Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference
October 19, 2010
Poster Presentations by Students and Researchers
- Denotes Poster
Contest WinnerBernard M. Gordon Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (Gordon-CenSSIS)
Research and Industrial Collaboration Conference
October 19, 2010
Poster Presentations by Students and Researchers
- Denotes Poster
Contest Winner
| Poster ID | Student Presenters | Advisor / Other Faculty / Researchers / University Presenters | Poster Title |
| Homeland Security and Defense Track | |||
| HSD p1 | Courtney Greene / Missouri S&T | John Myers / Missouri S&T | Flexural and Shear Reinforcement of Reinforced Concrete Beams Using Fiber Reinforced Polyurea Coatings |
| HSD p2 | Natalia Carey/ Missouri S&T | John Myers / Missouri S&T | Discrete Fiber Reinforced Polyurea Systems for Infrastructure Repair and Blast Mitigation |
| HSD p3 | Colin Stagner/ Missouri S&T Christopher Osterwise/ Missouri S&T |
Daryl Beetner/ Missouri S&T | Real-Time Detection of Radio Receivers Using Stimulated Emissions |
| HSD p4 | Oguz Semerci / Tufts | Eric Miller/ Tufts | An Image Based Dual Energy Computerized Tomography Method for Detection of Explosive Objects |
| HSD p5 | Christopher Mutzel/ Tufts Oguz Semerci/ Tufts |
Eric Miller/ Tufts | A Simulation Tool for Parallel Beam Computed Tomography Based on MCNP |
| HSD p6 | Kirill Trapeznikov/ BU | David Castanon/ BU Venkatesh Saligrama/ BU | Active Boosted Learning |
| HSD p7 |
Zachary Sun/ BU | Clem Karl/ BU | Non-Rotational Tomography for Luggage Scanning using Krylov Methods |
| HSD p8 | Limor Eger / BU | Synho Do / MGH |
A Learning-based Method to Explosives Detection from Multi-energy X-ray Computed Tomography Measurements |
| HSD p9 | Ke Chen / BU | David Castañon / BU | Robust Multifrequency Inversion in Terahertz Tomography |
| HSD p10 | Kamilah Mitchell/ Spelman | Peter Chen/ Spelman | Use of Coherent Spectroscopy to Remotely Detect Nitrogen -based Explosives |
| HSD p11 | Alexandru Vasile/ NU | Octavia Camps/ NU | 3D Reconstruction from Video Imagery for Persistent Surveillance of Urban Scenes |
| HSD p12 | Caglayan Dicle/ NU | Octavia Camps/ NU | Robust Pedestrian Tracking for Assistive Technologies |
| HSD p13 | Binlong Li/ NU | Octavia Camps/ NU | Canonical Correlation Analysis of Dynamics for Human Action Categorization |
| HSD p14 | Teresa Mao / NU | Octavia Camps/ NU | Human Activity Recognition using Hankel Matrices |
| HSD p15 | Galia Ghazi / NU | Jose Martinez-Lorenzo / NU Carey Rappaport / NU |
Millimeter Wave Radar System for Standoff Detection Applications: Motion Compensation and 3D Imaging Capabilities |
| HSD p16 | Ann Morgenthaler / NU Carey Rappaport / NU |
Extending 2D FDFD Modeling to 2 ½
Dimensions for Realistic Simulation of Millimeter Wave Radar Whole-Body
Imaging |
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| HSD p17 | Fernando Quivira / NU | Jose Martinez-Lorenzo / NU Carey Rappaport / NU |
Impact of Soil Roughness in Underground Focusing SAR Images |
| HSD p18 | Taryn Connor / NU Richard Obermeier / NU |
Carey Rappaport / NU | FDFD Modeling of Explosive Devices in Discreet Areas of the Body |
| HSD p19 | Yaser Mirzaei / NU | Mehrdad Sasani / NU | Experimental and Analytical Studies on Post-Punching Behavior of RC Flat Slabs: Local Failure and Progressive Collapse Analysis of Structures |
