Vita Chi Thai 2011 - UGA EngineeringRobotics Training for Duke TIP students (1-day and 2-day workshops for 4 th to 10th graders) 09 10 11 Spr. 24 27 6 Fall 36 27 2. Contributions Made

Curriculum Vita (1997-2011) Chi Ngoc Thai

Present Rank: Associate Professor Assignment: Research, Instruction, Administrative Graduate Faculty Status: Reappointed to Graduate Faculty in 2001 UGA Faculty of Engineering: Engineering Member since 2002

Education Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis (1983) MS in Aerospace Engineering, Northrop University (1979) BS in Mechanical Engineering, Northrop University (1976)

Academic Positions Held 1992-Present: Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, GA. 1982-1992: Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, GA.

A. RESIDENT INSTRUCTION 1. Courses Taught since 1997 only (total number of students shown by year & semester, 2 sections offered where noted by *)

ENGR 1120: Freshman Design (special section for Computer Systems Engineering students only - 1 credit)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Fall 10 8 20 ENGR 1140: Computational Engineering Methods (2 credits)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 Spr. 38 32 26 19 31* 44* 25 28 Fall 29 53 49 40 34* 45 * 29 48* 53* ENGR 4540/6540: Applied Machine Vision (3 credits)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Spr. 14 7(#) 4 6 3 7 1 (#) Pilot Distance Education course to 7 graduate students at Kagoshima University (Japan).

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Promotion and Tenure Dossier 2

ENGR 4940, became ENGR 4140/6140 from Spring 09: Introductory Systems Modeling (3 credits) 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

Spr. 13 8 13 15 1 Fall 12 6 10 ENGR 4920: Senior Design (3 credits)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Spr. 3 3 3 2 ENGR 4980: Embedded Robotics (3 credits)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Spr. 5 7 ENGR 8930: Systems Simulation (3 credits)

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Spr. 8 7 8 3 4 7 1 Robotics Training for Duke TIP students (1-day and 2-day workshops for 4th to 10th graders)

09 10 11 Spr. 24 27 6 Fall 36 27

2. Contributions Made in Course and Curriculum Development

Since 2003, Dr. Thai has been teaching in “smart classrooms” providing both "teacher-centric" and "student-student collaborative" modes. All classroom lectures and supporting narrated tutorials are recorded and made available to students for home use via WebCT & eLC (this feature is most popular with students). This technology also allows future asynchronous teaching/recycling of these engineering courses as needed. Implemented new course materials developed by Dr. Thai

Duke TIP workshops via the Torrance Center (Spring 2009 to Fall 2010) and the GA Center (since Fall 2010 to Present): Since Spring 09, Dr. Thai contributed to the Duke TIP program as organized by the UGA Torrance Center (taken over by the GA Center in Fall 2010) by offering 1-day workshops for 4th to 6th graders and 2-day workshops for 8th to 10th graders which have the goals of introducing robotics design and programming to these students to enhance their interests in the STEM area. ENGR-1120 (Freshman Design – Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering): The main objective of this course section is to serve as an “immigration” course into the Computer Systems Engineering (CSE) curriculum providing students with an overview of the main issues that Computer Systems Engineers would encounter in their careers and also showcasing

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selected integrative solution approaches and tools used, thus the core instructional materials are designed around 2 robotics projects: 1. The first project involves a pre-made “car-bot” equipped with sensors to help it avoid obstacles with a provided software solution and the student’s task will be to extend/modify this solution to allow this car-bot to navigate itself autonomously through a maze. 2. The second project involves a “gerwalk” bot (i.e. a “box” on top of 2 legs allowing bird-like bipedal motion) using a provided software solution and the student’s task will be to extend/modify this software solution in the creation of a competitive game. The secondary objective is to introduce students to the main steps of the engineering design procedure and selected innovation theories and creativity practices, in preparation for the formal course in engineering design "ENGR-2920" to be offered in their sophomore year. The student learns about the basic programming of microcontrollers, the interfacing of sensors for sound and near-infrared light, the actuation of servo motors, computer serial communications concepts (wired and wireless). These concepts and methodologies will be demonstrated in class and the students can also explore these ideas further with the Bioloid Robotics development kits and by working on their term projects. The students will also be introduced to selected integrated thinking approaches/tools such as Roger L. Martin's "Opposable Mind" and TRIZ - "Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch" (2 lectures by Dr. John Mativo of the College of Education). Starting Fall 09, the term project is based on interactive robotic game design and team learning. ENGR-1140 (Computational Engineering Methods - Introductory JAVA Programming) – Dr. Thai is no longer in charge of this course after Fall 2006: In this freshman level course, the goal has always been to instill engineering problem-solving skills in incoming students by way of developing their problem analysis skills and creative solution designs within a "real context" as much as possible and using a "live-code" approach in the classroom under the instructor's guidance:

a) Although most classroom instructional materials can be presented satisfactorily via prepared PowerPoint slides and other text/multimedia materials, the interactiveness of a "chalk-board" is indispensable at times when discussion with students took a "different" turn that required ad-hoc materials not available on computers at that time, or that timely annotations were needed to be made on the "prepared" materials. The Tablet PC, with its hand-writing capability, allows the instructor to interactively work with students in developing needed algorithms from general problem descriptions, or to go over the solutions of homework, quizzes and tests. It also allows the ease of later distribution of such work over WebCT because it is already in an electronic format. b) The use of NetSupport Manager network control software allows the instructor to interact with individual student PCs to help them as needed, to start "communal" in-class projects, to scan and exhibit individual student projects, etc… c) The use of Silicon Chalk allows students to have their personalized multimedia recordings of the class notes/activities and instructor audio that they can annotate during and after classes if they so wish. d) Furthermore, it is common knowledge that student learning should not stop after the class lectures, thus support materials that students can access asynchronously as needed for their study were also created. Narrated tutorials to guide students towards a solution for the homework were created and made available via WebCT, partially to adjust for the department lack of funds for hiring homework tutors, but also to provide students with initial help available 24/7. These homework tutorials followed the same format going through recommended steps in program design: Understand Problem, Design Solution, Write Test Plan, Write Code, and Test Code. However the emphasis was on the first 3 steps (Understand

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Problem, Design Solution, and Write Test Plan) as most students preferred to jump directly into the Write Code step without thoroughly going through the first 3 steps, consequently very little actual JAVA statements were shown in these tutorials (actual relevant sample JAVA codes were provided separately to students at a later time). e) Starting in Spring 06, Test #4 will become a take-home team project to program a robot controller equipped with machine vision hardware allowing it to track in real-time a target being moved at random by a human operator (other projects are also being developed to add variety to the students’ experiences in the future). The goal is to foster a "mechatronics" context to JAVA programming.

ENGR-4140/6140 (Introductory Systems Modeling) & ENGR-8930 (Systems Simulation): In these senior and graduate levels courses, the goal has been to instill a system view of world processes so that students can apply all their accumulated science and engineering knowledge to train themselves to have systems thinking skills as advocated by Barry Richmond in his article "Systems Thinking: critical thinking skills for the 1990's and beyond", namely "dynamic", "closed-loop", "generic", "structural", "operational" and ultimately "scientific". The instructor brought in his actual works in the area of agricultural process operations (discrete-event systems) and produce quality modeling (continuous systems) to provide real-world examples to students, as well as to facilitate their own system analysis and modeling skills in such projects like modeling a small section of the UGA bus line and the check-out process at a local super-market. The same instructional technologies developed for ENGR-1120 & ENGR-1140 are also used here where applicable. ENGR-4540 (Applied Machine Vision): In this senior-level elective course, the goal has been to provide students with a systemic view of the physics of machine and human vision, along with the computational requirements of a solution to a machine vision task. It is essentially an applied optics and spectroscopy course combined with video engineering and advanced computational technologies such as hyper-threading CPU architectures. It is designed to complement existing Image Processing and Image Understanding courses offered by the UGA Computer Science Department. Course materials had to be created or adapted from several sources as it would be cost-prohibitive to students to purchase the 3-4 textbooks required for this class. A unique aspect of this course is the use of computer network technologies (Tablet PC, NetSupport Manager and Silicon Chalk) to merge local lecture activities and remote operation of scientific equipment located in a web-enabled laboratory (physically located in another part of the building) so as to allow within the classroom a seamless integration of theory and practice which would normally be disconnected in time with the traditional way of teaching of such subjects in the classroom, followed by later experimentation work by the students. The Tablet PC was used to add hand-written notations on live displays of laboratory experiments to produce wanted emphases during demonstrations. Furthermore, the aforementioned web-enabled laboratory also allowed 24/7 student access to the machine vision stations at their convenience in time and space as they do not have to be physically present in this lab to perform their experimental work (http://www.engr.uga.edu/~mvteachr/WebEnabledMachineVisionLab.pdf). Starting in Spring 06, ENGR-4540 students also have the opportunity to work on their own machine vision term projects using the same robot vision systems used in the ENGR-1140 course, but at a higher level of sophistication such as following an arbitrary curved path, sorting out between similar shaped objects but with different colors, and navigating around obstacles. ENGR-4980 (Embedded Robotics, Spring 2010 & Spring 2011 – will become CSEE/ENGR-4310 in Fall 2011): This course goal is to provide students with an advanced practicum in Embedded Robotics wherein the students will learn about the programming of embedded controllers, the interfacing of sensors (sound, light, acceleration, pan & tilt color video camera), the

