Staff Profile

Dr. Rendong Bai

INTRODUCTION

My EIU Story

Selected Professional Projects

• The 22nd Universal Postal Union (UPU) Congress Conferencing System (1998-1999)
  • More than 4,000 participants from over 180 countries and 31 international organizations.
  • Over 60 delegations were at or above ministerial level.
  • Four modules: electronic voting, floor requesting, camera locating, and conference database.
  • Group won the "Outstanding Contribution Award".
• Fire Alarm Computer Monitoring System (1998-2000). Designed and implemented the system to visualize and monitor fire alarms in real-time. System deployed in places such as The Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing.
• Human Physiology Glossary CD (2000). The CD collects frequently used physiological vocabulary and explanation in both Chinese and English, narrated by native English speaker, and sold with a human physiology textbook.
• Linux Installation Module (2000). Developed the installation module of Red Flag Linux.

Education & Training

• Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Kentucky, Department of Computer Science, Lexington, KY 40506.
  • Graduated in November, 2007. Dissertation title: "Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks: Scalability and Efficiency"
  • Advisor: Prof. Mukesh Singhal
• Master of Engineering in Computer Aided Design, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, 1998.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Aircraft Manufacturing, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, 1995.

Conference Presentations

• Rendong Bai and Peter Ping Liu, "Develop an Effective Way to Multi-Task While Messaging on Mobile Devices," 2014 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 19-22, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri.
• Rendong Bai, Jerry Cloward, and Peter Ping Liu, "Curriculum Development for Renewable Energy Education," 2014 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 19-22, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri.
• George Buzard, Peter Ping Liu, and Rendong Bai, "Renewable Energy and the Future of Electric-Based Cars," 2014 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 19-22, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri.
• Rajasri Pingili, Rajani Pingili, Peter Ping Liu, and Rendong Bai, "The Application of SAP in Human Resource Management," 2014 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 19-22, 2014, St. Louis, Missouri.
• Rendong Bai, Peter Ping Liu, and Daniel Harvey, "Developing an Android Programming Course for Technology Students in Mobile Age," 2013 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 20-23, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• George Buzard, Rendong Bai, Peter Ping Liu, and Jerry Cloward, "A Study of Laboratory Scale Wind Power Generation for Sustainable Energy," 2013 Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) Annual Conference, November 20-23, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Rendong Bai, Peter Liu, and Daniel Harvey II, “Wireless Network Connectivity for Solar Energy Deployments,” ATMAE 2012, Nashville, TN.
• Muhammad Rizwan, Rendong Bai, and Peter Liu, “Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) Model: A Decision Making Tool for Renewable Energy Projects,” ATMAE 2012, Nashville, TN.
• Daniel P. Harvey II, Rendong Bai, and Peter Ping Liu, “Implementing Mobile Computing Services,” EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2012, Chicago, IL.
• Daniel Harvey, II, Rendong Bai, Peter Liu, “Mobile Web and HTML5 Mobile Apps for Higher Education,” ATMAE 2011, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Michael Beavers and Rendong Bai, “Building a Sustainable House with Alternative Heating and Cooling,” ATMAE 2011, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Muhammad Rizwan, Rendong Bai, and Peter Liu, “Performance Analysis of Voice VPN,” ATMAE 2011, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Peter Ping Liu, Rendong Bai, and Jerry Cloward, “Integrative Learning of Biomass Renewable Energy,” ATMAE 2011, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Rendong Bai, Yu-Ju Wu, and Peter Ping Liu, "Technologies Behind the Phenomenal 3D Movie Avatar," ATMAE 2010 Conference: the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering, October 27-30, 2010, Panama City Beach, FL.
• Rendong Bai, Daniel Harvey II, and Peter Liu, "Accessibility Design of Digital Media in Web and Multimedia Courses," ATMAE 2009 Conference: the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering, November 10-14, 2009, Louisville, KY.
• Rendong Bai and Yu-Ju Wu, "Harnessing Web Conferencing Tools to Meet the Needs of 21st Century Learning," ATMAE 2009 Conference: ATMAE 2009 Conference: the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering, November 10-14, 2009, Louisville, KY.
• Anitha Veerapaneni and Rendong Bai, "High Definition Television - Opportunities and Challenges," ATMAE 2009 Conference: ATMAE 2009 Conference: the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering, November 10-14, 2009, Louisville, KY.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: From Unilaterality to Bilaterality,"  Mobiquitous 2007: the 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, Philadelphia, PA.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "BRD: Bilateral Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," IFIP Networking 2007, Atlanta, GA.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "Salvaging Route Reply for On-Demand Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks," MSWiM 2005: Proceedings of The 8th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Montreal, Canada.

