDOT Pavement Distress Manual

$281,620

MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

New England Transportation Consortium (NETC) Coordinator Services

$127,499

Research

Civil & Environmental Engineering Total

$633,460

Computer Information Science Balasubramanian, Ramprasad

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Intelligent Distributed Sensing towards MultiVehicle Autonomy with Undersea Applcations

Research

$41,400

Fang, Hua

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

SCH: Student Travel Award for 2019 Conference on Connected Health

Research

$12,000

Fang, Hua; Wang, Honggang

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

NeTS: EAGER: Exploring 60G HZ Based Wireless Body Area Networks for mHealth Applications

Research

$16,000

Sun,Maoyuan

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CRII: CHS: Visualizing Data Relationships Across Multiple Views

Research

$175,000

Computer Information Science Total

$244,400

Annual Report 2019

25

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

Brown, David A.

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Acoustic Radiation and Training in Electroacoustics Transducers

Research

$100,000

Buck, John R.

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Random Matrix Theory Analysis of Adaptive Beamformers

Research

$188,996

Fiondella, Lance Nicholas

NATIONAL AERO AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Practical Software Reliability Modeling and Application

Research

$1,982

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

CAREER: Software Reliability and Security Assessment: Modeling and Algorithms

Research

$116,196

Research

$90,406

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Gendron, Paul John

MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY Advanced Technology for Active Sonar

Electrical & Computer Engineering Total

$497,580

Mechanical Engineering Laoulache, Raymond N.

BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

STEM Starter Academy: STEM Transfer Summer Other Bridge Program

Tandon, Amit

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: Lee-Wave Dissipation in Oceanic Flows with Mean Shear

Research

$173,686

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH

Air-sea Fluxes and Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in the Northern Indian Ocean

Research

$111,777

The Role of Sub-mesoscale Eddies and Fronts in Research NIW Generation, Propagation and Dissipation

$165,796

Understanding the Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling in the Northern Indian Ocean

$121,205

Research

Mechanical Engineering Total

$20,000

$592,464

Physics Fisher,Robert

Physics College of Engineering Total

26

Annual Report 2019

NATIONAL AERO AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Evaluating the Double-Degenerate Spiral Type la Supernova Model

Research

$48,739

The Supernova Remnant 3C 397: Constraining Physics of Type Ia Supernovae in the SingleDegenerate Scenario

Research

$26,667

SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE The Late-Time NIR Light Curves of SNe 2017erp Research INSTITUTE and 2018gv

$22,689

$98,095 $2,419,933

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

Instruction

$466,178

College of Nursing & Health Sciences Adult Nursing Barnett, Karen

HEALTH RESOURCES Nursing Workforce Diversity: Moving Forward SERVICE ADMINISTRATION

Adult Nursing Total

$466,178

Community Nursing Street, Nancy W.; Goodman, Michael D.

CITY OF NEW BEDFORD

New Bedford DPH strategic Plan, Community Health Needs Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan

Other

$25,000

Community Nursing Total

$25,000

Lead Paint Program Smith, Elvira

MA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

UMassD Lead Program

Other

$157,282

Lead Paint Program Total

$157,282

College of Nursing & Health Sciences Total

$648,460

Division of Student Affairs Athletics Van Voorhis, Amanda J.

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Athletics Digital Media Coordinator/ Community Engagement Officer

Instruction

$26,660

Athletics Total

$26,660

Dining Poudrier-Aaronson, Lucinda

KENDALL FOUNDATION, HENRY P.

Kendall Foundation: Food Service Prize

Other

$250,000

Dining Total

$250,000

Division of Student Affairs Total

$276,660

Annual Report 2019

27

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

Incubate Mass 2019

Other

$98,920

Office of the Chancellor Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Adams, Philip V.

MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN ENERGY CENTER

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Total

$98,920

Community Service & Partnership Healy, Deirdre E.

MA SERVICE ALLIANCE

Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS)

Other

Community Service & Partnership Total

$6,323 $6,323

Economic Development Dunn, Hugh Carroll

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Southeastern Massachusetts Marine Science ADMINISTRATION and Technology Corridor

Other

$600,000

MA EXEC OFFICE OF HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEV

Southeastern MA Marine Science and Technology Corridor

Other

$100,000

MA OFFICE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Regional Economic Development Program FY19 Other

$50,000

Economic Development Total

$750,000

Office of the Chancellor Total

$855,243

School for Marine Science & Technology Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Altabet, Mark A.