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actuation of servo motors, inter-bot serial communications (RS-232, RS-485, ZigBee Wireless), and the control of autonomous as well as remotely piloted systems. The student will be programming using a high-level integrated environment called RoboPlus, and also will be practicing lower-level programming using the C/C++ language. These concepts and methodologies will be demonstrated in class with sample codes and the students can expand on these ideas further with a series of robotic projects (of increasing complexity) throughout the semester such as car robots, simple bipedal robots with 7 degrees of freedom, and humanoid robots with 18 degrees of freedom. Possible projects can be about Intruder (motion) Detection, Image Recognition and Object Tracking, Humanoid Robot Mimicking a Vision-Impaired Person, Humanoid Robot Negotiating Stairs with Varying Tread Depths, Search and Rescue Robot Teams. This course can serve as a senior level elective for the BSCSE degree and also for the Mechanical Systems or Electrical & Electronics emphasis areas of the BSAE degree.

Planned new course materials being developed by Dr. Thai. UGA Summer Academy (Robotics – Level 2) – due 7/18-22, 2011: This intermediate robotics camp is designed for students entering grades 7-9, who have some experience in Robotics. Using the OLLO Inventor system from Robotics, Inc., you'll learn about the programming of microcontrollers and interfacing of sensors (sound, near-infrared light and touch), the actuation of servo motors and LEDs, and also about wireless (ZigBee) computer communications and control concepts. Through a series of projects, you'll also be introduced to selected robotics design concepts such as mechanical components (plates, brackets, linkages, fasteners, cables and pulleys), mechanical gear-reduction system for electric motors, and conversion of rotational circular motion to a "walking", "hopping" or "crawling" motion using 4-bar linkages. FYOS-1101 (First-Year Odyssey Seminar – Exploring Robotics, due Fall 2011): The course goal is to provide students with an introductory experience in designing, constructing and controlling a robot of their choice (Fall 2011 theme’s will be “Da Vinci’s Robots”. Students will learn about features as well as limitations of mechanical components such linkages, gears, springs and servo motors. They will also learn about algorithm design to interface embedded controllers with sensors and to control the robot’s behaviors to achieve given goals. The more subtle goal is for them to practice dealing with constraints using their personal creativity. In addition to eLC, we’ll be using the EMMA and PRONTO tools to facilitate interactions between students and instructor and also to document student intellectual progress. Upon completion of this course, students should be able to evaluate whether a perceived need can be conceptually resolved using a combination of computer hardware and software approaches and should have a broad understanding of the majors steps involved in engineering design of robotics systems. ENGR-2180 (Introduction to Modeling Dynamic Systems, due Fall 2012): After taking this course, students should be able to identify real world problems that can be modeled as dynamical systems, know how to take such systems and translate them into mathematical models and how to predict the behavior of such systems using mathematical analysis and computer simulation. ENGR-4140/6140 (Systems Modeling, due Spring 2013): Students will be able to demonstrate the use of concepts and methodologies related to the modeling and simulation of systems that incorporated both Discrete-Event and Continuous-Time features through the use of modeling software packages; to derive models from textual and pictorial descriptions of selected systems, conduct computer simulations, analyze model outputs, perform sensitivity analysis on system variables, determine qualitative system stability, and assess the accuracy of a model as compared to experimental data.

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Selected Student Comments

ENGR-4140/6140 Often grossly misunderstands questions. Very insulting to students who are having trouble. Rather dry but since it is programming and learning to use a computer program, it's difficult to make it entertaining. Dr Thai did a good job though. The Arena homeworks could be applied to everyday live and that was interesting. Having the lectures recorded and available over Webct was great. Tutorials were excellent as well. ENGR-1120-CSE What have you liked about the course this semester? Programming and learning about robots. Working hands on. It's different than any other class I'm taking. It's nice to have a break. What aspects of the course have been valuable for your learning this semester? TRIZ, problem solving through code. Videos. lots of examples. The information on programming. Interacting with team mates on a project. What had the teacher done that had helped you learn? Recorded every single lecture and make them available. He's given us great handouts. Posted notes lectures and example code. Provided many materials to look at. Answers questions effectively. Duke TIP robotics training 1) Overall, what did you like least about this program? Doing nothing during the lecture. Not having enough time. The playing. Nothing, I liked everything. The part where he went through the process of the four link gear shift. Having to play games after lunch. 2) What have you gained from this program? The interest in programming and robots. Having fun. A bugbot & knowledge of bugbots. The ability to build bugbots. Happiness.

3. Guest Lectures (Invited Speaker)

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3-class-period seminar on Simulation Software for EGR-492A "Engineering Design Project" (Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 97, Spring 97). 1-class-period seminar on Simulation Software for EGR-325 "Open Channel Hydraulics" (Winter 1996, Winter 97). Thai, C. N., “Introduction to Modeling with Stella.” Guest Lectures in ENGR-3720 "Engineering Physiology", 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003. Week-long daily seminars for graduate students about Modeling of Horticultural Products Characteristics at the Agricultural Engineering Department of Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea (July 1998). Thai, C.N.. 2002. Collaborative Engineering Instruction Using Integrated Network Technologies. Invited Presentation at UGA Technology Expo 2002 “Technology in Higher Education: Making It Work for You, Nov. 11-12/2002, UGA Center for Continuing Education, Athens, GA. Thai, C.N.. 2004. Development of A Collaborative Distance Education Laboratory, Invited Presentation at The First UGA Workshop for visiting faculty members from Tunisia. Thai, C.N.. 2004. Classroom Teaching with Collaborative Network Technologies, Invited Presentation at the 2004 Southern Region Teaching Symposium, in Athens GA, 5/20-22/2004 Thai, C.N.. 2004. Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Mixed Local/Distance Engineering Education, Invited Presentation at the Rock Eagle 2004 University System Annual Computing Conference, at Rock Eagle GA, 10/20-22/2004 Thai, C. N.. 2005. Interactive Instructional Technologies and Distance Education, Invited speaking tour and training of faculty and graduate students of Miyazaki University and Kagoshima University (3/12-19/2005) Thai, C.N.. 2006. Tablet PC as E-Chalkboard Within An Extended Classroom Environment, Invited Presentation at The First Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education, Purdue University, April 6-7, 2006. Thai, C.N.. 2006. Development of An Extended-Classroom Facility for Engineering Instruction, Invited Presentation at The Second UGA Workshop for visiting faculty members from Tunisia. Thai, C.N.. 2008. Invited presentation about Robotics at the 11/18/08 meeting of the UGA Physics Learning Community. Thai, C.N.. 2009-2011 (mid February each year). Invited presentation about Robotics at the JETS/TEAMS annual competition sponsored by UGA. Thai, C.N. 2010. Invited to lead a workshop for sensor network at Busan University (South Korea) discussing sensor design issues for detection and tracking of fishes and insects in riverine environments (10/25/2010).

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Thai, C.N. 2010. Invited to present seminar about spectrometry theory and practice for agricultural products quality evaluations and spectral imaging technology development to real-time plant health sensing for field crops. Taiwan National University, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering (10/21/2010).

4. Student Counseling and Advisory Services Served as an academic advisor to 13-25 undergraduate students, 2004-2011. Participated in the Summer Resources Fair, 2004-2011. Participated in the Summer Orientation for incoming students, 2004-2011.

