Position:
Senior Research Scientist at Battelle, Senior Research Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Location:
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area
Work:
Battelle
- Richland, WA and Columbus, OH since Sep 1994
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Senior Research Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area since Nov 1992
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Senior Research Scientist
Washington State University
- Richland, WA Nov 1994 - Dec 2000
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Adjunct Lecturer
The University of Arizona
- Tucson, Arizona Area Jan 1992 - Oct 1992
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Research Associate
The University of Arizona
- Tucson, Arizona Area 1987 - 1991
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Graduate Research Associate
University of Dayton Research Institute
- Dayton, Ohio Area 1985 - 1987
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Graduate Research Assistant
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
- Socorro, NM Jun 1985 - Aug 1985
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Research Assistant
Hewlett-Packard
- Boise, Idaho Area May 1983 - Aug 1983
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Summer Hire, Student Employment and Educational Development (SEED)
SolarAire of Boise, Inc
- Boise, Idaho Area 1980 - 1980
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Assembler (part-time)
Education:
University of Arizona 1990 - 1991
PhD, Optical Sciences
University of Arizona 1987 - 1989
MS, Optical Sciences
University of Dayton 1985 - 1987
MSEO, Electro-Optics
Boise State University 1981 - 1985
BS, Physics
Bishop Kelly High School 1977 - 1981
Diploma
Honor & Awards:
* Recipient of Associated Western Universities - US Department of Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship (1993)
* Recipient of Northwest Colleges and Universities for Science (NORCUS) Postdoctoral Fellowship (1992)
* Recipient of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Scholarship (1987)
* Inducted into Sigma Xi scientific research society (1986)
* Recipient of Physics Department scholarships (1981-1985)
* Boise State University Top Ten Scholar Award (1984)
* Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi national honor society (1984)
Awards:
Federal Laboratory Consortium Award
Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC)
The transfer of the Millimeter Wave Holographic Body Scanner to the commercial sector. The primary recipients of this technology transfer were two companies who have developed scanners for their individual applications: SaveView, Inc. and Intellifit.
SafeView, Inc., of Santa Clara, CA was licensed in 2002 to market the technology as a security screening device. The scanner improves the safety and efficiency of checkpoint operations by identifying any items concealed in or under clothing. The scanner can be deployed at airports, border crossings, building entrances, prisons, and anywhere that requires security scans. It has distinct advantages over other surveillance systems that rely on metal detection, visual imaging (video), or x-ray imaging. The Millimeter Wave Holographic Body Scanner actually “sees ” and displays on the screen any object in or under clothing, and it does so without exposing the person to ionizing rays. It clearly displays ceramic and plastic devices that can be hidden from other screening devices. SafeView is marketing the scanner throughout the world and plans to soon have units installed in Europe as well as in the U.S.
Intellifit, of Philadelphia, PA, has licensed the Millimeter Wave Holographic Body Scanner for the apparel industry. In this application the scanner is used to take exact body measurements, helping customers find clothing that really fits. Dozens of precise body measurements are obtained in less than ten seconds while the customer remains fully clothed. This body scanner promises to transform the way consumers buy and manufacturers make apparel.
R&D Magazine's Editors' Choice Award for "Most Promising New Technology of 2004"
R&D Magazine
The Intellifit System is a first-of-its kind cylindrical holographic imaging technology that can perform a 360-degree whole body scan in less than 10 seconds. The Intellifit scanner uses a millimeter wave array/transceiver technology which bounces off the body reflecting more than 200,000 points in space. The array/transceiver illuminates the human body standing within the cylinder with extremely low-powered millimeter waves—a class of non-ionizing radiation not harmful to humans—that penetrates clothing and reflects off the body. The reflected signals are collected by the array/transceiver and sent to a high-speed image processing computer where the Intellifit software converts that “point-cloud” into dozens of precise body measurements forming a high-resolution 3D image of the body.
R&D 100 Award
R&D Magazine
A customized fit is the basis behind a new technology, which aims to revolutionize the fashion industry and make those five venerable words "It just doesn't fit right!" to disappear. The Intellifit System: Millimeter Wave Holographic Body Scanner for Custom Fitting Apparel, conceived by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA and commercialized by Intellifit Corp., Philadelphia, PA, is a first-of-its kind cylindrical holographic imaging technology capable of performing a 360° body scan in less than 10 sec. The system surveys the clothes conscious with non-harmful radio waves, which are captured by transceivers and digitally processed to obtain a 3D image of the body, with an accuracy of 1 cm or less. On average, more than 200,000 data points are collected to create a user's profile. This information is then processed against Intellifit's sizing solutions database, which compares a customer's measurements to a range of specifications given by retailers to determine the best-fitting sizes and apparel brands for the individual.
http://www.rdmag.com/Awards/RD-100-Awards/2004/09/Welcome-To-The-Fashion-Revolution/
Awards from Employer
Battelle
* Outstanding Performance Award (OPA) for contributions to the Knowledge Engineered Video Analysis project (2010)
* OPA for contributions to concealed object detection for millimeter wave imagery (2008)
* OPA for contributions to the Radiation Portal Monitoring Project (2005)
* Key Contributor Award for SafeView commercialization (2003)
* Key Contributor Award for Intellifit commercialization (2003)
* Software Creator Award for millimeter wave analysis software (2003)
* Recognition & Reward Awards for US Patents #7,834,802 (2010), #7,365,672 (2008) and #6,876,322 (2006) and software copyright transfer (2004) for millimeter image analysis
* Recognition & Reward Awards for US Patents #5,775,330 (1998) and #5,680,866 (1999) in the area of medical technologies
* "500k Award" for work on the EMSL Electronic Collaboratory (1997)
* Excellence in Teaming Award for contributions to the formation of the Medical Technologies and Systems Initiative (1994)
Certifications:
Secret Derivative Classification Authority, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Amateur Radio Advanced License, US Federal Communications Comission
Navy-Marine Corps Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS), US Navy