More Faculty Achieve Success

Assistant Professor David Shuman, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Instructor Michael Ryan, both teaching in the Audio Engineering Technology Program here in CETA mixed the audio (music, dialog, effects, etc.) for a musical documentary highlighting the rich Jewish culture of Poland. 100 Voices: A Journey Home had a limited opening in the United States, one day only, September 21, 2010.

The story told in the movie comprises the personal reflections and musical performances of Cantors Assembly members and composer Charles Fox. It offers viewers the opportunity to learn about a culture that produced an artistic and educated outpouring in Europe and tells of two peoples sharing intertwined cultures.

On the opening evening a concert of contemporary American cantorial music was offered, and Shuman and Ryan mixed the audio for that event as well.

Hemchandra M. Shertukde, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has published a book, Tracking of Crossing Targets with Passive Sensors: Using Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) Sensors and Track Before Detect (TBD) Methodology. The book, published by VDM Publishing, is a monograph on Dr. Shertukde’s target-tracking research with the U.S. Air Force and Navy performed over the last 27 years. The research Dr. Shertukde has done will also be used for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) project now being led by Dean Lou Manzione in CETA.

Abby Ilumoka-Nwabuzor, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received an $83,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research into the best practices for recruiting and retaining women and minorities to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines.

Dr. Ilumoka will use this grant to support a project titled “Development of Pedagogical Insights and Strategies to Overcome Barriers to Women and Minorities in STEM.” The project is an immersion program for high-school students over 12 months with four key components:

     • After-school classroom-based STEM workshops during the school year

     • A STEM summer day camp during summer 2011

     • A year-round industry-based mentoring program to provide on-site shadowing and e-mentoring for  students

     • Parent/guardian workshops to inform and empower adults as they support their children in STEM fields.

CETA congratulates these professors on their achievements.