Transportation Station 15 Computational Modeling of a Bridge Subjected to a Monochromatic Wave Attack Raphael W. Crowley, Assistant Professor and Corbin Robeck, UF An experiment of a bridge subjected to a monochromatic wave attack was computationally modeled using CD-adapco’s Star-CCM+. Data from the experiment were used to calibrate the computational model. The wave signal itself was extensively studied using two wave generation methods – a moving wall boundary similar to a typical piston-style wave maker and implementation of linear Dean’s Leadership Council Showcase wave theory – to assess the “best” method for reproducing a wave signal. Results 2 College of Computing, Engineering and Construction were similar in that the R coefficient between physical and modeled data was 0.92 for both cases. Force data were also compared between physical and modeled “Focus on the Future” tests. Results appeared to indicate similar behavior for both wave generation methods in that while period and amplitude was accurately reproduced, An event to showcase the College’s Strategic Vision and progress on Strategic Goals. nonlinearities in the wave signal were not accurately described. Ultimately, for the purposes of modeling experimental data then, the linear wave method appears to be Program/Agenda sufficient when compared with the other two methods for wave signal generation.

5:30 pm Doors Open Station 16 Accessibility and Safety for an Aging Population 6:00 pm Welcome and Overview of College Dr. Mark Tumeo, Dean Dr. Thobias Sando, Associate Professor and Michelle Angel, MS Student

6:15 pm Reports on Strategic Planning and Progress with the Units Safety and mobility of the aging population have been a matter of increasing concern for transportation officials. Older drivers are disproportionately involved in Construction Management Dept. Dr. Mag Malek, Chair crashes and suffer more severe injuries compared to other age groups due to growing frailty, the need to navigate increasingly complex driving environments School of Computing Dr. Asai Asaithambi, Director and, frequently, reduced fitness to drive due to health concerns. The School of Engineering at UNF has partnered with a consortium of researchers from Florida School of Engineering Dr. Murat Tiryakioglu, Director State (FSU) and Florida A&M University (FAMU) to establish the Center for Accessibility and Safety for an Aging Population (ASAP), funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). ASAP will concentrate its efforts on Florida where it is projected that 22 percent of the population will be 65 or older as 6:45 pm Reception, Discussions with Faculty and Students early as 2020, the highest percentage in the nation, but the center’s research will be 7:30 pm Close valuable in addressing transportation issues for an aging population nationwide. The center will address two of USDOT’s strategic goals: improving highway safety and strengthening transportation planning.

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Page 7 Security and Computing Advanced Manufacturing and Controls (Biomedical) Station 11 Station 1 and Security A Wearable Bioinstrumentation Platform for Joseph Hoeppner, BS/MS Student and Dr. Behrooz Seyed-Abbassi, Associate Professor Non-Invasive Neurorehabilitation Assessment and Therapy A cloud database is a system that allows companies and individuals Dr. Juan Aceros, Assistant Professor, and Mason McGough (EE Student) to purchase computing time and memory storage from a vendor. While the cloud can In this cross-disciplinary research project, Brooks Rehabilitation and UNF Engineering have solve problems that have previously been too costly or time-intensive, it also opens the partnered to develop a wearable integrated sensing and stimulation platform for assessment and door to new security problems because of its distributed nature. This research provides treatment of individuals undergoing neurorehabilitation therapy. the cloud with a special capability to use an extra security method Station 2 controlled by the cloud user in addition to existing security provided by vendors. Materials Science and Engineering Research Facility (MSERF) at UNF Dr. Paul Eason, Associate Professor Station 12 Energy Efficiency and Data Security As UNF increases its research efforts in materials science and engineering, fundamental Dr. Swapnoneel Roy, Assistant Professor capabilities are needed to support faculty in Science and Engineering. The proposed research facility would house basic electron microscopy equipment to characterize a broad range of This research focuses on optimizing the energy (power) consumption in information materials down to the nano-scale. As manufacturing shifts, UNF will be poised to contribute to security protocols from the “applications” (algorithmic) perspective. The motivation of advances in aerospace, biomedical and other areas of advanced manufacturing. this work comes from the ever-increasing energy consumption in the data centers, and the advent of the battery driven devices. Informatics (Finance and Health)

Station 13 Station 3 Performance Evaluation of Data Intensive Computing In the Cloud Interdisciplinary Program for Big Data Analytics-iPBA (Financial Analytics Project) Dr. Sanjay P. Ahuja, Professor and Bhagavathi Kaza, MS Student Dr. Sherif Elfayoumy, Associate Professor, Dr. Pieter de Jong and Dr. Oliver Schnusenberg, Coggin College of Business With increasing demand for data storage in the cloud, study of data-intensive applications is becoming a primary focus. Data-intensive applications involve high CPU usage for Stock prices incorporate all available news and behavioral finance indicated that emotions have a profound effect on investor's decisions. This project investigates the relationship between stock processing large volumes of data on the scale of terabytes or petabytes. This study shows market, reactions to public mood-based indicators from Twitter streams, and forecasts made by that GCE is more efficient for data-intensive applications compared to Amazon EC2. professional financial analysts.

