W. Kenneth Jenkins
Head of Electrical Engineering at Penn State
Mid-Atlantic Regional ECEDHA Meeting
July 17, 2010
“Redefining ECE in an Increasingly Interdisciplinary World”
Major Areas of Interdisciplinary Research and Education
• Bio and Biomedical Engineering
• Materials Science and Nanotechnology
• Interdisciplinary Space Science Programs
• Interdisciplinary College Programs
Bio and Biomedical Engineering
• Computer-Assisted Endoscopy
• Stimulation Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease
• Smart Spaces for Aged Quality Living
• Bio-inspired Signal Processing
Continuous Guidance of Endoscopy for Cancer
Detection William E. Higgins
Penn State University
Depts. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity Park, PA 16802, USA
Background - CT-Video Registration
Real World
Virtual World
Physical airway tree
CT Slices
CT S
can
CT-Derived Virtual Airway Tree
Virtual Bronchoscope Tip - Located at Pose Θ
Real Bronchoscope Tip
Real Bronchoscope Image Observed at Time t
Virtual Bronchoscope ImageGenerated at Pose Θ
Figure 19.4, Wang/Mehta ‘95
“Model” Smart Cottage
• Evaluate Accessibility Features • Proving Ground for “Smart” Technology• Attract Important Visitors to McKeesport• Available “On the World Wide Web”• Demonstrate “Smart” Technologies
Bio-inspired Signal Processing
Work in different areas: Antenna Design - Doug Werner
Power Systems - Kwang Lee
Adaptive Signal Processing - Ken Jenkins
• Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization
• Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
• Ant Colony Optimization (ACO)
• Cat Swarm Optimization (CSO)
• Neural Network (NN) recognition
Materials Science and Nanotechnology
• New EE Core Course Offering
• Polymer Devices for Energy Storage Research
• Solar Energy Conversion Research
Solid State Heterojunction Polymeric (solution cast) Photovoltaics: Craig Grimes
• Funded by DOE• Many opportunities for collaboration: chemistry, characterization, simulation, design of new structures
Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc. 2006
MEDICAL DEVICE APPLICATIONS
MILITARY APPLICATIONS
ENERGY HARVESTING APPLICATIONS
HYBRID AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS
High Performance Polymer Devices for Energy Storage, Biomedical & Electrical Applications
Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc.Enabling Technology to Improve the Quality of Living
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Dramatic Size Reduction
Enabled by SPS Technology• High K: 10-50• High energy density: 25 J/cc• Fast discharge (millisecond)• Low cost, mass production
Technology Overview: Energy Storage
• The active parts of power electronics becoming smaller & cheaper• Current polymer capacitors have small dielectric constant (2-5), low energy
density (< 1 J/cc), occupy >60% of device volume & weight • Current supercapacitors have slow discharge (second)
DC Converter in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
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Source: Paumanok Publications, Inc. & Goldman Sachs research. 2005 &2006
Target Market 1:Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators
Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators Market
The ICD market is projected to grow 20% annually over the next 5 years
Retail price of an ICD unit ranges from $20,000 - $30,000 each
Capacitor costs $150
ESPRIT Rocket Payload Investigates Science of the Polar Atmosphere
Interdisciplinary Space Science Programs
The ESPRIT Mission
Three-year undergraduate project Design, fabrication, verification, integration, and analysis of
a scientific sounding rocket payload Students produced:
– 7 scientific instruments– 3 attitude instruments– 4 engineering demonstrations– Electrical and mechanical subsystems
Collaboration between PSU and three Norwegian Universities
Interdisciplinary College Programs
• Engineering Systems Design Certificate (new)
• Leadership Minor
• Entrepreneurship Minor
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