5. Supervision of Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Postdoctoral research associates (1) Bosoon Park, Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, 1999-2002. (Now, a research scientist at the USDA Russell Research Center, Athens, GA) Major Professor to Masters Students (3) Xiaode Deng, Artificial Intelligence (graduated 1998) Tong Wang, Artificial Intelligence (graduated 2002) Stanford Taylor Jones, Artificial Intelligence (2005-2006) Advisory Committee Member to Doctoral Students (2) K.H.S. Peiris, Horticulture (graduated, 1997) Mike Yoder, BAE (graduated, 2004) Advisory Committee Member to Masters Students (10) Ning-Hua Pu, AI (graduated, 1994) John Berkshire, AI (graduated, 1995) Jaderick Pabico, BAE (graduated, 1996) N. Agnihotri, BAE (graduated, 1996) Steve Kenny, BAE (graduated, 1997) Mike Yoder, BAE (graduated, 1997) Raj Rao, BAE (graduated, 2001)

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Chun Fang, BAE (graduated, 2001) Adam Faircloth, BAE (graduated, 2004) Prince Odame, BAE (graduated, 2004) Antoinette Menuel (MS Food Science, 2010-11) External Reviewers for non-UGA graduate students (3) Yukiharu Ogawa, Ph.D. Agricultural Engineering, Kagoshima University (graduated, 1997) Vuong Tien Dung, M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Miyazaki University (graduated, 1998) Meegalla Chandraratne, Ph. D. Food Engineering, Lincoln University (graduated, 2004)

6. Mentor to Undergraduate/Graduate and High School Research Experience

Students from within the University (4)

Bruce Dixson Mentor for Bruce Dixson Scholar - Josef Broder Jr. (2003) CURO mentor to Josef Broder Jr. (2004) Rutchelle Rodriguez (2010) – Graduate student (College of Education) interested in developing robotics teaching materials for

high school teachers. Michael Meindl (2010) – Graduate student (Theatre & Film Studies) interested in applying Disney animation principles to

humanoid robot motions. Students from other Universities (1) Jasper Tallada, currently pursuing M.S. Agricultural Engineering, Miyazaki University (since 2005, regarding multi-spectral

imaging technology) Brooks Felton, BSME student visiting from UCSB (Summer 2007)

Students from High School (2) Aaron Harper & Andrew Zhang on autonomous bots projects (Summer 2006) Ruchir Khaitan – CAES-YSP program (Summer 2010)

7. Instructional Funding Received for Supporting Instructional Research ($87,830)

Date Title Source Amount Role 2007 A Synergistic Instructional Approach for UGA-LTG $19,394 PI

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Optomechatronics and Robotics (50%) 2006 Senior Teaching Fellowship UGA-CTL $2,000 PI

(100%) 2006 Development of a Longitudinal

Mechatronics Experiments Tool for BAE Engineering Students

L. Gillespie Curriculum Dev. Award

$2,800 PI (100%)

2006 Electronic Perception Technology Development Kit

UGA/CAES $5,000 PI (100%)

2006 Sensors for Robot Development Kits UGA/CAES $1,500 PI (100%)

2005 Robot Vision Kits for Engineering Instruction

UGA/CAES $6,300 PI (100%)

2003 UGA-Kagoshima U. Distance Education Project

UGA Learning

Tech. Grant

$8,730 PI (100%)

2001 Student Web Access to Engineering Laboratories

UGA Learning

Tech. Grant

$61,000 PI (50%)

2000 CAES Distance Education Fellowship UGA/CAES $500 PI (100%)

B. SCHOLARLY AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. Patents and Copyrights

2. Publications

Chapters in Books (3) Prussia, S. E., K. Morita, Y-C. Hung, C.N. Thai, and E. W. Tollner. 1994. Nondestructive texture measurement of apples. Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Engineering and Food. (Editors: T. Yano & R. Matsuno, Blackie Academic & Professional Publisher, pp. 126-128). Delwiche, M. J., H.A. Affeldt, Jr., G. Birth, G.K. Brown, D.E. Guyer, A. Hetzroni, K. Peleg, and C.N. Thai. 1994. Surface Color Measurement of Fruits and Vegetables. In "Nondestructive Technologies for Quality Evaluation of Fruits and Vegetables". ASAE Publisher, pp. 63-71. Thai, C. N. 1993. Modeling quality characteristics. Chapter 8. pp. 167-185. IN: [R. L. Shewfelt and S. E. Prussia, Editors]

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Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach. Academic Press, Inc.; Orlando, FL. Refereed Journal Articles (in print and in press) (23) Thai, C. N.. 2011. Teaching Robotics to Students with Mixed Interests. Springer Science+Business Media, New York (in press). Thai, C.N., S.T. Jones, and G. C. Rains. 2011. Software Design for Dynamic Stitching of Multi-spectral Images of Field Crops. Springer Science+Business Media, New York (in press). Yoon, S.C., and Thai C.N. 2010. Stereo Spectral Imaging System for Plant Health Characterization, In K. Elleithy et al. (eds.), Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation, Springer Science+Business Media, New York, p. 181-186. Thai, C.N.. 2009. A Dual-Mode/Dual-Workspace Classroom. Computers in Education Journal, V. XVIIII, No.1, pp. 12-23. Web link: www.asee.org/publications/divisions/coedPapers/display.cfm?pdf=16175_1.pdf Thai, C.N., J.M. Mativo, and G. N. Clinton. 2010. Robotics-based Curriculum Development for An Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering. In Iskander et al. (eds.) Technological Developments in Education and Automation, Springer Science+Business Media, New York, p. 165-171. Thai, C. N. 2008. A Dual-Mode Collaborative Teaching and Learning Classroom Environment. In Innovative Techniques in Instruction Technology, E-learning, E-assessment and Education, pp. 73-78. Editor: Magued Iskander, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. K. C. Lawrence, B. Park, G. W. Heitschmidt W. R. Windham, and C. N. Thai. 2007. Evaluation of LED and Tungsten-Halogen Lighting for Fecal Contaminant Detection. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 23(6): 811-818. B. Park, M. Kise, K. C. Lawrence, W. R. Windham, D. P. Smith, C. N. Thai. 2007. Real-time Multispectral Imaging System for Online Poultry Fecal Inspection Using Unified Modeling Language. Sens. & Intrumen. Food Qual. V.1: 45-54. Thai, C.N., K. Morita and K. Iwasaki. 2007. Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Mixed Local/Distance Engineering Education. The International Journal of Engineering Education. 23(4): 650-660. Thai, C.N.. 2005. Development of a Symmetrical Extended-Classroom Facility. Computers in Education Journal, 15(4):79-86. Thai, C.N.. 2005. Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Machine Vision Course. Computers in Education Journal, 15(3):78-84. Thai, C.N.. 2004. Development of a Collaborative Distance Education Classroom. Computers in Education Journal, 14(1):65-75.

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Thai, C.N. and B.L. Upchurch. 2004. Tele-Experimentation for Machine Vision Course Using NetMeeting & LabView Software. Computers in Education Journal, 14(1):2-11. Fang, C., M.S. Chinnan, and C.N. Thai. 2003. Finite Element Modeling of Heat and Mass Transfer During Steaming of Cowpea Seeds. Journal of Food Science, V. 68, No. 5 (pp. 1702-1712) Morita, K., Y. Ogawa, C.N. Thai, and F. Tanaka. 2003. Soft X-ray Image Analysis to Detect Foreign Materials in Foods. Food Sci. Technol. Res., Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 137-141 Morita, K., Y. Ogawa, C.N. Thai, F. Tanaka, and E. Ishiguro. 2003. Spectral Analysis of Reflected Soft X-ray for Detecting Foreign Materials in Foods. Food Sci. Technol. Res., Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 231-236. Schuerger, A.C., G.A. Capelle, J.A. Di Benedetto, C. Mao, C. N. Thai, and M. D. Evans. 2003. Comparison of two hyperspectral imaging and two laser induced fluorescence instruments for the detection of zinc stress and chlorophyll concentration. Remote Sensing of the Environment 84 (572-588) Upchurch, B.L. and C.N. Thai. 2003. An Interactive Classroom for Collaborative Learning. Computers in Education Journal,V.13, No.2 (26 - 34) Evans, M.D., C.N. Thai, and J.C. Grant. 1998. Development of a Spectral Imaging System Based on a Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. Transactions of the ASAE Vol. 41 (6): pp 1845-1852 Ogawa, Y., K. Morita, S. Tanaka, and C.N. Thai. 1998. X-ray Spectral Analysis with CdTe Sensor for Detection of Foreign Materials in Food. Journal of The Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, Vol. 45(1): 21-27 Ogawa, Y., K. Morita, S. Tanaka, M. Setoguchi, and C.N. Thai. 1998. Application of X-Ray CT for Detection of Physical Foreign Materials in Foods. Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 41(1): 157-162 Peiris, K.H.S., G.G. Dull, R.G. Leffler, J.K. Burns, C.N. Thai, and S.J. Kays. 1998. Nondestructive Detection of Section Drying, an Internal Disorder in Tangerine. HortScience. Vol. 33(2): 310-312 Kenny, J.S., W.S. Kisaalita, G. Rowland, C.N. Thai, and T. Foutz. 1997. Quantitative study of calcium uptake by tumorigenic bone (TE-85) and neuroblastoma x glioma (NG108-15) cells exposed to extremely-low-frequency. FEBS Letters 414 (pp. 343-348) Peer Reviewed Proceedings Articles (12) Thai, C. N.. 2011. Development of a Senior Level Robotics Course for Engineering Students. ASEE Annual Conference 2011 (in press).

