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Publications & Highlights

Publications

2018

  • Sayandeep Acharya, William M. Mongan, Ilhaan Rasheed, Yuqiao Liu, Endla Anday, Genevieve Dion, Adam Fontecchio, Timothy Kurzweg, and Kapil R. Dandekar. “Ensemble Learning Approach via Kalman Filtering for a Passive Wearable Respiratory Monitor.” IEEE Transactions of Biomedical and Health Informatics, July 2018.

  • Gao, Yang et al. “Perfusion Double-Channel Micropipette Probes for Oxygen Flux Mapping with Single-Cell Resolution.” Ed. Shelley A Claridge. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 9 (2018): 850–860. PMC. Web. 25 July 2018.

  • Matranga, A., Silverman, J., Klein, V.E. & Shumar, W. (2018). Designing Technology to Scaffold Generative Pedagogical Practice. In Silverman & Hoyos (Eds.), Advances in the Research of Distance Mathematics Education Mediated by Technology: An International Perspective. Springer Nature.

  • Matranga, A., Silverman, J. & Koku, E. (under review). Enhancing teacher professional development and community cultivation with social network analysis. Paper submitted to Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

  • Moore, K.C., Silverman, J., Paoletti, T., Liss, D., & Musgrage, S. (accepted). Conventions, Habits, and U.S. Teachers’ Meanings For Graphs. Paper submitted to Journal of Mathematical Behavior.

  • Paoletti, T., Moore, K., Silverman, J., Liss, D., Musgrave, S., Vishnubhotla, M., Rahman, Z., (2018). Conventions or Constraints? Pre-service and In-service Teachers’ Understandings

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, February 22 - 24, 2018, San Diego, CA: MAA.

  • Paoletti, T., Moore, K., Silverman, J., Liss, D., Musgrave, S., Vishnubhotla, M., Rahman, Z., (2018). Conventions or Constraints? Pre-service and In-service Teachers’ Understandings

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, February 22 - 24, 2018, San Diego, CA: MAA.

  • Silverman,J. & Hoyos, V. (2018). Research on Technologically Mediated Mathematics Learning at a Distance: An Overview. In Silverman & Hoyos (Eds.), Advances in the Research of Distance Mathematics Education Mediated by Technology: An International Perspective. Springer Nature.

  • Stanford, J., Wang, H., Smith, K., Rocheleau, S., Mohan, J., Dandekar, K., Fontecchio, A.,” Early Undergraduate Research in an International Setting: A Pilot Study” SPUR: Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, Accepted for Publication (2018)

  • Tim Fukawa-Connelly, Valerie Klein, Jason Silverman, & Wesley Shumar. (2018). An Online Professional Development Model to Support Teachers' Ability to Examine Student Work and Thinking. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 6(2), 39-51.

2017

  • Abdolazimi and A. Fontecchio, "Liquid Crystal Elastomers (LCEs) Dynamics in Response to Visible Light Illumination," in Frontiers in Optics 2017, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2017), paper JTu3A.44.

  • Bellingham, Alyssa, and Adam Fontecchio. "Direct integration of individually controlled emissive pixels into knit fabric for fabric-based dynamic display." IEEE Photonics Journal (2017).

  • Bellingham, A., Bromhead, N., & Fontecchio, A. (2017). Rapid Prototyping of Slot Die Devices for Roll to Roll Production of EL Fibers. Materials, 10(6), 594.

  • Jamie Kennedy, Adam Fontecchio, “Ni-Ti-Cu Bending Actuator Analysis at Low Frequencies” Smart Materials and Structures (2017)

  • Li, B., Shi, Y., Fontecchio, A. K., & Visell, Y. (2017). Mechanical Imaging of Soft Tissues with a Highly Compliant Tactile Sensing Array. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

  • Matranga, A.F. & Silverman, J. (2017). A Virtual Boundary Encounter: The emergence of One Sociomathematical Norm in Online Professional Development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 5-8, 2017. Indianapolis, IN: PME-NA.

  • Mongan, W., R. Ross, I. Rasheed, Y. Liu, K. Ved, E. Anday, K. Dandekar, G. Dion, T. Kurzweg, and Fontecchio. "Data fusion of single-tag rfid measurements for respiratory rate monitoring." In Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB), 2017 IEEE, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2017.

  • David Moos, Kimberly I. ­­­Miller, Adam Fontecchio, “Teaching, Learning, Doing in Collaborative Spaces” Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 54, No. 4 (2017)

  • Paoletti, T., Silverman, J., Vishnubhotla, M., Rahman, Z., Monahan, C., Germia, E.F. & Moore, K. (2017). Graphing Rules or Conventions: Teachers Understandings Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 5-8, 2017. Indianapolis, IN: PME-NA.

  • Stanford, JS, Rocheleau, SE, Smith, KPW, and Mohan, J. (2017) Early undergraduate research experiences lead to similar learning gains for STEM and Non-STEM undergraduates. Studies in Higher Education 42: 115-129.

  • Silverman, J. (2017). Supporting Teachers’ Understandings of Function through Online Professional Development. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 36 (1), pp. 17-39. Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

2016

  • Amaral, R.B., Hoyos, V., de Geest, E., Silverman, J., & Vogel, R. (2016). Leadership Team for Topic Study Group in Distance Learning, eLearning, and Blended Learning at the 13th International Congress of Mathematical Education, July 24-31, 2016. Hamburg, Germany.

  • Damiano, , Mongam, W., Kurzweg, T., Fontecchio, A., Dion, G., Anday, E., Dandekar, K., “On the Use of Knitted Antennas and Inductively Coupled RFID Tags for Wearable Applications” IEEE transactions on biomedical circuits and systems 10.6 (2016), pp. 1047-1057.

  • Duvall, M., Matranga, A.V., Foster, A. & Silverman, J. (2016). Mobile Learning: Technology as Mediator of Personal and School Experiences. International Journal of Game Based Learning (IJGBL), 6(1), 30-42.

  • Fukawa-Connelly, T., Klein, V.E. & Silverman, J. (2016). Improving feedback through online professional development. The Mathematics Teacher. 110(5), 352-358.

  • Li, Bin, Adam Fontecchio, and Yon Visell. "Mutual capacitance of liquid conductors in deformable tactile sensing arrays." Applied Physics Letters 108.1 (2016): 013502.

  • Li, , Shi, Y., Fontecchio, A., Visell, Y., “Assemblies of Microfludic Channel and Micropillars Facilitate Sensitive and Compliant Tactile Sensing” IEEE Sensors Journal 16.24 (2016), pp. 8908-8915.

  • Li, Bin, et "Soft capacitive tactile sensing arrays fabricated via direct filament casting." Smart Materials and Structures 25.7 (2016): 075009.

  • Matranga, A.M. & Silverman, J. (2016). Understandings teachers’ participation in an emerging online community of practice. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 3-6, 2016. Tuscon, AZ: PME-NA.

  • Stanford, JS, Carmichael, T, Zerr, R, Byrne, L, Riegelman, R. (2016) Actual and Potential Uses of STIRS Case Studies in Courses and Curricula. Peer Review 18 (4): 23-27.

  • Stanford, JS, Byrne, L, and Hunting, K. (2016) Promoting Evidence-Based Thinking Through the STIRS Case Studies. Peer Review 18 (4): 14-18.

  • Sahin, C, Nguyen, D, Begashaw, S, Katz, B, Chacko, J, Henderson, L, Stanford, J and Dandekar, KR. (2016) Wireless Communications Engineering Education via Augmented Reality. Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 2016 IEEE (pp. 1-7). 

2015

  • C.O. & Silverman, J. (2015). Documenting Collective Development in Online Settings. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 15(3).

  • Escobar, R., et al. "5.5 GHz optically transparent mesh wire microstrip patch antenna." Electronics Letters 51.16 (2015): 1220-1222.

  • Fukawa-Connelly, T., & Silverman, J. (2015). The development of mathematical argumentation in an unmoderated, asynchronous multi-user dynamic geometry environment. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 15(4).

  • Moore, K.C., & Silverman, J. (2015). Maintaining Conventions and Constraining Abstractions. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 5-8, 2015. East Lansing, MI: PME-NA.

  • Stanford, JS. (2015) Cell Phones and Cancer: Evaluating the Evidence to Assess Potential Association. Association of American Colleges & Universities. (http://www.aacu.org/stirs/casestudies)

2014

  • Ben Pelleg and Adam Fontecchio. "Modeling Light Propagation Through Bragg Reflection Gratings With an Adapted Monte Carlo Method." Journal of Lightwave Technology 32.12 (2014), pp. 2228-2232.

  • Klein, V., Shumar, W., Silverman, J. (2014). Focusing on Student Thinking. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 15-20, 2013. Vancouver, BC, Canada: PME.

  • Moore, K.C., Silverman, J., Paoletti, T., LaForest, K. (2014). Breaking Conventions to Support Quantitative Reasoning. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2(2), 141-157.

  • Silverman, J. & Fukawa-Connelly, T. (2014). Argumentation in Dynamic Geometry at a Distance. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 15-20, 2013. Vancouver, BC, Canada: PME.

  • Shumar, W., Klein, V., Silverman, J. (2014). Noticing and Wondering with Technology. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 15-20, 2013. Vancouver, BC, Canada: PME.

  • Silverman, J., Klein, V., Shumar, W., Fricchione, C. (2014). Characterizing Teachers’ Analysis of Student Work. In Polman, J.L., Kyza, E.A., O’Neill, D.K., Tabak, I., Penuel, W.R., Jurow, A.S., ..., D’Amico, L. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference for the Learning Sciences (pp. 1631-1632). Boulder, Colorado: ISLS.

2013

  • Patron, S. Herbert, T. Kurzweg, A. Fontecchio, G. Dion, and K. Dandekar, “A Fully-Knitted Dipole Antenna for Passive RFID Applications,” Electronics Letters (Submitted September 2013).

  • Fricchione, C., Silverman, J., Roberts, C., Shumar, W., & Klein, V. (2013). Bridging Communities Online: Building on the Experience of the Math Forum to Broker Meaningful Professional Development. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, March 25-29, 2013. New Orleans, LA: SITE.

  • Moore, K.C., Liss, D.R., Silverman, J., Paoletti, T., LaForest, K.R., Musgrave, S. (2013). Pre-service Teachers’ Meanings and Non-canonical Graphs. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 14-17, 2013. Chicago, IL: PME-NA.

  • Moore, K.C., Silverman, J., Paoletti, T., Liss, D.R., LaForest, K.R., Musgrave, S. (2013). The Primacy of Mathematical Conventions in Student Meanings. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 14-17, 2013. Chicago, IL: PME-NA.

  • Stanford, JS and Duwel, LE. (2013) Engaging Biology Undergraduates in the Scientific Process through Writing a Theoretical Research Proposal. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching 38: 17-23.

  • Silverman, J., Matranga, A., Klein, V., Fricchione, C., Roberts, C., Shumar, W., Weimar, S.A. (2013). Bridging Communities Online: The Role of Brokers in Professional Development at the Math Forum. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 14-17, 2013. Chicago, IL: PME-NA.

  • Silverman, J., Rosen, G., & Essinger, S. (2013). School Mathematics and Digital Image Processing. The Mathematics Teacher, 107 (10), 46-53.

2012

  • Bacchiocchi, I. Miglioli, A. Arcioni, K. Rai, Adam. Fontecchio, and C. Zannoni, “EPR Study of Order and Dynamics of the 5CB Liquid Crystal in an H-PDLC Device,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 558, pp. 127–139, 2012.

  • Clay, E.L., Silverman, J., & Fischer, D. (2012). Understanding Online Asynchronous Collaboration in Mathematics Teacher Education. ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 44 (6), 761-773.

  • Grsi-Dicker, L., Powell, A.B., Silverman, J., Fetter, A. (2012). Addressing Transitional Challenges to Teaching with Dynamic Geometry in a Collaborative Online Environment. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 1-4, 2012. Kalamazoo, MI: PME-NA.

  • Rosen, G., Silverman, J., & Essinger, S. (2012). Inquiry-based Learning through Image Processing. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 29(1), 164-169.

