University Of Bridgeport Research Articles

R. Beecher Taylor III, DDS: 1st District

R. Beecher Taylor III, DDS:1st District Judson L. Jeffries Before 1880, there were fewer than a dozen formally trained Black dentists in the United States. African Americans were not accepted into dental school until 1867, when Robert T. Freeman was admitted to Harvard University's school of dentistry. Three years later, George Grant, another African American student, graduated and was subsequently appointed to the school's faculty. Fortunately, the founding of Howard University's dental school in 1881 and the establishment of the dental department at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1886 resulted in a significant increase in the number of Black dentists in the following years. In fact, to date, these two historically Black schools have produced more Black dentists than any other dental school in US history. In 1960, however, of the little more than 3,000 dental school graduates, less than 2% were Black. Among that paltry number of Black dentists stood R. Beecher Taylor III, DDS. Below, readers will find material derived from several conversations with Dr. Taylor that occurred in June 2021. Judson L. Jeffries: Good Evening Brother Taylor and thank you for agreeing to be a part of this project. It is a pleasure to meet you. I've heard a great deal about you. R. Beecher Taylor: Well, I'm honored that you chose me to be a part of this project on the fraternity. I think what you're doing is important. JLJ: Thank you for saying that, I appreciate it. Let's get right into it shall we? RBT: Ok, good. JLJ: From what college did you graduate? RBT: I graduated from Fairfield University in Connecticut in 1952. JLJ: Oh, ok, I'm familiar with Fairfield's campus. I was there in the mid-2000s. Fairfield is right next to Bridgeport. RBT: Yes, it is. [End Page 275] JLJ: What was your major? RBT: I majored in Biology; in fact, when I graduated from Fairfield with a BS in Biology, I was the first Black to do so. JLJ: Man o' man, in 1952? RBT: Right, in 1952! JLJ: Again, I'm somewhat familiar with the school; Fairfield isn't a very old school, is it? RBT: No, it isn't, in fact the school was founded in 1947 and when I was a student there it was an all-male institution. JLJ: What was the Black student population like at Fairfield University back then? RBT: There was one Black student in the school's first graduating class and one Black student in the school's second graduating class, which was me. When I entered Fairfield, my class consisted of 300 students. Four years later, only 200 graduated. JLJ: Wow, that's unfortunate. RBT: Remember now, Fairfield was a Jesuit school. All the professors there were priests, meaning all the professors there were male. JLJ: I assume there were no Black priests, correct? RBT: No, there were no Black priests. JLJ: Were you active in student life at Fairfield? RBT: Oh, yes, I was on the basketball team there. In fact, I was Fairfield University's first Black basketball player. JLJ: Alright, alright, that's really important to know Brother Taylor, especially for someone like me who teaches a course at The Ohio State University on the Black athlete. RBT: Oh, you teach a course on the Black athlete? JLJ: Yes, indeed. Been teaching it for several years now. RBT: Oh, I see. JLJ: Did you play all four years? RBT: No, not all four years, just my freshman year. I played on the JV until about the fourth or fifth game then got bumped up to the varsity where I finished out the season. JLJ: Did you get any playing time on the varsity? RBT: Yes, I got lots of playing time, I just wasn't a starter. [End Page 276] JLJ: What schools did you guys compete against? RBT: Oh, let's see. We played against the University of Bridgeport, Saint Anselm College, Boston College, Providence College, Dartmouth College, and Holy Cross. These are the schools that come to mind right now. Oh, and you'll like this … I played against Bob Cousy who played for...

William E. Walton 1956–2020

William E. Walton 1956–2020

Response to 2019 Barringer Medal award

Response to 2019 Barringer Medal award

2019 Barringer Medal for Mark Cintala

2019 Barringer Medal for Mark Cintala

Micronutrient Needs of Athletes Eating Plant-Based Diets

Samantha Heller, MS, RD, is a registered dietitian and exercise physiologist with a dual master’s degree in nutrition and applied physiology from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York. She is also a licensed massage therapist; fitness instructor; adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut; author; and media personality. She has been hosting her own SiriusXM radio show on Doctor Radio for over 10 years. Samantha is a featured health and media expert on TV news shows such as CBS This Morning and health news outlets such as Healthday. She is a senior clinical nutritionist at NYU Langone Health in New York City. The author has no conflicts of interest to disclose.

