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Denise Wilson
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Denise Wilson Associate Professor Circuits and Sensors M222 EE/CSE Bldg. Box 352500 University of WA Seattle, WA 98195 |
| Phone: (206) 221-5238 E-mail: wilson@ee.washington.edu |
Distributed Microsystems Laboratory
Georgia Institute of Technology 1995 Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology 1989 M.S.
Stanford University 1988 B.S.
Research Summary
As we try to interpret and control our environment more and more, we require more and more interface points with a particular environment. Gathering sensory data from distributed nodes in such environments requires specialized signal processing and computing architectures to process information in an efficient and timely manner.
Research in the Distributed Microsystems Lab focues on building compact, system on chip type nodes for such distributed microsystems. The signal processing for these systems is split into two major components. At the sensing (or actuation) plane itself, small hardware processing elements are local to every senso to provide real-time information or control of the environment. Signal processing at the central or base station consists of hardware and software, designed to integrate information gathered from the distributed nodes of the system. The sensing elements for these systems contain large quantities of sensors not only at various nodes but also within a node in order to gather large amounts of sensory information for redundancy and robustness of the overall system. Attention to the entire system at every level of design enables small, accurate sensing nodes that do not overwhelm the total comptuational capability of the system.
Honors
Outstanding EE Teaching Award 2001 National Science Foundation Career Award 1997-2001
National Science Foundation Fellowship 1992-1995
Georgia Tech Presidential Fellowship 1992-1995
Alexander Grossman Scholarship 1984-88
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1989, 1993, 1994)
Research Projects
Distributed Microsystems Laboratory: http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/denise/www/Lab/
Recent Publications
Rachel Yotter and Denise Wilson, "A Review of Photodetectors for Biosensing Applications ," IEEE Sensors Journal, in press.p> D.M. Wilson and S.D. Garrod, "Optimization of Gas-Sensitive Polymer Arrays using Combinations of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Sub-Arrays," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, June 2002, pp. 169-178.
D.M. Wilson, Sean Hoyt, Jiri Janata, Louis Abando, and Karl Booksh, "Chemical Sensors for Portable, Handheld Field Instruments," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 256-276.
B.P. Tan and D.M. Wilson, "Semi-Parallel Rank Order Filtering in Analog VLSI," IEEE Trans Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, vol. 48, n 2, February 2001, pp. 198-205.
K.H. Chong and D.M. Wilson, "Multi-Level Pattern Recognition Architectures for Localization of Mixed Chemical/Auditory Stimuli," Sensors and Actuators B, vol. 68, no. 1, 2001, pp. 58-68.
T.A. Roppel and D.M. Wilson, "Biologically-Inspired Pattern Recognition for Odor Detection," Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 21, 2000, pp. 213-219.
D.M. Wilson, E.D. Blom, M.A. Marra, and B.L. Walcott, "Direct Sensorimotor Control for Low-Cost Mobile Tracking Applications," IEEE Trans in Industrial Electronics, vol. 47, No. 4, August 2000, pp. 939-950.
Recent Conference Papers
R.A. Yotter, M. Warren, J. Greegor, and Denise M. Wilson, "Optimized CMOS Photodetector Structures for the Detection of Biological Reporters," Eurosensors 2003, in press.
J. R. Greegor, R. A. Yotter, and D. M. Wilson, "Optimized Interface electronics and Transduction Mechanisms for High Sensitivity Photodiode Structures," Transducers 2003: Boston, Massachusetts, in press
. Denise M. Wilson, Mike Warren, Karl Booksh, and Louis Obando, "Integrated Optical Computing for Portable, Real-time SPR Analysis of Environmental Pollutants," Eurosensors 2002: Prague, Czech Republic, September 2002
Sam McKennoch and Denise M. Wilson, "Electronic Interface Modules for Solid-State Chemical Sensors," IEEE Sensors 2002: Orlando, Florida, June 2002.
Todd M. Massengill and Denise M. Wilson, "Dual-Use Signal Processing for a Multiple-Sensor System: Sonar and Optical Image Processing for Underwater Obstacle Avoidance," IEEE Sensors 2002: Orlando, Florida, June 2002.
Todd M. Massengill, Denise M. Wilson, Paul E. Hasler, and David W. Graham, "Empirical Comparison of Analog and Digital Auditory Preprocessing for Automatic Speech Recognition," Intl. Symp. Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2002: Phoenix, May 2002.
Mike Warren and Denise M. Wilson, "A Virtual Point Array for Parabolic Voltage Interpolation," Intl. Symp. Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2002: Phoenix, Arizona, May 2002.
Active Grants
Highly Streamlined Computing Platforms for Sensory Plane Processing in Portable Chemical Sensing Analysis Systems
National Science Foundation, PI, 4/03-3/06
Signal Processing Architectures for Biologically Inspired Chemiresistor Array Microsystems
Subcontract to California Institute of Technology (Nathan Lewis, Dept of Chemistry)
for ARO DAAG55-98-1-0266, 9/02-12/03
Center for Genomic Excellence (Life on a Chip)
National Institute of Health, Co-PI, 8/01-7/06
Preventative Techniques for Sensor Validation in Chemical Sensing Applications
Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC), PI, 1/1/00-12/30/03
Micro-AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) Project USTLAB
(Subcontract for DARPA AUV Project), PI, 12/00-8/03
Integration of Auditory and Chemical Processing into Compact, Distributed Sensing Nodes
National Science Foundation, PI, 10/15/00-9/30/03
Recent Graduate Students
Greegor, Josh -- MS Electrical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Resonance based Photodetectors for Low Noise Light Detection
Leung, Carina -- MS Electrical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Biologically Inspired, Integrated Architectures for Chemical Sensing Arrays
Lee, Linda -- MS Electrical Engineering
Moe, Andrew -- MS Electrical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Spectral LED Aggregation Hardware for Fluorescent Reporter Analysis
Strumpf, Michael -- MS Electrical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Mixed Hear/Smell Sensing Nodes
Tan, Garth -- MS Electrical Engineering
Thesis Topic: Sensor Validation Frameworks
Yotter, Rachel -- MS/PhD Electrical Engineering
