CETA Faculty Make Presentations

Dr. Christian Carloni, assistant professor of Architecture in CETA, has published a paper, “Investigation of the Interface Fracture During Debonding Between FRP and Masonry,” in the new issue of Advances in Structural Engineering (pages 731 to 743). Dr. Carloni’s co-author on this paper is Dr. Kolluru V. Subramaniam, associate professor of Civil Engineering and director of the Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory at the City College of the City University of New York. The paper reflects Dr. Carloni and Dr. Subramaniam’s ongoing research in concrete and masonry structures.

On November 8, Dr. Carloni will attend the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Convention in New Orleans to present another paper co-authored with Dr. Subramaniam, this one titled “Application of Fracture Mechanics to Debonding of FRP from Concrete Beams.” While at the Conference, Dr. Carloni will attend the annual meeting of the ACI 440 Committee as an associate member. The mission of the committee is to develop and report on information on fiber-reinforced polymer for the internal and external reinforcement of concrete; its members work on the application of composite materials to structural members. The Committee is responsible for guidelines to be used in designing structural members with composite materials in the United States.

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Dr. Ladimer Nagurney, associate professor of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering in CETA, attended the annual FIE (Frontiers in Education) Conference held in October in San Antonio, Texas, and presented a paper titled “Software Defined Radio Across the Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum.” FIE is an annual conference sponsored by the Educational Research & Methods Division (ERM) of the American Society for Engineering Education, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Computer Society, and the IEEE Education Society with the goal of improving engineering education. The theme of this year’s conference was “Imagining and Engineering Future CSET Education.” Computer science, engineering, and engineering technology (CSET) graduates will directly influence the direction of technology and society, and so this year’s conference goal was to encourage serious conversation about the future of education in these important disciplines.

CETA congratulates Dr. Carloni and Dr. Nagurney on their presentations and publications.