  • Sameet Shriyan, Elizabeth Schundler, Craig Schwarze and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Electro optic polymer-liquid crystal thin films for hyperspectral imaging,” Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 6.1 (2012), pp. 063549-1 - 063549-10.

  • Silverman, J. (2012). Studying Online Interaction and its Impact on the Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. Journal of Technology in Teacher Education, 20 (1), 47-69.

  • Yursa, M.H. & Silverman, J. (2012). Seeking Sustainable Change in Mathematics Teacher Development: Supporting the Emergence of a Virtual Lesson Study Community. Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, March 5-9, 2012. Austin, TX: SITE.

2011

  • Dean, Chrystal O. & Silverman, J. (2011). Documenting Collective Activity in an Online Community of Teachers. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 230-233). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Rhee, K., Silverman, J, & Clay, E. (2011). Connecting Place Value and Fractions. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 20-23, 2011. Reno, NV: PME-NA.

  • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2011). Student Interaction in an Online Mathematics Course for Teachers. In A.A. Juan, M.A. Huertes, S. Trenholm, & C. Steegmann (Eds.), Teaching Mathematics Online: Emergent Technologies and Methodologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

  • Silverman, J. (2011). Developing Mathematical Content Knowledge through Online Professional Development. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 20-23, 2011. Reno, NV: PME-NA.

  • Silverman, J. (2011). Studying Online Participation and its Impact on the Development of Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 746-753). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Silverman, J. (2011). Supporting the Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching through Online Asynchronous Collaboration. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 30(1), 61-78.

2010

  • Clay, E., Silverman, J., & Fischer, D. (2010). Reconciling Two Perspectives on Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 28-32, 2010. Columbus, OH: PME-NA.

  • Essinger, S., Coote, R., Konstantopoulos, P. Silverman, J., Rosen, G. Reflections and Measures of STEM Teaching and Learning on K-12 Creative And Performing Arts Students, In Proceedings of the 2010 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. Louisville, Kentucky: ASEE.

  • Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Analysis of effects of oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes on electro-optic polymer/liquid crystal thin films,” Optics Express 18. 24 (2010): 24842–52.

  • Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Improved electro-optic response of polymer dispersed liquid crystals dopes with oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 525 (2010), pp. 158–166.

  • Silverman, J. & Clay, E.L. (2010). Examining Mathematics Teacher Education: Online Asynchronous Collaboration and the Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. The Teacher Educator, 45(1), 54-73.

  • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2010). Towards A Model For Supporting Teachers Development Of Mathematical Knowledge For Teaching In An Online Environment. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 884-891). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Silverman, J. & Dean, C. (2010). Analyzing Teachers’ Learning in an Online Professional Teaching Community: Transferring a Framework from Face-to-Face to Online. In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 3513-3514). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Silverman, J. & Rosen, G. (2010). Supporting Students Interest in Mathematics through Applications from Digital Image Processing. Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology (Special Issue on Using Technology in Mathematics and Science Education), 6(2), 63-77. 

2009

  • Corrado Bacchiocchi, Isabella Miglioli, Alberto Arcioni, Ilaria Vecchi, Kashma Rai, Adam Fontecchio and Claudio Zannoni, “Order and Dynamics Inside H-PDLC nanodroplets: an ESR Spin Probe Study,”Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113. 16 (2009), pp. 5391–5402.

  • Clay, E. & Silverman, J. (2009). Reclaiming lost opportunities: The role of the teacher in online asynchronous collaboration in mathematics teacher education. In C. Maddux (Ed.) Research Highlights in Information Technology and Teacher Education 2009 (pp. 43-50). Chesapeake, VA: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE).

  • Clay, E. & Silverman, J. (2009). Reclaiming lost opportunities: The role of the teacher in online asynchronous collaboration in mathematics teacher education. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 519-526). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Clay, E., & Silverman, J. (2009). The role of the teacher in online mathematics courses for teachers. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

  • D’Amico, AV, Stanford, J. (2009) Probiotic use and clindamycin-induced hypercholesterolemia. J Alt Complemen Med 15: 470-1.

  • Dean, C. & Silverman, J. (2009). Transferability of an Existing Framework for Analyzing Teachers’ Learning in an Online Professional Teaching Community. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, September 23-26, 2010. Atlanta, GA: PME-NA.

  • Kashma Rai, Sameet Shriyan, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Variable Pressure and Environmental SEM of Thin-Film Liquid Crystal/Polymer Composites,” Microscopy and Analysis 23.5 (2009), pp.17–19.

  • Regis, T., Silverman, J., Clay, E., Shumar, W. & Madison, N. (2009). The Math Forum’s Online Professional Development Model to Identify Mathematics Leaders. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 2943-2946). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Rosen, G., Silverman, J., & Chauhan, A. (2009). Connecting Artistically-inclined K-12 Students to Physics and Math through Image Processing Examples. Proceedings of the IEEE Signal Processing Education Workshop, Jan. 4-7, 2009. Marco Island, FL.

  • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2009). Supporting Teachers’ Development of Coherence Through a Focus on Mathematical Structure. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, September 23-26, 2009. Atlanta, GA: PME-NA.

2008

  • Anna Fox and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Applications of liquid crystal polymer composite films for photolithographic fabrication of 3D structures,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, Practical Holography XXII: Materials and Applications 6912 (2008).

  • Clay, E., & Silverman, J. (2008). Online Collaboration in Mathematics Teacher Education. In Figueras, O., Cortina, J.L., Altorre, S, Rojano, T., & Sepúlveda, A. J. Cortina (Ed.), Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1. Moreila, Michoacán, Mexico: PME.

  • Clay, E. & Silverman, J. (2008). Online Asynchronous Collaboration in Mathematics Teacher Education. In K. McFerrin et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (pp. 4432-4437). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

  • Hemang Shah, David A. Delaine, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Plasma Modification of Fluoropolymers for Aligning Liquid Crystals,” Journal of Display Technology 4, 2 (2008), pp. 160–5.

  • Hemang Shah, Adam K. Fontecchio, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, “Field controlled nematic-to- isotropic phase transition in liquid crystal-carbon nanotube composites,” Journal of Applied Physics 103.6 (2008), pp. 64314–5.

  • Thompson, P.W., Carlson, M. and Silverman, J. (2007). The design of tasks in support of teachers’ development of coherent mathematical meanings. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 10, 415-432. (Special double issue on the role of tasks in mathematics teacher education)

  • Thompson, P. W. & Silverman, J. (2008). The Concept of Accumulation in Calculus. In M. Carlson & C. Rasmussen (Eds.), MAA Notes #73: Making the connection: Research and teaching in undergraduate mathematics (pp. 117-131). Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.

  • Sameet Shriyan, Kashma K. Rai, Alyssa A. Bellingham, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Multilayer stacking technique for holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals,” Applied Physics Letters 93.26 (2008), pp. 261113.

  • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2008). Research Brief: Online Asynchronous Collaboration and the Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. Newsletter of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators: PAMTE.

  • Silverman, J., & Thompson, P.W. (2008). Toward a Framework for the Development of Mathematics Content Knowledge for Teaching. Journal for Mathematics Teacher Education, 11(6), 499-511.

2007

  • Bentley, AM, Artavanis-Tsakonas, S, and Stanford, JS. (2007) Nanocourses: a New Short Course Format as an Educational Tool in a Biological Sciences Graduate Curriculum. CBE Life Sci Educ 7: 175-83.

  • Anna Fox, Marie Cosgrove-Davies, Adam K. Fontecchio, “Gap Material Study for Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Composite Film Stacks,” Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals 478 (2007), pp. 151–62.

  • Anna Fox and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Liquid Crystal Polymer Composite Films for Reconfigurable Photomasking Applications,” Applied Physics Letters 91. 15 (2007), pp. 141119.

  • Anna Fox, Kashma Rai., and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films for Transmission Mode Spectrometer Applications,” Applied Optics 46. 27 (2007), pp. 6277–82.

  • Joshua Freedman, Davide Mattia, G. Korneva, Yury Gogotsi, Gary Friedman, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Magnetically assembled carbon nanotube tipped pipettes,” Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007): 103108. Selected for reprint in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, March 19, 2007.

  • Hemang Shah, David A. Delaine, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Tailored Liquid Crystal Alignment using Ferroelectric Polymers,” Journal of the Society of Information Displays 15 (2007), pp. 579–84.

2006

  • Michael Ermold and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Electrically Switchable Holographic Parabolic Mirrors,” Journal of Applied Physics 99 (2006), pp. 93111.

  • Kashma Rai and Adam Fontecchio, “Optimization of pressure response in HPDLC grating films based on polymer composition,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 450 (2006), pp. 18338 3 – 190390.

  • Hemang Shah and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Low-Voltage Color Switching in Liquid Crystal Displays.” IDRC 2006 Digest Р Society for Information Display, P-27 (2006).

  • Silverman, J. (2006). A focus on Quantities of Variable Measure in Covariational Reasoning. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 9 – 12, 2006. Merida, Mexico.

2005

  • Michael Ermold and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Viewing angle enhancement in holographic reflective displays by nanoscale holographic patterning,” Journal of the Society of Information Displays 13 (2005), pp. 787.

  • Michael Ermold, Kashma Rai, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Hydrostatic pressure response of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal gratings,” Journal of Applied Physics 97 (2005), pp. 104905.

  • Stanford, JS, and Ruderman, JV. (2005) Changes in Regulatory Phosphorylation of Cdc25C Ser287 and Wee1 Ser549 during Normal Cell Cycle Progression and Checkpoint Arrests. Mol Biol Cell 16: 5749-60.

  • Hemang Shah and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Image analysis to study LC alignment on nanopatterned substrates,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 438 (2005), pp. 1855–66.

  • Silverman, J. (2005). Investigating the relationship between mathematical understandings and teaching mathematics. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 20 to 23, 2005. Roanoke, VA.

2004

  • Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Mojca Jazbinšek, Matthew Sousa, Adam K. Fontecchio, Gregory P. Crawford, and Martin Čopič, “Structural Transitions in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Physical Review E 69 (2004), pp. 51703.

  • Silverman, J. (2004). A Framework for Understanding the Relationship Between Students’ Conceptualizations of Mathematics and their Developing Pedagogy. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 21 to 24, 2004. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2003

  • Stanford, JS, Lieberman, SL, Wong, VL, and Ruderman, JV. (2003) Regulation of the G2/M transition in oocytes of Xenopus tropicalis. Dev Biol 260: 438-48.

  • Jun Qi, Matthew Sousa, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Temporally Multiplexed Holographic Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Applied Physics Letters 82 (2003), pp. 1652–4.

2002

  • Duckworth, BC, Weaver (Stanford), JS, and Ruderman, JV. (2002) G2 arrest in Xenopus oocytes is dependent on phosphorylation of cdc25 by protein kinase A. PNAS 99 (26): 16794-9.

  • Mojca Jazbinšek, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Marko Zgonik, Adam Fontecchio, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Electro-Optical Properties of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 375 (2002), pp. 455–65.

  • Marija Vilfan, Boštjan Zalar, Adam Fontecchio, Mojca Vilfan, Michael J. Escuti, Gregory P. Crawford, and Slobodan Žumer, “Deuteron NMR Study of Molecular Ordering in a Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal,” Physical Review E 66 (2002), pp. 21710. 

2001

  • Mojca Jazbinšek, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Marko Zgonik, Adam Fontecchio, and Gregory P.Crawford, “Characterization of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings,” Journal of Applied Physics 90. 8 (2001), pp. 3831–7.

2000

  • Chris Bowley, Adam K. Fontecchio, Gregory P. Crawford, Jau-Jeng Lin, Le Li, and Sadag M. Faris, “Multiple gratings simultaneously formed in holographic polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal displays,” Applied Physics Letters 76. 5 (2000), pp. 523–5.

  • Darran Cairns, Chris C. Bowley, Sorasak Danworaphong, Adam K. Fontecchio, Gregory P. Crawford, Le Li, and Sadag M. Faris, “Optical Strain Characteristics of Holographically Formed Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films,” Applied Physics Letters 77. 17 (2000), pp. 2677–9.