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Thai, C. N., and M. Paulishen. 2011. Using Robotis Bioloid Systems for Educational Robotics. SOUTHEASTCON '11. IEEE. (in press). Thai, C.N. and A. Fouraker. 2009. Robotics-based Freshman Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering. SOUTHEASTCON '09. IEEE. Web links: www.ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?isnumber=5174034&arnumber=5174090&count=94&index=52 810043265/intellcont/Robotics-based Freshman Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering-1.doc Thai, C.N.. 2006. Tablet PC as E-Chalkboard Within An Extended Classroom Environment. The First Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education, 4/6-7/-2006 at Purdue University. Thai, C.N.. 2005. Development of An Extended-Classroom IT Infrastructure for Engineering Instruction. Proceedings at the 2005 ASEE Southeastern Section Annual Meeting in Chattanooga, TN, 4/3-5/2005. Thai, C.N.. 2004. Adapting Pervasive Learning Technologies to Machine Vision Course, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, 6/20-23/2004. Thai, C.N., K. Morita, and K. Iwasaki. 2004. Development of a Synchronous Distance Education Project Between UGA and Kagoshima University, Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT, 6/20-23/2004. Thai, C.N. and B. L. Upchurch. 2002. Tele-Experimentation for Machine Vision Course Using NetMeeting Software, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 16-19, 2002, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Upchurch, B.L. and C.N. Thai. 2002. Interactive Classroom for Collaborative Learning, Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, June 16-19, 2002, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Archibald, D., C.N. Thai, and F.E. Dowell. 1998. Development .of Short-Wavelength Near-Infrared Spectral Imaging for Grain Color Classification, Invited Presentation at the SPIE Conference on Precision Agriculture and Biological Quality, part of SPIE’s Photonics East (November 1-6, 1998, Boston, MA.) Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, and J.C. Grant. 1998. Development of a Spectral Imaging System for Plant, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry (June 1-3, 1998 in Orlando, Florida) Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, J.C. Grant, S.J. Kays, and A.F. Theisen. 1998. Spectral Imaging Applications using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. Invited Presentation at the 1998 International Symposium on "Current Nondestructive Testing for Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Products", Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea (7/3/98).

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3. Presentations Made at International, National, and Regional Conferences (67) Thai, C. N.. 2011. Development of a Senior Level Robotics Course for Engineering Students. ASEE Annual Conference 2011. Thai, C. N., and M. Paulishen. 2011. Using Robotis Bioloid Systems for Educational Robotics. SOUTHEASTCON '11. IEEE. Thai, C. N.. 2010. Teaching Robotics to Students with Mixed Interests. International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, Dec. 2010. Thai, C.N., S.T. Jones, and G. C. Rains. 2010. Software Design for Dynamic Stitching of Multi-spectral Images of Field Crops. International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, Dec. 2010. Yoon, S.C., and Thai C.N. 2009. Stereo Spectral Imaging System for Plant Health Characterization. International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, Dec. 2009. Schimleck, L. R., Mora, C. R., Yoon, S. C. and Thai, C. N. (2009). Determination of moisture content and specific gravity of Pinus taeda discs using a NIR hyperspectral imaging system. 14th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-13 November, 2009. Seung-Chul Yoon and C. N. Thai. 2009. Stereo Spectral Imaging System for Plant Health Characterization. Presented at the 2009 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Reno, Nevada, June 21 – June 24, 2009. Thai, C.N., J.M. Mativo, and G. N. Clinton. 2008. Robotics-based Curriculum Development for An Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering. International Joint Conferences on Computer, Information, and Systems Sciences, and Engineering, Dec. 2008. Chi N. Thai. 2008. A Dual-Mode/Dual-Workspace Classroom Environment. Presented at the ASEE 2008 Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, June 21-25, 2008. Chi N. Thai. 2008. Evaluation of Digital Pens for Engineering Instruction. Presented at the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, June 29 – July 2, 2008. Chi N. Thai, M. A. Covington , M. A. Haidekker, K. McCully. 2008. Evaluation of Body Sensor Networks for Instruction in Embedded Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks. Presented at the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, June 29 – July 2, 2008. Chi N. Thai, J. M. Mativo and G. Clinton. 2008. Robotics-based Curriculum Development for An Immigration Course into Computer Systems Engineering. Presented at the International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning, 2008 (Web Conference), Dec. 5-13, 2008.

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Chi N. Thai, Ali Ismail Abdel-Hadi, and Mark Eiteman. 2007. Developing a Collaborative Teaching & Learning Environment for Tablet PCs. Presented at the NECC 2007 Conference in Atlanta, GA, June 24-27, 2007. Chi N. Thai. 2007. Integration of Tablet PCs and Multimedia Technologies in Engineering Instruction. Presented at the 2007 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 17 - 20, 2007. Chi N. Thai. 2007. A Dual-Mode Collaborative Teaching and Learning Classroom Environment. Presented at the International Conference on Engineering Education, Instructional Technology, Assessment, and E-learning, 2007 (Web Conference), Dec. 3-12, 2007. Dawn T. Robinson, Jody K. Clay-Warner, Christopher D. Moore, Tiffani Everett, Alexander Watts, Laura Aikens, Chi Thai. 2007. Toward an Unobtrusive Measure of Emotions during Social Interaction. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. New York, NY. C. N. Thai. 2006. Developing Active Learning Activities for Computer Programming and Machine Vision Courses. Presented at the 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Paper No. 068031. Also presented at the 2006 Southeastern Scholarship Conference on E-Learning at Macon State University. C. N. Thai, K. Stevenson, R. Gitaitis & R. R. Wilcox. 2006. Bacterial Fruit Blotch Detection with Multi-Spectral Imaging. Presented at the 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Paper No. 063035. C. N. Thai, S.T. Jones, G. Rains & S. Pocknee. 2006. Estimation of GPS Location of Machine-Viewed Scenes Using Attitude Sensor. Presented at the 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Paper No. 063008. B. Park, M. Kise, K. C. Lawrence, W. R. Windham, D. P. Smith, and C. N. Thai. 2006. Real-time multi-spectral imaging system for online poultry fecal inspection using UML. Presented at the SPIE Optics East Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, Paper No. OE06 – 6381-33. S. T. Jones, C. N. Thai, B. Park, K. C. Lawrence, W. R. Windham. 2006. Exploratory Spectral Analysis Using Genetic Algorithms. Poster presented at the 2006 ASABE Annual International Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Paper No. 063052. Watts, Alexander, Laura Aikens, Christopher D. Moore, Marla Wilks, Jody Clay-Warner, Dawn T. Robinson and Chi N. Thai. 2006. “Measuring Emotion Using Infrared Thermography I: The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Response and Regional Facial Temperature.” Poster presented at the conference on Social Structure and Emotion in Athens, GA. Aikens, Laura, Alexander Watts, Marla Wilks, Christopher D. Moore, Dawn T. Robinson, Jody Clay-Warner and Chi N. Thai. 2006. “Measuring Emotion Using Infrared Thermography II: The Relationship Between Self-Report Emotion and Regional Facial Temperature. Poster presented at the conference on Social Structure and Emotion in Athens, GA. Thai, C.N.. 2006. Tablet PC as E-Chalkboard Within An Extended Classroom Environment. The First Workshop on the Impact of

