Bernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (Gordon-CenSSIS)
Research and Industry Collaboration Conference
October 27, 2009
Poster Presentations by Students and Researchers

Poster ID #  Student Presenters Advisor / Other Faculty / Researchers / University Presenters Poster Title
Thrust R1 Posters: Subsurface Sensing  & Modeling
R1 p1 Mark Andews / NU Purnima Ratilal / NU "Theoretical Models for Imaging Distributed Fish Groups in an Ocean Waveguide With Wide-Area Sonar Including Multiple Scattering"
R1 p2 I-Chen Ho / RPI Xi-Cheng Zhang / RPI "Reflective Ultra Broadband Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Using Air As The Emitter and Sensor"
R1 p3 Jingle Liu / RPI Xi-Cheng Zhang / RPI "Coherent Manipulation of Fluorescence From Asymmetrically Ionized Gases for Terahertz Wave Remote Sensing"
R1 p4 Nishant Mohan / BU Malvin C. Teich / BU "Photon-Counting Coherence-Domain Imaging in the 1-Micrometer Wavelength Range"
R1 p5 Christopher Udall / NU Kimberly Belli / NU "2-1/2 Dimensional Bi-Static GPR Propagation And Scattering Modeling Of Roadways And Tunnels With Projected 2D FDTD"
R1 p6 Sherrette Yeates / NU
Sarah Brown / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU "Modeling FDTD Wave Propagation in Dispersive Media"
R1 p7 Khabat Ebnabbasi / NU Carey Rappaport / NU "An Ultra-Small UWB Antenna for GPR Subsurface Sensing of Bridge Deck and Roadway Damage"
R1 p8   Ann Morgenthaler / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
"Modeling and Validation of GPR Wave Scattering With the Semi-Analytic Mode Matching Algorithm: Choosing Optimal Coordinate Scattering Centers"
Thrust R2 Posters: Physics-Based Signal Processing & Image Understanding
R2 p1 Srinivas Laxminarayan / NU Dana Brooks / NU
Gilead Tadmor / NU
Solomon Diamond / Dartmouth
Eric Miller / Tufts
Maria Angela Franceschini / MGH Harvard
"Development of a Neurovascular Coupling Model"
R2 p2 Sonal Ambwani / BU W. Clem Karl / BU
Homer Pien / MGH
"Joint Cardiac and Respiratory Motion Correction for Coronary PET/CT Iimaging: A Fesibility Study"
R2 p3 David Ardrey / RPI
Ethan Murphy / RPI
Gary Saulnier / RPI "Breast Cancer Detection Using Electrical Impedance Tomography"
R2 p4 Siqi Chen / RPI Richard Radke / RPI "Shape Simulations and Image Segmentation for Image-Guided Radiotherapy"
R2 p5 Ziyan Wu / RPI Richard Radke / RPI "Visual Tracking System for EMPAC Studio 2"
R2 p6 Yousef Al-Kofahi / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "Computer Vision and Image Analysis Algorithms and a Framework for Cellular-Scale Mapping of Complex Biological Tissues"
R2 and Demo p7 Isaac Abbott / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "FARSIGHT NUCLEUS EDITOR"
R2 p8 Tenicka Turnquest / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "A Functional Model for Automated Segmentation and Feature Extraction Relate to C. elegans Locomotory Behavior During Chemotaxis"
R2 p9 Yu Wang / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "Joint Tracking and Recognition of the Locomotion State of C.elegansfrom Time-Lapse Image Sequences"
R2 p10 Nicole A. Dawson / Spelman
Samaria Mitchell / Spelman
James Thomas Hale / Spelman Alfred Watkins / Spelman
Badri Roysam / RPI
"Image Change Detection Algorithms"
R2 p11 Leidy P. Dorado-Munoz / UPRM
Amit Mukherjee / RPI
Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
Badrinath Roysam / RPI
"A Vector SIFT Operator For Interest Point Detection In Vector Imagery and Its Application To Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery"
R2 p12 Maider Marin / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM "Tensor Decomposition in Hyperspectral ImagesMaider"