Brown, Wendell S.

Howes, Brian L.

28

Annual Report 2019

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Collaborative Research: Multiyear Autonomous Research Measurement of N-loss in the ETNP ODZ

$590,837

Collaborative Research: Using Individual Amino Research Acids N Isotopes in Sinking Particles and Surficial Sediments to Reconstruct Euphotic Zone N Sources and Trophic Structure

$164,689

THE BINATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Phytoplankton C:N:P Ratios in the Eastern Mediterranean

Research

$4,500

COONAMESSETT FARM FOUNDATION, INC.

Improving Oceanographic Models of Bottom Temperature Within the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Research

$95,326

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

MARACOOS

Research

$69,857

MARACOOS: CODAR (Year 2 & 3)

Research

$66,000

CDM Harwich Cold Brook Natural Attenuation Research Project 2018

$36,732

Clarks Cove New Bedford WQM Program 2018 Research

$138,351

CDM SMITH

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Howes, Brian L.; Samimy, Roland

Howes, Brian L.; Schlezinger, David

Lohrenz, Steven E.

Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Total

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

DARTMOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST

Nonquitt Marsh Restoration Project

Research

$32,000

MA DEPT OF CONSERVATION WBNERR Nutrient Analyses 2018 AND RECREATION

Research

$27,840

MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE

Popponesset & Waquoit Bay Collaborative WQM Program

Research

$8,400

Popponesset & Waquoit Bays Water Quality Monitoring Program: Baseline Water Quality Monitoring

Research

$8,400

TOWN OF BARNSTABLE

Technical Support of the Town of Barnstable MEP Scenarios in Support of Wastewater Planning

Research

$169,963

TOWN OF CHATHAM

Chatham TechSupport for Pleasant Bay Alliance (PBA) WQ Monitoring Program

Research

$47,812

Chatham TechSupport Town WQ Monitoring Program

Research

$47,812

Technical Support of the Pleasant Bay Alliance Regional Watershed Permit Implementation Project for Nitrogen Management in Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod, MA

Research

$79,500

TOWN OF DENNIS

Dennis WQM FY 14

Research

$18,000

TOWN OF MASHPEE

Mashpee Water Quality Partnership

Research

$8,400

TOWN OF NANTUCKET

Water Quality Modeling Scenarios Madaket Town of Nantucket

Research

$35,250

TOWN OF ORLEANS

Technical Support for the Town of Orleans Water Quality and Wastewater Planning Planning Program FY17

Research

$363,800

Town of Orleans 2015 Water Quality Monitoring Program

Research

$12,400

TOWN OF YARMOUTH

Water Quality Monitoring of Lewis Bay, Parkers Research River and Bass River

$8,400

CITY OF TAUNTON

Taunton River Nutrient Water Quality Monitoring Services

Research

$16,641

MARTHA’S VINEYARD COMMISSION

Martha’s Vineyard Commission PRB Project: Siting and Performance Assessment

Research

$75,500

TOWN OF NANTUCKET

Town of Nantucket Water Quality Tech Services: Summers 2018-2020

Research

$91,800

CITY OF LOWELL

Lowell Water Quality Program: Technical Assistance and Support (4 Year)

Research

$74,863

TOWN OF FALMOUTH

Assessment of Bournes Pond Oyster Seeding Effects on Water Quality and Nutrient Cycling

Research

$30,000

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

Research and Education in Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystem Science

Research

$365,083

$2,688,656

Annual Report 2019

29

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Title

Type

Amount

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

Maintaining and Expanding Bycatch Avoidance Research Strategies in the Mid-Water Trawl Atlantic Herring Fishery (RSA)

$134,979

VINEYARD WIND

Vineyard Wind Surveys - Drop Camera

Research

$243,888

ethoney, Naiff David; B Stokesbury, Kevin D.E.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

Drop Camera Surveys Examining the Scallop Research Population of the Mid-Atlantic and Assessment of Automated Scallop Count and Measurement Algorithm (RSA)

$242,440

Cadrin, Steven X.

