B.S. 1985, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University (Summa Cum Laude)

M.S. 1990, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University

Ph.D. 1994, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University, 1999-present. Teaching courses in image processing, programming, random signal analysis, and control. Developing algorithms for reconstructing cardiac strain from magnetic resonance imaging data.

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Auburn University, 1994-1999.

Research/Teaching Assistant, The Johns Hopkins University, 1990-1994. Conducted research in optical flow estimation of deformable motion and magnetic resonance cardiac tagging. Taught courses in digital logic design and circuit analysis.

Consultant, MSX/NOVA Group, 1990-1993, Modeled and simulated satellite attitude dynamics. Assisted in the development of a telemetry database for a navigational satellite.

Member of Summer Staff, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 1990. Developed applications in C for a PC-based parallel processing board.

Research/Teaching Assistant, Auburn University, 1989-1990. Developed nonlinear dynamic state estimators for an orbiting tethered satellite. Taught courses in classical control theory.

Marketing Representative, IBM Corporation, 1986-1988. Marketed mid-sized computer systems to law firms and manufacturers. Carried an annual sales quota of $1.3 million.

Electrical Engineer, IBM Corporation, 1985-1986. Responsible for the design and product release of the EPROM cartridge for the IBM 3708 Protocol Converter.

Cooperative Education Student, IBM Corporation, 1981-1984. Performed various logic circuit design and programming tasks.

Central Bank Scholarship, 1985.

IEEE Signal Processing Society 1996 Young Author Best Paper Award (Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing Area).

Auburn University Panhellenic Council Outstanding Professor, Winter Quarter 1999.

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Outstanding Faculty Member, 2000.

College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Member, 2000.

College of Engineering Fred H. Pumphrey Teaching Award, 2000.

Walker Merit Teaching Award, 2001.

Program Chair, 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Associate Editor, SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging

Program Committee Member, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Track Chair (Cardiac Imaging), 2004 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference

Publications Chair, 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Program Committee, Computational Imaging II Conference, SPIE Electronic Imaging (EI) 2004

Session Chair, Computational Imaging II Conference, SPIE Electronic Imaging (EI) 2004

Session Chair, 10^th Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 2002

Session Chair, 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Session Chair, 16th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Industrial and Electronic Systems

Member of the 1997 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP'97) Program Committee

Reviewer for the Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) 1997-2004.

Reviewer for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON) 1995-1999.

Reviewer for CDC'96

Book reviewer for McGraw-Hill and McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

Member of IEEE

Member of IEEE Signal Processing Society

Member of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

College of Engineering Graduate Faculty Membership Committee

University Academic Honesty Committee

University Library Committee

University Computer Committee

1. "Optimal Brightness Functions for Optical Flow Estimation of Left Ventricular Motion," BEIP Seminar, National Institutes of Health, March 11, 1993.
2. "3-D Strain Reconstruction from Planar Tagged Cardiac MR Images," Division of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiology NMR Conference, University of Alabama at Birmingham, February 17, 1995.
3. "Model-free Reconstruction of Cardiac Strain: Spatial Resolution and Noise Immunity," Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Group Seminar, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, August 7, 1996.

1. National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), P50-HL077100, “Left Ventricular Remodeling in Heart Failure,” 1/05-12/09, $17,627,458 (Total Award), $1,012,053 (AU CoE Subcontract).  PI (of AU CoE Subcontract) Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.Auburn University Research Grant-in-Aid - "Estimation of Strain from Magnetic Resonance Tagged Cardiac Images," 4/15/95---9/15/96, $2982, PI: Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.
2. ONDCP - "Canine Olfactory System: Structure, Function and Detection of Illict Substances," PI: Edward E. Morrison.Alabama Space Grant Consortium - "Modeling and simulation of a tethered satellite system," 9/15/95---9/14/98, $60,000, PI: Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.
3. FAA - "Structure and Function of the Canine Olfactory System and the Detection of Illicit Substances," PI: Edward E. Morrison.
4. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - "Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain," 7/1/1999-6/30/2003, $690,000, PI: Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.
5. Whitaker Foundation Transitional Funding Program - “Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain from MRI Data” 6/1/99-5/31/00, $68,095, PI Thomas S. Denney Jr.
6. Sun Microsystems Academic Equipment Grant - "Clinical Reconstruction of Cardiac Mechanical Function from Tagged Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI) Data,", $95,000, PI: Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.
7. Whitaker Foundation - "Unsupervised Reconstruction of Left Ventricular Strain from MRI Data," 6/1/96---5/31/99, $210,000, PI: Thomas S. Denney Jr., Ph.D.