Salamanca, Gto. November 1, 2018.- In his talk "Seeing The Invisible," Dr. Marc P. Christensen of South Methodist University (SMU) of Texas, United States, presented at the Salamanca headquarters of the University of Guanajuato some advances in his research on the image capture hint; and it led to a new way of visualizing the images formed by hidden objects, thanks to the light that is reflected by the walls.
Professors and students from the engineering division learned from Holography and imagined what can happen when they combine powerful computers with digital cameras and redefined what they thought a camera can achieve.
For the past 15 years, the laboratory of photonic architectures of SMU has focused on capturing images of objects that conventional wisdom would indicate that they cannot be seen. His initial work was trying to overcome what the digital film was capable of capturing. Once modern digital image capture devices became common, the objective of their research changed to overcome the classic lens boundaries.
A few years ago, the professor received seed funding from the Pentagon research agency called Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create an ultra-light camera with low-resolution sensors that it functions as night vision lenses and as a system for recognizing the iris of the human eye.
He currently collaborates with DARPA along with a team of engineers in an indirect image capture project, which is part of a technological development stream that can be used for security functions.
The university community was very interested in this line of research developed by the first professor of engineering innovation Bobby B. Lyle and Dean of the Lyle Engineering School of South Methodist University.
Marc P. Christensen has published more than 100 articles in indexed journals and congresses, as well as numerous patents. He holds a bachelor's degree in Physics for engineering from Cornell University, as well as masters and PhD degrees in electrical engineering and computer Science from George Mason University.