  • Adam Fontecchio, Chris C. Bowley, Haiji Yuan, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Effect of Monomer Functionality on Performance of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 352 (2000), pp. 399–406.

  • Adam Fontecchio, Chris C. Bowley, Stacia M. Chmura, Le Li, Sadag M. Faris, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Multiplexed Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” Journal of Optical Technology 68. 9 (2001), pp. 652–6. Selected “Best Paper” from ASID, 2000.

Conference Proceedings

2018

  • Abdolazimi, V., Ruddick, J., Ward, J., Giduck, R., and Fontecchio, A. K., "Teaching Fundamentals in Lasers and Light Technology to Advanced Applied Optics in Biology and Biomedical Research: Analyzing the Team-teaching Influence on High School Students’ Perception of and Confidence in STEM" Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2018.

  • Soe, Mi Thant Mon"Board 127: A Project-Based Approach to Develop Engineering Design Process Skills Among High School Students (Work in Progress)." Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. 2018. 

2017

  • Vora, A., Mongan, W. M., Anday, E. K., Dandekar, K. R., Dion, G., Fontecchio, A. K., & Kurzweg, T. P. On Implementing an Unconventional Infant Vital Signs Monitor with Passive RFID Tags. RFID (RFID), 2017 IEEE International Conference on (2017)

  • Kennedy, L., & Fontecchio, A. K. (2017, April). Textile-based shape memory alloy locomotive robot. In Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2017 3rd International Conference on (pp. 237-241). IEEE.

  • Mongan, William , Ilhaan Rasheed, Khyati Ved, Shrenik Vora, Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Timothy Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. "On the Use of Radio Frequency Identification for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring." In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on

  • William M. Mongan, Robert Ross, Ilhaan Rasheed, Yuqiao Liu, Khyati Ved, Endla Anday, Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Timothy Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. “Data Fusion of Single-Tag RFID Measurements for Respiratory Rate Monitoring.” IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology (SPMB) 2017, December, 2017.

2016

  • Kennedy, , Lee, E., & Fontecchio, A. (2016, October). STEAM approach by integrating the arts and STEM through origami in K-12. In Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2016 IEEE (pp. 1-5). IEEE.

  • Mongan, , Rasheed, I., Ved, K., Anday, A., Dandekar, K., Dion, G., Kurzweg, T., Fontecchio, A., “Real-time detection of apnea via signal processing of time-series properties of RFID-based smart garmets” Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB), 2016 IEEE (2016), pp.1-6.

  • Mongan, William, et "A Multi-Disciplinary Framework for Continuous Biomedical Monitoring Using Low-Power Passive RFID-Based Wireless Wearable Sensors." Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2016 IEEE International Conference on. IEEE, 2016.

2015

  • Chery, Daphney, et "Integration of the Arts and Technology in GK-12 Science Courses." Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015. 32614 2015. IEEE. IEEE, 2015.

  • Kennedy, Jamie, Brandon Morton, and Adam Fontecchio. "LEAP: Localized energy awareness program through collaborative K-University STEM " Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2015. 32614 2015. IEEE. IEEE, 2015.

  • Mongan, , et al. "Statistical analytics of wearable passive RFID-based biomedical textile monitors for real-time state classification." 2015 IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium (SPMB). IEEE, 2015.

2014

  • Fehlinger, Donald, Ward, and A. Fontecchio. "Increasing 11th grader's interest in STEM majors via a NAE Grand Challenge: Securing cyberspace-themed project." Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE. IEEE, 2014.

  • Kennedy, Jamie, Pramod Abichandani, and Adam Fontecchio. "Using infographies as a tool for introductory data analytics education in 9–12."Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE. IEEE,

  • Nix, Camilla, et "Using the similarities between biological and computer virus behavior to connect and teach introductory concepts in cybersecurity in a biology classroom." Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2014 IEEE. IEEE, 2014.

  • Patron, K. Gedin, T. Kurzweg, A. Fontecchio, G. Dion, and K. R. Dandekar, “A Wearable RFID Sensor and Effects of Human Body Proximity.” IEEE Benjamin Franklin Symposium on Microwave and Antenna Sub-systems, Philadelphia, PA 2014

  • Patron, T. Kurzweg, A. Fontecchio, G. Dion and K. R. Dandekar: “Wireless Strain Sensor through a Flexible Tag Antenna Employing Inductively-Coupled RFID Microchip”, Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2014 IEEE 15th Annual. IEEE, 2014.

  • Terranova, A. Bellingham, S. Herbert, and A. K. Fontecchio, "Cylindrical channel plasmon resonance for single-molecule sensing." SPIE OPTO. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014.

  • Terranova, Brandon, et "Cylindrical channel plasmon resonance for single-molecule sensing." SPIE OPTO. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014. 

2013

  • Coyle, P., Li, B., Dion, G., & Fontecchio, A. K., “Direct integration of a 4-pixel emissive display into a knit fabric matrix." SPIE OPTO. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2013.

  • Coyle, Jared , and Adam K. Fontecchio. "Integrating the NAE Grand Challenges and Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Thin Films (H-PDLC) into the Kenyan High School Curriculum." MRS Online Proceedings Library 1532 (2013): mrsf12-1532.

  • P. Coyle, C. Nix, S. Surrey, and A. K. Fontecchio, “A Cross-cultural Collaborative Health Clinic Design Project for International Secondary Engineering Education Partnerships.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2013.

  • P. Coyle, J. Ward, Y. Kimand, and A. K. Fontecchio, “Engineering-focused professional development for K- 12 science educators: Integrating the NAE Grand Challenges and the Next Generation Science Standards into the current science curricula.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2013.

  • P. Coyle, B. Morton, J. Kennedy, Y. Kim, and A. K. Fontecchio, “Engineering Graduate Student Professional Development Through Cross-cultural, Short Term Educational Collaborations.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2013.

  • Fehlinger, Donald, Ward, and A. Fontecchio. "Increasing student interest in STEM via the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby." Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, 2013.

  • Kennedy, Jamie, Pramod Abichandani, and Adam Fontecchio. "An initial comparison of the learning propensities of 10 through 12 students for data analytics " Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, 2013.

  • Nix, Camilla, et "Health clinic infrastructure design across cultures in a high school biology course." Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE. IEEE, 2013.

  • Terranova and A. K. Fontecchio, “Polaritonic metamaterial for super-resolution trapping and sensing.” IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013.

2012

  • Batula, T. W. Mather, G. Caryon, S. Surrey, D. Ueda, Y. Kim, and A. K. Fontecchio, “Evaluating the Acquisition of Engineering Confidence and Skills Through Robotics.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2012

  • Batula, B. Morton, R. Migneco, M. Prockup, E. Schmidt, D. Grunberg, Y. Kim, and A. K. Fontecchio, “Music Technology as an Introduction to STEM.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2012.

  • P. Coyle and A. K. Fontecchio, “Subway Map Visualization Tool for Integrating the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering into the Philadelphia and Kenyan High School Chemistry Curricula.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2012.

  • P. Coyle and A. K. Fontecchio, “Subway map visualization tool for integrating the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering into the Pennsylvania and Kenyan high school chemistry curriculum.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 2012.

  • P. Coyle and A. K. Fontecchio, “Integrating the NAE Grand Challenges and Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Thin Films into the Kenyan High School Curriculum.” Proceedings of the MRS. 2012.

  • P. Coyle and A. K. Fontecchio, “Percolation of Onion-like Carbon in PEDOT: PSS for Enhancing Electrical Conductivity in Thin Film Applications.” Proceedings of the MRS. 2012.

  • Seepersad, Yohan, et "Nanosecond pulsed discharge in high density polymer liquid (PDMS)." Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on. IEEE, 2012.

  • Ward, Jessica , and Adam Fontecchio. "Work in progress: The NAE Grand Challenges, high school curricula and Graduate student research." Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012. IEEE, 2012.

2011

  • Pelleg, D. Urias, A. K. Fontecchio, and E. Fromm, “A Report on a GK-12 Program: Engineering as a Contextual Vehicle for Math and Science Education.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 2011.

2010

  • David Delaine and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Using Social Networking Web Sites To Increase Success Of Underrepresented Minorities in Science and Engineering Programs.” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.

  • David Delaine, Sylvia Herbert, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “An optical induction generator through Crooke’s radiometer.” Proc. SPIE 7787, 77870P (2010), DOI:10.1117/12.860688.

  • Jennie Atchison, D. Holmes-Stanley, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Eli Fromm, “Using Graphic Novels To Communicate Engineering Experiences in an Urban Middle School.” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.

  • John Fitzpatrick, Adam Fontecchio, and Eli Fromm, “Using A Mousetrap-Powered Vehicle Design Activity To Convey Engineering Concepts.” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.

  • J. Kirsch, N. A. Vacirca, T. P. Kurzweg, A. K. Fontecchio, and K. R. Dandekar, “Performance of transparent conductive polymer antennas in a MIMO ad-hoc network.” in WiMob, 2010, pp. 9–14.

  • Jade Mitchell-Blackwood, Manuel Figueroa, Chatchai Kokar, Adam Fontecchio, and Eli Fromm, “Tracking Middle School Perceptions Of Engineering During An Inquiry Based Engineering Science And Design Curriculum.” Proceedings of the 2010 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, 2010.

  • Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Holographic electro-optic thin film stacks for airborne hyperspectral imaging,” Proceedings of SPIE 7812, 78120S (2010).

  • Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Holographic electro-optic thin film stacks for airborne hyperspectral imaging.” Proc. SPIE 7812, 78120S (2010), DOI:10.1117/12.860727.

  • Sameet Shriyan, C. William Hicks IV, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Modification in diffusion kinetics and electro optic behavior of holographic thin films in presence of carbon nanotubes,” Proceedings of SPIE 7750, 77501G (2010).

  • Sameet Shriyan, C. William Hicks IV, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Modification in diffusion kinetics and electro-optic behavior of holographic thin films with carbon nanotubes.” Proc. SPIE 7750, 77501G (2010), DOI:10.1117/12.871816.

2009

  • Clay, E., Ernst, K., Fischer, T. Regis, T., Silverman, J. (2009) Analyzing Teachers' Mathematical Activity in an Online Environment. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, September 23-26, 2009. Atlanta, GA: PME-NA.

  • David Delaine and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Social Networking Websites for Increased Success in Minority Science and Engineering Programs.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, 2009.

  • Anna Fox, David A. Delaine, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Development of Nontraditional Skills in Graduate Students through Teaching and Curriculum Design.” Proceedings of the 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, 2009.

  • Nicholas Kirsch, Nicholas A. Vacirca, Elizabeth E. Plowman, Timothy P. Kurzweg, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Kapil R. Dandekar, “Optically transparent conductive Polymer RFID Meandering Dipole Antenna,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on RFID (2009).

  • Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Electro-optical effects of oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotube doping on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal films,” Proceedings of SPIE, 7414, 741407 (2009). 

2008

  • Michael Birnkrant, Matthew Cathell, Priscilla Blount, Jean Robinson, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Eli Fromm, “Introducing Engineering Through Candy.” Proceedings of the ASEE National Conference, Pittsburg, PA, 2008.

  • Quincy Brown, William Mongan, Dara Kusic, Elaine Garbarine, Eli Fromm, and Adam Fontecchio, “Computer Aided Instruction as a Vehicle for Problem Solving: Scratch Boards in the Middle Years Classroom.” Proceedings of the ASEE National Conference, Pittsburg, PA, 2008.

  • Matthew Cathell, Michael Birnkrant, Adam K. Fontecchio, Eli Fromm, and Caroline L. Schauer, “Classroom investigation of dissolved copper remediation using the biopolymer alginate.” Proceedings of the 36th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 2008.

  • Matthew Cathell, Michael Birnkrant, Jean Robinson, Priscilla Blount, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Eli Fromm, “Using SimCity 4 Software as an Educational Tool to Complement Middle School Science and Mathematics.” Proceedings of the ASEE National Conference, Pittsburg, PA, 2008.

