05/13/10

DEBORAH J. WALTER

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

University of Maryland, Electrical Engineering, B.S., 1990

Pennsylvania State University, Electrical Engineering, M.S., 1994

Pennsylvania State University, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D., 1999

APPOINTMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

D.J. Walter, Mu, X., Berry, C.A., “Work in Progress – A study of how real world engineering experience can affect women’s academic career”, Proceedings of the 2008 FIE Conference, Saratoga, NY, Oct 22 – 25, 2008.

 Mu, X., Walter, D.J., Berry, C.A., “Work in Progress – A study of the effects of instructional media in an undergraduate electrical circuits course”, Proceedings of the 2008 FIE Conference, Saratoga, NY, Oct 22 – 25, 2008.

Chidanandan, A., Ferro, P., Frolik, J., Hirotani, M. Schmidt, K., Walter, D.J., Williams, J., “Pen-based Computing in the Engineering and Science Classroom: Implementation Scenarios from Three Institutions”, Proceedings of the 2008 FIE Conference, Saratoga, NY, Oct 22 – 25, 2008.

D.J. Walter, Berry, C.A., Hudson, T.A., Fischer, J., “Mentoring the Female Engineering Student”,  Proceedings of the 2008 ASEE IL/IN Sectional Conference, Terre Haute, IN, April 3 – April 5, 2008.

Berry, C.A., and Walter, D.J., “A Comparison of Learning Styles in an Introductory Electrical Systems Course”,  Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE IL/IN Sectional Conference, Indianapolis, IN, March 30 – April 1, 2007. 

D.J. Moore., Voltmer, D. R., Walter, D.J., “Have you tried? – The Sequel”, Proceedings of the 2007 FIE Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Oct 10 – 13, 2007.

Tkaczyk, J.E., R. Rodrigues, J. Shaw, J. Short, Y. Du, Xiaoye Wu, D.J. Walter , W. Leue, D. Harrison, P. Edic, Atomic Number Resolution for Three Spectral CT Imaging Systems , Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. 6510, p. 9, 2007.

 D.J. Walter, Tkaczyk, J.E., and Wu, X., Accuracy and precision of dual energy CT imaging for the quantification of tissue fat content, Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. 6142, pp. 511-522, 2006.

S. Sengupta, Jha, S., Walter, D.J., Du, Y., and Tkaczyk, J.E., Dual energy for material differentiation in coronary arteries using electron-beam CT, Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. 5745, p. 1306-1316, 2005.

 D.J. Walter, Wu, X., Du,Y., Tkaczyk, J.E., and Ross, W.R., Dual kVp material decomposition using flat panel detectors, Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, Vol. 5368, p. 29-39, 2004.

 R.A. Kaucic, McCulloch, C.C., Mendonca, P.R.S., Walter, D.J., Avila, R.S., and Mundy, J.L., Model-based detection of lung lesions in CT exams, Proceeding of the 17th International Congress of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, London, UK, June 25-28, p. 990-997, 2003.

PATENTS

issued patents

patent applications

EXPERIENCE

·   Over 8 years experience in product development and research on medical imaging systems

·   Inventor or co-Inventor of 9 issued patents and 21 patent applications

·   Co-PI on an NIH Grant ‘Dual kVp for CT Colonography’, a collaboration of engineers from GE Global Research and Radiologists from Mayo Clinic

·   Project leader for the system design for a DoD grant titled ‘High Resolution Volumetric CT for Lung Cancer’

 Graduate Advisors

Dr. John D. Mitchell, Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Charles Croskey, Pennsylvania State University