{"69507":{"#nid":"69507","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ECE Alumna Gisele Bennett Named Regents\u0027 Researcher","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGisele Bennett, director of the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory at the Georgia Tech \nResearch Institute, has been named the newest Regents\u0027 Researcher at the Georgia Tech Research Institute. She is the third GTRI researcher to earn this honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBestowed by the Board of Regents, which oversees the University System \nof Georgia, the title recognizes \u0022outstanding full-time principal \nresearchers\u0022 within the University System. Regents\u0027 Researchers \ndistinguish themselves by their contributions to home universities, \npublished works, and activity in professional societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bennett, who earned her doctoral degree in electrical engineering at \nGeorgia Tech and joined GTRI in 1996, founded GTRI\u0027s Logistics and \nMaintenance Applied Research Center in 2000. Focused on wireless and \nmobile solutions, the center has won two national awards. In 2005, \nDr. Bennett became director of GTRI\u0027s Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory, \nwhich has expertise in broad areas of electro-optics, ranging from EO \nsystem design and measurement to EO modeling and analysis to \nmicroelectronics and nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough Dr. Bennett\u0027s own research interests are equally diverse, she \nfinds optical imaging systems especially appealing due to the field\u0027s \ncomplexity and wide range of applications. She also focuses on radio \nfrequency identification (RFID) and container security technology \nprojects.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong other projects, Dr. Bennett\u0027s research team is building a security \nsystem that will monitor cargo containers from the point of loading to \npoint of arrival, a project sponsored by the Department of Homeland \nSecurity.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the system\u0027s devices will monitor container doors to see if \nanyone has attempted to open them. Another device in the system will \ndetect if a hole has been cut in the container.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EContainer security has important implications in the supply chain, \nDr. Bennett explained: \u0022Right now we don\u0027t really know what happens when a \ncontainer is en route. Someone could open the door of a container and \nsteal the goods. Or worse, they could put in contraband or weapons of \nmass destruction.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday inspections are random and manpower only allows for about five \npercent of cargo to be inspected, Dr. Bennett added. \u0022Our system will enable\n inspectors to make better decisions about which containers should be \nexamined.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to her work at GTRI, Dr. Bennett is a professor at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Bennett also makes time to serve on variety of professional \norganizations including the World Customs Organization, IEEE, Optical \nSociety of America, and SPIE. She has written more than 85 publications, \nholds a patent on integrated sensor radio frequency identification with \nlocation, and has numerous patents pending for container security \ninnovations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI and resident instruction are different environments, Dr. Bennett \nobserved. \u0022There are different skills required and different \nperspectives on what needs to be accomplished \u2014 and I benefit from being\n in both environments. In addition to the incredible research going on \nat Georgia Tech, there\u0027s great collaboration and camaraderie with \ncolleagues. It\u0027s what has kept me here for so long.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Bennett Leads Electro-Optical Systems Lab at GTRI"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EECE alumna Gisele Welch has been named a Regents\u0027 Researcher. 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