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2011 Posters Presented at Michigan Tech’s Campus

To view photographs of us at the poster session, visit Michigan Tech's College of Engineering News >>>

Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Dr. Nikola Subotic, Greg Leonard and Lisa Phillips

Specialized Tools

Keweenaw Waterway North Buoy >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Dr. W. Charles Kerfoot, and Dr. Sarah Green

Ranger III Instrumentation >>>
Christopher Roussi and Benjamin Hart

GASS: Glacier Ablation Sensor System >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman

Internships at MTRI: Create the Future >>>
Colin Brooks and Dr. Nancy French

Measurement Hardware and Capabilities >>>
Brian Wilson, Joseph Burns, Colin Brooks

MichiganView >>>
Dr. Tyler Erickson and K. Arthur Endsley

Public Remote Sensing Data Products and Applications for Michigan >>>
Dr. Tyler Erickson and K. Arthur Endsley

Mineral Occurrence Revenue Estimation & Visualization Tool MOREV: A System for Evaluating Potential Revenue and Carbon Emissions from Mineral Resources for Existing and Expanded Rail Networks in the Alaska-northwest Canada region  >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Colin Brooks, Helen Kourous-Harrigan, D. Eric Keefauver, Michael Billmire, Richard Dobson, Nate Jessee, Michelle Wienert, and Angela Yu

Projects and Capabilities

Characterization of Automobile Radar Signatures for Development of W-band Test Surrogates >>>
William Buller

Great Lakes Cladophora Mapping  >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, and Colin Brooks

Bering Glacier Monitoring >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman and K. Arthur Endsley

Carbon emissions from North American wildland fires: a review of methods and comparison of results from five case studies >>>
Dr. Nancy French, Liza Jenkins

Statistical Modeling of Wildfire-Related Syndromic Response >>>
Benjamin Koziol, Dr. Nancy French, and Dr. Brian Thelen

Mapping Soil Moisture with Imaging Radar Data In The Yukon River Basin >>>
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

A Combined SAR and Electro-Optical Satellite Based Algorithm to Estimate Water Depth and Volume of North Slope Lakes, Alaska >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Liza Jenkins, Charles Hatt, and Michael Sayers

Santa Ana Winds and Fire Progression in Southern California  >>>
Michael Billmire, R. Chris Owen, Benjamin Koziol, Dr. Nancy French

The Lake Superior Water Monitoring and Information System >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman and K. Arthur Endsley

Bridge Condition Assessment Using Remote Sensors >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Colin Brooks, Dr. Joseph Burns, K. Arthur Endsley, Christopher Roussi, Richard Dobson, Benjamin Hart, James Ebling, and Nathan Miller

Radar Detection and Monitoring of Invasive Phragmites in the Coastal Great Lakes >>>
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez and Colin Brooks

Impacts and Implications of Increased Fire in Tundra Regions of North America >>>
Dr. Nancy French and Dr. Mary Ellen Miller

Joint Estimation of HDR Image and Motion Parameters >>>
Dr. John Valenzuela, Joel LeBlanc, Dr. Brian Thelen, and Dr. Nikola Subotic

System Identification >>>
Joel LeBlanc, Dr. John Valenzuela, and Dr. Brian Thelen

Super-Resolution Imaging and Performance Bounds >>>
Dr. John Valenzuela, Joel LeBlanc, Dr. Brian Thelen, and Dr. Nikola Subotic

Clarus Road-Weather Routing for Crash Risk Aversion >>>
K. Arthur Endsley, Colin Brooks, Dr. Tyler Erickson and Benjamin Koziol

Multi-path Propagation Model for Delayed LIDAR Ground Returns Due to Broadleaf Vegetation >>>
William Buller, Dr. Charles Olson, Jr., Benjamin Hart, and Richard Powell

A Satellite Algorithm for the Retrieval of Chlorophyll, Dissolved Organic Carbon, and Suspended Minerals for All the Great Lakes >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Michael Sayers, Charles Hatt, and Colin Brooks

Applying US Army Corps of Engineers CHARTS LiDAR and Multispectral  Coastal Mapping System Data to Analyze the Impacts and Trends of Historical Copper Mining Stamp Sands in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Colin Brooks, Michael Sayers, K. Arthur Endsley, Nate Jessee, and Jamey Anderson