FuelCell Energy wins 40 MW of projects for Long Island, completes university microgrid

Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy has been awarded three fuel cell projects, totaling 39.8 MW, by Long Island Power Authority (PSEG Long Island). FCE has also completed a 1.4 MW molten carbonate fuel cell microgrid at the University of Bridgeport, successfully proving grid-independent operation.

UB SWARM: HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF HETEROGENEOUS SWARM ROBOT WITH FAULT DETECTION AND POWER MANAGEMENT

In this work we present the hardware architecture of a mobile heterogeneous robot swarm, designed and implemented at the Interdisciplinary Robotics, Intelligent Sensing and Control (RISC) Laboratory, University of Bridgeport. Most of the recent advances in swarm robotics have mainly focused on homogeneous robot swarms and their applications. Developing and coordinating a multi-agent robot system with heterogeneity and a larger behavioral repertoire is a great challenge. To give swarm hardware heterogeneity we have equipped each swarm robot with different set of sensors, actuators, control and communication units, power supply, and an interconnection mechanism. This paper discusses the hardware heterogeneity of the robotic swarm and its challenges. Another issue addressed in paper is the active power management of the robotic agents. The power consumption of each robot in the UB robot swarm is calculated and the power management technique is also explained in this paper. We applied this heterogeneous robot swarm to perform three sample tasks – Mapping task, human rescue task and wall painting task.

Empirical Research on the Effectiveness of MOOCs in Developing Design Students on Sino-foreign Cooperation University Programs

Nowadays, the implementation of Sino-foreign cooperative education program has become an essential way to internationalize Chinese higher education.The large number of MOOC online resources currently available, and their innovative teaching modes has provided a new and novel channel to promote such programs. In order to systematically illustrate and reveal the effectiveness of utilizing MOOC in these projects, which sponsored by Undergraduate cooperative education project of visual communication design between Anhui Polytechnic University and University of Bridgeport, researchers carried out a one-year targeted and systematic tracking, investigation, comparative analysis, consultation, summary and the real-time assessment. Experimental data and detailed research results show that the MOOC intervention mechanism achieved a positive effect in promoting and supplementing students’ knowledge and understanding of their major. It not only strengthened students’ skills and literacy, it was also found to significantly promote traditional classroom teaching at Anhui Polytechnic University. The project proved successful with design students by combining in class and online teaching. It is recommended that such projects be further promoted and applied in the future.

E-LEARNING: CASE STUDIES IN WEB-CONTROLLED DEVICES AND REMOTE MANIPULATION

Chances are that distance learning will transparently extend colleges and institutes of education and could plausibly overtake and turn into a preferred choice of higher education, especially for adult and working students. The main idea in e-learning is to build adequate solutions that can assure educational training over the Internet, without requiring a personal presence at the degree offering institution. The advantages are immediate and of unique importance, to enumerate a few: Education costs can be reduced dramatically, both from a student's perspective and the institution's (no need for room and board, for example); The tedious immigration and naturalization issues common with international students are eliminated; The limited campus facilities, faculty members and course schedules an institution can offer are no longer a boundary; Working adults can consider upgrading skills without changing their lifestyles. We are presenting through this material a sequence of projects developed at University of Bridgeport and than can serve well in distance learning education ranging from simple "hobby" style training to professional guidance material. The projects have an engineering / laboratory flavor and are being presented in an arbitrary order, topics ranging from vision and sensing to engineering design, scheduling, remote control and operation.