  • David Delaine, Lloyd Emelle, Anna E. Fox, Jared P. Coyle, Sameet K. Shriyan, Nithin Michael, Jessica Ward, Holly Burnside, Youngmoo Kim, and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Student Run Outreach Programs for Professional Development and Increased Pre-Collegiate (K-12) Participation.” Proceedings of the 7th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, South Africa (2008).

  • Anna Fox and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Applications of liquid crystal polymer composite films for photolithographic fabrication of 3D structures,” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, Practical Holography XXII: Materials and Applications 6912 (2008).

  • Anna Fox and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Applications of liquid crystal polymer composite films for photolithographic fabrication of 3D structures.” Proceedings of the SPIE Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, Practical Holography XXII: Materials and Applications, Vol. 6912 (2008).

2007

2006

  • Hemang Shah and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Low-Voltage Color Switching in Liquid Crystal Displays.” IDRC 2006 Digest Р Society for Information Display, P-27 (2006).

2005

  • Hemang Shah and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Influence of Ferroelectric Polymer Layers on Liquid Crystal Alignment.” Proceedings of the American Chemical Society, Polymeric Materials, Science and Engineering Division, 93 (2005).

2004

  • Michael Ermold and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Optical Response of Reflection Polymer Bragg Gratings to Applied Gas Pressure.” Proceedings of the SPIE 5518, 115–8, (2004).

  • Hemang Shah and Adam K. Fontecchio, “Modeling and Experimental Study of LC Alignment Induced by Nanopatterned Substrates.” Proceedings of the SPIE 5518, 144–7, (2004).

2003

  • Adam Fontecchio and Hemang J. Shah, “Nanopatterned Polymer Structured for H-PDLCs,” in Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials II, eds. Tianquan Lian and Hai-Lung Dai. Proceedings of the SPIE 5223, (2003).

2002

  • Adam Fontecchio, Gregory P. Crawford, and David A. Content, “Cavity Morphology of Polymer Dispersed System Utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy.” MRS Symposium Proceedings 79, CC6.5.1 - CC6.5.6 (2002).

2001

  • Adam Fontecchio, Gregory P. Crawford, Charles C. He, and David A. Content, “Performance Improvements for Switchable H-PDLC Gratings Using Morphological Studies,” in Solar and Switching Materials. Proceedings of the SPIE 4458, 230–9 (2001).

  • Adam Fontecchio, Jun Qi, Michael J. Escuti, I. Amimori, Gregory P. Crawford, and Sadag M. Faris, “Diffuse Renditions of Spatially Pixelated and Temporally Multiplexed H-PDLCs for Full Color Reflective Displays.” SID Digest of Technical Papers XXXII, 31348–51 (2001).

2000

  • Adam Fontecchio, Chris C. Bowley, Stacia M. Chmura, Le Li, Sadag M. Faris, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Multiplexed Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings.” ASID Х00 Proceedings Р The Sixth Asian Symposium on Information Display & Exhibition 6, 116–21, (2000).

  • Adam Fontecchio, Michael J. Escuti, Chris C. Bowley, Bhaskar Sethumadhavan, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Spatially Pixelated Reflective Arrays from Holographic-Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals.” SID Digest of Technical Papers XXXI 31 (2000).

1999

  • Chris Bowley, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Electro-Optic Investigations of H-PDLCs: The Effect of Monomer Functionality on Display Performance.” SID Digest of Technical Papers XXX 30 (1999).

  • Chris Bowley, Adam K. Fontecchio, and Jau-Jeng Lin, “Advances in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Technology.” MRS Symposium Proceedings 559, 97 Р 108 (1999).

  • Adam Fontecchio, Chris C. Bowley, and Gregory P. Crawford, “Improvement in Holographically–formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Performance through Acrylated Monomer functionality Studies,” in Liquid Crystals III, ed. Iam-Choo Khoo. Proceedings of the SPIE 3800, 36–44 (1999). 

1998

  • Tucker, S., Halpern, M., Borys, C., Chen, K., Fontecchio, A., Gush, C. Padwick, P. Shepard, and W. Towlson, W."The Balloon-borne Anisotropy Measurement (BAM): Status and Future Prospects." 19th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology. Vol. 1. 1998. 

Thesis

2017

  • Bellingham, Alyssa " Direct Integration of Dynamic Emissive Displays into Knitted Fabric Structures.” PhD , Drexel University (2017)

  • Terranova, Brandon “The Physics and Applications of a 3D Plasmonic Nanostructure.” PhD , Drexel University (2017)

2016

  • Li, Bin “Soft Tactile Sensors for Mechanical Imaging.” PhD , Drexel University (2016)

  • Gao, Yang “Development of Nano/Micro Probes for Femtoliter Volume and Single Cell Measurements.” PhD , Drexel University (2016)

  • Kennedy, Jamie “A Study of Shape Memory Alloy Wires as Actuators for Textile Robotics and Compression Garment Applications” PhD , Drexel University (2016)

2015

  • Seepersad, Yohan “Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge in Water without Bubbles : a Fundamental Study of Initiation, Propagation and Plasma Characteristics.” PhD , Drexel University (2015)

2014

  • Herbert, Sylvia “Design and fabrication of liquid crystal waveguides using photolithography” MS , Drexel University (2014)

  • Pelleg, Ben "Light Scattering in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals." PhD diss., Drexel University (2014)

2013

  • Coyle, Jared , “Electrical Percolation of Carbon Allotropes in Conductive Polymer Media,” PhD diss., Drexel University (2013)

2012

  • Bellingham, Alyssa "A Characterization of Nanohole Grating Refractive Index Sensors for Biosensing Applications.” MS , Drexel University (2012)

  • Delaine, David, “Analysis of the Conversion of Radiometric Forces into Electrical Energy,” PhD , Drexel University (2012).

2011

  • Shriyan, Sameet "Tunable electro-optic thin film stack for hyperspectral imaging." (2011).

2010

  • Rai, Kashma "Study of spectral sensing using electro-optic films." (2010).

2009

  • Fox, Anna "A Study of Optical Propagation in Polymer Liquid Crystal Nanocomposites for Photolithography Applications." PhD diss., Drexel University (2009).

2008

    2007

    • Shah, Hemang "Engineered Interfaces for Liquid Crystal Technology A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Drexel University." (2007)

    2006

    • Ermold, Michael "Holographic Optical Elements with Electro-optic Control." PhD diss., Drexel University (2006). 

    2002

    • Fontecchio, Adam K. “Multiplexing Studies of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Structure, and Device Applications.” PhD Diss., Brown University (2002).

    Presentations & Seminars

    2019

    • Klein, V., Silverman, J. & Shumar, W. (accepted) Using the Math Forum’s Notice & Wonder strategy to support teachers to see students as sense-makers. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. February 7-9, 2019, Orlando, FL.

    • Silverman, J. & Dean, C. (accepted) Supporting Mathematics Teacher Development through Online Learning: The Role of Structure and the Teacher Educator. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. February 7-9, 2019, Orlando, FL.

    2018

    • Benabentos, R., Daubenmire, P., Indorf, J., Murasko, D., Stanford, J. The Parameters that Shape Adoption of Active Learning Techniques by Research Faculty. Catalyzing Change in STEM Faculty Pedagogical Practice: HHMI Collaborative Project Workshop. February 1, 2018. (Oral presentation)

    • Clark, K., Frey, G., Hill, L., Stanford, J., Connolly, M. Practical Approaches to Assessing CIRTL Programs on your Campus. CIRTL Spring In-Person Network Meeting, March 2, 2018. (Workshop Organizer and Presenter)

    • Martin, A., DiNardo, J.N., Stanford, J. Tracking Experiential Learning Outcomes Across University Campuses. Drexel University’s Fifth Annual Conference

    • Stanford, J., Fontecchio, A., DeBoer, J., Delaine, D. Modernizing Learning Using Experiential Education. EDU, March 5-8, 2018. (Invited Talk)

    • Stanford, J., Fontecchio, A., Silverman, J., Brewe, E. Hosting Happy Hours as a Strategy to Improve Teaching and Learning. Drexel University’s Fifth Annual Conference on Assessment. September 12, 2018. (Workshop Organizer and Presenter)

    • Sullivan, J., Silverman, J., & Salzman, N. Bridging UTeach and Engineering. Invited Pre-Conference Presentation at the 12th Annual UTeach Conference. May 22, 2018. Austin, TX.

    2017

    • Clark, K., Frey, G., Hill, L., Stanford, J., Woods, L. Practical Approaches to Assessing CIRTL Programs on your Campus. CIRTL Fall In-Person Network Meeting, October 12, 2017. (Workshop Organizer and Presenter)

    • Clark, K., Hilsenbeck-Fajardo, J., Stanford, J., Woods, L. Common Evaluation Instrument Working Group. CIRTL Spring In-Person Network Meeting, March 24, 2017. (Oral presentation)

    • Dearie, L., Henry, M., Lanphier, S., Mehta, A., Stanford, J. Alumni’s Reflections on the Values of Research. Elizabethtown College, Keynote Event: Alumni Panel, Scholarship and Creative Arts Days, April 25, 2017. (Panelist)

    • Dietrich, M., Stanford, J. Drexel CIRTL Learning Community. CIRTL Network Meeting Presentation, April 20, 2017. (Oral presentation)

    • Fontecchio, A., Salzman, N., Silverman, J., Stanford, J., Sullivan, J., Zarske, M. Bridging UTeach & Engineering. UTeach Annual Conference, May 24, 2017. (Oral presentation)

    • Stanford, J., Fontecchio, A., Silverman, J., and Smith, K. STEM Curricula for Authentic Learning Experiences (SCALE). AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, November 3, 2017. (Oral presentation)

    • Stanford, J. Changing How We Teach: Increasing Access to Authentic Learning Experiences in STEM. Binghamton University: SUNY, Center for Learning and Teaching, January 30, 2017. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS. Transforming How We Teach: Increasing Access to Authentic Learning Experiences in STEM. Drexel University, Biology Departmental Seminar Series, October 16, 2017. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS. Education Evolution: Transforming STEM Teaching & Learning. Drexel University, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Seminar Series, May 10, 2017. (Oral Presentation)

    2016

    • "Physical and Optical Performance of Electroluminescent Fibers in Knitted Textiles”, A.Bellingham, and Fontecchio, 2016 MRS Spring Meeting, MD6.2.05 Physical and Optical Performance of Electroluminescent Fibers in Knitted Textiles, March 30, 2016

    • Fontecchio, A, Silverman, J, Stanford, J, and Erickson-Ludwig, A. Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). 2016 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, May 18, 2016. (Poster Presentation)

    • Fontecchio, A., Stanford, J. Evaluation in a New CIRTL Program. Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning Fall 2016 In-Person Network Meeting, October 18, 2016. (Oral presentation)

    • King, D, Erickson-Ludwig, A, and Stanford, J. Fostering Student Identity Development to Promote Student Success and Retention. 2016 Drexel Center for Academic Excellence (DCAE) Annual Showcase of Teaching, May 18, 2016. (Poster presentation)

    • Riegelman, R., Stanford, J., Jessen-Marshall, A. Guided Learning Pathways in Evidence-Based Thinking and Public Health. STEMtech Conference, November 7, 2016. (Oral presentation)

    • Riegelman, R., Stanford, J.S., Zerr, R., Carmichael, T., Anthony, S., Barker, W., Pride, C. LEAP Challenge and STIRS: Integrating Evidence-Based Thinking Throughout the Curriculum. 2016 Association of American Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting, January 22, 2016. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, J., King, D., Murasko, D. Promoting Evidence-Based Pedagogical Competencies. Catalyzing Change in STEM Faculty Pedagogical Practice: HHMI Collaborative Project Workshop, September 21-23, 2016. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, J., King, D., Murasko, D. Promoting Evidence-Based Pedagogical Competencies. HHMI Constellation Studio: Assessing Interdisciplinary Concept and Competencies in Introductory Science Courses, April 6-8, 2016. (Poster Presentation)

    • Silverman, J. (2016). Session Chair for Distance Learning in Mathematics Education. Panel Presentation #3 at the International Congress of Mathematics Education. July 24-31, 2016. Hamburg, Germany. 

