 Dr.
James Sluss
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sluss leads the overall
research work for the 3DIcon SRA. Dr. Sluss is the Morris R.
Pitman Professor and Director of the School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at OU. He has been awarded seven U.S.
patents, has authored/co-authored numerous journal and
conference publications, and has been principal/co-principal
investigator on over $11 million in sponsored research grants
and contracts. He received his B.S in Physics in 1984 from
Marshall University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering in 1986 and 1989, respectively, from the University
of Virginia.
His current research areas are in three-dimensional displays,
optical communications, photonics, and intelligent
transportation systems. Dr. Sluss has received honors and awards
for his work for Digital Avionics and NASA among other
accolades.
Dr. Sluss is a member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), IEEE Education Society, IEEE
Communications Society, Optical Society of America (OSA),
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), and
American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE). He presently
serves as Treasurer of the IEEE Education Society.
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 Dr.
Pramode Verma
Co-Principal Investigator
Dr. Verma is the Williams Chair
in Telecommunications Networking and Director of the Telecommunications
Systems Program at The University of Oklahoma at Tulsa. He has
more than 20 years of leadership experience in the
telecommunications industry. In his last position with Lucent
Technologies as Managing Director – Business Development, Global
Service Providers Business and Business Communications System,
his responsibilities included creating strategic alliances and
partnerships with leading organizations, and managing the
associated profit and loss. He also held professional and
management positions with Lucent Technologies – Bell
Laboratories for fifteen years. Dr. Verma obtained his doctorate
in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal,
Canada in 1970 and an MBA from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania in 1984. He is the author/co-author
of over 50 publications and several books in telecommunications,
computer communications and related fields. He is a past
president of the International Council for Computer
Communication, a Washington D.C.-based global organization; a
senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, New York and registered as a Professional Engineer,
Province of Ontario, Canada.
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 Dr. Hakki Refai
Co-Principal
Investigator CSpace /Static Volume Project
Lead Scientist - Optics and Electronics
Dr. Hakki H. Refai is an award winning scientist who leads
the design and development of the CSpace project. He is a Senior
Research Scientist in the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering Program, at the
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa.
He received his BS degree in electrical engineering in 1992 from
Aleppo University, Syria, and his MS and PhD degrees in
electrical and computer engineering in 2002 and 2005,
respectively, from the University of Oklahoma. His current
research covers optical imaging, display technologies, and
optical communications.
Dr. Refai has authored and coauthored many journal and
conference publications, and has served on the program committee
of two leading international conferences. He is currently a
co-principal investigator for a sponsored research contract into
research and development of 3D display technology. He is a
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 Dr.
Gerald Newman
Co-Principal Investigator, CSpace/Static Volume Project;
Lead Scientist - Nano Technology and Materials
Dr. Newman serves as research faculty at OU’s Department of
Chemical Engineering where he focuses on synthesis and formation
of active nanostructure material. Dr. Newman’s work has
contributed to the formation of several patents and companies.
He has six patents to his name; has been published in 11
scientific journals; awarded sixteen research grants and
proposals, and has made 29 presentations to his scientific
peers.
Dr. Newman has extensive experience in interfacial science with
surfactants and their applications to industrial processes. He
received a National Science Foundation EPSCoR fellowship for
innovative research in new material and his doctorate in
Chemical Engineering in 1995.
In addition to serving as a visiting scholar at the Science
University of Tokyo, he is a principal of two private companies,
BioMagnetics, Inc. and NM Technologies, Inc. |
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 Dr.
Martina Dreyer
CSpace/Static Volume
Project
Research Scientist - Nano Technology and Materials
Dr. Dreyer is a researcher at OU focused on nanomaterials and
photonics. While at OU her research has included: the influence
of the transition element concentration on the adsorption
characteristics of aerogels, as well as having investigated and
evaluated the photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide
catalyst.
Prior to joining OU as a researcher, Dr. Dreyer has served on
the research teams of Laboratories of Inorganic Materials at the
University of Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand, France;
Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering in Aachen,
Germany; and the University of Munster in Munster, Germany.
She has several publications and presentation to her credit. She
has a Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical Engineering from OU.
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 Dr.
Monte Tull
Co-Principal
Investigator, 3D-SVD Project
Prof. Tull has over a quarter
century of engineering experience, primarily in the areas of
computing and telecommunications. As an Associate Professor at
the University of Oklahoma, he directs the Digital Design
Laboratory. Prior to joining OU, he was with Lucent
Technologies, where he worked for more than 30 years developing
extensive experience in computer hardware circuit design,
embedded systems, and systems integration. He has applied
artificial intelligence solutions to a wide variety of difficult
problems, including infrared imaging, x-ray laminography, signal
prediction, automated circuit design, circuit diagnosis, process
modeling, facility utilization, and resource allocation. Prof.
Tull also has extensive experience in ISO-9000 compliance and
Bellcore telecommunication technical requirements, Intelligent
Transportation Systems, and Traffic and Criminal Software
development. He earned his B.S. degree in physics from East
Central State University in 1967, his M.S. degree in industrial
engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1972, his M.S.
degree in electrical engineering from Oklahoma State University
in 1978, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the
University of Oklahoma in 1980. In addition to being a member of
the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, the ASEE, Prof. Tull is a
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma. He
was a recipient of the FY 2005 Oklahoma Highway Safety Office
Award of Excellence. He serves the Oklahoma Center for the
Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) as a member of the
Applied Research Advisory Committee. In this capacity, he is
active in promoting industry-university collaborative research
across the entire State of Oklahoma.
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 Erik Petrich
Lead Researcher,
3D-SVD Project
Before leaving to pursue higher
learning full-time, Erik Petrich served from 1991 to 1999 as
Vice President of Micro Firmware, a company he co-founded that
specialized in custom firmware for embedded PCs and after-market
BIOS upgrades. His interests include embedded computer systems,
hardware/software interaction, image processing, and robotics.
Along with Dr. Tull, Erik Petrich is responsible for research,
design and development of the intellectual property of the
3D-SVD technology.
Erik Petrich received a B.S. in 2001, an M.S. in 2004, and is
currently working towards a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer
Engineering, all at the University of Oklahoma.
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