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Pen-based Technology on Education, 4/6-7/-2006 at Purdue University. Jones, S.T. and C.N. Thai. 2005. Multi-Threaded Design of Spectral Imaging Software, ASAE Technical Paper No. 053010, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Tampa, Florida, July 17 - 20 2005 Thai, C.N.. 2005. Integrating Multimedia Note Delivery Software into Classroom Teaching, ASAE Technical Paper No. 053100, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Tampa, Florida, July 17 - 20 2005 Thai, C.N.. 2005. Information Technologies for Delivering Engineering Instruction Overseas, ASAE Technical Paper No. 058017, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Tampa, Florida, July 17 - 20 2005 Thai, C.N. and S.T. Jones. 2005. Development of an LCTF/FireWire Spectral Imaging System, ASAE Technical Paper No. 053015, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Tampa, Florida, July 17 - 20 2005 Iwasaki, K., K. Morita, F. Tanaka, and Chi N. Thai. 2005. Distance Education between the University of Georgia and Kagoshima University, Presented at the Joint Meeting on Environmental Engineering in Agriculture 2005, 9/12/2005 (Japan) Iwasaki, K., K. Morita, F. Tanaka, and Chi N. Thai. 2004. Trial of Distance Education between UGA and Kagoshima University, Presented at the Annual Meeting of Kyushu Section of the Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 10/18/2004 (Japan) Thai, C.N., K. Iwasaki, and K. Morita. 2004. Instructional Technology and Design for a Distance Education Project Between UGA and Kagoshima University, ASAE Technical Paper No. 043002, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, August 1-4, 2004 Thai, C.N.. 2003. Development of a Collaborative Distance Education Laboratory, ASAE Technical Paper No. 033061, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 27-30, 2003 Wang, T. and C.N. Thai. 2003. A Genetic Algorithm Based Tool for Analysis and Modeling of Multi-Spectral Data, ASAE Technical Paper No. 033126, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, July 27-30, 2003 Thai, C.N. and B. L. Upchurch. 2003. Collaborative Engineering Instruction Using Integrated Network Technologies, Presented at SouthEast Educause 2003, in Atlanta GA, 6/19/2003 Thai, C.N. and B.L. Upchurch. 2002. Synchronous Experimentation via Web Access to Laboratories, ASAE Technical Paper No. 023024, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, July 28-31, 2002 Thai, C.N.. 2002. UGA-BAE Network Teaching Tools, Presentation to the North-East Chapter of NSPE monthly meeting, January 18 2002 in Athens, GA Thai, C.N., B.L. Upchurch and T. Wang. 2001. Student Remote Access to Machine Vision Laboratory Using NetMeeting

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Software, ASAE Technical Paper No. 013027, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Sacramento, California, July 30-August 1, 2001 Upchurch, B.L. and C.N. Thai.. 2001. Interactive Classroom for Teaching Engineering in the 21st Century, ASAE Technical Paper No. 013142, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Sacramento, California, July 30-August 1, 2001 Thai, C.N.. 2000. Influence of Canopy Types on Spectral Evaluation of Stresses in Plants, ASAE Technical Paper No. 003020, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 9-12, 2000 Upchurch, B.L. and C.N. Thai. 2000. Spectral Characterization of Pecan Weevil Larvae and Pecan Nutmeat Using Multispectral Imaging., ASAE Technical Paper No. 006119, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 9-12, 2000. Morita, K., Y. Ogawa, and C.N. Thai. 1999. Basic study of soft X-ray spectral reflectance for detection of foreign material in food, ASAE Technical Paper No. 993170, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 18-21, 1999 Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, and A.C. Schuerger. 1999. Spectral imaging of bahia grass grown under different zinc and copper treatments., ASAE Technical Paper No. 993171, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 18-21, 1999. Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, and G.C. Greene. 1999. Integration of a personal liquid crystal monitor to a field spectral imaging system, ASAE Technical Paper No. 993053, presented at the ASAE Annual International Meeting in Toronto, Canada, July 18-21, 1999. Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, J.C. Grant, S.J. Kays, and A.F. Theisen. 1998. Spectral Imaging Applications using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. Invited Presentation at the 1998 International Symposium on "Current Nondestructive Testing for Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Products", Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea (7/3/98). C. N. Thai, M. D. Evans, X. Deng, A. F. Theisen. 1998. Visible & NIR Imaging of Bush Beans Grown Under Different Nitrogen Treatments. ASAE Technical Paper No. 983074. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. C. N. Thai, M. D. Evans, J. C. Grant. 1998. White Reference Control of Spectral Imaging Using a Small Reference Target. ASAE Technical Paper No. 983100. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. C. N. Thai, M. D. Evans, and J. C. Grant. 1998. Development of a Spectral Imaging System for Plant Stress Detection Using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters. Presented at the First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry (June 1-3, 1998 in Orlando, Florida).

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D. Archibald, C. N. Thai, F. E. Dowell. 1998. Development .of Short-Wavelength Near-Infrared Spectral Imaging for Grain Color Classification. Presented at the SPIE Conference on Precision Agriculture and Biological Quality, part of SPIE’s Photonics East (November 1-6, 1998, Boston, MA.). M. D. Evans, C. N. Thai, R. Wu. 1998. Spectral Characteristics (350-1700 nm) of Pecan Weevil and Nut Pieces and Strategies for Automating the Separation Process. ASAE Technical Paper No. 983057. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. M. D. Evans, C. N. Thai, J. C. Grant. 1998. Performance of a Dual-Wavelength Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. ASAE Technical Paper No. 983073. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, St. Joseph, MI. C.N. Thai, E.W. Tollner, K. Morita, S.J.Kays. 1997. VIS-NIR and X-Ray Properties of Detached Mature Green Tomato Fruit. Proceedings of International Conference on Sensors for Nondestructive Testing in Orlando FL (February 18-21, 1997). C.N. Thai, E.W. Tollner, K. Morita, S.J.Kays. 1997. X-Ray Characterization of Sweet Potato Weevil Larvae Development and Subsequent Damage in Infested Roots. Proceedings of International Conference on Sensors for Nondestructive Testing in Orlando FL (February 18-21, 1997). C.N. Thai, K. Morita, S.J.Kays. 1997. Reflectance Spectral Properties of Sweet Potato Weevil Oviposition Sites on Sweet Potato Roots. Proceedings of International Conference on Sensors for Nondestructive Testing in Orlando FL (February 18-21, 1997). K. Morita, C.N. Thai, S. Tanaka, Y. Ogawa. 1997. Development of Soft X-Ray Imaging for Detecting Internal Defects in Food and Agricultural Products. Proceedings of International Conference on Sensors for Nondestructive Testing in Orlando FL (February 18-21, 1997). Y. Ogawa, K. Morita, C.N. Thai. 1997. Spectral Analysis of Soft X-Rays for Detecting Foreign Materials in Food Using Si-PIN Sensor. ASAE Technical Paper No. 973003. American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. C.N. Thai, S. J. Kays. 1997. Mapping Light Penetration into Fruits Using a Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. ASAE Technical Paper No. 976057. American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. M.D. Evans, C.N. Thai, J.C. Grant. 1997. Computer Control and Calibration of a Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter for Crop Stress Imaging. ASAE Technical Paper No. 973141. American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. C.N. Thai, M.D. Evans, J.C. Grant. 1997. Herbicide Stress Detection Using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter. ASAE Technical Paper No. 973142. American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. Thai, C. N. 1996. Vegetation Red Edge Spectral Position and Color Video Imaging. ASAE Technical Paper No. 963035; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. 15 pp.

