Leslie M. Collins earned the BSEE degree from the University of Kentucky, and the MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1986 through 1990 she was a Senior Engineer at Westinghouse Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh, PA. She joined Duke in 1995 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002. Her research interests include physics-based statistical signal processing, subsurface sensing, auditory prostheses and pattern recognition. She is a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Eta Kappa Nu honor societies. Dr. Collins has been a member of the team formed to transition MURI-developed algorithms and hardware to the Army HSTAMIDS and GSTAMIDS landmine detection systems. She has been the principal investigator on research projects from ARO, NVESD, SERDP, ESTCP, NSF, and NIH. Dr. Collins was the PI on the DoD UXO Cleanup Project of the Year in 2000.

Contact Info:

Office Location:	3461 CIEMAS
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 5260, +1 919 660 5212
Email Address:
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Teaching (Fall 2008):

• BME 235.01, ACOUSTICS AND HEARING

  Hudson 212, Th 02:50 PM-05:20 PM

Education:

PhD, University of Michigan, 1995

MS, University of Michigan, 1986

BS, University of Kentucky, 1985

Specialties:

Sensing and Sensor Systems
Homeland Security

Curriculum Vitae

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Capers & Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, Duke University, School of Engineering, 2005
Eta Kappa Nu
Full Member, USNC/URSI Commission A (Electromagnetic Metrology), 2000
Outstanding Engineering: Innovative Technical Contributions to the Benefit of Human Welfare, IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section, 1998
Project of the Year: Statistical Signal Processing with Physics-Based Methods, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, DOD, 2000
Project of the Year: Wide Area Assessment for UXO Remediation, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, DOD, 2005
Senior Member, IEEE, 2001
Sigma Xi
Tau Beta Pi

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Throckmorton, Chandra S. and Tantum, Stacy L. and Tan, Yingyi and Collins, Leslie M., Independent component analysis for UXO detection in highly cluttered environments, Journal of Applied Geophysics, vol. 61 no. 3-4 (2007), pp. 304 - 317 [007]  [abs].
2. Liao, Yuwei and Nolte, Loren W. and Collins, Leslie M., Decision fusion of ground-penetrating radar and metal detector algorithms - A robust approach, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 45 no. 2 (2007), pp. 398 - 409 [TGRS.2006.888096]  [abs].
3. Kolba, M.P. and Collins, L.M., Sensor management with uncertain performance characteristics, 2006 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop (IEEE Cat. No. 06EX1345C) (2006), pp. 456 - 600  [abs].
4. Torrione, Peter A. and Collins, Leslie and Clodfelter, Fred and Lulich, Dan and Patrikar, Ajay and Howard, Peter and Weaver, Richard and Rosen, Erik, Constrained filter optimization for subsurface landmine detection, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6217 II (2006), pp. 62172 - [12.665780]  [abs].
5. Torrione, Peter and Remus, Jeremiah and Collins, Leslie, Comparison of pattern recognition approaches for multi-sensor detection and discrimination of anti-personnel and anti-tank landmines, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6217 II (2006), pp. 62172 - [12.665660]  [abs].

Recent Grant Support

• Analysis Algorithms for the Spectral Analysis and Decision-Making Process of SAIC's PELAN System, Science Applications International Corporation, 4400113434, 2005/08-2008/08.      
• Signal Processing for Handheld UXO Sensor Improvements, AETC, Inc., 2094-SD, 2004/07-2007/06.