voters outreach and impact

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This work was performed under the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Innovation Program, Cooperative Agreement Number 70NANB9H9012

VOTERSOutreach and Impact

Ralf BirkenNortheastern University


Education/Scholarship Outreach/Collaboration

Conferences New R&D projects

VOTERS Outreach


EDUCATION/SCHOLARSHIP


NEU GRADUATE STUDENTS

10 Ph.D., at least partially funded by VOTERSYu Liu RA PhD ECE 2012Yifeng Lu RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2013Yubo Zhao RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014David Vines-Cavanaugh RA PhD CEE 2014Yiying Zhang RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014Nicole Martino RA PhD CEE 2013Wenjun Zhang RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014Qi Wang RA PhD ECE 2013Ming Li RA PhD ECE 2013Sindhu Ghanta RA PhD ECE 2014 9 M.S., at least partially funded by VOTERSJason Durant RA MS ECE 2010Hao Liu RA MS CE UML(2012)Vitaliy Saykin RA MS CE 2011David Vines-Cavanaugh RA MS CE 2011Kyle Anstey RA MS ECE 2010Bo LI RA MS ECE 2010Reid Vilbig RA MS CE 2013Xin Ma RA MS ECE 2013Salar Shahini Shamsabadi RA MS CE 2014


UML GRADUATE STUDENTS

Total: 6 M.S. and 6 B.S. at least partially funded by VOTERS• Burak Boyaci (2010), M.S.• Sam Talbot (2010), B.S.• Ibrahim C. Solak (2011), M.S.• Alice Chao (2012), M.S. • Carlos Jaquez (2013), M.S.• Hao Liu (2013), M.S.• Justin Wilson (2013), M.S.• Ross Gladstone (2013), B.S.• Sarah Kurtzer (2014), B.S.• Othman Belgrini (2014), B.S.• David Perloff (2015), B.S.• Steven Vaughan (2015), B.S.


UVM GRADUATE STUDENTS

Total: 1 B.S., 5 M.S., 1 Visiting Ph.D. and 1 Postdoctoral Fellow at least partially funded or otherwise supported by VOTERS• Mohamed Metwally B.S.• Anbu Venkatachalam M.S. • Earl Lawyer M.S. • Ken Ngai M.S.• Andrew O’Brien M.S.• Yu Zhang M.S.• Xianlei Xu Visiting PhD student from China University Mining and Technology Beijing• Dylan Burns Postdoctoral Fellow


• NEU1. Real-Time Wireless Dynamic Tire Pressure Sensors and Energy Harvesting System. Filed on May 21, 2012.

Ming L. Wang, Qi Wang and Greg McDaniel. Patent pending.2. Real Time Pavement Profile Sensing System Using Air-coupled Surface Wave, Yinghong Cao and Ming L.

Wang, Filed in January 20, 2012, No. 61/434,522, PCT/US12/022016 Patent Pending.3. Conformal and configurable millimeter-wave integrated array radar in a compact package, Dan Busuioc

and Ralf Birken, and Ming L. Wang, Filed on March 23, 2013. PCT/US13/33538. Patent Pending.4. Roaming Mobile Sensor Platform Collection Geo-Referenced Sensor Data and Creating Thematic Maps, R.

Birken., Ming L. Wang, and Sara Wadia Fascetti, No. 61/315,571, March 21, 2012. Patent Pending.

• Tire Excited Acoustic Sensing System. With Greg. McDaniel, 61/434,559, Merged into 4 above.• Real Time DGPS Correction Approach Through Cellular Network, With Y. Zhang, J. Zhang and R. Birken, Sep.,

2010, No. 61/434,548, Provisional filed, now abandoned.

•UVM• Highway speed GPR system (in preparation)

Patents – 4 pending


Journal papers

• Over 40 publications and counting • http

://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/journal_articles/

http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/journal_articles/





Book and Book Chapters• Sensor Technologies for civil infrastructures: Performance

assessment & health monitoring, M. Wang, J. Lynch, and Sohn (eds.), Woodhead Publishing, 2013.