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Morita, K., S. Tanaka, Y. Ogawa, C. N. Thai. 1996. Application of X-ray CT for Detection of Physical Foreign Materials in Food. ASAE Technical Paper No. 966058; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI . 15 pp. Morita, K., S. Tanaka, Y. Ogawa, C. N. Thai. 1996. Detection of Non-Metallic Foreign Materials in Food by Soft X-ray System with CdTe Sensor . ASAE Technical Paper No. 966059; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. 12 pp. Thai, C. N. 1995. Thickness Effects of Soft Transducer Used for Firmness Measurement. ASAE Technical Paper No. 956110; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. 15 pp. Thai, C. N. 1995. A Soft Transducer for Firmness Measurement of Fruits and Vegetables. Proceedings of the Food Processing Automation IV Conference, November 3-5 1995, Chicago, Illinois. pp 236-247. Thai, C. N. 1994. Soft Transducer for Firmness Measurement. ASAE Technical Paper No. 946541; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI; 11 pp. Thai, C. N., Kisaalita, W. S., and Farmer, M. A. 1994. Image Processing of Neuroblastoma Cell Focal Contact Areas. ASAE Technical Paper No. 947520; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI; 12 pp. Verma, B. P., Pu, N-H., and Thai, C. N. 1994. A Decision Support System for Tomato Quality Prediction. ASAE Technical Paper No. 943556; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. Thai, C. N., Resurreccion, A. V. A. and Galvez, F. C. F. 1994. Neural Networks Analysis of Food Sensory Panels. Proceedings of the 14th IMACS World Congress on Computation and Applied Mathematics. (Editor: W. F. Ames, Volume 2, pp. 954-955). Thai, C. N. 1993. Performance of a 3-CCD camera in HSI space. ASAE Technical Paper No. 93-3516; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI; 24 pp. Thai, C. N. and Graham, D. L. 1993. Performance of 1-chip and 3-chip CCD cameras. ASAE Technical Paper No. 93-3001; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI; 21 pp. Thai, C. N., A.V.A. Resurreccion and F.C.F.Galvez. 1992. Application of adaptive resonance theory to taste panels. ASAE Technical Paper No. 92-7012; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI. Thai, C. N., R. L. Shewfelt and J. G. Latimer. 1992. Neural network analysis of tomato reflectance spectra. Proceedings of Sixth International Diffuse Reflectance Conference; August 9-14, 1992; Chambersburg, PA. Thai, C. N., R. L. Shewfelt and J. G. Latimer. 1992. Green tomato reflectance and color change rate. ASAE Technical Paper No. 92-6062; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI.

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Thai, C. N., R. L. Shewfelt and J. G. Latimer. 1992. Neural network analysis of tomato reflectance spectra. ASAE Technical Paper No. 92-7057; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; St. Joseph, MI.

4. Invited Seminars and Lectures

Thai, C. N.. 1992. Modeling Horticultural Products Characteristics, Invited seminar at the Food & Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Kagoshima University (Japan) Thai, C. N.. 1992. Modeling Horticultural Products Characteristics, Invited seminar at the Horticultural Engineering Department of the Bio-Oriented Technology Research Advancement Institute, Omiya (Japan) Thai, C.N., M.D. Evans, J.C. Grant, S.J. Kays, and A.F. Theisen. 1998. Spectral Imaging Applications using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters, Invited Presentation at the ’98 International Symposium on "Current Nondestructive Technologies for Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Products", sponsored by the Korean National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea (7/3/98). Guest lecturer at workshop on Plant Stress Sensing Technologies in conjunction with the First International Conference on Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry (June 1-3, 1998 in Orlando, Florida). Thai, C. N.. 2005. Multi-spectral Imaging Techniques, Invited speaking tour and training of faculty and graduate students of Miyazaki University and Kagoshima University (3/12-19/2005) Thai, C.N. 2010. Invited to lead a workshop for sensor network at Busan University (South Korea) discussing sensor design issues for detection and tracking of fishes and insects in riverine environments (10/25/2010). Thai, C.N. 2010. Invited to present seminar about spectrometry theory and practice for agricultural products quality evaluations and spectral imaging technology development to real-time plant health sensing for field crops. Taiwan National University, Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering (10/21/2010).

5. News Releases, Interviews, etc.

Thai, C.N.. 1999. On a Wing and a Sprayer, CRI LightNews, Vol.VI, Issue 1 Linda L Briggs, "Software Aids Collaborative Teaching and Learning at U Georgia," Campus Technology, 12/12/2007, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=56609 and picked up by another web journal "The Software & Information Industry Association Ed Tech Daily" (12/12/2007). Mentioned in Campus Technology Magazine, July 2008 issue (p. 42), regarding the Dual-Mode/Dual-Workspace technology

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developed for classroom instruction at BAE department. http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/07/Taking-the-A-out-of-Asynchronous.aspx Mentioned in UGA’s “In the News”, 7/1/08 about development of instructional technology in the classroom. Featured in article “Move Over Textbook” in Engineering Magazine of UGA Faculty of Engineering Fall 2008 issue.

6. Creative Contributions Other Than Formal Publications Development of Instructional and Research Infrastructures The Spectral Imaging Laboratory has VIS-NIR spectrometry and machine vision equipment (Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters and custom video cameras) to provide development and integration of hardware and software solutions to problems requiring spatial as well chemical signature solutions (currently limited to the visible and near-infrared ranges). In 2009, Dr. Thai started to develop a large-aperture spectrometry facility to study NIR spectral characteristics of whole fruits & vegetables in conjunction with consumer perception research with Food Science faculty. The Collaborative Distance Education Laboratory is used mainly for classroom teaching but it can also be used for instructional research for the development/integration of instructional technologies on teachers and students behaviors and performances. Dual-Workspace Classroom for Collaborative Teaching and Learning. As “hand-written notes” and “personal narrations” are the most natural tools to record, review, integrate and develop our own learning process, a collaborative learning and teaching environment was created in Room 310 of Driftmier Center, integrating the use of Pen Tablets and multimedia technologies at the student/teacher level with the goal of achieving active learning for students in the classroom. An innovative hardware and software integration of the PCI NetSupport Manager Suite, TechSmith Camtasia Studio and Wacom Pen Tablets was implemented to provide both "teacher-centric" and "student-student collaborative" modes in this classroom. Students were also provided with dual graphics displays allowing the student to use one display for his or her personal workspace, while the second display could be used to view/share information with the instructor’s desktop, or to share into other students work during collaborative sessions. This project was implemented in mid-August 2007. A Robotics Instruction Lab was established over 2009-2010 yielding teaching and research collaboration with the Torrance Center (Duke TIP Program), the Mathematics & Science Education Dept. (Dr. Ji Shen, College of Education) and the Theatre & Film Studies Dept. (Dr. David Saltz, Franklin College).

Development of Interdisciplinary Research Programs (unfunded proposals) "Development of a NIR imaging spectrometry system for the determination of the specific gravity and moisture content of logs". 2009. Submitted to TIP-FRP (Co-PI, $57,000, not funded).

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"Enhancing Onion Postharvest Production Efficiency at Packing House and Diseases Detection at Storage Room by Automation and Advanced Sensing". 2009. Submitted to SCRI - Multi-Universities + Industry proposal. Co-PI for UGA component, $277,350, not funded). DHB Thermographic Imaging as a Technique for Assessing Social Emotion (NSF). 2005. Co-PI with Drs. D. Robinson & J. Clay- Warner from UGA Sociology Dept. Development of Epidemiologically-based Infection Thresholds & Remote Sensing Detection of Seed-Borne Diseases in Vegetable Transplants (USDA-NRI). 2005. Co-PI with Drs. K. Stevenson & R. Gitaitis from UGA Plant Pathology Dept. A collaborative model for a shared distance education curriculum in agricultural technologies (USDA-HECG). 2004. Co-PI with Drs. Fedro Zazueta, University of Florida, and Gary Krutz, Purdue University. An AOTF-based Hyperspectral Imaging System for Real-Time Plant Health Detection. 2001. Co-PI with Drs. Chieu Tran (Marquette U.), Bosoon Park (USDA-ARS), Glen Rains (BAE-UGA).

