The SmartIR Gallery
Fig. 1: Thermal images in the GalleryGallery is a tool within the SmartIR app for users to manage their own thermal images, temperature graphs, and other data within the app. Unlike the default gallery...
View ArticleA Small Step towards a Big Dream of Infrared Street View
The Infrared Street View is an award-winning project recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy and subsequently funded by the National Science Foundation. The idea is to create a thermal equivalent...
View ArticleAdding Instructional Support in SmartIR
Fig. 1A goal of the SmartIR app is to provide basic instructional support directly in the app so that students, citizen scientists, professionals, and other users can learn what they can do with the...
View ArticleProject Snake Eyes: Automatic Feature Extraction Based on Thermal Vision
I am pleased to announce Project Snake Eyes. This ambitious project aims to combine image analysis and infrared imaging to create biomimetic thermal vision -- computer vision that simulates the ability...
View ArticleUsing SmartIR in Science Experiments
Fig. 1: The paper-on-cup experiment with SmartIRSmartIR is a smartphone app that I am developing to support infrared (IR) thermal imaging applications, primarily in the field of science and...
View ArticleNational Science Foundation funds citizen science project to crowdsource an...
We are pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded us a two-year, $500,000 exploratory grant to develop, test, and evaluate a citizen science program that engages youth to...
View ArticleInfrared imaging evidence of geothermal energy in a basement
Geothermal energy is the thermal energy generated or stored in the Earth. The ground maintains a nearly constant temperature six meter (20 feet) under, which is roughly equal to the average annual air...
View ArticleVisualizing thermal equilibration: IR imaging vs. Energy2D simulation
Figure 1A classic experiment to show thermal equilibration is to put a small Petri dish filled with some hot or cold water into a larger one filled with tap water around room temperature, as...
View ArticleThe National Science Foundation funds large-scale applications of infrared...
We are pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation has awarded the Concord Consortium, Next Step Living, and Virtual High School a grant of $1.2M to put innovative technologies such as...
View ArticleSimBuilding on iPad
SimBuilding (alpha version) is a 3D simulation game that we are developing to provide a more accessible and fun way to teach building science. A good reason that we are working on this game is because...
View ArticleComparing two smartphone-based infrared cameras
Figure 1With the releases of two competitively priced IR cameras for smartphones, the year 2014 has become a milestone for IR imaging. Early in 2014, FLIR unveiled the $349 FLIR ONE, the first IR...
View ArticleInfraMation Keynote Delivered
Orlando is the center of the thermal imaging universe in November 6-8 when it hosts the largest infrared imaging conference in the world: InfraMation. Invited by FLIR Systems, I gave a Keynote Speech...
View ArticleA Small Step towards a Big Infrared Street View
The Infrared Street View is an award-winning project that was funded by the National Science Foundation. The idea is to create a thermal equivalent of Google's Street View that would serve as the...
View ArticleAdding Instructional Support in SmartIR
Fig. 1A goal of the SmartIR app is to provide basic instructional support directly in the app so that students, citizen scientists, professionals, and other users can learn what they can do with the...
View ArticleProject Snake Eyes: Automatic Feature Extraction Based on Thermal Vision
I am pleased to announce Project Snake Eyes. This ambitious project aims to combine image analysis and infrared imaging to create biomimetic thermal vision -- computer vision that simulates the ability...
View ArticleUsing SmartIR in Science Experiments
SmartIR is a smartphone app that I am developing to support infrared (IR) thermal imaging applications, primarily in the field of science and engineering, based on the FLIR ONE SDK. The development...
View ArticleThermal imaging as a universal indicator of chemical reactions: An example of...
Fig. 1: NaOH-HCl titrationFunded by the National Science Foundation, we are exploring the feasibility of using thermal imaging as a universal indicator of chemical reactions. The central tenet is that,...
View ArticleInfrared Street View won Department of Energy's JUMP competition
Creating an infrared street view using SmartIR and FLIR ONEOur Infrared Street View (ISV) program has won the JUMP Competition sponsored jointly by CLEAResult, the largest provider of energy efficiency...
View ArticleNational Science Foundation funds chemical imaging research based on infrared...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Bowling Green State University (BGSU) and Concord Consortium (CC) an exploratory grant of $300 K to investigate how chemical imaging based on infrared...
View ArticleInfrared Street View selected as a finalist in Department of Energy's JUMP...
JUMP is an online crowdsourcing community hosted by five national laboratories of the US Department of Energy (DOE) and some of the top private companies in the buildings sector. The goal is to broaden...
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