Research

EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Marc P. Christensen

 

Student

 

Thesis Advisor

Research Project

Dates of Support

Graduation Date

Degree Type

Tejaswini Mirani

Dinesh Rajan

PANOPTES

6/2003-Present

5/2006

(12/2007)

M.S.

Ph.D.

J.D. Norris

Scott Douglas

PANOPTES

(none)

5/2006

(12/2007)

M.S.

Ph.D.

Indranil Sinharoy

Scott Douglas

PANOTPES

9/2005-Present

9/2006

M.S.

STUDENTS DIRECTLY UNDER MY ADVISEMENT

Agency

Title

Dates

SMU Award

Total Award

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

DARPA

Analysis of Irregular Sampling for Information Efficient Sensors, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Dinesh Rajan

7/2003-6/2004

$100,000

$100,000

NSF

Rewarding Achievement and Promoting Success* (PI transfer) PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI Betsy Willis

9/2003-8/2008

$385,000

$385,000

DARPA

Information Optimized Co-design for PANOPTES, PI Marc P. Christensen, CoPI  Dinesh Rajan & Scott Douglas

3/2004-12/2005

$75,000

$75,000

NRO

Photonic True Time Delay, PI Marc P. Christensen.  Subcontract to Photodigm Inc.

7/2004-9/2005

$29,722

$350,000

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

AFOSR

Quantum Cryptography STTR, PI Marc P. Christensen.  Subcontract to Photodigm Inc.

9/2005-6/2006

$9,987

$100,000

 

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

NSF

SBIR: Dispersion Guided Photonic Crystal Laser, PI Marc P. Christensen.  Subcontract to Photodigm Inc.

9/2005-8/2007

$25,000

$500,000

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

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

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

 

Student

 

Thesis Topic

Research Project

Dates of Support

Graduation Date

Degree Type

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.

Vikrant Bhakta

Analysis Framework for Flat Computational Imagers

PANOPTES

6/2003-Present

9/2006

(5/2009)

M.S.

Ph.D.

Stephen David Lively

(Undergraduate Research Assistant)

Integrated Photonics

9/2005-Present

(5/2007)

(5/2008)

(5/2012)

B.S.

M.S.

Ph.D.

Michael Buynak

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Micro-mirror Calibration and Control

Integrated Photonics

6/2006-Present

5/2007

(5/2008)

B.S.

M.S.

Bryan Yu

Undergraduate Research Assistant

LiNbO3 Waveguide Fabrication

Integrated Photonics

1/2007-

Present

5/2007

(5/2008)

B.S.

M.S.

Timothy Gray

Low Cost Optical Backplane Approach

(Tuition Support from Overhead)

9/2005-Present

(5/2008)

Ph.D.

Nathan Huntoon

FDTD Analysis of FTIR Nanophotonic Couplers

Integrated Photonics

9/2006-

Present

12/2008

Ph.D.

Isabella Westlauer

(Summer Intern)

PANOPTES

6/2007-

Present

 

H.S.