CASE STUDIES IN WEB-CONTROLLED DEVICES AND REMOTE MANIPULATION

The concept of distance learning has been more and more articulated during the past few years and is expected to shortly turn into a practical education system within current high level learning institutions. The chances are that distance learning would transparently extend colleges and institutes of education, and could plausibly overtake and turn into a preferred choice of higher education, especially for adult and working students. In a supportive effort towards faster distance learning implementation and consideration, we are presenting through this material a sequence of projects that have been developed at University of Bridgeport and can serve very well in the process of distance learning education ranging from simple “hobby” style training to professional guidance material. The projects have an engineering / laboratory flavor, are part of an ongoing work of the faculty and students of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the university, and are being presented in an arbitrary order, topics ranging from vision and sensing to engineering design, scheduling, remote control and operation.

The Secret of the Soup

Research Article| November 01 2013 The Secret of the Soup Eric D. Lehman Eric D. Lehman Eric D. Lehman is Director of Creative Writing at the University of Bridgeport and his essays, stories, reviews, and articles have appeared in dozens of journals and magazines. He is the author of seven books, including A History of Connecticut Food, A History of Connecticut Wine, and Becoming Tom Thumb: Charles Stratton, P.T. Barnum, and the Dawn of American Celebrity. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2013) 13 (4): 75–90. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2013.13.4.75 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Eric D. Lehman; The Secret of the Soup. Gastronomica 1 November 2013; 13 (4): 75–90. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2013.13.4.75 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2013 by The Regents of the University of California2013 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The proposed PhD in Technology Management at the University of Bridgeport: a case study

Most schools of engineering and business today have not yet come to terms with the growing inter-disciplinary education needs that adequately prepare PhD graduates for assuming leadership, professional, academic and/or research positions in academia, industry or government. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of how to develop an innovative inter-disciplinary PhD degree programme by presenting a case study in technology management at the University of Bridgeport. The proposed PhD programme is currently undergoing an external review process. The paper will describe the purpose, structure, and approach of the proposed PhD programme as well as the challenges, lessons learned and critical success factors.

Deployment of TCP University of Bridgeport (UB) to Control Law Enforcement Department over Wireless Mesh Network

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is the most reliable protocol. That was previously introduced for wired networks only. Lately the TCP started to act poorly for several factors due to the advent of wireless network. The represented factors which need to be addressed are recovery mechanism, backup mechanism, mobility, congestion window and maximum packet size. Based on existing variants, new were introduced. The most two debated variants are Vegas and Westwood which motivated many researches. However, the number of studies proved that Vegas could perform more efficiency than other variants during the congested network whereas Westwood could consume less bandwidth. Hence, in our previous publications, we already proved by integrating some features of Vegas and Westwood to get better and more stable variant even in high congested network. It is called TCP University of Bridgeport (TCP-UB).Based on a previous simulation, TCP-UB proved a high efficiency, less bandwidth consumption and stability from static and mobility point of view. Therefore, in this paper we are using NS2 simulator to perform TCP-UB over wireless mesh network supported with manhattan mobility model. It provides robust and faster transmission service among several police stations in Connecticut, USA.Furthermore, we are comparing TCP-UB with Vegas and Westwood from a static and mobility point of view based on bandwidth consumption and congestion window scenario. On the basis of findings, we validate that TCP-UB is also better performer even over wireless mesh network.

TCP-UB: A New Congestion Aware Transmission Control Protocol Variant

Transmission control protocol (TCP) is a connection oriented protocol for several types of distributed applications. TCP is reliable particularly for traditional fixed networks. With emergence of faster wireless networks, TCP has been performing poorly in its original format. The performance of TCP is affected due to assorted factors including congestion window, maximum packet size, retry limit, recovery mechanism, backup mechanism and mobility. To overcome deficiency of original TCP, Several modifications have been introduced to improve network quality. The mobility is a major hurdle in degrading the performance of mobile wireless networks. In this paper, we introduce and implement new TCP variant University of Bridgeport (UB) that combines the features of TCP Westwood and Vegas. We examine the performance of TCP-UB, Vegas and Westwood using different realistic scenarios. NS2 simulator demonstrates the stability of TCP-UB as compared with TCP Vegas and Westwood in highly congested networks from the mobility point of view.

