Modeling and Signal Processing

SERDP and ESTCP efforts focus on developing new capabilities to analyze data from standard and advanced geophysical sensors.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

New Man-Portable Vector Time Domain Electromagnetic Induction Sensor and Physically Complete Processing Approaches for UXO Discrimination Under Realistic Field Conditions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1443
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2009

Advanced UXO Discrimination Using Magnetometry: Understanding Remanent Magnetization

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Project ID: MR-1380
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Sep 2009

Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing for UXO Discrimination for Next-Generation Sensor Data

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Project ID: MR-1442
Principal Investigator: Prof. Leslie Collins, Duke University
SERDP Sep 2009

Phenomenology and Signal Processing for UXO/Clutter Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1595
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Aug 2009

UX-Analyze: Feature-Based UXO Detection and Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-200210
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Jan 2009

A Multisensor System for the Detection and Characterization of UXO

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Project ID: MR-200437
Principal Investigator: Dr. Erika Gasperikova, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
ESTCP Nov 2008

Demonstration and Validation of Advanced Digital Geophysics for Sensing UXO

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Project ID: MR-200501
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lawrence Carin, Duke University
ESTCP Oct 2008

Standardized Analysis for UXO Demonstration Sites

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Project ID: MR-200413
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Sep 2008

Non-Traditional Physics-Based Inverse Approaches for Determining Location of Buried Objects

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Project ID: MR-1592
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College
SERDP Sep 2008

Optimal Sensor Management for Next-Generation EMI Systems

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Project ID: MR-1591
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Carin, Duke University
SERDP Jun 2008

Processing for Clutter Evasion in UXO Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1590
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Apr 2008

Multifractal Characterization of Geologic Noise for Improved UXO Detection and Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1508
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jonathan Nyquist, Temple University
SERDP Apr 2008

MTADS Data Analysis System Migration

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Project ID: MR-200328
ESTCP Feb 2008

Intelligent Data Fusion for Wide-Area Assessment of UXO Contamination

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Project ID: MR-1510
Principal Investigator: Dr. Susan Rose-Pehrsson, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Jan 2008

Machine Learning Approach for Target Selection and Threat Classification of Wide Area Survey Data

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Project ID: MR-1570
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2007

Quantification of UXO Variability for Target Discrimination

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Project ID: MR-1313
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jonathan Miller, SAIC
SERDP Jun 2007

Physics-Based Modeling and Signal Processing for SAR Detection of Former Bombing Ranges and Burial Pits

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Project ID: MR-1283
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lawrence Carin, Duke University
SERDP Jun 2007

UXO Discrimination in Cases with Overlapping Signatures

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Project ID: MR-1282
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Apr 2007

Intra-Inversion Filtering for Use of Magnetic Fields to Locate and Characterize Magnetic Dipoles for UXO Cleanup

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1452
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Rene, Rene Geophysics
SERDP Feb 2007

Signal Processing and Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination in Highly Contaminated Sites

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Project ID: MR-1281
Principal Investigator: Prof. Leslie Collins, Duke University
SERDP Feb 2007