APL’s collaborations with other divisions of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) have been ongoing for years, and this leveraging of the full technological and analytical expertise of the JHU enterprise has yielded many exciting and mutually beneficial projects and advancements. This issue of the Technical Digest features short articles showcasing the breadth and depth of the research, development, and technology that has resulted from these cross-divisional collaborations.
Editorial: APL Collaborations Within The Johns Hopkins UniversityDavid M. Silver |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGRevolutionizing Prosthetics 2009: Dexterous Control of an Upper-Limb NeuroprosthesisM. Bridges, J. Beaty, F. Tenore, M. Para, M. Mashner, V. Aggarwal, S. Acharya, G. Singhal, and N. Thakor |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGAdvanced, Multiple-Projection, Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry System: Precision Bone Loss Measurements on Earth and in SpaceH. K. Charles Jr., H. S. Feldmesser, T. C. Magee, and T. J. Beck |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGComputer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery with Real-Time BiomechanicsM. Armand, R. Armiger, D. Mendat, J. Lepistö, K. Tallroth, S. Mears, S. Belkoff, R. Taylor, R. Murphy, G. Chintalapani, and O. Sadowski |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGImage-Guided, Robotically Assisted Osteoporotic Bone AugmentationM. Armand, R. Armiger, M. Kutzer, C. Brown, S. Mear, E. Sutton, P. Kazanzides, R. Taylor, Y. Otake, O. Sadowski, and E. Basafa |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGComputational Cardiac Modeling Based on Transesophageal Echocardiographic ImagingC. Sprouse, A. Jorstad, D. DeMenthon, P. Burlina, F. Contijoch, T. Ngo, D. Herzka, E. McVeigh, J. Stearns, K. Grogan, M. Brady, T. Abraham, and D. Yuh |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGTeleWatch Patient Monitoring SystemJ. G. Palmer, E. Kasper, G. Gerstenblith, S. Gottlieb, and J. Spaeder |
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERINGResearch Program in Applied NeuroscienceR. J. Vogelstein, S. D. Harshbarger, M. P. McLoughlin, J. D. Beaty, S. Yantis, C. E. Connor, N. V. Thakor, C. Priebe, and R. Etienne-Cummings |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHIris Structure, Aqueous Flow, and Glaucoma RiskD. M. Silver and H. A. Quigley |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHObjective Characterization of Haze Following Refractive SurgeryR. L. McCally, W. J. Stark, P. J. Connolly, S. Jain, and D. T. Azar |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHCharacterizing the Protein Content in Tears for Early Detection of DiseaseM. Antoine, P. Demirev, H. Le, A. Behrens, and J. Castro |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHElectronic Mass Casualty Assessment and Planning ScenariosC. K. Latimer, J. C. Brown, T. C. Gion, C. Wong, J. J. Scheulen,T. D. Kirsch, D. M. Whyne, J. M. Links, M. G. Millin, J. Schaefer, and S. B. Wadsworth |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHRapid Detection of Malaria ParasitesA. Feldman, J. Lin, S. Murphy, P. Demirev, D. Sullivan, P. Scholl, and N. Kumar |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHApplied Sequencing Center InitiativeA. Feldman, P. Demirev, A. Greenberg, J. Lin, T. Mehoke, E. Van Gieson, C. Young, J. Hahn, J. Proescher, R. Quizon, A. Sivakumar, J. Ticehurst, A. Chakravarti, K. Schwab, and N. Kumar |
MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTHJHU Global Water ProgramK. Schwab, M. E. Figueroa, W. Ball, S. Guikema, B. Zaitchik, and C. Young |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSThe Stratospheric Terahertz ObservatoryP. N. Bernasconi, D. Neufeld, C. Walker, D. Hollenbach, J. Kawamura, and J. Stuzki |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSEquatorial Superrotation on Earth Induced by Optically Thick Dust CloudsX. Zhu, L. D. Oman, D. W. Waugh, and S. A. Lloyd |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSThe Dynamic Fracture of Rocky Bodies: Applications to Planetary Impact ProblemsJ. Kimberley, K. T. Ramesh, O. S. Barnouin, P. K. Swaminathan, and C. M. Ernst |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSMass Spectral Signatures of Intact Microorganisms in the Search for Life on Mars Using Mass SpectrometryT. Cornish, P. Demirev, M. Antoine, S. Ecelberger, W. Brinckerhoff, L. Becker, J. DiRuggiero, and K. Sowers |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSCeramic Coatings for the Solar Probe Plus MissionD. Mehoke, E. Congdon, D. Drewry Jr., C. Eddins, R. Deacon, T. Wolf, D. Hahn, D. King, D. Nagle, M. Buchta, D. Zhang, K. Hemker, J. Spicer, J. Jones, S. Ryan, and G. Schlichter |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSChip-Scale Absolute Scalar Magnetometer for Space ApplicationsH. Korth, K. Strohbehn, F. Tejada, A. Andreou, S. McVeigh, J. Kitching, and S. Knappe |
