Giancarlo Corti, associate professor, and Muhammad Jahan, associate professor, of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering were published in the SME Journal of Manufacturing Processes with David Orisekeh M.S. ’23. The trio collaborated on “Enhancing thermo-mechanical properties of additively manufactured PLA using eggshell microparticle fillers” for the January 2025 edition.
Quick Notes from the College of Engineering and Computing
Femiani receives funding for pair of projects
John Femiani, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, received $50,000 from In-Depth Engineering Corporation, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Defense, for a project entitled "STTR Topic No. OSD23C-001." He also received $41,988, pass-through funds from the U.S. Department of Defense, for a project entitled “SBIR Phase I Topic No. N241-025.”
Sidebottom, Miller project receives funds
Mark Sidebottom, associate professor, and Dane Miller, master’s student, in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $23,400 from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, pass-through funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "Evaluation of Polyimide Films Synthesized Through Multiple Chemical Pathways."
Sommers, Corti receive funding
Andrew Sommers, professor, and Giancarlo Corti, associate professor, of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $14,000 from Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc., pass-through funds from the Department of Defense, for a project entitled "Research and Development of Advanced Propulsion-Driven Technologies: Variable Nozzle Mechanism."
Vendome co-authors award-winning paper
A paper co-authored by Christopher Vendome, associate professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering, was selected as the Most Influential Paper (MIP) of Mining Software Repositories 2025 (MSR), an international conference. The paper, titled “Toward Deep Learning Software Repositories,” was originally presented at MSR 2015.
Corti earns funding from Ohio Space Grant Consortium
Giancarlo Corti, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received $23,400 from the Ohio Space Grant Consortium, pass-through funds from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for a project entitled "Synthesis and Characterization of High Carbon - PEEK Compounds by Pyrolysis."
Koo, Carter Hamilton receive funds for project
Jeong-Hoi Koo, professor, and Benjamin Carter Hamilton, associate professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, received 270,000,000 Korean Won (about $198,801) from HUBIS Co., pass-through funds from the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, for a project entitled "Development of a Multiphysics Simulation Model for Laser Welding Applications."
Miami trio earns funds from NIST
Honglu Jiang, assistant professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; James Walden, professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering; Marianne Murphy, professor of Computer and Information Technology; and Joseph Nwankpa, associate professor of Information Systems and Analytics, received $199,850 from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their project titled “Multidisciplinary Pathways to Cybersecurity Professionals.” Theirs is one of 15 cooperative agreements at education and community organizations in 11 states totaling nearly $3 million aimed at developing the workforce needed to defend the nation’s organizations and infrastructure from cybersecurity risks.
Walden wins Test of Time Award
Walden, Jeff Stuckman, and Riccardo Scandariato were honored for their work “Predicting Vulnerable Components: Software Metrics vs Text Mining.”
Wang receives grant from NIBIB
Scott named senior member of National Academy of Inventors
Miami faculty members earn grant from NIST
Sidebottom, Reiff project receives funds