Research Projects Completed/Underway

·         Principal Investigator, Center for Ports and Waterways Lamar University Division- Research in Risk Assessment in the Maritime Domain, 09/1/05 - 8/31/06.

·        Consultant, “Availability of Two Alternative Compressor Systems”, Air Liquide America ,Houston , TX May, 2005.

·         Principal Investigator, Center for Ports and Waterways Lamar University Division – Research in Risk Assessment in the Maritime Domain, 09/1/04 - 8/31/05.

·         Principal Investigator, Ports and Waterways Information Systems and Sources, Texas Transportation Institute, Center for Ports and Waterways, Lamar University Division, 9/1/03-8/31/04.

·         Consultant, “Statistical Analysis of Hourly Oxygen Demand”, May-June, 2004.

·         Consultant, “An Explanation of FDA Binomial Staged Sampling Plans with Binomial Confidence Levels”, May, 2004.

·        Consultant, “A Recommended Acceptance Sampling Plan for Raw Materials Used in the Manufacturing Processes”, April, 2004.

·         Project Director, Center for Ports and Waterways Lamar University Division – Research in Port Security. 09/1/03 - 8/31/04

·          Project Director, South East Texas Regional Planning Commission Regional Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, 5/1/03 – 5/30/04.

·          Project Director, Jefferson County Highway 87 Shore Protection - Clay Sediment Characterization, 2/15/03-08/15/03.

·         Project Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Field Investigation of Effluent Quality of Placement Area 12 along Sabine-Neches Waterway”,02/01/03-12/31/03.

·          Project Director, Center for Ports and Waterways Lamar University Division – Port Security Information Systems, 09/1/02 - 8/31/03.

·         Project Director, U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers Galveston District, Design of Dredged Materials Maintenance Facilities, 09/1/02  -  8/31/03

·         Project Director, Sabine-Neches Waterway Feasibility Study – Pipeline/Facilities Relocation and Removals” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 9/1/01-8/31/02,

·        Consultant, Air Liquide America , Analysis of Deliveries in Air Liquide' s Bulk Distribution System, 2002 - 2002

·      Consultant, Air Liquide America , Neural Networks and Their Application to Forecasting Customer Demand in Air Liquide' s Bulk Distribution System, 2001 - 2002

·      Consultant, Risk Assessment of Electricity Price Deregulation, Air Liquide America , 2001

Illustrative Papers/Presentations

·         “Availability of Two Alternative Compressor Systems”, consulting report submitted to Air Liquide America , Houston , TX May, 2005.

·        “Wiredrawing Work Hardening Rate Prediction from Rod Composition and Stelmor Cooling Rate Variables”,  75^th Annual Conference Proceedings of the Wire Association International, Atlanta , May, 2005. S. Gade, P. Power, B. Yalamanchile, V. Zaloom.

·         “Effect of Cooling Suits on Task Performance in Hot Environments for the Power Industry”   Furtado, A. L., Craig, B. N., Chard, J. T., Zaloom, V. A., and Chu , H.,  Ergonomics , Submitted November 2005.

·          “Aanlysis of Hourly Oxygen Demand”, Project Report, Air Liquide America , June, 2004.

·          “Design of Confined Placement Areas in the Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas ”, Proceedings PORTS 2004 National Conference, Houston , TX , May,2004,With X. Fang, M. Jao, H. Chu , N. Nagrami, & J. T. Few

·          “A Recommended Acceptance Sampling Plan for Raw Materials Used in the Manufacturing Processes at Helena Labs”, consulting project report submitted, April, 2004.

·         “An Explanation of FDA Binomial Staged Sampling Plans with Binomial Confidence Levels”, consulting project report submitted May, 2004.

·       Texas Regional Planning Commission Regional Hazard Mitigation Action Plan” Sub-contract with Thompson Engineering from SETRPC.  5/1/03 – 5/30/04 .

·        “Neural Network Application for Analyzing the Performance of a Complex Industrial Process,” Proceedings Second International Conference on Information Systems in Engineering and Construction, Cocoa Beach , FL , June, 2002, With Ho and Chu

·        "The Use of Simulated Annealing to Solve Large Transportation-Location Problems With Euclidean Distances," Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (29th ICC&IE), Montreal , Canada , October, 2001 with Chowdury, H. I.,  Chambers,  T. L.

·          “Application of Genetic Programming and Artificial Neural Networks to Improve Engineering Optimization”, The International Conference on Industry, Engineering and Management Systems, Cocoa Beach, FL, March, 2001, with Gontao Wang and Terry Chambers

·        “Using Linear Goal Programming to Solve Chemical Mass Balance Model”, International Conference on Information Systems in Engineering Construction, June, 2001, with Chu , Ho and Tosirisuk

·         “Analysis of the Effect of Air Transportation of PM in Houston Using NOAA HySPLIT 4.0 through Internet Applications”,International Conference on Information Systems in Engineering Construction, June, 2001, with Chu , Ho and Tosirisuk