Robert Sampson, Ph.D. Title: Chief Operating Officer Email Address: rsampson@michiganaerospace.com Phone Number: 734-975-8777 x115

PROFILE:

Robert E Sampson is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Michigan Aerospace Corporation. Before becoming COO, Dr. Sampson served as President of I Technology Applications for ten years. Prior to that, he managed the Electro-Optics Systems and Algorithm Development Laboratory at ERIM where he worked on several major military electro-optic projects. Dr. Sampson has over thirty years experience in managing sensor development programs and information processing algorithms. Dr. Sampson has a broad knowledge of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared imaging systems and target detection algorithms and their applications to military and commercial problems. He has taught both the fundamentals and advanced infrared courses at the University of Michigan. He has served as Chairman of the SPIE Conference on Infrared Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays for the Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing for over fifteen years. He has been involved in every aspect of the development cycle, from conceptual design through implementation in the field. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan in Mechanical Engineering in 1972.

Dr. Sampson has personally conducted a number of system-level studies and analyses. He completed an assessment and analysis of the Western Test Range Sensor Requirements for the next decade and developed a long-range plan for the sensor monitoring and processing systems on the Western Test Range. Additionally, he has conducted an assessment for the Office of the Secretary of the Defense of the status of sensor technology development for tactical unmanned ground vehicles. His technical experience and expertise in sensing systems and algorithms for information extraction is widely recognized by his publications, his role as a conference chairman for the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), and his participation in international conferences in remote sensing systems

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PUBLICATIONS:

"Longwave Infrared Snapshot Imaging Spectropolarimeter," R. W. Aumiller, E. L. Dereniak, R. Sampson, R. W. McMillan, Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6660, Infrared Systems and Photoelectronic Technology II.

“Design of A Midwave Infrared Imaging Spectro-Polarimeter,” Robert E Sampson, Report ITA-203, SBIR DASG60-02-P-0222, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, November 2002.

"Spectral and Polarization Imaging for Ground Vehicle Applications," R. Sampson, Proc. Ground Systems Modeling Validation and Testing Conference, Aug 2005.

“Robotic Vehicle Spectral & Polarization Imager”, Robert E Sampson, Fred J Tanis, ITA Report 308, SBIR W56HZV-05-C-0095, US Army Tank & Automotive Command (TACOM), June, 2005.

“Design of A Longwave Infrared Spectro-Polarimeter”, Robert E Sampson, ITA Report ITA-306, SBIR DASG60-03-P-0050, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, June, 2003.

“Design of the Short Wave Simultaneous Spatial/Spectral Infrared Sensor (SSIRS), ITA Report ITA-102, STTR DASG60-99-M-0119, BMDO, February 2000.

“Automated Inspection of Turbine Blades, Challenges and Opportunities,” co-author. In Proceedings of the AIAA/NASA Conference on Intelligent Robots in Field, Factory, Service, and Space, Houston, TX, March 1994.

“Status of Autonomous Vehicle Research,” Spectral Reflections, Technote No. 93-02, Vol. 23, No. 2, April 1993.

“Recent Developments in Infrared Detectors and Focal Plane Arrays,” co-author. In Proceedings of the SPIE Critical Technology Review, Boston, MA, 16 November 1992.

“Assessment of National Research Trends for Development of Unmanned Ground Vehicles,” co-author. ERIM Report No. 213270-2-F, Environmental Research Institute of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 1992.

“Application of Laser Radar to Autonomous Spacecraft Landing,” co-author. In Proceedings of the SPIE International Symposium on High-powered Lasers – Laser Radar VI Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 20-25 January 1991.

“3-D Range Imaging Sensors,” co-author. In Traditional and Nontraditional Robotic Sensors, Series F: Computer and Systems Sciences, NATO ASI, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 63, pp. 35-48, October 1990 (also, 1989).

“3-D Range Image Sensors” in Proceedings of the Machine Vision Applications Session of Manufacturing International ’90 Conference, Vol. 5, H0580E, Atlanta, GA, 25-28 March 1990.

Final Report of the USAKA Long-Range Panning Study, ERIM Technical Report No. 214102-14-T, March 1990.

New Systems and Research Activities Report: A Report as Part of USAKA Long-Range Planning Study (U), co-author, ERIM Report No. 214102-12-T, October 1989 (SECRET).

Current Systems Deficiencies Report: Identified Deficiencies Between USAKA Instrument Capabilities and User Needs, co-author, ERIM Report No. 214102-7-T, September 1989.

“Real-Time Image Processing Using Mathematical Morphology,” co-author, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, September 1989.

“Status of ATR Technology,” co-author. In Proceedings of the 36th National Infrared Information Symposium, May 1988.