7. Research Grants, Awards, and Gifts

Grants Funded (Total Amount: $ 2,322,011 )

Date Title Source Amount Role 2010-2012

Advancing Onion Postharvest Handling Efficiency & Sustainability By Multimodal Quality Sensing, Disease Control, And Waste Stream Management

USDA-SCRI $774,581 Co-PI (12%)

2008-2010

Sensor Fusion Approach to Integrate Spectral Imaging, X-ray Imaging, and Electronic Nose for Vidalia Onion Quality Measurement

GA-TIP-FIP $72,100 Co-PI (10%)

2008-2011

DHB Testing a Dynamic Theory of Social Emotions using Infrared Imaging

NSF $717,375 Co PI (17%)

2006 Black Body Reference Tool for Thermal Imaging Research

UGA/CAES $7,300 PI (100%)

2006-2004

Surface Contaminant Detection with NIR Hyperspectral System

USDA/ARS $136,000 PI (100%)

2005 Gyroscope for Mobile Spectral Imaging System

UGA/CAES $1,736 PI (50%)

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2003 Inertial Measuring Unit for Tractor Research

UGA/CAES $3,000 PI (100%)

2002 Spectroscopy Analysis Software UGA/CAES $935 PI (100%)

2000 Near-Infrared Spectral Characterization of Effects of TSWV on Peanut Plants

GA Agric. Commis.

for Peanuts

$1,600 PI (50%)

2004-1999

Hyperspectral Imaging Technology for Surface Contaminate Identification

USDA/ARS $290,000 PI (100%)

1998 Field Spectral Imaging Equipment GA Res. Alliance

$46,000 Co-PI (50%)

1997 MIR Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter and Video Camera

GA Res. Alliance

$65,000 Co-PI (50%)

1997 Effect of Ultrasonic Radiation & Mechanical Flattening on Chicken Meat

MYCOM America

Corp. & GA Lottery Fund

$50,128 PI (100%)

1996 InGaAs NIR Spectrometer for Compost Engineering Research

GA Res. Alliance

$28,600 Co-PI (50%)

1996 NIR Liquid Crystal Tunable Filter GA Lottery Fund

$23,000 PI (100%)

1995 Light Controller System GA Lottery Fund

$2,900 PI (100%)

1995 Thomasville Farmers Market Operations Survey

USDA-GADOA

$25,756 Co-PI (49%)

1994 NIR video camera GA Lottery Fund

$15,000 PI (100%)

1993 NIR Spectroscopy of Peaches GA Peach Commiss.

$2,000 Co-PI (50%)

1992 Quality of Selected Fruits in Simulated Home Environments

Mid-South Products

Engineering Inc.

$59,000 Co-PI (33%)

Grant Proposals Not Funded ($1,882,126) Date Title and Detailed Role Source Amount Role

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2007 A Collaborative Learning Environment for Fostering Independent Problem Solver Skills in Java Programming

Hewlett Packard

$74,000 PI (100%)

2007 Non-Destructive, Multi-Modal, Multi-Spectral Whole-Organism Screening of Bioenergy Plants for Chemistry and Morphology

US-DOE $259,080 PI (60%)

2005 DHB Thermographic Imaging as a Technique for Assessing Social Emotion (Dr. Thai was responsible for the thermal image engineering and data modeling aspects)

NSF $749,125 Co-PI (20%)

2005 Development of Epidemiologically-based Infection Thresholds & Remote Sensing Detection of Seed-Borne Diseases in Vegetable Transplants (Dr. Thai was responsible for the remote sensing and data modeling aspects)

USDA-NRI $396,375 Co-PI (33%)

2004 A collaborative model for a shared distance education curriculum in agricultural technologies (Dr. Thai was coordinator for all UGA activities)

USDA-HEC $53,546 UGA

component only

Co-PI (33%)

2001 An AOTF-based Hyperspectral Imaging System for Real-Time Plant Health Detection

IFAFS $350,000 Co-PI (25%)

8. Recognitions and Outstanding Achievements

Invited Technical Reviewer for AAAS Research Competitiveness Program for a research proposal from King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology University about a research proposal using soft X-rays to scan diseased date tree trunks (2010).

Invited to become member of the EIAE Conference Technical Committee (2008-1010). Invited to become a Grand Awards judge for the Intel ISEF 2008 Competition, 5/11-16/08 in Atlanta, GA. Appointed as UGA Senior Teaching Fellow for 2006-2007. Inducted to UGA Teaching Academy (2006). Outstanding Reviewer Award - Information & Electrical Technologies Division of the American Society of Agricultural &

Biological Engineers, 2006. Lowry H. Gillespie Engineering Curriculum Enhancement Award ($2800), 2006. Travel Grant ($2500) awarded by Miyazaki University for invited speaking tour and training of faculty and graduate students of

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Miyazaki University and Kagoshima University about Interactive Instructional Technologies and Multi-spectral Imaging Techniques, 3/12-19/2005.

UGA Provost’s Domestic Travel Award ($400), 2004. Named the Bruce Dixson Mentor by the departmental faculty, 2003-2004. Travel Grant ($2000) as guest speaker at International Symposium on Current Technologies for Quality Evaluation of Agricultural

Products, awarded by the Korean National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management, 1998. Host Faculty for Dr. Shingo Miyamoto from Nihon University for a 12-month research visit, 1997. Research Fellowship ($10,000) awarded by the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture for a 2-month research stay at Kagoshima

University, 1996. Host Faculty for Dr. Kazuo Morita from Kagoshima University for a 3-month research visit, 1996. Host Faculty for Dr. Yuri Posudin, visiting Fulbright Scholar from National Agricultural University of the Ukraine. UGA Fellowship for Study in a 2nd Discipline ($15,000), 1993.

9. Areas in Which Research Is Conducted

A. Instructional technologies research (see activities listed previously in Section A). B. Development of optical sensing systems for 3-D detection of stress and disease in plants and for evaluation of quality of agricultural products using standard UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy and Multi-Spectral Imaging with Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters. C. Development of thermal imaging techniques for detecting social emotions [in collaboration with Drs. D. Robinson and J. Clay-Warner (UGA-Sociology)] and also for optical remote disease detection in plant seedlings [in collaboration with Drs. R. Gitaitis and K. Stevenson (UGA-Plant Pathology)]

10. Professional Society Membership IEEE (since 2008) American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers (1982-2009) American Society for Engineering Education (since 2001) Association for Educational Communications & Technology (2002-2004) Sigma Xi, Sigma Gamma Tau, Tau Beta Pi.

11. National Committees/Panels, Editorship or Editorial Member of Journals

Associate Editor for American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Information & Electrical Technologies Division (1991-96, 1999-2001). Reviewer for National/International Journals & Research Proposals

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Transactions of the ASABE - 48 Other Journals - 37 Research Proposals - USDA-NRI (6), USDA-SBIR (4), USDA-BARD (2), Australian Research Council (1). AAAS (1)

12. International Activities

2010. Visit to Department of Bio-Industrial Mechatronics Engineering, Taiwan National University – Presented seminar and discussed future research and instructional plans (October 2010).

2006 & 2004. Technology demonstration to Tunisian Faculty delegation about engineering instruction using pervasive network technologies to achieve active learning goals merging seamlessly lectures and laboratory equipment remote control.

2005. Travel Grant awarded by Miyazaki University for invited speaking tour and training of faculty and graduate students of Miyazaki University and Kagoshima University about Interactive Instructional Technologies used within local classrooms as well as for synchronous overseas instruction, and Multi-spectral Imaging Techniques used in Precision Agriculture research.

1998. Awarded a travel grant and invited lecture at the ’98 International Symposium on Current Nondestructive Technologies for Quality Evaluation of Agricultural Products about Spectral Imaging techniques using Liquid Crystal Tunable Filters, sponsored by the Korean National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management.

1997. Host faculty for Dr. S. Miyamoto from Nihon University on a 12-month research visit exploring the feasibility of using static electric fields in horticultural products storage.

1996. Awarded a competitive Research Fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports & Culture of Japan, under their program reserved for non-japanese scholars, research was done on soft x-rays evaluation of food products and modeling of quality characteristics using artificial neural networks.

1996. Host faculty for Dr. K. Morita from Kagoshima University on a 3-month research visit on quality evaluation and modeling of agricultural products.

1995. Host faculty for Dr. Y. Posudin, visiting Fulbright Scholar from National Agricultural University of the Ukraine University on a 3-month research visit regarding spectroscopy applications in plant health sensing.

1992. Presented invited seminars about Nondestructive Quality Evaluation and Modeling of Agricultural Products at the Food & Agricultural Process Engineering Laboratory, Kagoshima University (Kagoshima, Japan) and at the Horticultural Engineering Department of the Bio-Oriented Technology Research Advancement Institute (Omiya, Japan).

13. Self Improvement

2011 Atmel Touch Technology Solutions Short Course, Atlanta, Feb. 11, 2011.

2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 18-22, Taipei, Taiwan. Humanoids 2010, December 6-8, 2010, Nashville TN.