    2015

    • Fontecchio, “Thoughts on STEM Outreach to K-6 Classrooms,” Delaware Valley Engineers Week Celebration of Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, February 26, 2015.

    • Fontecchio, “Smart Textiles for Biomedical Monitoring,” IEEE Section Night, January 20, 2015

    • Armstrong, J, Bauer, A, Byrne, LB, Burley, L, Carmichael, TS, Meyers, S, Singh, V, Singer-Freeman, K, Stanford, JS, Wilson, KB, Wolfson, AJ, Zerr, R. STIRring Up Learning: Sceintific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning Through Case Studies. 2015 Association of American Colleges & Universities Centennial Annual Meeting, January 23, 2015. (Oral Presentation)

    • "Production and Optimization of Electroluminescent Fibers" Bromhead, A. Bellingham, and A. Fontecchio, Students tackling advanced research (STAR) poster session, August 27, 2015

    • Fontecchio, “Remarks on the Role of Engineering in Community Engagement,” Delaware Valley Engineers Week Awards Luncheon, Philadelphia, PA, February 20, 2015.

    • Crespo, S., Moore, K.C., Silverman, J., Smith, M., Van Zoest, L.R., Kersaint, G (2015). Researchers as Mathematics Teacher Educators: Developing MTE Manuscripts from Research. Invited Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference. April 13-15, 2015. Boston, MA.

    • Wearable Smart Textiles Based on Programmable and Automated Knitting Technology for King, D, Stanford, J. Course for Faculty: Promoting Student Learning in Large STEM Classrooms. 2015 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, May 11, 2015. (Poster presentation)

    • Biomedical and Sensor Actuation BIO International Convention with Kapil R. Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Adam Fontecchio, Tim Kurzweg, Owen Montgomery, V.K. Narayan. June 2015.

    • Statistical Analytics of Wearable Passive RFID-based Biomedical Textile Monitors for Real-Time State IEEE Signal Processing in Medicine and Biology Symposium Poster with Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Tim Kurzweg, and Adam Fontecchio. Philadelphia, PA. December 2015.

    • Stanford, J. Changing How We Teach: Evidence-Based Approaches to Promote STEM Student Retention. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University: Bio & Paleo Environment Seminar, April 27, 2015. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, J. The Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). Drexel University, ExCITe Center T3, October 15, 2015. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, J. Changing How We Teach: Evidence-Based Approaches to Promote STEM Student Retention. Drexel University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, May 26, 2015. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS. STIRring Up the Classroom: Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning through Case Studies. 2015 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, May 11, 2015. (2nd Place in Poster Presentation Competition)

    • Stanford, J., King, D., Murasko, D. Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Underrepresented Minority STEM Student Persistence and Success at Drexel University: First Steps. HHMI Constellation Studio A: Promoting Persistence and Success: Adapting Promising Practices and Promoting Institutional Change, June 8-10, 2015. (Poster Presentation) 

    2014

    • Maternity Smart Fabric Bellyband to Monitor Uterine Activity and Assess Fetal Well-Being. Wearable Technology in Healthcare Society (WATCH) Conference with Kapil Dandekar, Genevieve Dion, Adam Fontecchio, Timothy Kurzweg, and Owen Montgomery, Indianapolis, IN. July 2014.

    • A Software Framework for Monitoring and Performing Analytics on Real Time Medical Device American Society for Engineering Education Poster with Rachel M. Goeken, Kapil Dandekar, Timothy Kurzweg, Gionvieve Dion, and Adam K. Fontecchio. Swarthmore, PA. November 2014. Runner-Up for Best Poster

    • Winters, JM, and Stanford, JS. Developing a Backup Plan: A Career Mentoring Course for Undergraduate Biology Majors. 2014 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, July 17-21, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

    • Winters, JM, and Stanford, JS. Easing the Transition: Supporting International Freshman Learning Biology. 2014 Drexel Center for Academic Excellence Annual Showcase of Teaching, April 15, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

    • "Electroluminescent fibers" Pisani, A. Bellingham, and A. Fontecchio, Students tackling advanced research (STAR) poster session, August 27, 2014

    • "Light-emitting yarns made from electrospun core-shell fibers" Schaefer, A. Bellingham, and A.Fontecchio, International students tackling advanced research(iSTAR) poster session, August 27, 2014

    • Stanford, JS. Developing an Active Learning Classroom to Teach a Large Sophomore Level Biology Course. 2014 Drexel Center for Academic Excellence Annual Showcase of Teaching, April 15, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, J. Promoting Discovery: Expanding Student Access to Research Experiences. Drexel University, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Seminar Series, January 29, 2014. (Oral Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS. STIRring Up the Classroom: Scientific Thinking and Integrative Reasoning through Case Studies. 2015 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, May 11, 2015. (2nd Place in Poster Presentation Competition)

    • Stanford, JS, Mohan, J, and Rocheleau, S.E. Early Exposure to Research: Benefits for STEM and Non-STEM Populations. 2014 Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research Annual Meeting, July 17-21, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

    • Silverman, J., Klein, V.,Shumar, W., Fricchione, C., Matranga, A. (2014). Characterizing Teachers’ Analysis of Student Work. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, June 23-27. Boulder, Colorado. 

    2013

    • Fontecchio, “Big Ideas: Funding and Innovation,” Philadelphia Science Festival, April 23, 2013.

    • Fontecchio, “STEM to STEAM: Broadening Drexel’s Educational and Research Initiatives through the ExCITe Center,” Dean’s Lecture Series, Drexel University, April 17, 2013.

    • Herbert, D. Patron, T. Kurzweg, A. Fontecchio, K. R. Dandekar and G. Dion: “The Creation of Deformation Sensor Using “Smart” Fabrics: Applications to In Vivo Monitoring of Pregnant Women”, Smart Fabrics & Wearable Technology, San Francisco, CA, 2013.

    • Marenda, DR, and Stanford, JS. Assessing the Effectiveness of Novel Undergraduate Research Experiences in a Classroom Setting. 2013 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, June 5, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

    • Russell, J, and Stanford, J. Integrating Ecological Research into Drexel’s Classrooms. 2013 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, June 5, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS, Duwel, LE, and Spudich, EA. Research experiences and career mentoring for large cohorts. 2013 Vision and Change in Biology Education Meeting, September 28-30, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS, and Duwel, LE. Expanding Biology Student Access to Research through a Theoretical Proposal Writing Project. 2013 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, June 5, 2013.(Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS, Duwel, LE, and Spudich, EA. Using a Course Structure to Provide Career Mentoring for Biology Students: Outcomes from Our First Year. 2013 DCAE Annual Showcase of Teaching, June 5, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

    • Yursa, M.H. & Silverman, J. (2011). Developing an Online Lesson Study Community. Paper presented at the Northeast Regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. October 19-21, 2011. Atlantic City, NJ. 

    2012

    • P. Coyle and A. K. Fontecchio, “Integrating the NAE Grand Challenges and Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Thin Films into the Kenyan High School Curriculum.” Materials Research Society Fall 2012 Meeting.

    • P. Coyle, E. Small, J. Ward, Y. Kim, and A. K. Fontecchio, “Utilizing the National Academy of Engineering’s Engineering Grand Challenges to Sustain STEM K-12 and University Partnerships through Regional, International and Informal Institution Collaborations.” National Science Foundation GK12 Annual Meeting Workshop Session, March 2012.

    • Kim, J. P. Coyle, E. Small, and A. K. Fontecchio, “K-12 and Higher Ed: The Best of Both Worlds”. Educon 2.4, January 2012.

    • Seepersad, E. Plowman, G. Friedman, A. Fridman, D. Dobrynin, and A. Fontecchio, “Nanosecond Pulse Discharge in High Density Polymer Liquid,” 2012, International Conference on Plasma Science 2012.

    • Stanford, J. Childhood Cancers. Sigma Phi Epsilon Residential Learning Community Dinner, November 29, 2012. (Oral Presentation) Stanford, J. Using an Audience Response System in the Medical School Classroom.

    • Silverman, J. & Dean, C.O. (2012). Studying the Collective Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. Paper presented at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 23-25, 2012. Philadelphia, PA.

    • Silverman, J., Ladwig, E. & Cooper, K. (2012). Supporting an Online Professional Community for Teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 25-28, 2012. Philadelphia, PA.

    • Sztajn, P., Kastburg, S., D’Ambrosio, B., Lynch-Davis, K., Chauvot, J., Silverman, J. & Dean, C.O. (2012). Symposium presented at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 23-25, 2012. Philadelphia, PA.

    • Yursa, M.H., Silverman, J., Fricchione, C. (2012). Professional Development That Empowers Teachers: Lesson Study Online. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 25-28, 2012. Philadelphia, PA.

    2011

    • "HPDLC Films Doped with Carbon Nano-Onions to Improve its Electro-Optic Response" Bellingham, S. Shriyan, and A. Fontecchio, IEEE Graduate Research Day, March 28, 2011

    • “Connecting Assessment to Teaching and Learning to Sustain Accreditation,” with Donald McEachron, Mustafa Sualp, and Rebecca Joyce, ABET Annual Symposium, Indianapolis, IN, April 14– 16, 2011

    • Pelleg, M. Figueroa, M. VanKouwenberg, A. Fontecchio, and E. Fromm, “Implementing Nanotechnology Education in the High School Classroom.” FIE Annual Conference, October 2011.

    • “Modeling Light Transmission of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals with an Adapted Monte Carlo Method,” with Ben Pelleg, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 2011.

    • Silverman, J. & Dean, C.O. (2011). A Modified Framework for Analyzing Teachers' Learning in an Online Context. Paper presented at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 11-13, 2011. Indianapolis, IN.

    • Silverman, J. & Dean, C.O. (2011). Problems of the Week as Teacher Education Resources. Poster presented at the MAA/AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings. January 6-9, 2011. New Orleans, LA.

    • Yursa, M.H. & Silverman, J. (2011). Developing an Online Lesson Study Community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. January 27-29, 2011. Irvine, CA.

    2010

    • "Electro-Optical Thin Films for Spectrometer Applications" Bellingham and A. Fontecchio, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, April 18, 2010.

    • "Spin-coating HPDLC Thin Films to Reduce Light Scattering and Stack Height" Bellingham, S. Shriyan, and A. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, April 15, 2010.

    • Borba, M., Llinares, S., Clay, E., & Silverman, J. (2010). Invited Working Session: Online Mathematics Teacher Education presented at the Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 18-23, 2010. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

    • “Tunable Thin Film Wavelength Filters for Hyperspectral Imaging,” with Sameet Shriyan, SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

    • “Holographic electro-optic thin film stacks for airborne hyperspectral imaging,” with Sameet Shriyan, SPIE Optics+Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 2010.

    • Mead, C. & Silverman, J. (2010). Online Mentoring as a Site for Teacher Development (Symposium Co-Chair). Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. January 28-30, 2010. Irvine, CA.

    • “Modification in diffusion kinetics and electro optic behaviour of holographic thin films in presence of carbon nanotubes,” with Sameet Shriyan and William Hicks, SPIE Photonics North, Ontario, Canada, June 2010.

    • Stanford, J, and Duwel, L. Engaging biology undergraduates in the scientific process: using a theoretical research proposal to teach scientific communication, collaboration, analysis, and experimental design. 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, December 11-15, 2010. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, J, and Duwel, L. Using a theoretical research proposal in an undergraduate biology curriculum to promote the development of higher-order cognitive skills. 2010 AAC&U Faculty Roles in High-Impact Practices Conference, March 25-27, 2010. (Poster Presentation)

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2010). Developing Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching in an Online Professional Development Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. January 28-30, 2010. Irvine, CA.

    • Silverman, J. (2010). Developing Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching in an Online Professional Development Program. Presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, May 14, 2010. Shippensburg, PA.

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2010). Towards A Model For Supporting Teachers Development of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in an Online Environment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education, March 29 –April 2, 2010. San Diego, CA: SITE.

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2010). The Role of the Teacher Educator in Online Mathematics Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Research Presession of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. April 29-21, 2010. San Diego, CA.

    2009

    • “Social Networking Websites for Increased Success in Minority Science and Engineering Programs,” with David Delaine, 2009 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Austin, TX, June 7, 2009.

