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THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND RESEARCH HONORS & AWARDS 2012 ( Cont i nued )

QING YANG , professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering, received a U.S. patent for his inventions of “System and Method for Maintaining Redundant Storages Coherent Using Sliding Windows of Eager Execution Transactions”, “Data Retrieval System and Method That Provides Retrieval of Data to Any Point in Time” and with WEIJUN XIAO , “Systems and Methods for Recovering Information from NAND Gates Array Memory Systems.” COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE AND SERVICES MARTIN BIDE, professor and co-chair of textiles, fashion merchandising, and design was recognized for his research contributions in technology and textiles as he received the Olney Medal at the 2012 American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. Established in 1944 in honor of Louis Atwell Olney, the founder and first president of the association, the Olney Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in textile or polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry of major importance to textile science. DISA HATFIELD, assistant professor of kinesiology, was selected as the keynote speaker for the Michael H. Stone Sports Science Lecture, a prestigious lecture given at the National Strength and Conditioning Association’s National Conference. JING JIAN XIAO, professor of consumer finance in human development and family studies, who publishes extensively in areas of consumer finance and economics, was appointed as Editor and Chief of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Rudolph Hering Medal recognizes outstanding papers that contribute to the advancement of the environmental branch of the engineering profession. RESIT SENDAG , associate professor of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering, received a U.S. patent for his invention “System and Method for Branch Misprediction Prediction Using a Mispredicted Branch Table Having Entry Eviction Protection.” ARUN SHUKLA, professor of mechanical engineering, received the C.E. Taylor Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, for the distinguished technical contributions to the field of experimental mechanics and for the good citizenship that he has repeatedly demonstrated as a loyal and dedicated member of the society. He received the F.G. Tatnall Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics, for his long and distinguished service to the society. He received the Best Paper Award along with his student Erheng Wang, at the SEM Annual Conference-Dynamic Failure. YING SUN, professor, FREDERICK VETTER, associate professor of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineering, RUMEI DONG, and SALVATOR CHIARAMIDA, received a U.S. patent for their invention of ”Integrated Finite Element and Circulatory Model for Predicting Hemodynamic Effects of Left Ventricular Impairment, Resynchronization and Remodeling.” DAVID TAGGART , professor of mechanical, industrial and system engineering, PETER DEWHURST , professor of mechanical engineering, and ARUN NAIR , received a U.S. patent for their invention “Systems and Methods for Finite Element Based Topology Optimization.”

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