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Faculty

Sean J Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Department Chair

Office: 301 Minerals and Materials Engineering Building

Email: sjkirkpa@mtu.edu

Biomedical Optics Lab

 
Research Interests:
My primary research effort focuses on the physics of light scattering in biological tissues (and fluids) and how to exploit this scattered light to gain insight into the dynamcis, structure, and mechanics of biological tissues. Primary focus is on the origins and applications of the speckle phenomenon. Research on speckle includes numerical simulations, statistical analysis of speckle, and the use of speckle in optical elastography.