Summer and Other Research

 Vanessa Raskin (Math and Bio '19, Summer 2018, 4 weeks)
   Measuring surface area of the intestines in little skate

 Nicholas Van Nostrand (CE '17, Fall-Winter 2017-18)
   Image classification via convolutional neural network

 Zhengqi Yang (Math and ECE '18, Summer 2017, 8 weeks)
   Image classification via convolutional neural network, characterizing benign and malignant
   breast cancer lesions
   Presented poster at the summer research poster session, NY6 Upstate Undergraduate Research Conference, and 2017 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference.

 Joshua Park (ME '18, Summer 2017, 8 weeks)
   Image classification via convolutional neural network, characterizing brain tumors

 Ari Bennett (Studio Art '18, Summer 2017, 3 weeks)
   Neural networks using R

 Jigme Norbu (Econ '14, Summer 2013, 8 weeks)
   Game theory of dynamic pricing in retail stores
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session.

 Chris Allen (Math and Phys '14, Summer 2013, 3 weeks)
   Coordinate registration, phantom construction

 Erik Skorina (ME '12 and Math '13, Summer 2013, 8 weeks)
   Ultrasound transducer calibration and transformation matrices from 2D ultrasound planes
   to the global coordinate system

 Nate Onnen (Math '14, Summer 2013, 8 weeks)
   Coordinate frame and image registration between ultrasound-CT
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session.

 Melissa Mansfield (ME '14, Summer 2013, 8 weeks)
   Coordinate frame and image registration between ultrasound-CT
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session.

 Erik Skorina (ME '12 and Math '13, Winter and Spring 2013)
   Constructing ultrasound phantoms that mimic soft tissue in vivo in the Chemistry Lab using
   Acrylamide/Bis-Acrylamide mixture, APS, TEMED, deionized water and Sephadex G-50
   UMOT: Experiments and statistical analysis on ultrasound modulation of the laser beam
   shooting at homemade chicken bone phantoms

 Erik Skorina (ME '12 and Math '13, Winter break 2012-13, 3 weeks)
   Designing the Plane-of-Wires phantom and ultrasound transducer mount plate using
   Solidworks, and fabricating the products in the Machine shop

 Ashley Johnston (ME '14, Summer 2012, 11 weeks)
   Examining options and features for 3D digitizer and methods for constructing multi-modality
   phantoms, transformation matrices using the Denavit-Hartenberg model
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session and NY6 Upstate Undergraduate Research Conference. Also presented at the NCUR.

 Amer Khraisat (ECE '13, Summer 2012, 11 weeks)
   Implementing automatic attenuation compensation methods in ultrasound imaging
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session. Gave a talk at math dept seminar and NY6 Upstate Undergraduate Research Conference.

 Rich French (CS '13, Summer 2012, 8 weeks)
   Fast implementations (such as Jacobi iteration, successive overrelaxation,
   fast Fourier transform, and discrete Cosine transform), the Split Bergman method
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session. Gave a talk at math dept seminar and NY6 Upstate Undergraduate Research Conference.

 Keilah Creedon (Math '14, Summer 2012, 8 weeks)
   Fast Poisson solvers for complex geometries, matrices derivations for simple cases
   and general equations, the Split Bergman method
   Presented a poster at the summer research poster session. Gave a talk at math dept seminar.

 Amer Khraisat (ECE '13, Fall 2011)
   Ultrasound attenuation measurement by comparing the center frequency of the response from
   the sample with that from a non-attenuating uniform phantom

 Rich French (CS '13, Fall 2011)
   Level set method without re-initialization, dynamic implicit surfaces,
   texture preserve total variation denoising

 Amer Khraisat (ECE '13, Summer 2011, 4 weeks)
   Simulating ultrasound linear array scans of a cyst phantom with randomly distributed scatters

 Rich French (CS '13, Summer 2011, 8 weeks)
   Functional optimization using variational principles