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Research |

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EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS |
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Marc P. Christensen |
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Student |
Thesis Advisor |
Research Project |
Dates of Support |
Graduation Date |
Degree Type |
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Tejaswini Mirani |
Dinesh Rajan |
PANOPTES |
6/2003-Present |
5/2006 (12/2007) |
M.S. Ph.D. |
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J.D. Norris |
Scott Douglas |
PANOPTES |
(none) |
5/2006 (12/2007) |
M.S. Ph.D. |
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Indranil Sinharoy |
Scott Douglas |
PANOTPES |
9/2005-Present |
9/2006 |
M.S. |
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STUDENTS DIRECTLY UNDER MY ADVISEMENT |
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Agency |
Title |
Dates |
SMU Award |
Total Award |
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National Defense University |
The role of integrated micro-laser array technology in future autonomous networked battlefield sensors, PI Marc P. Christensen |
3/2003-2/2004 |
$16,887 |
$50,000 |
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DARPA |
Analysis of Irregular Sampling for Information Efficient Sensors, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Dinesh Rajan |
7/2003-6/2004 |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
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NSF |
Rewarding Achievement and Promoting Success* (PI transfer) PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Betsy Willis |
9/2003-8/2008 |
$385,000 |
$385,000 |
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DARPA |
Information Optimized Co-design for PANOPTES, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Dinesh Rajan & Scott Douglas |
3/2004-12/2005 |
$75,000 |
$75,000 |
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NRO |
Photonic True Time Delay, PI Marc P. Christensen. Subcontract to Photodigm Inc. |
7/2004-9/2005 |
$29,722 |
$350,000 |
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PTAP |
Photonics Technology Assistance Program: Request for 2-D Steerable Micro-mirror Array in Support of PANOPTES, PI Marc P. Christensen |
7/2004 Equipment Grant |
$51,000 |
$51,000 |
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AFOSR |
Quantum Cryptography STTR, PI Marc P. Christensen. Subcontract to Photodigm Inc. |
9/2005-6/2006 |
$9,987 |
$100,000
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ONR |
Lightweight Flat Form Factor Adaptive Imaging Sensor for Convoy and Fleet Protection, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Dinesh Rajan & Scott Douglas |
9/2005-8/2006 |
$150,000 |
$150,000 |
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NSF |
SBIR: Dispersion Guided Photonic Crystal Laser, PI Marc P. Christensen. Subcontract to Photodigm Inc. |
9/2005-8/2007 |
$25,000 |
$500,000 |
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ARL |
High-Tech Eyes for the Battlefield, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Dinesh Rajan, Scott Douglas, and Panos Papamichalis |
9/2006-8/2009 |
$2,310,002 |
$2,310,002 |
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ONR |
Photonic Phase Lock Loop, PI Marc P. Christensen, Subcontract to University of Texas at Dallas and Drexel University |
9/2006-8/2007 |
$141,000 |
$1,200,000 |
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DARPA |
Young Faculty Award: Active Illumination with Micro-mirror-arrays for Computational Adaptive Multi-resolution Sensing: AIM-CAMS |
5/2007- 8/2008 |
$149,000 |
$149,000 |
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Student |
Thesis Topic |
Research Project |
Dates of Support |
Graduation Date |
Degree Type |
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Manjunath Somayaji Currently with CDM Optics, Boulder, CO |
Enhancement of Form Factor and Light Collection in Computational Imaging Systems through Wavefront Coding Techniques |
PANOPTES |
6/2003-12/2006 |
5/2006 |
Ph.D. |
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Vikrant Bhakta |
Analysis Framework for Flat Computational Imagers |
PANOPTES |
6/2003-Present |
9/2006 (5/2009) |
M.S. Ph.D. |
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Stephen David Lively |
(Undergraduate Research Assistant) |
Integrated Photonics |
9/2005-Present |
(5/2007) (5/2008) (5/2012) |
B.S. M.S. Ph.D. |
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Michael Buynak |
Undergraduate Research Assistant Micro-mirror Calibration and Control |
Integrated Photonics |
6/2006-Present |
5/2007 (5/2008) |
B.S. M.S. |
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Bryan Yu |
Undergraduate Research Assistant LiNbO3 Waveguide Fabrication |
Integrated Photonics |
1/2007- Present |
5/2007 (5/2008) |
B.S. M.S. |
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Timothy Gray |
Low Cost Optical Backplane Approach |
(Tuition Support from Overhead) |
9/2005-Present |
(5/2008) |
Ph.D. |
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Nathan Huntoon |
FDTD Analysis of FTIR Nanophotonic Couplers |
Integrated Photonics |
9/2006- Present |
12/2008 |
Ph.D. |
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Isabella Westlauer |
(Summer Intern) |
PANOPTES |
6/2007- Present |
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H.S. |