Station 14 Station 4 Empirical Performance Assessment of Public Clouds Using System Level Benchmarks Utilization of Data Warehousing for Emergency Medical Systems Dr. Sanjay P. Ahuja, Professor, Thomas F. Furman, MS Student, Dr. Behrooz Seyed-Abbassi, Associate Professor, and Kerwin E. Roslie, MS Student and Jared T. Wheeler, MS Student Dr. Joseph Sabato Jr., Department of Emergency Medicine, UF Health Jacksonville This study looks into evaluating the memory, CPU, and I/O performance of two different Automated incoming data from EMS calls are used immediately by an Emergency Critical Care tiers of hardware offered through Amazon’s EC2. Using three distinct types of system Center for readiness within trauma and triage groups. To further improve the quality of care and benchmarks, the performance of the micro spot instance and the M1 small instance are response time in trauma events, the School of Computing is collaborating with the Department of measured and compared. Emergency Medicine at UF Health Jacksonville on the design and implementation of a data warehouse for data collection and data analysis of emergency medical system information.

Page 2 Page 5 Coastal and Port Engineering Coastal and Port Engineering (continued) Station 5 Station 8 Risk & Hazard Assessment: Factors Affecting Surge Hazards in the New York Area Taylor Engineering Research Institute Display Shannon Kay, MS Student and Dr. Donald Resio, Professor Established through a generous gift from Dr. Bruce Taylor, the Taylor Engineering Taylor Engineering Research Institute Research Institute is devoted to: This study was motivated by the need to improve our understanding and quantification of  advancing collaborative research and education among academia, private industry hazard and risks in coastal areas, since coastal flooding is by far the leading cause of and government in the fields of coastal and water resources, science and natural damages in the U.S. Our analyses show that variations in large-scale atmospheric engineering, and any other related or corresponding academic purposes by the circulation critically affect actual risk and hazard levels in the NYC coastal areas. distribution of its funds for such purposes; and  serving as a vehicle for securing federal, state, local and private sponsorship and Station 6 support to sustain the fields of coastal and water resources, science and Optimization of the Two-Scale Approximation (TSA) engineering oriented projects at the Institute. for Improved Wind-Wave Modeling Dorukhan Ardag, MS Student, UNF and Dr. Donald Resio, Professor and Director, Station 9 Taylor Engineering Research Institute Integrated Modeling of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics for Flooding of a Coastal River under Climate Change Impacts Essentially all information utilized in the design of offshore and coastal structures comes Dr. Peter Bacopoulos, Assistant Professor, and Amanda Tritinger (MS student) from wave models rather than direct measurements. Deficiencies in numerical models are becoming more and more evident from recent experimental evidence as well as from An integrated hydrologic-hydrodynamic model is to be developed to link hydrology recent improvements in our understanding of the dominant processes affecting wind- (rainfall-driven watershed runoff) and hydrodynamics (tides and storm surges) for wave generation in nature. This study develops an improved approximation to a key simulation of flooding under climate change. Outputs generated from the integrated component of such models, nonlinear wave-wave interactions. modeling will include inundation maps showing aerial extents of flooding for various climate change scenarios. Station 7 Analysis of a 10-Year Nearshore Wave Database and Station 10 its Implications to Littoral Processes Field and Model Study to Define Baseline Conditions of Luis Montoya, MS Student and Dr. William Dally, Associate Professor Beached Oil Tar Balls along Florida’s First Coast Taylor Engineering Research Institute Dr. Peter Bacopoulos, Assistant Professor, Dr. David Lambert Associate Professor Luis Montoya, MS student, and Terry Smith, Director , CCEC Research Technology Services. Beach processes and coastal erosion are important to the life and livelihood of many Floridians; but no prior long-term studies have investigated the key process forcing such As the threat of oil spills in coastal areas continues to rise, it is extremely important to coastal evolution: waves and currents. This study presents the results of a 10-year categorize and quantify pre-existing natural baseline conditions in the event that it is measurement investigation along Florida’s east coast. needed to differentiate and quantify damages from any potential future oil spills. A field and model study was performed to define a baseline dataset of beached oil tar balls along Florida’s First Coast, which involved field data collection and numerical modeling of the tidal circulation for the St. Johns River, inlet and nearshore waters.

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