Josh Girard

PhD Student, Department of Physics

PRONOUNS he/him

Joshua.Girard@uvm.edu
Josh Girard
Joshua.Girard@uvm.edu
Pronouns he/him
Alma mater(s)
  • Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont
  • Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont
Affiliated Department(s)

Department of Physics

Area(s) of expertise

Interferometry, Fiber Optics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Prototyping, Aerospace Engineering, Penetrating Radar Systems.

BIO

I am a physics enthusiast who has returned to UVM to work towards a PhD after a few years in the aerospace industry working as a mechanical engineer in a research and development team specializing in fiber optic systems. My academic interests (currently) include anything optics, lasers, and optical properties of materials. Outside of work and school I love to sail, play the trumpet, fold origami, read and build things.

Publications

Publications on Google Scholar

Bio

I am a physics enthusiast who has returned to UVM to work towards a PhD after a few years in the aerospace industry working as a mechanical engineer in a research and development team specializing in fiber optic systems. My academic interests (currently) include anything optics, lasers, and optical properties of materials. Outside of work and school I love to sail, play the trumpet, fold origami, read and build things.

Publications

Publications on Google Scholar

Publications

  • Penetrating radar combined with 3-d imaging for real-time augmented reality sensing and classification
  • Realtime visual-inertial SLAM integrated with radar data to triangulate targets
  • On the Enhancement of Penetrating Radar Target Location Accuracy With Visual-Inertial SLAM

Patents/Published Applications:

  • Radiused sensors for measuring pressure and temperature
  • Methods of generating 3-d maps of hidden objects using non-ranging feature-detection data
  • Thermo-optic coefficient measurement systems
  • Collimating etalons for pressure and temperature sensing