In this project, we will use ideas from the FBI Fingerprint Compression method to construct an image compression routine for a set of facial images of the same dimension.

This project will investigate phase velocity and group velocity interaction in traveling wave associated with signal transmission in axon.

Extensive guidelines exist for the optimization of traditional microprocessors, including tradeoffs between speed and size. However, in recent years there has been growing use of field programmable gate arrays in which speed and circuit size are tightly related. In this project we hope to evaluate the applicability of traditional ...

Background: Over the past several years, various problems have been studied by the advisors that can generally be thought of as relating to frictionless skiing down a mountain in minimum time. In one formulation the mountain is modeled as having curvature in only direction (see 1D paper in the ...

In collaboartion with UST Development Office, we will develop some tools of statistical analysis of UST alumni data. These tools would allow us to plan and predict the results of annual fundraising campaigns.

For several years I have investigated interactions between two kinds of introduced organisms in the forests and savannas of central Minnesota: earthworms and common buckthorn. The worms and the plant each alter the structure of biological communities and disrupt ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling. Groups of students ...

Cryosurgey is used to remove malfunction and malignant tissues. In this application, cryosurgery is to be designed to deal with Menorrhagia and uterine fibroids. Through numerical simulation, a thermal protocol will be developed to properly and safely ablate 5mm of uterine tissue.