R2 p13 Andrea Santos-García / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM "Understanding The Impact Of The Spatial Resolution In The Unmixing Results In Hyperspectral Images"
R2 p14 Nicolas Rey / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM "Introducing Spatial Information for Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction"
R2 p15 Carolina Pena Ortega / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM "Comparison of Structural Models for Target Detection in Hyperspectral Imagery"
R2 p16 Susi Huaman De la Vega / UPRM Vidya Manian / UPRM "Hyperspectral Image Segmentation Using Active Contour and Graph Cut"
R2 p17 Oren Mangoubi / Yale Edwin Marengo / NU "Compressive Through-Focus Imaging"
R2 p18 Heidy Sierra / NU Charles DiMarzio / NU
Dana Brooks / NU
"Reconstructing Features of Thick Objects from Phase Images"
R2 p19 Tatyana Chernenko / NU
Rupa Sawant / NU
Luis Quintero / UPRM
Max Diem / NU
Christian Matthaeus / NU
Vladimir Torchilin / NU
"Non-Invasive Imaging of Uptake Efficiency and Intracellular Fate of PEG-PE Based Micelle Systems by Raman Microscopy"
R2 p20 Kedar Grama / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "Quantifying Biomarkers in Histopathology Samples with Cellular Scale&Specificity by Multiplex Immunostaining, Imaging and Quantitative Image Analysis"
R2 p21 Arunachalam Narayanaswamy / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "Segmentation and Tracking Algorithms on Parallel Hardware"
Thrust R3 Posters: Image and Data Information Management
R3 p1 Dana Schaa / NU David Kaeli / NU "Performance Prediction Targeting Multi-GPU Execution"
R3 p2 Byunghyun Jang / NU David Kaeli / NU
Synho Do / MGH
Homer Pien / MGH
"Multi GPU implementation of Iterative Tomographic Reconstruction Algorithms"
R3 p3 Perhaad Mistry / NU
Sherman Braganza / NU
David Kaeli / NU
Miriam Leeser / NU
"Phase Unwrapping and Affine Transformations for Optical Quadrature Microscopy Using a GPU"
R3 p4 Abderrahmane Bennis / NU Miriam Leeser / NU "The Effect  of Parameterization on a Reconfigurable Implementation of PIV"
R3 p5 Chawandia Mack / Spelman James Hale / Spelman
David Kaeli / NU
"Graphics Process Unit Acceleration Modeling Framework"
R3 and Demo p6 Jon Luisi / RPI Badrinath Roysam / RPI "The FARSIGHT 3-D Trace Editor"
R3 and Demo p7   Samuel Rosario / UPRM
Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
"Speeding Up the MATLABTM Hyperspectral Image Analysis Toolbox Using GPUs and the Jacket Toolbox"
Validating TestBED and Research Posters on Real World Problems for I-PLUS Development
Sea p1 Carlos D. Gonzalez / UPRM Raul Torres / UPRM "MRI SeaBEDAUV and Image Matching for Multi-camera Acquisition"
Sea p2 Maria C. Torres-Madronero / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
James Goodman / UPRM
"Fusionof Hyperspectral Imageryand Bathymetry Data for Benthic Habitat Mapping"
Med p1 Jack De Groot / BU Michael Ruane / BU "Benchmarking and Optimization Procedures of the DNA Microarray Fabricator"
Bio p1 Leslie Baggesen / BU Michael Ruane / BU "Label Free Detection of TNF-α Using Spectral Reflectance Imaging"
Bio p2 Judith Newmark / NU Carol Warner / NU "Mitochondrial and Apoptotic Dynamics in Undifferentiated and Differentiating Pluripotent Stem Cells"
Bio p3 Yogesh G. Patel / NU Milind Rajadhyaksha
Charles A. DiMarzio / NU
"Pupil Engineering for a Confocal Reflectance Line-Scanning Microscope For Imaging Human Skin"
Bio p4 Kristen Tgavalekos / NU
Kyle Nadeau / NU
Charles DiMarzio / NU "Confocal Reflectance Microscope with a Dual-Wedge Scanner"
Soil p1 Fernando Quivira / NU Jose Martinez / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
