Resch School of Engineering Associate Professor Maruf Hossain has co-authored a paper entitled “Non-Recursive True Open-Loop Approach for Robust Estimation of Three-Phase Grid Frequency,” which has been accepted for publication in the reputed Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Journal, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. This is an international collaborative work led by Prof. Hossain. The authors are grateful to Dean John Katers (College of Science, Engineering, and Technology) for his support in setting up the experimental lab, which was used to conduct this paper’s experiments. See the paper, here.
Faculty note: Prof. Patrick Forsythe assists Australian research in publication involving amphibian breeding
Associate Prof. Patrick Forsythe (Biology) teamed-up with researchers from the University of Wollongong (School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences) in Australia to better understand the reproductive behavior of male and female red-backed toadlets. The research was published in the most recent issue of Behaviour. The site includes the abstract. The relative influence of climatic and
social factors on sex-specific variation in reproductive behavior remains poorly understood. Here, we examine the influence of multiple climatic cues in combination with a social cue on the reproductive behaviors of males and females in a terrestrial breeding toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea). Over a 115-day breeding season, arrival patterns of each sex, and male calling activity, were recorded daily, while climatic variables were logged continuously. Multivariate analysis showed that arrival of males at the breeding site, as well as male nightly calling activity, were most strongly influenced by a climatic variable (rainfall). By contrast, female arrival was strongly correlated with a social variable (male calling activity), with abiotic conditions having no influence, other than a moderate influence of lunar phase (lunar illumination). These results suggest that cues used for breeding are sex-specific and provide new evidence that combinations of climatic and social cues can be integrated into breeding decisions.
February University Staff all-member meeting is Feb. 18, 10 a.m.
The monthly University Staff all-member meeting will take place Thursday, February 18 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. via TEAMS. Please contact Sue Machuca machucas@uwgb.edu for the meeting link.
Faculty note: Prof. Bansal was lead external auditor for University of Missouri St. Louis, Information Systems Department
Prof. Gaurav Bansal (MIS/Statistics) was recently invited to be the external reviewer for the five-year review of the curriculum and department practices at the University of Missouri St Louis, Information Systems Department. He headed the review team, which comprised of three internal reviewers from different departments besides him.
His other recent achievement was to speak to the doctoral students in the Information Systems department at the University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo).
Bansal is the Frederick E. Baer Professor in Business in the Austin E. Cofrin School of Business.
Prof. Coen to present on ‘The End of Globalization’ Feb. 8, 6 p.m.
On Monday, Feb. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m, UW-Green Bay Associate Professor Alise Coen (Political Science, Public & Environmental Affairs) will deliver a virtual presentation on “The End of Globalization?” as part of the Manitowoc Public Library’s Foreign Policy Great Decisions series. This year, anyone with a thirst for knowledge and an internet connection will have the opportunity to discover, discuss and decide how to meet some of the world’s greatest challenges head-on, every Monday evening at 6 p.m. in February and March.
The talk is free and open to the public and will be streamed through Facebook.
Faculty/staff note: Biodiversity specialist Giese recently published new conservation strategy
Senior Research Specialist Erin Giese recently published a Landbird Habitat Conservation Strategy, along with many co-authors from around the United States. Giese is a Howe Team Coordinator for Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Monitoring, President of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audobon Society, and Advisor of the Green Bay Audobon Student Conservation Chapter. She is a member of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity.
Read the document to learn more about conservation in the revised 2020 plan.
Faculty note: Professor Chu’s new article is featured by the Center for Self-Determination Theory
Assistant Professor and Chair, Alan Chu (M.S Sport, Excercise, and Performance Psychology) and his colleagues published a new article that shows high school athletes might be less active when coaches are disempowering, such as using punishing and yelling techniques. This article is featured by the Center for Self-Determination Theory, one of the most established motivation theories to explain human behavior and psychological needs.
To read the full feature, visit this LinkedIn page.
To learn more about Chu’s Self-Determination Theory publications, visit the International Scholar’s profile.
Faculty note: Prof. Brusich, students and alumni have a new publication
Assistant Prof. Douglas Brusich shares that his lab published a new research paper in microPublication Biology.
Three current or former UW-Green Bay undergraduates shared first-authorship on the paper. The students were Ashley Willes, Tori Krcmarik and Alex Daughtry.
Faculty note: Humanities and History lecturer Kevin Kain named Associate of Virtual Open Research Lab
Senior lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanities and History) has been designated as an Associate of Virtual Open Research Laboratory (VORL) program at the Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Center, the University of Illinois in Spring 2021 for his research project “Resurrection ‘New Jerusalem’ Monastery in Reigns of Empresses Elizabeth I and Catherine II: Patronage, Power, Sacralization and Legitimacy.” The VORL provides specialized long-distance library research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The VORL is funded in part by the US Department of State through its Title VIII Program, which aims to strengthen U.S. expertise and policy-relevant knowledge about the REEES region.
Faculty note: Prof. Smith publication
UW-Green Bay Associate Prof Christine Smith (Psychology and Women’s & Gender Studies), had a paper titled “Who is satisfied with life? Personality, cognitive flexibility, and satisfaction with life” published in the journal Current Psychology.