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FutureMedia Fest 2010, Oct. 4, 2010, Atlanta, GA.

2009 Intel Developers Forum, September 22-24, San Francisco, CA, USA. International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 11-15, St. Louis, MS USA Member of UGA Faculty Learning Communities about Collaborative Learning Techniques and Integrated Course Design.

2008 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2008 Online Spring Focus Session on “Using Computer-Simulated Case-Based Scenarios to Improve Learning”, 3/18/2008.

Getting Started with Microchip Tools, MPLAB IDE, MPSIM Simulator and MPLAB ICD 2 (4-29-08). Getting Started with Mid-Range Microcontroller Family Architecture, Instruction Set and Assembly Programming (4-

29-08). ADV PIC24 & dsPIC Extended Peripheral Configuration and Programming using MPLAB C30 C Compiler (5-1-08). Going the Distance: Designing and Delivering Quality Online Courses and Degree Programs. USG Faculty

Development Series at GaTech (10-17-08). Webcasts on various subjects:

o Integration Insights: Machine Vision for Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Manufacturing (2-19-08). o Real-world strategies for driving student achievement (3-12-08). o Understanding Industrial Camera Interfaces (4-22-08). o Insights: Machine Vision Algorithms and Applications (5-20-08). o Practical Applications of OCT (6-25-08). o Monthly series on Multicore Programming (September through December 2008).

2007 Real-time & Embedded Computing Conference. Atlanta, March 6, 2007. 2007 Robocup 2007, GA Tech. July 3-10, 2007. 2006 Short Course on Radiation Thermometry at NIST (June 12-16, 2006). 2005 Audit EDIT-6170, Instructional Design - Dr. Rieber, COE (Summer 05). National Instruments LabVIEW Real-Time seminar (9/7/05). Horiba Spectroscopy Seminar (5/3/05). 2000-now Self study on network and instructional technologies. 1999 Managerial Assessment of Proficiency Professional Development Training. Attended seminars about "Technological Samba-Schools", "Interdisciplinary Learning-by-Doing on the Internet". Short course on "Troubleshooting, Maintaining and Upgrading PCs". 1998 Seminar by Eliyahu Goldratt on the Theory of Constraints as applied to Management Systems.

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OID On-Line Teaching Working Group. Conference on "The Web and Higher Education: Making It Work for You". Fred Pryor’ Seminars on Supervising and Coaching Skills. Self-study on Web Site Design and PCs Upgrade and Trouble-Shooting. 1997 Grant Writing Workshop. UGA Distance Learning Conference WebCT Seminars. Quality Functional Development Design Methodology Seminar. OID Japanese for Faculty Program. 1996 Seminar on HTML. Seminar on "Biotechnology Applications in the Pulp & Paper Industry". Short Course on "Lateral Thinking Techniques". Satellite Conference on "Critical Thinking: Required Learning for the 21st Century". Auditing Japanese 101. 1995 Participant at the Office of Instructional Development Teaching & Learning Group. Organized a Faculty self-study group on Wavelets Transform and Applications. 1994 BYK-Gardner Short Course on "Color Measurement". DataColor Int. Short Course on "Industrial Color Technology in the Nineties". UGA seminar on "Assuring Quality Scientific Research at the University of Georgia". 1993-94 UGA Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline (Spectroscopy at Chemistry Department). 1993 UGA-OID Seminar on "Legal Issues Important to University Faculty" UGA-Training & Development seminars on "Navigating the Internet" and "Introduction to Local Area Networks". 1992 ASAE Fruit Harvesting & Processing Tour (North and South Carolina Workshop on Communicating Across Cultures (GA Station; Griffin, GA) Seminar on Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives and Deadlines (SkillPath, Inc.; Atlanta, GA)

C. PUBLIC, PROFESSIONAL, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE 1. Public Service

GIFT Program Mentor to High School Science Teacher (2007 – Dean Looney; 2009 – Robert Kraushaar; 2010 – Suzanne Carter) JETS-TEAMS Co-organizer (2009-2011).

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2008. Grand Awards judge for the Intel ISEF 2008 Competition, May 11-16, 2008 in Atlanta, GA. UGA Admissions Office Panel Fall programs, October 13, 2008 at UGA, Athens, GA. FIRST Robotics resource person for Clarke Central High School (Graham A. Jones, Instructor).

Demonstration of BAE Extended Classroom capabilities to visiting Director (Dr. Zazueta) and staff (M. McAllister) of the Office of Academic Technology, University of Florida, 2004; and to Vickie Coker and her staff at the UGA Training and Development Department (2005), to UGA FLC on Collaborative Teaching (2007).

Demonstration of BAE Extended Classroom capabilities to Dr. Yubin Lan of Fort Valley College as he was looking for ways to do DE activities to China, 2004.

Judge for High School Science Fair and GA Science & Engineering Fair (1992-2002). Judge at the 2003 GA State FFA Convention (4/25/2003). Participant at Ag Show 97 & 98 in Tifton & Griffin. Volunteer at the GA Agriculture 96 Exhibit at the Olympic Centennial Park (Atlanta, GA). Presentation of Plant Health Sensing Techniques to Georgia Agri-Leaders Forum (1996). Presentation of Multi-Spectral Imaging Techniques to Southern Agricultural Business Officer's Association (1996).

2. Professional Service

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (1987-2009): o Meetings Council (2000-2010).

Regular Member, 2000-2002. Executive Committee rotation of Vice-Chair Elect, Vice-Chair, Chair and Past-Chair (2003-2010).

o Information & Electrical Technologies Division (1987-Present) Regular Member and Leadership service at several technical committees. Division Leadership rotation of Secretary, Vice-Chair, Chair & Past-Chair (1999-2002). Associate Editor (1991-96, 1999-2001).

o Commission on International Affairs (1995-2001) - Leadership rotation of Secretary, Chair and Past-Chair. o Kishida Award Committee (1999-2004) - Chair (2000). o AE50 Award Committee (2003-2005). o Conduct Continuing Education Workshop on Spectral Imaging Applications Using LCTF and AOTF (July 2000).

Promotion Reviewer for:

Dr. Howard Beck to Full Professor (University of Florida). Dr. Kurt T. Lawrence (USDA-ARS).

3. University Service

Graduate Faculty member since 1991.

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UGA Faculty of Engineering since 2002. UGA Committee for Applied Instructional Technologies (2001-2004 and 2008-2011); CAIT Subcommittee for Student

Technology Fees Review (2002-2004, 2011). UGA State of the Art Conferences/Study in a Second Area Committee (member, 1996-98). Panelist for UGA Termination Appeal Hearing (1999). UGA Library Committee (representing CAES - 1998-2000). UGA Chapter of Sigma Xi (Secretary, 1997-99). Artificial Intelligence Faculty Fellow (1994-2002).

4. College Service

FE Executive Committee (2010-2012) FE-CSE area group leader (2009-2011) FE Curriculum Committee (2010-2012) CAES Faculty Curriculum Committee (2009-2011) CAES Faculty Affairs Committee (2007-2010) CAES Information Technology Forum (1998-99)

o BAE Department Representative. o Chair of Distance Education Subcommittee. o Member - Organizing Committee for CAES Distance Education Symposium (1998).

Member - D.W. Brooks Faculty Award Committee for Excellence in International Agriculture (1995-97). CAES Faculty Council (1993). Chair - Telecommunications & Computers Users Committee, Georgia Experiment Station (1992).

5. Department Service

Student Technology Fees Coordinator for BAE since 2002 and for FE since 2010. Member of BAE IT Committee (since 2007). Chair of Agricultural Engineering Curriculum Committee (2010-2012). Chair of Computer Systems Engineering Curriculum Committee (2007-2009). Information Technologies Coordinator (1998-2005): 1998-2001 (20% time); 2002 (15%); 2003-2004 (10%); 2005 (5%). BAE Undergraduate Student Advisor (since 2004) - currently 20 students. Member of Faculty Search Committees (1994 & 2006). Member of BAE sub-committee looking for Opportunities & Constraints for Reallocation of Current Resources & Increased

Resources (2004). Post-Tenure Review Committee (member, 2003, 2006, 2007-Chair). Distance Education / Alternative Instructional Modes Committee (1996-98). Public Relations / Outreach Committee (1996-98). Regular Participation in student recruiting activities (Resources Fair & Advisements).

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