    • “Modeling and Simulation of Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Photomask Transmission,” with Anna Fox, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 23, 2009.

    • “Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Liquid Crystal Nanostructured Composites for Photolithography Applications,” with Anna Fox, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 2009.

    • “Development of Nontraditional Skills in Graduate Students through Teaching and Curriculum Design,” with Anna Fox and David A. Delaine, American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 15–19, 2009.

    • Regis, T.P., Silverman, J., Clay, E., Madison, N., & Shumar, W. (2009). The Math Forum’s Online Professional Development Model to Identify Mathematics Leaders. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education, March 2-6, 2009. Charleston, SC: SITE.

    • “Electro-optical effects of oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotube doping on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal films,” with Sameet Shriyan, SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 2009.

    • “Electro optic response of polymer-liquid crystal thin films in presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes,” with Sameet Shriyan, Gordon Research Conference, New London, NH, June 2009.

    • “Improved electro optic response of polymer dispersed liquid crystals doped with oxidized multi- walled carbon nanotubes,” with Sameet Shriyan, 10th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Colmar-Alsace, France, April 2009.

    • “Improved electro optic response of polymer dispersed liquid crystals doped with oxidized multi- walled carbon nanotubes,” with Sameet Shriyan, Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, University of Bologna, Italy, May 2009.

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2009). Online Asynchronous Collaboration in Mathematics Teacher Education. Paper presented at the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, March 12-15, 2009. New Orleans, LA.

    • Silverman, J., Rosen, G., Dirnbach, B., Chauhan, A., Coote, R., & Konstantopoulos, P. (2009). Exploring Mathematics through Advanced Technology Applications from Popular Culture. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, April 22-25, 2009. Washington, DC.

    2008

    • Alejandre, S. & Silverman, J. (2008). Building Teacher Leaders through Online Workshop Development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. January 24-26, 2008. Tulsa, OK.

    • Alejandre, S. & Silverman, J. (2008). Developing Technology Expertise in Mathematics Teacher Leaders: The Math Forum Hybrid Workshop Model. Session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, April 7-9, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT.

    • Alejandre, S. & Silverman, J. (2008). Math Forum Online Workshops – Building Understanding of Probability. Session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, April 9-12, 2008. Salt Lake City, UT.Clay, E. & Silverman, J. (2008). Online Collaboration in Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education, March 3-7, 2008. Las Vegas, NV.

    • “Wavefront Analysis as a Predictive Tool for Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites with Nanostructures,” with Jared Coyle and Sameet K. Shriyan, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.

    • “Development of a Stirling Cycle Radiometer,” with David Delaine, New York State Alliance for Minority Participation Research Symposium, New York, NY, 2008.

    • “Developing Strong Radiometric Forces for Energy Harvesting Applications,” with David Delaine and Elizabeth Plowman, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2008.

    • “Applications of liquid crystal polymer composite films for photolithographic fabrication of 3D structures,” with Anna Fox, SPIE Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, San Jose CA, January 19–24, 2008.

    • “Aspect Ratio Study of Microstructures Formed using an Adaptable Photomask,” with Anna Fox, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008

    • “Complex Structures Formed using a Thin-Film Adaptable Photomask,” with Anna Fox, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2008. Winner of Best Graduate Poster.

    • “Environmental Mode SEM Study of Liquid Crystal Droplets,” with Kashma Rai, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA,

    • “Nano Ink and Conductive Polymers in the use of Microwave Frequency Antennas,” with William OBoyle, Nicholas A. Vacirca, Elizabeth E. Plowman, and Timothy P. Kurzweg, Drexel University Mentorship Program Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, August 1, 2008.

    • “The Fabrication and Experimentation of Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Kevin Pytel, Kashma Rai, and Ben Pelleg, Summer Mentorship Program Poster Session, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, August

    • “ESR Study of Nematic Order and Dynamics Inside H-PDLC Droplets,” with Isabel la Miglioli, Alberto Arcioni, Corrado Bacchiocchi, Kashma Rai, Ilaria Vecchi, and Claudio Zannoni, 8th National Meeting of the Italian Liquid Crystal Society, Catania, Italy August 2008

    • “Broadband Wavelength Spanning Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Kashma Rai, and Sameet Shriyan, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.

    • “Dynamic Enhancement of Wavelength Sensitivity in Reconfigurable Thin Films,” with Kashma Rai and Sameet Shriyan, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2008.

    • “Wavefront analysis of single and stacked Holographically formed polymer dispersed liquid crystals,” with Sameet Shriyan, IEEE Technical Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, March 2008. Winner of Best Poster Award at IEEE Technical Symposium.

    • “Scattering Studies of Stacked Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites,” with Sameet Shriyan and Kashma Rai, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008. Shumar, W. & Silverman, J. (2008). The Math Forum’s Virtual Fieldwork Sequence. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Program, August 13-15, 2008. Washington DC. (Invited)

    • Silverman, J. (2008). Online Mentoring as a Site for Teacher Development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. January 24-26, 2008. Tulsa, OK.

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2008). The Math Forum’s Emerging Model for Learning and Teaching Mathematics. Plenary presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, May 18, 2008. Shippensburg, PA. (Invited Plenary Presentation)

    • Silverman, J. & Clay, E. (2009). Reclaiming lost opportunities: The role of the teacher in online asynchronous collaboration in mathematics teacher education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education, March 2-6, 2009. Charleston, SC: SITE.

    2007

    • Alejandre, S. & Silverman, J. (2007). The Math Forum’s Algebraic Reasoning Resources for Grades 3-8. Session presented at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics (with S. Alejandre), November 7-9, 2007. Valley Forge, PA.

    • “Visible Wavelength Filters using Electro-Optic Thin Films,” with David M Cherian, Keith Carr, Kashma Rai, Anna E. Fox, and Jonathan R. Farmer, Drexel Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2007.

    • “An Innovative Stirling Engine: The Power Radiometer,” with David Delaine and Gary Friedman, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2007.

    • “Electro-Optic Liquid Crystal Polymer Films for Adaptable Lithographic Systems,” with Anna Fox, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2007.

    • “Electro-Optic Polymer Films for Reconfigurable Photomask Applications,” with Anna Fox, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 5–9, 2007.

    • “Liquid Crystal Polymer Composite Films as Adaptable Photomasks for Fabrication of 3-Dimensional Nanostructures,” with Anna Fox, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 2007.

    • “Reconfigurable Lithographic Applications Using Polymer Liquid Crystal Composite Films,” with Anna Fox, SPIE Symposium on Photomask Technology, September 2007.

    • “Liquid Crystal Polymer Composite Films for Reconfigurable Photomasking Applications,” with Anna Fox and Kashma Rai, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 5–9, 2007.

    • “Vane Fabrication for the Stirling Cycle Power Radiometer,” with Lena Harper and David Delaine, Drexel University Summer Mentorship Program Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, July 27, 2007.

    • “Electro-Optic Films for Transmission-Mode Wavelength Demultiplexing Applications,” APS March Meeting 07, with Kashma Rai and Anna Fox, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 5–9, 2007.

    • “Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal,” with Kashma Rai, Corrado Bacchiocchi, Ilaria Vecchi, Alberto Arcioni, Isabella Migliori, and Claudio Zannoni, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2007.

    • “Fabrication Technique for Broadening ReЯected Wavelengths of Thin-Film Holograms,” with Kashma Rai, 33rd Complex Fluids Workshop, Harvard University, Boston, MA, November 2007.

    • “Microscopy and Spectroscopy Studies of Liquid Crystal Dispersion in Thin Films,” with Kashma Rai, Corrado Bacchiocchi, Ilaria Vecchi, Alberto Arcioni, Isabel la Miglioli, and Claudio Zannoni, 33rd Complex Fluids Workshop, Harvard University, Boston, MA, November 2007.

    • “Theoretical Model for a Transmission Mode Spectrometer Formed by Stacked HPDLCs,” with Kashma Rai and Anna Fox, Materials Research Society (MRS) 2007 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 9–13, 2007.

    • “Surface Engineering of Liquid Crystals,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, David A. Delaine, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 17, 2007.

    • “Electric Field Induced Nematic to Isotropic Transition,” with Hemang Shah, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, CT, June 2007.

    • Harvard Medical School, Medical Education Day, October 30, 2007. (Plenary Presentation) Stanford, J. Beyond Photosynthesis: How Plants Respond to Light.

    • “Conducting Polymer Materials for Conformal Antennas,” Lockheed Martin Meeting on Drexel University Campus, January 2007.

    • “Electro-Optic Devices Through Surface Engineering of Liquid Crystals,” Drexel Engineering Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, April 2007.

    • “Innovative Electro Optic Application and Morphological Studies of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” University of Bologna, Italy, July 10, 2007.

    • Silverman J. (2007). Accumulation Functions and the Fundamental Theorem. Drexel University Mathematics Department Colloquium Series, January 18, 2007.

    • Silverman, J. (2007). A focus on Quantities of Variable Measure in Covariational Reasoning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, November 9 – 12, 2006. Merida, Mexico.

    • Silverman, J. (2007). First- and Second- Order Knowledge as a Framework for Studying Mathematics Teacher Development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, January 25 – 27, 2007. Irvine, CA.

    • “Some Thoughts on the Mentor/Student Relationship and Grad Student Life,” Drexel University Graduate Student Awards Ceremony, Philadelphia, PA, May 17, 2007.

    2006

    • “Effects of Corona Discharge on Polarization of PVDF for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with David Delaine and Hemang J. Shah, The City College of New York AMP Research Symposium, New York, NY, May 5–6, 2006.

    • “Wavefront Transmission in Stacked Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (H-PDLCs),” with Marie Cosgrove-Davies and Anna Fox, REU Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.

    • “Solar Radiometer: A Power MEMS Array,” with David Delaine, 10th Annual Philadelphia AMP Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 14, 2006.

    • “Thin Film Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composite Materials for Holographic Optical Element Applications,” with Michael Ermold, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2006.

    • “Nanoprobe Fabrication by Field Manipulation of Nanotubes,” with Joshua Freedman, Gary Friedman, and Yury Gogotsi, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2006.

    • “Gap Material Study for Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Composite Film Stacks,” with Anna Fox, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Optical Profilometry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of MEMs Devices,” with Anna Fox, Kashma Rai, and Moses Noh, Drexel University Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2006.

    • “Study of MEMs structure using optical profilometry and scanning electron microscopy,” with Anna Fox and Kashma Rai, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2006.

    • “Study of Surfactants in Holographic Polymer- Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Brenda Gelinas, Anna Fox, and Michael L. Ermold, RET Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2006.

    • “NanoEnlightenment,” with Link, and Hemang J. Shah, Research Experience for Teachers Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA, October 2006.

    • “Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films for Compact Spectrometer Applications,” with Kashma Rai and Anna Fox, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Microscopic investigation of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Kashma Rai, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2006.

    • “Investigation of Polarization Profiles in Ferroelectric Polymers for LC Alignment,” with Hemang Shah and David A. Delaine, 21st International Liquid Crystals Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Low-Voltage Color Switching in Liquid Crystal Displays,” with Hemang Shah and David A. Delaine, 26th International Display Research Conference, Kent, OH, September 2006.

    • “Nanofluidics and Tailoring Surface Interactions of Liquid Crystals,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, David A. Delaine, and Yuri Gogotsi, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, 2006.

    • “Physical Interactions of Liquid Crystals with Carbon Nanopipes,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, 21st International Liquid Crystals Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Optical Data Storage Using Liquid Crystals and Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF),” Drexel Plasma Institute, Philadelphia, PA, May 19, 2006.

    • Silverman, J. (2006). Examining Mathematics Content Knowledge for Conceptual Teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, January 26-28, 2006. Tampa, FL.

    • Silverman, J. (2006). On-Line Assessments: Potential and Possible Pitfalls. Invited presentation at the 2006 Saint Joseph’s University Technology Open House. May, 2006.

    • Surface Interactions of Liquid Crystals for New Display Modes,” SID Chapter Meeting held at Sartomer, , Exton, PA, November 21, 2006.

