Lecturer

Specialties: Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for applications including subsurface detection of buried objects, monitoring and mapping underground utilities. Research and Development (R&D), electromechanical device design, RF Signals, prototype development and fabrication, hands on experience with tools and machinery, laboratory product testing, test fixture design, data/signal processing and analysis, material testing, MATLAB, SolidWorks.

Founded dbgear llc in 2016.

Patents: Pending applications on “Wideband Ground Penetrating Radar System and Method” and “Vibrating Magnet Antenna”

Publications

1. Orfeo, Dan & Burns, Dylan & Huston, Dryver & Xia, Tian. "Electrically controlled phased array OAM radar", Proc. SPIE 11408, Radar Sensor Technology XXIV, 1140810 (18 May 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559388
 
2. Childs J, Orfeo D, Burns D, Huston D, Xia T. (2020) “Enhancing Ground Penetrating Radar with Augmented Reality Systems for Underground Utility Management” SPIE SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (XR) Technology for Multi-Domain Operations, Proc Vol 11426-08, doi:10.1117/12.2561042
 
3. Ezequelle W, Orfeo D, Burns D, Xia T, Huston D. (2020) “Active Magnetic Sensing for Subterranean Urban Target Discrimination” SPIE Smart Structures and Nondestructive Evaluation, Proc Vol 11380-5, Nondestructive Characterization and Monitoring of Advanced Materials, Aerospace, Civil Infrastructure, and Transportation IX; 1138006 doi:10.1117/12.2561554

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Research and Development (R&D), Product Design, Fabrication and Testing

Education

  • Ph.D., The University of Vermont 2011
  • M.S., 2006
  • B.S., 2002

Contact

Email:

dburns@uvm.edu

Phone:
  • (315) 489-1727
Office Location:

237 Votey

Courses Taught

  • ME 012 - Dynamics
  • ME 014 - Mechanics of Solids
  • ME 083 - Computational Mech Engr Lab
  • ME 124 - Materials and Mechanics Lab
  • ME 171 - Design of Elements
  • ME 270 - Structural Dynamics