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Curriculum Vita

Dr. Chris B. Boehnen

P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6075
Wk: (865) 241-8834, Fax: (865) 576-8993
E-mail: boehnencb@ornl.gov

Experience

Dr. Chris Boehnen is a research engineer in the Imaging, Signals, and Machine Learning (ISML) Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Since recently joining ISML in 2009, he has been involved with gamma ray imaging for nuclear non-proliferation and continuing biometric research. Chris received a Bachelors in Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, where he developed methods and software to capture and store data for the Face Recognition Grand Challenge datasets. He then received a Masters in Computer Science at Notre Dame, collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories on multi-modal facial feature detection in a frontal and non-frontal scenario, commercial 3D scanner assessment, rapid prototyping, and 3D face recognition utilizing principal component analysis. Chris completed his Doctorate, at Notre Dame in May 2009. His dissertation topic was making 3D face biometrics applicable for deployment with a focus on improving the 3D capture hardware via structure from motion, and improving 3D biometric matcher performance and processing time to make the matching algorithms deployable. His research interests include 3D vision, and biometrics. Additionally he donates time and research to assisting law enforcement in the development of tools to fight child pornography and molestation.

Education

Ph.D.	Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 2009. Dissertation: Improving 3D Face Recognition Model Generation and Biometrics.
M.S.	Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 2005. Thesis: A Multi-Modal Approach to Frontal and Non Frontal Facial Feature Detection.
B.S.	Computer Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, 2009.

Recent Awards

Member DoD Forensic RDT&E Working Group 2011 - Present

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Exceptional Effort Award for work on the Ship to Ship Radiological Detection project, 2009.

“3D Signatures for Fast 3D Biometrics ,“ Best Student Paper at the International Conference on Biometrics 2009

Invited Member Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines

Selected Publications

Raffo-Caiado, Ana Claudia, Boehnen, Chris Bensing, Guzzardo, Tyler, and Ziock, Klaus-Peter, "Field Trial of a Highly Portable Coded Aperture Gamma Ray and 3D Imaging System", 34th ESARDA Working Group Meeting, May 2012

Dabbs, Benjamin T., Hayward, Jason P., Ziock, Klaus-Peter, Boehnen, Chris Bensing, Bogard, James S., and Raffo-Caiado, Ana Claudia, "Characterization of the Imaging Performance of a Portable, Coded-Aperture, Gamma-Ray Imager for use in Enrichment Plants", INMM 52nd Annual Meeting, July 2011

Raffo-Caiado, Ana Claudia, Hayward, Jason P., Smith, Steven E.,Ziock, Klaus-Peter, Boehnen, Chris Bensing, and Bogard, James S., "Combining Measurements with Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning System and Coded Aperture Gamma-Ray Imaging Systems for International Safeguards Applications", INMM 51st Annual Meeting, July 2010

Ziock, Klaus-Peter, Boehnen, Chris Bensing, Hayward, Jason P., and Raffo-Caiado, Ana Claudia, "A Mechanically-Cooled, Highly-Portable, HPGe-based, Coded-Aperture Gamma-ray Imager", INMM 51st Annual Meeting, July 2010

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