    2005

    • “Thin Film Holographic Optical Elements Formed in Polymer/Liquid Crystal Composites,” with Michael Ermold, International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 2005.

    • “Virtual Mirrors Fabricated in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films,” with Michael Ermold, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 26, 2005.

    • “Acquisition of a nanomanipulation device for biological, electronic, and optoelectronic samples and devices,” with Bradley Edward Layton, Frank Ko, Bahram Nabet, and Jonathan Spanier, National Science Foundation Design, Service, and Manufacturing Research and Grantees Conference, January 3–6, 2005, Scottsdale, AZ.

    • “Effect of material composition and gold nanoparticles on pressure response of HPDLCs,” with Kashma Rai, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 26, 2005.

    • “Optimization of pressure response in HPDLC grating films based on polymer composition,” with Kashma Rai, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Sesto, Italy, 27–March 4, 2005.

    • “Inverse antiferroelectric like display using nematic liquid crystals,” with Hemang Shah, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, CT, June 2005.

    • “LCDs and Optical Memory Devices Based on Liquid Crystals and Polymers of Polyvinylidene Fluoride,” with Hemang Shah, 25th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Boston, MA, December 2005.

    • “Optical Elements based on liquid crystal alignment using ferroelectric polymer nano-domains,” with Hemang Shah, Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Business Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 19, 2005.

    • “Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Substrates to Study Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with Hemang Shah, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 26, 2005.

    • “PVDF-coated patterned surfaces to study liquid crystal alignment,” with Hemang Shah, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Sesto, Italy, Feb. 27–March 4, 2005.

    • “PVDF Homopolymer and Copolymer Surfaces for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with Hemang Shah, American Physical SocietyХs March Meeting, Los Angeles, 2005.

    • “Ordering Effects in Liquid Crystal Р Carbon Nanotube Composites,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, 25th New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Boston, MA, December 2005.

    • “Ordering Effects in Liquid Crystal Р Carbon Nanotube Composites,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, Davide Mattia, and Yury Gogotsi, American Society for Composites 20th Annual Technical Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 2005.

    • “Liquid Crystals confined in Carbon Nanotubes,” with Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, and Yury Gogotsi, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, CT, June 2005.

    • Jones, S. & Silverman, J. (2005). Case study for algebra: Slopes and Equations of Lines. Paper presented at the Tennessee Mathematics Teachers’ Association’s Fall Conference. September 23-24, 2005. Brentwood, TN.

    • Lebanon Valley College, Spring 2005. (Invited Lecture) Stanford, J. Xenopus Cell Cycles.

    • Lebanon Valley College, Department of Biology, Spring 2005. (Invited Seminar)

    • “Analysis of the diffraction properties of volume holograms written with spherical object beams,” American Physical Society Meeting, 2005.

    • “Holographically Induced Phase Separation of Polymer/Gold Nanoparticles Film,” American Physical Society March Meeting, 2005.

    • “Influence of Ferroelectric Polymers on Liquid Crystal Alignment,” American Chemical SocietyХs National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2005.

    • Silverman, J. (2005). A Framework for Understanding the Relationship between Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge and their Developing Pedagogy. Mathematics Education Colloquium, Temple University. November, 2005.

    • Silverman, J. (2005). Investigating the relationship between mathematical understandings and teaching mathematics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 20 to 23, 2005. Roanoke, VA.

    • Silverman, J. (2005). Reconceptualizing pedagogical content knowledge from a constructivist perspective. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, January 27-29, 2005. Dallas, TX.

    • “Virtual Spherical Mirrors Fabricated in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films,” European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Feb 27–March 4, 2005.

    2004

    • “Novel Pressure Sensors Realized with Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Michael Ermold, 20th International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6–8, 2004.

    • “Optical Response of Reflection Polymer Bragg Gratings to Applied Gas Pressure,” with Michael Ermold, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2004.

    • “Optical Response of Reflection Polymer Bragg Gratings to Applied Gas Pressure,” with Michael Ermold, SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2004.

    • “Modeling of nematic liquid crystal alignment on patterned substrates,” International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July

    • “Multiplexing Studies of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Structure and Device Applications,” International Liquid Crystal Society Multimedia Award Talk, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July

    • “Optimization of pressure response in HPDLC grating films based on polymer and nanoparticle doped composition,” with Kashma Rai, 20th International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 5–9,

    • “Examination of Nanostructured Polymer Surfaces for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with Hemang Shah, APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2004.

    • “Examination of Nanostructured polymer surfaces for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with Hemang Shah, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, May 4, 2004.

    • “Image Analysis to study LC alignment on nanopatterned substrates,” with Hemang Shah, and Michael L. Ermold, 20th International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6‒8, 2004.

    • Stanford, J. Endocrine Disruptors. Elizabethtown College, Department of Biology, Fall 2004. (Invited Lecture)

    • Stanford, J. Xenopus Cell Cycles. Elizabethtown College, Department of Biology, Fall 2004. (Invited Seminar)

    • “Modeling and experimental studies of LC alignment induced by nanopatterned substrates,” SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August 2004.

    • “Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings for Pressure Sensing Applications,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 30, 2004.

    • Silverman, J. (2004). A Framework for Understanding the Relationship Between Students’ Conceptualizations of Mathematics and their Developing Pedagogy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, October 21 to 24, 2004. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

    • Silverman, J. (2004). Comparing aspects of constructivist research methodologies in mathematics education: Modeling, intersubjectivity, and tool use. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 12-16, 2004. San Diego, CA.

    • Silverman, J. (2004). Pre-Service Teachers Understandings of Functions and Graphs: Covariation and Correspondence (and the Imaginary Third Dimension). Paper presented at the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the Mathematical Association of America, March 26-27, 2004. Clarksville, TN.

    • Silverman, J. (2004). The Impact of Students' Conceptualizations of Mathematics on a “Computers in Teaching and Learning Mathematics” Course. Paper presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (MAA/AMS National Meeting), January 7-10, 2004. Phoenix, AZ.

    2003

    • “An Introduction to Polymer and Liquid Crystal Systems,” with Michael Ermold, Conference on Physical Chemistry at the Nanometer Scale, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, August 2003.

    • “Examination of Nanostructured Polymer Surfaces for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” with Hemang Shah, American Physical SocietyХs Annual Meeting, March 2003.

    • “Nano-patterned Polymer Structures at Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interfaces,” with Hemang Shah and Michael L. Ermold, Drexel University Research Day, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2003.

    • “Electrically Switchable Holograms: Creation, Principles, and Applications,” Chemical Engineering Department, Drexel University, October 3, 2003.

    • “Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Structure, and Device Applications,” DuPont corporate office, Wilmington, DE, April, 2003.

    • “Nano-patterned Polymer Structured for H-PDLCs,” Annual Symposium of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), San Diego, CA, August, 2003.

    • “Nano-patterned Structures to Examine Liquid Crystal Surface Alignment,” New England Complex Fluids Workshop, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, December 5, 2003.

    • “Nano-patterning polymer using the MTS Nano Indenter,” Drexel University, May 15,

    • “Polymer/Liquid Crystal Films for Remote Sensing,” NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, June 19, 2003

    2002

    • Duckworth, B, Weaver (Stanford), J, and Ruderman, J. Protein Kinase A and the Maintenance of G2 Arrest. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cell Cycle Meeting, May 15-19, 2002. (Poster Presentation)

    • “Optical Characterization of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Bragg Gratings,” with Gregory Crawford, 19th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2002.

    • “Holography and Liquid Crystals,” Department of Applied Physics, Cornell University, March 2002.

    • “Holography and Liquid Crystals,” Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, July 2002.

    • “Holography and Liquid Crystals,” Physics Department, New Jersey Institute of Technology, April 2002.

    • “Multiplexing Studies of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Morphology, Structure, and Device Applications,” Brown University, Providence, RI, 2002.

    2001

    • “AFM Studies on Droplet Cavity Morphology within H-PDLC Materials,” 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, March

    • “Cavity Morphology of Polymer Dispersed System Utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy,” Material Research Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2001.

    • “Deuteron NMR Study of a Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Marija Vilfan, Mojca Vilfan, Michael Escuti, Boštjan Zalar, Gregory P. Crawford, and Slobodan Žumer, 6th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, Nottingham, UK, September 2001.

    • “Diffuse Renditions of Spatially Pixelated and Temporally Multiplexed H-PDLCs for Full Color Reflective Displays,” Society for Information Display Annual Symposium, San Jose, CA, June 3‒8, 2001.

    • “Diffuse Spatially Pixelated and Temporally Multiplexed H-PDLCs for Full Color Reflection,” with Michael Escuti, Jun Qi, and Gregory P. Crawford, 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, March 2001.

    • “Diffusion Kinetics of Hologram Formation in Liquid Crystal and Polymer Systems,” 7th International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM) 2001, Cancun, R., Mexico, Aug. 28, 2001.

    • “Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Nematic Director Field in Holographic PDLCХs,” 9th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals (OLC), Sorrento, Italy, 3, 2001.

    • “Electro-optical Properties of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” with Mojca Jazbinšek, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Marko Zgonik, and Gregory Crawford, 9th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Sorrento, Italy, October 2001.

    • “Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings,” with Mojca Jazbinšek, Irena Drevenšek Olenik, Marko Zgonik, and Gregory Crawford, 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, March 2001.

    • “Performance Improvements for Switchable H-PDLC Gratings Using Morphological Studies,” Annual Symposium for the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), San Diego, CA, July 30, 2001.

    2000

    • “Holographically-Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials for Remote Sensing Applications,” with David Content and Gregory P. Crawford; Goddard Space Flight Center/Graduate Student Researcher Program Conference, Greenbelt, MD, September 2000.

    • “Low Scatter Switchable Transmission Grating for Dithering,” Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, October 2000.

    • “Multiplexed Formation of Holographically-Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” with Chris Bowley, Gregory P. Crawford, Le Li, and Sadag M. Faris, 18th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Sendai, Japan, July 2000.

    • “Multiplexed Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” Asia Society of Information Display Annual Meeting, October 2000.

    • “Multiplexing Formation Techniques for Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 18, 2000.

    • “Novel H-PDLC Formation Utilizing Multiplexed Formation,” Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid Crystals Mini-school, Portoroz, Slovenia, April 2000.

    • “Spatially Pixelated Reflective Arrays from Holographic-Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Michael Escuti, Chris C. Bowley, Bhaskar Sethumadhavan, and Gregory P. Crawford, Society for Information Display, Long Beach, CA, May 2000.

    1999

    • “Effect of Monomer Functionality on Performance of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” with Chris Bowley and Gregory P. Crawford, 5th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Hersonissos/Crete, Greece, April 1999.

    • “Electro-optic Investigations of H-PDLCs: The Effect of Monomer Functionality on Display Performance,” with Chris Bowley and Gregory P. Crawford, Society for Information Display, San Jose, CA, May 1999.

    • Dwyer, JA, Stanford, JS, and Cavender, JF. Endogenous Mutations in Commonly Used Cell Lines: Possible Role in Cellular Transformation. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Spring, 1999. (Poster Presentation)

    • Stanford, JS, Dwyer, JA, and Cavender, JF. Mapping Properties of Cellular Transformation by Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Spring, 1999. (Poster Presentation)

    • “Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals: Physics and Application,” Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA June 3, 1999.

    • “Image Mode Projection Using TN and PDLC Displays,” with Gregory Crawford, Joel A. Firehammer, and Nabil M. Lawandy, 5th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Hersonissos/Crete Greece, April 1999.

    • “Optimization of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals for use in Remote Sensing Applications,” Annual Symposium for the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Denver, CO, July 21–22, 1999.

    • “Advances in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Technology,” Materials Research Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, March, 1999.

    Presented Posters

    2015

    • “Wearable Biomedical Strain Sensing via Knitted Antennas and Inductively-Coupled RFID Tags” Patron, A. Fontecchio, T. Kurzweg, G. Dion, and K. Dandekar, IEEE RFID 2015, April 15 -17, 2015.

    2014

    • “A Software Framework for Monitoring and refining Analytics on Real –Time Medical Device Data”, Goeken, W. Mongan, T. Kurzweg, G. Dion and A. K. Fontecchio, Middle Atlantic Section of ASEE Annual Conference, November 15, 2014.