| HSD p20 | Blas Trigueros Espinosa/ UPRM | Miguel Velez-Reyes/ UPRM Nayda G. Santiago/UPRM | GPU-based Implementation of Target Detection Algorithms for Standoff Detection of Explosive Materials using Hyperspectral Imaging and NVIDIA® GPUs |
| HSD p21 | Roxannie Gonzalez/ UPRM | Samuel Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM Hilsamar Felix / UPRM |
Bacillus Thuringensis Endospore Detection and Characterization by Normal Raman, SERS as bioaerosol particles. |
| HSD p22 | Gabriel Perez-Acosta / UPRM Leonardo Pacheco-Londono / UPRM |
Samuel Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM | Synthesis of TiO2 –Au, TiO2 –Ag and TiO2 –Pt by Reverse Phase |
| HSD p23 | Madeline Wrable / NU Oliva Primera / UPRM |
Samuel Hernandez-Rivera / UPRM Jairo Castiloo / Fayetteville State University |
Interpretation of the Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Spectrum of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene Using Simple Chemistry Models |
| HSD p24 | Joshua Burrows / Morehouse College | Willie Rockward / Morehouse College | TBD |
| HSD p25 | TBD | Willie Rockward / Morehouse College | TBD |
| HSD p26 | I-Chen Ho / RPI |
Xi-Cheng Zhang / RPI Jianming Dai / RPI |
THz Air-Biased-Coherent-Detection Spectrometer for Material Sensing |
| HSD p27 | Jingle Liu / RPI | Xi-Cheng Zhang / RPI Jianming Dai / RPI |
Interrogation of Terahertz Wave Using Laser-Induced Photolumescence and Photoacoustics for Standoff Sensing Application |
| HSD p28 | Ziyan Wu/ RPI | Richard J. Radke/ RPI | Full-Scale Airport Security Checkpoint Simulation |
| HSD p29 | Zhengmin Li/ RPI | Birsen Yazici/ RPI | X-ray CT-based Explosive Detection for Checked Luggage |
| HSD p30 | Cagri Yanik / RPI | Birsen Yazici/ RPI | Doppler Synthetic Hitchhiker Imaging and Passive Imaging of Moving Targets |
| HSD p31 | Michael Lawson / Penn State | Gary Settles / Penn State | The Aerodynamics of Canine Olfaction |
| HSD p32 | Jing-Yin Chen / WSU | Choong-Shik Yoo / WSU | Physical and Chemical Changes of Hydrogen Peroxide Under High Pressure |
| Civil Infrastructure and Environmental Assessment Track | |||
| Civil p1 | Duong Tran / NU Hari Chauhan / NU Zheng Gong / NU |
Purnima Ratilal / NU | Instantaneous passive whale localization using an adaptive matched filter and the array invariant method |
| Civil p2 | Kassi Stein / NU | Carey Rappaport / NU | Microwave Sensing of Maple Trees for Pest Detection |
| Civil p3 | Alyson Stuer / NU Irina Fedorova / NU Vitaliy Saykin / NU |
Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU | MAP – System Output and User Interface Design |
| Civil p4 | Yifeng Lu / NU Yinghong Cao / NU |
Ming Wang / NU J. Gregory McDaniel / BU |
Analysis of Debonding Effects on Vibration Propagation in Composite Pavement Structures |
| Civil p5 | Jason Durant / NU Yinghong Cao / NU |
Ming Wang / NU J. Gregory McDaniel / BU |
Validation Testing of the TEASe Prototype System |
| Civil p6 | Jiaxing Zhang / NU Yi Zhang / NU |
Ming Wang / NU Ralf Birken / NU |
Sensor Fusion Based DATA REGISTRATION |
| Civil p7 | Abhiit Ganguli / NU Sara Wadia-Fascetti/ NU Carey Rappaport/ NU |
Synthetic Aperture Imaging of Defects in a Concrete Bridge Deck | |
| Civil p8 | Margery Hines / NU | Carey Rappaport / NU | Modeling the Advantages of Direct Ground Contact of GPR Antennas for the Detection and Localization of Landmines Buried in Rough Soil |
