Dan Sweeney

Dan C Sweeney

R&D Staff

Dr. Sweeney is an R&D Staff member in the Nuclear and Extreme Environment Measurements Group where his work centers on developing new sensing strategies and signal processing techniques to improve the information collected from sensors in unconventional or challenging environments. Dr. Sweeney's interests combine photonics, microelectronics, and applied mathematics with specific research interests in optical fiber sensors, radiation-hardened electronics, graph signal processing, distributed sensing. Dr. Sweeney received his Ph.D. (2018) in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech and his B.S. (2013) in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Arizona, both in the field of medical instrumentation. He was also part of an engineering team selected as one of the top 10 finalists for the 2013 Engibous Prize in the Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest for their design of a low power glucose meter.

IEEE Senior Member (2024)

B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona (2013)

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (2018)

  • Optical frequency-domain reflectometry (OFRD)
  • Optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR)
  • Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS)
  • Swept wavelength interferometry
  • Low-coherence interferometry
  • Fiber Bragg gratings

 

Petrie, Christian M., Daniel C. Sweeney, and Yun Liu. "Metal-embedded optical fibers for monitoring pressure or corrosion at high temperatures." U.S. Patent 11,525,750, issued December 13, 2022.