• 5 chapters from VOTERS authors will appear in book above• http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/b

ook_chapters/

http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/book_chapters/




Education/Scholarship• Over 40 Students involved, at least

partially funded, at all levels• 4 Patents pending• Over 40 Publications• 5 book chapters

Collaboration

Conferences New R&D projects

VOTERS Outreach


CONFERENCES


Hosting Major Workshops and Conferences

1. ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Annual Meeting, June 1-4, 2011, http://www.neu.edu/emi2011/, NEU, Boston, USA. Chair and Co-chairs M. Wang with J. Hajjar and D. Bernal. 450 participants from 22 countries.

2. (ANCRISST) on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology (140 from 10 countries), July, 2009, http://www.neu.edu/ancrisst2009 , M. Wang, Organizer and Chairman at NEU, Boston, USA.

3. US-Taiwan Workshop on Bio-inspired Sensor and Actuating Technology, April 2009 (95 from 10 countries), http://nuweb7.neu.edu/us_taiwan_workshop/index.php, Taipei, Taiwan. Co-chair M. Wang with C. H. Loh of National Taiwan University.

http://www.neu.edu/emi2011/

http://www.neu.edu/ancrisst2009

http://nuweb7.neu.edu/us_taiwan_workshop/index.php


Chaired at Major Conferences• SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Symposium 2013, San Diego, CA, March 10-14,

2013– Tzu-Yang Yu - Conference Chair for Nondestructive Characterization for Composite

Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security VI Conference

– Ming Wang – Session Co-Chair for Corrosion and Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures

– Ming Wang – Session Co-Chair for SHM/NDE for Bridges– Dryver Huston – Session Co-Chair for Remote Sensing– 6 presentations from VOTERS

• Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering & Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Denver, CO, March 17-21, 2013– Ralf Birken – Session Chair for Advances and recent applications of GPR: Civil

Infrastructure– Ralf Birken – Session Chair for Advances and recent applications of GPR– 6 presentations from VOTERS


Conference Proceedings

• Over 50 poster or oral presentations at relevant conferences

• http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/conference_proceedings/






partially funded, at all levels• 4 Patents pending• Over 40 Publications

Collaboration

Conferences• Hosted 3 Major Ones• Chaired 6 Sessions this year alone• Over 50 Proceedings

(Posters and Presentations)

New R&D projects

VOTERS Outreach


COLLABORATION


Collaborations• Federal Highway Administration• State Highway Departments

– Minnesota – Washington State– Massachusetts– Pennsylvania

• Federal Aviation Administration

SupportingOrganizations


• UVM– Ongoing discussions with Vermont Agency of Transportation on bridge

maintenance– Attended FHWA Workshop on Virtual NDE Laboratory, Dec. 2011,

McLean, VA• Trilion

– Working with the PA DOT to expand the VOTERS project• UML

– MassDOT– Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

• NEU– UPS, Fedex, Walleye– Sky Research– Technical University Delft

Collaborations


Technology Transfer

• Licensing agreement between ESS and NEU to sell NEU designed GPR antennas together with the ESS-GPR, in final preparation




Collaboration• Industry• Federal and State• Local Communities• Technology Transfer



New R&D projects

VOTERS Outreach


NEW R&D PROJECTS


New ProjectsUVM• Source: NASA EPSCoR• Title: Prediction and Monitoring of Ablation of Thermal Protective Systems Under

Atmospheric Reentry Conditions– Role on Project: D Huston Co-I – Entire Project: 9/1/11 - 8/31/14– Total Costs : $1,500,000 ($750,000 federal and $750,000 non-federal match) – Specific Aims: to monitor ablation of thermal protection systems

• Source: NASA VSCG • Title: Hydrogen Flame Imaging

– Role on Project: D Huston PI – Entire Project: 9/1/10 - 12/31/11– Total Costs : $5,000 – Specific Aims: to image UV hydrogen flames with passive collimated optics

• Source: US Army STTR Phase I with Performance Lasers • Title: Compact, Rugged, and Low-Cost Wavelength-Versatile Burst Laser

– Role on Project: D Huston University PI, with Harry Rieger of Performance Lasers as Prime PI– Entire Project: 9/1/11 - 02/29/12– Total Costs : $30,000 – Specific Aims: to develop hand held eye safe burst lasers