"Tunnel Detection on Non-dispersive Sandy Soil Using Underground Focusing Spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar"
Soil p2 Jonathan Toro-Vazquez / UPRM Rafael Rodriguez-Solis / UPRM
Ingrid Padilla / UPRM
"Properties Estimation of Underground Systems using CWR for DNAPL Detection"
Education and Outreach Programs
Edu p1 Charles Gerrior / BU Michael Ruane / BU "Autonomous Boat Navigation"
Edu p2 Gordon Fellows Michael Silevitch / NU
Steve McKnight / NU
Phil Cheney / NU
John Beaty / NU
Rick Moore / NU
"Gordon Engineering Leadership Program"
Edu p3   Michael Silevitch / NU
Steve McKnight / NU
"Gordon-CenSSIS and ALERT Undergraduate Programs"
Edu p4   Claire Duggan / NU "The Young Scholars Program"
Edu p5   Claire Duggan / NU "Research Experience for Teachers"
Edu p6   Christos Zahopoulos / NU
Thomas Cullinane / NU
Clair Duggan / NU
Yiannis Levendis / NU
Mohamed Metghalchi / NU
"Gordon-CenSSIS K-16 Outreach"
Edu p7   Claire Duggan / NU "ITEL"
ALERT: Awareness and Localization of Explosives Related Threats
ALERT p1 Leonardo C. Pacheco-Londoño / UPRM
Michael L. Ramirez / URPM
Ricardo Infante-Castillo / UPRM
Oliva M. Primera-Pedrozo / UPRM
Samuel P. Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM "Sublimation Kinetics Of 2,4-DNT, TATP, TNT And RDX By Grazing Angle Probe, Fiber Optic Coupled Ftir Spectroscopy And Thermal Gravimetric Analysis"
ALERT p2 Hilsamar Felix-Rivera / UPRM
Michael Ramírez / UPRM
Samuel P. Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM "Thermal-Spectroscopic Characterization of Acetone Peroxide Mixtures With Nitroexplosives"
ALERT p3 Natalie Gaensbauer / NU Samuel P. Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM "Raman Based Detection of Hazardous Liquids Concealed in Liquid Consumer Products"
ALERT p4 Oliva M. Primera-Pedrozo / UPRM
Natacha Souto-Melgar / UPRM
Ana Maria Chamoun-Emanuelli / UPRM
Oscar Resto / UPRM
Samuel P. Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM
Julio G. Briano / UPRM
Fernando Souto-Bachiller / UPRM
"Toward The Synthesis Of New Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates For Nitroexplosives Detection"
ALERT p5 Omar E. Rivera-Betancourt / UPRM
Rosa I. Martinez / UPRM
Oscar Resto / UPRM
Samuel P. Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM "Synthesis Of Gold Covered Copper Particles By Chemical And Laser Reduction Techniques And Applications To Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
ALERT p6 Colin Stagner / MST Daryl Beetner / MST "A Practical Radio Detector Using Correlated Stimulated Emissions"
ALERT p7 Blas Trigueros-Espinosa / UPRM Miguel Velez-Reyes / UPRM
Nayda Grisel Santiago-Santiago / UPRM
"Evaluation of Target Detection Algorithms for Explosive Material Detectionusing HyperspectralImaging and NVIDIA GPUs"
ALERT p8 Justin Fernandes / NU Carey Rappaport / NU
Jose Martinez / NU
"Simulating Millimeter-wave FMCW Radar for Standoff Detection of Body-worn Explosives Using Full Wave FDFD Modeling"
ALERT p9 Richard Obermeier / NU
Justin Fernandes / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
Jose Martinez / NU
"FDFD Verification and Analysis for Generation of Channel Spectral Responses"
ALERT p10 Limor Eger / BU Synho Do / MGH
W. Clem Karl / BU
Homer Pien / MGH
"Implementation Of An Image-Based Dual-Energy Method For Explosives Detection On Real CT Data"
ALERT p11 Ke Chen / BU David Castañon / BU "Multifrequency tomographic Reconstruction in Terahertz Imaging"
ALERT p12 Amin Ajdari / NU Ashkan Vaziri / NU "Functionally Graded Cellular Structures With Enhanced Energy Absorption"