CAPE COD COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN’S ALLIANCE

Groundfish Electronic Monitoring Data Analysis: Part 2

Research

$49,500

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

FY19 MFI Graduate Education Program Director

Research

$50,000

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

Facilitating Stakeholder Engagement in Management Strategy Evaluation of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries

Research

$141,143

adrin, Steven X.; C Stokesbury, Kevin D.E..

VINEYARD WIND

Vineyard Wind - SMAST Construction Study Contract - Phase I: Development of Monitoring Plan

Research

$50,021

Chen, Changsheng

NE REG ASSOC OF COASTAL A Generic Predictive Model for Ocean and OCEAN OBSERV SYS Coastal Acidification Thresholds from Long Island Sound to the Nova Scotia Shelf

Research

$50,000

Improvement and Technological Transition of the Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System

Research

$126,100

NERACOOS: The Integrated Ocean Observing System for the Northeast Region

Research

$90,000

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Towards a Cost-Effective Monitoring System of Research Ocean Acidification in the US North East

$90,000

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

Climate-fisheries Dynamics: Individualbased End-to-end Sea Scallop Model with Socioeconomic Feedbacks

Fisheries Oceanography Bethoney, Naiff David

30

Research

$100,000

LTER: Linking Pelagic Community Structure with Research Ecosystem Dynamics and Production Regimes on the Changing Northeast US Shelf

$76,610

Technical Support for NOAA FVCOM Modeling Research Activities

$47,779

Assessing Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Research Facilities on Regional Sea Scallop Larva and Early Juvenile Transport

$276,572

Chen, Changsheng; He, Pingguo

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

Fay, Gavin

MASSACHUSETTS NMFS Sea Grant Population and Ecosystem INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Dynamics Graduate Fellowship Robert P. Wildermuth

Annual Report 2019

Research

$67,539

Metrics PI; CO-PI

Sponsor

Fay, Gavin; Cadrin, Steven X.

GULF OF MAINE RESEARCH Development of Robust Management Strategies Research INSTITUTE for Northeast Groundfish Fisheries in a Changing Climate

He, Pingguo

VINEYARD WIND

Vineyard Wind Surveys -Trawl

Research

$1,481,190

VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE

In Situ High-Definition Camera Monitoring to Research Evaluate Catch Efficiency and Selectivity of the Survey Dredge

$116,575

Marino, Michael C.

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

DMF Admin Environmental Review FY17-19

Research

$30,000

arino, Michael C.; M Stokesbury, Kevin D.E.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Persistent Aquatic Living Sensor (PALS) PrgmTelemetry-Aided Instrumented Living Systems (Tails)

Research

$59,629

Rillahan, Christopher Brian

UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT Farming Tautog as a High Value Fish While Reducing Invasive Crab Populations

Research

$63,485

Stokesbury, Kevin D.E.

MA DIVISION OF MARINE FISHERIES

FY19 Groundfish Video Trawl Survey

Research

$400,000

NEW BEDFORD PORT AUTHORITY

Harvesting and Applying Data About the Sea

Research

$65,700

VINEYARD WIND

SMAST Video Trawl Survey of Vineyard Wind Development Area

Research

$139,988

Vineyard Wind Surveys - Ventless Trap

Research

$175,000

CLEARWATER SEAFOODS

SMAST Drop Camera of Browns Bank and the Canadian Portion of Georges Bank, 2018

Research

$146,398

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN

High-Resolution Drop Camera Surveys to Track Research Scallop Aggregations in Closed Area I Access Area, Nantucket Lightship, and Great South Channel (RSA)

$106,281

BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE

2017-2020 Zooplankton Analysis

Research

$25,800

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION

R/O-56 Harmful Phytoplankton Blooms in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Research

$118,240

S tokesbury,Kevin D.E.; Bethoney,Naiff David

Turner, Jefferson T.

