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Each year a panel of judges made up of University of Maryland
personnel and industry experts selects one winner from groups
of finalists in each of three categories: information science,
life science and physical science.
Awards are presented by Jacques Gansler, University Vice President for Research,
and
OTC Executive Director James A. Poulos III.
The team that won the top prize in the Information Science category developed a technology called Markerless Motion Capture, which is a way to analyze and express human motion in mathematical terms. This model marks an advancement from previous human motion capture methods, which use passive markers that are attached to different body parts of the subject and are therefore intrusive in nature. It has important applications in different areas such as biomechanics, surveillance, computer animation and human-computer interaction.
The team included Clark School Professor Rama Chellappa (above), electrical and computer engineering, and graduate student Aravind Sundaresan.
Fire protection engineering Chair and Professor Marino di Marzo and Professor Amr Baz, mechanical engineering, were runners-up in the physical science category for their work, “Integrating Sensor Monitoring the Allowable Heat Exposure Time for Firefighters.”
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| 2007 |
Rama Chellappa, Aravind Sundaresan |
Markerless Motion Capture, which is a way to analyze and express human motion in mathematical terms. |
Information Science |
| 2007 |
Marino di Marzo, Amr Baz |
“Integrating Sensor Monitoring the Allowable Heat Exposure Time for Firefighters.” |
Physical Science Runner Up |
| 2005 |
Gregory S. Jackson,
Bryan W. Eichhorn and Shenghu
Zhou |
Hydrogen from Hydrocarbon Fuels Without the
High Levels of Carbon Monoxide |
Physical Science |
| 2005 |
John P. Fisher, Parth Modi, Jennifer
Lynn Moreau, and Sachiko Kaihara |
Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering that Avoid Premature
Degradation |
Life Sciences |
| 2005 |
Maria I. Klapa, Harin Kanani |
Metabolomics Technology for Highly Accurate
and Simultaneous Measurement of Hundreds of Metabolites
in Biological Systems |
Information Science |
| 2004 |
Pamela Ann Abshire, Benjamin Shapiro, Elisabeth Smela (9) |
Cell Sensor Based Pathogen Detection |
Physical Science |
| 2004 |
K.J. Ray Liu, Zoltan Safar, Weifeng Su |
Coding Techniques for Maximum Achievable Diversity in Space, Time and Frequency for Broadband Wireless Communications |
Information Science |
| 2003 |
Suneel Ismail Sheikh, Darryll J. Pines |
Navigation Using X-Ray Sources |
Physical Science |
| 2003 |
Ashok K. Agrawala |
Horus: An RF-Based Location Determination System |
Information Science |
| 2002 |
Balakumar Balachandran, Miao Yu, Moustafa Al-Bassyioumi |
Fiber Tip-Based Fiber Optic Sensor System |
Physical Science |
| 2002 |
Peter Sandorn, Pameet Singh |
Mitigation of Obsolescence Cost Analysis (MOCA) |
Information Science |
| 2001 |
Peter Kofinas, Steven Bullock, Sufi Ahmed |
Controlled Room Temperature Synthesis of Polymer-Templated Magnetic Nanoparticles |
Physical Science |
| 2000 |
Ashok K. Agrawala (1) |
PinPoint Technology: Locating and Synchronizing Mobile Wireless Nodes |
Information Science |
| 1999 |
Aristos Christou (2) |
PLZT Spatial Phase Modulator |
Physical Science |
| 1999 |
Christopher Davis |
Polarizatioon and Wavelength Diversity for Fade Resistance in Optical Wierless Communication Systems |
Information Science |
| 1998 |
Nariman Farvardin (3) |
Method and Apparatus for Compressing and Decompressing Images |
Information Science |
| 1997 |
James
Hendler (4) |
Parka-DB™ |
Physical Science |
| 1996 |
Kawthar A. Zaki |
Rilter Realizations Using New Transmission Media |
Physical Science |
| 1996 |
Mahammad Moddares (5) |
Software-Based Expert System for Assessing and Monitoring of Nuclear Power Plants |
Information Science |
| 1995 |
James Sirkis, Harmeet Singh |
Fiber Optic Three Strain Sensor |
Physical Science |
| 1994 |
John Baras, Aaron Falk, Timothy Kirkwood, Brian Johnson, Anthony Ephremides (6) |
A System Design for a Hybrid Network Data Communications Terminal Using Asymmetric TCP/IP to Support Internet Applications |
Physical Science |
| 1994 |
Ben Shneiderman (7) |
University of Maryland Widget Library™ |
Information Science |
| 1987 |
Ben Shneiderman (8) |
Touch Screen Finger Mouse |
None
(single award) |
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(1) Also awarded A. Shankar (CMPS), Ronald Larsen (OIT), and Douglas Szajda
(2) Also awarded Maria Linnik
(3) Also awarded Eiji Atsumi
(4) Also awarded Killian Stoffel, Merwyn Taylor
(5) Also awarded Seyed Mohammad Hadavi
(6) Also awarded Danield Friedman, Narin Suphasindhu, Douglas Dillon
(7) Also awarded Richard Chimera, Marko Teittinen, Ninad Jog, David Carr, Harsha Kumar
(8) Also awarded Richard Potter
(9) Also awarded Denis Wertz (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins)
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Information Science