Great Lakes Area of Concern Tributary Monitoring Program: Remote Sensing Support >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Colin Brooks, Michael Sayers, K. Arthur Endsley, Nate Jessee, Dr. Mary Ellen Miller, and Jamey Anderson

Carbon Emissions from North American Wildland Fires:  Development of the Wildland Fire Emissions Information System (WFEIS) >>>
Dr. Nancy French and Dr. Tyler Erickson

Posters from Previous Years (2006-2010)

Incorporating Prior Knowledge of Urban Scene Spatial Structure in Aperture Code Designs for Surveillance Systems >>>
Dr. John Valenzuela, Dr. Brian Thelen, Dr. Nikola Subotic, and Joseph Garbarino

Respiratory Health Impacts of Wildfire Particulate Emission >>>
Dr. Nancy French and Dr. Tyler Erickson

Coded Aperture Optics >>>
Dr. Nikola Subotic

Penetrative Sensing >>>
Dr. Nikola Subotic, Helen Kourous, Dr. Joseph Burns

Geospatial Tools for Evaluation of Riparian Buffer Effectiveness >>>
Michael Billmire, Benjamin Koziol, Dr. Nancy French, and Colin Brooks

Evaluation of Polarimetric SAR for Monitoring Surface Soil Moisture in Boreal Alaska >>>
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

Mapping Boreal Peatlands for Assessment of Vulnerability to Wildfire >>>
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez and Richard Powell

GLEAMS: The Great lakes Environmental and Molecular Science Center Decision Support System >>>
Colin Brooks, Eric Keefauver, Ben Koziol, Tyler Erickson, Liza Jenkins, Michelle Wienert, Dr. Robert Shuchman, Chuck Hatt, and Christopher Roussi

Transportation Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS>>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Greg Leonard, Colin Brooks, Eric Keefauver, Rick Powell, Liza Jenkins, Michelle Wienert, Chuck Hatt and Dr. Tyler Erickson

Workshops, Focus Groups and Technical Conferences >>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman and Michelle Wienert

Using Advanced Geospatial Visualization Tools for Freight Flow Measurement and Analysis for Congestion Mitigation at International Border Crossings>>>
Eric Keefauver and Colin Brooks

Using Virtual Globes to Communicate Carbon Monitoring Research Results >>>
Tyler Erickson

Vernal Pools and More?>>>
Charles Olson

Distance Learning: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Fundamentals and Applications>>>
Michelle Wienert

Evaluating the Impact of NRCS Programs: New Measures and Improved Communication>>>
Dr. Robert Shuchman, Dr. Nancy French, Dr. Tyler Erickson, Colin Brooks, Rick Powell, Eric Keefauver, Dr. Brian Thelen, Chuck Hatt, Benjamin Koziol

Using Geospatial Information to Assess the Effects of USDA NRCS Conservation Programs in Michigan>>>
Dr. Nancy French, Richard Powell, Michael Billmire, Dr. Brian Thelen, Dr. Dan G. Brown, Colin Brooks, Benjamin Koziol

Geostatistical Inverse Modeling for Analyzing Remote Sensing Datasets>>>
Dr. Tyler Erickson, Dr. Brian Thelen, Benjamin Koziol

Conditional and Constrained Joint Optimization of RADAR Waveforms>>>
Dr. Nikola Subotic and Kyle Cooper

Biomedical Signal Processing: Automated Diagnosis of Sleep and Neurological Disorders>>>
Dr. Joseph Burns

Compressive Sensing Approach to Waveform Design for Distributed RADAR >>>
Dr. Nikola Subotic, Dr. Brian Thelen, Kyle Cooper, William Buller, Dr. Mark Stuff

Remotely Monitoring Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands >>>
Laura Bourgeau-Chavez and Richard Powell

The Role of Remote Sensing in Quantifying Emissions from Wildland Fires in North America>>>
Dr. Nancy French & Laura Bourgeau-Chavez

Water Quality vs. Land Use in the Tiffin River Watershed>>>
Colin Brooks

Forest Fires in Three Western Ecoregions: Relating Burn Patterns to Biomass Consumption>>>
Benjamin Koziol and Dr. Nancy French