ISSSR 2008

II. Science & Technology for Air (& Atmospheric) Sensing & Monitoring

II(A) Air Sensing: Laser Based Sensors

Chair: Christopher Gittins, Physical Sciences, Inc.

Quantum Cascade Laser Open-Path System for Trace Gas
Concentration Measurements in the Urban Environment
Claire Gmachl, MIRTHE, Princeton University
Invited
Development of a MEMS-Scale Photoacoustic Chemical Sensor
Using a Quantum Cascade Laser
Ellen Holthoff, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Standoff and Miniature Chemical Vapor Detectors Based
on Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
Mickey Frish, Physical Sciences, Inc.
Optical Properties of Chromium Centers in Transparent Calcium
Germanate Glass-Ceramics
Thandar Myint, The City College of New York
Student Paper
Single Airborne Particle Fluorescence Spectrometer with Options
for Sorting, Heating, and Dual-Wavelength Excitation
Hermes Huang, Yale University
Invited & Student Paper

II(B) Air Sensing: LIDAR I

Chair: Russell Philbrick, Penn State University

CW Tunable CO2 Differential Absorption LIDAR
for Remote Sensing of Gaseous TATP
Avishekh Pal, University of South Florida
Invited & Student Paper
A Polarimetric Testbed for Characterizing Aerosol Elastic Scatter
Signatures in the Near and Mid-Wave Spectral Region
John Aldridge, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
High Speed Coherent Standoff Sensor for CB Aerosol
and Vapor Cloud Detection
Diego Pierrottet, Coherent Applications, Inc
The Critical Role of LIDAR Pulse Stability in the
Standoff Infrared Detection of Hazardous Compounds
Vitas Svedas, Institute of Physics, Lithuania

II(B-P1) Air Sensing: Passive Infrared I

Chair: Neelam Gupta, U.S. Army Research Laboratory

SHIMCAD Breadboard: Design and Characterization Overview
David Babcock, Artep, Inc.
Atmospheric Limits on the Detection of Trace Vapors
and Aerosols with Passive Infrared Spectroscopy
Agustin Ifarraguerri, Science Applications International Corporation
The Role of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
in the Effective Deployment of a Gas Identification Toolbox
Dustin Levy, Smiths Detection
Optoplasmonic Gold Nanoparticle Assembly for Sensing,
Spectroscopy and Heat Transfer
Donald Roper, University of Utah
A Parallax Method for Remote Spectral Analysis of Gas Plumes
Karni Wolowelsky, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, Israel

II(B-P2) Air Sensing: Ion-Mobility & Mass Spectrometry

Chair: Janet Jensen, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

New Territory in Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometry:
Enabling Higher Field Strengths Using a MEMS Fabricated Device
Lara Jamieson, Owlstone, Cambridge, UK
Investigation of a Microfabricated Flow-Through Preconcentrator
Using a Custom Explosives Vapor Generator and a Calibrated
Ion Mobility Spectrometer
Michael Martin, University of Louisville
Chemical Agent Detection Using a CG-IMS: A Comparative Study
Chiman Kwan, Signal Processing, Inc.
Novel Methodology for Energetic Organic Peroxides Analysis:
Direct Analysis in Real Time-TOF MS
Alvaro Pera-Quenvedo, UPR- Mayaguez
Student Paper
Pathogen Phytosensing
Reginald Millwood, University of Tennessee

II(C) Air Sensing (Frontier):
Multi-Spectral & Multi-Modality Innovations

Chair: James Jensen, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Handheld Infrared Spectrometer for Chemical and Biological Threat Detection
Ani Weling, Foster-Miller, Inc.
Invited
Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometry (IFTS)
of Combustion Events with the Telops First-MW
Kenneth Bradley, U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology
Electrically Tunable Semiconductor Membranes
for Bio-Molecule Detection
Jean-Pierre Leburton, University of Illinois
Aerosol Flow Cytometry as a Method for Characterizing
the Biological Content of Airborne Particles
Thomas Kulp, Sandia National Laboratories
Passive Radio Frequency Identification Sensors for
Humidity-Independent Gas Detection
Radislav Potyrailo, General Electric Global Research Center

I(C-P1) Air Sensing: LIDAR II

Chair: Arthur Sedlacek, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Fluorescence Spectra of Atmospheric Aerosol
Steven Hill, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Modeling of Fluorescence LIDAR ROC Curves
Branimir Blagojevic, Science & Engineering Services, Inc.
Spectroscopic Calibration Correlation of Field
and Lab-Sized Fluorescence LIDAR Systems
Bernard Dery, Universite Laval, Quebec
Student Paper
Automated Retrieval of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height
Smadar Egert, Israel Institute for Biological Research
Chemical and Biological Standoff Detection LIDARs
Cynthia Swim, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center

I(C-P2) Air Sensing: Passive Infrared II

Chair: Daniel Heinz, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

3-D Reconstruction of Gas Clouds by Scanning Imaging
Infrared Spectroscopy and Tomography
Roland Harig, TUHH, Hamburg University of Technology
Characterization of Chemical Simulant Clouds and Infrared
Viewing Conditions at Dugway Proving Ground
Jeffrey Hall, The Aerospace Corporation
Detection of Gaseous Plumes in IR Hyperspectral Imagery
Eitan Hirsch, Israel Institute for Biological Research
Hyperspectral Imaging: an Emerging Technique in Remote Sensing
Chein-I Chang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Networked Chemical Vapor
Standoff Detectors (CVSD) at Military Installations and Beyond
Norm Mueller, IEM, Inc.