SPACE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONSEstimating Shock Spectra: Extensions Beyond the Goddard Environmental Verification StandardT. Igusa and G. L. Maahs |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSFlexible Readout and Integration Sensor (FRIS): New Class of Imaging Sensor Arrays Optimized for Air and Missile DefenseC. G. Rizk, P. O. Pouliquen, and A. G. Andreou |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSChemically Responsive Organic Field-Effect TransistorsT. J. Dawidczyk, J. Huang, J. Sun, K. C. See, B. J. Jung, H. E. Katz, A. F. Mason, J. Miragliotta, and A. Becknell |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSOrganic Field-Effect Transistors for the Detection of Airborne ExplosivesA. F. Mason, Y. Han, J. Huang, T. Dawidczyk, and H. E. Katz |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSPiezoelectric Biopolymer–Polymer Composite Films and MicrofibersD. Farrar, M. S. Yu, J. E. West, and W. Moon |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSHierarchical Self-Assembly of 3-D Metallic Microstructures for Terahertz Applications: Experiments and SimulationJ. Randhawa, M. D. Keung, D. Demers, S. S. Gurbani, D. H. Gracias, and M. Leahy-Hoppa |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSNanotechnology Application to Optimize Piezoelectric Metamaterials for Highly Sensitive Transducers and Energy HarvestingJ. I. Arvelo, I. J. Busch-Vishniac, and J. E. West |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSEstimates of Near-Infrared Atmospheric Window AbsorptionM. E. Thomas, K. Siegrist, W. E. Torruellas, J. Kang, and K. Petrillo |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSOptical Properties of Polycrystalline Neodymium (Nd)-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet for Different Levels of Nd DopingR. M. Springer, F. A. Narducci, M. E. Thomas, and D. V. Hahn |
SENSORS AND MATERIALSThe Structural and Property Evolution of Cellulose During CarbonizationY.-R. Rhim, M. Rooney, D. Nagle, D. Zhang, D. Drewry III, D. H. Fairbrother, and C. Herman |
ROBOTICSReconfigurable Robotic System with Independently Mobile ModulesM. Kutzer, C. Brown, D. Scheidt, M. Armand, K. Wolfe, M. Moses, and G. Chirikjian |
ROBOTICSSenior Design Project: Miniature Actuator for Throwable RobotR. M. Johnson, D. Ferguson, J. Kegelman, J. Lefkowitz, T. Rajpal, A. F. Conn, M. Armand, C. Y. Brown, A. F. DeBella, M. D. Kutzer, and D. L. Ryan |
ROBOTICSEstimating the Pose of an Object in a Distributed Camera NetworkA. Jorstad, P. Burlina, I-J. Wang, D. Lucarelli, D. DeMenthon, R. Tron, A. Terzis, and R. Vidal |
ROBOTICSSenior Design Project: Low-Altitude Unmanned Reconnaissance Airship (LAURA)N. Keim, J. Samsundar, and J. Barton |
ROBOTICSBiomimetic Undulating Fin Propulsion for Maneuvering Underwater VehiclesK. M. Kalumuck, A. Brandt, M. Armand, M. D. Kutzer, C. Y. Brown, N. J. Cowan, A. Prosperetti, C. Blizzard, R. Burns, M. Takagi, and E. S. Fortune |
ROBOTICSHigh-Speed Active Flow ControlS. J. Haack, B. Z. Cybyk, A. Nedungadi, H. B. Land, T. M. Taylor, J. Katz, H. S. Ko, and F. Alvi |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONMulti-Channel, Multi-Radio Seamless Wireless Mesh NetworksQ. Zhang, Y. Amir, N. River, and R. Musaloiu-Elefteri |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONAdaptive Resilient Tactical Network ManagementR. G. Cole, S. Kumar, A. Mishra, and B. Awerbuch |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONHigh-Bandwidth Communication in the Maritime Environment for Tactical ApplicationsR. Sova, R. Rottier, D. Terry, J. Juarez, J. Sluz, D. Young, B. Brandenburg, T. Hanley, C. Etheridge, J. Makowski, F. Davidson, and C. Nelson |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONUnrestricted Warfare Symposia: A Successful Collaboration Between APL and the JHU School of Advanced International StudiesR. R. Luman, L. D. Simmons, and T. Keaney |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONDesigning for Information Discovery: User Needs AnalysisA. M. Conaway, C. K. Pikas, U. E. McLean, S. D. Morris, L. A. Palmer, L. Rosman, S. A. Sears, E. Uzelac, and S. M. Woodson |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONEstablishing a Human Language Technology Center of ExcellenceG. Strong, J. Eisner, and C. Piatko |
NETWORKS AND INFORMATIONComparison of Expected and Observed Fisher Information in Variance Calculations for Parameter EstimatesX. Cao and J. C. Spall |
MISCELLANEAAPL Achievement Awards and PrizesLinda L. Maier-Tyler |