Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Phone: 404-894-2912, Fax: 404-894-2295
Website: www.bme.gatech.edu/people/faculty_record.php?id=6
Email: paul.benkeser@bme.gatech.edu
ECE Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Cardiac Segmentation and Motion
Tracking
Website: Cho Homepage
Email: gte573k@prism.gatech.edu
ECE Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Dynamic Modeling of RV
Website: Fann Homepage
Email: gt7031e@prism.gatech.edu
BME Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Eye Motion Tracking
Website: Xu Homepage
Email: gte477w@prism.gatech.edu
MS STUDENTS
Timothy A. Lassige
Thesis title: "Comparison of septal defects in 2-D and 3-D
echocardiography using active contour models"
Graduation: June 1999
Caroline L. Rhodes
Thesis title: "Motion artifact detection in transthoracic 3-D
echocardiography"
Graduation: June 1999
PHD STUDENTS
Peter G. Barthé
Thesis title: "Analysis of tapered-thickness piezoceramics for
ultrasonic transducers"
Graduation: December 1991
Current position: Vice President, Guided Therapy Systems
Email: p.barthe@guidedtherapy.com
Young J. Yoon
Thesis title: "Ultrasonic phased arrays with variable geometric
focusing for hyperthermia applications"
Graduation: December 1991
Current position: Associate Professor, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei
University, ROK
Website: http://mwant.yonsei.ac.kr
Email: yjyoon@yonsei.ac.kr
Chankil Lee
Thesis title: "Investigation of a catheter-based forward-looking ultrasound
imaging transducer"
Graduation: March 1992
Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Hanyang University, ROK
Email: cklee@emc.hanyang.ac.kr
Tsang-Long Pao
Thesis title: "Ultrasonic tapered phased arrays for three-dimensional
imaging"
Graduation: March 1993
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Tatung University, ROC
Website: http://www.cse.ttu.edu.tw/tlpao/
Email: tlpao@cse.ttit.edu.tw
Joel R. Jackson
Thesis title: “3-D ultrasound imaging of the structure and elasticity of the
carotid bifurcation”
Graduation: June 1999
Current position: Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering, GTREP, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Website: http://www.gtrep.gatech.edu/academics/ece/faculty/jackson.html
Email: joel.jackson@gtrep.gatech.edu