ALERT p13 John Banzhaf / NU   "Multi-Disciplinary Research Offensive on Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Devices  "
ALERT p14 Oguz Semerci / Tufts Eric Miller / Tufts "A Parametric Level Set Approach for Dual Energy Computerized Tomography"
ALERT p15 Colin Watson / Morehouse Etienne Gagnon / RPI
Lei Hou / RPI
Xi.-Cheng. Zhang / RPI
"Continuous Wave Terahertz Imaging"
ALERT p16 Joshua Burrow / Morehouse Xi.-Cheng. Zhang / RPI "Title Not Provided"
ALERT p17 Lei Hou / RPI
Hongkyu Park / RPI
X.-C. Zhang / RPI "Continuous Wave THz Imaging System Based on Glow Discharge Detector"
IGERT: Intelligent diagnostics
IGERT p1 Christopher Wright / NU Carey Rappaport / NU
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
Kimberly Belli / NU
Ken Maser / Infrasence
"Capturing Ground Penetrating Radar Excitation Signals for Realistic FDTD Simulations"
IGERT p2   Abhiit Ganguli / NU
Kim Belli / NU
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
Carey M. Rappaport / NU
David Abramo / NU
"Fusion of Electromagnetic and Mechanical Wave Data for Concrete Structure Diagnostics"
IGERT p3 Adnan Jamil / NU
Margery Hines / NU
Alexis Paris / UPRM
Carey Rappaport / NU
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
Ingrid Padilla / UPRM
"Intelligent Diagnostics: An Application to Infrastructure Failure"
IGERT p4 Alyson Stuer / NU
Ariel Irizarry / UPRM
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
Ingrid Padilla / UPRM
"Infrastructure Failures: Needs for Development of Intelligent Diagnostics"
IGERT p5 Nelson R. Gómez-Torres / UPRM Didier M. Valdés-Díaz / UPRM "The Effect of Mobile Phones as Positioning Sensors on Dynamic Origins-Destination Matrices"
ADVANCE: Interdisciplinary Workshop In Security Sensing and Imaging
ADVANCE p1 Svetlana V. Boriskina / BU Luca Dal Negro / NU "Spectrally-Engineered Photonic-Plasmonic Platforms for Biosensing and Imaging"
ADVANCE p2   Kimberly Belli / NU
Carey Rappaport / NU
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU
"Forward Time Domain Ground Penetrating Radar Modeling of Scattering  from Anomalies in the Presence of Steel Reinforcements"
ADVANCE p3   Christopher Boxe / NASA "Thin Liquid Films on Mars: Implications for Life"
ADVANCE p4 Saylisse Dávila / Arizona SU George Runger / Arizona SU "Public Health Surveillance in High Dimensions with Supervised Learning"
ADVANCE p5 Dennis Frank / NCSU Hien T. Tran / NCSU "A Reduced Ordinary Differential Equation Model of Acute Inflammatory Response to Endotoxin Challenge"
ADVANCE p6 Payel Ghosh / PSU Melanie Mitchell / PSU
Judith Gold / Temple University
James Tanyi / Oregon Health and Science University
"Medical Image Segmentation Using Evolutionary Computation"
ADVANCE p7 Shuyuan Mary Ho / NJIT Jeff M. Stanton / Syracuse "A Socio-Technical Study of Behavioral Anomaly Detection of Trustworthiness in Virtual Organizations"
ADVANCE p8 Pamela Jackson / UC Berkeley and San Francisco Roland G. Henry / UCSF
Tracy R. Mckight / UCSF
"Examining Cell Density: Mono- and Multi-exponential Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Transverse Relaxation and Diffusion"
ADVANCE p9 Vanessa Leung / Univ. of Virginia
John Burke / Univ. of Virginia
Robert Horne / Univ. of Virginia
Robert Leonard / Univ. of Virginia
Cass Sackett / Univ. of Virginia "Condensate Atom Interferometers For Inertial Sensing Applications"
ADVANCE p10   Sheida Nabavi / Carnegie Mellon University "Signal Processing For Two-Dimensional Recording Channels"
ADVANCE p11 Linda T. Nieman / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Marko Jakovljevic / Univ. of Texas-Austin