    2013

    • “Polaritonic metamaterial for super-resolution trapping and sensing,” Terranova and A.K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 18, 2013.

    2011

    • “Modeling Light Transmission of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals with an Adapted Monte Carlo Method,” Pelleg and A. Fontecchio, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals. June 2011.

    • "HPDLC Films Doped with Carbon Nano-Onions to Improve its Electro-Optic Response" Bellingham, S. Shriyan, and A.K. Fontecchio, IEEE Graduate Research Day, March 28,2011.

    2010

    • “Electro-Optical Thin Films for Spectrometer Applications,” Bellingham and A.K. Fontecchio, National Conference for Undergraduate Research, April 18, 2010.

    • "Spin-coating HPDLC Thin Films to Reduce Light Scattering and Stack Height" Bellingham, S. Shriyan, and A. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 15, 2010.

    2009

    • “Electro optic response of polymer-liquid crystal thin films in presence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes,” K. Shriyan and A. K. Fontecchio, Gordon Research Conference, New London, NH, June 2009.

    • “Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Liquid Crystal Nanostructured Composites for Photolithography Applications,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 2009.

    • “Modeling and Simulation of Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Photomask Transmission,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 23, 2009.

    2008

    • “Nano Ink and Conductive Polymers in the use of Microwave Frequency Antennas,” William OBoyle and Nicholas A. Vacirca, Elizabeth E. Plowman, Adam K. Fontecchio, Timothy P. Kurzweg, Drexel University Mentorship Program Poster Session, Drexel University, August 1, 2008.

    • “The Fabrication and Experimentation of Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Kevin Pytel, Kashma Rai, Ben Pelleg and Adam Fontecchio, Summer Mentorship Program Poster Session, Drexel University, August

    • “Complex Structures Formed using a Thin-Film Adaptable Photomask,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 22, 2008. Winner of Best Graduate Poster.

    • “Developing Strong Radiometric Forces for Energy Harvesting Applications,” David Delaine, Elizabeth Plowman, Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 22,

    • “Dynamic Enhancement of Wavelength Sensitivity in Reconfigurable Thin Films,” Kashma Rai, Sameet K. Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 22, 2008.

    • “Wavefront analysis of single and stacked Holographically formed polymer dispersed liquid crystals,” Sameet Shriyan and Adam K. Fontecchio, IEEE Technical symposium, Drexel University, March 2008. Winner of Best Poster Award at IEEE Technical Symposium.

    • “Environmental Mode SEM Study of Liquid Crystal Droplets,” Kashma Rai and Adam K. Fontecchio, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10–14, 2008.

    • “Development of a Stirling Cycle Radiometer,” David Delaine, Adam Fontecchio. New York State Alliance for Minority Participation Research Symposium. City College of New York, 2008. 

    2007

    • “Reconfigurable Lithographic Applications Using Polymer Liquid Crystal Composite Films,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, SPIE Symposium on Photomask Technology, September 2007.

    • “Vane Fabrication for the Stirling Cycle Power Radiometer,” Lena Harper, David Delaine and Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University Summer Mentorship Program Poster Session, Drexel University, July 27,

    • “Liquid Crystal Polymer Composite Films as Adaptable Photomasks for Fabrication of 3- Dimensional Nanostructures,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, June 2007.

    • “Electric Field Induced Nematic to Isotropic Transition,” J. Shah, D. Mattia, Y. Gogotsi, and A.K. Fontecchio, Gordon Research Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, June 2007.

    • “Visible Wavelength Filters using Electro-Optic Thin Films,” David M Cherian, Keith Carr, Kashma Rai, Anna E. Fox, Jonathan R. Farmer, and Adam K. Fontecchio presented at 2007 Drexel Research Day.

    • “Electro-Optic Liquid Crystal Polymer Films for Adaptable Lithographic Systems,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 17, 2007.

    • “An Innovative Stirling Engine: The Power Radiometer,” David Delaine, Gary Friedman and K. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 17, 2007.

    • “Surface Engineering of Liquid Crystals,” Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, David Delaine, Davide Mattia, Yuri Gogotsi and Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, April 17,

    2006

    • “Nanofluidics and Tailoring Surface Interactions of Liquid Crystals,” Hemang Shah, Maria Pia Rossi, David Delaine, Yuri Gugotsi and Adam Fontecchio, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Drexel University, October 25,

    • “Microscopic investigation of Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Kashma Rai, Adam Fontecchio, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Drexel University, October 25, 2006.

    • “Study of MEMs structure using optical profilometry and scanning electron microscopy,” Anna Fox, Kashma Rai, Adam K. Fontecchio, Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Drexel University, October 25, 2006.

    • “Optical Profilometry and Scanning Electron Microscopy of MEMs Devices,” E. Fox, K. Rai, A.K. Fontecchio, and M. Noh, Drexel University Nanotechnology Institute Microfabrication Facility Opening Day Poster Session, Drexel University, October 25, 2006.

    • “Study of Surfactants in Holographic Polymer- Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Brenda Gelinas, E. Fox, M. Ermold, A.K. Fontecchio, RET Poster Session, Drexel University, October 25, 2006.

    • “NanoEnlightenment,” Link, H. J. Shah, and A. K. Fontecchio, Research Experience for Teachers Poster Presentation, Philadelphia, PA, October 2006.

    • “Low-Voltage Color Switching in Liquid Crystal Displays,” J. Shah, D. Delaine and A. K. Fontecchio, 26th International Display Research Conference, Kent, OH, September 2006.

    • “Wavefront Transmission in Stacked Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals (H-PDLCs),”M. Cosgrove-Davies, E. Fox, A.K. Fontecchio, REU Poster Session, Drexel University, August 2006.

    • “Gap Material Study for Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Composite Film Stacks,” E. Fox and A.K. Fontecchio, International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Investigation of Polarization Profiles in Ferroelectric Polymers for LC Alignment,” J. Shah, D. Delaine, and A. K. Fontecchio, 21st International Liquid Crystals Conference, Keystone, CO, July 2006.

    • “Holographically Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films for Compact Spectrometer Applications,” Rai, A.E. Fox, A.K. Fontecchio, International Liquid Crystal Conference, July 2006. 

    2005

    • “Ordering Effects in Liquid Crystal Р Carbon Nanotube Composites,” J. Shah, M. P. Rossi, D. Mattia, Y. Gogotsi, and A. K. Fontecchio, American Society for Composites 20th Annual Technical Conference, Philadelphia, September 2005.

    • “Liquid Crystals confined in Carbon Nanotubes,” J. Shah, M. P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi and A. K. Fontecchio, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, June 2005.

    • “Inverse antiferroelectric like display using nematic liquid crystals,” J. Shah and A. K. Fontecchio, Gordon Conference on Liquid Crystals, New London, June 2005.

    • “Optical Elements based on liquid crystal alignment using ferroelectric polymer nano-domains,” J. Shah and A. K. Fontecchio, Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Business Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 19, 2005.

    • “Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Substrates to Study Liquid Crystal Alignment,” J. Shah and A.K. Fontecchio, Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, April 26, 2005.

    • “Virtual Mirrors Fabricated in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films,” L. Ermold, A. K. Fontecchio, Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, April 26, 2005.

    • “Effect of material composition and gold nanoparticles on pressure response of HPDLCs,” Kashma Rai and Adam Fontecchio, Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, April 26,

    • “PVDF-coated patterned surfaces to study liquid crystal alignment,” J. Shah and A. K. Fontecchio, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Sesto, Italy, Feb 27–March 4, 2005.

    • “Optimization of pressure response in HPDLC grating films based on polymer composition,” Kashma Rai and Adam Fontecchio, European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Sesto, Italy, Feb 27– March 4,

    • “Acquisition of a nanomanipulation device for biological, electronic, and optoelectronic samples and devices,” Layton, E., Fontecchio, A., Ko, F.K., Nabet, B., Spanier, J.E., Luzzi, D., MacDiarmid, A., Allen, K.B., Ermold, M., Gallo, E., Laim, L., Sullivan, S.M. Titchenal, N., National Science Foundation Design, Service, and Manufacturing Research and Grantees Conference, January 3–6, 2005, Scottsdale, AZ.

    2004

    • “Optimization of pressure response in HPDLC grating films based on polymer and nanoparticle doped composition,” Kashma Rai and Adam Fontecchio, 20th International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 5–9,

    • “Image Analysis to study LC alignment on nanopatterned substrates,” J. Shah, M.L. Ermold, and A.K. Fontecchio, International Liquid Crystals Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 8, 2004.

    • “Novel Pressure Sensors Realized with Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Ermold,

    • K. Fontecchio, 20th ILCC Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 6, 2004.

    • “Examination of Nanostructured polymer surfaces for Liquid Crystal Alignment,” J. Shah and

    • K. Fontecchio, Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, May 4, 2004.

    • “Optical Response of Reflection Polymer Bragg Gratings to Applied Gas Pressure,” Ermold, A. Fontecchio, Drexel University Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, April 2004.

    2003

    • “An Introduction to Polymer and Liquid Crystal Systems,” Ermold, A.K. Fontecchio, Conference on Physical Chemistry at the Nanometer Scale, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, August 2003.

    • “Nanopatterned Polymer Structures at Polymer/Liquid Crystal Interfaces,” J. Shah, A.K. Fontecchio, M.L. Ermold; Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Apr. 22, 2003.

    2002

    • “Optical Characterization of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Bragg Gratings,” K. Fontecchio and G. P. Crawford, 19th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2002.

    2001

    • “Electro-optical Properties of Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” Jazbinsek, I. Drevensek Olenik, M. Zgonik, A. K. Fontecchio, and G. P. Crawford; 9th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Sorrento, Italy, October 2001.

    • “Deuteron NMR Study of a Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” Marija Vilfan, Adam Fontecchio, Mojca Vilfan, Michael J. Escuti, Bostjan Zalar, Gregory P. Crawford, and Slobodan Zumer; 6th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, September 2001.

    • “Diffuse Spatially Pixelated and Temporally Multiplexed H-PDLCs for Full Color Reflection,” K. Fontecchio, M. J. Escuti, J. Qi, and G. P. Crawford; 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, March 2001.

    • “Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Transmission Gratings,” Jazbinsek,I. Drevensek Olenik, M. Zgonik, A. K. Fontecchio, and G. P. Crawford; 6th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Halle, Germany, March 2001.

    2000

    • “Holographically-Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Materials for Remote Sensing Applications,” K. Fontecchio, D. Content, and G. P. Crawford; Goddard Space Flight Center/ Graduate Student Researcher Program Conference, Greenbelt, MD, USA, September 2000.

    • “Multiplexed Formation of Holographically-Formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gratings,” K. Fontecchio, C. C. Bowley, G. P. Crawford, L. Li, and S. Faris; 18th International Liquid Crystal Conference, Sendai, Japan, July 2000.

    • “Spatially Pixelated Reflective Arrays from Holographic-Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” K. Fontecchio, M. J. Escuti, C. C. Bowley, B. Sethumadhavan, and G. P. Crawford; Society for Information Display, Long Beach, CA, USA, May 2000.

    1999

    • “Effect of Monomer Functionality on Performance of Holographically-formed Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals,” K. Fontecchio, C. C. Bowley, and G. P. Crawford; 5th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Hersonissos / Crete, Greece, April 1999.

    • “Image Mode Projection Using TN and PDLC Displays,” P. Crawford, J. Firehammer, A. K. Fontecchio, and N. M. Lawandy; 5th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Hersonissos, Greece, April, 1999.

    • “Electro-optic Investigations of H-PDLCs: The Effect of Monomer Functionality on Display Performance,” C. Bowley, A. K. Fontecchio, and G. P. Crawford; Society for Information Display, San Jose, CA, May 1999.

    Student Presentations

    • Quelly, I. (2016) Development of Pedagogy Outside of the Classroom. Poster Presentation at the UTeach Annual Conference. May 24-26, 2016. Austin, TX

    • Naranjo, N., & Prefontaine, B. (2016) Development of Pedagogy Outside of the Classroom. Poster Presentation at the UTeach Annual Conference. May 24-26, 2016. Austin, TX