• Mounicadevi Veerlapati, "Digital Looseleaf for Offline Lexis-Nexis Access", SOT Symposium 2014.
• Madhav Kasukurthi, "Subversion Controllers To Examine And Control Changes To Files On A Server", SOT Symposium 2014.
• Gabe Przygoda, "Exploring the Raspberry Pi", SOT Symposium 2013.
• David Finnigan, "The New Apple II User’s Guide", SOT Symposium 2013.
• Kyle Zimmerman, "Biomass Gasification: A Clean and Efficient Way to Harvest Renewable Energy", Showcase EIU 2012.
• Chengdong Hu, "Investigation of Local Biomass Resources for Sustainable Energy", Showcase EIU 2012.
• Daniel Harvey, "Mobile Web and HTML5 Apps for Higher Education", SOT Symposium 2011.
• Todd Bruns, "Beyond LibQual+: Making the Patron a Partner", SOT Symposium 2011.
• Subhadra Manasa Jatavallabhula and Ramya Sree Myneni, "Total Quality System in Chick-Fil-A", SOT Symposium 2011.
• Steven Ochoa, "Cell Phones in Education", Showcase EIU 2010.
• Daniel Harvey II, "Speech Signal Analysis for Phoneme Recognition", SOT Symposium 2010.
• Michael Beavers, "Sustainable Home Heating and Cooling", SOT Symposium 2010.
• Steven Ochoa, "Utilizing IPOD Touch/Smart Phones in Higher Education", SOT Symposium 2010.
• Muhammad Rizwan, "Performance Analysis of Voice VPN", SOT Symposium 2010.
• Irek Aminov and Rendong Bai, "DD-WTR for Advanced Home/Office Networking", Poster, SOT Symposium 2010.

Publications

• Todd Bruns and Rendong Bai, "Libraries and Total Quality: Making the Patron a Partner," Quality Progress, (2013), 46(6), 40-46.
• Rendong Bai, Mukesh Singhal, and Yi Luo, "Enhancing Performance by Salvaging Route Reply Messages in On-Demand Routing Protocols for MANETs,"  Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, 5(3-4): 161-188 (2008).
• Rendong Bai, Mukesh Singhal, and Yongwei Wang, "On Supporting High-Throughput Routing Metrics in On-Demand Routing Protocols for Multi-Hop Wireless Networks," Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 1108-1118, 2007.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "DOA: DSR Over AODV Routing for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks,"  IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 1403-1416, 2006. (Top journal in Telecommunications, JCR from Thomson ISI, 2006)

• Peter Ping Liu, Rendong Bai, and Jerry Cloward, "Integrative Learning on Biomass Renewable Energy," Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) 2011 Conference Proceedings, Cleveland, Ohio.
• Yu-Ju Wu and Rendong Bai, "Color Reproduction Capability on 100% Cotton Fabrics Using Dye-Sublimation Heat Transfer Printing," NIP27 and Digital Fabrication 2011 Conference Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Rendong Bai, Yu-Ju Wu, and Peter Ping Liu, "Technologies Behind the 3D Movie Avatar," Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) 2010 Conference Proceedings, Panama City Beach, Florida.
• Yu-Ju Wu, Gabriel Grant, and Rendong Bai, "The Effects of Lamination on Image Quality and Light Stability of Display Media," NIP26 and Digital Fabrication 2010 Conference Proceedings, Austin, Texas.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: From Unilaterality to Bilaterality,"  Mobiquitous 2007: the 4th Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services, Philadelphia, PA.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "Carpooling in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: the Case of Multiple-Target Route Discovery," WiOpt 2007: 5th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks, Limassol, Cyprus.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "BRD: Bilateral Route Discovery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Networking 2007, Atlanta, GA.
• Rendong Bai and Mukesh Singhal, "Salvaging Route Reply for On-Demand Routing Protocols in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks," MSWiM 2005: Proceedings of The 8th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Montreal, Canada.

• Mukesh Singhal, Rendong Bai, Yun Lin, Yongwei Wang, Mengkun Yang, and Qingyu Zhang, "Key Management Protocols for Wireless Networks," technical report, TR 475-07, Department of Computer Science, University of Kentucky, 2007.

Funding & Grants

• NSF grant “Enhancing Undergraduate Education Through Student-Led Research in Biomass Renewable Energy,” $198,695. In collaboration with Dr. Peter Ping Liu (PI), Rose Zhang Gong, Jerry Cloward, Isaac Slaven, and David Melton, 2011.
• "EIU Center for Clean Energy Research and Education (CENCERE)", $56,500 funding from Charleston Area Charitable Foundation, in collaboration with Dr. Peter Ping Liu (PI), Drs. Chris Laingen, Svetlana Mitrovski, Steven Daniel, et al. 2010.
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, Computing Lab Test Environment, $1500, 2014
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, Natural User Interface Using Kinect Sensing Technology for Motion-Controlled Deployment, $1500, 2013
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, Computer-Based Process Control and Data Communication for Biomass Gasification System, $1500, 2012
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, Fiber Optic Network for Routing/Switching Course, $1500, 2011
• Eastern Illinois University, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences, Research & Creative Grant Funds, Wireless Network Connectivity for Solar Energy Deployments, $1000, 2011
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, 3D Vision Platform for Computer Aided Design, $1500, 2010
• Eastern Illinois University Redden Grant, Wireless Enhancement for Routing/Switching Course, $1500, 2009
• University of Kentucky Travel Support, 2005 and 2007

Frequently Taught Courses

• TEC 5323 - Advanced Database Technology
• TEC 5343 - Multimedia and Web Technology
• TEC 5363 - Database Security and Reliability
• TEC 5373 - Java Application in Technology
• TEC 5383 - Advanced Web Technologies
• TEC 5393 - Mobile App Development
• TEC 5133 - Total Quality Systems
• TEC 5513 - Advanced Computer Integrated Manufacturing
• AET 2043 - Computer-Aided Engineer Drawing
• AET 2523 - Routing/Switching Fundamentals
• AET 4843 - Statistical Quality Assurance

Research & Creative Interests

• Mobile Wireless Networks: scalable and efficient routing, performance evaluation, and system optimization.
• Networking, Database Security and Auditing.
• Quality management, statistical process control.
• Green Computing and Sustainable Technologies.
• Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)