Title

Type

Amount $367,349

Fisheries Oceanography Total

$5,132,206

School for Marine Science & Technology Total

$7,820,862

Grand Total

$16,012,706

Annual Report 2019

31

Metrics Sponsored Projects Expenditures FY 2018

Comparison Report of Sponsored Projects Expenditures by Unit FYs 2016 - 2018 Unit Name

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2019

Academic Affairs

$799,100

$791,024

$807,008

$3,647

$0

$0

College of Arts & Sciences

$3,571,535

$3,407,727

$3,476,322

College of Engineering

$3,870,323

$3,810,691

$3,474,749

$421,055

$422,362

$560,699

$19,304

$104,184

$198,751

$0

$0

$940

$5,183,682

$4,774,805

$4,874,169

Student Affairs

$73,247

$8,161

$0

Grand Total

$13,941,894

$13,318,954

$13,390,638

Charlton College of Business

College of Nursing & Health Sciences Office of the Chancellor Public Relations

School for Marine Science & Technology

32

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Metrics Expenditures by Department & PI FY 2019 Academic Affairs

$807,008

Academic Resource Center

$383,621

Koumas, Sokratis Direct Indirect

$383,621 $357,871 $25,750

Upward Bound

$423,388

Hagopian,Kristin A. Direct Indirect

$423,388 $397,036 $26,352

College of Arts & Sciences

$3,476,322

Bioengineering

$702,048

Bernal, Diego Direct Indirect Bromage, Erin S. Direct Indirect Drew, Robert Edward Direct Indirect Koop, Jennifer Direct Indirect Moisander, Pia H. Direct Indirect O’Connor, Nancy J. Direct Indirect Oliveira, Kenneth Direct Indirect Rajaniemi, Tara K. Direct Indirect

$38,691 $24,962 $13,7296 $313,240 $248,012 $65,228 $90,455 $58,358 $32,097 $59,933 $47,241 $12,691 $38,425 $26,268 $12,158 $63,999 $62,517 $1,482 $14,563 $9,159 $5,404 $82,741 $55,17 $27,570

Center of Labor Education

$936,261

Jochim, Lisa A. Direct Indirect

$936,261 $856,843 $79,418

Chemistry & Biochemistry

$246,403

Guo, Maolin Direct Indirect Jia, Xiaofei Direct Indirect Neto, Catherine A. Direct Indirect

$91,557 $57,768 $33,788 $60,158 $37,835 $22,323 $94,688 $78,429 $16,260

English

$43,578

Arrigo, Anthony F. Direct Indirect

$43,578 $34,152 $9,426

Kaput Center

$576,816

Kayumova, Shakhnoza Direct Indirect Orrill, Chandra H. Direct Indirect Stroup, Walter M. Direct Indirect Witzig, Stephen B. Direct Indirect

$123,381 $83,931 $39,450 $331,694 $220,339 $111,355 $64,518 $58,557 $5,961 $57,223 $53,694 $3,529

Mathematics

$829,850

Chen, Yanlai Direct Indirect Dong, Bo Direct Indirect Field, Scott E. Direct Indirect Gottlieb, Sigal Direct Indirect Wang, Cheng Direct Indirect

$39,820 $25,044 $14,776 $41,610 $26,203 $15,407 $5,777 $3,634 $2,144 $735,301 $701,565 $33,736 $7,342 $4,737 $2,605

Political Science

$3,904

Achilov, Dilshod Direct

$3,904 $3,904

Public Policy Borges, David R. Direct Indirect Goodman, Michael D. Direct Indirect McCarthy, Michael P. Direct Indirect

$137,462 $60,712 $43,835 $16,877 $72,532 $51,290 $21,242 $4,218 $3,046 $1,173

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Metrics College of Engineering

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$3,472,749

Bioengineering

$656,357

Bucci, Vanni Direct Indirect Ferreira, Tracie L. Direct Indirect Karim, Lamya Direct Indirect Vasudev, Milana C. Direct

$241,345 $158,959 $82,386 $32,545 $22,903 $9,641 $142,139 $131,610 $10,529 $240,329 $240,329

Civil & Environmental Engineering

$933,021

Louhghalam, Arghavan Direct Indirect MacDonald, Daniel G. Direct Indirect Miller, Heather J. Direct Indirect Mogawer, Walaa S. Direct Indirect Pour A. Tootkaboni, Mazdak Direct Indirect Sengupta, Sukalyan Direct Indirect