New Projects (cont.)UVM• Source: Vermont Agency of Transportation and Transportation Research Center • Title: Prediction and Mitigation of Scour for Vermont Bridges

– Role on Project: D Huston Co-I– Entire Project: 10/11 – 09/14Total Costs : $310,478– Specific Aims: to develop scour sensing and remediation

• Source: National Park Service• Title: Fort Bowie

– Role on Project: D Huston Co-I– Entire Project: 07/11 – 03/14– Total Costs : $205,000– Specific Aims: to examine preservation of adobe walls at historic fort

• Source: US Army STTR Phase II with Performance Laser • Title: Compact, Rugged, and Low-Cost Wavelength-Versatile Burst Laser

– Role on Project: University PI, with Harry Rieger of Performance Lasers as Prime PI– Entire Project: 9/1/12 - 08/31/14– Total Costs : $225,000 (UVM subcontract)– Specific Aims: to develop hand held eye safe burst lasers


New Projects (cont.)UVM• Source: AFOSR STTR Phase II with Industrial Measurement Systems Inc. • Title: Novel Materials for In-Situ Ablation Sensing

– Role on Project: Co-I, with D Fletcher as University PI, and Donald Yuhas of Industrial Measurement Systems Inc. as Prime PI

– Entire Project: 9/1/12 - 08/31/14– Total Costs : $250,000 (UVM subcontract)– Specific Aims: to develop ablation sensors for hypersonic vehicles

• Source: NASA VSGC • Title: Ultraviolet Flame Imaging with Quantum Dot Collimated Optics

– Role on Project: PI – Entire Project: 09/01/2013 – 08/31/2014– Total Costs: $27,500– Specific Aims: to develop an ultraviolet hydrogen flame imaging system using quantum dots and

collimated optics


Pending ProposalsUVM• Source: DOD Army DURIP • Title: Acquisition of a High Resolution 4D X-ray Computed Tomography System to Support

Existing and New National Defense-Related Research and Education– Role on Project: D Huston Co-I, M. Dewoolkar PI– Entire Project: 6/15/13 – 6/14/14– Total Costs : $899,800– Specific Aims: to acquire high resolution x-ray equipment

• Source: DOD Army DURIP • Title: Adaptive and Cognitive Ground and Wall Penetrating Radar System

– Role on Project: D Huston PI, T Xia Co-I– Entire Project: 6/15/13 – 6/14/14– Total Costs : $188,219– Specific Aims: to acquire adaptive and cognitive ground penetrating radar equipment

• Source: NSF with Dartmouth College• Title: Data Managed Cognitive Ground Penetrating for Bridge Safety Inspection

– Role on Project: T Xia PI, D Huston Co-PI of UVM– Entire Project: 02/01/2014 – 01/31/2017– Total Costs: $328,158– Specific Aims: to develop a novel cognitive ground penetrating radar to leverage inspection accuracy

and efficiency of bridge structure safety


Pending Proposals (cont.)UVM• Source: NSF Title: Wound Closing Mechanics and Control for Structural Healing• Role on Project: PI

– Entire Project: 09/01/2013 – 08/31/2015– Total Costs: $219,287– Specific Aims: to study the mechanics and control of wound closing in self-healing

structures • Source: US Army STTR Phase I with Superior Technical Ceramics • Title: Self Repairing Antenna Embedded in Composite Structures

– Role on Project: D Huston PI, T Xia Co-PI of UVM– Entire Project: 09/01/2013 – 02/28/2014– Total Costs: $78,173– Specific Aims: to develop self-repairing composite antennas for ballistic armor


Pending Proposals (cont.)NEU• SENSOR-BASED EVALUATION OF THE CRITICAL URBAN ROAD-TRANSPORTATION ENVIRONMENT (SECURE)• PI: Dr. Ralf Birken (Northeastern University)• Co-PI’s: Dr. Auroop Ganguly, Dr. Jennifer Dy, Dr. Ming Wang (Northeastern University), and Prof. Vipin Kumar

(University of Minnesota)• Sponsor: NSF CyberSEES• Proposed Date: September 1, 2013– August 31, 2016• Proposed Funds:$1,200,000 ($1,000,000 NEU)• Status: Submitted February 5, 2013

• UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER FOR Preservation of the Urban Road Environment (PURE)• PI: Dr. Ming Wang (Northeastern University)• Co-PI’s: Dr. Ralf Birken (Northeastern University)• Collaborators: UCLA, AU, CDM, City of Boston, City of Brockton, CDM Smith• Sponsor: RITA USDOT• Proposed Date: September 30, 2013– September 30, 2016• Proposed Funds:$2,250,000 ($1,250,000 NEU)• Status: Submitted March 19, 2013


Pending Proposals (cont.)UML• MULTI-MODAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SENSING SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE SENSING OF BRIDGES AND TUNNELS • PI: Dr. Tzuyang Yu• Co-PI’s: Dr. D. Huston (UVermont), Dr. C. Cao (UConn), Dr. Y. Zhang (GeorgiaTech), Dr. Dr. V. Wang (UML), Dr. A. Gyekenyesi

(NASA)• Sponsor: USDOT RITA CRS&SI• Proposed Date: July 15, 2013– July 14, 2015• Proposed Funds: $2,693,134• Status: Invited for oral presentation (04/03/13)

• RAPID REMOTE DEFECT AND DAMAGE DETECTION OF LARGE-AREA COMPOSITE STRUCTURES • PI: Dr. Tzuyang Yu • Co-PI’s: Dr. J. Chen, Dr. C. Niezrecki, Dr. E. Reynaud• Sponsor: NSF SSS• Proposed Date: September 1, 2013– August 31, 2016• Proposed Funds: $408,345• Status: Pending review


Pending Proposals (cont.)UML• LOW COST RAPID MANUFACTURING OF FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSORS FOR INSPECTION AND MONITORING IN HIGH

POWER ENERGY SYSTEMS • PI: Dr. David Lai • Co-PI’s: Dr. Tzuyang Yu• Sponsor: USDOT SBIR• Proposed Date: September 1, 2013– August 31, 2014• Proposed Funds: $268,750• Status: Invited for full proposal (04/03/13)

• LOW COST RAPID MANUFACTURING OF FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE SENSORS FOR INSPECTION AND MONITORING IN HIGH POWER ENERGY SYSTEMS

• PI: Dr. David Lai • Co-PI’s: Dr. Tzuyang Yu• Sponsor: DOE SBIR• Proposed Date: September 1, 2013– August 31, 2014• Proposed Funds: $150,000• Status: Invited for full proposal (04/03/13)




Collaboration• Industry• Federal and State• Local Communities• Technology Transfer



New R&D projects• More than 10 new projects• More than 10 pending proposals• Unfortunately many rejected ones

VOTERS Impact Summary


BUSINESS ASPECTS


Cost Estimates of VOTERS Components

UVM-GPR• cost of prototype $55,000 hardware• cost of duplication in low quantities $50,000 hardware• estimated cost for medium and high quantity commercial version

maybe under $10,000

ESS-GPR• Estimated cost in low quantities for prototype versions of the ESS Gen3 GPR radar

system for GEARS is $3500. This includes the electronics, housing, and acquisition software, but does not include antennas.

• Multiply this number time the number of antenna pairs needed for the GEARS array system. For example, a system with 16 antenna pairs would cost about $56k, a third of currently available slower commercial GPR arrays


prototype low quantities medium and high quantity

DRS $2500 $1200 ~$800

TEASE $3000 $2000 ~$1500

BOSS $4500 $3000 ~$2000

DTPS $6000 $4000 $2000

MASS $5000 $4000 $2500

SLiMR $1250 $350 $200

Video $4000 $2000 $1000

MAP-GIS $30000 $20000 Will depend on server demand

Cost Estimates of VOTERS Components


How to commercialize?• Reduce equipment cost and outfit many vehicles

– Sell hardware and maintain systems– Maintenance and training– MAP-GIS software subscription, data management

• Outfit one vehicle per region and survey continuously– By subscription – Whole city gets updated data every x months– Data on demand, recent data collected within 6 months always

available, whoever wants it can purchase it– Survey upon request (old model)

• Combine with other mobile data collection– Mobile SI platform adaptable, expandable, and scalable


This work was performed under the support of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Technology Innovation Program (TIP),

Cooperative Agreement Number 70NANB9H9012

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