| Civil p9 | Christopher Wright / NU | Carey Rappaport / NU Sara Wadia-Fascetti / NU |
Realistic FDTD Simulations for Ground Penetrating Radar
Applications |
| Civil p10 | Ali Ciblak / NU | Akram Alshawabkeh / NU | Green Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater in Karst Aquifers by Solar Energy Conversion |
| Civil p11 | Naji Kasem / NU | Akram Alshawabkeh / NU | PROTECT: Puerto Rico Testsite for Exploring Contamination Threats |
| Civil p12 | Katherine Steele-Valentín / UPRM | Ingrid Padilla / UPRM Akram Alshawabkeh / NU |
Exposure Pathways of Chlorinated Solvents in Northern Puerto Rico |
| Civil p13 | Angel Anaya / UPRM | Ingrid Padilla / UPRM Akram Alshawabkeh / NU |
Environmental Physical Models: From Explosive Detection to Risk of Contaminant Exposure |
| Civil p14
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Nelson R. Gómez-Torres / UPRM | Didier M. Valdés-Díaz / UPRM | The Challenges of Utilizing Mobile Phones for Dynamic Origin - Destination Matrices. |
| Civil p15 | Ariel Irizarry / UPRM | Dionisio Bernal / UPRM | Nondestructive Bridge Substructure Parameters Estimation |
| Civil p16 | Alexis París / UPRM | Héctor Mendez/ UPRM Ingrid Padilla/ UPRM |
Simulated Electro-Magnetic Propagation in Soil with GEANT4 |
| Civil p17 | Angel J. Alicea/ UPR | Ricardo Lopez/ UPRM | Development of Analytical Formulation for the Intelligent Diagnostic of Navigation Steel Structures Subjected to Hydraulic Torsional Loading |
| Civil p18 | Fanny Nina-Paravecino/ UPRM | Vidya Manian/ UPRM | Spherical Harmonics as a Shape Descriptor for Identifying Structures of Interest in Multispectral/hyperspectral Images |
| Civil p19 | Maria C Torres-Madronero/ UPRM | Miguel Velez-Reyes/ UPRM | Temporal Analysis of Hyperspectral Imagery for Biodiversity Studies |
| Civil p20 | Nicolas Rey-Villamizar / UPRM | Migue Velez-Reyes / UPRM | Improving Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction for Hyperspectral Data |
| Civil p21 | Matthew Sellitto / NU Dana Schaa / NU |
David Kaeli / NU James Goodman / UPRM |
Accelerating an Imaging Spectroscopy Algorithm for Submerged Marine Environments Using Graphics Processing Units |
| Civil p22 | Samuel Rosario- Torres / UPRM | Optimization of the Hyperspectral Image Analysis Toolbox using GPUs and CPUs | |
| Civil p23 | Li Jia / RPI | Birsen Yazici/ RPI | Development of a Multiscale Monitoring and Health Assessment Framework for Effective Management of Levees and Flood-Control Infrastructure Systems |
| Biomedical and Biological Track | |||
| Bio p1 |
Sonal Ambwani / BU | W. Clem Karl / BU Homer Pien / MGH |
Joint Estimation of Image and Cardiac and Respiratory Motion in Cardiac PET/CT |
| Bio p2 | Andrew Draudt / BU | Robin Cleveland/ BU | Real- Time Monitoring of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Lesion Formation with Combined Acoustic Force Elastography and Acousto- Optic Imaging |
| Bio p3 | Esra Cansizoglu / NU | Deniz Erdogmus / NU | Towards Respiration Management in Radiation Treatment of Lung Tumors: Transferring Regions of Interest from Planning CT to Kilovoltage X‐ray Images |
| Bio p4 | Hooman Nezamfar / NU | Deniz Erdogmus / NU | Brain Computer Interface Using SSVEP for Robot Control |
| Bio p5 | Erhan Bas / NU | Deniz Erdogmus / NU | Principal Curve Tracing |