$17,749 $13,141 $4,608 $255,295 $187,012 $68,283 $37,587 $24,250 $13,337 $475,840 $428,137 $47,703 $68,250 $45,594 $22,656 $78,299 $56,801 $21,498

Computer Information Science

$452,014

Balasubramanian,Ramprasad Direct Indirect Fang, Hua Direct Indirect

$398,144 $331,755 $66,388 $53,870 $42,467 $11,403

Electrical & Computer Engineering

$692,170

Brown, David A. Direct Indirect Buck, John R. Direct Indirect Fiondella, Lance Nicholas Direct Indirect Li, Yifei Direct Wang, Honggang Direct Indirect

$155,845 $138,234 $17,611 $300,451 $205,979 $94,472 $210,648 $148,747 $61,901 $5,413 $5,413 $19,813 $15,432 $4,351

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Mechanical Engineering

$674,963

Bhowmick, Sankha Direct Indirect Chalivendra, Vijaya Direct Indirect Laoulache, Raymond N. Direct Meressi, Tesfay Direct Indirect Raessi, Mehdi Direct Indirect Ramachandran, Sanjiv Direct Indirect Tandon, Amit Direct Indirect

$8,619 $6,840 $1,778 $149,813 $103,536 $46,277 $5,209 $5,209 $59,590 $51,896 $7,694 $116,847 $75,371 $41,477 $69,920 $45,110 $24,810 $264,965 $167,364 $97,601

Physics

$64,224

Fisher, Robert Direct Indirect Khanna, Gaurav Direct Indirect

$40,365 $27,225 $13,140 $23,859 $15,614 $8,245

College of Nursing

$560,699

Adult Nursing

$434,574

Weatherford, Barbara H. Direct Indirect

$434,574 $417,050 $17,524

Community Nursing

$29,141

D’Esmond, Lynn Knapp Direct Street, Nancy W. Direct Indirect

$4,671 $4,671 $24,469 $17,667 $6,802

Lead Paint Program

$96,985

Smith, Elvira Direct Indirect

$96,985 $88,168 $8,817

Metrics Office of the Chancellor

$198,751

Community Service & Partnerships

$1,335

Healy, Deirdre E. Direct

$1,335 $1,335

Economic Development

$197,416

Dunn, Hugh Carroll Direct Indirect Yang, Chen-Lu Direct Indirect

$159,084 $121,898 $37,185 $38,333 $30,666 $17,667

Public Relations

$940

ATMC

$940

Adams, Phillip Direct Indirect

$940 $746 $194

School for Marine Science & Technology

$4,874,169

Estuarine and Ocean Sciences

$1,706,153

Altabet, Mark A. Direct Indirect Bourbonnais, Annie Direct Indirect Brown, Wendell S. Direct Indirect Howes, Brian L. Direct Indirect Lohrenz, Steven E. Direct Indirect Pilskaln, Cynthia Direct Indirect Sundermeyer, Miles A. Direct Indirect

$259,803 $182,047 $77,756 $29,502 $19,033 $10,468 $152,424 $98,482 $53,942 $1,010,911 $767,447 $243,464 $183,278 $143,252 $40,027 $24 $15 $8 $70,212 $48,963 $21,249

Fisheries and Oceanography

$3,092,260

Bethoney, Naiff David Direct Indirect Cadrin, Steven X. Direct Indirect Chen, Changsheng Direct Indirect Cowles, Geoffrey W. Direct Indirect Fay, Gavin Direct Indirect Georgianna, Daniel Direct Indirect He, Pingguo Direct Indirect Rillahan, Christopher Brian Direct Indirect Stokesbury, Kevin D.E. Direct Indirect Turner, Jefferson T. Direct Indirect

$217,207 $159,430 $57,777 $321,128 $217,581 $103,547 $684,189 $462,059 $222,130 $49,443 $34,746 $14,697 $370,996 $277,319 $93,677 $159,430 $109,713 $49,716 $188,573 $140,286 $48,287 $2,828 $2,545 $283 $1,006,463 $731,943 $274,519 $92,004 $58,287 $33,716

SMAST

$75,755

Marino, Michael C. Direct Indirect

$75,755 $57,966 $17,789

Grand Total

$13,390,638

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