Laura J. Caramanica, PhD, RN, CENP, FACHE

Laura Caramanica is the chief nursing officer (CNO) for WellStar Kennestone Hospital, a 633-bed flagship tertiary care facility of WellStar Health System. She is a member of the senior administrative team and as such is involved in the system-wide initiatives in collaboration and partnership with the system CNO and other organizational-based CNOs. She is also responsible for directing clinical nursing practice to achieve the highest quality of patient care and foster a "best of class" clinical practice environment. Caramanica develops and articulates a vision for nursing and patient care services by translating strategic goals into tactical plans for nursing and other clinical areas.

Recent Directions in Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation

The 6th Remote Engineering and Virtual instrumentation Conference (REV 2009) was held at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA during the period of June 22 â?? 25, 2009. The conference brought together engineering researchers, educators, and professionals to explore the fundamentals, future, and application of remote engineering in both industry and academia. Participants delivered papers, presented demonstrations, research posters, and shared experiences in virtual engineering. REVâ??09 drew more than 100 engineers, scientists and educators from around the world. Most of the participants were from Europe, but many came from Asia, North and South America, the Middle East and as far as Australia. More than 60 papers were presented on topics ranging from Telerobotics to Virtual and Remote Labs. Workshops and Tutorials drew widespread interest and exhibitors displayed their products for integrating remote engineering into academia. Poster sessions discussed topics such as Robotic Surgery and Development of Remote Labs in Physics.
 The general objective of REV 2009 was to discuss fundamentals, applications and experiences within the field of online engineering, both in industry and academia. The conference presentations and papers addressed several emerging trends in online engineering, remote laboratories, virtual instrumentation and educational applications of remote engineering.

SKED: A course scheduling and advising software

AbstractThis article presents a software application that can solve the problem of course scheduling and advising. The employed algorithms offer optimal course scheduling outputs for any given set of courses and requirements, as well as allowing for customizations by advisors or students. If the correct set of requirements and departmental courses has been set, the results of the application can be directly used for registration purposes. The proposed software is thus capable of saving hours of time for advising faculty. Once the school specific data and requirements have been set, for any specific student information, the application will search and output the schedules that will allow the student to graduate fastest and in the least number of semesters/quarters possible. Depending on the factors and data considered, the execution time varies from a few seconds to a few minutes. Currently, we have successfully tested and implemented the application at the University of Bridgeport, CT. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 12: 1–19, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.10054

Brief Comments on Collective Bargaining at the University of Bridgeport: 1974–1987

When Leland Miles arrived as the University of Bridgeport's new president in 1974, the institution had substantial financial problems, declining enrollments, and a newly unionized faculty. This essay is a first-person account of his efforts to work with an immature union and his attempt to save the Liberal Arts at a time of growing student demand for professional degrees.

Power Dynamics between Administrators and Faculty on a Unionized Campus: A Case Study

This article offers a case study of labor relations in a higher education setting. The University of Bridgeport's faculty union was certified in May 1973 and decertified in August 1992. Contract negotiation disputes centered on shared governance, managing faculty reductions during a time of inflation and declining enrollments, and determining fair wages. The private university experienced four faculty strikes, culminating in a two-year faculty strike – the longest in U.S. higher education history. The university was also the first institution of higher education in the United States to hire permanent replacement faculty during a strike. In 1990, leaders of the locked-out striking faculty unsuccessfully lobbied for a state government takeover of the nearly bankrupt university. The case study highlights a plethora of complex ethical issues faced by administrators, faculty, and unions during times of economic decline.

The Longest Faculty Strike in the History of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education: Perceptions of the Union President

The president of the AAUP faculty union at University of Bridgeport, from 1987 to 1991, offers a first-hand account of the circumstances leading to the fatal strike there. He refutes accusations that the union and its leadership destroyed the university and provides a dramatic, personal account of a faculty union under attack by union busters. The faculty, he argues, was resisting a concerted onslaught on traditional “faculty rights.” It fought desperately to stifle a retrograde revolution in higher education seeking the substitution of absolute “Management Rights” to traditional collegiality. He refers to faculty as the “soul and mind of a university,” and to administration as a necessary evil whose duty is primarily to assist the faculty in the accomplishment of the university's mission.