| Bio p6 | Yogesh Patel / NU | Charles DiMarzio / NU Milind Rajadhyaksha / MSKCC |
Optimal Pupil Design for Multiply Configuration Confocal Scanning Microscopes |
| Bio p7 | Yair Mega / NU | Charles DiMarzio / NU Joe Kerimo / NU |
Confocal Reflectance and Three-Photon Microscopy performed on
Dual-Wedge Scanning System |
| Bio p8 | Tristan B. Swedish/ NU F. N. Golabchi/ NU |
Charles A. DiMarzio / NU Dana H. Brooks/ NU | Computational Model of Light Propagation in Lung Tissue |
| Bio p9 | Maytee Zambrano / NU | Edwin Marengo / NU | Coherent Single-Detector Imaging System |
| Bio p10 | Kathleen Lenau / NU | Max Diem/ NU | Advancements in Spectral Cytopathology of the Oral Mucosa |
| Bio p11 | Srinivas Laxminarayan / NU | Dana Brooks / NU Gilead Tadmor / NU |
A Neurovascular Coupling Model Relating Habituation of Neural Response to Hemodynamic Time Course with Variation of Medial Nerve Stimulus Frequency |
| Bio p12 | Devon Yablonski / NU | Miriam Leeser / NU | GPU Acceleration in a Modern Problem Solving Environment: SCIRun's Linear System Solvers |
| Bio p13 | Perhaad Mistry / NU | David Kaeli / NU | Architecture Aware Data Structures and Transformations for Physics Simulations |
| Bio p14 | Dana Schaa / NU | David Kaeli / NU | Advanced Ultrasound Using GPUs |
| Bio p15 | Nicole Dawson / Spelman College | Alfred Watkins
/ Spelman College Dana Schaa / NU Byunghyun Jang / NU David Kaeli / NU |
Load Balancing: Viewing Breast Cancer Tissue X-Rays using Graphic Processing Units |
| Bio p16 | Rashidah Slater / Spelman College | David Kaeli / NU Alfred Watkins / Spelman College James Hale / Spelman College |
Semi Automatic Parallelization of Multiple GPUs |
| Bio p17 | Arunachalam Narayanaswamy / RPI | Badrinath Roysam / RPI | 5-D Imaging and Parallel Automated Analysis
of Key Cellular Events |
| Bio p18 | Kedar Grama / RPI | Badrinath Roysam / RPI | Automated Analysis of Histopathology Samples at The Cellular Scale |
| Bio p19 | Raghav K Padmanabhan / RPI | Badrinath Roysam / RPI | Quantification of Protein Subcellular Localization |
| Bio p20 | Yu Wang / RPI | Badrinath Roysam / RPI | A Generally Applicable 3D Neuron Tracing System |
| Education and Outreach Programs | |||
| Edu p1 | Gordon Fellow Candidates | Simon Pitts / NU Michael Silevitch / NU Steve McKnight / NU John Beaty / NU Rick Moore / NU Steve Klosterman / NU Steve McGonagle / NU Carey Rappaport / NU Jennifer Kaddy / NU Kristin Hicks / NU |
Gordon Engineering Leadership Program at Northeastern University |
| Edu p2 | Michael Silevitch / NU Steve McKnight / NU |
Gordon-CenSSIS and ALERT Undergraduate Programs | |
| Edu p3 | Claire Duggan / NU Richard Harris / NU Rachelle Reisberg / NU |
The Center for STEM Education K-12 Outreach | |
| Edu p4 | Claire Duggan / NU Michael Silevitch / NU |
Research Experiences for Teachers at Northeastern University | |
| Edu p5 | Claire Duggan / NU | Community College Partners | |
| Edu p6 | Mark Castro / Amesbury HS (RET) Mehrdad Sasani / NU |
Collapse Resistance in Reinforced Concrete Beams | |
| Edu p7 | James Hawkins / Missouri S&T | Jason Baird / Missouri S&T | Explosives Recognition and Awarness Training:A Psychological Approach to Pre-Blast Mitigation |
| Edu p8 | John Cogswell / NU Michael Apicella / NU Kareem Ghobrial / NU Sean Kelly / NU Thomas Peacock / NU |
Sinan Muftu / NU | Senior Capstone Design Project: The Thin Scale: Phase II |