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VOTERS Outreach and Impact

VOTERS Outreach and Impact. Ralf Birken Northeastern University. Education/Scholarship. NEU GRADUATE STUDENTS. 10 Ph.D., at least partially funded by VOTERS Yu Liu RA PhD ECE 2012 Yifeng Lu RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2013 Yubo Zhao RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014

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VOTERS Outreach and Impact

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  1. VOTERSOutreach and Impact Ralf Birken Northeastern University

  2. Education/Scholarship

  3. NEU GRADUATE STUDENTS 10 Ph.D., at least partially funded by VOTERS Yu Liu RA PhD ECE 2012 Yifeng Lu RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2013 Yubo Zhao RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014 David Vines-Cavanaugh RA PhD CEE 2014 Yiying Zhang RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014 Nicole Martino RA PhD CEE 2013 Wenjun Zhang RA PhD Interdisciplinary 2014 Qi Wang RA PhD ECE 2013 Ming Li RA PhD ECE 2013 SindhuGhantaRA PhD ECE 2014 9 M.S., at least partially funded by VOTERS Jason Durant RA MS ECE 2010 Hao Liu RA MS CE UML(2012) VitaliySaykinRA MS CE 2011 David Vines-Cavanaugh RA MS CE 2011 Kyle Anstey RA MS ECE 2010 Bo LI RA MS ECE 2010 Reid Vilbig RA MS CE 2013 Xin Ma RA MS ECE 2013 SalarShahiniShamsabadiRA MS CE 2014

  4. UML GRADUATE STUDENTS Total: 6 M.S. and 6 B.S. at least partially funded by VOTERS • BurakBoyaci (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.

  5. 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 MetwallyB.S. • Anbu Venkatachalam M.S. • Earl Lawyer M.S. • Ken Ngai M.S. • Andrew O’Brien M.S. • Yu Zhang M.S. • XianleiXu Visiting PhD student from China University Mining and Technology Beijing • Dylan Burns Postdoctoral Fellow

  6. Patents – 4 pending • NEU • 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. • 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. • 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. • Roaming Mobile Sensor Platform Collection Geo-Referenced Sensor Data and Creating Thematic Maps, R. Birken., Ming L. Wang, and Sara WadiaFascetti, 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)

  7. Journal papers • Over 40 publications and counting • http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/journal_articles/

  8. 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/book_chapters/

  9. Conferences

  10. Hosting Major Workshops and Conferences • ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Annual Meeting, June 1-4, 2011, http://www.neu.edu/emi2011/, NEU, Boston, USA. Chair and Co-chairsM. Wang with J. Hajjar and D. Bernal. 450 participants from 22 countries. • (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. • 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-chairM. Wang with C. H. Loh of National Taiwan University.

  11. 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 forSHM/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

  12. Conference Proceedings • Over 50 poster or oral presentations at relevant conferences • http://www.northeastern.edu/voters/research/publications/conference_proceedings/

  13. Collaboration

  14. Collaborations • Federal Highway Administration • State Highway Departments • Minnesota • Washington State • Massachusetts • Pennsylvania • Federal Aviation Administration SupportingOrganizations

  15. Collaborations • 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

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

  17. new R&D projects

  18. New Projects UVM • 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

  19. 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

  20. 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 • EntireProject: 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

  21. Pending Proposals UVM • 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 • EntireProject: 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 • EntireProject: 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 • EntireProject: 02/01/2014 – 01/31/2017 • Total Costs: $328,158 • Specific Aims: to develop a novel cognitive ground penetrating radar to leverage inspection accuracyand efficiency of bridge structure safety

  22. Pending Proposals (cont.) UVM • Source: NSF Title: Wound Closing Mechanics and Control for Structural Healing • Role on Project: PI • EntireProject: 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 • EntireProject: 09/01/2013 – 02/28/2014 • Total Costs: $78,173 • Specific Aims: to develop self-repairing composite antennas for ballistic armor

  23. 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. AuroopGanguly, 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

  24. 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

  25. 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)

  26. Business aspects

  27. 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 versionmaybe 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

  28. Cost Estimates of VOTERS Components

  29. 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

  30. Thank you! r.birken@neu.edu SupportingOrganizations

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