Melissa J. Portis / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Konstantin Sokolov /  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lezlee Coghlan / M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
"Enhanced Discrimination Of Early Carcinogenesis Using Depth Sensitive Optical Spectroscopy"
ADVANCE p12 Daniela Alvim Seabra de Oliveira / UCD S. Felix Wu / UCD "Protecting Kernel Code and Data with a Virtualization-Aware Collaborative Operating System"
ADVANCE p13 Lakshmi Thanayankizil / Georgia Institute of Technology Mary Ann Ingram / Georgia Institute of Technology "Reliable and Robust Routing Strategies for Sensor Networks"
ADVANCE p14 Andrea C. Rubiano / Purdue Patricia Bauman / Purdue "On Stable States in a Coupled Energetic Model for Incompressible Nematic Elastomers"
ADVANCE p15 Fatima Toor / Princeton
Scott Howard / Princeton
Claire F. Gmachl / Princeton "Four Wavelength Quantum Cascade Laser Source for  Compact Environmental and Medical Sensors"
ADVANCE p16 Audrey Girouard / Tufts Robert Jacob / Tufts "Adaptive Brain Computer Interfaces"
ADVANCE p17 Selina Chu / U. of Southern California Shri Narayanan /  U. of Southern California "Semi-Supervised Approach to Background Detection for Unstructured Acoustic Environments"
ADVANCE p18   Natallia Katenka / BU "Tracking Multiple Targets Using Binary Decisions from Wireless Sensor Networks"
ADVANCE p19 Maria Plummer / New Jersey Institute of Technology Starr Roxanne Hiltz / New Jersey Institute of Technology "Factors Influencing Intentions to Apply for Jobs in Social Networking Sites"
ADVANCE p20   K. Cahoy / NASA Ames
O. Guyon / University of Arizona
M. Marley / NASA Ames
R. Belikov / NASA Ames
G. Schneider / University of Arizona
"Science Performance of the Pupil-mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer (PECO)"
ADVANCE p21 Kerry McKay / George Washington U. Poorvi Vora / George Washington U. "Pseudo-Linear Statistical Distinguishers for Block Ciphers"
ADVANCE p22 Jennie Schei / WSU Matthew D. McCluskey / WSU
David M. Rector / WSU
"Fast Optical Neurophysiology"
ADVANCE p23 Ozgu Alay / Polytechnic Institute of NYU Yao Wang / Polytechnic Institute of NYU "Error Resilient Video Multicast using Randomized Distributed Space Time Codes"
ADVANCE p24   Pamela Loughmiller
M. C. Kelley / Cornell University
R. H. Picard / Hanscom
P. P. Wintersteiner / Arcon Corporation
J. R. Winick / Hanscom
E. M. Dewan / Hanscom
"Opportunity for Expanded Multi-Instrument Aeronomy Study: Taxonomy of Mesospheric Bore Observations Using Airglow Imaging & Satellite Sensing"
ADVANCE p25 Jacqueline Henderson / Mayo Clinic Peter C. Amadio / Mayo Clinic
Kai-Nan An / Mayo Clinic
"Model of Deformed Subsynovial Connective Tissue Due to Tendon Excursion in the Carpal Tunnel"
ADVANCE p26 Elizabeth Khaykin / Johns Hopkins  Gail Daumit / Johns Hopkins "National Estimates of Adverse Events During Non-Psychiatric Hospitalizations for Persons with Schizophrenia"
ADVANCE p27   Hong Zhu / Johns Hopkins University
Mei-Cheng Wang / Johns Hopkins University
"Understanding Progression of Ovarian Cancer in US From SEER Data: a Semiparametric Model for Bivariate Survival
Data With Interval Sampling"
ADVANCE p28 Evin Gultepe   "Monitoring Magnetic Targeting Through MRI"
ADVANCE p29 Norka Lucena / Syracuse University   "Title Not Provided"
ADVANCE p30 Eva-Shirley Sanchez / BU   "Characterization of nNOS Cells in the Rat Hippocampal Formation"
ADVANCE p31 Zeng Wang / Stanford University   "Fibers With Non-Centrosymmetric Phases"
ADVANCE p32 Leili Baghaei Rad / Stanford Yuzuru Takashima
Piero Pianetta
Jianwei Miao
R. Fabian W. Pease
"Iterative Phase Recovery Using Wavelet Domain Constraints"